Soldiers of the Black Squad do not ask questions of their employers. They take the money and do the work—any kind of work. And for this, the Lady values them...

Howard Phillips Lovecraft, who did not publish a single book during his lifetime, became a beacon and reference point for an entire genre, an idol of both th...

Four articles about the life and work of Lev Vladimirovich Kantorovich - writer, artist and screenwriter. Yuri German wrote about Kantorovich as follows: “Le...

Yuri Kazakov traveled a lot and visited many places - Pechora, Tarusa, Novgorod land, and the northern regions, the stories about which so fascinate the read...

The novel “The Great Lover: The Youth of Pontius Pilate” continues the famous cycle, revealing to the reader the bright era of the Roman Empire, still far fr...

The book by the famous French medievalist Philippe Contamine is dedicated to the history of medieval wars. The author explores not only the forms of military...

“Lvov loves to drink, knows how to drink and has something to drink,” Lvov residents said proudly. And they were right. After all, at one time Lviv was famou...

This incredible story happened in the Tobolsk district of the Tyumen region, not far from the turn to the village of Shestakova. The story tells how one did ...

The action of the new novel by Nobel laureate Imre Kertesz (1929) begins where “Kaddish for the Unborn Child” ends (Russian edition: “Text”, 2003). Ten years...

The hero of the book finds himself in a world with an aggressive environment, on a planet of mental beings. He loses everything he has and even his body. Whi...

Yuri German’s novel “One Year” belongs to the best pages of the writer’s prose. He talks about the difficult work of criminal investigation officers. In the ...

This volume includes famous novels and stories by the classic American detective from the most popular series by R. Stout, whose heroes are private detective...