When people learned to use fire, it changed their lives. Later they invented gunpowder, Greek fire, explosives and firearms. Gunsmiths experimented, alchemists and chemists combined various elements and obtained unexpected reactions and explosive mixtures. And now we have combat poisons and nuclear weapons, an eternal source of energy, which at the same time can cause man-made disasters and...

'Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?' Dozens of children respond to this peculiar newspaper ad and are then put through a series of mind-bending tests, which readers take along with them. Only four children-two boys and two girls-succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and inventive children could complete. To accomplish it, they...

In the third suspenseful adventure in the Legends of Eerie-on-Sea series, shipwrecked orphan Herbert Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus Hotel, must square off with a creature of town lore as he confronts a shadow from his past. While others towns celebrate Halloween, in Eerie-on-Sea it’s Ghastly Night, and a grim spirit in a lantern awaits its moment. Legend has it that if people...

Thanks to this cardboard box, your little one will be able to travel far, far - even to the jungle and savannah. And find out who lives there and what these colorful animals are called not only in Ukrainian, but also in English. And Olena Zabara, who sewed a giraffe, a lion, a crocodile and other animals from felt, the photos of which illustrate the book, is a creative mother who loves books...

Mulle, along with his dog Buffa, traveled around the world for a long time - first by car, then by boat. And then they sailed to an unfamiliar rocky shore, and there they come across an abandoned bicycle repair shop. Around the pieces of iron are differen

The emotional mood of Mandelstam's lyrics is full of what critics called 'mental discomfort'. And the accentuated simplicity of everyday trifles, from which he built his poetic reality, only emphasizes the longing and anxiety of an outstanding person who

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

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 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

The children's book classic in the famous English adaptation by Mark Twain, with all illustrations and the German original in the appendix.

The amusing shameful deeds of the two good-for-nothings: in 1865 Wilhelm Busch wrote his picture story »Max and Moritz«, which was to bring him worldwide fame.