Tenar, die geflohene Priesterin aus den Grabern von Atuan, hat sich auf der Insel Gont niedergelassen. Sie adoptiert Therru, ein Madchen, das ein schlimmes Schicksal erlitten hat und dem bestimmt ist, entscheidend in die Geschicke von Erdsee einzugreifen. Als Ged, einstiger Erzmagier und am Ende von »Das letzte Ufer« seiner magischen Krafte beraubt, nach Gont zuruckkehrt, schlie?t er sich der Dorfgemeinschaft an, und zusammen mit Tenar sorgt er fur Therru, um sie vor dem bosen Zauberer Aspen zu schutzen. Bald verflicht sich ihr Schicksal mit dem des jungen Dorfzauberers Erle. Dieser wird von Albtraumen geplagt, in denen ihn die Toten im Dunklen Land jenseits der Mauer anrufen und auffordern, sie in die Welt zuruckzuholen. Auf der Suche nach Deutung dieser Traume und der Erlosung von ihnen fuhrt Erles Weg uber die Zauberschule von Rok, den ehemaligen Erzmagier Ged und an den Hof Konig Lebannens, wo er auch auf Tenar und Tehanu trifft. Gemeinsam mit den Drachen von Erdsee mussen sie versuchen, ihre Welt wieder ins Gleichgewicht zu bringen … Enthalt: »Tehanu«, »Das Vermachtnis von Erdsee«, »Ruckkehr nach Erdsee« Fur alle LeserInnen von J.R.R. Tolkien, Tad Williams und J. K. Rowling »Absolut brillant – einer der Meilensteine der modernen Fantasy!« Patrick Rothfuss
4337 Руб.Erdsee – die klassische Trilogie in vollstandiger Neuubersetzung Auf einem Eiland der Inselwelt Erdsee lebt der junge Ged. Von allen nur Sperber gerufen, fuhrt er ein einfaches Leben als Sohn eines Bronzeschmieds. Erst als brutale Rauberhorden sein Dorf uberfallen, entdeckt er, dass er uber geheimnisvolle, ubernaturliche Fahigkeiten verfugt. Es gelingt Ged mit Hilfe der Magie, die Banditen abzuwehren, und fortan ist nichts mehr, wie es war. Sperber wird Lehrling an der beruhmten Zauberschule von Rok und stellt dort seine Fahigkeiten unter Beweis: Er beschwort die Machte der Schatten und schafft eine Verbindung zum Totenreich. Dabei erfahrt er, dass ein Riss durch dieses Reich geht, der die Welt der Lebenden zu verschlingen droht. Gemeinsam mit der wiedergeborenen Hohepriesterin Tenar stellt sich Ged einem scheinbar aussichtslosen Kampf um die Rettung von Erdsee ... Enthalt: ›Ein Magier von Erdsee‹, ›Die Graber von Atuan‹, ›Das fernste Ufer‹ Fur alle LeserInnen von J.R.R. Tolkien, Tad Williams und J. K. Rowling »Absolut brillant – einer der Meilensteine der modernen Fantasy!« Patrick Rothfuss
4337 Руб.In this fourth novel in the Earthsea series, we rejoin the young priestess the Tenar and powerful wizard Ged. Years before, they had helped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Together, they shared an adventure like no other. Tenar has since embraced the simple pleasures of an ordinary life, while Ged mourns the powers lost to him through no choice of his own. Now the two must join forces again and help another in need-the physically, emotionally scarred child whose own destiny has yet to be revealed...
2751 Руб.One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle 'There was a wall. It did not look important - even a child could climb it. But the idea was real. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on...' Shevek is brilliant scientist who is attempting to find a new theory of time - but there are those who are jealous of his work, and will do anything to block him. So he leaves his homeland, hoping to find a place of more liberty and tolerance. Initially feted, Shevek soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game. With powerful themes of freedom, society and the natural world's influence on competition and co-operation, The Dispossessed is a true classic of the 20th century.
