On the train, Turtledove Harry

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Owls to Athens
ISBN: 1612422543 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781612422541
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Описание: "Owls to Athens demonstrates Turteltaub's excellent research skills ... an entertaining and intelligent story"-SF Site

"Scholar and bestselling author Turteltaub], encapsulates his vision of the ancient world through the eyes of these two engaging merchants."-Historical Novel Society

After some long and perilous journeys, Menedemos and Sostratos finally head back to Athens just in time for the Dionysia, a bacchanalian festival of plays and celebrations.

Like earlier installments in the series, Owls to Athens has the cousins going through various adventures, trade negotiations and sexual escapades, all set against a finely painted mosaic of Hellenic life in the fourth century BCE.

However, this time, most of their time is spent in the City of Athens instead of sailing on the high seas. But even in the City, life can be treacherous, particularly when Menedemos decides to have an affair with one of the most influential and dangerous women in Athens.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Through Darkest Europe
ISBN: 0765379996 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780765379993
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
Цена: 11640.00 T
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*io9's New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Put On Your Radar This Fall

From the modern master of alternate history and New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove, Through Darkest Europe envisions a world dominated by a prosperous and democratic Middle East--and under threat from the world's worst trouble spot

Senior investigator Khalid al-Zarzisi is a modern man, a product of the unsurpassed educational systems of North Africa and the Middle East. Liberal, tolerant, and above all rich, the countries and cultures of North Africa and the Middle East have dominated the globe for centuries, from the Far East to the young nations of the Sunset Lands.

But one region has festered for decades: Europe, whose despots and monarchs can barely contain the simmering anger of their people. From Ireland to Scandinavia, Italy to Spain, European fundamentalists have carried out assassinations, hijackings, and bombings on their own soil and elsewhere. Extremist fundamentalist leaders have begun calling for a "crusade", an obscure term from the mists of European history.

Now Khalid has been sent to Rome, ground zero of backwater discontent. He and his partner Dawud have been tasked with figuring out how to protect the tinpot Grand Duke, the impoverished Pope, and the overall status quo, before European instability starts overflowing into the First World.

Then the bombs start to go off.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Through Darkest Europe
ISBN: 0765379988 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780765379986
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
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Цена: 15930.00 T
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*io9's New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Put On Your Radar This Fall

From the modern master of alternate history and New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove, Through Darkest Europe envisions a world dominated by a prosperous and democratic Middle East--and under threat from the world's worst trouble spot.

Senior investigator Khalid al-Zarzisi is a modern man, a product of the unsurpassed educational systems of North Africa and the Middle East. Liberal, tolerant, and above all rich, the countries and cultures of North Africa and the Middle East have dominated the globe for centuries, from the Far East to the young nations of the Sunset Lands.

But one region has festered for decades: Europe, whose despots and monarchs can barely contain the simmering anger of their people. From Ireland to Scandinavia, Italy to Spain, European fundemantalists have carried out assassinations, hijackings, and bombings on their own soil and elsewhere. Extremist fundamentalist leaders have begun calling for a "crusade," an obscure term from the mists of European history.

Now Khalid has been sent to Rome, ground zero of backwater discontent. He and his partner Dawud have been tasked with figuring out how to protect the tinpot Grand Duke, the impoverished Pope, and the overall status quo, before European instability starts overflowing into the First World.

Then the bombs start to go off.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Agent of Byzantium
ISBN: 1504052323 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781504052320
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Цена: 20220.00 T
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From the New York Times-bestselling "standard-bearer for alternate history" A spy takes on the enemies of the Byzantine Empire (USA Today).

In another, very different timeline--one in which Mohammed embraced Christianity and Islam never came to be--the Byzantine Empire still flourishes in the fourteenth century, and wondrous technologies are emerging earlier than they did in our own.

