Cold fog from the Thames mixes with the smoke of factory chimneys, hiding silhouettes and muffling sounds. The full moon illuminates the heathers and ancient...
Gottfried Burger's ballad "Lenora", written in 1773, became an example of a romantic poetic work and gave rise to many imitations and translations. Vasily Zh...
Only madmen claim that there is no fear. It lies in wait for us everywhere - in the dark corners of deserted streets, in a sunny exam room, in the need to ma...
The collection includes literary works and memoirs of the most famous representatives of the “detective” genre from Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie to Boilea...
From time immemorial, enemies knew: “It is not enough to kill a Russian soldier...” - because in the Holy War, “our dead will not leave us in trouble,” the f...
The Beat movement became a notable event not only in the literary, but also in the socio-political life of the United States in the 50s of the 20th century; ...
Several stories by the famous contemporary American writer Lydia Davis. The author’s artistry and hypertrophied attention, as if she were looking at objects ...
The almanac contains archival documents, pages from anatomical atlases of the 17th-19th centuries. and articles by modern authors: military doctors, geographers, oceanographers...
All over the world, American science fiction writer Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) is recognized as the best master of humorous fiction and an excellent short s...
All over the world, American science fiction writer Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) is recognized as the best master of humorous fiction and an excellent short s...