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Epic. That’s the word that pops up in one’s mind after the first thought about famous George Martin’s series "A Song of Ice and Fire”. Fantastic in their scope novels about Westeros impress the readers with realistic descriptions of merely everything and with detailed portrayal of the characters’ development. Everything began in 1991, when American writer George Martin started a book called "A Gam... Read More

Both fans of original series of novels "A Song of Ice and Fire” and those of TV series "A Game of Thrones” anticipated the fourth book in a row with great excitement. We are now proud to offer you to listen online to "A Feast of Crows”. Right after the publishing this fantasy novel settles as New York Times Bestseller, what happens rarely in this genre. George Martine continues to describe in his... Read More

Notwithstanding the fact that the fourth book in "A Song of Ice and Fire” was a #1 bestseller in USA, critics were not very positive about it, calling its plot uninteresting and halting. On the contrast, the fifth book received great support from literature experts and bit the selling record of its predecessor. "A Dance with Dragons” has everything in it that we like in George Martin’s work. It is... Read More

East of Eden, John Steinbeck’s passionate and exhilarating epic, re-creates the seminal stories of Genesis through the intertwined lives of two American families. Spanning the period between the American Civil War and the end of World War I, the novel highlights the conflicts of two generations of brothers, the first being the kind, gentle Adam Trask and his wild brother Charles. Adam eventuall... Read More

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction writer best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his long novels of fantasy, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer. Published in 1965, Frank Herbert’s Dune is a classic science fiction novel about Paul Atreides... Read More

Frank Herbert created the most beloved novels in the annals of science fiction. He was a man of many facets, of countless passageways that ran through an intricate mind. Dune Messiah is a science fiction novel and the second in his Dune series of six novels. It was originally serialized in Galaxy magazine in 1969. The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, deals... Read More

Children of Dune is a 1976 science fiction novel land the third in his Dune series of six novels. Initially selling over 75,000 copies, it became the first hardcover best-seller ever in the science fiction field. Dune is considered one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, and Frank Herbert left a lasting legacy to fans and family alike. In Children of Dune, Alia has become the gu... Read More

Frank Herbert was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. He is best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. Herbert began researching Dune in 1959. He was able to devote himself wholeheartedly to his writing career because his wife returned to work full-time as an advertising writer for department stores, becoming the breadwinner during the 19... Read More

Heretics of Dune is a 1984 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the fifth in his Dune series of six novels. It was ranked as the #13 hardcover fiction best seller of 1984 by The New York Times. Heretics of Dune tells of life 3,500 years after the death of the Tyrant, Leto II, as ferocious "Honored Matres" stream in from the "Scattering," and the Bene Gesserit work to unite a ghola, Duncan Id... Read More

Frank Herbert, in full Frank Patrick Herbert, was an American science-fiction writer noted as the author of the best-selling Dune series of futuristic novels, a group of highly complex works that explore such themes as ecology, human evolution, the consequences of genetic manipulation, and mystical and psychic possibilities. Dune took six years of research and writing to complete and it was muc... Read More