heinlein robert a sixth column
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America has become the last of the Free Nations to fall. Though scattered resistance flares throughout the continent, the only real hope resides in a mountain redoubt where six men work in secret on a plan to rock the planet.
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Роберт Энсон Хайнлайн (1907-1988) - американский писатель, один из крупнейших писателей-фантастов XX века, во многом определивший лицо современной научной фантастики. Наряду с Айзеком Азимовым и Артуром Кларком Хайнлайн оценивается как один из трех Великих Мастеров фантастики. Герой романа "Двойная звезда" актер Лоренцо Смайти не любит марсиан. Ему не нравится, что эти похожие на обрубки существа хотят стать полноправными гражданами Галактической Империи. Но, втянутый в сложную политическую интригу, Лоренцо вынужден играть роль страстного борца за права марсианского племени. Предлагаем вниманию читателей неадаптированный текст романа, снабженный комментариями и словарем.
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5,000 years in the future, humanity faces total extermination. Our one defence: highly-trained soldiers who scour the metal-strewn blackness of space to hunt down a terrifying enemy: an insect life-form known only as 'Bugs.' This is the story of trooper Johnny Rico, from his idealistic enlistment in the infantry of the future through his rigorous training to the command of his own platoon. And his destiny is a war that will span the galaxy. Robert A. Heinlein announced himself as a master of modern science fiction with Starship Troopers, his controversial take on modern military politics. His best-known novels include The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land
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История о вторжении на Землю пришельцев с Титана, рассказанная агентом секретной службы США. Действие в романе разворачивается стремительно: инопланетяне-паразиты подчиняют себе волю людей и превращают их в марионеток. Перед секретным отделом стоит непростая задача: освободить людей и уничтожить их новых "хозяев". Текст сокращён и адаптирован. Уровень Upper-Intermediate. Адаптация, сокращение и словарь: И. Б. Загородняя.
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In a distant galaxy, the atrocity of slavery was alive and well, and young Thorby was just another orphaned boy sold at auction. But his new owner, Baslim, is not the disabled beggar he appears to be: adopting Thorby as his son, he fights relentlessly as an abolitionist spy. When the authorities close in on Baslim, Thorby must ride with the Free Traders - a league of merchant princes - throughout the many worlds of a hostile galaxy, finding the courage to live by his wits and fight his way from society's lowest rung. But Thorby's destiny will be forever changed when he discovers the truth about his own identity. A youth who has known only the primitive life of a galaxy slave is purchased by a beggar who turns out to be a man with many extracurricular activities.
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As Colonel Colin Campbell and Gwen Novak careen forward and back through millennia of anarchy and vengeance, they alone hold the key to wars that will decide the freedom, the future and the history of the entire Multiverse.
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История о вторжении на Землю пришельцев с Титана, рассказанная агентом секретной службы США. Действие в романе разворачивается стремительно: инопланетяне-паразиты подчиняют себе волю людей и превращают их в марионеток. Странным образом рабы ощущают спокойную уверенность и силу: они лишены свободы выбора, им не нужно больше принимать сложные нравственные решения. Амбициозные планы пришельцев распространяются на всю планету, и вскоре под их контролем оказывается большинство землян. Перед секретным отделом стоит непростая задача: освободить людей и уничтожить их новых хозяев. В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня B2.
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The sixth century was not a peaceful time for the Roman empire. Invaders threatened on all fronties, but they grew to respect and fear the name of Belisarius, the Emperor Justinian's greatest general. With this book Robert Graves again demonstrates his command of a vast historical subject, creating a startling and vivid picture of a decadent era.
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First Time in Mass Market for These Two Perennially Top-Selling Heinlein Books in a Single Volume. "Not only 's premier writer of speculative fiction, but the greatest writer of such fiction in the world." -Stephen King Two of the Grand Master's finest: The saga of the opening of the space frontier as courageous men and women risked their lives to build the first space station and colonize the Moon and Venus, while praying for one last landing on the globe that gave them birth, to return to The Green Hills of Earth. From a mysterious region on Earth, where a more advanced lifeform may be studying the interesting creatures called "humans," to the first moon colony, where a young girl's relationship with her boyfriend is endangered by the beautiful Menace from Earth.
