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During the few seconds it takes you to read this sentence, some 700 milli0on ants will be born on earthâ?¦Edmond Wells had studied ants for years: he knew of the power which existed in their hidden world. Innocently he enters the world of the ant, whose struggle for existence forces him to reassess manâ??s place in the cycle of nature.

Here is the stunning international bestseller in the tradition of Watership Down but with a dark, original twist. Unique, daring, and unforgettable, it tells the story of an ordinary family who accidentally threaten the security of a hidden civilization as intelligent as our own--a colony of ants determined to survive at any cost....Jonathan Wells and his young family have come to the Paris flat at 3, rue des Sybarites through the bequest of his eccentric late uncle Edmond. Inheriting the dusty apartment, the Wells family are left with only one warning: Never go down into the cellar.But when the family dog disappears down the basement steps, Jonathan follows--and soon his wife, his son, and various would-be rescuers vanish into its mysterious depths.Meanwhile, in a pine stump in a nearby park, a vast civilization is in turmoil. Here a young female from the russet ant nation of Bel-o-kan learns that a strange new weapon has been killing off her comrades. To find out why, she enlists the help of a warrior ant, and the two set off on separate journeys into a harsh and violent world. It is a world where death takes many forms--savage birds and voracious lizards, warlike dwarf ants and rapacious termites, poisonous beetles and, most bizarre of all, the swift, murderous, giant guardians of the edge of the world: cars.Yet the end of the female's desperate quest will be the eerie secret in the cellar at 3, rue des Sybarites--a mystery she must solve in order to fulfill her special destiny as the new queen of her own great empire. But to do so she must first make unthinkable communion with the most barbaric creatures of all. Empire of the Ants is a brilliant evocation of a hidden civilization as complex as our own and far more ancient. It is a fascinating realm where boats are built of leaves and greenflies are domesticated and milked like cows, where citizens lock antennae in "absolute communication" and fight wars with precisely coordinated armies using sprays of glue and acids that can dissolve a snail. Not since Watership Down has a novel so vividly captured the lives and struggles of a fellow species and the valuable lessons they have to teach us.

Verber opisyvaet samye interesnye stsenarii buduschego. Mozhet, kakie-to na pervyj vzgljad zvuchat diko, no esli vdumatsja, to mnogoe nachinaet kazatsja vpolne osuschestvimym. Poetomu luchshe pochitat vnimatelno: vdrug vas zavtra poshljut v ekspeditsiju na Solntse ili zhe nachnetsja vosstanie derevev. K takim vescham luchshe gotovitsja zaranee.

Odin vecher v teatre gipnoza "Jaschik Pandory" perevorachivaet zhizn obychnogo uchitelja istorii Rene Toledano s nog na golovu. On sovsem ne ozhidal, chto seans gipnoza s ryzhevolosoj fokusnitsej, na kotoryj on soglasilsja iz vezhlivosti, vybrosit ego v okopy Pervoj mirovoj vojny. On i podumat ne mog, chto vsego cherez neskolko minut posle etogo po ego vine na naberezhnoj Seny umret chelovek, a trup on truslivo skinet v reku. Razve mog Rene predpolozhit, chto vsego cherez paru dnej on uznaet, chto ego dusha rodom iz legendarnoj Atlantidy i emu nuzhno spasti svoe drevnee "ja" ot razrushitelnogo kataklizma, chtoby sokhranit v vekakh pamjat ob atlantakh. Vse vokrug tverdjat Rene, chto on soshel s uma, no on znaet, chto net nichego bolee khrupkogo i moguschestvennogo, chem chelovecheskaja pamjat. Teper pered Rene stoit neprostoj vybor - posledovat za istinoj, skrytoj v ego proshlykh zhiznjakh, ili priznat, chto on bolen...

Kak sozdat vselennuju? Kak sdelat majonez? Chto snitsja delfinam? Otkuda pojavljajutsja legendy? Chto znachat znaki zodiaka? Mozhno li najti svjaz mezhdu dukhovnymi praktikami i astrofizikoj? Kakuju rol v sovremennom mire igrajut alkhimija i karty taro? Chto znachit forma tsifr? Chto takoe elevsinskie misterii, kvantovaja zaputannost, printsip matreshki? Kto takie Arkhimed, Rasputin, tsaritsa Kakhina? Neverojatnaja kniga, v kotoroj spetsialno dlja poklonnikov Bernara Verbera sobrano vse samoe strannoe i udivitelnoe - znanija i fakty, kotorykh ne najti ni v odnoj entsiklopedii, krome etoj.

