Чтец книг Louis van Beek
Initially banned in France by King Louis XIV, Molière's celebrated social satire Tartuffe exposes hypocrisy in the Catholic Church. When a pious fraud worms his way into a wealthy family and manipulates the patriarch into giving up his fortune, it's up to his family to expose the truth before they end up in the poorhouse! Translated by Richard Wilbur. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast perf…
Has populism won? Two experts show us how and why this disturbing global political trend has taken root and what it will take to turn the tide From Trump's America to Putin's Russia, and from Poland to the Philippines, rapid change and rising inequality have fueled a retreat into tribalist nationalism fed by a fear of being left behind. Populist leaders tap into this fear, with emp…
«Живя постоянно под гнетом неизвестности тех вопросов, которые соседи-мужички пожелают (быть может, сегодня, а быть может, и завтра) разрешить, не дожидаясь окончания трудов комиссии, разумеется, рад-радехонек, если откуда-нибудь нанесет на тебя хоть капельным, хоть с булавочную головку «отрадным» явлением. До какой степени иногда одолевает в деревне жажда каких-нибудь «отрадных» явлений, читатель…
Humble pie wasn't supposed to taste this sweet. Bend or Break, Book 2. Jack Tarkington's life is in the toilet. He was supposed to be spending his junior year studying someplace cool like Paris or Rome. Instead, after taking out his anger on the campus «golden boy», whose dad ripped off his parents, Jack is facing possible expulsion. Sure, it's all his own fault, but coming back to …