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'A Clump of Lilacs’ by Aleksandr Kuprin, is a short story about real love and faithfulness. In order to help her husband in passing the exam, Verochka is ready to do anything, she does everything without any regret for money or her efforts, her faithfulness and kindness lead to the triumph of justice.
62) Beanpole
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In post-WWII Leningrad, two women, Iya and Masha (astonishing newcomers Viktoria Miroshnichenko and Vasilisa Perelygina), intensely bonded after fighting side by side as anti-aircraft gunners, attempt to readjust to a haunted world. As the film begins, Iya, long and slender and towering over everyone—hence the film’s title—works as a nurse in a shell-shocked hospital, presiding over traumatized soldiers. A shocking accident brings them closer...
63) Babylon Dreamers
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A group of young immigrants in Israel is trying to win the International Breakdance Championship. The intense competition is primary focus of their lives, but as we watch them practice and rehearse we enter a world of crisis and alienation. Mixer, 27, is supporting his young family and trying to help his younger brother and sister, who still live with their alcoholic mom. Potter, 21, is in the army now; he still dreams of dancing, but has no one to...
65) Demons
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Demons” - is a work by the classic author of Russian literature and one of the best novel writers in the world F. M. Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881). This is one of the most politicized author's novels. It was written under the impression of the first sprouts of the terroristic and radical movements among the Russian intellectuals and commoners.
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Guy de Maupassant is a famed French man of letters, who was able to feel himself a writer only for a decade. We offer you collected works by the great writer, into which his short stories and the novel "a Life" are included. The book is illustrated with canvases of Pierre Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Maurice Leloir, Arkhip Kuinji etc.
67) Dead Time
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The book by researcher Svetlana Eremeeva is an analysis of the representations of military funerals in 2022 in the public space. The author sought to find out not so much how military men are buried today, but what it means for their loved ones, for society and the state as a whole. By defining the contours of the lifeworlds behind the wires of the dead, the author shows the untenability of the rhetoric about "brotherly" peoples of hardly a single...
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"Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green" is a collection of 18 essays by Jerome Klapka Jerome, an outstanding British writer and humourist (1859—1927). In an ironical form, the author tells about ordinary people, conventional manners, ups and downs, about outstanding individuals and common herd, in which a reader will be able to see himself or his acquaintances.
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The Bible stands at the heart of the Christian faith. But, this leads to an inescapable question: why should we trust the Bible? Written to help non-Christians, longtime Christians, and everyone in between better understand why God's Word is reliable, this short book explores the historical and theological arguments that have helped lead millions of believers through the centuries to trust the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Written by pastor Greg...
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By tradition of one of London schools, eight scholarship holders were awarded with a travel throughout the world. This time benefactress assigned a trip to the Antilles. At first, pupils who dreamed about Africa, India and Australia a bit disappointed. However, the adventures that came their way compensated all the imaginable impressions.
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The book "The Bilingual Revolution. The Future of Bilingual Education" tells the story of the formation and development of bilingual education in US public schools through the experience of parents and teachers. In the book, the author describes in detail the process of creating the first bilingual programs by parents and teachers in public schools. The initiators of bilingual education, mothers and fathers, teachers and school directors, believe...
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"On the Catechising of the Uninstructed" is a piece of writing issued from the pen of the great Christian preacher, philosopher and theologian Augustine of Hippo (Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, 354-430). This work is addressed to explanation of fundamentals of Christian faith for uneducated people, who do not like long sermons.
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"Notes from the Underground" is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores the inner psyche of its narrator, a bitter and reclusive underground man. The novel is divided into two parts: the first part is a series of philosophical musings on the meaning of existence, while the second part is a series of vignettes that showcase the narrator's interactions with society. Through the narrator's bleak and misanthropic worldview, the novel delves into themes...
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The «the Frog Prince or Iron Henry» - is the most famous work by Brothers Grimm. The basis of the fairy tale - is the story of a little frog, which is in a hurry to help the young girl. Nevertheless, her tears were not sincere and the princess did not want to fulfill her promise. The small readers are for sure familiar with the plot of this fairy tale thanks to the screen version of it.
76) The Road Movie
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A mosaic of asphalt adventures, landscape photography, and some of the craziest stuff you’ve ever seen, this is a stunning compilation of video footage shot exclusively via the deluge of dashboard cameras that populate Russian roads. Nominated for Best Documentary at the **Nashville Film Festival**. "*Suspenseful and funny, occasionally poignant and often nearly unbelievable, it captures a certain sociological flavor while remaining universally...
77) The Overcoat
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«The Overcoat» - is one of the famous St Petersburg short stories by the most mysterious author of the Russian literature Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol. This intricate story is about a poor Akaky Akakievich Bashmachkin, who placed an order for a new overcoat for himself and was looking forward for it to be sewed. The author, skillfully using the words, shows all the indifference and cruelty of St Petersburg towards the poor official. The story is also...
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Written and illustrated for 5- to 7-year-olds, this book celebrates grandmas, superheroes without whom none of us would exist, and the cultural traditions they bear that unify and nourish families across space and time. The millennia-old Korean New Year's tradition exemplifies the universal importance of multi-generational family and of immigrant origins.
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'Two Years' Vacation’ is a writing work of a French novelist Jules Verne (fr. Jules Verne, 1828-1905). * "Two Years' Vacation" is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne. The novel is about little "Robinsons". The lead characters are kids, who found themselves in extreme circumstances. They have, experienced a lot: despair and hope, fights against the elements and people, but learnt how to bear a loss, how to do battle with nature and themselves,...
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