В сборнике представлены повести современных советских авторов, рассказывающие о самых разных аспектах работы и жизни правоохранительных органов: о далеко не однозначной работе милиции в условиях перестройки; о частном расследовании разного рода преступлений, и наконец, раздел "Из прошлого" познакомит читателя с записками начальника Московской сыскной полиции начала века

Книга для девочек и мальчиков по домоводству; о том, как научиться шить, вязать, готовить, накрывать на стол, принимать друзей, весело отпраздновать день рождения

Автор освещает сложные обстоятельства литературной жизни, в которых развернулось творчество Маяковского - "лирика-трибуна" Октябрьской революции

A man haunted by his own imagination, hidden writing that leads to buried treasure, a fisherman fighting for his life in a powerful whirlpool. In these short stories by Edgar Allan Poe we meet people struggling with death. Others are trying to solve the darkest of mysteries

The reader will enjoy watching Tree-ear work patiently toward his goal of becoming a potter, but perhaps more importantly, will see him learn the importance of sacrifice. The wise and fatherly Crane-man helps him learn how to become a respectable man and teaches him to be kind and charitable. Potter Min is crusty and curt, but his gentle wife is the epitome of soft kindness. In the end, even curmudgeonly Min is won over by the brave and loyal Tree-ear. Although the book is set in 12th century Korea, it does not feel like an ancient story. This book will be enjoyed by all

Tuck Everlasting is a fantasy children's novel by Natalie Babbitt. The book explores the concept of immortality and the reasons why it might not be as desirable as it appears to be

The Giver is a dystopian children"s novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness," a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives

The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963

When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs