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Xu Zechen

Running Through Beijing

Chinese literature published in the United States has tended to focus on politics — think the Cultural Revolution and dissidents — but there's a whole other world of writing out there. It's punk, dealing with the harsh realities lived by the millions of city-dwellers struggling to get by in the grey economy. Dunhuahg, recently out of prison for selling fake IDs, has just enough money for a couple of meals. He also has no place to stay and no prospects for earning more yuan. When he happens to meet a pretty woman selling pirated DVDs, he falls into both an unexpected romance and a new business venture. But when her on-and-off boyfriend steps back into the picture, Dunhuahg is forced to make some tough decisions. explores an underworld of constant thievery, hardcore porn, cops (both real and impostors), prison bribery, rampant drinking, and the smothering, bone-dry dust storms that blanket one of the world's largest cities. Like a literary it follows a hustling hero rushing at breakneck speed to stay just one step ahead. Full of well-drawn, authentic characters, is a masterful performance from a fresh Chinese voice.<

Jerzy Żuławski

Na srebrnym globie

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Arthur Zirul

Final Exam

Being ship wrecked on an alien planet has its discomforts—and problems. Like the problem of inducing the local natives, who happened to be divided into two armed camps, to let you get together again!<

L L Zamenhof

Proverbaro Esperanta

<p>Ĉi tiu elektronika Proverbaro Esperanta estas kopiita ĉefe de la unua plena eldono aperinta en 1910.</p><p>Mi aldonas la Antaŭparolon de Zamenhof patro el la unua kajero (1905) de planita seria eldono, kiu devis aperi paralele kun la kvarlingva versio. Tiun tutan entreprenon, al kiu la aŭtoro volis ankoraŭ aldoni latinan kaj hebrean partojn, haltigis lia morto. Lia Antaŭparolo emfazis la multlingvan aspekton de lia projekto, kiu tamen pluvivas preskaŭ nur en sia Esperanta versio, kaj ĝi cetere menciis rusajn «kapvortojn,» kiuj ne plu vidiĝis en la eldono de 1910, kvankam al ili ankoraŭ ŝuldiĝas la vicordo de la proverbgrupoj.</p><p>La nur esperantlingva Proverbaro de 1910 aperis kun «alfabeta registro» aŭ indekso de temoj, kiel klarigite en la Antaŭparolo de Zamenhof filo.</p><p>Miaopinie, la aldono de temvortoj en la ĉefparto faras ĝin iom pli legalloga, do mi aldonis tiajn vortojn, prenante ilin el la indekso. Mi aldonis laŭnumeran registron post la alfabeta. Notu, ke kvankam la plej multaj proverbgrupoj havas po unu temvorto, kelkaj tute ne havas (la indekso preterlasis ilin), kelkaj havas po du, kaj unu havas tri. Menciinde, la temoj grandparte ne tradukas la kapvortojn de Zamenhof patro.</p><p>Krom la aldono de temvortoj kaj korekto de evidentaj preseraroj, mi ŝanĝis la aranĝon de la proverboj per tio, ke mi donis al ĉiu apartan decimalan numeron interne de ties grupo. En la eldono de 1910, ĉiu grupo staras simple kiel numerita alineo.</p><p>Havi la Proverbaron en elektronika formo prezentas diversajn avantaĝojn por esplorado, sed kompreneble la uzanto transskribu ĝin al papero laŭplaĉe kaj laŭ ebleco.</p><p>Ĉiu bonvolu uzi kaj kopii ĉi tiun Proverbaron laŭdezire, ŝanĝante formaton kaj/aŭ aranĝon kiel oportune.</p><

Roger Zelazny

To Spin Is Miracle Cat

Stefan Zweig

The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig

Ghassan Zaqtan

33 poems

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Yigal Zur

Death in Shangri-La

Dotan Naor

Perfect for fans of Nelson DeMille and Daniel Silva Ex-Israeli operative turned private investigator, Dotan Naor—to settle a bet—agrees to locate the missing son of former acquaintance, now ruthless Israeli arms merchant, Willy Mizrachi. Willy, who does not hesitate to sell killing machines to the most heinous players in the world, is desperate to find his only son, Itiel, who has headed to an ashram in the Himalayas. The Himalayas are also host to groups of young Israelis who have completed their mandatory military service—a sort of rite of passage. Now, those innocent kids are being hunted down by violent terrorists. India and the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan is familiar territory to Dotan, as he searches for Itiel and for the source of these heinous attacks on Israeli youth. Unwilling to leave this quest in the hands of Dotan, Willy also travels to India, where he is murdered in Delhi, triggering international repercussions capable of ripping the world apart at one of its most dangerous flashpoints. Nothing is as it seems in this region of the world. Betrayal reigns everywhere. But love, in its purest form, does manage to shine through in this story of brutal international corruption.<

