When founding the Pilawin preserve in 1901 my intention was limited to the breeding of elk, which still have their native haunts not very far away to the north, but have for many years ceased to inhabit these forests. No one, to my knowledge, has hitherto attempted to naturalise these splendid deer in enclosed parks; but the fact that Pilawin forms a part of their original habitat induced me to try the experiment, which has thus far proved an unqualified success. The first big game introduced in Pilawin were thus elk; but soon after their introduction I had the opportunity when in England of visiting the famous park of the Duke of Bedford at Woburn, and the wonders there seen enlarged my ideas with regard to Pilawin. Without any thought of rivalling the marvels of Woburn, I accordingly decided to add to the Pilawin park such of the deer of North America and Asia as appeared likely to thrive in Russia. Consequently I lost no time in obtaining specimens of American and Siberian wapiti, as well as of Caucasian red deer and the Manchurian Dybowski’s deer, after which I continued to add other new inhabitants to the park as opportunity occurred. In 1905, thanks to the kind intervention of Prince Victor Kotchoubey, who is at the head of the Imperial estates, I received from H.M. the Emperor of Russia the valuable gift of three bison from the Imperial preserves of Bielowicz; while in the following year a pair of their American relations, imported by Hagenbeck, was added to the herd.Much work still remains to be done before Pilawin is placed on such a level that will make it of real interest and importance to the study of natural history. If possible, I should like to make it the home of all such species of big game to which the climate and other local conditions prove suitable. And when established, I want them to live practically in their wild and natural state, breeding freely, and lacking any sense of confinement and limitation. I want, in fact, to see Pilawin, not a zoological garden, but a wild forest, where the noblest kinds of game may enjoy the largest possible amount of freedom, and where the sportsman may find the enjoyment of real sport and the naturalist a great field for study.Before concluding, I may avail myself of the opportunity of tendering my best thanks to all who have so kindly assisted me in the enterprise. My first thanks are due to H.M. the Emperor; and I have next to thank the Duke of Bedford for the promise of a young American bison, which I hope will reach Pilawin during the spring. To the Princes A. S. and F. Radziwill, to Count Constantin Potocki, and to Mr. Zalenski I am indebted for elk. To Mr. Poklewski-Roziell my acknowledgments are due for Siberian roe; while I have to thank Madame Ouwaroff for the valuable gift of a couple of beavers. I have likewise the pleasure of acknowledging the valuable services of the firm of Hagenbeck of Hamburg, who carried out to my entire satisfaction all orders regarding the importation of living animals into Pilawin.To the author of this little volume I desire to express my deepest gratitude and warmest thanks; and I am both proud and pleased that the first description of Pilawin should come from the pen of such a well-known naturalist as Mr. Lydekker. Last, but not least, my gratitude is due to the publisher for the man-ner in which this account of Pilawin is presented to the world. JOSEPH POTOCKI. Antoniny, January 1908.