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This unique collection of medical stories approaches its theme from many eras and perspectives. Some of the authors included were themselves physicians, notably Chekhov, Conan Doyle, Somerset Maugham and William Carlos Williams. Bulgakov, too, draws on his own experience as a doctor in rural Russia a century ago, while Anna Kavan's story from Asylum Piece, takes a surreal look inside a Swiss psychiatric clinic, and Lorrie Moore's witty, grief-stricken Mother in 'People Like Us Are the Only People Here' examines the feelings of a parent with a child in the Paediatric Oncology war - 'Peed Onk'. Maupassant, Stevenson, Kipling, Conrad, Graham Greene, O. Henry, J. G. Ballard, Robert Heinlein, Dorothy Parker, Jhumpa Lahiri and Alice Munro all feature. Doctors observe patients; patients observe doctors. Nurses go about their important business, not always appreciated. Not quite everyone is healed. The meaning of illness - does it have any? - and of life itself, is called into question - and all in the most entertaining way imaginable.
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Time travel is a familiar theme of science fiction, but is it really possible? Surprisingly, time travel is not forbidden by the laws of physics - and John Gribbin argues that if it is not impossible then it must be possible. Gribbin brilliantly illustrates the possibilities of time travel by comparing familiar themes from science fiction with their real-world scientific counterparts, including Einstein's theories of relativity, black holes, quantum physics, and the multiverse, illuminated by examples from the fictional tales of Robert Heinlein, Larry Niven, Carl Sagan and others. The result is an entertaining guide to some deep mysteries of the Universe which may leave you wondering whether time actually passes at all, and if it does, whether we are moving forwards or backwards. A must-read for science fiction fans and anyone intrigued by deep science.
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Britannia, 45 AD: Vespasian's brother is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods - not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother and they plan to sacrifice the siblings on Midsummer's Day. Vespasian must rescue his brother whilst completing the conquest of the south-west of the haunted isle, before he is drawn back to Rome and the heart of Imperial politics. Claudius' three freedmen remain at the focus of power. As Messalina's time as Empress comes to a bloody end, the three freedmen each back a different mistress. Who will be victorious? And at what price for Vespasian? The Sixth Instalment In The Vespasian Series Don't miss Robert Fabbri's epic new series Alexander's Legacy
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Glasgow, 1817: Jean Campbell - a young, Deaf woman - is witnessed throwing a child into the River Clyde from the Old Bridge. If found guilty she faces one of two fates; death by hanging or incarceration in an asylum. But Jean's deafness leaves her isolated and unable to defend herself, until the authorities call in Robert Kinniburgh, a talented teacher from the Deaf & Dumb Institution. Through a difficult process of trial and error, Robert and Jean manage to find a rudimentary way of communicating with each other. As Jean grows to trust Robert, she reveals what really happened on that bridge over the river Clyde. And Robert, now embroiled in this dark case, must act quickly to ensure justice is served, before it is too late.
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. On holiday in the Lake District with her new jet-skiing boyfriend, Nick, Laura meets the local vet, Robert. Robert dislikes both Laura and Nick on sight. However, Laura soon discovers why Robert hates people from the city. Slowly Laura and Robert get to know each other better, and she soon has to make a choice: Nick or Robert? Contains a paperback and 2 Audio CDs with complete text recordings from the book.
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Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at Cambridge University, and writes a column for the Guardian. He won the Wassily Leontief Prize for advancing the frontiers of economic thought, and is a vocal critic of the failures of our current economic system. .
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Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at Cambridge University, and writes a column for the Guardian. He won the Wassily Leontief Prize for advancing the frontiers of economic thought, and is a vocal critic of the failures of our current economic system. .