Oliver Sacks has always been fascinated by islands—their remoteness, their mystery, above all the unique forms of life they harbor. For him, islands conjure up equally the romance of Melville and Stevenson, the adventure of Magellan and Cook, and...
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Автор: Мун Элизабет Зухер
Серия: The Deed of Paksenarrion #2
Язык: английский
Год: 1988
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Once a sheepfarmer’s daughter, now a seasoned veteran, Paksenarrion has proven herself a fighter. Years with Duke Phelan’s Company taught her weaponry, discipline, and how to react as part of a military unit.
Now, though, Paks feels spurred to a...
Автор: Мун Элизабет Зухер
Серия: The Deed of Paksenarrion #3
Язык: английский
Год: 1989
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Paksenarrion—Paks for short—was somebody special. Never could she have followed her father’s orders and married the pig farmer down the road. Better a soldier’s life than a pig farmer’s wife, and so, though she knew that she could never go...
Автор: Брукс Терри
Серия: The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara #1
Язык: английский
Год: 2000
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Ilse...
Автор: Брукс Терри
Серия: The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara #2
Язык: английский
Год: 2001
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Автор: Брукс Терри
Серия: The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara #3
Язык: английский
Год: 2002
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