The speaker had just pushed his horse over the brow of a slope which he and his servant had for some time been mounting, through the steamy warmth of a foggy May morning. The thick haze which lay heavy in this region of marshy ground had hidden the surrounding country from them hitherto; but as they reached the summit of the gradual rise they had been ascending, the cloud wreaths suddenly drifted away, and the sun began to shine out upon the undulating plain stretched before their eyes; and lo, the plain was alive with squadrons of soldiers—infantry, cavalry, artillery—drawn up in battle array; and the note of the bugle rang through the air, whilst away in the distance, on the opposite side of the plain, there was a movement which told that already the battle had begun. A sullen roar from the guns boomed forth, and the whole plain shook with the reverberation. Great masses of smoke rolled along and slowly dispersed after each salvo; but it was upon the evolutions of the bodies of horsemen and footmen that the keen eyes of the youthful traveller were intently fixed. "Dicon," he cried, "this is in all sooth a battle; and where the battle rages, there will the great victor of Blenheim be. We have not chanced upon this route in vain. Men warned us of the perils of seeking passage through a country which has become the theatre of war; but fortune's star has befriended us thus far, and now, if I mistake me not, we stand within sight of the greatest warrior of the age. For greatly shall I be astonished if the Duke of Marlborough himself be not conducting the evolutions of yonder squadrons."The brilliant dark eyes of the young man lighted with a great glow of excitement and admiration. He shaded them with his hand, and intently followed the evolutions of the moving masses in the plain stretched before his eyes. He was looking upon the village of Tavières and the mound of Ottomond, and the waters of the Mehaign rolled below at his feet. The right wing of the French army rested here, as he quickly saw; but for the moment the main activity lay over in the distance beyond Ramillies and Offuz, in the direction of Anderkirk. Yet as the traveller stood intently gazing, he saw a movement in the line of the allied army on this nearer side, and he exclaimed aloud in his excitement,— "See, Dicon, see! That attack yonder is but a feint. The key of the position lies here beneath us at Tavières, with its Tomb of Ottomond. See yonder those regiments of marching soldiers creeping round beneath the shelter of that rising ground! They will fling themselves upon the enemy's right, whilst the French general is diverting his available forces to protect his left. Villeroi, my friend, you did not well to dispose your forces in concave lines. You lose time in passing from place to place; and with such a general as our English Duke pitted against you, you cannot afford to lose any point in the game. Ha! See that? The Dutch and English soldiers are charging down upon Tavières! Watch how they come on—a great resistless tide of well-drilled veterans. See how they sweep all before them! See how the French fly forth! Ha, Villeroi, what think you now? Yes, you see your error; fain would you hurry back your reserves from left to right. But the time has gone by. They are miles away, and here are the Allies carrying all before them! Hurrah for old England! hurrah for the great Duke! Dicon, have you stomach for the fight? Do you remember Barcelona and Mountjuich? If we were men enough to help there, why not here too?"

Loongunis need constant changes to thrive, while the strange-haired Earthmen hate the endless moving around. When a sabotage impairs the shift engines of their traveling Box, the forced immobility might drive all Loongunis mad… unless their translator can work out a solution!?? Science fiction adventure at its best, told by multiple award-winning author Michèle Laframboise.?? ?? If you like first-contact situations featuring an alien POV, this one is for you! A chunky 7000-word SF story.?? ? * "The author does a good job narrating from the point of view of an alien who thinks in very different ways from a human." --Tangent Online "...the psychological and mathematical elements of the tale come even more to the fore and they are quite interesting." -- Featured Futures

Can mere clouds threaten their now home?? Blanche, a young paraplegic girl, watches the clouds dancing in the Phoenix sky.? She wonders if their coordinated figures signal a threat. But the adults are too busy to listen, even her big sister Lupianne worries more about the air production’s failing quotas than? some weird clouds. Then, as the dances grow complex and temperatures rise, the sisters must hurry to prevent the annihilation of their budding settlement. A clever planet-opera featuring a disabled heroine, told by multi-award winning author Michèle Laframboise.?The French version of this novel received the 2001 Cecile Gagnon Award for best first YA novel. "We can only be fascinated by the powerful images?born from the descriptions, by the originality?and coherence of her universe (...)"?-- Le Devoir ?An excellent introduction to science fiction?and to a number of questions about the environment,?social relations and communication.? --Hélène Marchetto,?Les vagabonds du rêve

