Ray Bradbury

Two dazzling new novellas from the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451.

Bei 451 Grad Fahrenheit "fängt Bücherpapier Feuer und verbrennt". In dem Staat, den Bradbury in eine nahe Zukunft projiziert, ist die Feuerwehr nicht mehr mit Wasserspritzen ausgerüstet, sondern mit Flammenwerfern, die genau diesen Hitzegrad erzeugen, um die letzten Zeugnisse individualistischen Denkens - die Bücher - zu vernichten. Da beginnt ein Feuerwehrmann, sich Fragen zu stellen...

The master of American fiction returns to the territory of his beloved classic, Dandelion Wine--a sequel 50 years in the making Some summers refuse to end . . . October 1st, the end of summer. The air is still warm, but fall is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, his younger brother Tom, and their friends do their best to take advantage of these last warm days, rampaging through the ravine, tormenting the girls . . . and declaring war on the old men who run Green Town, IL. For the boys know that Colonel Quartermain and his cohorts want nothing more than to force them to put away their wild ways, to settle down, to grow up. If only, the boys believe, they could stop the clock atop the courthouse building. Then, surely, they could hold onto the last days of summer . . . and their youth. But the old men were young once, too. And Quartermain, crusty old guardian of the school board and town curfew, is bent on teaching the boys a lesson. What he doesn't know is that before the last leaf turns, the boys will give him a gift: they will teach him the importance of not being afraid of letting go.

The master of American fiction returns to the territory of his beloved classic, Dandelion Wine--a sequel 50 years in the making Some summers refuse to end . . . October 1st, the end of summer. The air is still warm, but fall is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, his younger brother Tom, and their friends do their best to take advantage of these last warm days, rampaging through the ravine, tormenting the girls . . . and declaring war on the old men who run Green Town, IL. For the boys know that Colonel Quartermain and his cohorts want nothing more than to force them to put away their wild ways, to settle down, to grow up. If only, the boys believe, they could stop the clock atop the courthouse building. Then, surely, they could hold onto the last days of summer . . . and their youth. But the old men were young once, too. And Quartermain, crusty old guardian of the school board and town curfew, is bent on teaching the boys a lesson. What he doesn't know is that before the last leaf turns, the boys will give him a gift: they will teach him the importance of not being afraid of letting go.

Vojdite v svetlyj mir dvenadtsatiletnego malchika i prozhivite s nim odno leto, napolnennoe sobytijami radostnymi i pechalnymi, zagadochnymi i trevozhnymi; leto, kogda kazhdyj den sovershajutsja udivitelnye otkrytija, glavnoe iz kotorykh - ty zhivoj, ty dyshish, ty chuvstvuesh!" Vino iz oduvanchikov" Reja Bredberi - klassicheskoe proizvedenie, voshedshee v zolotoj fond mirovoj literatury.

Vse prekrasno znajut "Vino iz oduvanchikov" - klassicheskoe proizvedenie Reja Bredberi, voshedshee v zolotoj fond mirovoj literatury. A ego prodolzhenie prishlos zhdat polveka! Svoe nachalo roman "Leto, proschaj" beret v tom zhe 1957 godu, kogda predstavlennoe v izdatelstvo "Vino iz oduvanchikov" pokazalos redaktoru slishkom dlinnym i tot poprosil Bredberi ubrat zakljuchitelnuju chast. Pjatdesjat let etot "khvost" zhil svoej zhiznju, razvivalsja i perepisyvalsja, poka ne vyros v polnotsennyj roman, kotoryj vy derzhite v rukakh.

Vojdite v svetlyj mir dvenadpatnletnego malchika i prozhivite vmeste s nim odno leto, napolnennoe sobytijami radostnymi i pechalnymi. zagadochnymi i trevozhnymi: leto, kogda kazhdyj den sovershajutsja udivitelnye otkrytija, glavnoe iz kotorykh - ty zhivoj, ty dyshish, ty chuvstvuesh!" Vino iz oduvanchikov" Reja Bredberi - klassicheskoe proizvedenie, voshedshee v zolotoj fond mirovoj literatury. Eto odna iz tekh knig, kotorye khochetsja perechityvat vnov i vnov.

Vojdite v svetlyj mir dvenadtsatiletnego malchika i prozhivite s nim odno leto, napolnennoe sobytijami radostnymi i pechalnymi, zagadochnymi i trevozhnymi; leto, kogda kazhdyj den sovershajutsja udivitelnye otkrytija, glavnoe iz kotorykh - ty zhivoj, ty dyshish, ty chuvstvuesh!" Vino iz oduvanchikov" Reja Bredberi - klassicheskoe proizvedenie, voshedshee v zolotoj fond mirovoj literatury.

1949 god. Venetsija, shtat Kalifornija. " Amkerikanskie gorki" razobrany na metallolom. kinoteatr na pirse stoit pust i zakolochen. v lvinoj kletke, zatoplennoj v kanale, nakhodjat mertvoe telo. Pervoe iz mnogikh. Vse sklonny schitat, chto nikakoj svjazi mezhdu etimi smertjami net. Krome detektiva Elmo Kramli. I strannogo molodogo cheloveka, dnjami krjadu prosizhivajuschego za pishuschej mashinkoj i rassylajuschego svoi rasskazy v zhurnaly "Chernaja maska", " Sverkhestestvennye istorii", "Madmuazel" Pervyj roman Bredberi posle pereryva v dvadtsat s lishnim let, posle "Nadvigaetsja beda", udivil vsekh. Potomu chto "Smert - delo odinokoe" - eto dan pamjati "krutomu" detektivu Chandlera i Khemmeta i klassicheskomu gollivudskomu nuaru.

