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Frankenstein
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein tells the story of scientist Victor Frankenstein’s creation of a monster and the disaster and woe that result. Victor Frankenstein, telling his story to explorer Robert Walton, explains that he assembled a creature out of body parts, brought it to life, and fled in terror. The creature was rejected by humans and came to realize the horror of his existence, blaming Victor. The creature began to hunt down and kill Victor’s loved ones and pursued Victor to the Arctic. Victor dies on Walton’s ship. The creature wanders into the Arctic alone after Victor’s death and plans to end his life there.
Animal Farm
78,00 ₾George Orwell’s timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism.
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned—a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.
When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.
1984
78,00 ₾Winston Smith is a tiny cog in the Party machine, rewriting history at the Ministry of Truth. He harbours rebellious ideas, but under an oppressive system where facts, language, relationships – even thoughts – are strictly controlled, Winston is playing a dangerous game.
Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece is a searing attack on totalitarianism, a nightmare vision where the dreaded Room 101 awaits dissidents, and where Big Brother is always watching.
თეთრი ქალაქი
29,95 ₾ამ ჯადოსნურ ამბებს ჩემს შვილებსა და შვილიშვილებს ძილისპირულად ვუამბობდი. ხშირად, ზღაპრის გმირებს თავად ირჩევდნენ და მეც ვთხზავდი თავგადასავლებს. ასე შეიქმნა ზღაპარი ჭიანჭველეთსა და მოხერხებულ ბინადრებზე, სამართლიან ბუზე, მაცდურ ობობებზე, ჯადოსნურ ფანქრებზე, ნამცეცა ბჟუზე, კეთილ და სათნო სამოთხის ჩიტზე თუ გამრჯე და გულმოდგინე, სამშობლოზე დადარდიანებულ სევდიოზე. მართალია, ზღაპრის ბოლო კეთილია, ცხოვრება კი არ ჰგავს გამოგონილ, ჯადოსნურ სამყაროს, მაგრამ მუდამ ფასეულია ზნეკეთილობა და სათნოება…
სამი ომი
14,95 ₾„ომი ბოლომდე მაშინ გაცნობს თავს, როცა უშუალოდ შეგეხება. სხვა დროს აისბერგივითაა – მთელი მისი მოცულობის მხოლოდ 10-15 პროცენტს ხედავ. ოღონდ, აისბერგი თანდათან დნება. ომი კი, თუ ერთხელ მაინც შეგეხო და ცოცხალი გადარჩი, არასდროს „დნება“ – სამუდამოდ რჩება შენში. ამ წიგნის ყველა პერსონაჟი ნამდვილია. ფაქტებიც და მოვლენებიც ომის რეპორტიორის სიზუსტითაა გადმოცემული, ზუსტად ისე, როგორც იწერებოდა (ტექსტის ნაწილი – უშუალოდ ფრონტზე). ამბავი კი რეალურის და ირეალურის ზღვარზეა. ამბის თავიდან გამოგონება პლაცებო ეფექტივითაა: არ კურნავს, მაგრამ შველის. ამ წიგნით დავასრულე ჩემი ომის ამბავი, რომელსაც, როგორც საფლავის ქვას აწერენ დაბადების და გარდაცვალების თარიღებს, ისე ვაწერ: „1993-2023.“ – ავტორისგან
პოლინკა
19,90 ₾პატარა პოლინკას მშობლები სოფელში, ბებოსთან და ბაბუასთან ჩაიყვანენ.
იმ რამდენიმე დღეში პოლინკა მზაკვრულ მზაკვრადაც იქცევა, წერა-კითხვას და ანგარიშსაც ისწავლის და ნამდვილ მეგობარსაც გაიჩენს.
წაიკითხეთ უკარაინელი ავტორის ეს მხიარული წიგნი და აუცილებლად შეგიყვარდებათ
პატარა, ჭკვიანი, ცელქი პოლინკა
პეტსონი და ფინდუსი
19,90 ₾თუ კეთილი და შთამბეჭდავი ამბების კითხვა გიყვარს, მოხუცი პეტსონისა და მისი ჭკვიანი კატის თავგადასავლები ნამდვილად მოგეწონება.
იცი, პეტსონზე რას ამბობდნენ მეზობლები? შერეკილიაო.
ცხოველების ფერმა
15,90 ₾ეს „საადგილმამულო ფერმა“, ერთი შეხედვით, ჩვეულებრივია… სანამ ცხოველები უპასუხისმგებლო, ლოთ მფლობელს, მისტერ ჯოუნსს, არ აუჯანყდებიან.