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1850 – 1943) was an American writer. She born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies,poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is theliterary nonsense verse Eletelephony. Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of thePerkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. Samuel Gridley Howe's famous pupil Laura Bridgman was Laura's namesake.Julia Ward Howe, Laura's mother, was famous for writing the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic. In 1871 Laura married Henry Richards. He would accept a management position in 1876 at his family's paper mill at Gardiner, Maine, where the couple moved with their three children.In 1917 Laura won a Pulitzer Prize for Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, a biography, which she co-authored with her sister, Maud Howe Elliott. Her children's book Tirra Lirra won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1959. A pre-kindergarten to second grade Elementary School in Gardiner, Mainehonors her name. Works:? St. Nicholas Magazine (contributed poetry)? Baby's Rhyme Book (1878)? Babyhood: Rhymes and Stories, Pictures and Silhouettes for Our Little Ones (1878)? Baby's Story Book (1878)? Five Mice in a Mouse Trap (1880)? The Little Tyrant (1880)? Our Baby's Favorite (1881)? Sketches and Scraps (1881)? Baby Ways (1881)? The Joyous Story of Toto (1885)? Beauty and the Beast (retelling, 1886)? Four Feet, Two Feet, and No Feet (1886)? Hop o' My Thumb (retelling, 1886)? Kaspar Kroak's Kaleidoscope (1886)? L.E.R. (privately printed, 1886)? Tell-Tale from Hill and Dale (1886)? Toto's Merry Winter (1887)? Julia Ward Howe Birthday-Book (1889)? In My Nursery (1890)? Captain January (later made into a movie with Shirley Temple, 1891)? Star Bright (Captain January sequel, 1927)? The Hildegarde Series? Queen Hildegarde (1889)? Hildegarde's Holiday (1891)? Hildegarde's Home (1892)? Hildegarde's Neighbors (1895)? Hildegarde's Harvest (1897)? The Melody Series? Melody (1893)? Marie (1894)? Bethsada Pool (1895)? Rosin the Beau (1898)? The Margaret Series? Three Margarets (1897)? Margaret Montfort (1898)? Peggy (1899)? Rita (1900)? Fernley House (1901)? The Merryweathers (1904)? Glimpses of the French Court (1893)? When I Was Your Age (1893)? Narcissa, or the Road to Rome (1894)? Five Minute Stories (1895)? Jim of Hellas, or In Durance Vile (1895)? Nautilus (1895)? Isla Heron (1896)? "Some Say" and Neighbors in Cyrus (1896)? The Social Possibilities of a Country Town (1897)? Love and Rocks (1898)? Chop-Chin and the Golden Dragon (1899)? Quicksilver Sue (1899)? The Golden-Breasted Kootoo (1899)? Sundown Songs (1899)? For Tommy and Other Stories (1900)? Snow-White, or The House in the Wood (1900)? Geoffrey Strong (1901)? Mrs. Tree (1902)? The Hurdy-Gurdy (1902)? More Five Minute Stories (1903)? The Green Satin Gown (1903)? The Tree in the City (1903)? Mrs. Tree's Will (1905)? The Armstrongs (1905)? The Piccolo (1906)? The Silver Crown, Another Book of Fables (1906)? At Gregory's House (1907)? Grandmother, the Story of a Life that Never was Lived (1907)? Ten Ghost Stories (1907)? The Pig Brother, and Other Fables and Stories (1908)? The Wooing of Calvin Parks (1908)? A Happy Little Time (1910)? Up to Calvin's (1910)? On Board the Mary Sands (1911)? Jolly Jingles (1912)? Miss Jimmy (1913)? The Little Master (1913)? Three Minute Stories (1914)? The Pig Brother Play-Book (1915)? Fairy Operettas (1916)? Pippin, a Wandering Flame (1917)? A Daughter of Jehu (1918)? To Arms! Songs of the Great War (1918)? Honor Bright: A Story for Girls (1920)? In Blessed Cyrus (1921)? The Squire (1923)? Acting Charades (1924)? Seven Oriental Operettas (1924)? Honor Bright's New Adventure (1925)? Biographies

Time is running out. Alice only has one year left to win her bet with the Bandersnatch, or be trapped as a prisoner in his garden forever. And Alice isn’t the only one losing heart. The Queen continues to steal peoples hearts, and the refugees from Neverland are the latest victims. For some reason, Alice can’t put them back and Adam refuses to leave Wonderland until they stop her. The pressure is on for Alice to keep the magic books from falling into the wrong hands. The clock is ticking and failure means none of the stolen hearts will be returned, Adam will remain trapped behind the mirror, and Alice will be forgotten in the Bandersnatch’s garden. Forever.

Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William is a humorous novel by Booth Tarkington that gently satirizes first love, in the person of a callow 17-year-old, William Sylvanus Baxter. Seventeen takes place in a small city in the Midwestern United States shortly before World War I. It was published as sketches in the Metropolitan Magazine in 1914, and collected in a single volume in 1916, when it was the bestselling novel in the United States.

