It is Roth's special gift that, in Tarabas's fulfillment of his tragic destiny, the larger movements of history find their perfect expression in the fate of one man

The Newbery-winning fantasy series now available in gorgeous new paperback editions! Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his quest to become a hero. Taran is joined by an engaging cast of characters that includes Eilonwy, the strong-willed and sharp-tongued princess; Fflewddur Fflam, the hyperbole-prone bard; the ever-faithful Gurgi; and the curmudgeonly Doli―all of whom have become involved in an epic struggle between good and evil that shapes the fate of the legendary land of Prydain. Released over a period of five years, Lloyd Alexander's beautifully written tales not only captured children's imaginations but also garnered the highest critical praise. The Black Cauldron was a Newbery Honor Book, and the final volume in the chronicles, The High King, crowned the series by winning the Newbery Medal for "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children." Henry Holt is proud to present this classic series in a new, redesigned paperback format. The jackets feature stunning art by acclaimed fantasy artist David Wyatt, giving the books a fresh look for today's generation of young fantasy lovers. The companion book of short stories, The Foundling is also available in paperback at this time. In their more than thirty years in print, the Chronicles of Prydain have become the standard of excellence in fantasy literature for children

Richard Lafargue, a well-known plastic surgeon, pursues and captures Vincent Moreau, who raped Lafargue’s daughter and left her hopelessly mad in an asylum. Lafargue is determined to exact an atrocious vengeance, and an ambiguous, even sadomasochistic relationship develops between self-appointed executioner and victim

Taras Bulba is a magnificent story portraying the life of the Ukrainian Cossacks who lived by the Dnieper River in the sixteenth century. Taras Bulba is an old and hardened warrior who feels a little rusty from lack of action. When his two sons return from school at Kiev, he eagerly takes them to the ‘setch,’ the camping and training island of the Cossacks. There they spend their time drinking and remembering old glories. It happens, however, that the Cossacks are going through an uneasy truce with their Turkish hegemones and the Tartar horsemen. Taras Bulba, always the warmonger, harangues the Cossacks, engineers a change in leadership, and leads them to attack the Catholic Poles. The Cossacks ride West, destroying everything they meet with extraordinary brutality. Finally, they lay siege to a walled city, but Andrew, Taras’s younger son, discovers that the woman he loves is inside. A masterful and brutal story of the horrors of war

Alfonss Dodē Taraskonas Tartarens LVI Rīgā  1960 Alphonse Daudet Tartarin de Tarascon Ernest Flammarion, Editeur No franču valodas tulkojusi Elza Stērste manam draugam Conzacam Priva Francijā visi mazdrusciņ ir taraskonieši. Pēc stāsta motīviem uzņemta filma http://kinobanda.net/film/14097/ Noskannējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Chevauchées héroïques, combats furieux, mêlées sanglantes, têtes et corps fracassés, démembrés, uniformes rutilants, tonnerre des canonnades, bannières, cimiers et cris farouches déployés au vent de la steppe, rien ne manque à cette épopée russe à la manière de Walter Scott. Pas même l'amour fatal d'un beau cosaque pour sa princesse polonaise. Mais quel rapport entretient donc ce Tarass Boulba flamboyant avec la modernité kafkaïenne des Âmes mortes ou du Manteau? Son thème secret, développé comme dans une tragédie cornélienne: le doute, qui sans cesse déstabilise l'artiste dans sa quête d'absolu. Plusieurs fois trahi, à commencer par son propre fils, le vieux Tarass s'obstine à poursuivre un idéal menacé: sa religion, son peuple, la terre de ses ancêtres. Incarnant ainsi pour Gogol une sorte de fidélité invivable, qui ne peut se résoudre que dans la mort. Tarass Boulba est un Cosaque ukrainien, fier, vaillant, belliqueux – un Cosaque pour qui seules comptent sa foi orthodoxe, sa terre et la lutte immémoriale contre les Polonais. Il accueille ses deux fils, Ostap et Andreï, qui rentrent de Kiev, ayant terminé leurs études à l’université, et les conduit très vite à la "Setch", le campement militaire des Cosaques. Mais Andreï, le cadet, tombe amoureux d’une belle Polonaise et passe à l’ennemi! Incapable de supporter cette trahison, son père le tue de ses mains. L’aîné, Ostap, est fait prisonnier. Dès lors Tarass Boulba n’a plus qu’une idée: le venger… Gogol écrit la première version de Tarass Boulba à vingt-six ans et met toute la fougue de sa jeunesse dans cette superbe exaltation du peuple cosaque qu’il a connu dans l’enfance: avec Tarass Boulba, on chevauche au vent de la steppe, on se bat avec héroïsme et férocité, on ripaille, on chante, bref on découvre la truculence de l’épopée à la russe, immortalisée au cinéma par Yul Brunner et Harry Baur

