The Space Race to Mars! The Red Planet has always fascinated mankind and has been the target for probes and the goals for manned spaceflight. Examines Soviet and American designs and plans - both realized and theoretical for manned and unmanned exploration.

Weekday feat: Blockade life 'in Leningrad in diaries, drawings, documents. A look at the historic and tragic Leningrad blockade from the 8th of September 1941 - 27 January 1944.

The book is dedicated to the most mysterious city connecting Europe and Asia — Istanbul. The heir of ancient Byzantium, the city became the successor of the great Constantinople — the capital of the largest Orthodox empire of the Middle Ages, turning into the center of the Ottoman Empire and an attraction for Muslims from all over the world. The everyday life of Istanbul in its brilliant era,...

Lynn Visson is one of the most experienced UN simultaneous translators in our country, with many years of service under her belt. She works in New York, where she was born and raised by her family, who has a history of Russian ancestry. Visson studied at Harvard, where she received her doctorate, and then worked as a professor of Russian language and literature at Columbia University. She went...

Литературное наследие сестер Бронте вошло в сокровищницу национальной английской культуры, завоевав признание далеко за пределами Англии. Особый успех выпал на долю романа Шарлотты Бронте «Джейн Эйр». Написанный с искренностью и страстью, роман не стареет и не теряет своего обаяния. «Джейн Эйр» до сих пор остается одним из наиболее востребованных классических произведений XIX века и постоянно...

Original title: The Hydrogen Economy. The road to global security, writes Jeremy Rifkin, 'lies in lessening our dependence on Middle East oil and making sure that all people on Earth have access to the energy they need to sustain life. Weaning the world off oil and turning it toward hydrogen is a promissory note for a safer world.' Rifkin's international bestseller The Hydrogen Economy...