A novel of life in the mixed culture that existed in Southern Spain before the expulsion of Arabs and Jews, following the life of Abu Jaafar, the bookbinder, and his family as they witness Christopher Columbus’ triumphant parade through the streets.

Mihails KoršunovsGrupa EL-16StāstsKrievu rakstnieka stāsts par mūsdienu jauniešiem, dzelzceļnieku profesionāli tehniskās skolas audzēkņiem — nākamajiem elektrolokomotīves vadītājiem, par jauniešu profesijas izvēli, viņu attieksmi pret darbu, godīgumu, draudzību, mīlestību. Stāsta centrā — divu brāļu likteņi. Viens no viņiem, aizstāvot savas profesijas godu, iet bojā, otrs cenšas iet viņa pēdās — kļūt par elektrolokomotīves vadītāju.Rīga «Liesma» 1981Koršunovs M. No krievu vaL tulk. Silvija Veidemane; II. I. Lībiete. — R.: Liesma, 1981. — 233 1pp., il.Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lvМихаил Коршунов ГРУППА ЭЛ-16 ПовестьМосква «Молодая гвардия» 1978No krievu valodas tulkojusi Silvija Veidemane Māksliniece Ilze Lībiete Recenzējis Vladislavs Kaševskis© Издательство «Молодая гвардия», 1978©Tulkojums latviešu valodā, «Liesma», 1981

An enthralling literary debut that evokes one of the most momentous events in history, the birth of printing in medieval Germany — a story of invention, intrigue, and betrayal, rich in atmosphere and historical detail, told through the lives of the three men who made it possible.Youthful, ambitious Peter Schoeffer is on the verge of professional success as a scribe in Paris when his foster father, wealthy merchant and bookseller Johann Fust, summons him home to corrupt, feud-plagued Mainz to meet “a most amazing man.”Johann Gutenberg, a driven and caustic inventor, has devised a revolutionary — and to some, blasphemous — method of bookmaking: a machine he calls a printing press. Fust is financing Gutenberg’s workshop and he orders Peter, his adopted son, to become Gutenberg’s apprentice. Resentful at having to abandon a prestigious career as a scribe, Peter begins his education in the “darkest art.”As his skill grows, so, too, does his admiration for Gutenberg and his dedication to their daring venture: copies of the Holy Bible. But mechanical difficulties and the crushing power of the Catholic Church threaten their work. As outside forces align against them, Peter finds himself torn between two father figures: the generous Fust, who saved him from poverty after his mother died; and the brilliant, mercurial Gutenberg, who inspires Peter to achieve his own mastery.Caught between the genius and the merchant, the old ways and the new, Peter and the men he admires must work together to prevail against overwhelming obstacles — a battle that will change history. . and irrevocably transform them.

The USA Today bestselling author of In Another Time reimagines the pioneering, passionate life of Marie Curie using a parallel structure to create two alternative timelines, one that mirrors her real life, one that explores the consequences for Marie and for science if she'd made a different choice.

In Poland in 1891, Marie Curie (then Marya Sklodowska) was engaged to a budding mathematician, Kazimierz Zorawski. But when his mother insisted she was too poor and not good enough, he broke off the engagement. A heartbroken Marya left Poland for Paris, where she would attend the Sorbonne to study chemistry and physics. Eventually Marie Curie would go on to change the course of science forever and be the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.

But what if she had made a different choice?

What if she had stayed in Poland, married Kazimierz at the age of twenty-four, and never attended the Sorbonne or discovered radium? What if she had chosen a life of domesticity with a constant hunger for knowledge in Russian Poland where education for women was restricted, instead of studying science in Paris and meeting Pierre Curie?

Entwining Marie Curie’s real story with Marya Zorawska’s fictional one, Half Life explores loves lost and destinies unfulfilled—and probes issues of loyalty and identity, gender and class, motherhood and sisterhood, fame and anonymity, scholarship and knowledge. Through parallel contrasting versions of Marya’s life, Jillian Cantor’s unique historical novel asks what would have happened if a great scientific mind was denied opportunity and access to education. It examines how the lives of one remarkable woman and the people she loved—as well as the world at large and course of science and history—might have been irrevocably changed in ways both great and small.

