Aldous Huxley Counterpoint A few months from the life of the so-called intellectual elite of London. Receptions, meetings, visits, travel… Friendly conversations, fundamental disputes, secular gossip, family and love troubles… In music, a kind of polyphony is called a counterpoint, in which all the voices are equal. And this principle is observed in the novel … Read more
Edward de Bono is a famous writer and consultant from Malta. Childhood and youth Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono was born on May 19, 1933. He studied at the University of Malta, where he received medical education. During the Second World War he studied at St. Edward’s College. He also studied at Christ Church … Read more
A. J. Cronin Citadel The action takes place in the 1920-1930-ies. In Great Britain. In a small mining town Blanelli comes a young doctor Andrew Manson – a new assistant doctor, Dr. Page. When he arrives, he learns that his cartridge is paralyzed and will have to carry a double load. The wife of Page … Read more
Night. Nurse Varka, a girl of about thirteen, shakes the cradle and sings a lullaby a little audibly. The child cries and does not fall asleep, Varka wants to sleep, but if she falls asleep, the owners will kill her. She dreams, as people walk along the road, and then fall and fall asleep. Then … Read more
I. The Talisman At the end of October, a young man entered the Palais Royal building – Rafael de Valantin, in whose eyes the players noticed some terrible secret, his features expressed the impassiveness of a suicide and a thousand deceived hopes. Los Valentine lost the last Napoleon, and in a daze began to wander … Read more
Belonog Yuri Grigorievich – Ukrainian athlete, athlete, world champion in shot put. Yuri was born on March 9, 1974 in the city of Belopolye, Sumy region. Physical data of the athlete: height 2 meters, weight 132 kg. Although he himself admits that the optimal weight for him is 140 kg. Yuri Belonog began to play … Read more
Goran Ivanishevich – tennis player, was born on September 13, 1971 in Split, Croatia. Biography of Goran Ivaneshevich is best known as a biography of the Wimbledon champion of 2001. Croatian star Ivanishevich started professional tennis in 1988, quickly gaining a reputation for his excellent physical data, as well as relaxed character. The height of … Read more
Prosper Merimee The Etruscan vase of Auguste Saint-Claire was not liked in the so-called “big world”; the main reason was that he tried to please only those who were to his heart. He walked one by himself and carefully avoided the others. In addition, he was careless and absent-minded. He was proud and proud. He … Read more
Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) – one of the most prominent painters of the Venetian school. The canvas “Marriage in Cana of Galilee” depicts Christ at a marriage feast in the Galilean settlement of Caen at the time of his first miracle: when the wine was finished, He at the request of the Mother turned water into … Read more