'June' by Dmitry Bykov is, as always, a vivid experiment. Three different stories are united by time and place. The end of the thirties and the middle of 1941. IFLI students, returning from exile, a mad philologist who thinks he has found a way to influence major decisions in the country through text. There is a premonition of war in the air, which the heroes of the novel both fear and rush. It...

First published in 'McClure's Magazine' between December of 1901 and October of 1901, 'Kim' is the story of Kim (Kimball) O'Hara, the orphaned son of a British soldier. Set against the backdrop of 'The Great Game' a political conflict between Russia and Great Britain in central Asia, the novel traces the life of the title character from begging and errand running on the streets of Lahore to his...

The era in which Andrei Bitov lived ... These are the years of the thaw - a time of hope, a bright entry into literature, and a period of 'stagnation', when the main novel 'Pushkin's House' could only be read in samizdat. And perestroika, and the turbulent 1990s, and transformations in the country - a different breath, changes in life and work. An intellectual writer, a unique interlocutor -...

Out of jail and up to no good, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are robbers on a mission. They've been stealing eggs from the fat red hen, and now they have their eyes set on the real prize-the fat red hen herself. They think their plan is foolproof, but they haven't counted on one very tiny, very quiet thing. The ladybug has outsmarted these bandits once-and she's ready to do it again!

What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called 'Quirks?' Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?

Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy-it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse...

Vitaly Bianchi was and remains one of the most beloved, kind and humane children's writers. 'Translators from the wordless' - so he called himself and his associates, writing about the life of animals. Most of all, Bianchi loves to talk about those animals that anyone can meet in their garden, on the banks of a neighboring river, in the forests and fields of the northern and central Russian...

Arthur doesn't think he will ever have to return to the strange house that nearly killed him on Monday, the house that contains an entire world. But Tuesday brings new challenges in the form of an enemy named Grim Tuesday, who threatens the well-being of both Arthur's family and his world. Arthur must retrieve the Second Key from Grim Tuesday in order to save everything; an adventure that will...

The book of the famous Russian writer Leonid Panteleev (real name Aleksey Ivanovich Eremeev) includes fairy tales, as well as stories about children - 'Honest Word', 'The Letter' You ',' Coward 'and others that have long become classics and occupy a worthy place in golden fund of children's literature.

'There was a hole in the ground, and a hobbit lived in the hole.' These words were written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien on the back of a school exam paper he was checking one hot summer day. And who would have thought that it was from them, like from a magic seed, that one of the most famous works of world literature would grow. This is a fairy tale that captivated both children and adults,...

'Gods of Mango' is the fifth part of 'Beastly Detective'. The Badgers of the Far Forest Police are sent on a business trip to the African savannah to investigate the case of the kidnapping of the cub of the Exquisite Giraffes, the newborn giraffe Rafik. Mortal danger accompanies the Badgers of the Police constantly. After all, the Far Woodland does not spare anyone: neither strangers nor its...