აჯანყებული ცხოველების მიზანი უთანასწორობის აღმოფხვრა და ფერმის მობინადრეებისთვის ღირსეული ცხოვრების უზრუნველყოფაა. გამჭრიახი ტახების მეთაურობით ისინი ახალი სახელმწიფოს მშენებლობას იწყებენ, მაგრამ დროთა განმავლობაში აჯანყების დიადი მიზნები და იდეალები იცვლება, იერარქია ფერმაში კვლავ ბრუნდება – სახეშეცვლილი, დამახინჯებული ფორმით.
ჯორჯ ორუელის ალეგორიული რომანი „ცხოველების ფერმა“ ძალაუფლებაზე, სიხარბესა და მანკიერ სახელმწიფო მმართველობაზეა. წიგნი არასოდეს კარგავს აქტუალურობას და ნებისმიერ ასაკში საინტერესო საკითხავია; ხოლო ეს გამოცემა, რომელიც კრის მოულდის შესანიშნავი ილუსტრაციებითაა გაფორმებული, განსაკუთრებით ახალგაზრდა მკითხველს მოხიბლავს.
Der Garten der Dariatschangi
128,00 ₾»Mein Buch«, sagte Tschiladse über seinen ersten Roman von 1973, »zeigt Medea, wie sie bis zum Eintreffen der Griechen war: ein gewöhnlicher lebendiger Mensch, ohne alles Magische. Sie vermag zu lieben und begeht um der Liebe willen Taten, für die sie später leiden muss.« Otar Tschiladse erzählt in diesem gewaltigen Roman über die sagenhafte Medea aus der ungewöhnlichen Perspektive der eroberten »Barbaren«, der Bewohner der antiken Kolchis (dem heutigen Georgien). Er verwendet dabei die uns aus der griechischen Überlieferung bekannten mythologischen Stoffe und Gestalten, erzählt sie jedoch als Geschichten aus einem gewöhnlichen Alltag, dass sie unser aller Geschichten sein könnten. ›Der Garten der Dariatschangi‹ schildert elementarste menschliche Leidenschaften: Liebe und Hass, Selbsttreue und Opportunismus, Stolz und Demut, aber auch Demütigung, Gewalt und Duldsamkeit. So lotet Tschiladse die verborgensten Winkel der Seele aus und verleiht seinen Figuren eine große menschliche Dimension.
Pocket Einstein: 10 Short Lessons in Space Travel
29,00 ₾In an era of rapidly developing technology and renewed ambition, the twenty-first century has ushered in an exciting new age of space flight. But what has brought us to this point in our exploration of the universe? And what does the future of space travel hold? From the amazing technology that has enabled us to look beyond the clouds to the possibilities of space tourism, 10 Short Lessons in Space Travel takes a timely look at the essential lessons learned from our voyages into outer space.
Wizard & the Prophet
39,00 ₾In forty years, Earth’s population will reach ten billion. Can our world support that? What kind of world will it be? Those answering these questions generally fall into two deeply divided groups–Wizards and Prophets, as Charles Mann calls them in this balanced, authoritative, nonpolemical new book. The Prophets, he explains, follow William Vogt, a founding environmentalist who believed that in using more than our planet has to give, our prosperity will lead us to ruin. Cut back! was his mantra. Otherwise everyone will lose! The Wizards are the heirs of Norman Borlaug, whose research, in effect, wrangled the world in service to our species to produce modern high-yield crops that then saved millions from starvation. Innovate! was Borlaug’s cry. Only in that way can everyone win! Mann delves into these diverging viewpoints to assess the four great challenges humanity faces–food, water, energy, climate change–grounding each in historical context and weighing the options for the future. With our civilization on the line, the author’s insightful analysis is an essential addition to the urgent conversation about how our children will fare on an increasingly crowded Earth.
World on the Wing
39,00 ₾Bird migration remains perhaps the most singularly compelling natural phenomenon in the world. Nothing else combines its global sweep with its inherent ability to engender wonder and excitement.The past two decades have seen an explosion in our understanding of the almost unfathomable feats of endurance and complexity involved in bird migration – yet the science that informs these majestic journeys is still relatively in its infancy.Pulitzer Prize-shortlisted writer and ornithologist Scott Weidensaul is at the forefront of this cutting-edge research, and A World on the Wing sees him track some of the most remarkable flights undertaken by birds around the world. His own voyage of discovery sees him sail through the storm-wracked waters of the Bering Sea; encounter gunners and trappers in the Mediterranean; and visit a forgotten corner of northeast India, where former headhunters have turned one of the grimmest stories of migratory crisis into an unprecedented conservation success.As our world comes increasingly under threat from the effects of climate change, these ecological miracles may provide an invaluable guide to a more sustainable future for ourselves. This is the rousing and reverent story of the billions of birds that, despite the numerous obstacles we have placed in their path, continue to head with hope to the far horizon.
