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Омар Хайям - великий персидский философ, поэт, астроном XI века.
Рубаи - одна из самых сложных жанровых форм таджикско-персидской поэзии. Объём рубаи - четыре строки, три из которых рифмуются между собой. Хайям - непревзойдённый мастер данного жанра. Его

Жюль Верн - это один из самых знаменитых и читаемых французских писателей XIX века. Основоположник научной фантастики, он создал уникальный яркий мир, а его книги занимают второе место по переводи-мости на иностранные языки.
'С Земли на Луну прямым путём

Жан-Батист Поклен, творивший под псевдонимом Мольер, - классик французской литературы XVII века, создатель классической комедии, чьи произведения ставят на театральных сценах по всему миру до сих пор.
Пятиактная театральная комедия в стихах 'Мизантроп' -

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A coloring book with beautiful paintings by Wassily Kandinsky that you can color in or finish yourself.
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'Another hour gone. But I'm not afraid. There's only one thing I regret: that I've lived for so many years without knowing where human happiness is to be found'
In these stories, four writers - all exiles from revolutionary Russia - explore four deaths

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'Не ошибается тот, кто ничего не делает' - эта старинная мудрость в полной мере относится к героям юмористических рассказов О. Генри, вошедших в предлагаемый сборник. Уж в чем в чем, а в предприимчивости, изобретательности и упорстве им действительно труд

Chronologically arranged, each chapter focuses on a particular work or idea that changed the course of photography. Presented in beautiful spreads and with informative text, the book opens with photography's genesis in the form of the camera obscura. Cent

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian