Gun that Changed the World
The Russian word that is most frequently spoken throughout the world isn't Lenin, gulag or perestroika, it's 'Kalashnikov'. The reason for this is simple: there are 80 million Kalashnikovs in circulation on five continents. Once invented, the AK-4...
Gun that Changed the World
The Russian word that is most frequently spoken throughout the world isn't Lenin, gulag or perestroika, it's 'Kalashnikov'. The reason for this is simple: there are 80 million Kalashnikovs in circulation on five continents. Once invented, the AK-4...
Zhestokij vek
Monumentalnyj istoricheskij epos Isaja Kalashnikova 'Zhestokij vek' vyshel v svet v 1978 godu i srazu zhe poluchil priznanie kak odin iz vydajuschikhsja obraztsov zhanra. S tekh por on s neizmennym uspekhom pereizdavalsja neskolko raz, i khotja mnogoe bylo napisano za eti gody o legendarnykh sobytijakh togo dalnego vremeni, proizvedenie Kalashnikova po-prezhnemu ne perestaet voskhischat chitatelej glubinoj i masterstvom prorabotki istoricheskogo materiala, polozhennogo v osnovu etogo grandioznogo i zakhvatyvajuschego romana. V beskrajnej mongolskoj stepi v seredine XII veka v znatnom rodu tajdzhiut pojavilsja na svet malchik, imeni kotorogo suzhdeno bylo zhelezom i krovju zapechatletsja v istorii chelovechestva. Rano poterjav ottsa, Temudzhin preodolel mnozhestvo nevzgod i obrel besprimernoe moguschestvo i besprimernuju slavu pod imenem Chingiskhan. Kak predvoditel vojska, podobno neuderzhimoj lavine smetajuschego vse na svoem puti, kak pravitel, v svoej bezuderzhnoj zhazhde vlasti
Corpus Linguistics for Translation and Contrastive Studies
Corpus Linguistics for Translation and Contrastive Studies provides a clear and practical introduction to using corpora in these fields. Giving special attention to parallel corpora, which are collections of texts in two or more languages, and dem...
Random Processes By Example
This volume first introduces the mathematical tools necessary for understanding and working with a broad class of applied stochastic models. The toolbox includes Gaussian processes, independently scattered measures such as Gaussian white noise and...
Elements of Moral Cognition
Is the science of moral cognition usefully modelled on aspects of Universal Grammar? Are human beings born with an innate 'moral grammar' that causes them to analyse human action in terms of its moral structure, with just as little awareness as th...
Business in Post-Communist Russia
It is a widely held idea that Russia has completed its revolution which brought down the Soviet economy, and that many companies after privatisation work as typical western companies. Another belief is that Russia has adopted a market economy but ...
The Animal in Ottoman Egypt
Since humans first emerged as a distinct species, they have eaten, fought, prayed, and moved with other animals. In this stunningly original and conceptually rich book, historian Alan Mikhail puts the history of human-animal relations at the cente...
Bistatic Radar
Bistatic radars have been a focus of study since the earliest days of radar research. Despite this, until recently only a few bistatic systems have crossed the experimental study threshold, and, consequently there is little knowledge about them co...
Elements of Moral Cognition
Is the science of moral cognition usefully modelled on aspects of Universal Grammar? Are human beings born with an innate 'moral grammar' that causes them to analyse human action in terms of its moral structure, with just as little awareness as th...
From Utterances to Speech Acts
Most of the time our utterances are automatically interpreted as speech acts: as assertions, conjectures and testimonies; as orders, requests and pleas; as threats, offers and promises. Surprisingly, the cognitive correlates of this essential comp...
The Master And Margarita
He is accompanied by various demons, including a naked girl and a huge black cat. When he leaves, the asylums are full and the forces of law and order are in disarray. Only the Master, a writer and a man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist the devil’s onslaught.
Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt
In one of the first ever environmental histories of the Ottoman Empire, Alan Mikhail examines relations between the empire and its most lucrative province of Egypt. Based on both the local records of various towns and villages in rural Egypt and t...
Water on Sand
From Morocco to Iran and the Black Sea to the Red, Water on Sand rewrites the history of the Middle East and North Africa from the Little Ice Age to the Cold War. As the first holistic environmental history of the region over the last half millenn...
Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory
Quantum field theory is the basis of our modern description of physical phenomena at the fundamental level. This systematic and comprehensive text emphasizes nonperturbative phenomena and supersymmetry. It includes a thorough discussion of various...
Half a Century of Chess
In this collection of his best games, former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik demonstrates the deep strategic style that took him to the title . Written by one of the greatest players of all time . Contains 90 annotated games from Botvinnik's care...
