War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It is regarded as one of the central works of world literature. War and Peace is considered Tolstoy's finest literary achievement. The novel charts the history of the French invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families. The novel was first...

A collection of funny short stories.

In the funny and witty poems by Georgy Ladonshchikov, the most ordinary things take on new unusual meanings, helping the child's development and awakening his interest in reading. Have you ever imagined that ordinary sand can be the best drawing board? Have you noticed how the river grows? Have you seen how the gray cat and the Watchdog play volleyball, and the starlings quarrel over housing...

Illustrated edition of the first book in Harry Potter series.

The series ‘Reader for Extracurricular Reading’ is a collection of poems, fairy tales, stories and tales from the main list of extracurricular reading for students in grades 1-5 of a comprehensive school. All works are divided by genre and are intended for independent reading and reading at school. The texts of the works are printed without abbreviations. Color illustrations.

Marx held that the progression of society from capitalism to communism was 'historically inevitable'. In Russia in 1917, it seemed that Marx's theory was being born out in reality. But was the Russian Revolution really inevitable? This collection of fourteen contributions from the world's leading Russian scholars attempts to answer the question by looking back at the key turning points of the...

‘It seems to me that I can guess what the ancient chimes, our good old aunt, want to tell us with this discord. Being a Viennese symbol, they feel an inner need to become a Viennese symptom. And they show us not the time of the hour that has come, but time in general, time as such. They represent the epitome of discord, demonstrating the notice and its fallacy, the decree and its...