Nikolajs Gogolis Tarass Buļba stāsts par Zaporožjes (Aizkrāces) Sečas varonīgo cīņu pret citzemju apspiedējiem Īss satura atstāsts Pie veca kazaku palkavnieka Tarasa Buļbas atbrauc no Kijevas akadēmijas divi viņa dēli Ostaps un Andrijs - divi spēcīgi jaunieši, pie kam tikšanās reizē Ostaps ar tēvu pamanās pamēroties spēkiem, bet tēvs neko - tīri priecīgs, ka izdevies izaudzināt tādus stiprus dēlus un sarīko viesības, bet pēc tam kopā ar dēliem dodas uz Aizkrāces Seču, jo uzskata, ka nav labākas skolas, kā dzīves skola, ko dod Seča. Šeit viņus sagaida pie brīvās dzīves un kaujām pieradušie Buļbas cīņu biedri, kurus Buļba nolemj vest karagājienā pret senajiem kazaku ienaidniekiem turkiem, bet tad uzzina par poļu panu un žīdu arendatoru patvaļu un karaspēks nolemj doties uz Poliju, lai atriebtos par visu ļauno un pareizticības noniecināšanu. Līdz ar to, no laupīšanas karagājiena, šis karš iegūst tautas atbrīvošanās kustības raksturu. Aizkrāciešu karaspēks aiziet līdz Dubnai, bet šeit satop stipru garnizona pretestību un nolemj ielenkt cietoksni un pagaidīt kamēr tur sāksies bads. Aiz gara laika aizkrācieši izlaupa un izkauj apkārtnes ciematus, izbradā sējumus. Buļbas dēli nav sevišķā sajūsmā par šādu rīcību. Kādu nakti Andriju pamodina tatāriete - kalpone poļu paņai, kurā Andrijs iemīlējies, kad gājis Kijevas akadēmijā. Šī poliete lūdz Andriju, lai tas aizsūta uz Dubnas cietoksni kaut nedaudz maizes. Andrijs piekrauj kules ar maizi, cik var panest un pa apakšzemes eju, kopā ar tatārieti ierodas aplenktajā cietoksnī. Saticies ar savu mīloto Andrijs atsakās no tēva, brāļa, biedriem un dzimtenes un paliek cietoksnī, lai palīdzētu to aizstāvēt. Poļu karaspēks arī ierodas pie Dubnas sienām garām piedzērušajiem un aizmigušajiem aplencējiem, daudzus aizkrāciešus nogalinot, bet daudzus saņemot gūstā, tomēr kazaku karaspēks ir skaitliskā pārsvarā un poļi spiesti patverties cietoksnī, Aplenkums turpinās, bet Buļba satriekts par dēla nodevību, uzzina, ka Sečai uzbrukuši tatāri un sagrābuši visu kasi un arī daudz gūstekņu. Aizkrāces karaspēks pie Dubnas sadalās, un daļa dodas atpakaļ uz Seču, lai glābtu kas vēl glābjams. Poļi, uzzinājuši, ka aizkrāciešu karaspēks kļuvis uz pusi mazāks,no pilsētas uzbrūk. Jātnieku vienības priekšgalā Buļba ierauga savu dēlu Andriju, ievilina viņu mežā, un nošauj. Tikmēr poļiem ieradušies palīgspēki un sakauj aizkrāciešus, ievainoto Buļbu dzīvi palikušie nogādā Sečā, bet Buļbas otrs dēls Ostaps tiek sagūstīts.izveseļojies Buļba pierunā žīdu Jankeli, lai tas viņam palīdz nokļūt Kijevā un izpirkt dēlu no gūsta. Nokļuvis kijevā Buļba redz cik zvēriski nežēlīgā veidā viņa dēlu nogalina poļu augstmaņi un, atgriezies Sečā, atkal savāc milzīgu karaspēku, ar kuru uzbrūk Polijai. Pat paši kazaki ievēro, cik nežēlīgs pret ienaidniekiem kļuvis Buļba. Poļu karaspēks tiek sakauts un hetmanis Potockis ar zvērestu apliecina, ka turpmāk nekad vairs neaizskars aizkrāciešus, tomēr Buļba viņam netic, nepiekrīt miera līgumam un ar savu pulku atdalās no pārējā kazaku karaspēka. Izrādās, ka viņam bijusi taisnība, poļi pārkāpj visus miera līgumus uzbrūk aizkrāciešiem un viņus sakauj. tikai Buļba ar savu pulku turpina karagājienu cauri Polijai, līdz hetmanis Potockis ar pieckārtīgu pārspēku pie Dņestras uzbrūk Buļbas pulkam. Četras diennaktis turpinās kauja, dzīvi palikušie kazaki izlaužas līdz Dņestrai, bet Buļbu ienaidnieka haiduki saņem gūstā un ar ķēdem piesien pie ozola, iedzen rokās naglas un uzkur apakšā ugunskuru, bet Buļba redz no ozola, ka pa Dņestru tuvojas laivas, uzsauc biedriem, lai viņi turpina cīņu un laivās bēg no pārspēka, pēc tam nolād savus ienaidniekus, paredzot visas Krievzemes apvienošanu un pareizticības uzvaru un mirst. Izlase  Latvijas Valsts Izdevniecība   1948 Tulk. Aleksandrs Čaks Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

