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<p>This book tells the story of Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, during a portion of his time with the 2nd Battalion of the 95th Rifles during the Peninsular War in 1809.</p><
<p>This is Bernard Cornwell's first novel, written as a means of providing him with an income while living with his American fiancée in her home country where he could not get a work visa.</p><p>Cornwell’s plan and he had wanted to start with the Siege of Badajoz but on reflection, he felt that this was too ambitious for his first novel and so decided to start with a couple of easier books as a warm-up. Cornwell also wanted to find a task just as impossible as the taking of Badajoz for his first adventure, and so the capture of a Regimental Eagle from a French Regiment provided the challenge the author felt necessary to establish the reputation of both Sharpe and his close friend, Sergeant Patrick Harper.</p><
Sharpe is sent on a secret mission behind French lines to locate gold that is badly needed to ensure the British can continue the fight against the French into the new year. At this time they hold a minor foothold in Portugal and are facing a major invasion in the new year.<
It is the late summer of 1810 and the French mount their third and most threatening invasion of Portugal. Captain Richard Sharpe, with his company of redcoats and riflemen, meets the invaders on the gaunt ridge of Bussaco where, despite a stunning victory, the French are not stopped.<
It is the summer of 1812 and Richard Sharpe, newly recovered from the wound he received in the fighting at Salamanca, is given an easy duty; to guard a Commissary Officer posted to an obscure Spanish fort where there are some captured French muskets to repair. But unknown to the British, the French are planning a lightning raid across the River Tormes, and they reckon the obscure Spanish fort, which guards an ancient bridge across the river, will be lightly guarded. Sharpe is in for a fight.<
A classic Sharpe adventure: Richard Sharpe and the Defence of Portugal, Christmas 1812 Newly promoted, Major Richard Sharpe leads his small force into the biting cold of the winter mountains. His task is to rescue a group of well-born women held hostage by a rabble of deserters. And one of the renegades is Sergeant Hakeswill, Sharpe's most implacable enemy. But the rescue is the least of Sharpe's problems. He must face a far greater threat. With only the support of his own company and the new Rocket Troop — the last word in military incompetence — to back his gamble, Sharpe cannot afford even to recognize the prospect of defeat. For to surrender — or to fail — would mean the end of the war for the Allied armies…<
Richard Sharpe and the Vitoria Campaign, February to June 1813 Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army's new campaign with grim expectancy. Victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain — an alliance that must be maintained at any cost. But Sharpe's enemy, Pierre Ducos, seizes a chance to both destroy the alliance and take a personal revenge on Sharpe. And when the lovely spy, La Marquesa, takes a hand in the game, Sharpe finds himself caught in a web of deadly intrigue and becomes a fugitive, hunted by enemy and ally alike…<
Richard Sharpe and the Winter Campaign, 1814. The invasion of France is under way, and the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe. He and a small force of Riflemen are to capture a fortress and secure a landing on the French coast. It is to be one of the most dangerous missions of his career. Through the incompetence of a recklessly ambitious naval commander and the machinations of his old enemy, French spymaster Pierre Ducos, Sharpe finds himself abandoned in the heart of enemy territory, facing overwhelming forces and the very real prospect of defeat. He has no alternative but to trust his fortunes to an American privateer — a man who has no love for the British invaders.<
Richard Sharpe and the Peace of 1814. It is 1814. After a long and exhausting series of battles the British and Spanish armies are pushing into south-western France from Spain. Rumours abound that Napoleon has surrendered, been murdered, or fled. But before the French are finally defeated, and Sharpe can lay down his sword, one of the bloodiest conflicts of the war must be fought: the battle for the city of Toulouse. Sharpe's war is not over with the victory. Accused of stealing a consignment of Napoleon's treasure en route to Elba, Sharpe must elude his captors and track down the unknown enemy who has tried to incriminate him. Accompanied by his comrade, Captain William Frederickson, Major Richard Sharpe pursues with energy, venom and unflinching resolve an ingenious and devastating revenge.<
Richard Sharpe and the Waterloo Campaign, 15 June to 18 June 1815. It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the inexperienced and incompetent Young Frog, William, Prince of Orange, who has been given command of a large proportion of the Allied force. More concerned with cutting a dash at a grand society ball in Brussels, the Young Frog refuses to listen to Sharpe's scouting reports of an enormous army marching towards them with the lately returned Napoleon at its head. When the Battle of Waterloo commences, Sharpe has to stand by and watch military folly on a grand scale. But at the height of the conflict, just as victory seems impossible, he makes a momentous decision. With his usual skill, courage and determination he takes command and the most hard-fought and bloody battle of his career becomes Sharpe's own magnificent triumph.<