3814 Руб.The first three novels set in Ursula K. Le Guin's famed Hainish universe, together in one volume.From the multi-award-winning author of The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea sequence comes this single-volume omnibus of the first three Hainish novels.Intergalactic war reaches Fomalhaut II in Rocannon's World.Born out of season, a precocious young girl visits the alien city of the farborns and the false-men in Planet of Exile.In City of Illusions a stranger wandering in the forest people's woods is found and his health restored; now the fate of two worlds rests in this stranger's hands . . .The three novels contained in this volume are the books that launched Ursula K. Le Guin's glittering career, and are set in the same universe as her Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classics The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed.
750 Руб.Originally published in 1968, Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea marks the first of the six now beloved Earthsea titles. Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
1229 Руб.The highly acclaimed first collection of Earthsea short stories These five superlative, evocative and enchanting stories range from a few hundred years before A Wizard of Earthsea to just before The Other Wind, and feature some of Le Guin s most popular characters, including the Wizard Ged himself. The stories are rounded off with an essay about Earthsea s history and people.No Earthsea fan will want to be without this magical collection.
1097 Руб.The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds. The Winds Twelve Quarters collects seventeen powerful stories, each with an introduction by the author, ranging from fantasy to intriguing scientific concepts, from medieval settings to the future. Including an insightful foreword by Le Guin, describing her experience, her inspirations, and her approach to writing, this stunning collection explores human values, relationships, and survival, and showcases the myriad talents of one of the most provocative writers of our time.
1825 Руб.The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds. The Winds Twelve Quarters collects seventeen powerful stories, each with an introduction by the author, ranging from fantasy to intriguing scientific concepts, from medieval settings to the future. Including an insightful foreword by Le Guin, describing her experience, her inspirations, and her approach to writing, this stunning collection explores human values, relationships, and survival, and showcases the myriad talents of one of the most provocative writers of our time.
1825 Руб.The first book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin is a tale of wizards, dragons and terrifying shadows. The island of Gont is a land famous for wizards. Of these, some say the greatest - and surely the greatest voyager - is the man called Sparrowhawk. As a reckless, awkward boy, he discovered the great power that was in him - with terrifying consequences. Tempted by pride to try spells beyond his means, Sparrowhawk lets loose an evil shadow-beast in his land. Only he can destroy it, and the quest leads him to the farthest corner of Earthsea.
2831 Руб.Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
2962 Руб.The first book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin is a tale of wizards, dragons and terrifying shadows. The island of Gont is a land famous for wizards. Of these, some say the greatest - and surely the greatest voyager - is the man called Sparrowhawk. As a reckless, awkward boy, he discovered the great power that was in him - with terrifying consequences. Tempted by pride to try spells beyond his means, Sparrowhawk lets loose an evil shadow-beast in his land. Only he can destroy it, and the quest leads him to the farthest corner of Earthsea.
1254 Руб.The first book of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin is a tale of wizards, dragons and terrifying shadows. The island of Gont is a land famous for wizards. Of these, some say the greatest - and surely the greatest voyager - is the man called Sparrowhawk. As a reckless, awkward boy, he discovered the great power that was in him - with terrifying consequences. Tempted by pride to try spells beyond his means, Sparrowhawk lets loose an evil shadow-beast in his land. Only he can destroy it, and the quest leads him to the farthest corner of Earthsea.
