Oh. Henry (1862–1910) is the pseudonym of William Sidney Porter, an eminent American short story writer famous for his brilliant, humorous stories. During hi...

1. Children's fairy tale in verse. Goodness and friendship always triumph over evil and mistrust. Courage and hard work are faithful helpers.2. Poems for you...

Somewhere in the adjacent Galaxy there is a space station. I ended up there by chance and lived there for almost three years. This book is for those who were...

There is a wonderful, parallel world. A world in which you can live, love, make money – the world of clones. That’s where my double lives, the reporter Devid...

“... The hospital was always crowded. Not only residents of Addis Ababa were treated by Russian doctors. From the plateaus smoothed by the winds, from the ri...

“... A cutting pain tore his chest apart like an ax. And suddenly, through a whistle, a hiss, a squeal: “Hold on... Wrangel lay on the edge of the ice floe. ...

“... Eliseev lived among the Tuaregs, like Aleko among the gypsies. He sat with them by the evening fires, ate asinko - delicious porridge, ate meat fried ov...

“... Hyenas howled at night. Borodin had chills running down his spine: he believed that hyenas were something from Gehenna, from the hellish underworld. Hip...