The 'Mansion on Prechistenka' is to blame. When Maxim found out that his mother was selling this old painting, life in Klushino, near Moscow, turned from being measuredly sleepy to dangerous. Why are dubious, ready-made people hunt for the canvas of the unknown Alexander Berg? How is the image of an unremarkable house connected with the fate of the disappeared father, a lover of riddles,...

The book contains stories by Boris Zhitkov (1882-1938) from the cycles 'What Happened', 'About Animals', 'Sea Stories'. Curious children will read them with pleasure, having learned a lot of interesting facts for themselves.

Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends from his solitude in the mountains to tell the world that God is dead and that the Superman, the human embodiment of divinity, is his successor. Nietzsche's utterance...

Alexander Stepanovich Grinevsky, known under the pseudonym Alexander Grin, is one of the most read and beloved prose writers in Russia, about whom Daniil Alexandrovich Granin said: 'When the days begin to gather dust and the colors fade, I take Green. I disclose it to any page. So in the spring they wipe the windows in the house. Everything becomes light, bright, everything mysteriously excites...

Daniil Alexandrovich Granin is a classic of Russian literature, a soldier of the Second World War, a humanist, a public figure, an honorary citizen of St. Petersburg, a laureate of literary and state awards. At least three times he became a true master of

In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. 'Goodnight room, goodnight moon.' And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room-to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one by one-the little bunny says goodnight. In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations...

Liam has always felt a bit like he's stuck between two worlds. This isprimarily because he's a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he's about thirty. Sometimes it's not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher on the first day of school or when he convinces a car dealer to let him take a Porsche out on a test drive. But mostly it's just frustrating, being a kid trapped in...

Someone is looking for love on the World Wide Web, and someone in an abandoned village. Someone travels the globe for love, while others are ready to exchange big cities for a small island. Wherever the action takes place, the reader suddenly recognizes h

A haunting tale of human resilience and hope in the face of unrelieved horror, Albert Camus' iconic novel about an epidemic ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are...

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a 'full empty,'...

Textbook for the intermediate level (B2) provides exercises and explanations for developing good listening skills. Audio supplement available via QR code.