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“The Cherry Orchard” by Anton Chekhov is a timeless classic that continues to captivate audiences from around the world. An iconic play set in pre-revolutionary Russia, it tells the story of a family struggling with the impending loss of their beloved home and orchard. It is a bittersweet tale of love, loss, and longing, full of humor and poignancy. The play is often read as a dramatization of the decline of the aristocracy and other socio-economic...
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"Fathers and Sons" is not only a portrait of individual characters but also a reflection of the broader societal changes taking place in 19th-century Russia. Turgenev's narrative captures the tension between traditional aristocratic values and the rise of revolutionary ideas that would shape the course of Russian history. He offers a poignant critique of both generations, showcasing their strengths, weaknesses, and their struggle to adapt to the shifting...
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This bilingual English-Russian edition of Hawthorne's famous story Rappaccini's Daughter was prepared for those who want to perfect their skills in reading advanced English and/or Russian. This book is a classic story of romance presented in a bilingual English-Russian edition, with sentences of the original and the translation consecutively aligned. The goal is to help the readers follow the source text closely, comparing it with the translation,...
4) The Barrack
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This is one of the first film scripts by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petrov. This is a mute film, so-called ‘socialistic comedy’. This is a story about the brigade of the builders-concreters, who are building a huge dam for the new hydroelectric power station and about their brigadier Bitiugov. This is a story, when the campaign of glorification and praising of the modest and simple workers reaches the grandiose and just unbelievable level, from which...
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Shattered by the war and personal circumstances, in a certain sense the canceled reality is formed by Alexander Ilichevsky from the fragments of texts of different genres. Literature as a tool for comprehending reality is tested for its durability, for its ability to reflect the tragic state of the world in principle. The author is less interested in the genre state of the book than in the free composition of stories that can be more authentic than...
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Everyone knows the effect of dealing with texts of the past as with venerable old people: here we love them, here we respect them, and there and there we tactfully turn a blind eye, because everyone understands everything. In Greenland-Green's fictional country-from any point of view one should not turn a blind eye to anything. It does not become obsolete, but only becomes closer and more modern. Greenland is a territory of freedom that has stood...
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The book presents an unusual perception of the world to the reader, collected in amusing scenarios and images, through which the rich life and spiritual experience of the author are, manifested. The presence of a spiritual, invisible world in a person's life, in every deed, state and thought, are very delicately, shown. The book is, permeated with a great love for people and their destinies, so even the most tragic episode in the narrative becomes...
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It is restless in the capital Bureau of storage the claws and tails. Instead of storing these very claws and tails for the needs of the national economy, the bureau is divided into two warring sides and has the cat-and-dog fight with itself. The part of it which is leaded by the fiery chief and tribune comrade Fanatiuk wins. The loser tribune and chief comrade Sataniuk is removed. All the Sataniuk`s supporters as it seems, are going to have the inevitable...
10) Lake Front
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During the Civil War, against the combined forces of the Whites and the interventionists advancing from Murmansk, Onego and Ladoga lakes were fought by people who were often even without uniforms and sailed on old steamships that were hastily converted to military vessels. This book tells of the heroic daily routine of the conscious defenders of the revolution, of their exploits at the front, of the cherished attitude towards the Motherland and freedom....
11) Sweet Porridge
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The «sweet Porridge» - is a queer fairy tale by the famous children's writers Brothers Grimm. This is a small story about the way a little hungry girl was presented with the magic pot, the one, which could cook itself when you say. However, once the girl's mother forgot the words and she could not stop it and the sweet porridge imprisoned the whole village.
12) Laches
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Laches” - is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C). This is the conversation between Socrates, Laches, Lysimachus, Melesias and their sons about the courage as one of virtues and about the importance of not just rearing the children up, but also giving the education to their souls.
13) The Seagull
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The Seagull” - is a celebrated comedy by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), a great Russian writer. *** The plot is based on feelings of Konstantin Treplyov and Nina Zarechnaya and their difficult life choice: fame, glory or the true love. The one of special aspects of this work is that there are no required for the drama elements: dynamic storyline and entertaining events. The admirers of A.p. Chekhov's works will get a great pleasure after reading...
15) Virgin Soil
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Turgenev's "Virgin Soil" delves into the themes of idealism, disillusionment, and the limitations of revolutionary fervor. The novel explores the inherent tensions between the educated intelligentsia and the rural peasantry, shedding light on the difficulties faced in bridging the gap between different social strata and ideologies. The characters' personal struggles mirror the larger struggles of a nation on the brink of transformation. Through vivid...
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Biblically and practically instructs church members in ways they can labor for the health of their church.
What Is a Healthy Church Member? takes its cue from Mark Dever's book What Is a Healthy Church?, which offered one definition of what a healthy church looks like biblically and historically. In this new work, pastor Thabiti Anyabwile attempts to answer the natural next question: "What does a healthy church member look like in the light of Scripture?"
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Height 1079 is an unnamed hill where nine tourists from the Dyatlov group died in 1959. The bizarre circumstances of their death and the subsequent excitement around the tragedy made popular the local, Mansi, name - Kholat-Chakhl, or Dead (Barren, Bald) Mountain. So far, no realistic explanation has been offered for what actually happened on the fateful night of February 1, 1959. The book contains a shocking new version, based not on assumptions,...
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This bilingual English-Russian book will teach your child taste adjectives (sweet, sour, spicy, salty, juice, etc.) in two languages: Russian and English. Colorful illustrations will help children remember the words. This book is a great help to expand vocabulary. It can be used by parents at home and teachers at school. Simple sentences in Russian and English will help the child associate the words and simple grammar constructions in two languages....
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A collection of literary works devoted to issues of spiritual development. Excerpts from the works of contemporary Christian hermeticists Konstantin Serebrov, Maria Toonen and Lena Alexandrova; memories of spiritual experiences that determined the further course of life, prose, poetry.,
20) Salomé
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Salomé” - is a work by the Irish philosopher, aesthete, writer and poet O. Wilde (1854 - 1900). One act play was written by the author in French in 1891. It was translated into English and published in London in 1894. The basis of the tragedy - is the story of Salome, the character of the New Testament. Salome - is the stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, she is the one, who tempted Herod by dancing the Dance of the Seven Veils. To her stepfather's...