NIKOLAJS GOGOLIS IZLASE TARASS BUĻBA LATVIJAS VALSTS IZDEVNIECĪBA  1948 Tulk. Aleksandrs Čaks Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Someone was trying to assassinate the president of the United States, and only army intelligence captain Diana Lockworth had the ability to stop them-if she could convince the authorities she wasn't a crackpot. It didn't help that her intel came from a source so secret even she didn't know who it was. With only twenty-four hours to stop the attack, she had to figure out who was masterminding the plot and when they planned to strike. First, she had to get the charismatic young president on her side. And then she'd give the enemy a new target-herself!

Did someone try to kill me or am I going mad? When writer Rob Fallon gets drunk one night and ends up joining his friend's girlfriend, Jenny, back at her apartment in London 's West End, he's feeling guilty before anything's even happened. But guilt quickly turns to shock when two men break into the apartment, abduct Jenny, and try to kill Rob. Somehow he manages to escape, but when he reports the abduction to the police no one believes him.Jenny's father claims she's on holiday abroad, her apartment appears untouched, and the doorman didn't see or hear anything. But Rob knows what he witnessed and he can't let things lie – not with Jenny's life in danger. But when he starts asking questions, he finds himself the target of faceless killers who'll stop at nothing to get him out of the way. But what is it they're so desperate to hide? And what does it have to do with an ordinary girl like Jenny? Either he finds out, or he's dead. It's that simple. And time's already running out…

"Ricardo Piglia may be the best Latin American writer to have appeared since the heyday of Gabriel García Márquez." — Kirkus Reviews A passionate political and psychological thriller set in a remote Argentinean Pampas town, Target in the Night is an intense and tragic family history reminiscent of King Lear, in which the madness of the detective is integral to solving crimes. Target in the Night, a masterpiece, won every major literary prize in the Spanish language in 2011. Ricardo Piglia (b. 1941), widely considered the greatest living Argentine novelist, has taught for decades in American universities, including most recently at Princeton