Having lost his family to the ravages of smallpox, Basil Argyros has decided to dedicate his life to Byzantium. A stalwart soldier and able secret agent, Basil serves his emperor courageously, going undercover to unearth Persia's dastardly plots and disrupting the dark machinations of his beautiful archenemy, the Persian spy Mirrane, while defusing dire threats emerging from the Western realm of the Franco-Saxons.

But the world Basil so staunchly defends is changing rapidly, and he must remain ever vigilant, for in this great game of empires, the player who controls the most advanced tools and weaponry--tools like gunpowder, printing, vaccines, and telescopes--must certainly emerge victorious.

A collection of interlocking stories that showcase the courage, ingenuity, and breathtaking derring-do of superspy Basil Argyros, Agent of Byzantium presents the great Harry Turtledove at his alternate-world-building best. At once intricate, exciting, witty, and wildly inventive, this is a many-faceted gem from a master of the genre.

"A very talented science fiction writer, with a gift for finding a way to present a fascinating idea through strong, believable characters." --Orson Scott Card

"These intelligent, colorful tales honorably recall L. Sprague de Camp, the master of historical SF." --Publishers Weekly

" Agent of Byzantium is] a lot of fun." --Locus

Harry Turtledove is an American novelist of science fiction, historical fiction, and fantasy. Publishers Weekly has called him the "master of alternate history," and he is best known for his work in that genre. Some of his most popular titles include The Guns of the South, the novels of the Worldwar series, and the books in the Great War trilogy. In addition to many other honors and nominations, Turtledove has received the Hugo Award, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and the Prometheus Award. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, earning a PhD in Byzantine history. Turtledove is married to mystery writer Laura Frankos, and together they have three daughters. The family lives in Southern California.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Swords of the Legion
ISBN: 0345330706 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345330703
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 4900.00 T
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Описание: In Videssos the city, tribune Marcus Scaurus was bored. The legion that had been magically transported to this strange world was far away. But the Emperor's niece Alypia was near--and willing.

When their secret trysts were betrayed, Emperor Thorisin Gavras was forced to condemn Marcus as a traitor--but with a promise of freedom and Alypia, if he could reclaim a rebel province from a fanatic usurper, with no military aid. With only centurion Gaius Philippus, Marcus set out to try the seemingly impossible task.

But the fates conspired against them, driving them further westward, into the innermost sanctum of Videssos' great enemy Yezd--and toward the torture chambers of the evil, deathless wizard-prince Avshar.

But behind them, without orders, the men of the legion were on the march

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Misplaced Legion
ISBN: 0345330676 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345330673
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 5510.00 T
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Описание: As their armies watch, Marcus, a Roman centurion, and Viridovix, a Celt, begin a duel to the death until a strange spell transports them and a group of Roman legionaires to the mysterious world of Videssos, a land ruled by magic and dark sorcery.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Great War 3: Breakthroughs
ISBN: 0345405641 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345405647
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 5510.00 T
Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: During World War I, the United States of America and the Confederate States of America find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict, a situation that becomes further complicated by a Marxist slave revolt in the South.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Fallout: The Hot War
ISBN: 0553390732 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780553390735
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 15020.00 T
Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: The novels of Harry Turtledove show history balancing on single moments: One act of folly. One poor decision. One moment of rage. In this astounding new series, the unthinkable has come to pass. The Cold War turns hot and the United States and the Soviet Union unleash their nuclear arsenals upon each other. Millions die. Millions more are displaced. Germans battle side by side with Americans, Polish freedom fighters next to Russian fascists. The genie is out of the bottle. And there s no telling what fresh hell will come next.
At the heart of "Fallout" are Harry Truman and Josef Stalin. Even as Joe McCarthy rises in power, the U.S. president is focused elsewhere, planning to cut off the head of the Soviet threat by taking out Stalin. It s a daring gambit, but the Soviets have one of their own. Meanwhile, Europe s weak sisters, France and Italy, seem poised to choose the winning side, while China threatens to overrun Korea. With Great Britain ravaged and swaths of America in ruins, leaders are running out of options. When the United States drops another series of bombs to slow the Russian advance in Europe, Stalin strikes back with horrifying results.
These staggering events unfold through the eyes of a sprawling cast of characters: a Holocaust survivor in a displaced persons camp in Washington; the wife of a bomber pilot and her five-year-old daughter starting a new existence; a savage Soviet fighter waging war by his own rules; a British pub owner falling in love with an American pilot. In the masterly hands of Harry Turtledove, this epic chronicle of war becomes a story of human struggle. As the armies of the world implode, the next chapter will be written by the survivors those willing to rise up for an uncertain future.
PRAISE FOR HARRY TURTLEDOVE
Turtledove is the standard-bearer for alternate history. "USA Today"
Bombs Away
Turtledove s thorough research and grounded imagination work to create a frighteningly realistic past where world leaders act out of desperation and fatalism, and a large cast of common folk suffer the consequences. . . . The vicarious sense of eschatological dread is always powerful. "Booklist"
Last Orders
All quite plausible . . . Turtledove s focus on the characters serves to fill out the big picture with patient, nitty-gritty detail. . . . Armchair warriors will have much to ponder. " Kirkus Reviews"
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Two Fronts
A you-are-there chronicle of battle on land and sea and in the air. "Tor.com"
Coup d Etat
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This is what alternative history is all about. "Historical Novels Review""

