London, nowadays. The wife of a powerful and chatted banker dies but, a year after the death, the sons of the lady say they have seen the ghost wandering around the villa. It is a matter of fact? It\'s a nightmare? There is something murky in the affair? London, nowadays. The wife of a powerful and chatted banker dies but, a year after the death, the sons of the lady say they have seen the ghost wandering around the villa. It is a matter of fact? It\'s a nightmare? There is something murky in the affair? It\'s up to Ernest Devon, a former policeman from Scotland Yard now private investigator and his friend Roni, solve the complicated case, which develops between blackmail, suspicions and a brutal murder. In the background runs the...
В сборник вошли известные произведения русского классика Александра Ивановича Куприна «Гранатовый браслет», «Молох», «Гамбринус» и другие в переводе на английский язык.
From a young age, Alexei has loved the art of gambling. It gave his life meaning through all the hardships he endured. When his father mysteriously disappears and his mother is taken ill, Alexei turns to his craft in order to survive. Over the course of his life, he becomes infamous, sitting at card tables with some of the most influential players in the world. He never imagined he could lose everything in one night, thanks to his own lucky charm and a mysterious challenger.
The book “The healer and the Sorceress” from the series “The backwoods” tells the reader about the mysterious events occurring in a small village. Readers have the opportunity not only to witness the mystical events, but also to try to predict the outcome.
Was Sulla before Spartacus or vice versa? Nero – before or after Caligula? What are the dynasties of the Habsburgs and the Hohenzollerns, what role did they play at the founding of the Second Reich? How many tanks went into battle near Prokhorovka? When the Yom Kippur War broke out and who won it? Why did the great USSR collapse? Let’s remember everything that once touched us, we will look through the film of time, frame by frame, so that to make everything right today.
In the Blue Land, on a mossy hill in the Magic Forest, there was a house called Six.It was once built by Giant Midgets in the silence and coolness of the Magic forest, away from stranger’s eye. Every Giant Midget had his own round bed in the House, but none of them had a bath or even a wash basin. Sometimes they washed up with the morning dew and summer rain.You might wonder why they were called like that and why they made their windows round? It’s a very interesting story…
Артур Конан Дойл (1859–1930), хотя и написал много рас-сказов, романов и даже 3 тома стихотворений, остается для всех «автором» Шерлока Холмса, который борется с десятками все-возможных злодеев. В предлагаемой читателю неадаптированной повести «Собака Баскервилей» «отшельник с Бейкер-стрит» раскрывает очередное запутанное преступление. Занимательная интрига и простота повествования, словарь, комментарии и...
It seems to me that there is something Mysterious about Art. The History of Art is closely connected with Philosophical Ideas of the time. In this book we are going to scrutinize the way in which Philosophical Ideas have been expressed in Art from Antiquity to the Present Day. We are going to visit a lot of cities – Rome, Florence, Munich, Barcelona, Berlin, Riga, Tallin, Prague, Helsinki, Stokholm, Saint Petersburg… That is to say, we are going to Travel throughout the Whole History of Humanity and I hope that at the end of our Journey we will know more not only about Art, but also about ourselves.
It seems to me that there is something Mysterious about Art. The History of Art is closely connected with Philosophical Ideas of the time. In this book we are going to scrutinize the way in which Philosophical Ideas have been expressed in Art from Antiquity to the Present Day. We are going to visit a lot of cities – Rome, Florence, Munich, Barcelona, Berlin, Riga, Tallin, Prague, Helsinki, Stokholm, Saint Petersburg… That is to say, we are going to Travel throughout the Whole History of Humanity and I hope that at the end of our Journey we will know more not only about Art, but also about ourselves.
“The Idol” play tells about representatives of a dangerous and romantic profession – mountain climbers. Who are they? Are they heroes haloed with fame or quite ordinary people of flesh and blood? In the easy and understandable form the play challenges a viewer with eternal questions of conscience and fame passion, marriage-bed and misconduct. Also it challenges a viewer to mediate about searching of true vocation despite of the price he has to pay.
The story of the erotic adventures of Michael Duridomov at the Mediterranean Sea. Here everything is different: love – salty, sex —exuberant, sea – naked.
Предлагаем вниманию англоязычного читателя один из самых известных романов великого русского писателя Ф. М. Достоевского (1821–1881) «Идиот» в переводе Евы Мартин.
Each of us has dreams. But is it destined to be fulfilled by the most secret of them? Our days. The girl lives with a dream – to see her Idol in reality. Based on real events, the story is romantic, a bit dramatic and mysterious. Written in the style of a personal diary, it will immerse you in the inner world of the heroine. With her fears, pain and hopes. Together you will go the way to her dream. Think, desire, visualize and go to your goal!