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25 мая 1893 года (по официальной версии) родился Иосип Броз «Тито», президент Югославии с 1945-1980.

The extraordinary true story of Abe, a man the playwright met at his synagogue. Abe was a fellow of great humor and heart who not only survived three …

В книгу вошли стихотворения великого русского поэта М. Ю. Лермонтова, изучаемые по программе средней общеобразовательной школы.

The irreverent satire that launched Wilde's succession of classical comedies. A Lord, his wife, her admirer and an infamous blackmailer converge …

Henry may be the wittiest playwright of his generation, but he's hopelessly naive when it comes to understanding love and infidelity. Writing abo…

Beginning in 789AD, the Vikings raided monasteries, sacked cities and invaded western Europe. They looted and enslaved their enemies. But that is only…

How much would you pay for a painting with nothing on it? Would it be «art»? Marc's best friend Serge has just bought a very expensive-and very w…

Can a person born into a nomadic culture find a home? When Michael Mulligan and Maria Burke flee Ireland during the famine, she leaves her tyrannical …

The German invasion of Russia was Hitler's biggest gamble in his quest for 'Lebensraum' in the East – and it was at Stalingrad that his…

О Екатерине II, Маргарет Тэтчер, Надежде Крупской, Раисе Горбачёвой, Индире Ганди рассказал Вардан Багдасарян, профессор, декан факультета истории, по…

Эмоции, срифмованные и положенные строчки. Каждое стихотворение – всего лишь осколки хрупкого разума. Моего. Твоего. Нашего.

Abby Mann's classic story about the Nuremberg trials, under which German leaders were found guilty of crimes against humanity in 1945 and 1946. E…

The epic sweep of Turgenev's 19th century literary masterpiece is brought to the stage by one of Ireland's greatest dramatists. Fathers and …

Василь Стус – український поет-шістдесятник, майстер філософської, ліричної а також сатиричної поезїї, політв’язень, Герой України. Новатор та експери…

What would you like to know about the Supreme Court's evolution, its immense impact, and its crucial role in democracy? Now is your chance to exp…

Маленькая пьеска для антрепризы повествует об охоте вредных папарацци за добрыми и простыми знаменитостями. Известный, но безымянный Актер и его текущ…

Are we stuck with our memories – or can we fix them? Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experienc…

Did a supernatural hound cause the death of Sir Charles Baskerville? Or is the famous Baskerville curse simply a cover for more sinister goings on? Th…

Poker buddies Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison suddenly find themselves bachelors again and innocently decide to share an apartment. In this classic come…

Geoffrey Cowan and Leroy Aarons' timely docudrama about The Washington Post's decision to publish the Pentagon Papers, a top secret study do…

Российско-китайские отношения, как мы знаем, менялись радикально, особенно во времена Советского Союза. Проследили всё цепочку: от 1930-х до кризиса к…

TEMPTING THE PREACHER’S DAUGHTER Plain preacher’s daughter Violet Benson is always the wallflower – until charismatic gambler Cade Foster takes her un…

From the author of The Baudelaire Fractal, a poetry classic, with new work In 2004, boldly original poet Lisa Robertson published a chapbook, Rousseau…

Balmy evenings in rural Maryland are fraught with danger, and seductions can happen anywhere from a river bank to the front seat of a car, where a you…

Matthew Rhys and Kate Burton headline a Welsh and Welsh-American cast celebrating the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth in a performance of his ti…

These two unabridged chapters from Charles Mackay's two-volume evergreen work, Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841) deal with the d…

Под пристальным вниманием — страны-республики Социалистической Югославии. Что их объединяло? А что стало катализатором к развалу и боевым действиям? О…

These poems peel back the layers of suburban life and the American Dream. Vivian Maier was a self-taught street photographer who worked as a nanny for…

Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray is widely considered to be one of the classics of contemporary Western literature. Dorian Gray, the subj…

Navigate Viking history, culture, and literature with world-renowed medievalist Christopher R. Fee, Ph.D., named by the Princeton Review as one of Ame…

SEAN DILLON’S CHOICE: LIFE IN PRISON OR A SUICIDE MISSION.A diver discovers a priceless treasure off Thunder Point: a German U-boat containing proof t…

A lady’s mission of revenge…Lady Hannah Steers has three reasons to loathe and despise Ross Jameson. He’s a scandalous libertine, he stole her home, a…

This Pulitzer Prize-winner is a deeply touching and funny play about three eccentric sisters from a small Southern town rocked by scandal when Babe, t…

This unabridged chapter, titled Witch Mania, is from Charles Mackay's evergreen work, Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds. Published in 1…

The fourth in a series of books featuring four young women whose lives will be forever changed by WWII. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn.Rose Petrie is…

Средневековье. Люди боятся противостоять общественным правилам и нормам, которые навязывает Инквизиция. Но только не Ведьма! Она расскажет свою истори…

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Modern parallels abound in the plight of Cambridge-educated mathematics wiz Vivie Warren, who discovers that her comfortable upbringing was financed i…

When Claudia gets pregnant she has a very clear plan for how she wants to give birth. Her pre-natal anxieties inspire her father to create a device fo…

When called to do battle many light years from home, the 1st Marine Interstellar Expeditionary Unit rose to the challenge – and now thousands of ensla…

Planet by planet, galaxy by galaxy, the inhabited universe has fallen to the alien Xul…Now only one obstacle stands between them and total domination:…

В эту книжку вошли циклы стихов для детей: «Ягодка по ягодке», «Что за фрукт?», «Славный овощ», «Цветы леса, поля и сада».

RIVAL TRIBES…Running Wolf is a valiant Sioux warrior. During his first raid as war chief he captures a surprising Crow enemy – a woman! This spirited …

Книга содержит лучшие образцы лирики Джорджа Байрона (1788–1824) – выдающегося английского поэта-романтика. Жажда любви, свободы и подвига – ключевые …

Big, bold military science fiction action from one of the genre’s biggest names.In the 23rd Century, war is still hell…Corpsman Eliot Carlyle joined t…