Free Agent Remo is set to teach a few lessons in hospitality at Florida's top tourist attraction, but his mind is made up. He is a free agent. No more CURE, no more trying to solve America's problems. But the nation goes into a state of shock when a Lee Harvey Oswald look-alike is nailed trying to shoot the President, and Remo can't ignore a sense of deja vu. Soon, a meddling television anchorwoman and strange transformations at the White House leave him feeling that he has landed in a role in a bizarre Hollywood Thriller With the direct line to the President still dead, and Chiun trying to give away the secret of CURE, Remo and Smith are hard-pressed to protect the Man who threatened to shut down CURE for good

A propulsive, high-stakes debut thriller where one extraordinary operator holds the key to saving the world from Armageddon. All he needs to do is stay alive. Buried deep in the US defense and special forces architecture is an elite, ultra-black unit, created expressly to prevent weapons of mass destruction from falling into the hands of terrorists and rogue regimes. Their covert, surgical strikes eliminate grave threats so the rest of America can sleep without fear. Until now. After returning from a successful operation in Pakistan, the entire team is assassinated within forty-eight hours. Only their leader, Michael Garin, survives. As the sole survivor and chief suspect of the attack, Garin finds himself on the run from Iranian intelligence operatives bent on tracking and killing him. Even Garin’s own government appears to have turned against him, sending a lethal sniper from the vaunted Delta Force to eliminate the threat they think he’s become. With enemies coming at him from every direction, Garin’s fight for survival becomes part of a larger conspiracy unfolding on the world’s stage: a catastrophic attack — precipitated by escalating tensions in the Middle East — that will shift the balance of power and plunge the United States of America into oblivion

Target Practice brings together for the first time the complete short works of fiction that Rex Stout wrote for All-Story Magazine, the famous journal which published the cream of his early writings. Including “Secrets,” the first crime fiction Stout wrote, and “Justice Ends at Home,” with a detective team foreshadowing Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, these are sixteen of his best stories

TARGET: HEAD OF STATE Men and women from across the nation line the streets of Washington D.C. to mourn the unexpected death of the President. Hit by painful memories of the loss of his first wife, Alex Cross is left reeling by this tragedy. TARGET: UNITED STATES CABINET A sniper’s bullet strikes another devastating blow to the heart of Washington with the assassination of a prominent Senator. The shock of this attack puts huge pressure on the police to deliver a speedy response, and as Chief of Detectives, Alex’s wife Bree Stone is given an ultimatum: solve the case, or lose her job. TARGET: ALEX CROSS The new President calls on Alex Cross to lead an unparalleled FBI investigation to help capture America’s most wanted criminal. Alex has a terrible feeling that the assassination is just the beginning of a much larger plan. All too soon this fear springs to life as a terrifying chain of events plunges the government and the entire country into chaos. The stakes have never been higher for Alex Cross as his courage, his training and his capacity for battle are stretched to their limits in the most important case of his life

Former Marine sniper and current NSA agent Jack Stone has a new face to go with his new identity. But he still has the same tortured memories—which include the woman he let get away years ago, when they were teenagers. Now his new assignment in Miami will put him so close to the woman he’s never been able to forget, he could reach out and touch her—if only she weren’t under suspicion. When Sophie Moreno uncovers evidence linking the medical supply company she works for with arms smuggling—and worse—she doesn’t know who to turn to. After a shocking betrayal, she realizes the only person she can trust is a mysterious new person in the company—a man with hauntingly familiar eyes. As Sophie questions her intense attraction to this man and Jack struggles not to blow his cover, the two of them must race against the clock to stop terrorists from killing scores of people—starting with them

Dviejų knygų serija *Broliai Rotai.* Antra knyga. Jam reikėjo meilužės. Tariamos meilužės. Todėl kai Džena Brenson pareikalavo, kad turtuolis mergišius Adamas Rotas grąžintų jo brolio pavogtus Brensonų šeimos pinigus, šis iš karto nusprendė pasinaudoti proga. Jis pažadėjo pasidomėti Dženos kaltinimais, jeigu mainais ji sutiks apsimesti jo meiluže. Pasiūlymas atrodė paprastas, bet gundymas netruko virsti kai kuo rimtesniu. Ankstesnis dviejų knygų serijos *Broliai Rotai* romanas: M. Sullivan. Paslapties kaina (2011 liepa–rugpjūtis) (Dominykas ir Kasandra) Iš anglų kalbos vertė Dovilė Vaišvilaitė-Akdere