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Emperor for the Legion
ISBN: 0345330684 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345330680
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 4900.00 T
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Описание: Tribune Marcus Scaurus, leader of a Roman legion that was mysteriously transported to a strange world of magic, decides to challenge Ortaias Sphrantzes, who has assumed the throne of Videssos, after using sorcery to murder the Emperor.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Krispos Rising
ISBN: 0345361180 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345361189
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 4290.00 T
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Описание: Videssos was beset by enemies abroad and had fallen into decadence at home. But on his first night in the imperial capital, The Empires health mattered less to Krispos than finding a dry place to sleep.

Driven by crushing taxes from the farm where his family had lived -- and died -- Krispos had come to the. city seeking what fortune a good mind and a strong back could earn. He had a single goldpiece to his name -- the gift, years past, of a nomad chieftain to a ragged peasant boy. Now, though the night was raw and the inn was warm, he was loath to spend that coin, for the barbarian had claimed it carried magic.

Keep his lucky goldpiece or trade it for a warm, dry bed? Krispos tucked the coin away and stepped back into the wet streets -- all unaware that so simple a choice would lead to a world of peril and possibility...

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Darkness Descending
ISBN: 0812575105 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812575101
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
Цена: 4900.00 T
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Описание: The country of Algarve is successful in its blitzkrieg tactics, but becomes bogged down in the desolate winter of Unkerlant, its main enemy. Algarve's king decides to undertake blood magic, which amounts to genocide, in order to break the deadlock.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Into the Darkness
ISBN: 0812574729 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812574722
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
Цена: 4900.00 T
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Описание: The death of a duke leads to bloody war, as the King of Algarve moves swiftly to reclaim the duchy which was lost during a previous conflict. But country after country is pulled into the war, as ancient allies reassert themselves and a hatred of difference escalates into rabid nationalism.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Between the Rivers
ISBN: 0812545206 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812545203
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
Цена: 4290.00 T
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Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Advance and Retreat
ISBN: 0743488202 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780743488204
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
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Цена: 6120.00 T
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Описание: In a gripping novel of alternate history, King Avram, determined to restore unity to the kingdom of Detina and free the blond serfs, finds the civil war between the North and South coming to a head when the use of sorcery becomes extremely unpredictable, forcing the South to battle the North.

Автор: Turtledove Harry
Название: Down to Earth
ISBN: 0345430239 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345430236
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 5510.00 T
Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: Arriving in the midst of World War II, aliens have conquered half the Earth and are threatening to exerminate all life on the planet if they don't get their way.