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During the year 1866, ships of several nations spot a mysterious sea monster, which some suggest to be a giant narwhal. The United States government assembles an expedition in New York City to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and narrator of the story, who happens to be in New York at the time, receives a last-minute invitation to join the expedition which he accepts. Canadian whaler and master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful servant Conseil are also brought aboard.

Walter Benjamin was an icon of criticism, renowned for his insight on art, literature, and philosophy. This volume includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and Brecht’s epic theater. Illuminations also includes his penetrating study “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”, an enlightening discussion of translation as a literary mode, and his theses on the philosophy of history.

L'éminent professeur de minéralogie Otto Lidenbrock découvre un jour, caché dans un manuscrit dont il vient de faire l'acquisition, un parchemin rédigé en caractères runiques dont le sens lui demeure obscur. Dès lors, il n'a de cesse de décrypter ce mystérieux message, aidé par son neveu Axel Lidenbrock. Ils découvrent alors quelque chose d'incroyable : le rédacteur du message serait un certain Arne Saknussemm, un alchimiste qui aurait vécu au seizième siècle, et qui aurait découvert un passage vers le "Centre de la Terre".

Nuclear proliferation, Zionism, and the global economy are just a few of the insightful and surprisingly prescient topics scientist Albert Einstein discusses in this volume of collected essays from between 1931 and 1950. Written with a clear voice and a thoughtful perspective on the effects of science, economics, and politics in daily life, Einstein’s writings provide an intriguing view inside the mind of a genius addressing the philosophical challenges of the Depression, the Second World War, and more.

В человеческом обществе фаллос считается символом могущества и власти, и мы привыкли думать, что у этого представления есть крепкая биологическая основа. Научный журналист Эмили Уиллингем, рассказывая о ритуалах спаривания и пенисах животных, показывает, что у природы на этот орган были совсем другие планы, и создавался он не для того, чтобы его обладатели были наделены какими-либо преимуществами.

Mainz im Zeitalter Gutenbergs. In einer Werkstatt am Rhein entsteht eine Erfindung, die die Ordnung Europas verändern könnte: Bücher lassen sich erstmals drucken und Wissen beginnt sich zu vervielfältigen. In diesem entscheidenden Moment erscheint Lyana, Tochter der Aphrodite, gesandt, um die Geburt dieser neuen Welt zu schützen. Zwischen Druckpressen, Metalllettern und dem Geruch frischer Tinte begegnet sie dem jungen Drucker Peter Schöffer, der ahnt, welche Macht in der Schrift liegt.

In his best-selling A Planet for Rent, Yoss pays homage to Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles and 334 by Thomas M. Disch. A critique of Cuba in the 90s, after the fall of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, A Planet for Rent marks the debut in English of an astonishingly brave and imaginative Latin American voice.

Tara Selter has lived the eighteenth of November 1,143 times when she notices a break in the pattern; a man has changed his shirt. The man is Henry Dale and he remembers all the days that have come before. He knows that time has fallen out of joint. Now they are two of a kind: trapped in the eighteenth of November, but no longer alone. Together they learn to share their present; their voices grow hoarse recounting their small battles against it and their bewilderment at the disintegrating world.

Una nuova ricerca poetica sull'umanità e sulle sue tracce disseminate. I temi trattati vanno dalla vita quotidiana, all'amore, alla bellezza e al viaggio sia esteriore che interiore, non sempre dai risvolti positivi ma anche critici. Il preludio forse di un nuovo lavoro non poetico.

A collection of the year’s best science fiction and fantasy short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author of the Silo series Hugh Howey and series editor John Joseph Adams. “These are dangerous stories. The kind that warp reality and threaten to change the world” warns guest...

Delve into the satirical and thought-provoking world of "Christian Science" by Mark Twain, a collection of essays and writings that offer a humorous yet critical examination of Christian Science and its founder, Mary Baker Eddy. This audiobook presents Twain's signature wit and incisive commentary as he explores the tenets of Christian Science, its practices, and its impact on society.

“Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own and make you care about it in a matter of pages,” writes R. F. Kuang in her introduction. “The most important part of this magic trick is just a willingness to get weird...

From the sleek Aston Martin that spits out bullets, nails, and passengers at the push of a button to the microjet that makes hairpin turns to avoid a heat-seeking missile, the science and technology of James Bond films have kept millions of movie fans guessing for decades. Are these amazing feats and gadgets truly possible? The Science of James Bond takes you on a fascinating excursion through the true science that underlies Bond's most fantastic and off-the-wall accoutrements.

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Rebecca Roanhorse and series editor John Joseph Adams select twenty pieces that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year and explore the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today. Today’s readers...

From Edgar Allan Poe—the master of the short story and lyric poem—comes this rare treasury of classics. The outstanding works "A Descent into the Maelstrom," "Annabelle Lee," "Eldorado," "The Bells," and "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall," illustrate Poe's meticulous sense of construction, with signature themes of romance and melancholy that characterized his short and troubled life.

Forensic expert Wagner has crafted a volume that stands out from the plethora of recent memoirs of contemporary scientific detectives. By using the immortal and well-known Sherlock Holmes stories as her starting point, Wagner blends familiar examples from Doyle's accounts into a history of the growth of forensic science, pointing out where fiction strayed from fact.

Joyce, Sartre, D.H. Lawrence, Miller, Kerouac, Pasolini, Moravia, Testori, Bianciardi, Ginsberg, Tondelli, Busi: la lista degli scrittori che dal dopoguerra a oggi sono stati processati in Italia per “pubblicazioni oscene” comprende alcuni tra i più grandi nomi della letteratura italiana e mondiale dell’ultimo secolo.

Aluna, una bruja que vive en la serenidad de su vieja casa en el pueblo de El Santuario, se ve obligada a viajar a La Civilización para investigar la misteriosa desaparición de su padre y chamán, Daniel Jolugo. Juntos recorrerán los confines de la esperanza, cómplices de un trayecto que oscila entre lo espiritual y lo político, entre la sombra de sus más profundos secretos y la luz del fuego que durante siglos permaneció oculto.

After all the drama surrounding the invasion of the White Crane Hall, Seiki gave his word to Ippei that he’d join the War Games. So, when he hits level 14 and finally gets eligible for his first troops, Seiki gets ready to face the Demonic Clan and begin his climb up the military ranks. But before he can claim his unit from the Shogun, Seiki has one last promise to fulfill. Together with the whole band, he has to clear Nezumi Temple - aka the rat dungeon - in order to secure a rare armguard for Yamura as a thank you for saving their neck back at the siege.

Un ragazzo salva una tartaruga e questa per sdebitarsi lo conduce al palazzo del re dei mari. Oppure salva uno squalo, che finisce per annidarsi nello stagno del suo giardino, e infine gli procura un tesoro. Un samurai sposa una bellissima ragazza di origini ignote, finché un giorno non si accorge che dal suo kimono spunta una coda fulva. E come mai quella mosca che ronza in cucina sembra avere proprio le abitudini del nonno, morto poco tempo fa?