The famous children's writer Nikolai Nikolaevich Nosov wrote not only short stories, novellas, and novels, but he also composed poems. He wrote about his beloved character Dunno and his friends – Gunka, Toropyzhka, Znaika, Pilyulkin... The book ‘Poems about Dunno and other little people’ contains all the poems about the little boys and girls. For preschool age.

‘The collection includes three works: the novellas ‘Notes from Underground’ (1864), ‘The Eternal Husband’ (1870), and the short story ‘Bobok’ (1873). ‘Notes from Underground’ is perhaps the most prophetic of all of Dostoevsky's works. In it, the writer largely anticipated the ideas of the 20th century, including the prose of Camus and Sartre, and for the first time showed that the irrational,...

This book is highly recommended as a reference book for family reading and for use in all educational institutions. And as for government officials and other persons in positions of power, they should consider it their duty to familiarize themselves with this work, lest their exercise of power turn into an even greater misfortune for the Fatherland.

‘The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ is a classic of ‘horror literature,’ a work whose popularity only increases with time. This short novel about a Victorian scientist who conducts a daring and dangerous experiment on himself, thereby unleashing his dark ‘self’ from the depths of his subconscious – the sinister villain and murderer Mr. Hyde – continues to stir minds and hearts,...

E. Jabbarova's new novel is a branching narrative where the plot lines initially seem unrelated, but ultimately converge. What does it mean to find a home, and what does it mean to lose it? How is a family history formed? What makes people feel closeness and kinship with one another? Grappling with these questions, the characters are in constant, intense motion – in a desperate attempt to...

In seinem skandalträchtigen Roman zeichnet Klaus Mann das Porträt des Schauspielers Hendrik Höfgens, der es im Deutschland der 1930er Jahre zum gefeierten Star der Nationalsozialisten bringt. Mephisto erzählt Höfgens Leben von seinen Anfängen bis ins Jahr 1936 und enthüllt dabei die Kompromisse und Verrate, die seinen Aufstieg ermöglichen. Allzu deutlich trägt die Figur die Züge von Gustaf...

Sprachgewaltig, modern, mitreißend: Der Spiegelbestseller über eine legendäre historische Figur und eine aus den Fugen geratene Welt vom international gefeierten Daniel Kehlmann. Tyll Ulenspiegel - Vagant, Schausteller und Provokateur - wird zu Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts als Müllerssohn geboren. Sein Vater, ein Magier und Welterforscher, gerät mit der Kirche in Konflikt. Tyll muss fliehen, die...