Myril’s world is sinking before her eyes. Foreign ships flood into the harbor and Anamat’s citizens flee across the sea while the governor helps foreign emissaries steal from the city’s guilds. The guildmaster enlists Myril to help save the Chronicles of Anamat from the pillagers and their local allies. Her old friend Darna returns to the city strangely pregnant – if that’s what it is. She’s also about to become the ruler of Tiadun. Meanwhile Iola, the ambassadress, is determined to fly to the dragons’ realm again, even if it kills her, and the Defenders have more troubles than they can manage. Will any of them survive when the waters rise again? This book concludes the Anamat/Dragonsfall series.

Once, Iola flew with a dragon. If she can become ambassadress to the dragons' realm, she might fly again, but first she must navigate life as an ordinary priestess. She’s wholly devoted to the dragons, but some of her fellow priestesses are dragon-blind and corrupt. Worse, they think that Iola’s devotions are actually just a sign of greed. The ambassadress returns from the dragons’ realm, too sick to fly again. Iola might have a chance to take her place, but her rival, Tiagasa, was raised in a prince's palace. Tiagasa thrives on political intrigue and gossip, and her lover is about to become governor of the city. Iola’s few friends and allies aren't much more savvy than she is. Still, they hope to persuade the new governor to make Iola ambassadress so that the temple cam be a true sanctuary of the dragons for a few years more.

Allan est un petit gar?on normal. Pourtant, il va sombrer dans la folie et devenir le plus grand meurtrier des ?tats-Unis. Sa vie bascule à la mort de sa mère où il fait la connaissance de son ami imaginaire qui va l'entra?ner dans la désolation. Poussé par son ami imaginaire, Allan se transforme en véritable monstre sanguinaire. Folie meurtrière ? Délire schizophrénique ou parano?de ? Possession démoniaque ? Rien de l'arrêtera sauf la mort. Histoire inspirée d'un fait réel.

Ei desc?lecar? atunci am?ndoi??i se iau la lupt? ca doi juni eroi.Ochii tuturora cat? cu mirareLa Buzescu Preda ?i t?tarul mare.Ei se bat la raza stelei cei de foc Flac?rile-i albe pe-a lor zale joc.V?ntul r?core?te fruntea lor udat???i m?nia dulce sufletul le-mbat?. Ei se bat ?n spade – spadele se fr?ng;??i se iau la bra?e – se smucesc se str?ng.C?nd t?tarul scoate o secure mic?Si lovind pe Preda pav?za ?i stric?.Dar el cu m?ciuca astfel ?l loviInc?t deodat? c?zu ?i muri. Iar dup? aceasta oastea rom?neasc?Pleac? ?i ?nvinge horda t?t?rasc?. Dimitrie Bolintineanu - Preda Buzescu

