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Harry se vrací do školy a netuší, že tentokrát mu hrozí smrtelné nebezpečí. V Bradavicích se začínají dít prapodivné věci, při kterých tuhne krev v žilách, a nikdo z žáků netuší, že pradávná legenda se stala skutečností…
Harry Potter a jeho kamarádi Ron a Hermiona jsou už ve třetím ročníku bradavické Školy čar a kouzel. Harry se nemohl dočkat začátku školního roku, když ale přijede do Bradavic, panuje tam napjatá atmosféra a strach. Proč? Na svobodu uprchl vězeň z Azkabanu, nebezpečný vrah Sirius Black — prý nástupce lorda Voldemorta, Pána zla. A stopa vede — kam jinam než do školy v Bradavicích. Proto je na obranu povolán strážce Azkabanu, který slyšel Siriuse Blacka mluvit ze spaní. Říkal: „ON je v Bradavicích.“ Harry je v nebezpečí a neochrání ho ani zdi bradavické školy, ani jeho přátelé. Zrádce se může skrývat přímo ve škole…
Voordat Harry Potter aan zijn derde jaar op Zweinstein kan beginnen, moet hij de zomervakantie doorbrengen bij zijn gemene oom en tante en vervelende neefje Dirk. Door een magisch ongelukje komt hij ’s avonds laat opeens op straat te staan. Dan blijkt dat Sirius Zwarts, een beruchte volgeling van Voldemort, uit de gevangenis van Azkaban is ontsnapt. Hij is op de vlucht en heeft het wellicht op Harry gemunt.
Er volgt een enerverend schooljaar met nieuwe vakken als dreuzelkunde en zorg voor Fabeldieren, spannende Zwerkbalwedstrijden en griezelige voorspellingen. De school wordt bewaakt door Dementors, de gevreesde bewakers van Azkaban, en Harry zal zijn lessen Verweer tegen de Zwarte Kunsten hard nodig hebben.
Het is zomer en Harry logeert bij de familie Duffeling aan de Ligusterlaan 4. Neef Dirk is onuitstaanbaarder dan ooit tevoren, hij is namelijk op dieet. De familie Wemel redt Harry van een saaie zomer door hem uit te nodigen voor de finale van het WK Zwerkbal. Een bloedstollend uitstapje, zo blijkt en niet in de laatste plaats vanwege een ongekende dosis geheimzinnigheid na afloop van de wedstrijd.
Aardsvijand Voldemort heeft blijkbaar in de tussentijd niet stilgezeten. Een briljant plan moet hem de krachten teruggeven die hij door Harry is kwijtgeraakt. Zich nog niet bewust van deze plannen, popelt Harry om te beginnen aan z’n vierde jaar op Zweinstein. Een volgende uitdaging staat te wachten: een toernooi tussen Zweinstein en twee buitenlandse toverscholen. De Vuurbeker spuwt tot iedereens verbazing ook Harry’s naam uit, wat betekent dat Harry als jongste deelnemer een aantal zware beproevingen zal moeten doorstaan. Heeft Hij Die Niet Genoemd Mag Worden hier iets mee van doen…
Harry Potter wordt voorgelezen door Jan Meng. Ademloos luisteren kinderen en volwassenen naar de stemmen die hij de personages uit de boeken meegeeft, ondertussen fantaserend over duistere tovenaars en sidderende toverspreuken.
Azkabanból, a gonosz varázslókat őrző rettegett és szuperbiztos börtönből megszökik egy fogoly. A Mágiaügyi Minisztériumban tudják, hogy a veszélyes szökevény Roxfortba tart, a Boszorkány- és Varázslóképző Szakiskolába. A varázslónövendék Harry Potter és barátai számára a harmadik tanév sem csak a vizsgák izgalmait tartogatja…
As the apocalyptic leaders of Iran call for the annihilation of Israel and the U.S., CIA operative David Shirazi is sent into Tehran with one objective: use all means necessary to disrupt Iran's nuclear weapons program, with leaving American fingerprints, and without triggering a regional war. At extreme personal risk, Shirazi executes his plan.
A native Faris speaker whose family escaped from Iran in 1979, he couldn't be better prepared for the mission. But none of his training has prepared Shirazi for what will happen next. An obscure religious cleric is suddenly hailed throughout the region as the Islamic messiah known as the Mahdi or the Twelfth Imam. News of his miracles, healings, signs and wonders spread like wildfire, as do rumors of a new and horrific war.
With the prophecy of the Twelfth Imam seemingly fulfilled, Iran's military prepares to strike Israel and bring about the End of Days. Shirazi must take action to save his country and the world, but the clock is ticking and then a dark secret from his past comes to light and changes the course of his life forever.
