Island at the End of the World: The Turbulent History of Easter Island
On a long stretch of green coast in the South Pacific, hundreds of enormous, impassive stone heads stand guard against the ravages of time, war, and disease that have attempted over the centuries to conquer Easter Island. Steven Roger Fischer offers the first English-language history of Easter Island in Island at the End of the World, a fascinating chronicle of adversity, triumph, and the enduring monumentality of the island's stone guards.
Added by: Cheramie | Karma: 275.78 | Fiction literature | 20 December 2009
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A Song of Stone by Iain Banks
This brutal tale starts in a bleak, brutal European any-war. Abel and Morgan live in a forboding castle, alone and isolated, until the conflict intrudes on their numb lives in the form of a cruel mercenary lieutenant and her violent, ravaging men who take up residence. From there, the tale disintegrates into darkness and atrocity, punctuated by Abel's memories of earlier joy and pain. Iain Banks pushes the story steadily downward, dragging the morbidly fascinated reader into the depths of human despair.
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Rosetta Stone - No. 1 в мире среди лингвистического программного обеспечения. Rosetta Stone — одна из лучших программ для изучения иностранного языка в домашних условиях. Флэш-методика позволяет учить так, как вы в детстве начинали учить свой родной язык — без правил, путем погружения в языковую среду, многократного повторения и формирования ассоциативного ряда в различных областях жизни, выработка шаблонов и автоматизмов по принципу от простого к сложному, от практического восприятия к написанию и правилам.
Perseus: The Hunt for Medusa's Head : A Greek Myth (Graphic Universe)
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Fiction literature | 19 November 2009
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Could a monster whose very look turns men to stone be a challenge too perilous even for the son of Zeus? King Polydectes has designs on Perseus' mother, Danaë. But first the king must get rid of young Perseus once and for all. So Polydectes hatches a plan to trick the young hero into performing an impossible task--slay the snake-haired Gorgon monster Medusa, whose very look turns men to stone.