Arno B Zimmer

Death Comes to the Torpedo Factory

In “Death Comes To The Torpedo Factory”, World War II has been over for years and an old Torpedo Factory is now used to store government documents – including classified records from the campaign against Nazi Germany. In 1971, a lowly clerk stumbles upon a file with explosive photographs that, if made public, could ruin a prominent local family. When the photographs disappear, the hunt for them attracts a motley assortment of characters – including a former German intelligence agent and an old school gumshoe – with deadly consequences.<

Simone Zelitch

Judenstaat

Simone Zelitch has created an amazing alternate history in Judenstaat. On April 4th, 1948 the sovereign state of Judenstaat was created in the territory of Saxony, bordering Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. Forty years later, Jewish historian Judit Klemmer is making a documentary portraying Judenstaat’s history from the time of its founding to the present. She is haunted by the ghost of her dead husband, Hans, a Saxon, shot by a sniper as he conducted the National Symphony. With the grief always fresh, Judit lives a half-life, until confronted by a mysterious, flesh-and-blood ghost from her past who leaves her controversial footage on one of Judenstaat’s founding fathers—and a note:<

Sofka Zinovieff

Putney

In the spirit of Zoë Heller’s Notes on a Scandal and Tom Perrotta’s Mrs. Fletcher, an explosive and thought-provoking novel about the far-reaching repercussions of an illicit relationship between a young girl and a man twenty years her senior. A rising star in the London arts scene of the early 1970s, gifted composer Ralph Boyd is approached by renowned novelist Edmund Greenslay to score a stage adaptation of his most famous work. Welcomed into Greenslay’s sprawling bohemian house in Putney, an artistic and prosperous district in southwest London, the musical wunderkind is introduced to Edmund’s beautiful activist wife Ellie, his aloof son Theo, and his nine-year old daughter Daphne, who quickly becomes Ralph’s muse. Ralph showers Daphne with tokens of his affection – clandestine gifts and secret notes. In a home that is exciting but often lonely, Daphne finds Ralph to be a dazzling companion. Their bond remains strong even after Ralph becomes a husband and father, and though Ralph worships Daphne, he does not touch her. But in the summer of 1976, when Ralph accompanies thirteen-year-old Daphne alone to meet her parents in Greece, their relationship intensifies irrevocably. One person knows of their passionate trysts: Daphne’s best friend Jane, whose awe of the intoxicating Greenslay family ensures her silence. Forty years later Daphne is back in London. After years lost to decadence and drug abuse, she is struggling to create a normal, stable life for herself and her adolescent daughter. When circumstances bring her back in touch with her long-lost friend, Jane, their reunion inevitably turns to Ralph, now a world-famous musician also living in the city. Daphne’s recollections of her childhood and her growing anxiety over her own young daughter eventually lead to an explosive realization that propels her to confront Ralph and their years spent together. Masterfully told from three diverse viewpoints – victim, perpetrator, and witness – Putney is a subtle and enormously powerful novel about consent, agency, and what we tell ourselves to justify what we do, and what others do to us.<

Helen Zuman

Mating in Captivity: A Memoir

When recent Harvard grad Helen Zuman moved to Zendik Farm in 1999, she was thrilled to discover that the Zendiks used go-betweens to arrange sexual assignations, or “dates,” in cozy shacks just big enough for a double bed and a nightstand. Here, it seemed, she could learn an honest version of the mating dance—and form a union free of “Deathculture” lies. No one spoke the truth: Arol, the Farm’s matriarch, crushed any love that threatened her hold on her followers’ hearts. An intimate look at a transformative cult journey, Mating in Captivity shows how stories can trap us and free us, how miracles rise out of crisis, how coercion feeds on forsaken self-trust.<

