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General Khrapov, newly appointed Governor-General of Siberia and soon-to-be Minister of the Interior, is murdered in his official saloon carriage on his way from St Petersburg to Moscow.The killer, disguised as Fandorin, leaves a knife thrust up to the hilt in his victim's chest and escapes through the window of the carriage. Can Fandorin escape suspicion?A battle of wills and ideals, revolutionaries and traditionalists and good versus evil.
Grand Duke Georgii Alexandrovich arrives in Moscow for the coronation, accompanied by three of his children and their alluring governess, Mademoiselle Declique. During an afternoon stroll, daughter Xenia is dragged away by bandits, only to be rescued by an elegant gentleman and his oriental sidekick. The passing heroes introduce themselves as Fandorin and Masa, but panic ensues when they realise that four-year old Mikhail has been snatched in the confusion.A ransom letter arrives from Dr Lind, an international criminal and the Moriarty to Fandorin's Sherlock Holmes. The letter demands the handover of the Count Orlov, an enormous diamond on the royal sceptre which is due to play a part in the coronation. Fandorin suggests that the value of the stone is paid in 'installments', buying the party a week to ensure the young boy's safe return. But can the gentleman detective find Mikhail in time, or will the Grand Duke's son meet with the same gruesome fate as Lind's last abductee - whom Fandorin could do nothing to save? Will Fandorin succumb to the affections of Xenia? And why is he falling to his death on the very first page? Our inimitable hero returns in a tantalisingly closely-matched battle of wills and of wiles.
There's been rising concern in Moscow over a wave of suicides among the city's young bohemians. An intrepid newspaper reporter, Zhemailo, begins to uncover the truth behind the phenomenon - that the victims are linked by a secret society, the Lovers of Death. But Zhemailo is not the only investigator hot on the heels of these disciples of the occult. Little do they realise that the latest 'convert' to their secret society, assuming the alias of a Japanese prince, is none other than Erast Fandorin. But when a young and naïve provincial woman, Masha Mironova, becomes embroiled in the society, and Zhemalio dies a mysterious death, Fandorin must do more than merely infiltrate and observe. Especially when the spin of the Russian roulette wheel decrees that our dashing hero be the next to die by his own hand. Can Fandorin fake his own demise, all while outwitting the cult's dastardly leader?
Akunin goes noir as Fandorin meets bandits! Senka Skorikov, orphan and urchin, has been abandoned to the murky world of Moscow’s gangster district. While picking a pocket or two, he glimpses the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, and joins the gang of her overlord lover, The Prince, so desperate he is to meet her. Senka climbs the criminal ranks, uncovering a stash of precious metal, and gradually capturing the heart of his beloved Death - so named for the life expectancy of her lovers. But as the bandit community balks at his success on both fronts, threats on his life begin to pour in.
A dandy and his ‘Chinese’ sidekick seem to be taking an inordinate interest in Senka’s welfare, and it becomes clear that those threatening Senka are linked to a spate of murders, grizzly even by underworld standards. Fandorin must unweave a tangled web of narcotics, false identities and organised crime - but can he survive an encounter with the ever-alluring Death unscathed? Find out in the darkest Fandorin to date!
Jest rok 1891. Detektyw Fandorin rozpracuje grupę bojową, zabijającą najwyższych urzędników carskiej ochrany. Kim są mordercy? Do czego dążą? Jak złapać szefa grupy, tajemniczego Grina? Kto kryje się pod inicjałami „T.G”? Jak zwykle u Akunina kapitalna intryga sensacyjna idzie w parze z doskonale odmalowanym tłem historyczno-obyczajowym, tym razem poświęconym „rewolucyjnemu podziemiu”, które niebawem miało zmienić Rosję...
« Comme le loup protestait de ses bonnes intentions, elle lui jeta par le nez :
— Et l'agneau, alors ?… Oui, l'agneau que vous avez mangé ?
Le loup n'en fut pas démonté.
— L'agneau que j'ai mangé, dit-il. Lequel ?
— Comment, vous en avez donc mangé plusieurs ! s'écria Delphine. Eh bien ! C'est du joli !
— Mais naturellement que j'en ai mangé plusieurs. Je ne vois pas où est le mal… Vous en mangez bien, vous ! »
Né à Joigny dans l'Yonne en 1902, Marcel Aymé a été élevé par ses grands-parents maternels, dans le Jura. L'école ne le passionne guère, il préfère se promener ou lire. Il obtient malgré tout son bac à 17 ans, puis hésite à devenir ingénieur, mais une grave maladie l'empêche de poursuivre ses études. Après son service militaire, il monte à Paris, où il va exercer toutes sortes de métiers : journaliste, manœuvre, camelot… En 1926, son premier roman, « Brûlebois », le fait connaître. C'est après le succès de « La Jument verte », en 1933, qu'il peut se consacrer totalement à l'écriture. Le premier recueil des célèbres « Contes du chat perché » est publié en 1934 et le « Passe-muraille » en 1943. Son ironie, son humour caustique, sa truculence ont fait de Marcel Aymé un écrivain très populaire. Auteur d'une vingtaine de romans, de dizaine de nouvelles, d'essais, de scénarios et de nombreuses pièces de théâtre, il est mort à Paris, en 1967.
