Бешеный успех, который обрушился на Илью Ильфа и Евгения Петрова после публикации ‘Двенадцати стульев’ (1928), побудил соавторов ‘воскресить’ своего героя, неунывающего и обаятельного афериста Остапа Бендера, и взяться за создание романа ‘Золотой теленок’ (1931). На этот раз ‘великий комбинатор’ разрабатывает операцию по отъему денег у подпольного миллионера Корейко. Искрометный юмор,...

Level B1. This book is intended for students who speak Russian at the first certification level. Post-text educational material is presented in the headings: Control - questions on the understanding of general factology; Motivation - issues that establish the causal relationships of reactions, actions and actions of characters; Discussion - issues that contribute to a more serious understanding...

This book contains the best sayings of Mark Twain: about money and work, about age and habits, about God and the Bible, about truth and lies - and about everything else. Many of them are published for the first time.

The novel 'Doctor Zhivago' is one of the outstanding readings of Russian literature, which for many years remained closed to a wide circle of circles in the country who know about it only from scandalous and unscrupulous party criticism. The insecurity and immortality of a creative person, an intellectual and the turning points in the life of our people are the central theme of the final...

At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from...

Reader for B2 level. This book consists of 14 lessons. All texts are provided with the necessary comments and footnotes. New words and phrases are introduced as footnotes and translated into English. In this case, only the contextual meaning of the word or phrase is given. A variety of grammar and vocabulary exercises make reading much easier and help students learn new material.

lows the gripping tale of Lucas Beauchamp, a proud and defiant African-American man accused of murder. The narrative unfolds through the eyes of Charles Mallison, one of the young white boy, and his uncle Gavin Stevens, a lawyer. When Lucas is wrongfully charged with killing a white man, Charles and Gavin take it upon themselves to unravel the truth and ensure justice prevails. Their quest for...