Mikhail Zhirohov

The Khazars: A Judeo-Turkish Empire on the Steppes, 7th-11th Centuries AD

The Khazars were one of the most important Turkic peoples in European history, dominating vast areas of southeastern Europe and the western reaches of the Central Asian steppes from the 4th to the 11th centuries AD. They were also unique in that their aristocratic and military elites converted to Judaism, creating what would be territorially the largest Jewish-ruled state in world history. They became significant allies of the Byzantine Empire, blocking the advance of Islam north of the Caucasus Mountains for several hundred years. They also achieved a remarkable level of metal-working technology, and their military elite wore forms of iron plate armour that would not be seen in Western Europe until the 14th century. The Khazar state provided the foundations upon which medieval Russia and modern Ukraine were built. Fully illustrated with detailed colour plates, this is a fascinating study into the armies, organisation, armour, weapons and fortifications of the Khazars.<

Boris Zubry

The Jewish Nation of Mongols

The Mongol nation that used to rule a half of the world for about five hundred years is on decline for the last couple hundred years. The old prophecy states that, when everything is just right, someone of the different blood would come and save the nation from the financial disaster. A new archeological dig of the burial from the time when Mongols roamed the world presents the last resting place of Batu Khan — the conqueror of Eastern Europe. There is a diary written by Batu Khan that hints that Khazars — the Jews of the Central Asia were completely integrated into Mongol society. More, many, including Batu Khan himself, were married to the Jews for generations, thus they were Jews more often than the Mongols. Mongols could be another lost Jewish tribe and the nation was — The Jewish Nation of Mongols. Now, the Mongols have to fulfill the prophecy and find the person that would save the country. That takes them to the Jewish community of Williamsburg, NY.<

Arnold Zable

Cafe Scheherazade

A mesmerising novel about suffering and survival. It finds authority and powerful meaning in telling stories about the diaspora of the twentieth century: we hear of Moshe stalking the streets of Shanghai and Warsaw, of Laizer imprisoned in the Soviet city of Lvov, and of Zalman marooned in Vilna and Kobe.<

Amélie Wen Zhao

Blood Heir

Blood Heir Trilogy

This hot debut, perfect for fans of Shadow and Bone and An Ember in the Ashes, is the first book in an epic new series about a princess hiding a dark secret and the con man she must trust to clear her name for her father’s murder. In the Cyrilian Empire, Affinites are reviled. Their varied gifts to control the world around them are unnatural—dangerous. And Anastacya Mikhailov, the crown princess, has a terrifying secret. Her deadly Affinity to blood is her curse and the reason she has lived her life hidden behind palace walls. When Ana’s father, the emperor, is murdered, her world is shattered. Framed as his killer, Ana must flee the palace to save her life. And to clear her name, she must find her father’s murderer on her own. But the Cyrilia beyond the palace walls is far different from the one she thought she knew. Corruption rules the land, and a greater conspiracy is at work—one that threatens the very balance of her world. And there is only one person corrupt enough to help Ana get to its core: Ramson Quicktongue. A cunning crime lord of the Cyrilian underworld, Ramson has sinister plans—though he might have met his match in Ana. Because in this story, the princess might be the most dangerous player of all.<

Emma Zeth

The Lucky Prepper: A Gardener's Story of Surviving a Pandemic

What do you eat when the shops run out of food? Zoe loves teaching science, she loves her garden, and most of all she loves her quiet peaceful bungalow. Then at school, people start falling ill. The virus is airborne and highly infectious. It starts with flu symptoms, confusion and sleepiness, which worsen until one day they just don’t wake up. It decimates the population and leaves chaos in its wake. Now Zoe has to find a way to survive. Luckily, when the pandemic strikes, she already has a greenhouse full of vegetable seedlings, but not everyone around is as prepared. Can she avoid the people hunting for food: the ‘knockers’ who don’t always just knock? And will her strategy of stay in, hide and wait, be enough?<

