The Other (Aldebaran Leo)(Paperback)

The Other (Aldebaran Leo)(Paperback)

Kim, Inge, Mai Lan and Hector have been camping for weeks in the wilds of Betelgeuse's canyons, waiting for Hector's ankle to heal. As they get ready to head back to the settlement, unaware that Alexa and Mark have finally reached the planet and made contact with the colonists, the mantris sends

Return to Aldebaran: Episode 3 (Leo)(Paperback)

The mysterious cube on Aldebaran was destroyed by a terrorist, along with the quantum gate that allowed passage to a new world - stranding Kim and her team on the other side. At least, they did manage to find - and befriend - the intruder who'd kidnapped Marie. Meeting his people, Kim discovers

The Caves (Aldebaran Leo)(Paperback)

A wounded Kim has been rescued by Hector, but they are stuck inside the planet's vast network of caves. Steve and Inge leave the expedition behind to look for them. All of them make their way through multiple, winding tunnels, trying to avoid particularly hostile and dangerous fauna in order to

The Creature (Aldebaran Leo)(Paperback)

Telling the story of humanity's first attempts to colonise distant planets, this is the tale of Kim and his companions and the strange creatures and perilous dangers they face in the unknown

Episode 2 (Aldebaran Leo)(Paperback)

The Antares mission is underway. Kim, her daughter, and her companions are on board the interstellar ship that carries the would-be colonists. Conditions are far from ideal, though. The fanaticism and bigotry of a large number of the passengers, all members of the project leader's sect, are putting

Episode 3 (Aldebaran Leo)(Paperback)

Bad luck, shoddy equipment and hostile fauna have stranded Kim and her companions thousands of miles from the Antares expedition's base camp. Abandoned to their fate by the fanatical leaders who cannot abide Kim's independent streak, wracked by internal dissent, the little group must make its way

Is the Rectum a Grave?: And Other Essays (Bersani Leo)(Paperback)

Over the course of a distinguished career, critic Leo Bersani has tackled a range of issues in his writing, and this collection gathers together some of his finest work. Beginning with one of the foundations of queer theory-his famous meditation on how sex leads to a shattering of the self, 'Is the

Aldebaran - brož. - Leo

Přichází legendární sci-fi série, která vás vezme do vesmíru mezi neznámé a nebezpečné tvory. Roku 2079 byla založena první mimozemská kolonie – na planetě Aldebaran-4. Krátce poté ztratila kontakt se Zemí, což způsobilo, že se technický vývoj na planetě zastavil a lidé

The Cossacks and Other Stories (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback)

Tolstoy's powerful semiautobiographical stories based on his time spent in the Russian army, part of our series of fresh new Tolstoy translations In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army. The four years he spent as a soldier were among the most significant in his life and

The Kreutzer Sonata: And Other Stories (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback)

These four novellas--Family Happiness, The Kreutzer Sonata, The Cossacks, and Hadji Murad--each unique in form, show Tolstoy at his creative height. This edition uses the acclaimed Maude translations, (except for Family Happiness, translated by J.D. Huff), modernized and corrected against modern

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback)

A collection of some of Tolstoy's most powerful powerful stories The violent spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life that inspired his last period of creativity produced the stories in this compelling and startling collection. They portray the multifaceted nature of desire, from idealistic romance to

Master and Man and Other Stories (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback)

The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades - experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, 'The Two Hussars' contrasts a dashing father

Episode 1 (Leo)(Paperback)

After all her adventures on other worlds, it's time for Kim to return to

How Much Land Does a Man Need? and Other Stories (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback)

These short works, ranging from Tolstoy's earliest tales to the brilliant title story, are rich in the insights and passion that characterize all of his explorations in love, war, courage, and civilization. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in

Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback / softback)

Here are some of Tolstoy's extraordinary short stories, from 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich.' in a masterly new translation, to 'The Raid,' 'The Wood-felling,' 'Three Deaths,' 'Polikushka,' 'After the Ball,' and 'The Forged Coupon,' all gripping and eloquent lessons on two of Tolstoy's most persistent

Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback / softback)

This intensely moving story of Ivan Ilyich's lonely end is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late fiction. The ten other stories in this collection include 'The Kreutzer Sonata', 'The Devil', and 'Hadji Murat' which has been described by Harold Bloom as 'the best story in the

Knight Who Wouldn't Fight (Docherty Helen)(Paperback / softback)

Leo isn't like the other knights. He'd rather read a book than fight, which is tricky when his parents send him off to tame a dragon. But Leo knows that books are mightier than swords - and the way to tame a dragon is to read him a story. With witty rhyming text and glorious illustrations, this is

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback)

'No one pitied him as he would have liked to be pitied.' As Ivan Ilyich lies dying he begins to re-evaluate his life, searching for meaning that will make sense of his sufferings. In 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' and the other works in this volume, Tolstoy conjures characters who, tested to the limit,

A Confession and Other Religious Writings (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback)

Tolstoy's passionate and iconoclastic writings--on issues of faith, immortality, freedom, violence, and morality--reflect his intellectual search for truth and a religion firmly grounded in reality. The selection includes 'A Confession, ' 'Religion and Morality, ' 'What Is Religion, and of What

Monkey on the Run (Timmers Leo)(Paperback / softback)

The City and Man (Strauss Leo)(Paperback)

The City and Man consists of provocative essays by the late Leo Strauss on Aristotle's Politics, Plato's Republic, and Thucydides' Peloponnesian Wars. Together, the essays constitute a brilliant attempt to use classical political philosophy as a means of liberating modern political philosophy from

Hadji Murad (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback)

In 1851 Leo Tolstoy enlisted in the Russian army and was sent to the Caucasus to help defeat the Chechens. During this war a great Avar chieftain, Hadji Mur d, broke with the Chechen leader Shamil and fled to the Russians for safety. Months later, while attempting to rescue his family from Shamil's

Betelgeuse - Leo

Kniha Betelgeuse: | Legendární sci-fi série, která vás vezme do vesmíru mezi neznámé a nebezpečné tvory. | | První lidská vesmírná kolonie na planetě Aldebaran-4 obnovila kontakt se Zemí a její společnost začala lépe fungovat. Tou dobou už ale loď Konstantin Ciolkovskij míří k

Leo and the Lightning Dragons (White Gill)(Paperback / softback)

Everybody in the kingdom supports brave knight Leo in his battle against his fearsome dragons. They try lots of different things to help him defeat them but eventually Leo realises the most important thing to do is to believe in himself. Written by Gill White for her son Leo who suffers from