Fly Agaric. Microdosing
From the authorI wrote this book for those who care about their physical and mental health. For those who truly want to understand how the Red Fly Agaric and other Amanitas works at the level of microdosing. The book reflects my many years of experience, the experience of my mushroom pharmacy, and is based on the latest laboratory and (pre)clinical trials in USA, Europe, and Israel. By reading it, you will learn: * who microdosing is indicated for and who it is not; * how Red and Panther Amanitas work at the biochemical level; * what problems microdosing can solve and which it cannot; * how to properly collect Amanitas and prepare various forms of microdosing; * how to accurately assess the quality of products from different manufacturers; * you will be able safely determine your dosage, establish courses and breaks between them, and learn about mindfulness and goal setting.AnnotationFor the first time since the rise of mass microdosing, a single publication comprehensively explores
Oni srazhalis za Rodinu. Sudba cheloveka
Mikhail Sholokhov - vydajuschijsja sovetskij pisatel, avtor legendarnogo romana-epopei 'Tikhij Don', klassik otechestvennoj literatury, laureat Nobelevskoj premii, proizvedenija kotorogo perevedeny na mnogie jazyki. 'On vidit i vosprinimaet zhizn kak realisticheskuju dramu, v kotoroj glavnaja rol otvedena chelovechnosti, - pisal o Sholokhove finskij pisatel Martti Larni. - V etom odno iz objasnenij ego mirovoj slavy'. V nastojaschee izdanie voshli proizvedenija, posvjaschennye Velikoj Otechestvennoj vojne, vkljuchaja roman 'Oni srazhalis za Rodinu'. Izvestnye nam glavy romana byli napisany i opublikovany vo vremja Velikoj Otechestvennoj vojny; rabota velas nad romanom i v posledujuschie gody, no nezadolgo do smerti avtor szheg rukopis osnovnogo teksta. Vposledstvii Sergej Bondarchuk snjal po motivam proizvedenija Sholokhova odnoimennyj film. Pomimo romana, v sbornik vkljuchen rasskaz 'Sudba cheloveka', udostoennyj vysokoj otsenki kritikov i chitatelej (po opredeleniju Khemingueja, eto
Stikhotvorenija. Poemy
Buduchi bolshim ljubitelem folklora, Mikhail Jurevich Lermontov pereskazyval ne tolko suschestvujuschie istorii, no i pridumyval svoi sjuzhety. Ego dvazhdy ssylali sluzhit na Kavkaz, gde on aktivno pisal, cherpaja vdokhnovenie i v russkom epose, i v vostochnykh predanijakh. Ego zavorazhivala krasota prirody i mestnye traditsii, no v to zhe vremja ne pokidalo chuvstvo otorvannosti ot obschestva i odinochestva. Etu dvojstvennost kharaktera on chasto pridaval glavnym gerojam svoikh proizvedenij. V knige sobrany ego skazki i poemy, kotorye vkhodjat v objazatelnuju shkolnuju programmu, a takzhe luchshie izbrannye stikhotvorenija.
Master i Margarita
Novoe izdanie odnogo iz samykh kultovykh romanov XX veka - ot avtora legendarnykh proizvedenij 'Sobache serdtse' i 'Belaja gvardija' Mikhaila Bulgakova. 'Master i Margarita' - odin iz samykh izvestnykh i znachimykh romanov proshlogo stoletija. Kniga legla v osnovu mnogochislennykh oper, simfonij, rok-oper, filmov i teleserialov. Samaja svezhaja adaptatsija etoj istorii - posvjaschjonnaja vzaimootnoshenijam Volanda i Mastera kartina 'Voland' - uvidel svet 1 janvarja 2023 goda. Tak chto zhe tak privlekaet ljudej k istorii o vizite djavola i ego svity v sovetskuju Moskvu tridtsatykh godov proshlogo veka, istorii o nischem filosofe i obrechjonnom prokuratore Iudei, o talantlivom i neschastnom Mastere i ego prekrasnoj i vernoj vozljublennoj Margarite?
The War Works Hard
The War Works Hard
Samaja strashnaja kniga 2025
Bojsja s nami. Bojsja kak my. Bojsja luchshe nas!'Samaja strashnaja kniga' vozvraschaetsja s ocherednoj portsiej zhutkikh, interesnykh, originalnykh istorij, sredi kotorykh kazhdyj chitatel (da-da, i TY tozhe!) najdet strakh na svoj vkus - ved rasskazy dlja etoj knigi otbirali takie zhe chitateli.Chego my boimsja? Kakie fobii skryvajutsja pod etoj oblozhkoj? Uzhas zhivet v sosednej kvartire, khoronitsja na starykh videokassetakh, v taksofonakh i radiopriemnikakh, i pod vekovechnymi kamenjami arkheologicheskikh raskopok. Zreet, kolosjas v pole pshenitsy, za stenkami zhemchuzhnykh rakovin ili dazhe vnutri chelovecheskogo tela. Pronikaet v samuju dushu s gorodskimi legendami i populjarnymi teleperedachami, durnymi zhelanijami i grekhovnymi mysljami.Bojsja s nami. Bojsja kak my. Bojsja luchshe nas... Glavnoe - BOJSJa.'Samaja strashnaja kniga' pomozhet.
Master i Margarita
Roman 'Master i Margarita' - odno iz jarchajshikh javlenij mirovoj literatury XX veka. Dazhe dlja sovremennikov Bulgakova eta kniga taila mnozhestvo zagadok, s techeniem zhe vremeni ikh stanovitsja vse bolshe. Roman nastolko mnogoznachen, chto ischerpyvajuschie pojasnenija k nemu zanjali by takoj zhe obem, kak sam tekst. Poetomu v knige lish korotko prokommentirovany osnovnye sjuzhetnye linii, realii, ushedshie iz sovremennoj zhizni, i ukazany prototipy osnovnykh geroev romana. Esli zhe etoj informatsii vam pokazhetsja malo, to vpered - roman-zagadka tait v sebe esche nemalo ljubopytnogo!
Ne trogaj nas
Stikhi - eto nepreryvnoe vyjasnenie togo, chto takoe stikhi. Oni ne pishutsja, a obnaruzhivajutsja. Dazhe bolshe: eto vyjasnenie togo, chto takoe stikhi segodnja. Pochemu eto tak vazhno? Potomu chto dlja poeta net bolee vazhnoj zadachi, chem vyjasnenie, chto takoe eto 'segodnja'. Novaja kniga Mikhaila Ajzenberga - stikhi, napisannye v 2022-2023 godakh, dopolnennye zagljadyvajuschimi v buduschee, to est v nashe segodnja, stikhotvorenijami predyduschikh let. Evropejskoe izdanie