By 1914 the powers of Europe were sliding inexorably toward war, and they pulled the Middle East along with them into one of the most destructive conflicts in human history. In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region's crucial role in...

Funny short stories for small children.

A collection of poetry.

Marx held that the progression of society from capitalism to communism was 'historically inevitable'. In Russia in 1917, it seemed that Marx's theory was being born out in reality. But was the Russian Revolution really inevitable? This collection of fourteen contributions from the world's leading Russian scholars attempts to answer the question by looking back at the key turning points of the...

Funny poems for children that contain all sorts of harmful advice.

The series ‘Reader for Extracurricular Reading’ is a collection of poems, fairy tales, stories and tales from the main list of extracurricular reading for students in grades 1-5 of a comprehensive school. All works are divided by genre and are intended for independent reading and reading at school. The texts of the works are printed without abbreviations. Color illustrations.

This is a new and unique linguistic and cultural dictionary that describes gestures and facial expressions that are common among native Russian speakers. It explains the meaning of gestures and expressions and provides examples of situations in which gestures and facial expression can be used and common expressions that may accompany them. Each entry includes examples from literature and, where...