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Forth and Back and Other Stories is a lovely sampling of short stories from Russian author Alexander Grin (1880-1932). While Grin suffered through prison sentences and multiple exiles during his lifetime, his fiction often features fantasy worlds far more romantic and enticing than the harsh realities in which he lived. For those of us yet unfamiliar with Grin's work, Forth and Back serves as a perfect introduction to the fanciful creations of one of the great imaginations of the 20th century.

In a future where every inch of Moscow is under surveillance and people date only online, a girl chooses to go on a real date.... This is how one of the 11 sci-fi stories begins.... There are neither cabbages nor kings in this book, just a president, oranges, and robots.

In the future, when robots have already fully permeated our everyday life, a devastating automobile accident with an unmanned drone big rig kills Nick's friend. The suspicion of murder falls on Nick, a psychologist who specializes in robots, but the investigation reaches a dead end. At the same time, Nick meets Liza, and begins work on an android that will be indistinguishable from a human. But Nick doesn't realize that he is now part of a brilliant experiment.

Nashi sootechestvenniki v nachale XX veka organizujut jekspediciju na Mars i nahodjat tam civilizaciju, kotoruju obrazovali vyhodcy s pogibshej Atlantidy. Ajelita, doch' glavy Marsa, vljubljaetsja v zemljanina - inzhenera Losja.

Fourteen popular Russian folktales with musical illustrations (in Russian). Narrated by Liliya Manevich. Music by Leonard Manevich.

Во все времена люди обращались к предсказаниям, которые играли важную роль в социальной жизни. В каких-то народах они выполнялись исключительно жрецами или старейшинами, но на Руси традиционными гаданиями занимались все от мала до велика. В нашей книге мы расскажем вам о способах гаданий, которые передавались из поколения в поколение, что вы смогли, так же как наши предки, прикоснуться к загадочному миру тайн и волшебства.…

Spektakl' po znamenitomu fantasticheskomu romanu velikogo francuzskogo pisatelja Zhjulja Verna (1828-1905) v ispolnenii luchshih akterov. Jeta strannaja istorija, kotoraja nachalas' utrom v gorode Uastone, shtat Virginija, proizoshla mezhdu blizkimi druz'jami i odnovremenno sopernikami - doktorom Sidneem G'judel'sonom i misterom Dinom Forsajtom, oderzhimymi odnoj strast'ju - astronomiej.

Prodolzhenie neverojatnogo audioblokbastera! Poslednee Chudo. Jepizod 2: Neobychnaja sem'ja. Trudnosti prekrasnoj devochki. Otvetstvennost' pri kazhdom vdohe. On mechtaet ostat'sja na Zemle. Tol'ko zdes' est' takie strannosti, kak okno, imja, nadezhda… s kazhdym dnem putnik iz drugoj real'nosti vstrechaet vse novye chudesa, kotorye my perestali zamechat'. No skoro emu pridetsja vozvrashhat'sja, a vyhod v ego mir zaterjan sredi beskonechnyh prostorov nashej planety.

Vpervye v Rossii! Pervyj audioblokbaster. Poslednee Chudo - Jepizod 1: Puteshestvie v trushhobah. Begstvo. Zhizn' posle smerti. On mechtaet ostat'sja na Zemle. Tol'ko zdes' est' takie strannosti, kak okno, imja, nadezhda… s kazhdym dnem putnik iz drugoj real'nosti vstrechaet vse novye chudesa, kotorye my perestali zamechat'. No skoro emu pridetsja vozvrashhat'sja, a vyhod v ego mir zaterjan sredi beskonechnyh prostorov nashej planety.

Posle apokalipsisa v pod#ezde rebjatam srochno nuzhno bezhat' iz goroda. Jeto krajne slozhno po neskol'kim prichinam. Zhutkaja ssora Oli i Serezhi, kotoryj, po suti, organizoval «terakt», sozdaet v kollektive tjazheluju atmosferu. Vvedenie v gorode «osobogo polozhenija» otrezaet vse puti othoda – gorod «zapert», na ulicah tolpy policejskih. Chto zhe delat' - rebjata pridumyvajut v kafe na otshibe, kuda durnaja slava, pohozhe, tozhe dobralas'.

