Сергей Довлатов - один из наиболее популярных и читаемых русских писателей конца ХХ - начала XXI века. Его повести, рассказы и записные книжки переведены на множество языков, экранизированы, изучаются в школе и вузах. «Заповедник», «Зона», «Иностранка», «Наши», «Чемодан» - эти и другие удивительно смешные и пронзительно печальные довлатовские вещи давно стали классикой. «Отморозил пальцы ног...

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In Bonk, the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn't Viagra help women-or, for that matter, pandas? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Mary Roach shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm-two of the most complex, delightful, and...

The novel *Oblomov* represents the pinnacle of I. A. Goncharov’s literary career. Published in 1859, it elicited a mixed response from critics. Goncharov not only portrayed a remarkable and paradoxical type of Russian character but also turned the name into a household term, defining this specific lifestyle as ‘Oblomovism.’ Some viewed Oblomov as a symbol of Russia’s stagnation and a sign of...

Madame Bovary - the most famous and most perfect novel by Gustave Flaubert. Having chosen a very unassuming plot for his book, the author created a work timeless. For the past century and a half, readers have not ceased to worry about the fate of a romantic-minded woman who, marrying an ordinary man, continues to look for all-consuming love, which leads her to cheating on her husband and her...

«Сиддхартха» — жемчужина прозы Германа Гессе, на страницах которой нашли свое отражение путешествия писателя по Индии, а также его интерес к восточным религиям. Местом действия является Индия времен Сиддхартхи Гаутамы — основателя одной из наиболее глубоких и мудрых религий человечества — буддизма. В этой небольшой книге Гессе удалось объяснить европейцам ее суть, создать идеальную систему...

This book is the first attempt to bridge the divide between studies addressing ôeconomic nationalismö as a deliberate ideology and movement of economic ônation-building,ö and the literature concerned with more diffuse expressions of economic ônationnessö

ck London attracts readers with its sincerity, wealth of imagination, dangerous adventures and extraordinary vitality. At the end of the 19th century gold was found in Alaska, and people from all over the world rushed to find their happiness. A young writer from San Francisco, Christopher Bellew, tired of working too hard for a magazine, goes with his uncle to Klondike to help his relatives....

Before you is a book from the series Classics in School, which contains all the works studied in elementary school, middle and high schools. Do not waste time searching for literary works, because these books have everything you need to read in the school curriculum: for reading in the classroom and for out-of-class assignments. Rid your child of long searches and lessons not learned. The book...

The book includes the fairy tale of P. Ershov The Little Humpbacked Horse, which is studied in primary school.