Chto bylo by, nachni koshki pravit tsivilizatsiej? I o chem na samom dele grezjat eti pushistye domashnie tirany? Koshka Bastet vserez polagaet, chto vremja ljudej zakonchilos i prishlo vremja vzjat otvetstvennost za sudby mira v svoi lapy. Ona polna reshimosti perevernut suschestvujuschij porjadok, i u nee dlja etogo est vozmozhnost. Edinstvennaja pregrada na ee puti - kot Pifagor. On edinstvennyj iz koshachikh, s kem mogut obschatsja ljudi blagodarja unikalnomu usb-razemu u nego na lbu. Pifagor govorit, chto upravljat mirom i ljudmi Bastet smozhet, kogda osvoit tri veschi - jumor, ljubov i iskusstvo. Poluchitsja li u Bastet osnovat koshachju tsivilizatsiju i nakonets uzakonit porjadok, pri kotorom ljudi sluzhat koshkam, ne pitaja illjuzij otnositelno svoej mnimoj vlasti?

Istorija o muravjakh i ljudjakh stanovitsja esche zaputannee. Molodaja muravinaja koroleva Shli-pu-ni, tolko chto vzoshedshaja na tron, mechtaet otomstit paltsam - tak muravi nazyvajut ljudej - za ubijstvo svoej materi. Tem vremenem za predelami muravejnika odin za drugim pogibajut khimiki, zanimavshiesja razrabotkoj jada protiv muravev. Za delo berutsja detektiv Zhak Mele i zhurnalistka Letitsija Uells, doch Edmonda Uellsa.

Vstrechajte vtoruju chast kultovoj dilogii o tanatonavtakh.Pionery "poslesmertnykh geograficheskikh otkrytij", Mishel Pinson i Raul Razorbak, vstrechajutsja snova, chtoby prodolzhit svoi issledovanija raja, no na sej raz iznutri. Im predstoit na praktike poznat vse tonkosti angelskogo remesla i razobratsja v tumannoj nebesnoj ierarkhii. No oni ne byli by nastojaschimi tanatonavtami, esli by ostanovilis na etom. Kuda otpravljajutsja angely, ispolnivshie svoe prednaznachenie? Kto vsem etim upravljaet? I chto, esli otvety na eti voprosy skryvajutsja v drugikh galaktikakh?Perevodchik: Kabalkin A. Ju.

Zhjuli Pinson, devjatnadtsatiletnjaja litseistka, kotoraja uzhe tretij god ne mozhet sdat vypusknoj ekzamen, nakhodit v lesu v peschere tretij tom "Entsiklopedii otnositelnogo i absoljutnogo znanija" Edmonda Uellsa. Iz nee ona uznaet o tom, kak slozhen i neobychen mir muravev, kak mnogomu mozhno u nikh nauchitsja. Tem vremenem osob nomer 103 iz Bel-o-Kana, muravinogo goroda, pytaetsja ponjat ljudej. Chto zhe proizojdet, kogda dve tsivilizatsii nakonets uslyshat drug druga?

Parusnik "Poslednjaja nadezhda" nakonets-to dostavljaet Bastet, Pifagora i drugikh chlenov raznomastnogo ekipazha v Nju-Jork. Vopreki ikh ozhidanijam, kazhdyj kvadratnyj metr megapolisa kishit krysami, i poslednie vyzhivshie ljudi vynuzhdeny iskat ubezhischa v novoj bashne Vsemirnogo torgovogo tsentra. Teper poredevshemu koshachemu otrjadu pridetsja primenit vsju smekalku, chtoby nizvergnut svoikh davnikh vragov i spasti chelovechestvo. No dostojno li ono spasenija?

Chto bylo by, nachni koshki pravit tsivilizatsiej? I o chem na samom dele grezjat eti pushistye domashnie tirany? Koshka Bastet polagaet, chto era ljudej zakonchilas i prishlo vremja vzjat otvetstvennost za sudby mira v svoi lapy. Glavnaja pregrada u nee na puti - kot Pifagor. On edinstvennyj iz koshachikh, s kem mogut obschatsja ljudi. Pifagor govorit, chto upravljat mirom i ljudmi Bastet smozhet, lish kogda osvoit tri veschi - jumor, ljubov i iskusstvo. Poluchitsja li u Bastet nakonets uzakonit porjadok, pri kotorom ljudi sluzhat koshkam, ne pitaja illjuzij otnositelno svoej mnimoj vlasti?