On The Origin Of Evolution: Tracing ‘Darwin’s Dangerous Idea’ From Aristotle To DNA
39,00 ₾The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has been examined and debated by philosophers the world over for thousands of years.
This lively history traces the evolution of the idea of evolution, showing how it has changed and been changed by different societies over time. It will put ‘Darwin’s Dangerous Idea’ into its proper context, showing how it built on what went before and how it was developed in the twentieth century, through an understanding of genetics and the biochemical basis evolution. of this diminishes the achievement of Darwin himself in perceiving the way evolution works at the level of individuals and species, but his contribution was one link in a chain that extends back into antiquity, and is still being forged today.
Find Your Power: Mindfulness
28,00 ₾Empower yourself to quiet your busy mind, this is your practical guide to finding inner calm in a frantic world.
Find Your Power: Mindfulness shows you simple, yet powerful practices that you can integrate into your daily life; helping you to break the vicious cycle of stress, exhaustion, unhappiness and anxiety.
Many of us find it difficult to simply appreciate the present moment, whether we dwell on the past, worry about the future and moving mindlessly from one instant to the next. When we are not being mindful, we miss out on the small moments that are often valuable. This indispensable guide will help you find the joy of looking forward to something new each day, the kind of happiness that gets into your soul and allows you to face the worst that everyday life can throw at you with new courage.
All That Glisters… & Other Quotations You Should Know
25,00 ₾Part of the pleasure of this book is to reveal the provenance of the well-worn quote (or misquote)—my cup runneth over, ay, there’s the rub, to err is human, the spice of life—but also to introduce some less familiar ones. Most of the quotations included are from classic sources—from the Bible, the works of Shakespeare, other poets, classical authors, Dickens (God bless us everyone, waiting for something to turn up, very humble), Charlotte Bronte (Reader, I married him) and George Bernard Shaw (who didn’t actually say Youth is wasted on the young, but may have said something like it. Somewhere. No one seems to know for sure). This entertaining and informed—but not too serious—take on the wit and wisdom of the last 2000 years is ideal for modern readers who like their knowledge in tweet-sized chunks.
Movies (And Other Things)
42,00 ₾Movies (And Other Things) is a book about, quite frankly, movies (and other things).
One of the chapters, for example, answers which race Kevin Costner was able to white savior the best, because did you know that he white saviors Mexicans in McFarland, USA, and white saviors Native Americans in Dances with Wolves, and white saviors Black people in Black or White, and white saviors the Cleveland Browns in Draft Day?
Another of the chapters, for a second example, answers what other high school movie characters would be in Regina George’s circle of friends if we opened up the Mean Girls universe to include other movies (Johnny Lawrence is temporarily in, Claire from The Breakfast Club is in, Ferris Bueller is out, Isis from Bring It On is out…). Another of the chapters, for a third example, creates a special version of the Academy Awards specifically for rom-coms, the most underrated movie genre of all. And another of the chapters, for a final example, is actually a triple chapter that serves as an NBA-style draft of the very best and most memorable moments in gangster movies.
Many, many things happen in Movies (And Other Things), some of which funny, others of which are sad, a few of which are insightful, and all of which are handled with the type of care and dedication to the smallest details and pockets of pop culture that only a book by Shea Serrano can provide.
Ernest Hemingway: Artifacts From a Life
48,00 ₾For many, Ernest Hemingway remains more a compilation of myths than a person: soldier, sportsman, lover, expat and, of course, writer.
But the actual life beneath these various legends remains elusive; what did he look like as a laughing child or young soldier? What was his handwriting like and what did he say in his most personal letters? How did the train tickets he held on his way from France to Spain or across the American Midwest feel, and what kind of notes did he take on his journeys? This remarkable book answers these questions.
Featuring a foreword by Hemingway’s son Patrick and an afterword by his grandson Sean, the book has the intimate feel of being a member of the family. It tells the story of a major American icon through the objects he touched, the moments he saw, the thoughts he had every day.
Beautifully designed, including over 400 dazzling images of him at every stage of his life along with the letters, notes and miscellany that made his life so rich, it is an intimate, illuminating portrait like no other.
It is a one-of-a-kind, stunning tribute to one of the most titanic figures in literature.