Gregory Zuckerman

The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History

SUMMARY: In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected--that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. Paulson's background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he knew little about real estate or how to wager against housing. He had spent a career as an also-ran on Wall Street. But Paulson was convinced this was his chance to make his mark. He just wasn't sure how to do it. Colleagues at investment banks scoffed at him and investors dismissed him. Even pros skeptical about housing shied away from the complicated derivative investments that Paulson was just learning about. But Paulson and a handful of renegade investors such as Jeffrey Greene and Michael Burry began to bet heavily against risky mortgages and precarious financial companies. Timing is everything, though. Initially, Paulson and the others lost tens of millions of dollars as real estate and stocks continued to soar. Rather than back down, however, Paulson redoubled his bets, putting his hedge fund and his reputation on the line. In the summer of 2007, the markets began to implode, bringing Paulson early profits, but also sparking efforts to rescue real estate and derail him. By year's end, though, John Paulson had pulled off the greatest trade in financial history, earning more than $15 billion for his firm--a figure that dwarfed George Soros's billion-dollar currency trade in 1992. Paulson made billions more in 2008 by transforming his gutsy move. Some of the underdog investors who attempted the daring trade also reaped fortunes. But others who got the timing wrong met devastating failure, discovering that being early and right wasn't nearly enough. Written by the prizewinning reporter who broke the story in The Wall Street Journal, The Greatest Trade Ever is a superbly written, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes narrative of how a contrarian foresaw an escalating financial crisis--that outwitted Chuck Prince, Stanley O'Neal, Richard Fuld, and Wall Street's titans--to make financial history.<

Howard Zinn

A people's history of the United States: 1492-present

SUMMARY: Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.<

Jane Ziegelman

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Jeffrey Zaslow

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Timothy Zahn

Outbound Flight

<p>It began as the ultimate voyage of discovery--only to become the stuff of lost Republic legend . . . and a dark chapter in Jedi history. Now, at last, acclaimed author Timothy Zahn returns to tell the whole extraordinary story of the remarkable--and doomed--Outbound Flight Project.<br><br>The Clone Wars have yet to erupt when Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth petitions the Senate for support of a singularly ambitious undertaking. Six Jedi Masters, twelve Jedi Knights, and fifty thousand men, women, and children will embark--aboard a gargantuan vessel, equipped for years of travel--on a mission to contact intelligent life and colonize undiscovered worlds beyond the known galaxy. The government bureaucracy threatens to scuttle the expedition before it can even start--until Master C'baoth foils a murderous conspiracy plot, winning him the political capital he needs to set in motion the dream of Outbound Flight.<br><br>Or so it would seem. For unknown to the famed Jedi Master, the...</p><

Timothy Zahn

Scoundrels: Star Wars

Timothy Zahn

Allegiance

<p>Never before has the incendiary mix of action, politics, and intrigue that has become Timothy Zahn's trademark, been mmore evident that in this new Star Wars epic. On the heels of the stunning events chronicled in Star Wars: A New Hope, the newly minted heroes of the Rebellion--fledgling Jedi Luke Skywalker, smuggler turned reluctant freedom-fighter Han Solo, and Princess Leia Organa, a bold leader with a world to avenge--must face the harsh realities of the cataclysmic conflict into which they have so bravely plunged. From this point forward, legends will grow, treachery will abound, and lives will be irrevocably altered, in the long, hard fight to counter the fist of tyranny and restore hope to a galaxy too long in darkness. <br><br>The destruction of the Death Star by the Rebel Alliance was a decisive blow against the Empire, but Palpatine and his monstrous enforcer, Darth Vader, are no less of a threat. The brutal extermination of Alderaan not only demonstrated the...<

Timothy Zahn

Star Wars 312 - The Hand of Thrawn I - Specter of the Past

<p>Hugo Award-winning author Timothy Zahn makes his triumphant return to the Star Wars(r) universe in this first of an epic new two-volume series in which the New Republic must face its most dangerous enemy yet--a dead Imperial warlord.<br><br>The Empire stands at the brink of total collapse. But they have saved their most heinous plan for last. First a plot is hatched that could destroy the New Republic in a bloodbath of genocide and civil war. Then comes the shocking news that Grand Admiral Thrawn--the most cunning and ruthless warlord in history--has apparently returned from the dead to lead the Empire to a long-prophesied victory. Facing incredible odds, Han and Leia begin a desperate race against time to prevent the New Republic from unraveling in the face of two inexplicable threats--one from within and one from without. Meanwhile, Luke teams up with Mara Jade, using the Force to track down a mysterious pirate ship with a crew of clones. Yet, perhaps most dangerous of all,...</p><

