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Ordinary Kyiv schoolchildren, Zhenya Kysil and Vitaliy Doroshenko, take on a new business. And how could it be otherwise when not only food but also people disappear in the cellar of their grandmother Sekleta. So, the boys set off in search of the housekeeper hiding underground. They are not deterred by the spooky adventures in the cemetery, the elusive Madame Discount, or the formidable deaf and dumb seller of fate. The daredevils brilliantly solve all the mysteries and even...
A funny and touching story about a family that moves into a house where an invisible tiger lives. He swings on the chandelier, lies in the bathtub, and sunbathes on the balcony. And once he even showed up at school! But only the boy can see the tiger. Changes in life are sometimes accompanied by a sense of anxiety. Whether it's a move, a new school, or a new family member. Children can't always understand their feelings, and their imagination creates invisible creatur...
Discover the stories of 18 amazing girls who made their dreams come true and, thanks to their talent, strength and resilience, left an unforgettable mark on history by becoming great women. The book Amazing Girls Who Changed the World is a non-fiction book for children and teenagers by the Italian author Troiano Rosalba and a team of five artists. The illustrated collection of biographies introduces readers to women who have left a lasting mark on history with their talent, h...
Hi, I'm JIMMY and I live in a completely incomprehensible ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE! Everyone in town is mooing and drooling everywhere! And it turns out that finding a cure to turn all the zombie cows back into adults isn't as easy as I thought. But my friends and I are not losing hope! After all, we are sure that my dog Bear and his very special saliva are the key to solving this whole mess...
Exciting scenes from Sarah J. Maas's internationally bestselling Garden of Thorns and Roses series are brought to life in these pages with original illustrations that you can colour in. Enjoy the lush exuberance of the Court of Spring and the shimmering seduction of the Court of Night. Give Fae, Temlin, Rizend and your other favourite characters their very own colours as they fall in love, fight and explore the magical and deadly world of Fe in this incredible addition to...
Kinch owes the Guild of Thieves a fortune - his thieving education, which consisted of picking locks, knife fighting, climbing walls, weaving lies, setting traps, and a little bit of magic, proved to be very expensive. In order to get the money and repay the debt, Kinch sets off on a long journey in the hope of robbing a lone traveller. But the unlucky robber chose the wrong victim. Galva is a warrior who survived the brutal Goblin Wars, a servant of the goddess of death. Eve...
Humanism is based on cultural dynamics and moral responsibility. For centuries, this worldview has inspired people to make their choices based on the principles of free thinking, intellectual inquiry, compassion and optimism. What unites all the facets of humanism? Why does it have an enduring power against fanatics, mystics and tyrants? In answering these questions, Sarah Bakewell calls for a rethinking of history, for caring for each other, and reminds us that we are all hu...
What if a date is not a chance to please someone or find a partner, but a thoughtful way to get to know yourself fully, to reveal different facets of your personality? To find out what satisfies, pleases, excites you, revives your interest in another person? Why do you go on a second date with a man in whose presence you feel uncomfortable, embarrassed to eat French fries and laugh out loud? In this guide, the author uses her own example to teach girls to be the main characte...
Every day we are involved in about 20 areas of activity. Every 10.5 minutes we lose focus on our current work. Most often, we develop a reflex to interrupt ourselves. And this is disappointing news, because the brain takes about 25 minutes to activate cognitive processes to complete an interrupted task. The good news is that we can regain the lost psychological balance to focus on the really important goals. This book will help you understand the difference between multitaski...
With great power comes great damnation! A parody bandeau about American superheroes by European authors! In order to write the script for this comic, Sed watched all the Marvel movies seven times and claimed the cinema tickets as business expenses. He is currently wanted for film theft. Stevo, an artist and colourist, decided to create this comic in one sitting, instead of scratching a little bit day by day. As a result, after 76 sleepless days of drawing colourful costumes...
Jamie Streicher is a hockey goalkeeper with a difficult personality. Pippa Hartley had a crush on him in high school and now helps him with his household chores. It would seem that working as an assistant to an NHL player is not so difficult, even though she once had great musical ambitions and ended her career because of a broken heart. The arrogant hockey player doesn't seem to remember the girl from school, so maintaining a professional relationship will be easy. But n...
This time, Ernest Cunningham finds himself aboard the luxurious train Gun, which crosses the Australian desert from Darwin to Adelaide. After the publication of the novel, he was invited to become the guest of honour at a discussion of mystery writers. Ernest and his girlfriend Juliette board the train and find themselves among the creative elite. Suddenly, a murder occurs. Instantly, everyone becomes a suspect. Ernest is one of them. "Seven writers get on a train. At the end...
1919, Ekaterinoslav region. Former exile policeman Platon Chechel serves in Petliur's intelligence. Performing a secret mission in the deep enemy rear, Plato finds himself trapped and miraculously escapes from the whites. But? falls into the hands of the Reds ... Now he is one step closer to execution. The young and noble Daryna Ilnytska is in captivity with him. It's scary to think what threatens her. Therefore, Chechel makes a desperate attempt to save himself and t...