Tarif de groupe, huitième roman de Pagan, déballe le linge sale de l'usine — la police en jargon interne. Le spectacle d'une poubelle de fast-food serait sans doute plus ragoûtant. Ce flic qui a le blues ne fait pas dans le sous-entendu. Son ex-inspecteur Chess les connaît à fond, ces types qui pratiquent les méthodes du grand banditisme, sous le masque de la vérité et de la justice. Des flics qui se goinfrent : 50 briques sur un plan de came. Le plus sinistre ripou de l'histoire a commandité le meurtre d'une prostituée. Pourquoi ? Pour rien. Parce qu'elle n'a jamais accepté de baiser avec lui. On l'a découverte morte et torturée de la pire façon. Affaire classée. Chess remue la boue. Au final, dans ce camp-là, le crime paie

The authority of the Syndicate Worlds government is crumbling. Civil war and rebellion are breaking out in many star systems despite the Syndic government’s brutal attempts to suppress disorder. Midway is one of those star systems, and leaders there must decide whether to remain loyal to the old order or fight for something new. CEO Artur Drakon has been betrayed. The Syndic government failed to protect its citizens from both the Alliance and the alien enigmas. With a cadre of loyal soldiers under his command, Drakon launches a battle for control of the Midway Star System assisted by an ally he is unsure he can trust. CEO Gwen Iceni was exiled to Midway because she wasn’t ruthless enough in the eyes of her superiors. She’s made them regret their assessment by commandeering some of the warships at Midway and attacking the remaining ships still loyal to the Syndicate empire. Iceni declares independence for the Midway Star System on behalf of the people while staying in charge as President. But while she controls the mobile fleet, she has no choice but to rely on General Drakon’s ground forces to keep the peace planet-side. If their coup is to succeed, Drakon and Iceni must put their differences aside to prevent the population of Midway from rising up in rebellion against them, to defend Midway against the alien threat of the enigma race and to ferret out saboteurs determined to reestablish Syndic rule

Tarl Cabot has always believed himself to be a citizen of Earth. He has no inkling that his destiny is far greater than the small planet he has inhabited for the first twenty — odd years of his life. One frosty winter night in the New England woods, he finds himself transported to the planet of Gor, also known as Counter-Earth, where everything is dramatically different from anything he has ever experienced. It emerges that Tarl is to be trained as a Tarnsman, one of the most honored positions in the rigid, caste-bound Gorean society. He is disciplined by the best teachers and warriors that Gor has to offer… but to what end? This is the first installment of John Norman's wildly popular and controversial Gor series, which has sold millions of copies

Miranda Malone is about to embark on the greatest adventure of her life. While she’s on vacation in San Francisco, a masked man kidnaps her at gunpoint. As she tries desperately to think of a way to escape, Miranda notices a tattoo of the Earth on the man’s palm and remembers her beloved father’s deathbed prophecy: “Your future husband will hold the world in the palm of his hand.” Her abductor turns out to be a gorgeous Napa Valley winemaker who’s running for his life. Eli Hart has uncovered a plot to destroy the vineyard where he works and suspects a French competitor of the crime. He’s being chased by two Frenchmen bent on eliminating him before he can reveal what he knows. Miranda and Eli set off on an erotic, magical, and sometimes perilous journey that leads from coast to coast. As they strive to elude their pursuers and bring the criminals to justice, they meet a colorful cast of characters, each of whom represents a card in the Major Arcana of the tarot. Their journey is a tarot deck come to life, full of mystery, romance, and passion

