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Një zbulim i rastësishëm shkencor është fillimi i një aventure tronditëse që shtyhet menjëherë drejt kufijve të shkencës dhe tenton ti tejkalojë ato. Protagonistët sillen nëpër shtigje të pazakonta, të papritura, dhe përballen me situata plotësisht jashtë të zakonshmes. Aventura e shkencës dhe e teknologjisë bëhet edhe aventurë e brendshme për disa nga ata, duke zbuluar pamje të intimitetit dhe se…
Μια τυχαία επιστημονική ανακάλυψη είναι η αρχή μίας συγκλονιστικής περιπέτειας, που ξεκινά στα όρια της επιστήμης και απειλεί να τα ξεπεράσει. Οι πρωταγωνιστές βρίσκονται σε πρωτόγνωρες και απρόσμενες διαδρομές αντιμετωπίζοντας καταστάσεις πέραν των συνηθισμένων. Αυτή η περιπέτεια της επιστήμης και της τεχνολογίας γίνεται, επίσης, εσωτερική περιπέτεια για ορισμένους από αυτούς, οι οποίοι ανακαλύπτ…
Un esperimento sulle drosofile che mira al prolungamento dell'esistenza ha un esito clamoroso: quei moscerini della frutta, che naturalmente vivono otto settimane, continuano a esserci per mesi e poi per anni, sempre in piena salute. Si comincia a supporre con plausibilità che siano divenute imperiture. Certuni, d’altro canto, pensano che il merito non sia stato solo dei ricercatori, ma che sia in…
Оно обитает на далеком острове, где-то в океане. Оно древнее, как сама Земля. Оно уничтожило все вокруг себя – и бешено рвется в широкий мир. Оно – вселенское зло, уготовившее для людей мучительную, адскую гибель. Этот демон никогда не насытится – и никогда не остановится. Если его не остановить… Подробный гид по творчеству Джеймса Роллинса читайте в ЛитРес: Журнале
Молодой ученый Хари Селдон открывает алгоритмы, позволяющие математически предсказывать общественное развитие. Он называет это психоисторией. А вот для императора Клеона Первого психоистория – возможность предсказывать и направлять развитие его Галактической империи. Именно поэтому Селдон, как главный теоретик психоистории, становится самым разыскиваемым человеком в колонизированной вселенной. Пер…
Richard Sharpe, with enemies on every side, survives Marshall Massena’s attack and ends at the lines of Torres Vedras.Sharpe’s job as Captain of the Light Company is under threat and he has made a new enemy, a Portuguese criminal known as Ferragus. Discarded by his regiment, Sharpe wages a private war against Ferragus – a war fought through the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal’s anci…
Richard Sharpe is fighting for his Irish battalion and his own honour through the blood-stained streets of the town.Quartered in a crumbling Portuguese fort, Richard Sharpe and his men are attacked by an elite French unit, led by an old enemy of Sharpe’s, and suffer heavy losses.The army’s high command blame Sharpe for the disaster and his military career seems to be ruined. His only hope is to re…
Major Sharpe finds himself a fugitive, hunted by enemy and ally alike.Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army’s campaign with grim expectancy. For victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain – an alliance that must be maintained at any cost.Pierre Ducos, the wily French intelligence officer, sees a chance both to destroy the alliance and to achi…
Richard Sharpe, abandoned in enemy territory, has to trust in assistance from a hostile American privateer.The invasion of France is under way, and the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe. He and a small force of Riflemen are to capture a fortress and secure a landing on the French coast. It is to be one of the most dangerous missions of his career.Through the reckles…
The fifth instalment of the New York Times bestselling series, Temeraire. Laurence waits to be hanged as a traitor to the Crown, and Temeraire is confined to the breeding grounds as Napoleon invades Britain, and takes London.Laurence and Temeraire have betrayed the British. They have foiled their attempts to inflict death upon the French dragons by sharing the cure they found in Africa with their …
History takes flight in the second book of Naomi Novik’s deliciously addictive series which captures the Napoleonic period perfectly and skillfully layers the timeline with imagination by adding a Dragon Air Force to the battle for England.Captain William Laurence of the British Air Corps and his dragon, Temeraire, begin their slow voyage to China, fearful that upon landing they will be forced to …
Naomi Novik’s stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the turbulent time of the Napoleonic Wars.Former Aerial Corps captain Will Laurence and his faithful dragon, Temeraire, have been put out to pasture in Australia – and it seems their part in the war has ended just…
With the acclaimed Temeraire novels, New York Times bestselling author Naomi Novik has created a fantasy series like no other. Now, with LEAGUE OF DRAGONS, Novik brings the imaginative tour-de-force that has captivated millions to an unforgettable finish.Napoleon’s invasion of Russia has been roundly thwarted. But even as Capt. William Laurence and the dragon Temeraire pursue the retreating enemy …
Richard Sharpe, who alone can recognise the top French spy, is under orders to capture him alive.Richard Sharpe is once again at war. But this time his enemy is just one man – the ruthless Colonel Leroux. Sharpe’s mission is to safeguard El Mirador, a spy whose network of agents is vital to British victory.Sharpe is forced into a new world of political and military intrigue. And in unfamiliar surr…
Now that the secrets of Mars have been unearthed, nation stands against nation in the brink of a catastrophic war. A war that threatens our entire existence.The revelations on Mars – a half-million year-old legacy of the vanished star-traveling Builders – have fed the flames of catastrophic war. A beleaguered United States and its Russian and Japanese allies struggle to hold their own against the …