Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp. But even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a...

Oedipus Rex, written by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, is a timeless classic of tragedy and one of the most well-known works of Western literature. It tells the story of Oedipus, King of Thebes, who unknowingly murders his father and marries his mother, fulfilling a prophecy that he had desperately attempted to avoid. The story is one of fate and its unavoidable power, as Oedipus’s...

Since childhood, Tatyana was called Mystery, first by her father, then by her friends. So all her life she has been surrounded by complete mysteries and mysteries. Before she had time to move away from her previous task, the police assigned her a new one, which at first does not look serious, only very strange. Two female corpses have disappeared from the city morgue without a trace! Both of...

Snowy landscapes of the winter forest, the beautiful Snow Maiden, fairy-tale characters - everything is in this book to make the approaching New Year an exciting and pleasant event. Illustrations by Anna Yudina. For primary school age.

‘The Black Hen, or the Underground Inhabitants’ is an extraordinary, enchanting story that Antony Pogorelsky wrote for his beloved nephew Alyosha, the future famous writer Alexei Tolstoy. This is the first work in the history of Russian literature written specifically for children.

She would do anything for Father. That's why she takes care of all her little sisters. That's why she runs end-of-the world drills. That's why she never asks questions. Because Father knows best. Until the day he doesn't. Until the day the government raids the compound and separates Piper from her siblings, from Mother, from the Aunts, from all of Father's followers--even from Caspian, the boy...

Three wonderful fairy tales ‘The Disheveled Sparrow’, ‘The Steel Ring’ and ‘Warm Bread’ are not like fairy tales. These are stories about ordinary children who believe in miracles, and therefore miracles happen to them.

Who are friends? Classmates, neighbors at the dacha, boys and girls in the yard or in extracurricular activities, or maybe a brother and sister or mom and dad? Everyone can be friends, the most faithful, cheerful inventors and playmates, or they can also be those with whom it’s even interesting to do homework. And your favorite authors can also be friends - A. Barto, E. Uspensky, S. Marshak, S....

When the Norwegian ambassador to Thailand is found dead in a Bangkok brothel, Inspector Harry Hole is dispatched from Oslo to help hush up the case. But once he arrives Harry discovers that this case is about much more than one random murder. There is something else, something more pervasive, scrabbling around behind the scenes. Or, put another way, for every cockroach you see in your hotel...

Over twenty years ago, the heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors - and the items stolen from her family were never recovered.