Hospital of the Transfiguration (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

Hospital of the Transfiguration (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

An early realist novel by Stanislaw Lem, taking place in a Polish psychiatric hospital during World War II.Taking place within the confines of a psychiatric hospital, Stanislaw Lem's The Hospital of the Transfiguration tells the story of a young doctor working in a Polish asylum during World War

Dialogues (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

The first English translation of a nonfiction work by Stanislaw Lem, which was conceived under the spell of cybernetics in 1957 and updated in 1971. In 1957, Stanislaw Lem published Dialogues, a book conceived under the spell of cybernetics, as he wrote in the preface to the second edition

Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future (Swirski Peter)(Paperback)

Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future brings a welter of unknown elements of Lem's life, career, and literary legacy to light. Part One traces the context of his cultural influence, telling the story of one of the greatest writers and thinkers of the century. It includes a comprehensive critical

Tales of Pirx the Pilot (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback / softback)

This Is My Beloved Son: The Transfiguration of Christ (Andreopoulos Andreas)(Paperback)

The Transfiguration, one of the most mysterious miracles of Christ, has been mostly misunderstood for two millennia.'Andreas Andreopoulos approaches the Transfiguration explaining its significance in the continuing experience of the church and in the personal journey of each Christian. He sees the

The Chain of Chance (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

A former astronaut turned private detective is dispatched to Naples to discover the pattern in a mysterious series of deaths and disappearances occurring at a seaside spa. A Helen and Kurt Wolff

Fiasco (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback / softback)

The Invincible (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

A space cruiser, in search of its sister ship, encounters beings descended from self-replicating machines.In the grand tradition of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, Stanislaw Lem's The Invincible tells the story of a space cruiser sent to an obscure planet to determine the fate of a sister spaceship

The Investigation (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

A young officer at Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a puzzling and eerie case of missing-and apparently resurrected-bodies. To unravel the mystery, Lt. Gregory consults scientific, philosophical, and theological experts, who supply him with a host of theories and

Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

The travels of Ijon Tichy, a Gulliver of the space age, who encounters faulty time machines, intelligent washing machines, suicidal potatoes, and other puzzling phenomena.Memoirs of a Space Traveler follows the adventures of Ijon Tichy, a Gulliver of the space age, who leads readers through strange

More Tales of Pirx the Pilot (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

Commander Pirx, who drives space vehicles for a living in the galaxy of the future, here faces a new series of intriguing adventures in which robots demonstrate some alarmingly human characteristics. Translated by Louis Iribarne, assisted by Magdalena Majcherczyk and Michael Kandel. A Helen and

Mortal Engines (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback / softback)

Futurological Congress (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback / softback)

Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry (Stern Theodore A.)(Paperback)

For generations of practitioners, the Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry has been and is the 'gold standard' guide to consultation-liaison psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine. The fully updated 7th Edition, by Drs. Theodore A. Stern, Oliver Freudenreich,

The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless planet, Earth, Lem sends his unlucky cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to the Eighth Futurological Congress. Caught up in local revolution, Tichy is shot and so critically wounded that he is flashfrozen to await a

Cyberiad - Fables for the Cybernetic Age (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback / softback)

'A giant of twentieth-century science fiction' Guardian One of the world's most beloved science fiction writers, Stanislaw Lem was famed for his wryly comic, outlandish imaginings of the relationship between humans and technology. In this playful cosmic fantasia, two 'constructors' compete to dream

Memoirs Found in a Bathtub (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

Westborough State Hospital (Anderson Katherine)(Paperback)

On the banks of Lake Chauncy sit the remains of the Westborough Insane Hospital, later known as Westborough State Hospital. Westborough is perhaps best known as the second homeopathic hospital for the insane in the United States and the first example of institutional reuse in the nation. The

Tales of Pirx the Pilot (Lem Stanislaw)(Pevná vazba)

In Pilot Pirx, Lem has created an irresistibly likable character: an astronaut who gives the impression of still navigating by the seat of his pants-a bumbler but an inspired one. By investing Pirx with a range of human foibles, Lem offers a wonderful vision of the audacity, childlike curiosity,

Star Diaries (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback / softback)

Written over a period of twenty years, this book features adventures of space traveller Ijon

Solaris (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

'A fantastic book.' --Steven Soderbergh When psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds himself confronting a painful memory embodied in the physical likeness of a past lover. Kelvin learns that he is not alone in this and that other

Adventures of a Mathematician (Ulam S. M.)(Paperback)

The autobiography of mathematician Stanislaw Ulam, one of the great scientific minds of the twentieth century, tells a story rich with amazingly prophetic speculations and peppered with lively anecdotes. As a member of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1944 on, Ulam helped to precipitate some

Solaris (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback)

When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to confront a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others suffer from the same affliction and speculation rises among scientists that the

The Hospital (Bouanani Ahmed)(Paperback)

'When I walked through the large iron gate of the hospital, I must have still been alive...' So begins Ahmed Bouanani's arresting, hallucinatory 1989 novel The Hospital, appearing for the first time in English translation. Based on Bouanani's own experiences as a tuberculosis patient, the hospital