Exist? ?n activitatea publicistic? a lui Eminescu trei perioade distincte ?n cadrul c?rora putem fixa ?i c?teva momente mai semnificative pentru o problem? sau alta. Criteriul de baz? pe care ne ?ntemeiem ?n periodizarea noastr? ?l constituie schimb?rile intervenite ?n statutul personal al poetului ?n cursul activit??ii sale scriitorice?ti, schimb?ri care hot?r?sc ?n fond orientarea ?i caracterul ei. Publicistica eminescian? din prima perioad? se circumscrie ?ntre ianuarie 1870, c?nd public? primul articol, O scriere critic? ?n Albina din Pesta ?i mai 1876, c?nd intr? ?n redac?ia Curierului de Ia?i, foaia ie?ean?. Vom distinge aici o publicistic? a epocii studiilor universitare la Viena, c?nd Eminescu colaboreaz? la publica?iile rom?nilor din Imperiul austro-ungar ?i se situeaz? pe pozi?iile acestora ?n ap?rarea institu?iilor culturale, critic? dualismul ?i se afirm? ca un exponent al "tinerilor" ?n lupta pentru ?nf?ptuirea idealului de unitate na?ional? a poporului rom?n. Eminescu se manifest? ?n direc?ii multiple, de la articolul pe teme culturale la editorialul de orientare politic? ?i lansarea de apeluri c?tre public pentru solidaritatea na?ional?. Pozi?ia sa este a t?n?rului intelectual rom?n, ?nsufle?it de lupta poporului s?u ?i acest av?nt tineresc se reflect? ?i ?n publicistica sa. Acestei prime perioade se impune s?-i al?tur?m ?i un al doilea moment care coincide cu activitatea de bibliotecar la Biblioteca Central? din Ia?i. Activitatea publicistic? de acum este redus? ca extindere ?i are, ?n chip evident, caracter c?rtur?resc. Eminescu ?ine, tot acum, ?i conferin?a Influen?a austriac? asupra rom?nilor din Principate, ?n care sintetizeaz? ideile din articolele anterioare ?i din ?nsemn?rile din manuscrise ?i schi?eaz? un program pentru viitoarea sa activitate publicistic?. Perioada a doua a gazet?riei lui Eminescu o ?nscriem ?ntre 19 mai 1876, c?nd avem date sigure c? poetul intr? ca redactor la Curierul de Ia?i, ?i ultima s?pt?m?n? din octombrie 1877, c?nd p?r?se?te redac?ia foii ie?ene. Se produce acum o schimbare fundamental? ?n statutul personal al poetului, ?n sensul c? devine ziarist profesionist. Foaia ie?ean? era, pe de alt? parte, o publica?ie oficial?, cu o apari?ie de trei ori pe s?pt?m?n? ?i care rezerv? p?r?ii neoficiale, din cele patru pagini, una singur?. Concep?ia lui Eminescu despre menirea ziarelor este cea a ?nainta?ilor s?i Asachi, Kog?lniceanu, Alecsandri, Negruzzi, care f?ceau din publica?iile lor organe de pres? cu caracter enciclopedic. Pe acest drum merge ?i Eminescu ?i ?n acea singur? pagin? o unei foi oficiale face cronic? de politic? extern?, cronic? de politic? intern?, cronic? cultural?, cronic? dramatic? ?i artistic?. Nic?ieri ?n gazet?ria lui Eminescu nu se vede mai bine ca la Curierul de Ia?i ce poate realiza geniul cu mijloace materiale reduse ?i ?ntr-un spa?iu tipografic restr?ns. Activitatea publicistic? a poetului surprinde prin diversitatea problemelor abordate, prin seriozitatea ?i buna informare ?i prin modul de-a polemiza ?n chestiunile controversate. Aici, la Curierul de Ia?i – ?i nu la Timpul – ?l g?sim pe Eminescu cronicarul de politic? extern?, cronicarul cultural ?i cronicarul dramatic. Perioada a treia a gazet?riei lui Eminescu este cuprins? ?ntre octombrie 1877, data intr?rii ?n redac?ia Timpului, cotidianul bucure?tean, ?i iunie 1883, pr?bu?irea sa intelectual?. Aparent nu se schimb? nimic ?n statutul personal al poetului, de vreme ce trece ca ziarist profesionist de la foaia ie?ean? la cotidianul bucure?tean. ?i totu?i situa?ia nu se prezint? a?a. Poetul intr? ?n redac?ia Timpului, ca simplu redactor, cum era ?i I. Slavici, la chemarea c?ruia p?r?se?te foaia ie?ean?, trece apoi ?n fruntea ziarului, ca redactor-?ef, ca s? ocupe, ?n final, postul de prim-redactor. Eminescu ??i asum? sarcina, la intrarea ?n redac?ia Timpului, s? fac? cronica de politic? intern? ?i se ocup? cu intermiten?e de evenimentele interna?ionale ?i de mi?carea cultural?. Publicistica sa cunoa?te, sub aspectul diversit??ii, o ?ngustare evident? ?n raport cu cea de la foaia ie?ean?. Dar dac? la cotidianul bucure?tean nu ne ?nt?mpin? peisajul caleidoscopic din foaia ie?ean?, se impune aten?iei ?nc? din primele articole amplificarea discursului critic ?i verva polemic?. Publicistica eminescian? cunoa?te desf??urarea cea mai larg? ?ntre februarie 1880 ?i decembrie 1881. Acum Eminescu este redactor-?ef al cotidianului bucure?tean ?i ?l transform? ?n organ de pres? al orient?rii sale politice. Poetul sus?ine, ?n zeci de articole, primatul muncii ?n promovarea ?n ierarhia social?, ia ap?rarea "claselor pozitive" ?i critic? ?n termeni necru??tori "p?tura superpus?" ?i demagogia din via?a politic?. Eminescu p?r?se?te conducerea Timpului ?n ianuarie 1882, ca urmare a apropierii "sincerilor conservatori" de "sincerii liberali" ?i a form?rii "opozi?iei coalizate". Poetul trece r?spunderea conducerii ziarului lui Grigore G. P?ucescu, membru marcant al "opozi?iei coalizate" ?i r?m?ne prim-redac

