Martin Freeman is known for his role in the British television series “Office” and participation in the film “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” in 2012. Carier start Martin Freeman was born on September 8, 1971 in the city of Aldershot, England. He grew up near London and among the five children in the family was … Read more
English cuisine, like all British, is considered quite conservative. Part of this is true: the English do not like to experiment with food, like the French or Italians, but the taste of traditional English food is known throughout the world. Great Britain gave the world community fish and chips, mashed potatoes, small sandwiches, Yorkshire pudding, … Read more
I once got an interesting book. It was called “Rational Reading”. Its author, Leser described in some detail the method of speed reading – “reading more quickly and thoroughly.” I looked through the book, became interested, showed my friend Igor Mateshin. He caught fire: “I want to learn how to read fast!” I replied: “I … Read more
Chapter 1 In the provincial town of NN comes a certain gentleman who stayed at the hotel and “with extremely subtlety” began to question the servants about the local officials and landlords. Curious lord is a college adviser Paul Ivanovich Chichikov. The next day he visited many city officials, starting with the governor. In conversations … Read more
The work contains autobiographical details, the narration is conducted from the first person. The narrator, Rey Smith, a young man from the beatnik generation, travels in America by passing cars and in freight trains, often stays in the open air and lives by casual earnings, contented with the few that Heaven and the Dharma Law … Read more
The current young readers, perhaps, do not remember such a name – Arkady Gaidar. And the children of the Land of Soviets once selflessly played in “Timur and his team,” wept over the “Military Secret” and rejoiced with Chuk and Huck. Among the popular works of the author was the story “The Blue Cup”. A … Read more
The famous Roman rhetorician Mark Fabius Quintilian (35 – circa 100 AD) is the author of an extensive work in twelve books “Rhetorical Instructions.” The work of Quintilian is systematic and strictly thought out. Here, all the experience of classical rhetoric is taken into account and the own experience of a teacher of rhetoric and … Read more
(1807 – 1873) Benediktov Vladimir Grigorievich (1807-1873) – Russian poet, family. November 5, 1807 in St. Petersburg, was brought up in the Olonets Gymnasium and in the 2 nd Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg, from where he was released as an ensign in the LGBT. Izmaylovsky regiment; with this regiment participated in the campaign of … Read more
“The artist thinks in images, he draws, shows, depicts,” wrote Grigory Yakovlevich Solganik, Doctor of Philology. “This is the specificity of the language of fiction,” – this is the end of this statement. In principle, everything is clear. As for me – and, in general, nothing new this doctor of science did not say. After … Read more
M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin History of one city This story is a “true” chronicle of the city of Glupov, “Glupovsky Chronicler”, embracing a period of time from 1731 to 1825, which was “successively” composed by four stupid archivists. In the chapter “From the publisher” the author especially insists on the authenticity of the “Chronicler” and offers … Read more