The authors of this book examine the historic period of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which saw the Communist regimes of Central and SE Europe being overthrown.

This manual contains 12 works by Pushkin ('The Shot,' 'The Station Inspector'), and also texts about places related to Pushkin in St. Petersburg. All texts are supplemented with exercises. At the end of the manual is a word list and supplement for the t

В книге представлены тексты разных жанров, взятые из периодической печати. Темы сгруппированы по их социальной значимости, начиная с вопросов, актуальных для отдельного индивида, затем семьи, общества и заканчивая глобальными проблемами.

Intensive Russian. Why they Do Not Say it That Way in Russian. The manual revises most frequent mistakes made by learners of Russian and suggests the ways of working on them.

The two-volume collection of documents from N.S. Khrushchev's personal archives provide one more opportunity to study one of the most remarkable and simultaneously most controlversial leader of the Soviet Union. Through his personal archives, we are able to get an image of Khrushchev not only as a great political figure, but also a private citizen and analyze his activities at various stages...

When poor James Henry Trotter loses his parents in a horrible rhinoceros accident, he is forced to live with his two wicked aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. After three years he becomes the saddest and loneliest boy you could find. Then one day, a wizened old man in a dark-green suit gives James a bag of magic crystals that promise to reverse his misery forever. When James accidentally...

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. The Chronicles of Narnia presents the adventures of children who play central roles in the unfolding history of the fictional realm of Narnia, a place where animals talk, magic is common, and good battles evil. Each of the books (with the exception of The Horse and His Boy) features as its...

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.

About love that is stronger than death. About that light and this darkness. Mysteries of consciousness and their clues. Fundamentals vampoekonomiki. Gynecology of protest. The firm guarantees: Not a word about the swamp! For the first time in the world l

«Дневник слабака» – один из лучших книжных сериалов последних лет, постоянно бьющий рекорды продаж и издающийся многомиллионными тиражами. Автор серии, Джефф Кинни, придумал уникальный формат: комиксы в книге чередуются с текстом, а рассказ в виде дневниковых записей ведется от лица главного героя, незадачливого подростка Грега Хэффли. Комичная, трогательная, полная приключений и злободневных...