In a crystalline death lay the only release for those prisoners of that Ionian hell-outpost. Yet MacVickers and the men had to escape—for to remain meant the conquering of the Solar System by the inhuman Europans. Leigh Brackett was the undisputed Queen of Space Opera and the first women to be nominated for the coveted Hugo Award. She wrote short stories, novels, and scripts for Hollywood. She wrote the first draft of the Empire Strikes Back shortly before her death in 1978.
In a crystalline death lay the only release for those prisoners of that Ionian hell-outpost. Yet MacVickers and the men had to escape—for to remain meant the conquering of the Solar System by the inhuman Europans.
Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A mischievous boy who can fly and never ages, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland…
Шагаешь в ногу со временем, если на твоей футболке – портрет Че Гевары. И не важно, что ты не выговариваешь его имя. Пользуешься уважением однокурсников, если ты неформал и антиглобалист. И ничего, что ты и товарищи тайком друг от друга посещаете заведение фаст-фуда. Но что случится, если идейные собратья узнают, что твоя возлюбленная – дочь главного городского капиталиста, а твое место работы – оплот буржуинства? Трудный выбор встал перед Алешей в канун совершения антигламурного бунта. Что...
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"Roderick Hudson" is the coming-of-age story of its title character, a young sculptor who falls under the patronage of Rowland Mallet. Rowland, who is about to depart for Europe, offers to pay for Roderick to come along so that he may study in Italy and improve his art. Originally published serially in «The Atlantic Monthly» during 1875, «Roderick Hudson» is Henry James' story of the development of an artist and the development of a man.
A fallen woman would seem a less-than-ideal choice for a Victorian heroine. Elizabeth Gaskell courageously created just such a portrait in her Ruth. Overturning the conventional assumption that a woman once seduced is condemned to exclusion from respectable society, Gaskell draws a heroine whose emotional honesty, innate morality, and the love she shares with her illegitimate son are suffi cient for redemption.
Ein pervertiertes Scheidungsverfahren hat das neu entstandene Paar Andrea und Attila an den Rand des Wahnsinns und aus ihrem Heimatland getrieben. In Spanien wollen sie endlich das sonnenreiche Leben genießen. Doch die Vergangenheit rückt immer wieder in den Mittelpunkt und löst schwere Konflikte aus. Beiden sehnen sie sich nach ihren Kindern. Erzählt aus dem Blickwinkel der neuen Partnerin
"Sense and Sensibility" is the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, who have contrasting temperaments. On the surface Elinor, the older sister represents sense or reason while Marianne represents sensibility or emotion, however upon closer examination we find that they both exhibit varying aspects of each characteristic. A classic coming of age story «Sense and Sensibility» was Jane Austen's first published novel.