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Henriks Senkevičs HannaRomānsŠis rakstnieka agrīnās prozas daiļdarbs pēdējo reizi latviešu valoda izdots 1935. gadā. Aizraujoši dramatiskās un vienlaikus liriskās grāmatas centrā liktenīgais mīlas trijstūris; daiļa meitene un divi jauni draugi, muižnieki — Henriks un Selims, Kur jābūt diviem tur trešais kā zināms — lieks. Bet kurš gan vēlas būt par šo trešo? No laimes spēj atteikties tikai "svētais". Taču pat svētums ne vienmēr var sniegt otram laimiNo poļu valodas tulkojis Pauls Jurgens© Guntars Sietiņš, mākslinieciskais noformējums, Sprīdītis 1995Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Tits LīvijsHannibals pret RomuStāsti par vēsturiIzlase no Līvija Romas vēstures. Slavenā Romas vēsturnieka Tita Līvija Romas vēstures fragments par Kartāgas un Romas karu. Savas vēstures sarakstīšanai Līvijs veltīja četrdesmit gadus, vārda pilnā nozīmē tas bija viņa mūža darbs. Dzimis Līvijs 59. g. pirms mūsu ēras Patavijā (tagadējā Paduja) Ziemeļitālijā, miris mūsu ēras 17. gadā. Viņa dzī­ves laikā tātad ir risinājušies ļoti svarīgi notikumi: Romas republikas bojā eja un ķeizarvalsts izveidošanās nežēlīgās asiņainās cīņās. Diemžēl tā darba daļa, kurā Lī­vijs stāstījis par vēsturi kā laika biedrs, nav saglabāju­sies.Sastādījis un no latiņu valodas tulkojis Gustavs LukstiņšIlustrējis I. ljjinskisVāku zīmējis A. StankevičsLielu darbu veicis romiešu vēsturnieks Tits Līvijs.Noskanējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Leningrad, Russia, 1968.

Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with an irreversible choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? Alexander leaves that choice to the toss of a coin...

In a single moment, a double twist decides Alexander’s future. During an epic tale of fate and fortune, spanning two continents and thirty years, we follow his triumphs and defeats as he struggles as an immigrant to conquer his new world. As this unique story unfolds, Alexander comes to realize where his destiny lies, and accepts that he must face the past he left behind in Russia.

PlutarhsHellāda no Perikla līdz AleksandramStāsti par vēsturiPlutarha biogrāfijās (Vitae parallelae) ietverts ļoti interesants materiāls par seno Grieķiju un Romu. Vēsturniekiem tās ir svarīgs vēstures avots, taču biogrāfijas var lasīt ari kā saistošu stāstu par tālo senatni un tās varoņiem. Plutarhs (50-120) saka, ka viņš nerakstot vēsturi, bet biogrāfijas, ka viņa nolūks ir psiholoģiski raksturot savus varoņus, un dažādi sīkumi, anekdotes,_ nostāsti personas raksturu dažkārt atklāj labāk nekā uzvara lielā kaujā. Šī izlase aptver septiņas interesantākās biogrāfijas – Perikls, Nīkijs, Alkibāds, Līsandrs, Fokions, Dēmostens un Maķedonijas Aleksandrs.No sengrieķu valodas tulkojis: Gustavs Lukstiņš.1978Noskanējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

In the book of Genesis, when God calls out, “Abraham!” to order him to sacrifice his son Isaac, Abraham responds, “Here I am.” Later, when Isaac calls out, “My father!” to ask him why there is no animal to slaughter, Abraham responds, “Here I am.”How do we fulfill our conflicting duties as father, husband, and son; wife and mother; child and adult? Jew and American? How can we claim our own identities when our lives are linked so closely to others’? These are the questions at the heart of Jonathan Safran Foer’s first novel in eleven years-a work of extraordinary scope and heartbreaking intimacy.Unfolding over four tumultuous weeks in present-day Washington D.C., Here I Am is the story of a fracturing family in a moment of crisis. As Jacob and Julia and their three sons are forced to confront the distances between the lives they think they want and the lives they are living, a catastrophic earthquake sets in motion a spiraling conflict in the Middle East. At stake is the very meaning of home — and the fundamental question of how much life one can bear.Showcasing the same high-energy inventiveness, hilarious irreverence, and emotional urgency that readers and critics loved in his earlier work, Here I Am is Foer’s most searching, hard-hitting, and grandly entertaining novel yet. It not only confirms Foer’s stature as a dazzling literary talent but reveals a mature novelist who has fully come into his own as one of the most important writers of his generation.

HHhH: “Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich”, or “Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich”. The most dangerous man in Hitler’s cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich was known as the “Butcher of Prague.” He was feared by all and loathed by most. With his cold Aryan features and implacable cruelty, Heydrich seemed indestructible—until two men, a Slovak and a Czech recruited by the British secret service, killed him in broad daylight on a bustling street in Prague, and thus changed the course of History. Who were these men, arguably two of the most discreet heroes of the twentieth century? In Laurent Binet’s captivating debut novel, we follow Jozef Gabćik and Jan Kubiš from their dramatic escape of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to England; from their recruitment to their harrowing parachute drop into a war zone, from their stealth attack on Heydrich’s car to their own brutal death in the basement of a Prague church.