Mysteries of Cinema: Movies & Imagination
47,00 ₾Ranging from the late nineteenth century to the present day, this exhilarating survey by cultural critic Peter Conrad explores the ways film has changed how we see the world.
This is a thematic roller-coaster ride through cinema history, with film expert Peter Conrad in the seat beside you. Thoroughly international, this book ranges from Fay Wray to Satyajit Ray, from Buster Keaton to Kurosawa, from westerns to nouvelle vague. Conrad explores the medium’s relationship to speed, technology, fantasy, horror, dream, color, sound, light, and shadow with reference to scores of films, from the earliest nineteenth-century silent experiments to the latest multisensory Hollywood blockbusters.
The author’s insights are amplified by voices from inside and outside the industry: directors and critics are included alongside artists, writers, philosophers, and historians ranging from Leo Tolstoy to Salvador Dalí, Theodor Adorno to Philip Roth. Arranged by topics, such as “Meta-Movie” and “The Physics of Film,” rather than chronological events, The Mysteries of Cinema focuses on film’s otherworldly, hypnotic, and magical qualities. Perfect for both movie fans who will discover new films and directors, and for students of film who will see familiar classics in a new light, this volume is full of unique insights into the genre. Combining his vast knowledge with a forensic eye for a director’s every quirk and mannerism, Conrad offers a fascinating and thrilling exploration of film
Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir
36,00 ₾They say the Rooster House is the tallest building in Ukraine: even from its basement, you can see all the way to Siberia. Decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, when the cries of tortured prisoners had long faded, little Victoria watched her great-grandmother take the longest route around the city to avoid walking past its gates, with the giant red sirens – called roosters in Ukrainian – atop its walls.As an adult, Victoria visited her grandmother in 2014, and while the Russian state annexed Crimea, she came across her great-grandfather’s diary, one page scored deep with the single line: ‘Brother Nikodim, vanished in the 1930s fighting for a free Ukraine.’ She had never heard of this uncle and no one – especially her grandmother – could bear to tell her about him. It took years of searching Ukraine’s post-Soviet bureaucracy, travelling to tiny, ruined villages and speaking to survivors of that era, but in the end,Victoria had to face the terrifying Rooster House. It was there she finally found out what happened to her family and how they bore its imprints to this day. The Rooster House is a Ukrainian family history, embroidering its tragic and little understood past with the true colours of human experience: the families torn apart, the traditions that endure and the complex relationship with a Soviet past and children making new lives in the West. Profound, compassionate and threaded with unexpected joy, it is a love letter to a family and their country.
Red Scholar’s Wake
37,00 ₾Xích Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over now-her ship has just been captured by the Red Banner pirate fleet, famous for their double-dealing and cruelty. Xích Si expects to be tortured to death-only for the pirates’ enigmatic leader, Rice Fish, to arrive with a different and shocking proposition: an arranged marriage between Xích Si and herself. Rice Fish: sentient ship, leader of the infamous Red Banner pirate fleet, wife of the Red Scholar. Or at least, she was the latter before her wife died under suspicious circumstances. Now isolated and alone, Rice Fish wants Xích Si’s help to find out who struck against them and why. Marrying Xích Si means Rice Fish can offer Xích Si protection, in exchange for Xích Si’s technical fluency: a business arrangement with nothing more to it. But as the investigation goes on, Rice Fish and Xích Si find themselves falling for each other. As the interstellar war against piracy intensifies and the five fleets start fighting each other, they will have to make a stand-and to decide what kind of future they have together… An exciting space opera and a beautiful romance, from an exceptional SF author.
Madame Bovary
39,00 ₾Castigated for offending against public decency, Madame Bovary has rarely failed to cause a storm. For Flaubert’s contemporaries, the fascination came from the novelist’s meticulous account of provincial manners. For the writer, subject matter was subordinate to his anguished quest for aesthetic perfection. For his twentieth-century successors the formal experiments that underpin Madame Bovary look forward to the innovations of contemporary fiction. Flaubert’s protagonist in particular has never ceased to fascinate. Romantic heroine or middle-class neurotic, flawed wife and mother or passionate protestor against the conventions of bourgeois society, simultaneously the subject of Flaubert’s admiration and the butt of his irony – Emma Bovary remains one of the most enigmatic of fictional creations. Flaubert’s meticulous approach to the craft of fiction, his portrayal of contemporary reality, his representation of an unforgettable cast of characters…’Oh, why, dear God, did I marry him?’ Flaubert’s heroine, Emma, is a bored provincial housewife who abandons her husband to pursue the libertine Rodolphe in a desperate love affair. Flaubert published published MADAME BOVARY in 1857. The book created a sensation when Flaubert was prosecuted for offending public morals and later acquitted.