Chi crede che la fantascienza debba ormai trattare sempre e soltanto di profondi problemi sociologici, ecologici, geopolitici, biopsichici, genetici, fenomenologici eccetera, non legga questo romanzo. Chi invece apprezza ancora i viaggi e le avventure nelle abissali profondità del cosmo, s’imbarchi senz’altro col quartiermastro Torwald e il mozzo Kelly su “L’angelo dello Spazio”, una vecchia astronave da trasporto destinata a raggiungere una zona della Galassia dove nessuna flotta terrestre o extraterrestre aveva ancora mai osato avventurarsi.
Путеводитель по истории английского романа, выполненный учёными Колумбийского университета.
Such standard texts as Ernest Baker's 11-volume (1924-39) and Walter Allen's (1955) were published many years ago. Those single-author opuses reflected their eras; the , arranged chronologically, uses 39 essays by 39 scholars to present our own era's varied critical perspectives and to bring things up-to-date. Some essays are devoted to individual authors (e.g., Austen, Dickens), others to several authors (e.g., Amis, Snow, and Wilson), and still others to such topics as "The Gothic Novel, 1764–1824." Each essay has a brief selected bibliography; an appendix includes thumbnail sketches of 100 of the British novelists discussed. This excellent work is indispensable to any library supporting the study of English literature.
When metanormals (humans with supernatural powers) first showed themselves in public, they were dressed like comic book icons and had names like Nightshift and Quadrupleman. They saved lives and stopped crimes and averted natural disasters. They were true superheroes. But there were also super villains. Like Thrill Kill and the Giggler and Hatchetman. They kidnapped the pope and held the U.N. General Assembly hostage. After a genetically mutated criminal mastermind destroyed most of San Francisco and killed more than 600,000 people, all metanormals were outlawed and given an ultimatum: Leave the United States or be killed.
Soledad O'Roark is a rookie in the M-Tac (Metanormal Tactical) unit in Los Angeles, an elite group of law enforcers trained to hunt down and exterminate rogue metanormals. Soledad makes a name for herself on her very first call by killing a metanormal with a non-regulation gun she developed. The kill gets her a hero's praise, but when the police brass get wind of the non-reg weapon, Soledad is promptly stuck behind a desk, awaiting an internal investigation. But when she finally gets another chance in the field, she takes full advantage….
Although reads like a graphic novel — with larger-than-life characters, richly stylized urban landscapes, and breakneck pacing — it's so much more than an action-packed science fiction thriller. There are elements of hard-boiled mystery, horror, and even a little romance. And the character of Soledad O'Roark isn't just another run-of-the-mill antihero. Ridley creates a realistic, flawed character that readers will not only pull for but also will ultimately want to know much more about when the novel ends.
LAPD's top mutant-hunter, Soledad O'Roark has outfought telepaths, human flamethrowers, men with steel skin, and every other kind of freakish super-powered thing. But her high-tech firepower is no match for teammate-and rival-Eddi Aoki's attempts at friendship, which endlessly irritate the solitary Soledad. When a vigilante starts killing metanormals without mercy, Soledad and Eddi end up working the same case in a way that neither could imagine.
Heart-sick over the deaths of so many of his Keldara followers, and one in particular, former SEAL Mike Harmon, hero of , and , decides to sit this one out. WMDs headed for the US no longer matter to the Kildar. But when his best friend and intel specialist both are seriously wounded in an ambush aimed at him, the Kildar gets his gameface back on. Mike has always said that he’s not a nice guy, and he’s about to prove it to a boatload of terrorists and Colombian drug dealers. Set in the Bahamas and Florida Keys, is a fast moving thriller that never slows down from the first page. With the return of some old faces, the action-packed novel proves, once again, the adage that sometimes it takes some very bad people to do good things.
This debut from a strong new talent in military science fiction tells the powerful story of military personnel chosen to battle an approaching alien force. It should appeal to fans of David Drake and David Weber.
In the distant future, the world was a paradise — and then, in a moment, it was ended by the first war in centuries. People who had known godlike power, to whom hunger and pain were completely unknown, desperately scrabbled to survive. As the United Free States, the bastion of freedom and center of opposition to the tyrants of New Destiny, prepared for the long-feared invasion by the Changed legions of Ropasa, Edmund Talbot realized that bureaucratic ineptitude and overconfidence was setting the USF naval forces of ships and dragons up for a disastrous defeat at sea. His fears came true, and the destruction of the fleet seemingly left the UFS open for a full scale invasion. But Talbot had new concepts and strategies ready to put into effect, along with new technical innovations from his brilliant engineer. He survived an assassination attempt and quickly assembled a formidable land force combining cavalry, longbowmen, Roman style legions, and dragons for airborne assault. The fascist forces of New Destiny thought that their war was all but concluded, and world domination within their grasp. Edmund Talbot was ready to show them just how wrong they were…
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