Dune. The most famous saga in the history of world science fiction. A series that, alas, ended mid-sentence...Millions of Dune fans dreamed of finding out wh...

The book by Pierre Petifis is the most complete and detailed biography to date of the great French symbolist poet Paul Verlaine (1844–1896). A spendthrift, a...

Kazimir Waliszewski (1849 – 1935) is a widely known scientist: historian, economist, sociologist. Studied in Warsaw and Paris, 1875–1884. taught in Krakow, a...

This was in the days when Emperor Paul II still only dreamed of ascending the Russian throne; when his six-page coronation title was composed in Starokonyush...

This was in the days when Emperor Paul II still only dreamed of ascending the Russian throne; when stray service dogs and hyacinth parrots saved the fatherla...

This was in the days when Emperor Paul II ascended the Russian throne; when wolves came out of the forest and became kind people; when the shopkeeper Luka Pa...

From the standpoint of modern historical knowledge, the monograph comprehensively examines the business world of London in the 14th - 16th centuries. Based o...

After the divorce, Stephanie leaves for Paris, where she meets the charming Peter. It seems to her that she has finally met her ideal. But soon a new friend ...

Bart D. Ehrman is already known to our readers from his book about truth and fiction in the acclaimed “The Da Vinci Code.” In this work, he explores an extre...

“When I sprained my foot, falling in a pit from a slippery staircase made of poles, it became clear to the authorities that I would limp for a long time, and...

The first Russian biography of Pope John Paul II (1920–2005), written on the basis of unique archival materials. This is a story about one of the most brilli...

I. A. Bunin spoke about Bolshevism in the following way: “I am personally absolutely convinced that this activity has never been more base, deceitful, evil a...