Classic literature

A new poetic translation of Sufi parables from Rumi's world-famous poem "Masnavi" is accompanied by comments of a mystical and psychological nature. Many par...

Kama Sutra (Sanskrit: कामसूत्र) is an ancient Indian text dedicated to the theme of kama - the sphere of sensual, emotional life, lust and love. The Kama Sut...

This volume continues the publication of the Russian translation of “Gao Sen Zhuan” (“Lives of Worthy Monks”) - the most important source on the history of e...

Ikkyu Sojun (1394–1481) is perhaps the most famous Zen monk in Japan. According to the most famous version, he was the son of Go-Komatsu from a court lady of...

Wicked intrigue unfolds as an unlikely marriage leads to a path of risky desire in the lush, green Scottish Highlands.

Born into riches and groomed...

This three-volume edition is based on the text of the gigantic compendium “Zhou Yi Zhe Zhong” (“Analysis of the Internal Content of the Zhou Changes”), compi...

The religious and philosophical poem “Bhagavad Gita,” which is part of the great ancient Indian epic “Mahabharata,” was translated by V. S. Sementsov, taking...

A stratagem is a certain algorithm of behavior, a calculated sequence of actions aimed at achieving a hidden goal or solving a problem with mandatory conside...

This book is unusual because the subject itself is unusual. Eunuchs! What do we know about them, other than statements full of bewilderment, sometimes contem...

“Notes from Boredom” are thoughts about man and his true nature strung on top of each other, echoing, resonating, but not encroaching on each other’s freedom...

Omar Khayyam was born in the city of Nishapur in 1048. His biography is shrouded in legends, myths and speculation. He was a poet, mathematician, philosopher...

The book of fairy tales and stories of 1001 Nights once amazed Europeans no less than the colorful colors of oriental fabrics, the shimmer of steel of mercil...