Young 4 Ever (Не Стану Взрослой) (Russian Edition)

ISBN 9781907832413

An accomplished cyber sportsman sets on a mission to spend a few days in a small provincial town. He posts an advert in local newspaper looking for a girlfriend to help him spend a thousand dollars and soon starts an unconventional romantic relationship with an emo-girl named Ella. She is the only one that does not look like a gold-digger to Max.

The sweetest thing in any new relationship for Max is not sex, not even the first kiss, it is those last few seconds just before the kiss, when it is clear that the kiss is about to happen. Even if the actual kiss fails to materialise later for whatever reason, this moment of anticipation, this incredible moment, silence, slight numbness, adrenaline rush, the chill, the convergence of the lips, as if by accident... And then this feeling of warmth and euphoria starting to spread in the body.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (bicentennial edition with Dickens' original and classic endings, illustrated)

ISBN 9781907832512

Interactive Media celebrates life and work of Charles Dickens marking the bicentenary of his birth with special edition of his all time classic Great Expectations.

Although a writer from the Victorian era, Dickens’s work transcends his time, language and culture. He remains a massive contemporary influence throughout the world and his writings continue to inspire film, TV, art, literature, artists and academia. Dickens 2012 sees a rich and diverse programme of events taking place in the run up and throughout the whole of 2012.

IT'S TIME (Время Пришло) by Pavel Kostin (Russian Edition)

ISBN 9781907832215

Set on the shores of the Baltic Sea, on rooftops lit with mesmerizing orange sunset and in the darkest corners of urban night. We find real characters there with depth and ideas searching for direction in their fragile lives and learning to express their ideas through art. Also available in English translation by James Rann, read more here >

From up on the roof, you can see everything. You can see life scurrying below you, and see it with a calm objectivity. No prejudices, no assumptions. That's what Max, the compelling narrator does: even when he is not sitting on a rooftop, he looks at life with intelligent curiosity, amiable openness and good-humoured equanimity. Max is not only a great companion for the reader — a calm presence at the centre of events — but the perfect lens through which to see a hidden world.

Notes From The Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky

ISBN 9781907832475 (English Edition)

Dostoevsky's most revolutionary novel following life of a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence. The unnamed narrator turns to a series of incidents from his earlier life and examines them obsessively through a lens of self-contradictory beliefs. A vivid example of essentially irrational nature of human kind presented here with realism and conviction of Dostoyevsky's prose. Read more here >

ISBN 9781907832499 (Russian Edition)

"Записки из подполья" – произведение, открывшее, новый этап в творчестве Достоевского. В центре повести характерный образ "идеолога", мыслителя, носителя хотя и странной, "парадоксальной", но в то же время теоретически замкнутой системы взглядов. Не будучи единомышленником своего "антигероя", Достоевский придал его рассуждениям такую силу доказательности, какой впоследствии отличались монологи главных героев его больших романов –Раскольникова, Ипполита Терентьева, Кириллова, Шатова, Ставрогина, Дмитрия и Ивана Карамазовых. Read more here >

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

ISBN 9781907832345

Lermontov’s only full-scale novel, which prophetically describes the duel in which he later lost his own life. The hero of the novel, Pechorin is an intense individual, a military officer who kidnaps beautiful daughter of Circassian tribesman and who, according to Lermantov’s own introduction, is a composite portrait, made up of all the vices which flourish, full grown, amongst the generation of the time. Read more here>

On July 25, 1841, at Pyatigorsk, fellow soldier Nikolai Martynov, who had been the butt of Lermontov's jokes, challenged Lermontov to a duel. The duel took place two days later at the foot of Mashuk mountain. Lermontov deliberately chose the edge of a precipice for the duel, so that if either combatant was wounded, he would fall and his fate would be sealed. Lermontov was killed by Martynov's first shot. Much of his best verse was posthumously discovered in his pocket-book. Read more >

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

ISBN 9781907832390

Set in Joyce's native Ireland, the story follows life of a young man Stephen and his transformation from child to artist. In five chapters, we are taken through Stephen's early childhood in Ireland and confinement at boarding school, his dalliances with theatre and hiring prostitutes, his retreat from sensory excess into religious devotion, his retreat from religious devotion into aesthetic, ascetic excess, and, ultimately, his retreat from Ireland and fellowship in favour of destiny.

A major example of the Künstlerroman in English literature, a heavily autobiographical coming-of-age novel depicting the childhood and adolescence of protagonist Stephen Dedalus and his gradual growth into artistic self-consciousness. Some hints of the techniques Joyce frequently employed in later works, such as stream of consciousness, interior monologue, and references to a character's psychic reality rather than to his external surroundings, are evident throughout this novel. It is a nearly complete rewrite of the abandoned novel Stephen Hero. The manuscript was rescued by Joyce's sister when he attempted to burn the original in a fit of rage during an argument with his wife.

