When a book appears that is read by millions of people in a year, it is stupid to say that its success lies in its promotion. It only makes sense to spin something that can spin. And before spinning an elephant sitting on sandpaper, I would advise you to think about how many revolutions it will make ... (before it rushes at you ... ) When a book appears that is such a resounding success, it becomes obvious that its author has hit the bull's eye.

Who-who is our helmsman? Ending Yuri Solozobov Publication date: December 2, 2002 The beginning is here . It is generally accepted that the main aspiration of the party is to achieve state power, and the main goal is to master the state apparatus to realize its interests. Parties allegedly influence the nomination of state leaders and are the main suppliers of personnel for all spheres of government. But the opposite is also possible, as L.

Cinema on television: December 2 - 8 Antonina Kryukova Publication date: December 2, 2002 Monday, December 2 The title of the film “Avalanche” (TVS, 19.30) is a universal metaphor suitable for denoting all kinds of surprises that befall a person - say, something like “love will unexpectedly appear when you least expect it.” Director Ivan Solovov shot his film last year, and then its premiere, I remember, took place with great fanfare in the State Kremlin Palace with a fair gathering of the

Natalya Baranova, president of the public charitable organization "Social Ecology" (Novosibirsk): I certainly liked what happened in Tolyatti. There was a truly expert forum with more serious, prepared and contextualized participants. 100-200 people finally organized a real expert dialogue. No special decisions were made at the forum, although the commission tried to prepare a final resolution.

Magazine Fiction: Issue 107 "October" ##9,10 Inna Bulkina Publication date: December 2, 2002 "O October" is an uneven magazine, although it cannot be called inconsistent. But at some moments his literary policy becomes inexplicable. Nowhere except in "October" will you find such novels, senseless and boundless, historical, exotic and God knows what else.

E , someone believes that events such as an exhibition-fair UND store under the general sign "non-fiction" have exhausted myself, then I did not. In general, I am very loyal to any form of intellectual madness. I am delighted with all titanic attempts to do something very internally contradictory and not paying off in our difficult mercantile time. And the contradictions are already in the very combination of the "exhibition-fair".

The gift of words. Issue 5 Projective dictionary of the Russian language. Mikhail Epshtein Publication date: December 2, 2002 Time (1) In time is one of the most universal concepts of culture: everyday and historical experience, mythological and scientific worldview. The sense of time itself is constantly updated with time - accordingly, new derivatives from this Proto-Slavic root are needed (its primary meaning is “to turn”; time is “spindle”).

Fictional "non-fiction" Semyon Dobrynin Publication date: December 2, 2002 The book fair reason for the failure of the non-fiction is the topic most worthy of discussion when talking about both this fair and this type of literature. The problem, of course, is not that “non-fiction” literature is less interesting than fiction: a significant layer of readers cannot stand fiction, preferring “non-fiction” - both commercial and academic.

Life partner Alexander Gurin Publication date: December 2, 2002 I don’t know why other adults read Harry Potter , but I read it out of professional necessity. My eleven-year-old student once asked me: “Who do you like better - Gryffindor or Slytherin?” Somewhat taken aback by the incomprehensible names, I realized that I was behind the times.