Cu totul nea?teptat, Susan Morrow prime?te manuscrisul unui roman scris de Edward, so?ul de care a divor?at ?n urm? cu dou?zeci ?i cinci de ani. Pe m?sur? ce cite?te, Susan ?i, odat? cu ea, cititorul ?nsu?i p?trund din ce ?n ce mai ad?nc ?n via?a personajului principal al romanului din roman, profesorul de matematic? Tony Hastings, care c?l?tore?te ?mpreun? cu so?ia ?i fiica lui spre casa lor de vacan??. ?n vreme ce via?a obi?nuit?, civilizat?, a familiei Hastings cade prada violen?ei ?i crimei, o sumedenie de amintiri tulbur?toare o arunc? pe Susan ?napoi ?n trecut, provoc?nd-o s? se confrunte cu tenebrele propriei vie?i ?i cu teama care ?i amenin?? viitorul. Un thriller cutremur?tor se ?mbin? astfel cu o poveste despre team? ?i regret, despre r?zbunare ?i ?mb?tr?nire, despre c?s?torie ?i creativitate.Cu un talent literar unic, Austin Wright ilustreaz? fascinant? experien?? a lecturii, prin rela?iile pe care le creeaz? at?t ?ntre cititor ?i oper?, c?t ?i ?ntre autor ?i cititor, ?ntr-o scriere surprinz?toare ?i pasionant?.

Alexandra, o adolescent? rebel?, este trimis? de p?rin?i s? ??i petreac? vacan?a de var? ?ntr-un sat din Transilvania, pentru a fi ?ndep?rtat? de o iubire considerat? imoral?. Odat? ajuns? ?n V., ea este atras? de pove?tile localnicilor legate de o crim? s?v?r?it? ?n urm? cu mai mult de un veac: contesa Aneke fusese acuzat? de incest ?i vr?jitorie ?i ucis? ?n p?dure. Alexandra porne?te pe urmele contesei, hot?r?t? s? afle ce s-a ?nt?mplat cu adev?rat. Castelul ascunde mistere la fiecare col?… Pe m?sur? ce fapte ?i personaje stranii ies la iveal?, Alexandra ??i d? seama c? are ?n comun cu frumoasa vr?jitoare mai mult dec?t ?i-ar fi imaginat, inclusiv iubirea ei secret? ?i interzis?. Va reu?i Alexandra s? salveze aceast? iubire ?i ?n final propria via??, sau va avea soarta tragic? a Anekei? Dou? lumi distincte se ?ntrep?trund: lumea adolescen?ilor de azi, cu Facebook, concerte rock, tatuaje ?i pierce-uri, ?i lumea contesei disp?rute, cu intrigi de curte ?i pove?ti uitate. Un mistery romance ?n tonuri ?ntunecate despre incest, supersti?ii, tr?d?ri, secrete, legende transmise peste veacuri

