Margaret Mitchell’s page-turning, sweeping American epic has been a classic for over eighty years. Beloved and thought by many to be the greatest of the American novels, Gone with the Wind is a story of love, hope and loss set against the tense historical background of the American Civil War.

The Bridge on the Drina is a vivid depiction of the suffering history has imposed upon the people of Bosnia from the late 16th century to the beginning of World War I. As we seek to make sense of the current nightmare in this region, this remarkable, timely book serves as a reliable guide to its people and history.

This collection includes two novels by Conan Doyle about the adventures of the immortal duo from 221B Baker Street – the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ is perhaps the most famous of the Sherlock Holmes stories. For two centuries now, new generations of readers have followed with unwavering enthusiasm and fascination...

Three immortal masterpieces of world drama, translated into all major languages, belonging to the golden fund of literature of all times and peoples, and still performed on the best stages of the world today and adapted for the screen a total of 43 times (including in our country). The dramatic poem ‘Peer Gynt,’ with its whimsical combination of reality and mysticism, social satire, and...

More than a hundred years have passed since the first Sherlock Holmes story was published, and readers all over the world still eagerly immerse themselves in the world of fascinating and dangerous adventures, the special charm of which lies in the firm conviction that everything will end well, because there are several dozen stories!

‘The Three Musketeers’ is the most famous historical adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, telling the story of the dangerous and exciting adventures of the brave Gascon d'Artagnan, the noble Athos, the cheerful Porthos, and the mysterious Aramis.

Written during the turmoil of the English Civil War, Leviathan is an ambitious and highly original work of political philosophy. Claiming that man's essential nature is competitive and selfish, Hobbes formulates the case for a powerful sovereign—or Leviathan—to enforce peace and the law, substituting security for the anarchic freedom he believed human beings would otherwise experience. This...

When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. With its sensitive...

In this amazing philosophical book, which ridicules the modern insane world, the absurdity and cruelty of human actions, fantasy and reality, madness and logic, author and character, truth and falsehood, fact and fiction merge into one.

The masterpiece of military prose, ‘Volokolamsk Highway,’ has been translated into ten languages. It vividly describes the terrible days of the defense of Moscow during the Great Patriotic War... Ernesto Che Guevara was captivated by the novel, and when asked which of the heroes of World War II he considered his idol, Fidel Castro answered without hesitation: ‘Baurzhan Momysh-uly – the hero...

Every newcomer has their own Moscow. For the heroine of this book, the city is exactly as she wanted to see it: noisy, chaotic, but surprisingly not malicious – thanks to the wonderful people who are ready to offer help precisely when it seemed there was no one to turn to.

This collection includes immortal masterpieces of ancient comedy – such as ‘The Birds’ and ‘The Clouds,’ ‘Lysistrata’ and ‘The Frogs,’ ‘The Two Menaechmi,’ ‘The Grouch,’ and ‘The Girl from Andros.’ And although the plots of these magnificent comedies transport us to the distant past, the characters and human types described in them are just as familiar to us today as they were to the...