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

ISBN 9781907832338

Oscar Wilde's only novel, a classic instance of the aestheticism of the 19th century English literature. Dorian is what I would like to be – in other ages, perhaps, said Oscar Wilde describing this novel. Basil Hallward is what I think I am. Lord Henry is what the world thinks I am.

In the centre of the room, clamped to an upright easel, stood the full-length portrait of a young man of extraordinary personal beauty, and in front of it, some little distance away, was sitting the artist himself, Basil Hallward, whose sudden disappearance some years ago caused, at the time, such public excitement and gave rise to so many strange conjectures.

As the painter looked at the gracious and comely form he had so skilfully mirrored in his art, a smile of pleasure passed across his face, and seemed about to linger there. But he suddenly started up, and closing his eyes, placed his fingers upon the lids, as though he sought to imprison within his brain some curious dream from which he feared he might awake. Read more >

Easy Russian for English Speakers Vol. 3: Speak Russian in Colour; Express Emotions; Discuss Weather, Art, Music, Film, Likes And Dislikes

ISBN  9781907832222

This Russian language audio course includes elements of Russian grammar, vocabulary and cultural content complete with dialogues and texts recorded by native Russian speakers together with English guide in every module. Each lesson focuses on specific theme and in this volume we cover colours, emotions, likes, dislikes, seasons, weather, art, music. Grammar and phonetics include difficult Russian sounds, gender of Russian nouns, use of pronouns, adjectives and introduction into Russian case system. Cultural content includes short poems, listening to Russian weather forecast, use of weather talk as conversation filler, reading popular fairy tales in original, basic table manners, and social etiquette. Read more >

The Hunting Sketches Bk.2: The District Doctor and Other Stories

ISBN 9781907832086

An intriguing confession of doctor’s romantic involvement with a beautiful 20 year old patient. Followed by Turgenev’s exquisite, often meditative descriptions of Russian countryside and mysterious herbalist Kassyan infatuated with Gamayane, a prophetic bird of Russian folklore, a symbol of wisdom and knowledge. Read in English (unabridged). Read more >

“It’s hard to die at twenty without having known love…”

Short Stories by Anton Chekhov: About Truth, Freedom, Happiness, and Love

ISBN 9781907832031

Each story in this collection brings us close Chekhov's vision and understanding of complex human relationships. Chekhov's own relationship with Miss Avilova formed the basis for his story About Love. Miss Avilova compared Chekhov with 'busy bee who flies about and is happy to collect honey from just about anything on its way' upon publication of this story and Chekhov quickly responded to Miss Avilova, 'You are being unkind towards your busy bee. The bee first sees bright beautiful flowers and only then collects honey from them'. Read more >

"Where does love come from? How far questions of personal happiness are of consequence in love?"

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

ISBN 9781907832154

A treasure map is found in old sailor's sea chest who once served under the pirate Captain Flint. Following the former pirate's death, young Jim Hawkins, Dr. Livesey, Squire Trelawney, and Captain Smollett set to sail aboard the Hispaniola to find Treasure Island off the coast of South America. One of the world's most enduring adventure stories of pirates sailing to exotic islands, singing Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

Treasure Island marks Stevenson's mastery of tone, pace, and vocabulary. The idea for the story initially began with a watercolour map designed as part of an intricate adventure game for his stepson. As the novel gradually evolved, Stevenson regularly shared portions of the work-in-progress with friends and relatives, taking their comments into account. The novel was first published in serial form in Young Folks' Magazine under the title 'The Sea Cook' Read more >

The Hunting Sketches Bk.1: My Neighbour Radilov and Other Stories

ISBN 9781907832079

The first major writing by Turgenev that gained him recognition. The stories in this collection were written based on Turgenev's own observations while hunting at his mother’s estate. This work exposed many injustices of serfdom and led to Turgenev’s house arrest and eventual abolishment of serfdom in Russia. A fine example of realist tradition in Russian literature. Read in English (unabridged). Read more >

"Often the most insignificant things produce more effect on people than the most important"

The 5 Human Types Vol.1: The Enjoyer; How to Read People Using The Science of Human Analysis

ISBN 9781907832970

The most essential thing in the world to any individual is to understand himself. The next is to understand the other fellow. From this book you are going to learn which of the 5 types you are and how to get the best out of it. The Alimentive type or “The Enjoyer” is discussed in this volume as well as all key principles of human analysis. Read in English (unabridged). Read more >

"It's not how much you know but what you can do that counts."