Summer 1911. Former Kyiv investigator and now exile Platon Chechel performs a delicate assignment in Poltava. But he is detained in the city by another story, not criminal, but mystical. Something strange is happening in the region. The weather is deteriorating, cattle are dying en masse, and a young local landlady is accused of witchery. Behind all this are old foreign family sins, bloody retribution for them is inevitable. What devils are hiding in a swampy corner of Poltav...
Winter Young was born for the stage: his voice is like velvet and his looks are stunning. He sells out stadiums from Los Angeles to London, and his army of rabid fans are ready to move heaven and earth just to catch a glimpse of him. What can we say about the dreams of becoming his new passion? When a crime boss presents his daughter with a performance by a famous pop star for her birthday, fate brings him and Sydney together. Sydney Cozzetta is the youngest spy in an elite c...
The Circle of Happy People art book includes texts by Hryhorii Skovoroda and contexts from literary critic Nazar Fedorak, philosophers Taras Liutyi and Oleksandr Filonenko, historian Vadym Nazarenko, as well as dreamlike illustrations by Vitalii Kohan. The poems from The Garden of Divine Songs are published for the first time in an adaptation by Serhiy Zhadan, which he created for the Skovorodance project, as well as the poem Frying Pan. By picking up this book, you enter a l...
In the Village on the edge of the gorge, there is never a dull moment. Nano, for example, loves to play silly, but this time his games have gone too far: the snow Golem he has built is causing real chaos! Together with his best friend Muffy, he escapes by boat and finds himself on a deserted island. Wait a second. Deserted? As soon as dusk falls, MONSTERS crawl out of the caves
What a mess: Nano and Muffy are on holiday at the seaside, but Nano immediately gets into a fight with a local girl. Both are convinced that they are stronger and smarter than their opponent. They want to prove their courage by searching for a mysterious temple in the jungle, but they lose their way. Night falls, and MONSTERS and ROBBERS are lurking in the dark thickets!
Misery Lark, the daughter of the most powerful vampire counsellor in the southwest, is once again an outcast. Her anonymous life among humans has come to an end, and she must cement the historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampires and their mortal enemies, the Wolves, by becoming the bride of Lowe Moreland, the pack's alpha. Misery has her own reasons for agreeing to this marriage. It's not politics or profit, she wants to get back the one thing that makes her ...
Wes and Ivy are madly in love. This is the kind of romance that books are written about. On the one hand, there are flowers, big gestures, meaningful conversations, and the whole world seems to stand still while they are together. On the other hand, there's jealousy, fights, smashed property, and police calls. Mind games, toxicity, manipulation. And so it goes on for ten years... One day, the vicious circle of catastrophic breakups and rapid reunions is broken: Wes and Iv...
The winner of the Thieves' Gambit, Roz, is stunned by the betrayal of her rivals. Especially Devereux, whom she is in love with and whom she thought she could trust. During a new heist that takes her team across continents, Roz encounters a gang of rivals who keep putting her in their way. Meanwhile, the roots of this feud remain close at hand, and now Devereux must decide whose side he's on before it's too late... In the thrilling sequel to the global sensation T...
James has always had one goal - to destroy his enemy Peter Michaels. And when Peter's young daughter Wendy unexpectedly appears in James' bar, he seizes this chance. To seduce the girl and use her for revenge. The plan is perfect, but at some point everything goes wrong. James is forced to look for a traitor among his own, and his plan for revenge becomes increasingly vague as James himself begins to see Wendy as more than just a pawn in a dangerous game. Most of Wend...
James has always had one goal - to destroy his enemy Peter Michaels. And when Peter's young daughter Wendy unexpectedly appears in James' bar, he seizes this chance. To seduce the girl and use her for revenge. The plan is perfect, but at some point everything goes wrong. James is forced to look for a traitor among his own, and his plan for revenge becomes increasingly vague as James himself begins to see Wendy as more than just a pawn in a dangerous game. Most of Wend...
The Sun and Its Flowers is a vivid poetic journey that tells the story of growth and healing. It is about respect for one's historical origins and pedigree. About emigration and the search for home within oneself. The collection consists of five chapters and invites readers to go from wilting and falling to rooting, growth and flourishing. This is a true celebration of love in all its manifestations
Who is Kuts? What is Bolotyanik's job? Who hides their shoes under their pillows and who wears dresses made of grass? What is the name of the merry old lady who rides a broom? Why are the little and disheveled Poverty fooling around? What does the green and lilac Huha do? The heroes of this poetic alphabet are mythical characters who live in forests, fields, ponds, soar in the air, control the elements, take care of the forces of nature, help people, but some of them can ...
The panda wanted to be beautiful. Like spotted giraffes. Or like a turtle - maybe it's their shell? Or maybe it would be better to have feathers like a peacock? But no matter how many times she went to the beauty salon to change her colour or make herself up, she still didn't like herself: black circles under her eyes, clumsy, black and white, inconspicuous... But beauty is not only about bright appearance. And soon Panda will meet someone who will like her just the w...