Vojdite v svetlyj mir dvenadtsatiletnego malchika i prozhivite s nim odno leto, napolnennoe sobytijami radostnymi i pechalnymi, zagadochnymi i trevozhnymi; leto, kogda kazhdyj den sovershajutsja udivitelnye otkrytija, glavnoe iz kotorykh - ty zhivoj, ty dyshish, ty chuvstvuesh! "Vino iz oduvanchikov" Reja Bredberi - klassicheskoe proizvedenie, voshedshee v "zolotoj fond" mirovoj literatury.

Die Merkmale der Reihe: - Alle wichtigen Informationen zum Werk - Kurzbiographien der Autoren - Mit Wortschatzhilfe und Auflistungen zentraler Zitate - Jeder Band mit Musterklausur Alle Seitenverweise in den 'Interpretationshilfen' beziehen sich auf die Ausgaben der Lektüren in der Reihe 'Cornelsen Senior English Library' . Die Interpretationshilfen können aber ohne weiteres auch zu anderen Ausgaben der Lektüren eingesetzt werden.

From the winner of the National Book Foundations' 2000 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters comes a "sweet, funny . . . thought-provoking" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) collection of short stories. As in his most recent major fiction collections, One More for the Road (1999) and Driving Blind (1997), Ray Bradbury has once again pulled together a stellar group of stories sure to delight readers of all ages. In The Cat's Pyjamas we are treated to a treasure trove of Bradbury gems old and new -- eerie and strange, nostalgic and bittersweet, searching and speculative -- all but two of which have never been published before. The Cat's Pyjamas is a joyous celebration of the lifelong work of a literary legend.

The third volume in the author's noir series, set in 1950s California, follows a young screenwriter and his crafty partner, detective Elmo Crumley, as they protect an aging movie queen from a deadly enemy who is determined to put an end to both her career and her life. Reprint.

The master of the science fiction novel serves up a collection of twenty-five contemporary short stories, including seven previously published and eighteen never-before-published tales--that probe the depths of human experience and relationships. Reprint.

In 1953, a young writer journeys to Ireland to create a screenplay of Moby Dick for movie mogul John Huston and meets a delightful cast of characters, including IRA terrorists, alcoholic clergy, fiendish playwrights, a notorious white whale, and the regulars at Heeber Finn's pub. Reissue.

Ray Bradbury, America's most beloved storyteller, has spent a lifetime carrying readers to exhilarating and dangerous places, from dark street comers in unfamiliar cities and towns to the edge of the universe. Now, in an extraordinary flight of the imagination a half-century in the making, he takes us to a most wondrous destination: into the heart of an Eternal Family. They have lived for centuries in a house of legend and mystery in upper Illinois -- and they are not like other midwesterners. Rarely encountered in daylight hours, their children are curious and wild; their old ones have survived since before the Sphinx first sank its paws deep in Egyptian sands. And some sleep in beds with lids. Now the house is being readied in anticipation of the gala homecoming that will gather together the farflung branches of this odd and remarkable family. In the past-midnight stillness can be detected the soft fluttering of Uncle Einars wings. From her realm of sleep, Cecy, the fairest and most special daughter, can feel the approach of many a welcome being -- shapeshifter, telepath, somnambulist, vampire -- as she flies high in the consciousness of bird and bat. But in the midst of eager anticipation, a sense of doom pervades. For the world is changing. And death, no stranger, will always shadow this most singular family: Father, arisen from the Earth; Mother, who never sleeps but dreams; A Thousand Times Great Grandm re; Grandfather, who keeps the wildness of youth between his ears. And the boy who, more than anyone, carries the burden of time on his shoulders: Timothy, the sad and different foundling son who must share it all, remember, and tell...and who, alone out of all of them, must one day age and wither and die. By turns lyrical, wistful, poignant, and chilling, From the Dust Returned is the long-awaited new novel by the peerless Ray Bradbury -- a book that will surely be numbered among his most enduring masterworks.

Eine nächtliche Begegnung auf der Landstraße: vertrauenerweckend ist er nicht gerade, der seltsam gehetzte Mann mit den vielen Tätowierungen. Und dann beginnen sich diese auch noch zu bewegen... Daraus entstehen die Geschichten des Buches, die von anderen Welten erzählen: von Liebe und Einbildungskraft auf dem Mars, von Wahnsinn im ewigen Regen der Venus, vom einsamen Tod im unendlichen Raum zwischen den Sternen und von den Städten und Dörfern in unserer eigenen Welt, in der seltsame Dinge geschehen, die wir nie bemerken, und in der seltsame Wesen leben, denen wir nie begegnen.

Halloween Night, 1954. A young, film-obsessed scriptwriter has just been hired at one of the great studios. An anonymous investigation leads from the giant Maximus Films backlot to an eerie graveyard separated from the studio by a single wall. There he makes a terrifying discovery that thrusts him into a maelstrom of intrigue and mystery--and into the dizzy exhilaration of the movie industry at the height of its glittering power.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz remains one of the world's most widely-read books. Throughout a century of remarkable change, L. Frank Baum's classic tale has been embraced by generations of children and the young at heart. This special anniversary edition combines Baum's original text with the contributions of two artists: book illustrator Michael McCurdy and writer Ray Bradbury.