On a future Earth poisoned by global wars—amidst radioactive dust and neon signs beckoning people toward a sweet life in colonies on other planets—bounty hunter Rick Deckard must track down and ‘retire’ six fugitive androids: beings almost indistinguishable from humans. But as his investigation unfolds, Deckard begins to be plagued by doubts and questions—questions to which he has yet to...

The Russian folk tale about the Snow Maiden is read with enthusiasm at any age. It is full of magic and slight sadness, because it not only tells the wonderful story of a tender and fragile snow girl, but also reveals the secrets of the world around it: the change of seasons, the struggle between cold and heat, the water cycle in nature. In the surprisingly harmonious and graceful drawings of...

In this almost documentary account of his own experiences of penal servitude in Siberia, Dostoevsky describes the physical and mental suffering of the convicts, the squalor and the degradation, in relentless detail. The intricate procedure whereby the men strip for the bath without removing their ten-pound leg-fetters is an extraordinary tour de force, compared by Turgenev to passages from...

There is, indeed, something bewitching about the first snow. It brings lovers together, muffles sounds, lengthens shadows, and conceals tracks. While searching for the missing Birta Becker, Harry Hole comes to a chilling realization: for years, married women in Norway have vanished without a trace on the very day the first snow falls. For the first time, Harry finds himself pitted against a...

Tirazh 100 ekz. Seriia: Issledovaniia po prikladnoi i neotlozhnoi etnologii. Institut Etnologii i antropologii N 160