It's the hottest day of the year, hotter than broccoli soup, hotter than the Atacama Desert, hotter than the surface of the sun. It's just the right kind of day for a boy and his granddad to go for a picnic. But as the sun beats down, Granddad keeps having to stop for a rest, and by the time they find the perfect picnic spot, some pirates have beaten them to it. Good thing they have enough food...

He is recognized as a great inventor and one of the founders of modern electrical engineering, but it is unlikely that only these merits could generate a huge interest in both his work and his personality. He earned millions, but died in poverty, patented more than 800 inventions, but he was considered the 'greatest charlatan' and 'genius madman', was at the origins of the invention of radio...

dubious, ready-made people hunt for the canvas of the unknown Alexander Berg? How is the image of an unremarkable house connected with the fate of the disappeared father, a lover of riddles, ciphers and hidden meanings? The 19-year-old hero, a journalism student, became interested in the picture only in order to write an educational report, and as a result, he was drawn into a detective story....

Андрей Платонович Платонов-советский прозаик, поэт, критик и публицист. В этой книге собраны его самые знаменитые и любимые детьми и взрослыми сказки. На их создание автора вдохновили яркие фольклорные сюжеты. Красочные иллюстрации помогут погрузиться в волшебный сказочный мир.

The book contains stories by Boris Zhitkov (1882-1938) from the cycles 'What Happened', 'About Animals', 'Sea Stories'. Curious children will read them with pleasure, having learned a lot of interesting facts for themselves.

Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. Nietzsche's utterance...

Даниил Александрович Гранин - классик русской литературы, солдат Второй мировой войны, гуманист, общественный деятель, почетный гражданин Санкт-Петербурга, лауреат литературных и государственных премий. По крайней мере трижды он становился истинным властителем умов: в пятидесятых-шестидесятых, когда появись романы 'Искатели' и «Иду на грозу», в конце семидесятых, после выхода 'Блокадной книги'...

Чего только не придумывают мамы, чтобы уложить ребенка спать, и на что только не идут дети, чтобы не заснуть. Уже много-много лет (больше сорока!) миллионы американских детей засыпают вместе с зайчонком, героем книги Маргарет Уайз Браун и Клемента Хёрда

Liam has always felt a bit like he's stuck between two worlds. This isprimarily because he's a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he's about thirty. Sometimes it's not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher on the first day of school or when he convinces a car dealer to let him take a Porsche out on a test drive. But mostly it's just frustrating, being a kid trapped in...

Кто-то ищет любовь во Всемирной паутине, а кто-то в заброшенной деревне. Кто-то ради любви колесит по земному шару, а кто-то готов променять большие города на маленький остров. Где бы ни происходило действие, читатель неожиданно узнает себя, своих соседей

Textbook for the intermediate level (B2) provides exercises and explanations for developing good listening skills. Audio supplement available via QR code.