Aldos Leonard Huxley bol významný anglický spisovateľ a filozof. Narodil sa v Surrvey do rodiny akademikov, ktorá sa zaoberala prírodovedným a humanitným vedám. Z tohto dôvodu Huxley nechodil do školy a bol v opatere súkromných učiteľov.
Aldos Leonard Huxley bol významný anglický spisovateľ a filozof. Narodil sa v Surrvey do rodiny akademikov, ktorá sa zaoberala prírodovedným a humanitným vedám. Z tohto dôvodu Huxley nechodil do školy a bol v opatere súkromných učiteľov.
Could drugs offer a new way of seeing the world? In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything, ... Zobraziť viac
In his final novel, which he considered his most important, Aldous Huxley transports us to the remote Pacific island of Pala, where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years... Zobraziť viac
In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen... Zobraziť viac
Discover the brave new world of Aldous Huxley's classic novel, written in 1932, which prophesied a society which expects maximum pleasure and accepts complete surveillance - no matter what the cost... Zobraziť viac
A gripping biography by the author of Brave New WorldIn 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with ... Zobraziť viac
The dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in love with the luscious... Zobraziť viac
Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone in feeling discontent, ... Zobraziť viac
Contemporary / British English. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is one of the great works of science fiction.It is the year After Ford 632 in the New World. People are born and live by scientific methods. There is worldwide happiness and order... Zobraziť viac
Discover this profound account of Huxley's famous experimentation with mescalin that has influenced writers and artists for decades.... Zobraziť viac
Anthony Beavis is a man inclined to recoil from life. His past is haunted by the death of his best friend Brian and by his entanglement with the cynical and manipulative ... Zobraziť viac
It is Christmas Eve, and John Rivers is thinking about the past; about his sheltered upbringing; about an extraordinary time spent as a lab assistant to the great physicist Henry Maartens; about Maartens' beautiful wife, Katy, and about a love affair... Zobraziť viac
Could drugs offer a new way of seeing the world? In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes ... Zobraziť viac
In his prescient vision of the 21st century, Huxley explores Buddhist ideology, nuclear threat and big oil corporate greed.... Zobraziť viac
Welcome to New London. Everybody is happy here. Our perfect society achieved peace and stability through the prohibition of monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself. Now everyone belongs.You can be happy too. All you need to do is take your Som Zobraziť viac
Eksklyuzivnaya klassika «O divnyy novyy mir» — izyskannaya i ostroumnaya antiutopiya o geneticheski programmiruyemom «obshchestve potrebleniya», v kotorom razvorachivayetsya tragicheskaya ... Zobraziť viac
Jo Stoyte is afraid of death. But Stoyte is also a millionaire, and so he pours his riches into scientific research, desperate to find the secret of immortality. This ruthless quest will enmesh everyone around him in a web of greed, seduction, murder... Zobraziť viac
When inspiration leads Theodore Gumbril to design a type of pneumatic trouser cushion to ease the discomfort of sedentary life, he decides the time has come to give up teaching and seek ... Zobraziť viac
Denis Stone, a naive young poet, is invited to stay at Crome, a country house renowned for its gatherings of 'bright young things'. His hosts, Henry Wimbush and his exotic wife Priscilla, are joined by a party... Zobraziť viac
In a renovated Italian palace set above the blue of the sea, the Junoesque figure of Mrs Aldwinkle moves among her guests. These include a poet who earns his living editing The Rabbit Fancier's Gazette; a popular novelist ... Zobraziť viac
