A young man's odyssey of self discovery in a world eerily alien, yet hauntingly familiar. Set thirteen centuries in the future, A. A. Attanasio meticulously creates a brilliantly realized Earth, rich in detail and filled with beings brought to life with intense energy. In this strange and beautiful world, Sumner Kagan will change from an adolescent outcast to a warrior with god-like powers and in the process take us on an epic and transcendent journey. Nebula Award Nominee

A young man's odyssey of self discovery in a world eerily alien, yet hauntingly familiar. Set thirteen centuries in the future, A. A. Attanasio meticulously creates a brilliantly realized Earth, rich in detail and filled with beings brought to life with intense energy. In this strange and beautiful world, Sumner Kagan will change from an adolescent outcast to a warrior with god-like powers and in the process take us on an epic and transcendent journey. Nebula Award Nominee

"A grand and glorious visionary epic."-Robert Silverberg *** Set in the artificial planetary system of Chalco-Doror, which is no more and no less than a vast cosmic machine, The Last Legends of Earth is a love story, a gripping saga of struggle against alien control, and an examination of the machinery of creation and destruction. Above all, it is world-building of the highest and grandest order, on a scale rarely seen in science fiction since the great works of Olaf Stapledon.

THE ARC - EARTH'S LAST HOPE? The Arc, a being of immense power, trapped within a continuum too small, fights for its freedom. Its monumental struggle will touch a few select individuals on Earth-and in doing so, change their lives forever. The Arc may also be the last hope for humanity's survival. ***** Another mind-bending work from the critically acclaimed author of Radix.

130 BILLION YEARS INTO THE FUTURE....One star-chained evening in a Manhattan bathroom, Carl Schirmer spontaneously transforms into light....Then, 130 billion years later, when all of spacetime is collapsing into the vast nothingness of the cosmic black hole, Carl Schirmer is remade from the remnants of his light. He is reborn in time's last world, the strangest of all-the Werld....There, Carl discovers the Foke, nomadic humans who travel among the floating islands of the Werld. Among them he finds the beautiful Evoë, and their life together is blissful in this kingdom that knows no aging or disease. But it is cut brutally short when Evoë is captured by the zotl, a spidery intelligence who hunt the Foke and eat them in an excrutiating fashion. In order to save her life, Carl must return to Earth-130 billion years earlier-where he is shocked to discover that the Earth he's come back to is not the one he left....Can he meet the harsh demands of his task before the zotl find him and begin ravishing the Earth?

Rabochaya tetrad' soderzhit uprazhneniya k kazhdomu uroku uchebnika. Intensivnyj nachal'nyj kommunikativnyj kurs russkogo yazyka dlya vzroslykh. V dvukh chastyakh. Pervaya chast' sostoit iz uchebnika, rabochej tetradi, audioprilozheniya (70 min.). Rasschitana na 120-150 uchebnykh chasov (elementarnyj uroven' A1).Rekomenduetsya dlya raboty s prepodavatelem na intensivnykh kursakh russkogo yazyka v Rossii i za rubezhom, dlya podgotovitel'nykh otdelenij rossijskikh vuzov, kruzhkov pri kul'turnykh tsentrakh i narodnykh universitetakh.Kazhdyj urok vklyuchaet v sebya rechevoj etiket, grammatiku, tekst, pritekstovye zadaniya, uprazhneniya, igrovye zadaniya, teksty-shutki. Illyustratsii.Pervaya chast' sostoit iz uchebnika, rabochej tetradi, audioprilozheniya (70 min.). Rasschitana na 120-150 uchebnykh chasov (elementarnyj uroven' A1).Rekomenduetsya dlya raboty s prepodavatelem na intensivnykh kursakh russkogo yazyka v Rossii i za rubezhom, dlya podgotovitel'nykh otdelenij rossijskikh vuzov, kruzhkov pri kul'turnykh tsentrakh i narodnykh universitetakh.Kazhdyj urok vklyuchaet v sebya rechevoj etiket, grammatiku, tekst, pritekstovye zadaniya, uprazhneniya, igrovye zadaniya, teksty-shutki. Illyustratsii.

Diffuse Lewy body disease is a common type of dementia that shares similarities with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. However, primary care physicians need to recognize the crucial differences between these entities to make appropriate treatment decisions and offer realistic prognoses. In this article, Dr Stewart describes the characteristics of diffuse Lewy body disease and ways to optimize the quality of life for patients affected by it.

Original Publication Date: May 2003

Diffuse Lewy body disease is a common type of dementia that shares similarities with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. However, primary care physicians need to recognize the crucial differences between these entities to make appropriate treatment decisions and offer realistic prognoses. In this article, Dr Stewart describes the characteristics of diffuse Lewy body disease and ways to optimize the quality of life for patients affected by it.

Original Publication Date: May 2003

Workbook to accompany the textbook "Zhili-byli... 12 urokov". The textbook for the intermediate level learners continues intensive course of Russian. Materials of this texbook include 12 lessons (Family, House, City, Shopping, Education, Traditions, etc.) and designed for approximately 120 hours of study. Audio supplement is also available.