“The Sorrows of Satan”
Легко читаем по-английски Талантливый писатель Джеффри Темпест – герой мистического романа Марии Корелли «Скорбь сатаны», прозябающий в нищете и мечтающий о богатстве. Но получив желаемое, станет ли он по-настоящему счастливым? Можно ли купить за деньги талант, любовь, искреннее восхищение или дружбу? Для удобства читателя текст сопровождается комментариями и кратким словарем. Предназначается для продолжающих изучать английский […]
“The Source Adventure”
Life is discovery, and this book is a journey of discovery to learn to grow, to recognize the opportunities: to be aware. It asks the big question, “Why am I here?” and leads the reader to examine the most significant questions of a lifetime. Have you often asked yourself, “Why do I exist? Why am […]
“The Stars My Destination”
SF Masterworks Introduction by Graham Sleight Education: none. Skills: none. Merits: none. Recommendations: none. That is the official verdict on Gully Foyle, unskilled space crewman. But Gully has managed to survive for 170 days in the airless purgatory of deep space after the wreck of his ship, and has escaped to Earth carrying a murderous […]
“The Story of Sanat Kumara. Training a Planetary Logos”
How was the beauty of this world created? The answer is in the story of Earth’s Logos, the great being Sanat Kumara. A journey through his eyes as he learns the real-life lessons of training along the path of mastery.
“The Story of the Stone: Golden Days Volume 1”
`The Story of the Stone` (c. 1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies, and his two cousins: Bao-chai, his parents’ choice of a wife for him, and the […]
“The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius”
Paul Dirac, sometimes called the British Einstein, was the greatest English theoretician since Newton – and one of the strangest geniuses in the entire history of science. When Dirac won the Nobel Prize in 1933, partly for his astonishing prediction of antimatter, he was the youngest theoretician ever to win it. But his private life […]
“The Subterrene war: Book One. Germline”
Germline (n.) a secret military program to develop genetically engineered super-soldiers (slang). War is Oscar Wendell´s ticket to greatness. A reporter for the Stars and Stripes, he has a pass to the front lines of a brutal conflict over natural resources, where genetics – the germline soldiers – battle heavily armed troops deep beneath the […]
“The Swindler and Lazarillo de Tormes. Two Spanish Picaresque Novels”
The unlikely heroes of the Spanish picaresque novels make their way – by whatever means they can – through a colourful and seamy underworld populated by unsavoury beggars, corrupt priests, eccentrics, whores and criminals. Both Lazarillo de Tormesand Pablos the swindler are determined to attain the trappings of the gentleman, but have little time for […]
“The Synonym Finder”
Originally published in 1961 by the founder of Rodale Press, The Synonym Finder continues to be a practical reference tool for every home and office. This thesaurus contains more than 1 million synonyms, arranged alphabetically, with separate subdivisions for the different parts of speech and meanings of the same word.
“The Temple of Man I&II. 2 raamatut.”
The monumental Temple of Man represents the most important breakthrough in our understanding of Ancient Egypt since the discovery of the Rosetta stone. This exhaustive and authoritative study reveals the depths of the mathematical, medical, and metaphysical sophistication of Ancient Egypt. Schwaller de Lubicz´s stone-by-stone survey of the temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu at Luxor allows us […]
“The Temples of Karnak”
A wonderfully illustrated book on the monuments, ruins, statues and bas-reliefs of the Ancient Egyptian temples of Karnak. With a text written by one of most renowned twentieth century philosophers, accompanied by the photographs of Georges and Valentine de Mire, this is an important archive record of an important historic site. Lubicz discusses the context […]
“The Ten Thousand Things”
“A work of art in itself. A thoroughly enjoyable literary sojourn by a master of historical fiction.” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A sweeping historical novel that deserves to be compared to the classic Chinese novels that partly inspired it, The Ten Thousand Things is nothing short of a literary event. Set on the cusp […]
“The Testaments”
The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale. The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale. More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip […]
“The Thinker’s Toolkit”
14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving. An invaluable resource for any manager or professional, this book offers a collection of proven, practical methods for simplifying any problem and making faster, better decisions every time.
“The Three-Body Problem”
Winner 2015 Hugo award for best novel 1967: Ye Wenjie witness Red Guards beat her father to death during China´s Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind. Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal […]
“The Tides of Mind. Uncovering the Spectrum of Consciousness”
The holy grail of scientists and psychologists since the beginning of artificial intelligence has been to replicate thought patterns of the human mind. Challenging the notion that this can ever be achieved through state-of-the-art research, legendary AI authority David Gelernter-a “rock star” (New York Times) of the computing world-surprisingly turns to literature, hoping that the […]
“The Trial of Henry Kissinger”
“A good liar must have a good memory: Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.” Christopher Hitchens Christopher Hitchens goes straight for the jugular in The Trial of Henry Kissinger. Under his fearsome gaze, the former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor is accused of being a war criminal whose reckless actions […]
“The Truth About the Drug Companies. How They Deceive Us and What to do About It”
The pharmaceutical industry claims to be a high-risk business, but year after year, drug companies have higher profits than those in any other industry – by a long shot. The industry claims to be innovative, but only a small fraction of its drugs are truly new; most are simply variations on older drugs. Contrary to […]
“The Vatican Heresy. Bernini and the Building of the Hermetic Temple of the Sun”
In collaboration with Sandro Zicari, PhD. In 16th century Italy, in the midst of the Renaissance, two powerful movements took hold. The first, the Hermetic Movement, was inspired by an ancient set of books housed in the library of Cosimo de’ Medici and written by the Egyptian sage Hermes Trismegistus. The movement expounded the return […]
“The Venetian Betrayal”
In 323 B.C.E, having conquered Persia, Alexander the Great set his sights on Arabia, then suddenly succumbed to a strange fever. Locating his final resting place – unknown to this day – remains a tantalizing goal for both archaeologists and treasure hunters. Now the quest for this coveted prize is about to heat up. And […]
