The famous French historian and biographer, winner of many literary awards, Jean-Christian Petifis offers an interesting book about the earthly life of Jesus...

Natasha, a beautiful and pure-hearted daughter of a general who does not believe in God, meets the Orthodox poet Sergei. A deep and wonderful feeling arises ...

The Italian writer Alessandro Baricco is one of the most interesting novelists in Europe today. His exquisite books, reminiscent of parables, thrillers, and ...

Jaroslav Hasek (1883–1923) - Czech satirist, anarchist, playwright, feuilletonist, journalist, commissar of the Red Army. The author of approximately 1,500 d...

The theme of this collection is the fate of the most mysterious figure in Russian history, Princess Sophia. The image of the princess - misunderstood by her ...

The volume is based on the contents of the first anthology of Greek epigrams, compiled in the 1st century. before Chr. and supplemented in modern times, whic...

The driving forces of development of human society are considered. The main paths of development of society (formational, civilizational, managerial) determi...

In this book, which explores the history and development of the science of the biological basis of the human psyche, Eric Kandel explains the revolutionary a...

“The Secret Doctrine” is the largest and most mysterious of the works of Helena Blavatsky, one of the greatest theosophists, philosophers and mystics of the ...

Source of text: Gnedich P.P. Caucasian stories. - Saint Petersburg. Partnership "Public Benefit", 1894. - P. 107.

The book by Peter Cherkasov is dedicated to a brilliant period in the history of France, when it occupied the exceptional position of “arbiter of Europe”, an...