Nora ar trebui s? ?tie c? via?a ei este departe de a fi perfect?. De?i cu ajutorul lui Patch, iubitul ?i ?ngerul ei p?zitor, a sc?pat cu via?? dintr-o serie de incidente cu totul neobi?nuite, primejdia e departe de a fi trecut. Rela?ia cu Patch nu este ?n cel mai bun moment al ei, iar Marcie Millar pare mai hot?r?t? ca oric?nd s?-i fac? Norei via?a un co?mar. De parc? nu ar fi de-ajuns, un nou du?man ?ncearc? s? o distrug?, iar moartea tat?lui ei r?m?ne ?n continuare un mister. Cum Patch nu numai c? nu ?i r?spunde la ?ntreb?ri, dar pare chiar s?-i stea ?n cale, Nora se vede nevoit? s? afle r?spunsuri de una singur?. Nu se anun?? o var? prea tihnit?, nu-i a?a?Continuarea bestsellerului ?ngerul nop?ii de Becca Fitzpatrick.Roman publicat ?n 35 de ??ri

O misiune himeric?, un echipaj condus de un nes?buit, un pasager clandestin cu o mare problem? ?i o mare speran??. ?i ?n jur o lume de ghea?? a c?rei splendoare nu e egalat? dec?t de cruzimea cu care respinge via?a uman?. La 1850, vasul Impetus porne?te spre nord vest, din Groenlanda, ?n c?utarea expedi?iei pierdute a lui Franklin. Cu ?nt?rziere – sezonul propice navig?rii se apropie de final. ?nainteaz?, totu?i, cu ?nver?unare, ?n ciuda tuturor semnelor potrivnice. P?n? c?nd vasul r?m?ne captiv ?n imensul pustiu arctic, f?r? nici o posibilitate de mi?care, nici ?nainte, nici ?napoi. Femeia ?ns?rcinat? care se ascunsese la bord va na?te aici, iar copilul va deveni noul centru de greutate al vasului prins ?n ghea??. Ie?irea la suprafa??, cea de a doua carte a t?n?rului scriitor irlandez Cormac James, este romanul unei expedi?ii la cap?tul lumii, dar ?i al unei aventuri domestice: paternitatea. O carte f?r? nici un cuv?nt ?n plus.

Dup? Aurul spartanilor ?i Imperiul pierdut, so?ii Sam ?i Remi Fargo se ?ntorc ?ntr-o nou? aventur? extraordinar?.Mae?tri ai v?n?torilor de comori, Sam ?i Remi Fargo nu sunt deloc obi?nui?i cu v?n?toarea de oameni. Dar un baron texan al petrolului apeleaz? la ei cu o rug?minte personal?: un detectiv particular angajat s?-i g?seasc? tat?l disp?rut s-a pierdut f?r? urm? ?i el. Dat fiind c? detectivul le este prieten, ar fi dispu?i Sam ?i Remi s?-i caute pe am?ndoi? ?n ciuda suspiciunilor, cei doi accept? noua provocare, iar ceea ce vor descoperi va fi mai mult dec?t ?i-ar fi putut imagina. ?n c?l?toria care ?i poart? prin Tibet, Nepal, Bulgaria, India ?i China, Sam ?i Remi Fargo se trezesc implica?i ?n traficul cu fosile de pe pia?a neagr?, descoper? un cuf?r vechi de secole, un regat tibetan disp?rut, un dirijabil inventat cu secole ?naintea vremii sale… ?i un schelet care ar putea transforma complet ?ntreaga istorie a evolu?iei umane.Plin de imagina?ie ?i cu un suspans care-?i taie r?suflarea, Regatul dovede?te ?nc? o dat? de ce Clive Cussler este considerat ?unul dintre cei mai buni autori contemporani de thriller“. – New York PostRomanele lui Cussler sunt publicate ?n peste 40 de limbi, ?n mai bine de o sut? de ??ri ale lumii.

