“Pahupidikooli isemoodi lood”
Pahupidikool pidi olema ühekorruseline hoone, kus oleks kõrvuti kolmkümmend klassiruumi. Kuid selle asemel ehitati kolmekümnekorruseline hoone, igale korrusel üks klassiruum. See on kindlasti üks põhjus, miks selles koolis juhtub kummalisi ja koomilisi asju, eriti kolmekümnendal korrusel. Seal kohtate proua Mürki, kooli kõige kurjemat õpetajat, kes vihkab lapsi, kuid armastab õunu, ja proua Pärlit, kelle puhul […]
“Mälestuste radadel III”
Saateks “Mälestuste radadel” III tuleb, et jätkata eelmistes köidetes alustatud ja käidud teekonda. Oma rännakul olen jõudnud ajani, mil õpingud olid lõpetatud ja enesele seatud sihtide saavutamiseks tuli “astuda ellu”. Tee viis mind nüüd Palamuse ja Pärnu kaudu Laiusele 13 aastaks elukutseese ja ametisse, milleks olin valmistunud. Selle köite lehekülgedel peaks kajastuma elu ja olukord […]
“Surnud tulevad tagasi. Raamat Vorkutast”
Sunnitööle Siberisse ja külmale maale asumisele saatmine on eestlastele juba ammust ajast üks süngemaid mõisteid, ehkki sinna meie inimesi sattus aasta kohta võib-olla vaid üks-kaks. Millist masendust omal ajal sisaldas meie inimestele sõna Siber, võime meenutada Ed. Vilde romaanist “Külmale maale”, milles küll ei näidata sunnitööd ennast ega asumist metsikuis oludes, vaid mis sisaldab ainult […]
“Teekond läbi öö. Neljas osa”
Kui läksime lahku ja surusime kuumalt üksteise kätt, andis ta mulle kaasa oma südame ja ütles – hoia seda. Nüüd kiusab mind vahel seesugune mõte, et kui kord jälle kohtan toda sõpra, kes andis mulle hoiule nii tulikalli eseme, ütleme, kas homme, tunahomme või veel mõne kaguema päeva pärast, kas ta siis ei hakka kohe […]
“Siin kohtuvad kõik teed”
Romaan Saateks Käesolev romaan on ühe taani noorema põlve tuntuima ja tunnustatuima romaani- ja novellikirjaniku teoseid. Aage Dons on sündinud 1903. a. mõisarentniku pojana. Lõpetas Haslevi reaalkooli 1918, astus samas gümnaasiumi, kuid siirdus sealt Kopenhaageni, tahtes sooritada eksternina küpsuseksami. Ei teostanud seda aga, oli üksindane ja rahutu, tundes eneses annet. Algul unistas ta muusikalisest karjäärist […]
“Uputus”
Romaan Jurnas vähkreb Taevaranna tarenurgas voodil. Varahommikuses hämus ei seleta silm asjade ja nägemuste vahet. Pikad unelained ujutavad üle meelte, kisuvad lühikesteks virvendusteks ja lahenevad lõpuks uduks, mis kõik piirid ja vahemaad kokku sulatab. Kell tiksub tareseinal katkendlikult ja hädiselt, kilk kriiksub roosteselt savimüüri vahel ja tõuk nagistab kõrva ääres. Voodigi kägiseb liigutuste järgi. Häälte […]
“On Beauty”
Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautiful? Set between New England and London, On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families – the Belseys and the Kipps – and a clutch of doomed affairs. It puts low […]
“Humanism vs Humanity”
This lengthy and fascinating essay focuses on the question “What does it mean to be a human being?” It argues for the view that a human can act as a human only by communication with other humans, which in turn inevitably implies morality, culture, division of labor between the sexes, etc. Many of these phenomena […]
“M.I.L.K Friendship”
Good times made better and bad times forgotten due to the healing magic of friendship. – Maeve Binchy
“Warcraft I. Durotan. Eellugu”
Oli kord viljakandev maa nimega Draenor. Seal elasid tundmatuid loomi küttivad ja aeg-ajalt omavahel lahinguid löövad vaprate orkide klannid. Nende kõrval eksiteerisid niisama ebaharilikud draeneused. Põhjapoolsematel aladel olid talved karmid ja suved lühikesed, mida lõunapoolsete suguvendade sissetungi eest kaitses mäeahelik. Korraga hakkas Draenor aga muutuma, lõunapoolsetel aladel hakkasid saakloomad haigestuma ega siginud enam, taimed kärbusid, […]
“Coronado”
Though best known for his hugely successful novels, Dennis Lehane is also a master of the short story. This collection, his first to be published in the UK, includes the story “Running out of Dog” which was featured in the best American mystery stories 2005 and the best American mystery stories of the century. It […]
“An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years Of Upper Class Idiots In Charge”
Many of us were put off history by the dry and dreary way it was taught at school. Back then ‘The Origins of the Industrial Revolution’ somehow seemed less compelling than the chance to test the bold claim on Timothy Johnson’s “Shatterproof” ruler. But here at last is a chance to have a good laugh […]
“The Oxford Murders”
On a balmy summer’s day in Oxford an old lady who once helped decipher the Enigma Code is killed. After receiving a cryptic anonymous note containing only the address and the symbol of a circle, Arthur Seldom, a leading mathematician, arrives to find the body. Then follow more murders – an elderly man on a […]
“Dawkins vs. Gould. Survival of the Fittest”
An international bestseller when originally published, this brand-new and completely revised edition updates the story of one of science’s most vigorous arguments. Science has seen its fair share of punch-ups over the years, but one debate, in the field of biology, has become notorious for its intensity. Over the last twenty years, Richard Dawkins and […]
“The Death of Grass”
A post-apocalyptic vision of the world pushed to the brink by famine, John Christopher’s science fiction masterpiece The Death of Grass includes an introduction by Robert MacFarlane in Penguin Modern Classics. At first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated Asia, causing mass starvation and […]
“The God Effect. Quantum Entanglement, Science’s Strangest Phenomenon”
What is entanglement? It’s a connection between quantum particles, the building blocks of the universe. Once two particles are entangled, a change to one of them is reflected – instantly – in the other, be they in the same lab or light-years apart. So counterintuitive is this phenomenon and its implications that Einstein himself called […]
“Allah’s Scorpion”
Under the cover of a moonless night, al-Quaida operatives made their way inside the infamous Camp Delta prison on the American base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Their goal was to free five prisoners. But their attempt fails. The rescuers and prisoners, all former Iranian Navy submarine crewmen, were all killed. Their freedom was to be […]
“New Moon”
I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. “Shoot,” I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. “No!” Edward roared… Dazed and disorientated, I looked up from the bright red blood […]
“Wolf of the Plains”
The epic story of the great conqueror. The first book in the bestselling Conqueror series featuring Genghis Khan and his descendants. “I am the land and the bones of the hills. I am the winter.” Temujin, the second son of the khan of the Wolves tribe, was only eleven when his father died in an […]