Timothy Zahn

Fool's Bargain

Timothy Zahn

Survivor's Quest

<p>Sometimes it seems a Jedi's work is never done and Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker know this only too well. Despite the bond they share in the Force, after three years of marriage the Jedi Master and his wife are still learning the ropes of being a couple--and struggling to find time together between the constant demands of duty. But all that will change when they're united on an unexpected mission--and must pool their exceptional skills to combat an insidious enemy . . . and salvage a part of Jedi history.<br><br>It begins with a message from a surprising source: Nirauan, the planet where Thrawn, dangerous disciple of Emperor Palpatine, once held sway . . . and from which Luke and Mara barely escaped with their lives. The message itself is shocking. After fifty years, the remains of Outbound Flight--a pioneering Jedi expedition viciously destroyed by Thrawn--have been found on Nirauan. Now, the fiercely honor-bound aliens who reside there wish to turn over the remnants of the...</p><

Timothy Zahn

Star Wars 252 - The Thrawn Trilogy I - Heir to the Empire

<p>It's five years after <i>Return of the Jedi:</i> the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven out the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi Twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousand of light-years away, the last of the emperor's warlords has taken command of the shattered Imperial Fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the new Republic. For this dark warrior has made two vital discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous men and women of the Rebel Alliance fought so hard to build. The explosive confrontation that results is a towering epic of action, invention, mystery, and spectacle on a galactic scale--in short, a story worthy of the name <i>Star Wars.<br><br></i>Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the...</p><

Timothy Zahn

Star Wars 255 - The Thrawn Trilogy II - Dark Force Rising

<p>The dying Empire's most cunning and ruthless warlord--Grand Admiral Thrawn--has taken command of the remnants of the Imperial fleet and launched a massive campaign aimed at the New Republic's destruction. With the aid of unimaginable weapons long hidden away by the Emperor on a backwater planet, Thrawn plans to turn the tide of battle, overwhelm the New Republic, and impose his iron rule throughout the galaxy. Meanwhile, Han and Lando Calrissian race against time to find proof of treason inside the highest Republican Council--only to discover instead a ghostly fleet of warships that could bring doom to their friends and victory to their enemies. Yet most dangerous of all is a new Dark Jedi, risen from the ashes of a shrouded past, consumed by bitterness... and scheming to corrupt Luke Skywalker to the Dark Side. <br><br>Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the <i>Star Wars</i> expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the...</p><

Timothy Zahn

Star Wars 258 - The Thrawn Trilogy III - The Last Command

<p>The embattled Republic reels from the attacks of Grand Admiral Thrawn, who has marshaled the remnants of the Imperial forces and driven the Rebels back with an abominable technology recovered from the Emperor's secret fortress: clone soldiers. As Thrawn mounts his final siege, Han and Chewbacca struggle to form a coalition of smugglers for a last-ditch attack against the empire, while Leia holds the Alliance together and prepares for the birth of her Jedi twins. Overwhelmed by the ships and clones at Thrawn's command, the Republic has one last hope--sending a small force, led by Luke Skywalker, into the very stronghold that houses Thrawn's terrible cloning machines. There a final danger awaits, as the Dark Jedi C'baoth directs the battle against the Rebels and builds his strength to finish what he had already started: the destruction of Luke Skywalker.<br><br>Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the <i>Star Wars</i> expanded universe, and over...</p><

