From the book "Venice. History of water and land " Scientists from Stanford University have published a map of the emotional perception of London based on information from the English novels of the XVIII-XIX centuries. Red color on it marks areas with negative coloring, green with positive, and in yellow places with neutral perception are painted. At that time, London was mentioned in almost every novel.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" From May 12 to 28, the first international photobook festival in Russia, Photobookfest, will be held in Moscow. The main venue of the festival will be the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. The festival will feature five exhibitions, including those of contemporary Russian authors and winners of prestigious competitions.

From the book “Venice. History of water and land" The Second International Garage Art Book Fair will be held at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow on May 20 and 21. This is reported on the museum's website.

Thomas Mann on Literature, Irrationalism and Entertainment The great German writer Thomas Mann was very restrained in his judgments and carefully weighed every word - it is for this moderation and seriousness that we love him. For the “Instructions for Survival” column, “Gorky” selected Mann’s most interesting statements about the Russian revolution, Nietzsche’s devilry, the solvent of stupidity and other important subjects.

History of the Weimar Republic, German Mandarins and Bavarian Councils At the request of Gorky, Vitaly Vasilchenko compiled a list of scientific research, journalism and documentary evidence devoted to the interwar era and the Weimar Republic: the gradual destruction of democratic and cultural institutions, the development of Pangermanism and the onset of dictatorship. 1. Henry August Winkler. Weimar 1918–1933. The story of the first German democracy.