The Dutch diplomat Robert van Gulik was an outstanding, gifted and mysterious person. Judge for yourself, in the 57 years he was given, he fully realized him...

Many young people up to twenty... five years old consider their ancestors to be bores and do not want to listen to their advice and tips. They say that they ...

Adolescence is the most difficult age, many parents believe. However, adolescence passes, and difficulties in communicating with children only increase. Why?...

Robert van Gulik (1910–1967) was a Dutch orientalist, diplomat and writer, a man of complex fate and varied interests. From 1928, Gulick began publishing his...

The leader of the religious sect Kageyama Terutaka, mentioned back in “The Ring”, and his rival impostor find themselves embroiled in a story of mysterious a...

In this book, we invite the reader to reflect on the meaning of the greatest event in the history of mankind - the Nativity of Christ, and to feel the joy of...

Saint Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) is a famous surgeon, scientist, talented writer and archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. During the years of persecution ...

The book includes the best stories of modern Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto. Her prose is distinguished by lightness of style and extraordinary psychologic...

The heroine of a short novel by contemporary Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto loves more than anything else... kitchens. Probably because being alone with th...

The collection includes three short stories: THE HOUR OF THE CAT. PLAYING WITH YOUR FINGERS. DEMONSTRATION OF HELL Eimi Yamala was born in Tokyo in 1959. She...

From the collection “Monkey and Tiger.”

The first day at work is always full of excitement. Ambitious investigator Olga Gradova starts a new case. And it must happen that the victim is her acquaint...