Prodolzhenie neverojatnogo audioblokbastera! Poslednee Chudo. Jepizod 3: Neschastnaja mat'. Osada. Federal'nyj rozysk. On mechtaet ostat'sja na Zemle. Tol'ko zdes' est' takie strannosti, kak okno, imja, nadezhda… s kazhdym dnem putnik iz drugoj real'nosti vstrechaet vse novye chudesa, kotorye my perestali zamechat'. No skoro emu pridetsja vozvrashhat'sja, a vyhod v ego mir zaterjan sredi beskonechnyh prostorov nashej planety. Pomoch' v poiskah sposobny lish' chetvero rebjat, okazavshihsja vne zakona, i neponjatnaja zagadka.

Popytka nachat' novuju zhizn' zakonchilas' federal'nym rozyskom. Andrej, Serezha, Vika, Olja i Geroj begut iz goroda. Doverivshis' Andreju, oni sadjatsja v prigorodnuju jelektrichku i otpravljajutsja v derevnju Peredonsk, gde u nih, okazyvaetsja, est' dom...

Rebjata, v poiskah zhilishha, zabralis' noch'ju po neznaniju v dom opasnogo «kriminal'nogo avtoriteta», kuda, v tot zhe moment zalez i vor, vzjavshij rebjat v zalozhniki. Posle razmyshlenij, kak ograbit' hozjaina, nichego luchshe, kak ustroit' v ego zhe dome svad'bu, nikto ne pridumal. Teper' ostalos' do 7 chasov utra sobrat' k banditu zhitelej derevni, kotorye bojatsja ego, kak ognja, ustroit' popojku i pod shumok ukrast' sejf, chto stoit v spal'ne «avtoriteta»...

In a future where progress is accelerating beyond humanity's ability to keep pace, the Humanists are trying to live in harmony with nature and avoid the advancing technology. One night, a fire destroys Kingstown - the Humanist settlement on the West Coast. As details of the tragedy emerge, outrage sweeps the Unites States, putting President Bill Freeman's reelection prospects in doubt.

Jetot mir pohozh na Zonu Strugackih. Beskonechnaja, vrazhdebnaja cheloveku pustynja drugogo mira so svoimi pravilami i fizicheskimi zakonami, napolnennaja smertel'no opasnymi fenomenami i prichudlivymi zhivotnymi. Slabyh ona lomaet i unichtozhaet, sil'nyh ozhestochaet i delaet eshhe sil'nee.

K seredine XXI veka stalo jasno: kto-to dolzhen sdelat' tak, chtoby na Zemle vse-taki mozhno bylo zhit'. Dlja bor'by s global'nymi jepidemijami, bushujushhimi na planete, byla sozdana vsesil'naja Sanitarnaja Sluzhba. S ee pomoshh'ju udaetsja sderzhivat' rasprostranenie samyh strashnyh virusov i vozbuditelej smertel'nyh boleznej.

Polnost'ju rasterjav vo vremja total'nyh katastrof vsju tysjacheletijami nakoplennuju informaciju, ljudi dazhe ne podozrevajut o kosmicheskih podvigah svoih dalekih predkov. Pojetomu neudivitel'no, chto, snova ustremivshis' k zvezdam i obnaruzhiv na prigodnoj dlja kolonizacii planete chuzhuju zhizn', jemissary Zemli pristupajut k metodichnoj sterilizacii otkrytogo.

Nekogda ljudi sozdali mirmikantropov - geneticheski modificirovannyh ljudej s minimal'nymi polovymi razlichijami, neprihotlivyh, s novymi organami chuvstv i bol'shoj plodovitost'ju. Pozzhe mezhdu ljud'mi i mirmikantropami razgorelas' vojna, kotoruju ljudi proigrali. Ostatki chelovecheskoj rasy zhivut na poslednej planete v podzemnyh krepostjah-ubezhishhah v uslovijah zhestochajshej maskirovki. No mirmikantropy nahodjat jetu planet.

Chelovechestvo, rasselivsheesja po vsej Galaktike, tak i ne stalo edinym. Voennoe protivostojanie, jekonomicheskie neurjadicy, problema kontakta s inoplanetnoj zhizn'ju - vse jeti protivorechija, razdeljajushhie mir, ne dajut pokoja i pilotu flajdarta Aleksandru Shabanu, popadajushhemu snachala na nevpolne blagopoluchnuju planetu Prokna, zatem — na Kaplju.

Ego sila i znanija vpolne smogli pomoch' emu stat' neprevzojdennym voinom i polkovodcem, glavnym kozyrem v krovoprolitnyh bitvah. On v mire, gde vyzhivaet lish' tot, kto srazhaetsja, ne dumaja o smerti, dumaja lish' o pobede... Osobenno esli u nego s soboj strashnoe volshebnoe oruzhie iz nevedomogo dikim plemenam materiala - stal'noj lom.