Bernard Werber - Revolutia Furnicilor

Bernard Werber - Revolutia Furnicilor

(1996, 399pg, ro)

Bernard Werber - Furnicile

Bernard Werber - Furnicile

(1991, 230pg, ro)

The plot begins as two stories that take place in parallel, one in the world of humans (in Paris) and one in the world of ants (in a Formica rufa colony in a park near Paris). The time is the early 21st century (the recent future, relative to the time when Werber wrote the book). The human character receives a house and a provocative message as legacy from his recently died uncle. He begins to investigate the life and mysterious activities of his uncle and decides to descend into the cellar of the house but does not return. His family and other people follow and disappear. The ant character is a male whose foraging expedition gets destroyed in one strike by a mysterious force that comes from above. He suspects that a colony of another ant species has attacked them with a secret weapon, and attempts to meet with the queen and to rally other ants to investigate the disaster. However, he attracts the attention of a secret group of ants within the same colony that appear to want to conceal his information. As the plot unveils, the humans and the ants encounter new mysteries and participate in challenging events, including a war between different ant species. The descriptions of ant morphology, behavior, and social organization as well as their interactions with other species are engaging, detailed, and scientifically based, although Werber significantly exaggerates the reasoning and communication capabilities of the ants (rendering his work science-fiction).

Dana Stabenow - Dead in the water

Dana Stabenow - Dead in the water

(1993, 128pg, en)

It’s October, and Kate’s sometime boss and long-distance lover Jack Morgan hires her to investigate the strange disappearance of two crew members on a fishing boat working out of Dutch Harbor. Unfortunately, this means she has to take one of the vacant deckhand positions, and solving a double homicide on a 100-foot crabber in the middle of the Bering Sea is not Kate’s idea of a good time.

Chuck Klosterman - Eating the Dinosaur

Chuck Klosterman - Eating the Dinosaur

(2009, 204pg, en)

Eating the Dinosaur is the sixth book written by Chuck Klosterman, first published by Scribner in 2009. In the mold of Klosterman's earlier Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, the book is a collection of previously unpublished essays concerning an array of pop culture topics.

Sven Hassel - Blindatele mortii

Sven Hassel - Blindatele mortii
(Wheels of Terror)

(1958, 190pg, ro)

The best-selling military writer returns to his comrades in 27th penal battalion, offering another gritty, realistic view of the ordinary soldier in wartime. Now stationed at the Russian Front, and equipped with armored vehicles, Sven Hassel's band of warriors from the German army gird for the next battles. Caught between the insane orders of the Nazi high command and the overwhelming numbers of Russian soldiers, they prepare to fight on nonetheless--and will do anything to survive the inferno. A remorseless ride through a man-made hell.

Sven Hassel - Batalion de mars

Sven Hassel - Batalion de mars

(1962, 234pg, ro)

Diferenţa nu-i chiar atât de mare pe cât ar putea părea, declară Barcelona Blom, scuipând prin oblonul tancului. După cum ştiţi, războiul civil din Spania l-am început ca „miliciano" în Servicios Especiales. Cei bănuiţi că ar aparţine coloanei a V-a sau c-ar fi fascişti erau duşi, prin Calle del Ave Maria, până la zidurile abatorului. Nisipul era într-atât de uscat încât sugea imediat sângele, de nu mai era nevoie să fie vânturat după execuţie. Preferam să-i împuşcăm stând în picioare, dar unii se aruncau pe jos şi nu era chip să-i scoli. Mulţi strigau: „Trăiască Spania!"

Poul Anderson - Avatarul

Poul Anderson - Avatarul

(420pg, ro)

In the immeasurable past a mysterious alien race known as The Others left mankind a challenging legacy, a 'gate' to the unexplored reaches of the stars. Humanity has utilized the gate to painstakingly colonize the Phoebus star system but has left the rest of the galaxy unexplored. In the midst of turbulent political upheaval on Earth, the exploratory ship Emissary leaves through the gate on a voyage of discovery. When the Emissary returns ahead of schedule the Social Welfare Party on Earth impounds the ship and imprisons its crew - and forbids all future space exploration. Dan Broderson, an entrepreneur and adventurer, commandeers a commercial spaceship from his own company and travels to Earth to find the Emissary. He locates the ship, confounds its captors and rescues some of the explorers, including the first alien to visit the solar system. But Broderson has to flee through the gate unprepared, to become a wanderer among the stars in search of The Others. They alone have the knowledge that will enable his ship to return home.

Steven Levy - Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution

Steven Levy - Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution
(25th Anniversary Edition)

(2010, 1061pg, en)

Hackers is a terrific telling of how the DIY mindset (and of course some shrewd business dealings) gave birth to the personal computer industry. The new edition includes recent interviews with Bill Gates, Mark Zukerberg, Richard Stallman, and Steven Wozniak. Hindsight is 20/20 but damn, those were different times.

Sven Hassel - Imperiul Iadului

Sven Hassel - Imperiul Iadului
(Reign of Hell)

(209pg,ro)

Umilit in fata portilor Moscovei in decembrie 1941, Hitler avea nevoie nu numai de o victorie militara, ci si de imagine.

A ales Stalingradul, loc care a devenit mormantul a 3 milioane de soldati.

Lino Aldani - Crucea de Gheaţă

Lino Aldani - Crucea de Gheaţă

(1996, 140pg, ro)

In secolul XXIII, parintele iezuit Francisco Morales de Acantara este hotarit sa-i converteasca la credinta intru Hristos pe indigenii altor lumi. El crede cu tarie in menirea sa de misionar si nu se da inapoi de la nimic pentru a s-o implini. Chiar daca asta inseamna pierderea oricarei posibilitati de intoarcere spre comunitatea umana... Chiar daca, in final, confruntarea cu extraterestri poate insemna moartea...

Chuck Klosterman - On Rock

Chuck Klosterman - On Rock

(2010, 268pg, en)

From Fargo Rock City, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; Chuck Klosterman IV; and Eating the Dinosaur, this ebook collects Klosterman's writing on rock.