Прага, 1942 рік. Двоє чоловіків повинні вбити третього. Це операція «Антропоїд»: двом чехословацьким диверсантам, надісланим із Лондона, доручено знищити Райнгарда Гайдріха, начальника ґестапо, голову нацистських спецслужб, «найнебезпечнішу людину Третього райху», того, хто спланував «остаточне вирішення єврейського питання». Гайдріх був правою рукою Гіммлера. Есесівці казали: «HHhH» — «Himmlers Him heißt Heydrich», тобто «Голову Гіммлера звуть Гайдріх». Усі персонажі цієї книжки існували насправді. Усі події, зображені в ній, правдиві. Однак за лаштунками підготовки до замаху відбувається інша війна, та, що точиться між художньою вигадкою та історичною дійсністю. І, попри все, історія мусить бути розказана до кінця…

Eliza Sommers es una joven chilena que vive en Valparaíso en 1894, el año en que se descubre oro en California. Su amante, Joaquín Andieta, parte hacia el norte decidido encontrar fortuna, y ella decide seguirlo. El viaje infernal, escondida en la cala de un velero, y la búsqueda de su amante en una tierra de hombres solos y prostitutas atraídos por la fiebre del oro, transforman a la joven inocente en una mujer fuera de lo común. Eliza recibe ayuda y afecto de Tao Chi`en, un médico chino, quien la conducirá de la mano en un itinerario memorable por los misterios y contradicciones de la condición humana.

A brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: HildIn seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. A new religion is coming ashore; the old gods are struggling, their priests worrying. Hild is the king’s youngest niece, and she has a glimmering mind and a natural, noble authority. She will become a fascinating woman and one of the pivotal figures of the Middle Ages: Saint Hilda of Whitby.But now she has only the powerful curiosity of a bright child, a will of adamant, and a way of seeing the world—of studying nature, of matching cause with effect, of observing her surroundings closely and predicting what will happen next—that can seem uncanny, even supernatural, to those around her.Her uncle, Edwin of Northumbria, plots to become overking of the Angles, ruthlessly using every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. Hild establishes a place for herself at his side as the king’s seer. And she is indispensable—unless she should ever lead the king astray. The stakes are life and death: for Hild, for her family, for her loved ones, and for the increasing numbers who seek the protection of the strange girl who can read the world and see the future.Hild is a young woman at the heart of the violence, subtlety, and mysticism of the early Middle Ages—all of it brilliantly and accurately evoked by Nicola Griffith’s luminous prose. Working from what little historical record is extant, Griffith has brought a beautiful, brutal world—and one of its most fascinating, pivotal figures, the girl who would become St. Hilda of Whitby—to vivid, absorbing life.

InhaltsangabeEndlich ist das entsetzliche Ringen vorüber, ist der furchtbare Bürgerkrieg zwischen den Nord- und Südstaaten Amerikas beendet. Der Norden hat gesiegt, wenn auch zu einem hohen, blutigen Preis: 600.000 Menschen mußten auf den Schlachtfeldern ihr Leben lassen.Zwar ist die menschenverachtende und unwürdige Sklaverei abgeschafft, und der Norden erhebt zu Recht mit Stolz sein Haupt. Aber trotz des Kriegsendes scheinen die Parteien unversöhnt. Der Süden droht in Verbitterung und Hoffnungslosigkeit zu erstarren, sich von der Demütigung und der ruinierten Wirtschaft nicht mehr zu erholen. In Washington herrscht ein skrupelloses Regime, der Ku-Klux-Klan, ein verbrecherischer Geheimbund, wirft seine bedrohlichen Schatten auf die Zukunft.Und doch verliert die Nation nicht den Mut, gewinnt Hoffnungslosigkeit nicht die Oberhand. Es gilt, Neuland zu betreten, den Westen zu erobern, ein neues Kapitel der amerikanischen Geschichte zu beginnen. Mit dabei bei dieser ebenso faszinierenden wie grausamen Epoche der Eroberung des Wilden Westens sind die Familien Hazard aus Pennsylvania und Main aus South Carolina, Familien, in denen sich die Geschicke Amerikas spiegeln.Die amerikanische Originalausgabe erschien unter dem Titel >Heaven and Hell

The History of the Great Plague in London in the Year 1665, Containing Observations and Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, Both Public and Private, During That Dreadful Period.

“The most chilling Nazi weapon in World War II turned out to be so dark and sinister, even when captured by the Allies it remained top secret—until now.”

How did Hitler’s war machine always seem to be one step ahead of England and France in the opening years of World War II? Germany occupied Norway in April 1940 just two days before the British planned to. In May, after being totally outwitted and out maneuvered in the conquest of France, rumors filtered back into British High Command that more than German precision military planning was responsible for these successes.

The Wehrmacht had somehow tapped the dark forces of the occult under their command!

The bombs were falling and the smoke rising from the concentration camps, but all Hitler’s daughter knew was the world of lessons with Fraulein Gelber and the hedgehogs she rescued from the cold.Was it just a story or did Hitler’s daughter really exist? And If you were Hitler’s daughter, would all the horror that occurred be your fault, too? Do things that happened a long time ago still matter?First published in 1999, HITLER’S DAUGHTER has sold over 100,000 copies in Australia alone and has received great critical acclaim, both in Australia and the twelve counties where it has been published. HITLER’S DAUGHTER has also won or been shortlisted for 23 awards, both in Australia and internationally, including winner of the 2000 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Younger Readers.HITLER’S DAUGHTER has also been dramatised by the MonkeyBaa Theatre, and in 2007 won the Helpmann award for Best Presentation for Children and the Drovers Award for Touring Excellence.