De Craciun, Joe trebuia sa plece in vacanta, dar in mod cu totul neasteptat plictisitoarea calatorie se transforma intr-o aventura de proportii. Eroul nostru se pomeneste implicat intr-un stravechi complot al vrajitoarelor. Oare vor reusi Joe si noua sa prietena, Twiggy, sa dezlege infricosatorul mister inainte de a fi prea tirziu? Greu de spus, caci au facut o greseala si s-ar putea sa-i coste...
Edtura: Rao
21 octombrie 2011
20 octombrie 2011
Magie Dezlantuita - Cat Weatherill
Intunecata, magica si palpitanta, noua poveste scrisa de Cat Weatherill ne poarta într-o aventura în care Maria si fratele ei, Jakob, urmeaza sunetul unei muzici fermecate, ramânând captivi într-o lume cu magie salbatica.
O lume pe cât de frumoasa, pe atât de cruda. si în tot timpul petrecut în aceasta lume, cei doi sunt urmariti de o bestie teribila care are nevoie de ei pentru a scapa de un blestem vechi de secole.
O aventura captivanta si salbatica, plina de magie neasteptata si de pericole.
Editura: Rao
O lume pe cât de frumoasa, pe atât de cruda. si în tot timpul petrecut în aceasta lume, cei doi sunt urmariti de o bestie teribila care are nevoie de ei pentru a scapa de un blestem vechi de secole.
O aventura captivanta si salbatica, plina de magie neasteptata si de pericole.
Editura: Rao
17 octombrie 2011
Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson
Vol I: The Final Empire
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the “Sliver of Infinity,” reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier “snapped” and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.
Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.
But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.
Vol II: The Well of Ascension
The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler - the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years - has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protector, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves. As Kelsier's protector and slayer of the Lord Ruler she is now venerated by a budding new religion, a distinction that makes her intensely uncomfortable. Even more worrying, the mists have begun behaving strangely since the Lord Ruler died, and seem to harbor a strange vaporous entity that haunts her.
Stopping assassins may keep Vin's Mistborn skills sharp, but it's the least of her problems. Luthadel, the largest city of the former empire, doesn't run itself, and Vin and the other members of Kelsier's crew, who lead the revolution, must learn a whole new set of practical and political skills to help. It certainly won't get easier with three armies - one of them composed of ferocious giants - now vying to conquer the city, and no sign of the Lord Ruler's hidden cache of atium, the rarest and most powerful allomantic metal. As the siege of Luthadel tightens, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows.
Vol III: The Hero of Ages
To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness---the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists---is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed.
Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. She can't even discuss it with Elend lest Ruin learn their plans!
The conclusion of the Mistborn trilogy fulfills all the promise of the first two books. Revelations abound, connections rooted in early chapters of the series click into place, and surprises, as satisfying as they are stunning, blossom like fireworks to dazzle and delight. It all leads up to a finale unmatched for originality and audacity that will leave readers rubbing their eyes in wonder, as if awaking from an amazing dream.
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the “Sliver of Infinity,” reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier “snapped” and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.
Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.
But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.
Vol II: The Well of Ascension
The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler - the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years - has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young protector, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mistborn in the land, and to the idealistic young nobleman she loves. As Kelsier's protector and slayer of the Lord Ruler she is now venerated by a budding new religion, a distinction that makes her intensely uncomfortable. Even more worrying, the mists have begun behaving strangely since the Lord Ruler died, and seem to harbor a strange vaporous entity that haunts her.
Stopping assassins may keep Vin's Mistborn skills sharp, but it's the least of her problems. Luthadel, the largest city of the former empire, doesn't run itself, and Vin and the other members of Kelsier's crew, who lead the revolution, must learn a whole new set of practical and political skills to help. It certainly won't get easier with three armies - one of them composed of ferocious giants - now vying to conquer the city, and no sign of the Lord Ruler's hidden cache of atium, the rarest and most powerful allomantic metal. As the siege of Luthadel tightens, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows.
Vol III: The Hero of Ages
To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness---the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists---is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed.
Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. She can't even discuss it with Elend lest Ruin learn their plans!
The conclusion of the Mistborn trilogy fulfills all the promise of the first two books. Revelations abound, connections rooted in early chapters of the series click into place, and surprises, as satisfying as they are stunning, blossom like fireworks to dazzle and delight. It all leads up to a finale unmatched for originality and audacity that will leave readers rubbing their eyes in wonder, as if awaking from an amazing dream.
16 octombrie 2011
A Mistborn novel - Brandon Sanderson
A Alloy of Law:
Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds.
Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history - or religion. Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world. Out in the frontier lands known as the Roughs, they are crucial tools for the brave men and women attempting to establish order and justice.
One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn, who can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. Or so he thinks, until he learns the hard way that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be even more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs.
Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds.
Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history - or religion. Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world. Out in the frontier lands known as the Roughs, they are crucial tools for the brave men and women attempting to establish order and justice.
One such is Waxillium Ladrian, a rare Twinborn, who can Push on metals with his Allomancy and use Feruchemy to become lighter or heavier at will. After twenty years in the Roughs, Wax has been forced by family tragedy to return to the metropolis of Elendel. Now he must reluctantly put away his guns and assume the duties and dignity incumbent upon the head of a noble house. Or so he thinks, until he learns the hard way that the mansions and elegant tree-lined streets of the city can be even more dangerous than the dusty plains of the Roughs.
29 august 2011
Contele de Monte-Cristo
Romanul prezinta viata si aventurile unui biet tânar marinar, pe nume Edmond Dantes, închis pe nedrept într-una dintre cele mai temute temnite ale vremii, Castelul If.
Banuit ca ar fi spion pentru Napoleon Bonaparte, Edmond e arestat de catre temutul procuror Villefort chiar în ziua logodnei cu frumoasa lui iubita Mercedes
În timpul celor 14 ani petrecuti dupa gratii, Edmond se împrieteneste cu un batrân întelept, Faria, care, desi era considerat de toti nebun, îl învata pe tânarul marinar tot ce stia: matematica, istorie si câteva limbi straine.
Simtind ca i se apropie sfârsitul, Faria îi povesteste lui Edmond si despre comoara sa de pe insula Monte Cristo si îi spune ca i-o lasa mostenire, daca va reusi sa evadeze.
Dupa salvare, Edmond îsi însuseste nu doar averea batrânului, dar si numele insulei Monte Cristo si pune la cale un plan de razbunare ce-i vizeaza pe toti cei ce i-au fost dusmani.
Armele sale nu sunt doar bogatia si noul si misteriosul nume, ci si întelepciunea si tenacitatea
Banuit ca ar fi spion pentru Napoleon Bonaparte, Edmond e arestat de catre temutul procuror Villefort chiar în ziua logodnei cu frumoasa lui iubita Mercedes
În timpul celor 14 ani petrecuti dupa gratii, Edmond se împrieteneste cu un batrân întelept, Faria, care, desi era considerat de toti nebun, îl învata pe tânarul marinar tot ce stia: matematica, istorie si câteva limbi straine.
Simtind ca i se apropie sfârsitul, Faria îi povesteste lui Edmond si despre comoara sa de pe insula Monte Cristo si îi spune ca i-o lasa mostenire, daca va reusi sa evadeze.
Dupa salvare, Edmond îsi însuseste nu doar averea batrânului, dar si numele insulei Monte Cristo si pune la cale un plan de razbunare ce-i vizeaza pe toti cei ce i-au fost dusmani.
Armele sale nu sunt doar bogatia si noul si misteriosul nume, ci si întelepciunea si tenacitatea
28 august 2011
Regina Margot
In timpul Noptii Sfantului Bartolomeu, regina Margareta de Navara ascunde si ingrijeste un tanar protestant scapat din masacru. Tanarul La Mole si frumoasa regina traiesc o scurta si intensa poveste de dragoste, cu final tragic.
