Sergey Dovlatov was born in evacuation and died in exile. As a writer, he was formed in Leningrad, but success came to him in America, where he lived since 1979. His artistic thought with a visible paradox, justified by life experience, is simple and noble: to tell how people live strangely, sometimes sadly laughing, then sadly grieving. There are no righteous people in his books, because there...

In Bonk, the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn't Viagra help women-or, for that matter, pandas? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Mary Roach shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm-two of the most complex, delightful, and...

The novel *Oblomov* represents the pinnacle of I. A. Goncharov’s literary career. Published in 1859, it elicited a mixed response from critics. Goncharov not only portrayed a remarkable and paradoxical type of Russian character but also turned the name into a household term, defining this specific lifestyle as ‘Oblomovism.’ Some viewed Oblomov as a symbol of Russia’s stagnation and a sign of...

Madame Bovary - the most famous and most perfect novel by Gustave Flaubert. Having chosen a very unassuming plot for his book, the author created a work timeless. For the past century and a half, readers have not ceased to worry about the fate of a romantic-minded woman who, marrying an ordinary man, continues to look for all-consuming love, which leads her to cheating on her husband and her...

Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of a boy known as Siddhartha from the Indian subcontinent during the time of Lord Buddha. In a very simple prose, Hesse has conveyed a very profound message for all seekers. A brahmin boy follows his heart and goes through various lives to finally understand what it means to be enlightened. He experiences life as a...

This book is the first attempt to bridge the divide between studies addressing “economic nationalism” as a deliberate ideology and movement of economic “nation-building,” and the literature concerned with more diffuse expressions of economic “nationness” – from national economic symbols and memories to the “banal” world of product advertising. The editors draw attention to the importance of...

The work of Jack London attracts readers with its sincerity, wealth of imagination, dangerous adventures and extraordinary vitality. At the end of the 19th century gold was found in Alaska, and people from all over the world rushed to find their happiness. A young writer from San Francisco, Christopher Bellew, tired of working too hard for a magazine, goes with his uncle to Klondike to help his...

Before you is a book from the series Classics in School, which contains all the works studied in elementary school, middle and high schools. Do not waste time searching for literary works, because these books have everything you need to read in the school curriculum: for reading in the classroom and for out-of-class assignments. Rid your child of long searches and lessons not learned. The book...

The book includes the fairy tale of P. Ershov The Little Humpbacked Horse, which is studied in primary school.