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Ви вірите у фей? А в скандинавських тролів? Ні? Хм. Ну хоча б у бога вірите? І в якого саме? Відомий британський генетик, популяризатор науки і атеїст Річард Докінз ставить ці провокаційні питання не просто так. Він має відповіді, які шокують всіх: вірян, атеїстів, пантеїстів та деїстів. Скільки на світі богів і в кого з них краще не вірити? Що таке міти і як вони виникають? Чи мають вони щось спільне зі справжньою історією Всесвіту? Чому євангелія не можна вважати правдивими...

У книжці відомого науковця, письменника, перекладача Олександра Гриценка зібрано ту частину його літературного доробку, що належить до другої половини 1980-х та початку 1990-х років – доби «перебудови». Це твори різних жанрів – пародії, поезії, літературна критика й полеміка, – об’єднані невивітрюваним духом того яскравого, веселого й суперечливого часу. Видання розраховане на осіб, згаданих у ньому, на їхніх друзів та знайомих, а також на широкі кола поціновувачів сучасної у...

This story begins with the termination of the protagonist’s engagement to his daughter-in-law. narrator with a fiancee who does not approve of the change. The protagonist decides to travel to Europe, to Italy and France. Travel provides an opportunity for witty observation of people and places, and by the end, romance has re-entered the storyteller’s life.

This novel is for lovers of romance novels. The author describes how a man meets a woman and their relationship develops. This romance will put you in a good mood as the love line will place you in pleasant memories.

„When Night Falls” is a complex novel. Six fascinating stories, full of mystery and tension, are collected by the author into a single picture, worthy of taking its place among the most exquisite works of classic English literature. The stories consist of formal introductions to each story, including character sketches of the alleged narrators, a fictional portrait painter taking a break from sore eyes, and diary entries of the artist’s wife.

This book is one of the most popular novels by Robert William Chambers and has been translated into several other languages around the world. No history of the 3rd Zouave or 8th Lancers has ever been written except in this narrative; and historians and veterans alike would look in vain for any record of these two regiments–regiments that could have been, but never were.

Bartley Alexander is a civil engineer and world famous bridge builder. He is going through a midlife crisis. While married to Winifred, Bartley rekindles a relationship with Hilda Burgoyne from London. This connection torments the moral principles of Bartley.

Mamie Vick from Chicago, USA travels alone to London to do some sightseeing, with the full approval of her family. Mamie does all the typical American tourist stuff; she visits Madame Tussauds, London Zoo, Epsom Derby, boat races in Oxford. The protagonist is full of little unexpected insights and surprises.

The book shows the journey from the American Dream to the American Tragedy. And this path is shown through the life of an ordinary young man, Clyde Griffiths. Clyde, a young man from a poor large family of street preachers, not alien to vanity, pride, but deprived of education, ends up in Lycurgus, where he receives a position in a factory of wealthy relatives. Here he meets and becomes close to the worker Roberta Alden, a sweet, modest girl. From that moment on, everything c...

The action of the story takes place in the summer capital of the British Raj, is a narrative. The author questions the concepts of taste, distinction and pretension in a colonial context. The book keeps you in suspense until the very end.

The hero of the novel, Armadel, decides how to deceive fate, become loved and fall in love for life. The mysteries of life are the mysteries of love, which are presented to us by the main characters of the novel, and it is up to the readers to decide which characters to side with. A cry of passion or the silent restraint of love – this is how the heroes of the novel behave.

Although it is a work of fiction and the story, dialogue and structure are perfect, the historical facts and perspective are very reliable as the author was a university professor specializing in this period. You will see how the pagan religions of that time influenced men and women. This book will appeal to fans of historical novels about the Roman Empire.

This novel is dedicated to the generation of builders of the first railway in the West. This subtle powerful novel and very touching. Beautifully written in sharp, stingy language that enhances the meaning of the simplest gesture and the slightest statement.

The regiment, as usual, lacked officers, and John had to hold daytime parades three times a week. This story is about a poor guy who tried to do everything to get out of poverty. This story keeps everyone to the end.

For a person unaccustomed to the imposing religious ceremonies of the Catholic Church, it was a delightful sight to observe all the pomp and splendor displayed at this high celebration. The papal choir now and then sang the melodic masses characteristic of worship, and hundreds of centers spread all-consuming spirits around.

This is a charming and highly readable novel written in the middle of the 19th century. This novel also combines the adventure and twists of a novel with a moderately upper-class protagonist. Frank sees work life as a problem, and by his 25th birthday, he has failed in medicine, portraiture, caricature, and even forgery. Disillusioned with life, he despaired of finding something to do until he met Alicia Dulcifer.

This is historical fiction. The author retells the classic struggle of Xerxes’ invasion of Greece leading to Thermopylae, Salamis and Plataea. Seen through the eyes of a fictional Athenian, it interweaves fictional love and honor restored with historical characters.

Richard Longsworth is the main character. The book begins to find him young, carefree and autonomous. He is the master of his own destiny and owes nothing to anyone. Soon he meets Maria Kurkuas, the heroine.

The action is completely framed as a fantasy. In this story, the atmosphere of the imprisonment of a madman (and possible recovery) and a villain, the story of his keeper, is completed.

This is a short novel about Elfrida, a young girl who gets her art education before being forced to realize that her talents may lie elsewhere instead. She runs away to Europe hoping to find a career in journalism. She read in many magazines.

Robert W. Chambers is known for his science fiction, thrillers. He wrote a classic romance novel. When Mrs. Greensleeve first saw her child, she knew that he was different from other children.

A young aristocrat falls in love with a shopkeeper’s daughter and is forced to hide his marriage to her from his relatives because of the existing class inequality. The hero of the novel is subjected to countless trials, which lead some of the characters to a tragic end.

W 121 rocznicę urodzin Stanisława Rembeka ukazuje się kolejna „trójka” książek pisarza w edytorskim opracowaniu Macieja Urbanowskiego. W t. 4–6 znalazły się teksty literackie, dziennikarskie i wspomnieniowe na temat II wojny światowej. Tom 6 to zekranizowana w 2000 roku przez Andrzeja Wajdę powieść „Wyrok na Franciszka Kłosa”.

W 121. rocznicę urodzin Stanisława Rembeka ukazuje się kolejna „trójka” książek pisarza w edytorskim opracowaniu Macieja Urbanowskiego. W t. 4–6 znalazły się teksty literackie, dziennikarskie i wspomnieniowe na temat II wojny światowej. Tom 5 zbiera wspomnienia oraz opowiadania. Znajdą się w nim m.in. cykle „Wrzesień. Opowieść o 1939 roku” i „Ostatnia porażka”, a także niepublikowane wcześniej „Na przedpolach Powstania” i „Cygarniczka zwycięstwa”.