Short Stories by Anton Chekhov Bk.3: About Truth, Freedom and Love

ISBN  9781907832055

The third audio book in the series of Chekhov's Short Stories featuring a trilogy of interlinked stories about Truth, Freedom and Love. Read by Max Bollinger in English (unabridged). First published in 1898 in Russian and released as separate stories. This title, based on translations by Constance Garnett with revision and adaptation by Max Bollinger follows Chekhov's original vision by bringing the three stories together once again. 

Chekhov dedicated considerable amount of time writing the 3 stories in this trilogy and was very particular about his intention to release them as once piece.  This is evident from his correspondence with his publisher.  But his wishes were ignored during his lifetime and the first story had been published separately. The story received colossal amount of attention from both professional critics and general public and resonated so strongly that readers were compelled to write long letters to Chekhov (in some cases over 20 pages in length) praising him for being so truthful, for enlightening and reflecting the reality of their lives. Read more>

Easy Russian for English Speakers Vol. 1 & 2: Learn to Speak and Understand Russian; From everyday essentials to Chekhov, Pushkin, Gagarin and Shakespeare

ISBN  9781907832437

The Russian audio course that jumps right into learning the language with expertly designed structure of the lessons and their thematic organization to benefit English Speakers. Engaging, attention grabbing, infused with cultural content to deliver immediate results for those who needs to master Russian fast. This set includes essentials from vol. 1 such as greetings, travelling, numbers, food and drink, shopping, getting around town, business meetings, dating and telling the time.  Followed by vol. 2 with more detailed explanation of Russian phonetics, Russian names, birthdays, taking about planet Earth, flying on a Russian space ship and cultural content with fragments of Chekhov, Gagarin and Shakespeare in Russian. Will work with iPod, PC, lap-top, MP3, cell phone or any home stereo.

Easy Russian audio training designed specifically for English Speakers vol 2

ISBN  9780956116581

The second volume planned for release in September 2010 is promising to be even more exciting and more potent instalment of Easy Russian training.  In the second volume, Max Bollinger, the author who speaks both Russian and English fluently is aiming to show English speakers many similarities between the two languages.  “Russian is part of the same European family of languages as English, so you might as well take advantage of this”, wrote Max Bollinger in his introductory note to his latest release. The second volume is subtitled: “Speak Russian Like a Russian; Fly on a Russian Spaceship; Talk about planet Earth and listen to Yuri Gagarin, William Shakespeare and Anton Chekhov in Russian” and is offering students both the necessary vocabulary, grammar and a real opportunity to hear and understand live speech of Yuri Gagarin talking about his historic flight into space.  Masterpieces of Chekhov and Shakespeare are also deployed in this content rich audio training course.  And if that wasn’t enough, listeners will meet a very Russian fire-emitting dragon character named Zmei Gorynych. Read more > Press >

New Release of Turgenev's Mumu to come out in Summer 2010

ISBN  9780956116567

An audio book adaptation of Turgenev's story set on the outskirts of Moscow, in the house of an old widow. The story was written in 1854 by Ivan Turgenev, a great Russian novelists of the nineteenth century. Read in English (unabridged).

Turgenev wrote Mumu with such vivid images and reflections of the state of the tsarist Russia that this piece together with his other stories was credited with having influenced public opinion in favour of the abolition of serfdom in 1861. Turgenev was the first of the great Russian novelists to win fame abroad. One of his great admirers was Henry James, who wrote that "Turgenev’s merit of form is of the first order" Read more> download PDF>

Anton Chekhov

Born in the old Black Sea port of Taganrog on January 17 (old calendar) or January 29 (new calendar), 1860. His grandfather had been a serf; his father married a merchant's daughter and settled in Taganrog, where, during Anton's boyhood, he carried on a small and unsuccessful trade in provisions. The young Anton was soon impressed into the services of the large, poverty-stricken family, and he spoke regretfully in after years of his hard-worked childhood. But he was obedient and good-natured, and worked cheerfully in his father's shop, closely observing the idlers that assembled there, and gathering the drollest stories, which he would afterward whisper in class to his laughing schoolfellows. Many were the punishments which he incurred by this habit, which was incorrigible.

His grandfather had now become manager of an estate near Taganrog, in the wild steppe country of the Don Cossacks, and here the boy spent his summers, fishing in the river, and roving about the countryside as brown as a gypsy, sowing the seeds of that love for nature which he retained all his life. His evenings he liked best to spend in the kitchen of the master's house among the work people and peasants who gathered there, taking part in their games, and setting them all laughing by his witty and telling observations. Read more >