Jevgenij Zamjatin

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Mišel Žeri

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Carlos Ruiz Zafón

L'Ombre Du Vent

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Le prince de la brume

« Le Prince de la Brume n&apos;avait jamais complètement disparu. Il était demeuré dans l&apos;ombre en attendant, sans hâte, que quelque force occulte le ramène dans le monde des vivants. »<br/> 1943, Angleterre. Fuyant la guerre, la famille Carver – les parents et leurs trois enfants, Max, Alicia et Irene – se réfugie dans un village de bord de mer. Leur nouvelle maison appartenait précédemment à un riche couple qui a quitté le pays après la mort de leur petit garçon, Jacob. Peu après son emménagement, la famille Carver est confrontée à de troublants événements. La maison de la plage paraît hantée. Quelque chose ou quelqu&apos;un rôde entre les murs. Max et Alicia commencent à enquêter sur les circonstances obscures de la mort de Jacob. Roland, un adolescent du village, les aide. Il les entraîne dans des plongées autour d&apos;un cargo qui a coulé dans la baie après une tempête, des années auparavant. Autour de cette épave, tout respire la peur : les poissons ne s&apos;y risquent jamais, des ombres paraissent à l&apos;affût derrière les cloisons rouillées et dans les coursives délabrées... Et c&apos;est Roland qu&apos;elles épient, Roland dont elles veulent se saisir. Qui accumule les pièges mortels autour du jeune homme ? Pourquoi Roland est-il l&apos;objet d&apos;une si terrible haine ? En menant leur enquête, Max et Alicia exhument involontairement les secrets du passé. Un passé terrible dont émerge un être machiavélique, le Prince de la Brume... Doté de pouvoirs diaboliques, le Prince de la Brume peut emprunter toutes les formes et tous les visages. Il est le maître d&apos;une troupe de grotesques statues à demi-vivantes qui ont élu domicile dans le jardin de la maison des Carver... Le Prince de la Brume réclame le paiement d&apos;une dette contractée peu avant la naissance de Jacob. Une dette dont Roland est le prix... S&apos;ils veulent sauver leur ami, Max et Alicia doivent affronter l&apos;être maléfique sur son territoire : dans le jardin des statues vivantes mais aussi dans le terrifiant cargo enseveli sous les eaux.<

Roger Zelazny

Apportez moi la tete du prince charmant

<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Pauvre, pauvre diable ! Un démon plus brimé, plus maudit, plus damné qu’Azzie, ça n’existe pas. Il a pourtant une riche idée pour le concours du Millénaire, qui décide de la prépondérance du Bien ou du Mal sur le destin des hommes pour les mille ans à venir ! Mais, c’est bien connu, on n’est pas aidé. Ni sur terre ni en enfer… Il est plutôt bon diable, Azzie, entièrement voué au Mal. Il dispose d’une carte de crédit satanique illimité, il peut commander une forêt enchantée, une épée modérément magique (les vraiment magiques sont en rupture de stock), un château ensorcelé, et tout et tout… Mais le Bien s’insinue sournoisement dans ses oeuvres, et chaque fois, Azzie se casse la figure ! Navrant, non ? Le fantastique devient alors délirant, et l’humour triomphe. L’amour aussi, incidemment…</span></font><

Roger Zelazny

A faust, faust et demi

<div><div> A vos marques ! Le nouveau concours entre les forces du Bien et du Mal va commencer ! Et le jeu en vaut la chandelle : le gagnant dirigera la destinée des hommes pendant un millénaire. Représentant de l'humanité : l'illustre Dr Faust, brillant alchimiste, maître penseur, et insupportable poseur.</div><div>Hélas, Méphistophélès, grand ordonnateur des épreuves, se trompe de concurrent et promène de siècle en siècle un voyou nommé Mack le Gourdin. Sa mission ? Changer le cours de l'histoire. De la prise de Constantinople à la fuite à Varennes, en passant par la Florence de Laurent le Magnifique, l'humanité semble bien mal barrée ! D'autant que tout le monde s'en mêle : sorcière, héros légendaires, demi-dieux... chacun défend son steack. Et Lui, tout là-haut au plus haut des cieux, qu'est-ce qu'Il fabrique pendant ce temps-là ?</div><div><br></div></div><

Roger Zelazny

La pierre des étoiles

Roger Zelazny

Le démon de la farce

<div><div>Tiens, revoilà Azzie ! Le démon à tête de renard qui ne perd jamais une occasion de se faire remarquer... Sa dernière trouvaille ? Monter une pièce de théâtre immorale. Décor : Venise. Epoque : la Renaissance. Intrigue : Adam et Eve, version satanique (on peut être bête et méchant, et néanmoins heureux). Alors, tous en scène, que le spectacle commence ! </div><div><br></div><div>Inutile de préciser que, côté paradis, on voit ça d'un mauvais oeil : ce genre d'idées, ça vous change le cours de l'Histoire comme un rien, et c'est mauvais pour l'image de marque. </div><div><br></div><div>Là-dessus, voilà que les dieux grecs font un come-back pour démontrer aux mortels que, de toute façon, bon ou méchant, peu importe : c'est la personnalité qui fait le destin... </div><div><br></div><div>Vous parlez d'un micmac ! Déjà le Bien contre le Mal, c'était pas simple, mais là... Non, sans rire, quand on voit ce qui se passe dans les coulisses de l'humanité, pas étonnant que le monde aille de travers !</div></div><

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