Regina Margot ramane, mai presus de toate, romanul dragostei si al prieteniei. Al prieteniei dintre nobilii La Mole si Coconnas, nedespartiti nici chiar in moarte, desi totul in viata parea sa-i desparta: convingerile religioase, caracterul, iubitele... Al prieteniei dintre frumoasa si nefericita Regina Margot si ducesa Henriette de Nevers, intr-o lume a minciunii, ipocriziei si crimei, in care relatia sincera dintre ele pare chiar mai neverosimila decat tragica iubire ce le va lega de cei doi prieteni. Al prieteniei, in ultima instanta, dintre Regina Margot si sotul ei, prietenie care ii salveaza viata celui ce va deveni marele rege Henric al IV-lea, suveranul care va readuce pacea in Franta si va pune astfel bazele viitorului unei mari natiuni. Ileana Mihaila
26 august 2011
Doamna de Monsoreau
Tradari, razboaie religioase, intrigi politice, comploturi, ambitii, destine contradictorii, iubiri, si sentimente exacerbate, fac ca, in 1578, Franta sa fie un regat in deriva.
Contele de Monsoreau, un apropiat al monarhului, se indragosteste de tanara domnisoara Diane de Meridor. Desi aceasta nu-i impartaseste sentimentele, el obtine, de la tatal fetei, prin inselaciune, acceptul casatoriei.Diane se resemeneaza intr-o casnicie fara iubire, pana in ziua in care il intalneste pe contele Bussy d'Amboise, un protestant cunoscut, de care se indragosteste.
25 august 2011
Cei patruzeci si cinci
Romanul „Cei Patruzeci si Cinci“ a fost scris între anii 1847 si 1848. Actiunea se petrece între 1585 si 1586, treisprezece ani dupa masacrul din noaptea Sfântului Bartolomeu, când Franta este înca în plina tensiune si agitatie din cauza “razboiului religiilor” si a luptei pentru putere.
Perioada tumultuoasa a secolului al XVI-lea i-a oferit lui Dumas o cantitate mare de material istoric; el a ales sa urmareasca în romanul sau trei piste principale ale evolutiei politice si sociale ale acelor vremuri: evenimentele tulburi din Paris, ascensiunea la putere a lui Henric al IV-lea de Navara si deruta ducelui d’Anjou, în Flandra.
Intriga complexa, personajele puternice cu interese clare dar incompatibile, scenele de razboi alternate cu cele de dragoste, reusesc sa întregeasca aceasta capodopera, pe drept cuvânt una dintre cele mai valoroase din portofoliul autorului.
Perioada tumultuoasa a secolului al XVI-lea i-a oferit lui Dumas o cantitate mare de material istoric; el a ales sa urmareasca în romanul sau trei piste principale ale evolutiei politice si sociale ale acelor vremuri: evenimentele tulburi din Paris, ascensiunea la putere a lui Henric al IV-lea de Navara si deruta ducelui d’Anjou, în Flandra.
Intriga complexa, personajele puternice cu interese clare dar incompatibile, scenele de razboi alternate cu cele de dragoste, reusesc sa întregeasca aceasta capodopera, pe drept cuvânt una dintre cele mai valoroase din portofoliul autorului.
Cei trei muschetari
Poate cel mai popular roman al lui Alexandre Dumas tatal, „Cei trei muschetari” a fost publicat prima data în primavara anului 1844.
În centrul povestirii se afla tânarul d’Artagnan al carui mare vis este acela de a deveni muschetar al regelui Ludovic al XIII-lea. Titlul romanului se refera, însa, la cei pe care d’Artagnan si-i va face în scurt timp prieteni: muschetarii Athos, Porthos si Aramis.
Actiunea este plasata la începutul anilor 1620, când cardinalul Richelieu interzise duelurile.
Abia sosit la Paris, tânarul gascon d’Artagnan pare sa nu tina cont de asta. El devine chiar celebru în marele oras în urma unui duel, caci vestea vitejiei lui va ajunge repede si la urechile regelui.
Romanul, unul de aventuri, dar în acelasi timp romantic, este scris cu mult umor.
