Aldous Huxley's lifelong concern with the dichotomy between passion and reason finds its fullest expression both thematically and formally in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, Huxley characterizes the symptoms of ‘the disease of modern man' in the manner of a composer—themes and characters are...

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This edition contains foreword by Dmitry Nabokov (Vladimir Nabokov's son), translation of the novel's text into Russian, foreword by the translator Gennady Barabtarlo, and the original text of Laura in English (images of the flash cards with Nabokov's handwriting and transcribed text).

A collection of poems.

Автор труда Михаил Васильевич Суров - известный вологодский политический и общественный деятель, предприниматель, издатель, историк-бытоописатель, незаурядный коллекционер русского антиквариата с объемом коллекции в 300000 предметов. Ушедший из жизни Васи

Poems written on the 100 anniversary of Marina Tsvetaeva.

Liberal ideology, legal consciousness, humanistic worldview, modern culture, Western civilization - the only possible and correct? Best? Perfect? Top social development? No! Chance of a different ideology. Excellent consciousness. Different outlooks. Each kind of culture, civilization is unique. Other worlds exist. In this you will see by reading this book.

Interesting book written by the author, critic and journalist Mikhailo Brinikh.

Сборник стихотворений о спектаклях Московского Театра на Таганке под руководством Юрия Петровича Любимова, его легендарного создателя. Небольшое издание, иллюстрированное в духе театра, несомненно освежит ваши собственные впечатления.

Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. Zweig analyzes the chemistry of a woman’s soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. Zweig describes Marie Antoinette in the...