Чингиз-хан
10 best books like Чингиз-хан (Vasily Yan): Elric of Melniboné, The Fire Rose, Diplomacy of Wolves, Two Captains, The Golem, Обитаемый остров, The Golden Bough, Courage of Falcons, Fanuilh, Фаворит
| Author | Michael Moorcock |
| ISBN | 0441203981 |
It is the colour of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair that flows below his shoulders is milk-white. From the tapering, beautiful head stare two slanting eyes, crimson and moody....He is Elric, Emperor of Melnibone, cursed with a keen and cynical intelligence, schooled in the art of sorcery...
This adaptation of Beauty and the Beast cuts out the merchant father and sisters mourning their sudden impoverishment. Instead of a formerly-wealthy beauty, our heroine is the recently-orphaned daughter of a professor. Highly educated herself, but lacking family or funds, she perforce accepts...
| Author | Holly Lisle |
| ISBN | 0446607460 |
This book really frustrated me. Sometimes I loved it and other times I skipped entire sections. The beginning of the Diplomacy of Wolves is told from the main character Kait's point of view. You come to know her and relate to her, and everything is great. I discovered that the book is not about crazy mages...
| Author | Veniamin Kaverin |
| ISBN | 1410103285 |
Two Captains is the most renowned novel of the Russian writer Veniamin Kaverin. The plot spans from 1912 to 1944. For more than half a century the book has been loved by children and adults alike. The novel has undergone more than 100 printings, including translations into other languages. Based on its...
| Author | Gustav Meyrink |
| ISBN | 1873982917 |
First published in serial form as Der Golem in the periodical Die weissen Blätter in 1913–14, The Golem is a haunting Gothic tale of stolen identity and persecution, set in a strange underworld peopled by fantastical characters. The red-headed prostitute Rosina; the junk-dealer Aaron Wassertrum;...
| Author | Arkady Strugatsky |
| ISBN | 5170409583 |
Originally published in Russian as Obitaemyi ostrov, translated into English by Helen Saltz Jacobson. First in series, followed by Beetle in the Anthill (original title: Zhuk v Muraveinike), and The Time Wanderers (original title: Volny Gasyat Veter).
The novel is set in the 22nd century...
| Author | James George Frazer |
| ISBN | 0684826305 |
Frazer a klasszikus brit etnológia utolsó képviselője (1854-1941). Élete és munkássága korszakot jelent a néprajztudomány történetében. … Az Aranyágban arra tesz kísérletet, hogy felvázolja az emberi gondolkodás fejlődését a mágia, a vallás egymást követő...
| Author | Holly Lisle |
| ISBN | 0446673978 |
In the conclusion to this highly praised series, the Final Battle ensues between the Falcons, a band of fugitive wizards committed to peace, and the Dragons, the soul-devouring necromancers wielding the enormous power of black magic. Aided by the long-banished Scarred, the unstoppable army is bent...
Liam Rhenford was just a wandering scholar who had settled in a port town. He had few friends, and when one, the wizard Tanaquil, is murdered, Liam finds himself in the middle of the investigation. On one side is the victim's small dragon familiar, who helped itself to a piece of Liam's soul so it could survive,...
| Author | Валентин Пикуль |
| ISBN | 5170053606 |
Роман «Фаворит» – многоплановое произведение, в котором поднят огромный пласт исторической действительности, дано широкое полотно жизни России...
Действие знаменитого исторического романа "Таис Афинская" разворачивается во времена завоевательных походов Александра Македонского. Главная...