Jest rok . W dochodzi do zbrodni, w której dla złotego posążka ginie właściciel kolekcji antyków indyjskich, siedem osób służby i dwójka dzieci. Wszyscy z wyjątkiem kolekcjonera zostają zabici zastrzykiem trucizny. Na miejscu zbrodni policja znajduje jedyny ślad – złotą przywieszkę pasażera pierwszej klasy pierwszego rejsu nowego ekskluzywnego statku „Lewiatan”, płynącego w dziewiczy rejs do . Na pokładzie statku Gauche, komisarz paryskiej policji, podejrzewa o dokonanie zbrodni wszystkich pasażerów nieposiadających przywieszki. Na nieszczęście Erast Fandorin, delegowany na placówkę do Japonii, płynie Lewiatanem i nie afiszuje się ze swoją przywieszką, w związku z czym również jest podejrzany o popełnienie przestępstwa…
Im Fall »Türkisches Gambit« hilft ein geheimnisvoller Fremder der hübschen Warja 1877 in höchster Not: In den Wirren des russisch-türkischen Krieges sitzt sie in Männerkleidern in einem mehr als zweifelhaften Gasthaus an der bulgarisch-türkischen Grenze, und ihr Kutscher ist mit Pferd, Wagen, ihren Papieren sowie ihren ganzen Habseligkeiten verschwunden. Der im Auftrag des russischen Geheimdienstes reisende Fandorin hilft Warja fürs erste aus der Patsche, doch gerät sie an seiner Seite in gefährliche, aber auch sehr reizvolle Abenteuer ...
A lyrical, engrossing tale, by the author of , Richard Adams creates a lyrical and engrossing tale, a remarkable journey into the hearts and minds of two canine heroes, Snitter and Rowf, fugitives from the horrors of an animal research center who escape into the isolation—and terror—of the wilderness.
Six months after an Influenza Pandemic swept across the globe, the world is starting to emerge from quarantine. But Pestilence Free Day is short-lived. For an unseen enemy has just been unleashed.
Five people. Seven days.
A brilliant scientist with an apocalyptic forecast
A soldier that needs an enemy to fight
A college student venturing into a changed world
An insurance salesman who exploits every opportunity
A juvenile delinquent desperate to leave his past behind
Redaction: Humanity is about to be erased from the Book of Life.
Podczas przygotowań do koronacji cara Mikołaja II porwany zostaje syn Wielkiego Ksiecia Georgija Aleksandrowicza. Porywacz jako okupu żąda `Orłowa`. Ten bezcenny brylant zdobiący berło jest narodową świętością. Fandorin wie, że zbrodniarz nie zwykł zostawiać swych ofiar przy życiu. Musi więc wygrać wyścig z czasem.
The quest continues in the fourth volume in the ever-popular series. Against all odds, at the eleventh hour, and in the unlikeliest place of all, the intrepid Arthur Dent finds the girl of his dreams. After eight years and about 100,000 lightyears of intergalactic travel, he is looking a little down-at-the-heels himself, and she is heavily sedated because she thinks she is a hedgehog. She is also in the company of a brother that Arthur wouldn’t wish on a Vogon. But they are both in search of God’s Final Message to His Creation, and hey, this time they might actually find it.
The fifth and final volume in the humorous SF series that began with THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY is somewhat darker than its predecessors. The Earthman Arthur Dent spends years selling genetic material in exchange for travel to various parallel universes in search of somewhere vaguely resembling his home planet. When he finally settles (actually, crash lands) on a backwater planet, his pleasant new career as tribal sandwich-maker is interrupted by the arrival of his daughter, Random–the result of those many, many sales of his DNA. Meanwhile, Arthur's friend Ford Prefect discovers that the happy-go-lucky executives of his employer, the publishers of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, have been replaced by a frighteningly grim and worryingly familiar new management team. His plot to disturb their business plan puts him once again into Arthur's path...with devastating results.
Hace veinte años, el antropólogo Carlos Castaneda electrizó a millones de lectores con la descripción de su iniciación y acceso a otra realidad bajo la tutela del indio brujo yaqui don Juan. Ahora, Taisha Abelar, que fue instruida por los miembros femeninos del grupo de don Juan, narra su propio `cruce` en este llamativo libro. Mientras se encontraba viajando por México, Taisha Abelar se involucró con un grupo de brujos y comenzó un riguroso proceso de entrenamiento físico y mental, diseñado para permitirle romper los límites de la percepción ordinaria.
En el libro Donde Cruzan los Brujos narra los detalles de ese proceso, aportando a los lectores un enfoque sumamente práctico acerca de las responsabilidades y peligros que debe afrontar una bruja. La cautivadora historia de Taisha Abelar es de un valor incalculable ya sea como trabajo antropológico o como un `manual para brujos`, a la vez, también es una provocativa obra sobre la espiritualidad femenina.
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