Ką daryti, kai tampi statistiniu vienetu – bedarbiu, netekusiu vilties ir paskendusiu skolose? Viena airė į šį klausimą atsakė tapdama prostitute. Tada ji „atrado“ tokią Airijos – ir savo – pusę, apie kurią nė nenutuokė. „Esu eilinė dienas stumianti mama. Esu ta, su kuria maloniai paplepėtumėte prie mokyklos vartų (gal ir plepėjote), gydytojo laukiamajame ar eilėje pašte. Esu viena savimi besirūpinančių, patrauklių, išsilavinusių, ketvirtą dešimtį baigiančių moterų. Neįprasta tik tai, kaip užsidirbu pinigų paskolai grąžinti, vaikų pomėgiams ir maistui, bet viliuosi, kad tai nekeičia to, kas esu.“

Pour bien se préparer à la consommation de la tarte aux poils, il est conseillé de manger beaucoup de cœurs d'artichauts non ébarbés. Ensuite, il est bon d'embrasser le sculpteur César, Alain Bombard ou François Nourissier à pleine joue et de façon répétitive, avant de prodiguer ces baisers fougueux à un manteau d'astrakan (dans la région des boutonnières de préférence). L'entraînement doit être intensif. Songez qu'Arthur Rubinstein s'est fait chier des années avec « La Lettre à Elise » avant d'interpréter ces noctumes de Chopin qui ont assuré sa gloire. Lorsque vous aurez la certitude de bien maîtriser le sujet, vous pourrez vous risquer alors à pratiquer sur une dame la figure dite de « l'enveloppe cachetée ». Pour le reste, faites confiance à votre instinct et allez de l'avant ! Cela dit, il n'y a pas que des séances de tartes aux poils dans ce saisissant ouvrage. Vous trouverez en outre : une balle fondue, huit caïmans (mais peut-être sont-ce des alligators ?), une mine désaffectée, un nègre blanc, une balle de golf particulière et plus d'une tonne de cadavres. Quand vous aurez achevé votre lecture, faites-moi signe : on ira bouffer ensemble. De la tarte aux poils, de préférence

La Bulgarie est le pays du yaourt. J'aurais donc pu intituler ce bouquin « Baise-la dans le yaourt ». Mais je suis un auteur bien trop embouché pour débloquer au dos d'une couverture. Heureusement qu'à l'intérieur on peut y aller carrément. Tout se permettre, et un peu plus encore, moi, c'est justement le « un peu plus » qui m'intéresse. Et toi aussi, pas vrai, bougre de petit dégoûtant

Edgars Raiss Berouzs Tarzāns un dubultnieks Tarzāna sastapšanas ar kādu dīvainu cilvēku, piedzīvojumi cilvēkēdāju ciltī un vēl citi aizraujoši notikumi aprakstīti kārtējā grāmatā no Džungļu valdnieka piedzīvojumu sērijas. LATVIJAS ŽURNĀLISTU SAVIENĪBAS KOMERCCENTRS 1991 NO ANGĻU VALODAS TULKOJUSI SILVIJA BRICE MĀKSLINIEKS ANDRIS LAMSTERS C Silvija Brice, tulkojums Andris Lamslers, vaks, Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis I.Ločmelis

Edgars Raiss Berrouzs Tarzāns un skudru cilvēki ROMĀNU SĒRIJA I.- V. No angļu valodas tulkojis Valdis Bāliņš IZDEVNIECĪBA „POPULARA LEKTĪRA" RĪGĀ, GRECINIEKU IELA NR. 25-1936.gads Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis I.Ločmelis

Edgars Raiss Berouzs Tarzāns un zelta pilsēta Plašam lasītāju lokam domāta kārtējā gramata no populārās 24 grā­matu sērijas par Tarzanu. Tajā aprakstīti džungļu valdnieka aizraujošie piedzīvojumi skaistās un asinskārās valdnieces Nemones zemē, kurā Tarza­nam nakas iepazīt gan īstu draudzību, gan zemisku nodevību. RĪGA LATVIJAS ŽURNĀLISTU SAVIENĪBAS KOMERCCENTRS v 1991 NO ANGĻU VALODAS TULKOJUSI HELMA LAPIŅA MĀKSLINIEKS ANDRIS LAMSTERS Helma Lapiņa, tulkojums larvietu valoda, 1991 Andris Lamsters, vaks. 1991 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis I.Ločmelis