От Автора.После окончания войны оккупация половины Европы и накапливание Сталиным дивизий Красной Армии в Чехословакии были расценены западными союзниками как подготовка к продолжению захватнических войн…
У синего моря жил юноша. Сидя вечерами на скале, хранившей дневное тепло, любовался он закатами и мечтал. Ему хотелось за горизонт, туда, где скрывалось солнце,…
In the late summer of 1703, two English ships, the ‘St George’ and the ‘Chink Ports’, were preparing for an expedition to the Pacific Ocean.…
One day, a salty sea breeze brought me to a beautiful town on the shores of the Baltic Sea. It is a city where all…
Until recently, this fish was called just that and fed to farm animals. But then scientists-ichthyologists found out that tuna is a warm-blooded sea creature,…
THE HISTORY OF THE CUBAN CIGAR When Christopher Columbus discovered new lands in 1492, he thought he had finally reached the India he was looking…
Sixteenth-century naturalists left records of the giant Caribbean caiman, a reptile up to 40 feet long. It is hard to believe how terrifying this monster…
Oriental spices have been appreciated by Europeans since ancient times. Meat without pepper had no flavor, and wine without cloves turned sour. Arab traders brought…
In our seaside village, everyone is a fisherman. There is a lot of water and a lot of fish. The first thing I did when…
STORY 2. ABOUT GREED Do you know how to catch the monkey? In their habitat, a heavy box with holes in it is placed on…
