Перед вами — величественное шестикнижие 'Песнь льда и огня'. Эпическая, чеканная сага о мире Семи Королевств. О мире суровых земель вечного холода и радостных земель вечного лета. Мире лордов и героев, воинов и магов, чернокнижников и убийц — всех, кого свела воедино Судьба во исполнение древнего пророчества. О мире опасных приключений, великих деяний и тончайших политических интриг.

Эта книга познакомит читателей с удивительным миром морей и океанов. В этом царстве глубины - подводном мире - живут и размножаются самые разнообразные биологические виды: огромные стаи рыб, морские хищники и многие тысячи других существ и растений. Уникальные фотографии морских обитателей, а также приведенная в книге информация о последних научных открытиях в сфере исследования морских глубин...

65 миллионов лет назад на Земле закончилась эпоха динозавров. Одни из этих ящеров были не крупнее голубя, другие возвышались над верхушками деревьев. Хищники и травоядные, наземные, водоплавающие и способные к полету, они по-разному приспосабливались к среде обитания. Эта книга рассказывает о жизни древних обитателей нашей планеты, известных современным палеонтологам. Благодаря потрясающим...

A fascinating and colorful book will introduce the child to the outside world, expand his horizons and arouse interest in knowledge. The publication is part of a long assortment line of the Children's Encyclopedia series, which is distinguished by excellent printing performance, interesting content, modern design, and vivid photo illustrations.

When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. One, that his childhood home looks like a palace; two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars; and three, that he just happens...

A fascinating and colorful book will introduce the child to the world around him, broaden his horizons and awaken interest in knowledge.

This book is the author's full version of the famous documentary novel 'Babi Yar' about the extermination of the Jewish population of Kiev in the autumn of 1941. Anatoly Kuznetsov, then a teenager, himself witnessed the executions of Kiev Jews, communicated a lot with people who survived the catastrophe, collected memories of other contemporaries and eyewitnesses. His novel was first...

Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's...

What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called 'Quirks?' Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?

The era in which Andrei Bitov lived ... These are the years of the thaw - a time of hope, a bright entry into literature, and a period of 'stagnation', when the main novel 'Pushkin's House' could only be read in samizdat. And perestroika, and the turbulent 1990s, and transformations in the country - a different breath, changes in life and work. An intellectual writer, a unique interlocutor -...

How does it feel to know one day that you are the heir to an aristocratic title and a huge fortune? This is exactly what happened to the hero of the novel by the American writer Francis Burnett 'Little Lord Fauntleroy.' The book, published in 1886, immediately became a bestseller, and the charming seven-year-old boy conquered not only haughty heart of a wayward grandfather, but also became...

To defeat Matt Murdock, the Kingpin of her dimension, Gwen has to let Venom win! But there's a problem -if Murdock dies, then so does Gwen! But that's the least of her worries, as after recent events Gwen has found herself on a one-way road into darkness. And the only one that can help her find her way back to the light...is Gwen Stacy. Is the universe trying to save her, or does fate only hold...