Osip Mandelstam - one of the greatest Russian poets of the twentieth century, essayist, translator, literary critic. His tragic fate was a reflection of the catastrophic events in the history of Russia. From student studies and the first publications of t

Franny Stone has always been the kind of woman who is able to love but unable to stay. Leaving behind everything but her research gear, she arrives in Greenland with a singular purpose: to follow the last Arctic terns in the world on what might be their f

So here is the story of when Findus was little and disappeared. Findus and Pettson live in a red farmhouse, with a henhouse, workshop, and toolshed set among the forests, fields, and meadows of rural Sweden. Every picture tells a story, with a fascinating

A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned—a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When...

In popular psychology, there is an opinion that, faced with a choice of two evils, a person always decides to take the path that requires the least effort. Is it so? What drives a person who chooses to become a traitor? How to live with the wrong choice?

Businessman Fedya (bottom line on the Forbes list, but enough for a yacht and a harem) is fed up with earthly pleasures: everything that beckoned in his youth and was achieved in maturity has lost its taste and meaning. A kind of mephistopheles appears on board his houseboat - a certain Damian Ulitin with an offer that the owner is unable to refuse. Damian is the founder of Fuji Experiences, a...

About love that is stronger than death. About that light and this darkness. Mysteries of consciousness and their clues. Fundamentals vampoekonomiki. Gynecology of protest. The firm guarantees: Not a word about the swamp! For the first time in the world l

This book is a living classic about humanism, new meanings of old words, media coverage of wars and true love.

Kira lives in the closed northern city of Sulima, where the locals poach. Lee is on a university campus in the US, doing research at the intersection of contemporary art and anthropology. Tanya is in modern Moscow, making documentaries. Unbeknownst to the

Alexey Polyarinov's novel resembles a complex system of lakes. It has cyberpunk, David Mitchell's majestic designs, Borges, and David Foster Wallace... But its heroes - a young journalist, hacker and artist - live in Moscow and resist the onset of a brave

A fascinating and colorful book will introduce the child to the outside world, expand his horizons and arouse interest in knowledge. The fabulous ones are included in the long assortment line of the Children's Encyclopedia series, which is distinguished b

Oscar Wilde presents a unique twist on the age-old doppelganger motif in his only novel, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray.’ The story revolves around Dorian Gray, a youthful and affluent individual who possesses a portrait that ages in his place. Unrestrained, Dorian indulges in various pleasures and debaucheries, eventually descending into the realm of murder. Despite his immoral actions, Dorian...