Книги в жанре «Фэнтези» (4000 книг)Показаны книги с 61 по 7061. Marching Through Peachtree Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry After King Avram, new ruler of Detina, frees the blond serfs upon which the northern part of the kingdom relies, civil war erupts, with Avram's cousin, Geoffrey, as commander of the rebels. The armies of the divided country face each other in the embattled province of Peachtree eager to claim the strategically vital city of… 62. Second Contact Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry The novel is set in 1963, eighteen years following the end of the alternate World War II shown in the Worldwar series. Earl Warren is President of the United States, Vyacheslav Molotov is the Premier of the Soviet Union, and Heinrich Himmler leads Nazi Germany. At the… 63. Sentry Peak Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry In this novel, every characterisic is changed – directions are reversed, the issue of slavery is reversed to serfdom, the color of the oppressed class is changed from negro to blond – only the victors, as changed, stay the same. As a history buff, it makes a very interesting story. Sentry Peak is really Lookout… 64. Striking the Balance Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry At the bloody height of World War II, the deadliest enemies in all of human history were forced to put aside their hatreds and unite against an even fiercer foe: a seemingly invincible power bent on world domination. With awesome technology, the aggressors swept across the planet, sowing destruction as Tokyo, Berlin, and Washington, D.C.,… 65. Tale of the Fox Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry Ever since the catastrophic Werenight isolated the Northlands from the Elabonian Empire, Gerin the Fox has hoped to settle down as the peaceful ruler of Fox Keep… but destiny seems to have other ideas. The Voice of the god Biton prophesies danger to the Northlands. Gerin has… 66. The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry David Fisher is an EPA agent, assigned to investigate possible leaking from the Devonshire dump site, in part because of an increase of birth defects in the surrounding area. The most devastating birth defect is aphysica, being born without a soul. In this world the Other Side is very real and all the religions have… 67. The Seventh Chapter Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry From “The Dragon Done It”, edited by Eric Flint and Mike Resnick, Baen books, March 2008 68. The Stolen Throne Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry An uneasy peace had prevailed these last few years between the Empire of Videssos and rival Makuran. But now Makuran's King of Kings alerted his border holdings–even the small fortress where Abivard's father was lord–to prepare for barbarian raids. But Abivard himself received a warning of a different sort: an eerie prophecy of a field,… 69. Tilting the Balance Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry World War II screeched to a halt as the great military powers scrambled to meet an even deadlier foe. The enemy's formidable technology made their victory seem inevitable. Already Berlin and Washington, D.C., had been vaporized by atom bombs, and large parts of the Soviet Union, the United States, and Germany and its conquests lay… 70. Upsetting the Balance Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry Russia, Communist China, Japan, Nazi Germany, the United States: they began World War II as mortal enemies. But suddenly their only hope for survival-never mind victory-was to unite to stop a mighty foe-one whose frightening technology appeared invincible. Far worse beings than the Nazis were loose. From Warsaw to Moscow to China's enemy-occupied Forbidden City,… 71. Down in The Bottomlands (and Other Places) Читать →Автор: de Camp L. Sprague, Turtledove Harry "Down in the Bottomlands" is a novella written by Harry Turtledove which takes places in an alternative history in which the Atlantic Ocean did not reflood the Mediterranean Sea 5.5 million years ago in the Miocene Epoch, as it did in our history. The Mediterranean Basin thus remains dry to the present day in this… 72. The Thousand Cities Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry, Тертлдав Гарри A dazzling new fantasy for all the fans of the Videssos Cycle! As the sun gleamed off the gilded domes of Videssos the city, Abivard, marshal of Makuran and son of Godarz, pondered the impossible. How could he carry out the command of Sharbaraz, King of Kings,… 73. Videssos Besieged Читать →Автор: Turtledove Harry, Тертлдав Гарри With the arrival of spring, the Emperor Maniakes vows to unleash his troops against the enemy capital, where a hated despot sits arrogantly upon the throne. But from the moment Maniakes reaches the land of the Thousand Cities, he is plagued by a question no one can answer. Where is his nemesis, the ruthless commander… 74. Tropic of Capricorn Читать →Автор: Miller Henry Henry Miller was born in 1891 in Brooklyn, New York. He had a variety of jobs as a young man, including several years working for the Western Union Telegraph Company. During this time, encouraged by June Mansfield Smith, the second of his five wives. Miller began to write. Aside from articles, stories for pulp magazines… 75. Lud-In-The-Mist Читать →Автор: Mirrlees Hope Lud-in-the-Mist (1926) is the third novel by Hope Mirrlees, and the only one still in print as of 2005. It continues the author's exploration of the themes of Life and Art, by a method already described in the preface of her first novel, Madeleine: One of Love's Jansenists (1919): “to turn from time to time… 76. A People Читать →Автор: Zinn Howard The Note: This great book should really be read by everyone. It is difficult to describe why it so great because it both teaches and inspires. You really just have to read it. We think it is so good that it demands to be as accessible as possible. Once you've finished it, we"re sure you"ll… 77. English and Welsh Читать →Автор: Tolkien John To be invited to give a lecture under the O"Donnell Trust, and especially to give the first lecture in Oxford of this series, is an honour; but it is one which I hardly deserve. In any case a less dilatory performance of the duty might have been expected. But the years 1953 to 1955 have… 78. Leaf by Niggle Читать →Автор: Tolkien John there was once a little man called Niggle, who had a long journey to make. He did not want to go, inВdeed the whole idea was distasteful to him; but he could not get out of it. He knew he would have to start some time, but he did not hurry… 79. Roverandom Читать →Автор: Tolkien John Once upon a time there was a little dog, and his name was Rover. He was very small, and very young, or he would have known better; and he was very happy playing in the garden in the sunshine with a yellow ball, or he would never have done what he… 80. Smith of Wootton Major Читать →Автор: Tolkien John There was a village once, not very long ago for those with long memories, nor very far away for those with long legs. Wootton Major it was called because it was larger than Wootton Minor, a few miles away deep in the trees; but it was not very large, though it was at that time… |