NOVOE OFORMLENIE ZNAMENITOGO TSIKLA BERNARA VERBERA PO DOSTUPNOJ TSENE! Zakljuchitelnyj roman tsikla. "Ad rozhdaet zhazhdu Raja. Temnota - zhazhdu Sveta". Parusnik "Poslednjaja nadezhda" nakonets-to dostavljaet Bastet, Pifagora i drugikh chlenov raznomastnogo ekipazha v Nju-Jork. Vopreki ikh ozhidanijam, kazhdyj kvadratnyj metr megapolisa kishit krysami, i poslednie vyzhivshie ljudi vynuzhdeny iskat ubezhischa v novoj bashne Vsemirnogo torgovogo tsentra. Teper poredevshemu koshachemu otrjadu pridetsja prilozhit vsju smekalku, chtoby nizvergnut svoikh davnikh vragov i spasti chelovechestvo. No dostojno li ono spasenija? "Samyj dinamichnyj roman iz vsej trilogii! Stolko sjuzhetnykh povorotov, chto chuvstvuesh sebja kak na amerikanskikh gorkakh". - Goodreads

Novaja kniga ot avtora kultovykh romanov "Tanatonavty" i "Imperija angelov". Rene Toledano - professor istorii v Sorbonne. A esche on praktikuet regressivnyj gipnoz, kotoryj pozvoljaet vozvraschatsja v proshlye zhizni. No odnazhdy Rene reshaet sovershit puteshestvie ne v proshloe, a v buduschee, i s uzhasom obnaruzhivaet, chto eto buduschee uzhasno: v 2047-m na zemle okonchatelno ischezli pchely, i vymiranie odnogo biologicheskogo vida povleklo za soboj golod, khaos, i v kontse kontsov razrazilas tretja mirovaja vojna. K schastju, Rene uznaet, chto suschestvuet "Prorochestvo o pchelakh", napisannoe v Ierusalime v 1099 godu tamplierom Salvenom de Bennom. V etom tekste rasskazano, kak spasti buduschee. Odnako, chtoby najti etot bestsennyj manuskript, Rene pridetsja vernutsja v proshloe, peresech epokhi i kontinenty, preodolet na puti mnozhestvo ispytanij. On gotov na eto opasnoe prikljuchenie, ved na konu - sudba chelovechestva. "Velikolepnyj prikljuchencheskij roman, gde peresmatrivaetsja istorija tramplierov". - Biblioteca "Chrezvychajno ambitsioznaja istorija, v kotoroj raskryvaetsja voobrazhenie Bernara Verbera". - Union Press

Znakomtes - Bastet i Pifagor, udivitelnye koshki. Ikh zhizn polna neverojatnykh prikljuchenij, a sami oni dostojny voskhischenija. Bastet ustala ot razmerennoj zhizni v kvartire, ona mechtaet ponimat ljudej i nauchitsja s nimi obschatsja. Pifagor zhivet v laboratorii, u nego na makushke est USB-razem, cherez kotoryj on mozhet podkljuchatsja k kompjuteru i takim obrazom poluchat znanija o mire. Nabljudaja za ljudmi, Bastet i Pifagor reshajut, chto chelovechestvo pora spasat ot ego porokov i protivopostavit agressii ljudej dukhovnuju prosvetlennost koshek. No eta zadacha okazyvaetsja slozhnee, chem kazalos na pervyj vzgljad, vynuzhdaja koshek otstupit i samim prinjat pravila chelovecheskoj tsivilizatsii. No, mozhet byt, esche ne pozdno vse izmenit? "Vsjo-taki khorosho, chto Bernar Verber vybral kareru pisatelja, a ne khimika. V eksperimentalnoj nauke udivitelnyj dar - smeshivat odni i te zhe ingredienty, no kazhdyj raz poluchat raznye rezultaty - chrevat katastrofoj. V tvorchestve zhe on daet vozmozhnost odnovremenno udivit chitatelej svezhestju idej i poradovat firmennymi "fishkami". - livelib.ru