Светлана Алексиевич "У войны не женское лицо" - одна из самых известных в мире книг о войне лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе. "У войны не женское лицо" — опыт уникального проникновения в духовный мир женщины, выживающей в нечеловеческих условиях войны.

Светлана Алексиевич "Время секонд хэнд" - завершающая книга знаменитого цикла "Голоса утопии" от лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе. "У коммунизма был безумный план, — рассказывает автор, — переделать "старого" человека, ветхого Адама. И это получилось… Может быть, единственное, что получилось.

«Последние свидетели: Соло для детского голоса» лауреата Нобелевской премии Светланы Алексиевич — Вторая мировая война, увиденная глазами детей. Во второй книге художественно-документального цикла «Голоса утопии» собраны интервью людей, которым в войну было 6-12 лет.

Берлин двадцатые годы: в небольшом пансионе живет группа русских эмигрантов. Один из них, Лев Ганин, снова и снова возвращается в мыслях к воспоминаниям о дореволюционной России, своей юности, первой любви - утраченной, но по-прежнему страстно желанной. Случайно Ганин узнает, что к Алферову, одному из его соседей, приезжает жена Машенька. Увидев ее фотографию Ганин понимает, что это и есть его возлюбленная, с которой связаны самые светлые воспоминания его юности. У Ганина созревает план похищения Машеньки, и он начинает готовиться к его воплощению.

Hans Castorp is, on the face of it, an ordinary man in his early 20s, on course to start a career in ship engineering in his home town of Hamburg, when he decides to travel to the Berghof Santatorium in Davos. The year is 1912 and an oblivious world is on the brink of war. Castorp’s friend Joachim Ziemssen is taking the cure and a three-week visit seems a perfect break before work begins. But when Castorp arrives he is surprised to find an established community of patients, and little by little, he gets drawn into the closeted life and the individual personalities of the residents.

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.