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A worker at a waste paper collection center, Hanta, has worked at a printing press for thirty-five years. He rescues rare books from piles of paper, reads them, and is thus ''educated against his will.'' The novella Too Noisy Solitude is Hanta’s inner monologue with many recurring motifs. The reader gets to know Hanta’s first love, Mancinka, and the gypsy Ilonka, who disappeared in a...

The original text and translation on the pages of one book is an effective way to improve knowledge of the English language.

The story of nineteen-year-old Paul Baeumer, who went from school to the front as an unsuspecting war volunteer, is now common knowledge. But when you read it again, the impression is again shocking: how Baeumer experiences the whole brutality of the carnage and the senseless deaths of his comrades instead of the hoped-for enthusiasm for the war and a short adventure is touching and outrageous.

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How Christopher Johnson McCandless...

Judy Moody is in a jealous mood. Jealous of classmate Jessica Finch, that is, who gets her picture on the front page of the newspaper. When Judy sets off in pursuit of her own fame and happiness, watch out! She's so determined, she just might find it - or she might merely become more INFAMOUS than ever.

There are mysterious thieves in Elvestad. The yeast from the baker's Monsen's warehouse, barrels intended for the construction of the bathing pier and juniper bushes from the park are disappearing. Detective Bureau 2 is investigating the case. Tiril, Oliver, and Otto's tracker dog pursue the culprits. To work!

The book is an adaptation of one of the best novels by the famous American writer Mark Twain (1835-1910) 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'. This is a fascinating story about a cheerful and quick-witted boy from a provincial American town and his friends with whom amazing adventures take place. This guide will help high school students prepare for the State Core English Examination. The text of the...

Compiled by a leading Russian specialist on the Caucasus, this dictionary was not previously published - the author was a victim of Stalin's regime and died in 1941. The dictionary includes a description of the Tabasaran language and examples of Tabasaran texts compiled by the author.