Pierre Boulle

A classic novel of the Pacific theater of the Second World War re-creates the events surrounding the construction of a Japanese supply bridge over the River Kwai by British prisoners-of-war during World War II. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

A Novel

The Bridge Over the River Kwai

Maymunlar Gezegeni

En l'an 2500, le professeur Antelle, son second Arthur Levain et le journaliste Ulysse Mérou sont en expédition vers l'étoile Bételgeuse, quand ils remarquent une planète étrangement similaire à la Terre qu'ils décident ainsi d'explorer. Une fois posés, ils découvrent des villes, des routes et des paysages en tout point semblables à ceux de notre planète, jusqu'à ce qu'ils rencontrent la belle Nova, nue, incapable de parler, ni même de sourire. Les hommes de sa tribu, qui accueillent Ulysse, sont également privés de parole et communiquent par des hululements. Plus surprenant encore, tous se font attaquer par des singes, vêtus en élégante tenue de chasse. Retenu prisonnier par des gorilles, Ulysse comprend rapidement que sur cette planète la hiérarchie animale a été inversée : les singes dominent les hommes, réduits à l'état purement animal. Alors, quand il révèle son intelligence aux singes Zira et Zaïus, il lui faudra apporter la preuve de son humanité à une espèce qui a perdu la trace de son origine.

La planète des singes

Uma tripulação de cientistas desbrava o espaço e descobre uma terrível verdade: no mundo em que pousaram, os seres humanos não passam de bestas selvagens a serviço da espécie dominante: os macacos. Desde as primeiras páginas até o desfecho surpreendente – ainda mais impactante do que a famosa cena que encerra o filme de 1968 –, O planeta dos macacos é um romance de tirar o fôlego, com boa dose de inquietação e sarcasmo. Publicado pela primeira vez em 1963, o livro inspirou uma das franquias mais bem-sucedidas da história do cinema. Com milhões de exemplares vendidos ao redor do mundo, O planeta dos macacos é um dos maiores clássicos da ficção científica, imprescindível aos fãs de cultura pop.

O Planeta dos Macacos

A chilling dystopian vision of the ultimate role reversal, a cult hit since the 1960s. In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, Ulysse, a journalist, sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. He finds there a planet which resembles his own, but on Soror humans behave like animals, and are hunted by a civilised race of primates. Captured and sent to a research facility, Ulysse must convince the apes of their mutual origins. But such revelations will have always been greeted by prejudice and fear...

Planet of the Apes

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Le pont de la rivière Kwai

Planeta maimuțelor

The original novel that inspired the films! First published more than fifty years ago, Pierre Boulle’s chilling novel launched one of the greatest science fiction sagas in motion picture history. In the not-too-distant future, three astronauts land on what appears to be a planet just like Earth, with lush forests, a temperate climate, and breathable air. But while it appears to be a paradise, nothing is what it seems. They soon discover the terrifying truth: On this world humans are savage beasts, and apes rule as their civilized masters. In an ironic novel of nonstop action and breathless intrigue, one man struggles to unlock the secret of a terrifying civilization, all the while wondering: Will he become the savior of the human race, or the final witness to its damnation? In a shocking climax that rivals that of the original movie, Boulle delivers the answer in a masterpiece of adventure, satire, and suspense.

Tells of the race to the moon. The story begins as the rocket experts work at Peenemunde; it continues as the German defeat scatters the scientists to America, to Russia, to France, to Japan.

Garden on the Moon

A group of scientists dissatisfied with world conditions establish a global government that speedily banishes the world's ills, but other ills take their place.

Desperate Games

Planeta maimutelor

The anti-hero is John Butler, back from the war in the Far East branded a coward, a man for whom heroin had become a means of retreat from the horrors of battle. An addict now, he seeks help at a clinic and listens to the oft-repeated exhortation to find a consuming interest into which he can channel all his energies and aspirations. Butler concentrates on the one interest the war has left him - heroin. The combination of his past contacts as a chemistry student at University and his present contact as a drug pusher pave the way to an obsession. Provided with a secret laboratory by the head of the drug organization which employs him, he succeeds in perfecting a technique for producing the purest heroin ever refined. This however, is only the beginning of Butler's cure.

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