1254 Руб.Geheime Wunsche, eine moderne Fee und jede Menge romantisches Liebeschaos – Bestsellerautorin Dagmar Bachs (»Zimt & weg«) zweite gro?e Trilogie lasst Herzenswunsche wahr werden! Lina kann es immer noch nicht glauben: Sie ist tatsachlich eine echte Fee, und sie kann Wunsche erfullen! Nur – warum funktioniert es dann manchmal nicht? Warum scheint sie manchen Menschen die falschen Wunsche zu erfullen und damit alles schrecklich kompliziert zu machen? Noch dazu wird das Zusammenleben innerhalb der frisch zusammengewurfelten Patchworkfamilie auf einige harte Proben gestellt, neue Nachbarn bringen den Hausfrieden durcheinander, und sowieso ist Lina bis uber beide Ohren so verliebt, dass es ihr schwerfallt, in dem ganzen Chaos einen klaren Kopf zu bewahren. Doch den hatte sie dringend notig. Denn offenbar wei? irgendjemand uber ihre magische Fahigkeit ganz genau Bescheid. Und der – oder die? – fuhrt nichts Gutes im Schilde… Der zweite Band der »Gluck«-Trilogie von Bestsellerautorin Dagmar Bach macht rundum glucklich – wieder und wieder! Fortsetzung folgt! Mit magisch-goldenen Glitzerelementen auf dem Cover – fur ein magisches Leseerlebnis, das auch optisch keine Wunsche offen lasst.
2650 Руб.A rich, poetic, and socially relevant version of the great spiritual-philosophical classic of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching--from a legendary literary icon Most people know Ursula K. Le Guin for her extraordinary science fiction and fantasy. Fewer know just how pervasive Taoist themes are to so much of her work. And in Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, we are treated to Le Guin's unique take on Taoist philosophy's founding classic. Le Guin presents Lao Tzu's time-honored and astonishingly powerful philosophy like never before. Drawing on a lifetime of contemplation and including extensive personal commentary throughout, she offers an unparalleled window into the text's awe-inspiring, immediately relatable teachings and their inestimable value for our troubled world. Jargon-free but still faithful to the poetic beauty of the original work, Le Guin's unique translation is sure to be welcomed by longtime readers of the Tao Te Ching as well as those discovering the text for the first time.
1170 Руб.Genly Ai is an ethnologist observing the people of the planet Gethen, a world perpetually in winter. The people there are androgynous, normally neuter, but they can become male ot female at the peak of their sexual cycle. They seem to Genly Ai alien, unsophisticated and confusing. But he is drawn into the complex politics of the planet and, during a long, tortuous journey across the ice with a politician who has fallen from favour and has been outcast, he loses his professional detachment and reaches a painful understanding of the true nature of Gethenians and, in a moving and memorable sequence, even finds love...
3036 Руб.Tenar, die geflohene Priesterin aus den Grabern von Atuan, hat sich auf der Insel Gont niedergelassen. Sie adoptiert Therru, ein Madchen, das ein schlimmes Schicksal erlitten hat und dem bestimmt ist, entscheidend in die Geschicke von Erdsee einzugreifen. Als Ged, einstiger Erzmagier und am Ende von »Das letzte Ufer« seiner magischen Krafte beraubt, nach Gont zuruckkehrt, schlie?t er sich der Dorfgemeinschaft an, und zusammen mit Tenar sorgt er fur Therru, um sie vor dem bosen Zauberer Aspen zu schutzen. Bald verflicht sich ihr Schicksal mit dem des jungen Dorfzauberers Erle. Dieser wird von Albtraumen geplagt, in denen ihn die Toten im Dunklen Land jenseits der Mauer anrufen und auffordern, sie in die Welt zuruckzuholen. Auf der Suche nach Deutung dieser Traume und der Erlosung von ihnen fuhrt Erles Weg uber die Zauberschule von Rok, den ehemaligen Erzmagier Ged und an den Hof Konig Lebannens, wo er auch auf Tenar und Tehanu trifft. Gemeinsam mit den Drachen von Erdsee mussen sie versuchen, ihre Welt wieder ins Gleichgewicht zu bringen … Enthalt: »Tehanu«, »Das Vermachtnis von Erdsee«, »Ruckkehr nach Erdsee« Fur alle LeserInnen von J.R.R. Tolkien, Tad Williams und J. K. Rowling »Absolut brillant – einer der Meilensteine der modernen Fantasy!« Patrick Rothfuss