Книга о нашем выборе и жизни, где один неверный шаг может покалечить всю нашу судьбу, а десятки тысяч часов упорной работы ни к чему хорошему так и не привести. Мы знаем множество мотивирующих роликов, буквально кричащих «поставь цель, работай над ней и у тебя обязательно все получится». Не...

Николай Сванидзе расскажет, как история становится предметом политических спекуляций, как выявлять попытки лоббистов использовать эту науку в своих целях, как самостоятельно находить в прошлом подсказку для своих действий, а главное, почему мы должны сами участвовать в создании будущего своей...

Хочешь знать всё о правах и законах, не потратив на это более 5 лет собственной жизни? Тогда эта книга точно для тебя! Автор лёгким и простым языком открывает самые неизвестные, сокровенные и зачастую шокирующие факты о законодательстве, от которых не раз пробегают (огромные) мурашки по коже…

Юный герой Персей убил чудовище Горгону Медузу. Об этом подвиге знают все. Но мало кто знает, как через тридцать лет великий Персей вступил в войну с Дионисом, желая остановить победное шествие бога по Арголиде. Двое сыновей Зевса сошлись в битве не на жизнь, а на смерть. Лилась кровь, буйствовали...

On the Origin of Species first appeared in 1859, and it remains a continuing source of conflict to this day. Even among those who reject its ideas, however, the work's impact is undeniable. In science, philosophy, and theology, this is a book that changed the world. In addition to its status...

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams is the magic tale about how a toy rabbit turns into a real rabbit through the love of a child. In the nursery, only the toys that are old and wise truly understand what it means to be Real. The Velveteen Rabbit, a newcomer to the nursery, asks one of the...

The Divine Comedy Inferno by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, that gives the widest synthesis of medieval culture and world ontology. Dante's Inferno a real medieval encyclopedia of scientific, political, philosophical, moral and religious knowledges. It is considered to...

Почему некоторые новости, события и творения искусства становятся мега-популярными в течение нескольких минут, а некоторые теряются в информационном потоке?В какую эпоху нам всем посчастливилось или, все же, не повезло жить? Что ждет новое поколение уже в ближайшие десятилетия?Автор проведет...

Интерес к сталинской эпохе отечественной истории в нашем обществе остается неизменно высоким, в том числе к экономике этой эпохи. В книге доктора экономических наук В. Ю. Катасонова – одного из ведущих экономистов современной России – раскрывается суть сталинской экономики, показывается ее...

Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the plot follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug. His servant Jupiter fears Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, an unnamed narrator who agrees to visit his old friend. Legrand pulls the other two...

This book contains tales by Edgar Allan Poe that became innovate literature discoveries at the time and extremely popular in its genre: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Fall of the House Usher, The Black Cat, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Cask of Amontilliado, The Masque of the Red Death, The...

This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the author’s best-known short stories. It is told from the point of view of an unnamed narrator who is at great pains to convince the reader of their lucidity; however, this only serves to accentuate their...

"The Masque of the Red Death", originally published as «The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy», is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He,...

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled «The Casque of Amontillado» [a.mon.ti.??a.?o]) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year,...

"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews...

"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's «The Tell-Tale Heart». In both, a murderer carefully conceals his...

"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a narrative short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine before being included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. The short story is a work of detective...

This is a very kind fairy tale that evokes bright feelings and wishes. After reading it, you want to be a little kinder. The plot is uncomplicated. There lives in the world a very, very greedy old man named Scrooge. He is such a miser – he saves on everything, is constantly dissatisfied with...

Complete and unabridged 15th century text by Thomas a Kempis and translated by William Benham in 1886. This book is a classic for comfort and understanding of living the spiritual life of Christ in a physical world. Find the path to following Christ in this treasured and timeless devotional book....

Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales brought Poe fame and fortune. Years later, Dorothy...