In the twenty-third century pioneers have escaped the crowded earth for life in self-sustaining orbital colonies.One of the colonies, Rotor, has broken away from the solar system to create its own renegade utopia around an unknown red star two light-years from Earth: a star named Nemesis.Now a fifteen-year-old Rotorian girl has learned of the dire threat that nemesis poses to Earth's people--but she is prevented from warning them.Soon she will realize that Nemesis endangers Rotor as well.And so it will be up to her alone to save both Earth and Rotor as--drawn inexorably by Nemesis, the death...
In the twenty-third century pioneers have escaped the crowded earth for life in self-sustaining orbital colonies.One of the colonies, Rotor, has broke...
Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun.They know the truth--but who will listen?They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy--but who will believe?These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to the Earth's survival."
Only a few know the terrifying truth--an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who...
A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.On the beautiful Outer World planet of Solaria, a handful of human colonists lead a hermit-like existence, their every need attended to by their faithful robot servants.To this strange and provocative planet comes Detective Elijah Baley, sent from the streets of New York with his positronic partner, the robot R. Daneel Olivaw, to solve an incredible murder that has rocked Solaria to its foundations.The victim had been so reclusive...
A millennium into the future, two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positr...
A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Like most people left behind on an over-populated Earth, New York City police detective Elijah Baley had little love for either the arrogant Spacers or their robotic companions. But when a prominent Spacer is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Baley is ordered to the Outer...
A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positro...
A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Detective Elijah Baiey is called to the Spacer world Aurora to solve a bizarre case of roboticide. The prime suspect is a gifted roboticist who had the means, the motive, and the opportunity to commit the crime. There's only one catch: Baley and his positronic partner, R. Daneel Olivaw,...
A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic ...
Ishmael Reed has created a sharp, wildly funny slave's-eye view of the Civil War. Three slaves infected with Dysaethesia Aethipica (a term coined in the nineteenth century for the disease that makes Negroes run away) escape from Virginia. Not satisfied with leaving slavery halfway, one of the trio has vowed to go the whole distance to Canada; his master, Arthur Swille, determined to recover his property, pursues, hot on Raven Quickskill's trail. With myth-bending ingenuity, Reed merges history, fantasy, political reality, and high comedy as he parodies the fugitive slave narrative:...
Ishmael Reed has created a sharp, wildly funny slave's-eye view of the Civil War. Three slaves infected with Dysaethesia Aethipica (a term coined ...
Każdy reportaż biograficzny to jakaś podróż po cudzym życiu, lub jak kto woli, po cudzych śladach. Dlatego obok pytania, czy warto w nią w ogóle wyruszać po tych konkretnych Leszkowych, nasuwa się jeszcze jedno bardzo ważne - o przewodnika, który nas na tę wyprawę zaprasza i w nią zabiera. Czy można mu zaufać i czy ma jakieś uprawnienia, aby nas „wciągać” w meandry duszy bohatera, przeprowadzić przez wspomnienia rodziny i przyjaciół, pokazać to co w tej wyprawie prawdziwie piękne, zaskakujące i niepowtarzalne. Czy nasz przewodnik będzie na tyle kompetentny, aby...
Każdy reportaż biograficzny to jakaś podróż po cudzym życiu, lub jak kto woli, po cudzych śladach. Dlatego obok pytania, czy warto w nią w og...
A moving book that shows the care and conviction with which Primo Levi writes about the Holocaust, this work also shows the range of his interests and the skill, thoughtfulness, and sensitivity he brought to all his subjects.
A moving book that shows the care and conviction with which Primo Levi writes about the Holocaust, this work also shows the range of his interests and...
Reflecting Conrad's genius for narrative that focuses on the quest for inner truths, The Arrow of Gold is an exploration of the dangerous appetites of men and of human vulnerability, as well as a profound meditation on the emotional boundary between people. Boasting a cast of extraordinary and eccentric personalities, including the heroine Dona Rita, this is a story of adventure on the high seas, of the revelation of love, of the crushing weight of loss, and of freedom found in the recklessness of unadorned sincerity.
During the Carlist war of the early 1870s, a young sailor,...
Reflecting Conrad's genius for narrative that focuses on the quest for inner truths, The Arrow of Gold is an exploration of the dangerous ap...
Historia Matejki i jego rodziny – matki wychowującej dzieci „do sztuki”, braci, z których Janek wcale nie czuł się najzdolniejszy, córki Beaty, wyjątkowo utalentowanego zięcia Józefa Unierzyskiego, znakomitego witrażysty Stefana Witolda Matejki (bratanka Mistrza) – to temat na wielką filmową sagę, równie fascynującą jak ta książka. Matejko był artystą i historiozofem, badaczem przyczyn upadku Polski. Zaskakiwał kolorystyką obrazów, oburzał wprowadzaniem na płótna postaci niewymienianych wcześniej przez kroniki. Marek Sołtysik, autor wielu historycznych...
Historia Matejki i jego rodziny – matki wychowującej dzieci „do sztuki”, braci, z których Janek wcale nie czuł się najzdolniejszy, córki Be...
