A.I. Kuprin began writing the story 'The Pit' in 1909 and completed the work six years later. The book about the life of prostitutes evoked more condemnation than sympathy or understanding. The author was accused of immorality and excessive naturalism. The attitude to the story by Leo Tolstoy (by the way, the author of the scandalous 'Kreutzer Sonata') was sharply negative. ... And as if in...

Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Join Mama, Papa, and Brother, as they try and help Sister break a very bad habit . . . biting her nails. Will she manage to get her bad habit under control, or will she end up stuck as a nail nibbler.

Dog was seized by an enormous hand, lifted to a dizzy height, and dunked in a bucket of very cold water. He began to wriggle and groan and cry and choke. . . . Nearly drowned at birth, left for dead in a garbage dump, and hounded by dog catchers. No question: Dog's puppyhood is tough. Alone in the world, he decides it's time to find himself an owner, someone he can love and, of course, train....

Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine will help you make sense of it all in a unique infographic wine book. Designed by the creators of the Wine Folly website, which has won Wine Blogger of the Year from the International Wine & Spirits Competition, this book combines sleek, modern information design with data visualization and gives readers pragmatic answers to all their wine questions.

Immerse yourself in the magical world of Harry Potter and cook all the favorite recipes of Muggles and wizards from the book: roast beef and pudding, chocolate frogs, stone muffins, butter pots and many more.

Perhaps, in the history of modern world fiction there are not so many works that would remain popular for such a long time. The story served as the basis for Tarkovsky's cult film 'Stalker'; three decades later, an equally cult computer game with the same name and a whole series of stories and novels written using the world of 'Picnic' appeared.

In this book you will read the short story 'The Fate of a Man' and 'Don Stories'. 'The Fate of Man' (1956-1957) is a poignant story about the times of the Great Patriotic War. One of the first works of Soviet literature, in which the war is shown truthfully and clearly. Captivity, German concentration camps, escape, return to the front, loss of loved ones, difficult post-war times, an attempt...

'Wild Animal Tales' is a collection of fairy tales, where you can recognize each animal as a friend, neighbor, and sometimes yourself. In fantastic situations that develop around the characters of fairy tales, there is much more real, real life than it might seem at first glance. Wit, brilliant imagination, the ability to create stunning linguistic games - all these talents of Lyudmila...

A reprint of one of the greatest works of the 20th century. Published under the editorship of the expert of the Nabokov Foundation Andrei Babikov, correcting errors noticed and preserving some of the features of Nabokov's spelling, transliteration and punctuation. Now it is a classic of world literature, a novel that no connoisseur of fine and clever prose. The book entered the lists of the...

Douglas Adams’s mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything.

Elementary level. This book will help with the following: to learn how to read and write in Russian; to acquire the most important elements of basic grammar; to expand vocabulary to 900 words including 350 international words. This book will allow: to orientate oneself in the city, including reading a map; to communicate with people in the most typical situations at work, in the street, at a...

A textbook of the Russian language for foreigners in three parts for adult students (all forms of education, including the system of pre-university training). The second part prepares for the basic level test (A2). Recommended by the Expert Commission of the State System for Testing Foreign Citizens in the Russian Language. Colored illustrations, tables. Audio materials are available by QR code...