Potrivit unei fise de biblioteca, ce s-a pastrat pâna astazi, se dovedeste ca Dumas s-a inspirat pentru aceasta scriere din „Memoriile domnului d’Artagnan”, de Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras (Köln, 1700), carte pe care a împrumutat-o din biblioteca publica din Marsilia.
Povestea lui d’Artagnan este continuata în romanele „Dupa 20 de ani” si „Vicontele de Bragelonne”.
În centrul povestirii se afla tânarul d’Artagnan al carui mare vis este acela de a deveni muschetar al regelui Ludovic al XIII-lea. Titlul romanului se refera, însa, la cei pe care d’Artagnan si-i va face în scurt timp prieteni: muschetarii Athos, Porthos si Aramis.
Actiunea este plasata la începutul anilor 1620, când cardinalul Richelieu interzise duelurile.
Abia sosit la Paris, tânarul gascon d’Artagnan pare sa nu tina cont de asta. El devine chiar celebru în marele oras în urma unui duel, caci vestea vitejiei lui va ajunge repede si la urechile regelui.
Romanul, unul de aventuri, dar în acelasi timp romantic, este scris cu mult umor.
Potrivit unei fise de biblioteca, ce s-a pastrat pâna astazi, se dovedeste ca Dumas s-a inspirat pentru aceasta scriere din „Memoriile domnului d’Artagnan”, de Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras (Köln, 1700), carte pe care a împrumutat-o din biblioteca publica din Marsilia.
Povestea lui d’Artagnan este continuata în romanele „Dupa 20 de ani” si „Vicontele de Bragelonne”.
23 august 2011
Dupa douazeci de ani
Suntem in anul 1648. A trecut multa vreme de cand eroii romanului "Cei trei muschetari" nu s-au mai intalnit.
D'Artagnan, ramas locotenent al muschetarilor, isi doreste gradul de capitan.
Cardinalul Mazarin, tinta a atacurilor din partea nobilimii, a Parlamentului si a populatiei Parisului, ii cere sa-si caute vechii prieteni si sa-i atraga de partea sa.
Insotit de fostul sau valet, Planchet, acum partizan al Frondei, d'Artagnan porneste in calatorie. Rand pe rand, isi viziteaza fostii camarazi.
Aramis este acum abatele d'Herblay, dar pare mai atras ca oricand de intrigi si de batalii.
Porthos, devenit un bogat senior de provincie, viseaza la titlul de baron.
Athos s-a retras la tara si pare preocupat numai de educatia tanarului Raoul, viconte de Bragelonne.
Primind misiunea de a impiedica evadarea printului de Beaufort, d'Artagnan si Porthos se vad nevoiti sa se confrunte chiar cu vechii lor prieteni, Athos si Aramis, aflati acum in tabara adversa.
Va rezista legatura sufleteasca dintre ei acestei grele incercari, sau ambitiile si sentimentul datoriei ii vor transforma in dusmani?
D'Artagnan, ramas locotenent al muschetarilor, isi doreste gradul de capitan.
Cardinalul Mazarin, tinta a atacurilor din partea nobilimii, a Parlamentului si a populatiei Parisului, ii cere sa-si caute vechii prieteni si sa-i atraga de partea sa.
Insotit de fostul sau valet, Planchet, acum partizan al Frondei, d'Artagnan porneste in calatorie. Rand pe rand, isi viziteaza fostii camarazi.
Aramis este acum abatele d'Herblay, dar pare mai atras ca oricand de intrigi si de batalii.
Porthos, devenit un bogat senior de provincie, viseaza la titlul de baron.
Athos s-a retras la tara si pare preocupat numai de educatia tanarului Raoul, viconte de Bragelonne.
Primind misiunea de a impiedica evadarea printului de Beaufort, d'Artagnan si Porthos se vad nevoiti sa se confrunte chiar cu vechii lor prieteni, Athos si Aramis, aflati acum in tabara adversa.
Va rezista legatura sufleteasca dintre ei acestei grele incercari, sau ambitiile si sentimentul datoriei ii vor transforma in dusmani?
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