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"Записки дракона" - фантастический рассказа Надежды Мамаевой, жанр юмористическое фэнтези. История приключений неугомонной виконтессы и ее драконистого стража со специфическим чувством юмора. Рассказ состоит из двух частей: "Дневник дракона" и "Конспект дракона".

"Shkola Nyrjal'shhikov" - serija fjentezijnyh romanov Dmitrija Emca. V nej avtor sozdajot mir, pozvoljajushhij po-novomu vzgljanut' na samye privychnye veshhi. Glavnaja zadacha shnyrov - spasat' zhizni ljudej, riskuja svoej, i meshat' vocareniju zla v mire. Mnogo let nazad Mitjaj Zheltoglazyj, odin iz pervyh nyrjal'shhikov, nashel v drugom mire - dvushke - neobychnyj samorodok i vykoval iz nego figurku. Jeta figurka pomogaet ee obladatelju priruchit' drakona.

The White Dragon: Genesis is the story of the very beginning of an apocalyptic event as seen through the eyes of an 18-year-old girl. Nothing could have prepared her for what is about to happen and she has to face some seriously tough stuff before the end. During the 36 hours of terror that turn Kasey Byrne's life upside down and strip her of everything dear to her, something inside her awakens. It is gift and curse alike for it can destroy her or turn her into the most powerful weapon against the evil

William James Wintle (1861-1920) was a Welsh writer who later became Oblate for the Abbey of Caldey Island in Wales. It was there that he wrote a series of ghost tales for the entertainment of eight boys who attended there. Wintle wrote that the stories were originally told on Sunday nights while "crouching over a wood fire on a wind-swept island off the Western shore".

"Shkola Nyrjal'shhikov" - novaja serija fjentezijnyh romanov Dmitrija Emca. V nej avtor populjarnyh serialov "Tanja Grotter" i "Mefodij Buslaev" sozdajot mir, pozvoljajushhij po-novomu vzgljanut' na samye privychnye veshhi. Glavnaja zadacha shnyrov - spasat' zhizni ljudej, riskuja svoej, i meshat' vocareniju zla v mire. "Strekoza vtorogo shansa", chetvertaja kniga serii "Shkola Nyrjal'shhikov" ("ShNyr"). Zhivaja zakladka na pervyj vzgljad - obychnyj bulyzhnik.

A clause in the will of an old embittered aunt means that our hero has to choose between two women, cousins of his, of whom one is conventional and submissive and the other beautiful, erotic and unconventional. Trysts are held in the Italian garden in the presence of a stone dragon, a symbol of emotion frozen for all time, just as in a conventional marriage. The hero makes his choice, and unleashes a series of events which will not disappoint affectionados of the tragic gothic melodrama.

Don Paolo Drago, “dragon by name, dragon by nature,” appears to dominate this world, yet he barely controls his own thoughts and feelings. Despite himself, he is drawn into the destiny of two orphans. Yet tragedy stalks the life of Don Paolo. His own daughters and wife are dead and long buried in the grave. Like a living ghost, he waits for death, carrying on a wretched existence. His bitterness is his one defense, in a world full of emptiness. Yet the arrival of the orphans challenges everything he has believed.

Excerpts from the classic medieval poem, performed in the original language with English translation, original music, and commentary.