The last book, chronologically, in the Sharpe series is set four years after the events of . Richard Sharpe has retired to live on the farm in Normandy with his common-law wife Lucille Castineau. Patrick Harper has a bar in Dublin with Isabella and has put on a great deal of weight. The two are called out of retirement by an old friend who sends them on a mission to South America.<
The Spider Queen has been asleep for a long time, leaving the Underdark to suffer war and ruin. But if she finally returns, will things get better… or worse?<
Stephen King is the undisputed master of horror; but The Colorado Kid is a dramatic departure for the iconic author of innumerable bloodcurdling classics like The Shining, Carrie, Cujo, and Pet Sematary. A pulpstyle mystery about two salty newspapermen and their investigation into the unresolved death of a man found on an island off the coast of Maine, The Colorado Kid will have readers speculating until the very last page — and long afterward.<
Назва цієї збірки новел не менш оманлива, аніж варіанти доль багатьох її героїнь. Заміжжя і побут гнітять їх, залишаючись чи не єдиною реальністю, на яку можна сміливо опертися у житті, сповненому короткотривалих почуттів та довготривалих переживань. Зріз життя не одного покоління, події, що відбуваються за лаштунками дверей багатьох помешкань та на вулицях Києва. Виживання у «новій» столиці незалежної України в умовах «дикого ринку», спорадичні вояжі на Захід, іноді під приводом службовим, іноді — інтимним, а часто під обома...<
<p>"...I жодної версiї!" - нова книга вiдомого українського письменника Володимира Кашина, що створив серiю детективних романiв, головним героєм яких є iнспектор карного розшуку Дмитро Коваль.</p><p>До цiєї книги увiйшли: роман "...I жодної версiї!", повiсть "Готується вбивство" i драма "День народження". Достовiрнiсть матерiалу, гострий, напружений сюжет, проникнення в психологiю героїв, щоб пояснити їхнi вчинки, як благороднi, так i ганебнi, такi особливостi творiв Володимира Кашина.</p><
<p>"…I жодної версiї!" — нова книга вiдомого українського письменника Володимира Кашина, що створив серiю детективних романiв, головним героєм яких є iнспектор карного розшуку Дмитро Коваль.</p><p>До цiєї книги увiйшли: роман"…I жодної версiї!", повiсть "Готується вбивство" i драма "День народження". Достовiрнiсть матерiалу, гострий, напружений сюжет, проникнення в психологiю героїв, щоб пояснити їхнi вчинки, як благороднi, так i ганебнi, такi особливостi творiв Володимира Кашина.</p><
<p>Кажны сучасны культурны чалавек перш-наперш павінен ведаць, хто ён такі, якая ягоная мова, народ і край, дзе ён жыве, якая ягоная гісторыя.</p><p>У гэтай кнізе Вацлаў Ластоўскі — беларускі пісьменьнік, гісторык, літаратуразнавец, публіцыст і палітычны дзеяч, адзін з пачынальнікаў нацыянальнага адраджэньня — распавядае пра сябе і свой народ, пра беларускую зямлю, пра сваю мову, пра гісторыю Беларусі, пра веру беларуса, пра Бацькаўшчыну, пра нацыянальныя адзнакі беларуса, пра патрыятычныя павіннасці, пра беларускую сям'ю, пра беларусаў на чужыне, пра нашую годнасьць.</p><
Тембенчинский Михаил Петрович. Ротмистр лейб-кирасир. Туземный князь из Сибири ("Здесь еси драконы") на службе у Государя Российского. Крещен в православную веру. А то, что при этом пернат, крылат, из куньих и ближайшим родственником числит барсука, дык кого это волнует, если князь толков и все от него — лишь на пользу Отечеству! А перья… А что перья? Подумаешь, эка невидаль! Абиссинцы, вон, те и вовсе черны как ночь…<
<p>Инженер-гидротехник в облике сидхи попадает в Уэльс 7-го века. Написано хорошо, используются валлийский фольклор, местные гео-, этнография. Никакой тебе тупой «магичности» — психология/верования… Не ищет приключений, врастает, используя свою "легендарность".</p><p>Версия с Самиздата. Обновление от 03/03/2009. Прошу стереть, когда появится копия бумажной книги…</p><
<p>Немайн город нужно строить, да в самой себе разбираться, а "по полям жиреет вороньё, а по пятам война грохочет вслед…"</p><p>Версия с Самиздата. Обновление от 17/02/2009.</p><
Впервые опубликована в журнале «Вокруг света» (1962, № 5). Была включена в первый сборник повестей и рассказов «Зажгите костры В океане» (Магадан, 1964). Впоследствии документальная часть этой повести была использована автором при написании повести «Два цвета земли между двух океанов», «Дневник прибрежного плавания» (гл. «Серебряная гора») и рассказа «Гора из чистого серебра», изданного посмертно в альманахе «Ветер странствий», 1975, N2 10. В первоначальном виде она была включена только в «Избранное» (в трех томах) (Магадан, Книжное изд-во, 1994). Герои повести, молодые парни, искали Пильхуэрти-Нейку, что в переводе с чукотского означает «загадочно не тающая мягкая гора», почти сплошь, как утверждает легенда, состоящая из самородного серебра. Повесть вызвала резкую критику после публикации, и далее не переиздавалась до самого последнего времени. Включена в издание Куваев О. Сочинения в 3-х т, т.2, 2005.<
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