Popular Literature

There was once a fashionable theory that history was determined not by individuals but by economic and geopolitical forces. Recent years have proved that idea abundantly wrong. From Nigel Farage to Donald Trump via (inevitably) Vladimir Putin, we have largely been governed, endangered and thrown into confusion by a pack of angry men. (Nearly always men. Nearly always white). Men whose ambition is inversely proportional to their ability - and stability.

Susie Bright celebrates the first amendment, lesbianism, single motherhood, and fantasizes an eventful night with Dan Quayle in this uninhibited and quirky collection of essays, articles, and book reviews written over the past few years. Offbeat and sexy, Bright defends Madonna, attacks Dr. Ruth, and is snubbed by Camille Paglia herself in this rather amazing and outspoken collection.

Clara Wilson is your typical clichéd teen fiction protagonist with exactly two friends, no social life and a 4.0 GPA. She has been in love with Alec Evans, the unattainably popular football quarterback and her next-door neighbor, forever. She thinks she is in for a quiet senior year until Jake Henderson arrives. Bad boy extraordinaire, he's arrogant, rude, undeniably gorgeous and shares a past with Clara that she wants to do nothing more than to forget. Caught between two boys, Clara’s life is turned upside down in the most ridiculous of ways.

Anthony Crowley's Stripped Verses is a poetry collection themed around naturism, nature. The collection also focuses on body positivity, confidence, and social acceptance. Includes the award-winning verse "Solar Angel".

It's a tough time to be a woman on the internet. Over the past two generations, the political map of human relations has been redrawn by feminism and by changes in technology. In Cybersexism, Laurie Penny goes to the dark heart of the matter and asks why threats of violence are being used to try to silence female voices, analyses the structure of online misogyny, and makes a case for real freedom of speech - for everyone.

A stinging satire of tell-all showbiz memoirs, starring a self-deluded gay icon who has managed to ride every pop culture trend of the last 40 years. Marc LeJeune has had a remarkable career in the entertainment business. Despite the carping of critics, cruel twists of fate, and the treachery of former friends who were blind to his exceptional dramatic and musical talents, he has remained true to his unique artistic vision. Through this fabulous parody of the showbiz confession, Rupert Smith has created a witty and scathing satire of popular culture and entertainment over the last 40 years.

Eliza Cynster is on the hunt for a husband, and with no potential suitors to be found among the cream of the ton, she knows she must look elsewhere. But her curiosity costs her dearly as she falls into an elaborate trap. Brazenly kidnapped from her sister Heather's engagement ball, Eliza Cynster is spirited north from London to Edinburgh. Desperate and determined to escape, she seizes upon the first possible champion who happens along - gentleman scholar Jeremy Carling.

Sexual Reality marks Susie Bright's return to politics and passion, jealousy and risk - in an intimate look at the human sexual condition. Chapters include: "The Story of O Birthday Party", "Strip Tea: A Most Unusual Tea Party", "Undressing Camille Paglia", "Egg Sex: Pregnancy and a Mother's Sex Life", "Blindsexual: What Every Bisexual Needs to Know", and "When 'No' Means 'I Didn't Know It Would Be Like This'".

Предназначая эти сказки исключительно для взрослых, переводчик остался верен стремлению показать русскому читателю "Книгу тысячи и одной ночи" такой, как она есть, и при передаче непристойных мест оригинала.

Bougies are the new name for the hip middle class. Bougies Rule! is a satirical look at this group of people who dress up their dogs, speak endlessly of exotic vacation destinations and pepper their conversation with expressions like, "nuance," "feng shui," and "serious cinema."

In his debut essay collection, Nicholas Belardes uses today’s pop culture and self-deprecating humor as a filter for discussing personal stories of family, writing, gender, art, and race. He dives into the Harry Potter play and discusses his cursed childhood home. He tells coming-of-age tales of Dungeons & Dragons and blames Stranger Things for jogging those hilarious memories.

Sex symbols, whether from the past or present, allure like little else. Though many sex symbols have emerged over the years, three have triumphed as American icons: Rudolph Valentino of the 1920s, the Beatles band of the 1960s, and Justin Bieber of today. Through poetry, this work praises beloved American icons, while attempting to harness and integrate their charismatic powers. Hopefully, these prominent icons will inspire other sex symbol icons to emerge in the very near future.

В венгерском фольклоре сказка является одним из самых старых жанров. Интересно, что первоначально их рассказывали не детям, а взрослые друг другу во время совместной работы. Наиболее содержательными и интересными в Венгрии можно назвать волшебные сказки.

Сказки любят и взрослые и дети. Они вдохновляют писателей и поэтов, композиторов и художников. По сказкам ставят спектакли и кинофильмы, создаются оперы и балеты. Именно со сказками связаны наши первые представления о добре и зле, хитрости и честности, смелости и трусости.

Значение народной сказки неоценимо по многим причинам, но в первую очередь потому, что несмотря на то, что сказка уходит своими корнями в глубокое прошлое, она обращена в будущее. Сказка вселяет надежду на преодоление препятствий и торжество справедливости.

Тролли и эльфы, злые колдуньи и добрые волшебники, домовые и черти. Когда-то давным-давно в Норвегии, да что там греха таить, кое-кто и до сих пор верит в то, что вся эта сказочная нечисть живет в дремучих лесах и туманных фьордах и встреча с ними может коренным образом изменить судьбу человека.

Сказки правдивы - писал Итало Кальвини, - все вместе, в своей повторяемости и разнообразии человеческих историй, они дают общее объяснение жизни.

От сказок других народов индийские сказки отличаются прежде всего неповторимым колоритом индийского духа, набожностью и ученостью. Эти сказки наполнены добротой и красочностью и открывают перед слушателями удивительный и ни с чем несравнимый мир Востока.

Отрицательное отношение к "Тысячи и одной ночи" реакционно настроенных арабских филологов XIX века печально отразилось на судьбе ее печатных изданий.

Наверное только дети умеют не просто слушать сказки, но проживать их вместе с героями, примеряя на себя поочередно все роли. Кто из девочек не мечтал стать принцессой, и какой мальчик не представлял себя сказочным принцем, одним махом расправляющимся со всеми злодеями.