Finale
Original price was: 39,00 ₾.7,80 ₾Current price is: 7,80 ₾.Fates unfurl in the gripping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Hush, Hush saga.
Nora is more certain than ever that she is in love with Patch. Fallen angel or no, he is the one for her. Her heritage and destiny may mean they are fated to be enemies, but there is no turning her back on him. Now Nora and Patch must gather their strength to face one last, perilous trial. Old enemies return, new enemies are made, and a friend’s ultimate betrayal threatens the peace Patch and Nora so desperately want. The battle lines are drawn—but which sides are they on? And in the end, are there some obstacles even love can’t conquer?
An Island Wedding
29,00 ₾On the little Scottish island of Mure–halfway between Scotland and Norway–Flora MacKenzie and her fiancé Joel are planning the smallest of “sweetheart weddings,” a high summer celebration surrounded only by those very dearest to them. Not everyone on the island is happy about being excluded, though. The temperature rises even further when beautiful Olivia MacDonald–who left Mure ten years ago for bigger and brighter things–returns with a wedding planner in tow. Her fiancé has oodles of family money, and Olivia is determined to throw the biggest, most extravagant, most Instagrammable wedding possible. And she wants to do it at Flora’s hotel, the same weekend as Flora’s carefully planned micro-wedding. As the summer solstice approaches, can Flora handle everyone else’s Happy Every Afters–and still get her own?
Quiet Tenant
36,00 ₾Aidan Thomas is a hardworking family man and a respected member of his community. He’s the kind of man who always lends a hand and has a good word for everyone. He’s also a kidnapper and serial killer who has murdered eight women. And there’s a ninth, a woman he calls Rachel, imprisoned in a backyard shed where she fears for her life. When Aidan’s wife dies, he and his thirteen-year-old daughter, Cecilia, are forced to move. Aidan has no choice but to bring Rachel too, introducing her to Cecilia as a family friend who needs a place to stay. He knows that after five years of captivity, Rachel is too frightened of the consequences to attempt to escape. But Rachel is a fighter and a survivor. And when Emily, a local restaurant owner, develops a crush on the handsome widower, she finds herself drawn into Rachel and Cecilia’s orbit, coming dangerously close to discovering Aidan’s secret. The Quiet Tenant explores the psychological impact of Aidan’s crimes on the women in his life through the voices of Rachel, Cecilia, and Emily – and the bonds between those women that give them the strength to fight back. Both a searing thriller and an astute study of trauma, survival, and the dynamics of power, The Quiet Tenant is an electrifying novel by a major talent.
Impulse Purchase
29,00 ₾Cherry, Maggie and Rose are mother, daughter and granddaughter, each with their own hopes, dreams and even sorrows. They have always been close, so when, in a moment of impulse, Cherry buys a gorgeous but rundown pub in the village she grew up in, it soon becomes a family affair.
All three women uproot themselves and move to Rushbrook, deep in the heart of Somerset, to take over The Swan and restore it to its former glory. Cherry is at the helm, Maggie is in charge of the kitchen, and Rose tends the picturesque garden that leads down to the river.
Before long, the locals are delighted to find the beating heart of the village is back, bringing all kinds of surprises through the door.
Could Cherry’s impulse purchase change all their lives – and bring everyone the happiness they’re searching for?
Escape to the glorious Somerset countryside with this joyful and uplifting story of family, love and hope.
Dreamland
32,00 ₾Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, until tragedy grounded his aspirations. Now the head of a small family farm in North Carolina, he spontaneously takes a gig playing at a bar in St. Pete’s Beach, Florida, seeking a rare break from his duties at home. But when he meets Morgan Lee, his world is turned upside-down, making him wonder if the responsibilities he has shouldered need dictate his life forever. The daughter of affluent Chicago doctors, Morgan has graduated from a prestigious college music program with the ambition to move to Nashville and become a star. Romantically and musically, she and Colby complete each other in a way that neither has ever known. While they are falling headlong in love, Beverly is on a heart-pounding journey of another kind. Fleeing an abusive husband with her six-year-old son, she is trying to piece together a life for them in a small town far off the beaten track. With money running out and danger seemingly around every corner, she makes a desperate decision that will rewrite everything she knows to be true. In the course of a single unforgettable week, two young people will navigate the exhilarating heights and heartbreak of first love. Hundreds of miles away, Beverly will put her love for her young son to the test. And fate will draw all three people together in a web of life-altering connections . . . forcing each to wonder whether the dream of a better life can ever survive the weight of the past.