N?scut ?ntr-o clopotni??, ?ntr-un sat din Alpii Elve?ieni, Moses, fiul unei s?rmane surdo-mute este ?nzestrat cu un auz remarcabil ?i cu o voce la fel de limpede precum sunetul uria?elor clopote sub care a v?zut lumina zilei. Sunetele ?i vor fi harta cea mai de ?ncredere pe parcursul vie?ii sale marcate de muzic?, la ?nceput ?n corul unei m?n?stiri ?i, ?n cele din urm?, pe scenele celor mai de seama teatre din Viena ?i din Vene?ia. Binecuv?ntare, dar ?i blestem, vocea sa angelic? este vocea unui musico, castrat ?mpotriva propriei voin?e, pentru a-i p?stra puritatea ?i limpezimea. Moses ??i va tr?i iubirea pentru o t?n?r? nobil? din Sankt Gallen cu intensitate fidel? ?i tragism, p?n? la cap?t, asemenea lui Orfeu, ?n opera cu care ??i face nea?teptat debutul pe scena, la premiera dirijat? de celebrul Gluck.Adev?ruri sf??ietoare, frumuse?e, arta, ur?, conspira?ii, z?mbete printre lacrimi ?i mai ales sunete care s? exprime emo?ii ?ntr-un limbaj universal… romanul lui Harvell ?nf??i?eaz? o poveste str?lucitoare ?i grav?, c? b?taia ?n amurg a marelui Pummerin, din Catedrala Sf?ntul ?tefan.Roman publicat ?n 12 ??ri.

Ce livre n'est pas un nouvel ouvrage de l'auteur. Il regroupe et réunit ses deux guides pratiques, actualisés, sur la mise en ?uvre du magnétisme curatif et l'usage du pendule, publiés séparément en juin 2015 (Magnétiser, un acte d'amour) et en décembre 2016 (Le pendule, un fil de l'?me).??L'auteur s'est initié seul à ces deux méthodes qu'il utilise conjointement. Le pendule intervient comme un assistant, un "conseiller" sur la zone de souffrance à traiter et le geste à faire.

Anna Karenina (in russo: Aнна Каренина) è un romanzo di Lev Tolstoj che fu pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1877. Considerato un capolavoro del realismo, l'autore trasse ispirazione da "I racconti di Belkin" dello scrittore e poeta russo Aleksandr Sergeevi? Pu?kin. Sebbene la maggior parte della critica russa stroncasse il romanzo fin dalla prima pubblicazione, definendolo ?un romanzo frivolo dell'alta società?, secondo lo scrittore russo F?dor Michajlovi? Dostoevskij ?Anna Karenina in quanto opera d'arte è la perfezione... e niente della letteratura europea della nostra epoca può esserle paragonato?. La sua opinione fu condivisa da Vladimir Vladimirovi? Nabokov, che lo definì ?il capolavoro assoluto della letteratura del XIX secolo?.

Nuova edizione illustrata con i disegni originali di Alec Ball, Frederic Dorr Steele, Knott e T. V. McCarthy. "La scomparsa di Lady Frances Carfax" è uno dei 56 racconti di Sherlock Holmes scritto dall'autore britannico Arthur Conan Doyle, inizialmente pubblicato nelle riviste American Magazine e The Strand Magazine e in seguito parte di una raccolta di otto racconti pubblicata come libro con il titolo di ""Il suo ultimo saluto: alcune reminiscenze di Sherlock Holmes"", in alcune edizioni intitolato ""L'ultimo saluto di Sherlock Holmes"". ? uno dei pochi racconti in cui per gran parte della trama Watson deve agire da solo e cerca di fare del suo meglio con Holmes posto in secondo piano. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (Edimburgo, 22 maggio 1859 – Crowborough, 7 luglio 1930) è stato uno scrittore scozzese, considerato, insieme ad Edgar Allan Poe, il fondatore di due generi letterari: il giallo e il fantastico. In particolare è il capostipite del sottogenere noto come giallo deduttivo, reso famoso dal personaggio dell'investigatore Sherlock Holmes. La produzione dello scrittore tuttavia spazia dal romanzo d'avventura alla fantascienza, dal soprannaturale ai temi storici. Altre edizioni Disponibile anche in inglese e in edizione bilingue con testo inglese a fronte, specifica per tablet (il testo originale e la traduzione vengono visualizzati su due colonne affiancate).