Джеймс Миченер - автор 21 книги. Из известных произведений можно выделить: Источник, Роман, Начало. Исторический роман. Все книги можно читать онлайн и бесплатно скачивать на нашем портале.
На русском языке знаменитый роман Джеймса Миченера «Источник» печатается впервые. Известный американский писатель, лауреат Пулицеровской премии, непревзойденный мастер увлекательнейшего эпического повествования переносит читателя на десять тысяч лет назад к глубокой пещере возле источника у холма Макор, где зародились три великие религии – христианство, ислам и иудаизм.Трое археологов, трое друзей...
«Роман» Джеймса Миченера подробно описывает издательский мир, и сосредоточен на внутренней жизни его героев, с точки зрения которых, показаны события четырех его частей. Главный герой — немолодой писатель, рассказывающий, как он пишет роман. Вокруг него много людей и множество поводов для сюжетных осложнений. Книга написана не просто завлекательно, но со знанием человеческой натуры, с юмор...
Эта книга - исторический бестселлер, выдержавший рекордное для такого рода литературы число переизданий. В основе книги - романтизированный вариант описания огромного периода драматической истории цивилизаций и религий на территории современной Палестины. Герои книги, за исключением ряда известных исторических деятелей, придуманы автором, но события, в которых эти герои действуют, подобны реально ...
"Tales of the South Pacific" is the iconic, Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece that inspired a Broadway classic and launched the career of James A.Michener, one of America’s most beloved storytellers. This thrilling work invites the reader to enter the exotic world of the South Pacific and luxuriate in the endless ocean, the coconut palms, the waves breaking into spray against the reefs, the full ...
At four o'clock in the morning on a Sunday in November 1956, the city of Budapest was awakened by the shattering sound of Russian tanks tearing the city apart. The Hungarian revolution -- five brief, glorious days of freedom that had yielded a glimpse at a different kind of future -- was over. But there was a bridge at Andau, on the Austrian border, and if a Hungarian could reach that brid...
Джеймс Миченер погружает читателя в волшебный, экзотический мир островов Тихого океана. Эта книга о людях, по-разному оказавшихся на Гавайских островах, это история их жизни, отношений, борьбы, успехов и неудач. В `Гавайях` переплетены судьбы благородных королей и свободолюбивых фермеров, вера стойких миссионеров и варварские обычаи туземцев. Все вместе составляет захватывающую и чудесную картину,...
From a great master of historical fiction comes a brilliant tale of love amid war. James A. Michener combines powerful storytelling with deep sensitivity in this novel of a U.S. Army man who, against all odds, falls for a fascinating Japanese woman. Stationed in the exotic Far East, Major Lloyd Gruver considers himself lucky. The son of a general, dating the daughter of another powerful military f...
Джеймс Миченер погружает читателя в волшебный, экзотический мир островов Тихого океана. Эта книга о людях, так или иначе оказавшихся на Гавайских островах, это история их жизни, отношений, борьбы, успехов и неудач. В `Гавайях` переплетены судьбы благородных королей и свободолюбивых фермеров, вера стойких миссионеров и варварские обычаи туземцев. Все вместе составляет захватывающую и чудесную карти...
Джеймс Миченер погружает читателя в волшебный, экзотический мир островов Тихого океана. Эта книга о людях, так или иначе оказавшихся на Гавайских островах, это история их жизни, отношений, борьбы, успехов и неудач. В "Гавайях" переплетены судьбы благородных королей и свободолюбивых фермеров, вера стойких миссионеров и варварские обычаи туземцев. Все вместе составляет захватывающую и чудесную карти...
In Hawaii, Pulitzer Prize–winning author James Michener weaves the classic saga that brought Hawaii’s epic history vividly alive to the American public on its initial publication in 1959, and continues to mesmerize even today. The volcanic processes by which the Hawaiian Islands grew from the ocean floor were inconceivably slow, and the land remained untouched by man for countless centuries until...
In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago. Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colorful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish In...
"Massive, beautiful...Unquestionably some of the best writing on Spain...The best that Mr. Michener has ever done on any subject...Stunning...Memorable." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Here, in the fresh, vivid prose that is James Michener's trademark, is the real Spain as he experiences it. He not only reveals the celebrated Spain of bullfights and warror kings, painters and processions, cathedra...
'If they existed, they would be here' - Enrico Fermi. In the second volume in Stephen Baxter's epic "Manifold" Series, Reid Malenfant inhabits the universe Malenfant kick-started in Time ('science fiction at its best' - "FHM") - and 'they' are here. When Nemoto, a Japanese researcher on the Moon, discovers evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence in the solar sy...
Once again James A. Michener brings history to life with this 400-year saga of America's great bay and its Eastern Shore. Following Edmund Steed and his remarkable family, who parallel the settling and forming of the nation, CHESAPEAKE sweeps readers from the unspoiled world of the Native Americans to the voyages of Captain John Smith, the Revolutionary War, and right up to modern times.
As Major Norman Starr is about to appear before a congressional committee to publicly account for his covert actions, he recalls the heritage of his ancestors and the role they played in the true glory of America. Bestselling author James Michener has painted a timeless family portrait and an eloquent lesson in American history. "Michener is a master storyteller." MILWAUKEE JOURNAL
"MICHENER IS AMERICA'S BEST WRITER." --The Pittsburgh Press In his stunning new novel, bestselling novelist James A. Michener draws on his unparalleled gift for storytelling, his deep understanding of American society, and his own life experiences to illuminate the challenges of aging and the folly of youth in a Florida retirement home known as the Palms. As the new, young director of the ...
"A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws, Anglos and Hispanics, frontier and settlement, money and power...James Michener is something rare and valuable: an honorable craftsman doing honorable work....He manages to make history vivid and palatable to the reader." THE BOSTON GLOBE Texas. A land of sprawling diversity and unparalleled richness; a dazzling chapter in the history of our nati...
In his triumphant best seller, James Michener unfolds a powerful and poignant drama of six young runaways adrift in a world they have created out of dreams, drugs, and dedication to pleasure. With the sure touch of a master, Michener pulls us into the dark center of their private world, whether it's in Spain, Marrakech, or Mozambique, and exposes the naked nerve ends with shocking candor and ...
David Harper was an orphan, loney and impoverished. But his longing to embrace the world that abandoned him was stronger than the harsh realities. And even though he's a con man and petty thief at a carnival, he still dreams. For it was there that David learned about love and about womenall of whom taught him the riches of himself. Here is a rich segment of American lifea magic blend of longin...
"Michener is America's best writer, and he proves it once again in CENTENNIAL." THE PITTSBURGH PRESS A stunning panorama of the West, CENTENNIAL is an enthralling celebration of our country, brimming with the glory and the greatness of the American past that only bestselling author James Michener could bring to stunning life. From the Native Americans, the migrating white men and women, the...