The book-album tells about two hockey tournaments in 1987, which were recognized as the best in the XX century and identified the further development of world hockey. The book is intended for a wide circle of readers.

SKA from St. Petersburg is one of the brightest hockey clubs in Russia. Over the past four seasons, the army team won the Gagarin Cup, the Continent Cup and won the Russian championship. SKA was played by world and olympic champions Alexey Gusarov, Alexander Barabanov and Alexey Kasatonov. Pavel Datsyuk, the star of world hockey, also plays there. The publication contains more than fifty...

When we eat, we travel.' So begins The Edible Atlas. Mina Holland takes you on a journey around the globe, demystifying the flavours, ingredients and techniques at the heart of thirty-nine cuisines. What's the origin of kimchi in Korea? Why do we associate Argentina with steak? What's the story behind the curries of India? Weaving anecdotes and history - from the role of a priest in the genesis...

Dear friends! We invite you to make a fascinating journey into the world of chess. The author will help you learn and remember the rules and laws of the chess kingdom. Many children begin to study at 5-6 years old

«Мир, полный демонов» — последняя книга Карла Сагана, астронома, астрофизика и выдающегося популяризатора науки, вышедшая уже после его смерти. Эта книга, посвященная одной из его любимых тем — человеческому разуму и борьбе с псевдонаучной глупостью, — своего рода итог всей его работы. Мифы об Атлантиде и Лемурии, лица на Марсе и встречи с инопланетянами, магия и реинкарнация, ясновидение и...

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time.Future generations will look back on our epoch as the time when the human race finally broke into a radically new frontier-space. In...

Cosmos is the story of our long journey of discovery and the forces and individuals who helped to shape modern science, including Democritus, Hypatia, Kepler, Newton, Huy-gens, Champollion, Lowell and Humason. Sagan looks at our planet from an extra-terrestrial vantage point and sees a blue jewel-like world, inhabited by a lifeform that is just beginning to discover its own unity and to...

The new book by Svetlana Arro is about the dynastic ties between Russia and Germany in the 19th century, when the two countries became related thanks to numerous marriages of grand dukes, princesses, princes, princesses, kings and kings. These relationships are based on mutual searches for brides and grooms, which did not always end in marriages, but created the friendliness of states. German...

The time-tested secrets taught in this book include Cicero's three-step strategy for moving an audience to action, and Honest Abe's Shameless Trick for lowering an audience's expectations. And it's also replete with contemporary techniques such as politicians' use of code language to appeal to specfic groups and an eye-opening assortment of persuasive tricks, including the Eddie Haskell Ploy,...

Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief - it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they could never catch him; but now fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don't know is that they're not dealing with just any fox-Mr. Fox would rather die than surrender....