This wonderful book will help your child to become not just an ordinary reader, but a speed reader! There are many different tasks waiting for the little smart guy to helpimprove reading skills;develop imagination;get used to focusing on the text;learn how to perceive what is written correctly.Thanks to the various topics covered in the publication, as well as funny rhymes, interesting stories and fantastic fairy tales, reading will turn into an exciting adventure. And the te...
A mysterious portal! Nano has to take a closer look... and WHAM! he finds himself in a dungeon with his best friend Muffy! But the inhabitants of the Underworld are not very friendly to them: the leader of the golden pigs takes them prisoner. The only way to escape is to complete three treacherous tasks. But is it worth giving up so easily? Surrender is not an option for Nano and Muffy!
Feyra and Rhys, together with their friends, set out to restore the Court of Night and the city, which had suffered significant destruction during the war. The Winter Solstice is approaching, and with it the long-awaited rest. However, despite the festive atmosphere, the shadows of the past do not allow themselves to be forgotten. Feira, who will be celebrating her first winter solstice, discovers that those close to her have been affected much more than expected, and this co...
When Luma Dewan wakes up on the morning of her seventh birthday, she knows it's going to be a special day. But she has no idea how amazing and unusual it will be. Because today is the day when she will meet Timir, a little dragon who can talk. At least, he appears as a dragon when he is alone with Luma. When there is someone else around, he turns into an ordinary fluffy puppy. This is not an easy secret to keep, especially because of Timir, who is constantly indulging in ...
The comic book Felix Among the Animals is a humorous children's picture book created by Spanish artist and writer Bonache. The author tells about the diverse, exciting adventures of a boy who comes from a family of animal keepers. The hero's family lives in a zoo to be closer to their animals. Felix, although still young, is happy to take on the responsibilities.
Kamara, Eileen, Soalia and Celiana are inseparable teenagers, sisters not by blood but by heart. When the full moon rises, the young beauties transform into magical mares: a starry, winged, heifer mare and a flower unicorn. They are strong, free and wild... Until the day a comet cuts through the sky and crashes into the moon! It shatters into a thousand pieces, bringing a terrible catastrophe to Equinox: the climate is disrupted, the transformations become unstable, and the f...
The young priestess Kamara has been hiding on Earth for three years and now returns to her world to save it and find her sisters. Unfortunately, she can no longer transform into a star mare. Once on Equinox, the girl learns that a sea monster has settled in its turquoise seas and translucent lagoons! The monstrous Seto is eager to gain humanity! Luckily, Camara can count on Tenebrae the wolf, Arion the seahorse, and the mysterious magic of the moon that lies dormant within he...
The book Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Becoming Good" is a teenage fantasy by British writer and artist Louie Stovall. Every page of the book is decorated with illustrations by the author. Her comic drawings complement the overall atmosphere of the story and make you smile.The supreme god, the mighty Odin, punished the most famous trickster of all time and made him an eleven-year-old boy. From now on, Loki lives on Earth with the guardian Heimdall and the giantess Hirokkin, ...
Geopolitical intrigue, unexpected alliances, dizzying adventures, loyalty and betrayal - in the world of witches and wizards, everything is just like in the world of humans. The witch Taisiya Zhyvko takes care of Ukrainian travellers in Germany. One night, the opera diva Rimma Korsakova, an alleged oppositionist exiled from Russia, arrives at the Berlin train station. She arrives with the mail and Katrusia, a girl from Luhansk, whom she plans to adopt and raise to love everyt...
Emily Wilde, a young professor at Cambridge University, arrives on a remote northern island to study the local fae (or rather, local legends about them, because everyone knows that fae are dangerous and very few people are lucky to meet them in person). A brilliant scientist, a meticulous researcher, a leading expert in dryadology, she has one drawback - she is completely unable to get along with people. And she risks being surrounded by unfriendly locals for the whole winter...
Once upon a time, robots on the Panga continent worked in factories, helping people. Centuries have passed since they gained self-awareness and went into the wild to avoid interacting with humans. The robots have become a myth and an urban legend. Nowadays, Sibling Dex are looking for their place in life and answers to eternal questions: Who should I be?, What is important in life?. Dex decides to become a tea monk, travelling around in his two-storey van with a bicycle, ta...
They tried to ban the book through the courts, but it was published anyway. As president, Donald Trump has spent four years making controversial decisions and getting involved in national and international scandals. Most people know about them mostly from the news. But John Bolton can tell us much more about Trump's character and motives than the general public knows. After writing this book, Donald Trump accused his former adviser of disclosing classified information. Yo...
Journalist Mark Levine and psychologist Sofia Terlez have combined their experience, friendship, and hundreds of hours of conversations with the most influential researchers in psychology and neuroscience to create a tool for self-care in times of upheaval. Adapted to Ukrainian realities, the model explains how we can support ourselves during long-term stress and is based on 11 elements of resilience: body, emotions, habits, food, values, responsibility, healthy thinking, cre...
Legendary comic book masters Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely bring in their We3 co-creator Jamie Grant to combine their unique talents to create a brilliant new version of the Man of Steel in one of the greatest Superman stories ever told. Collects all 12 issues of the original series. The DC Black Label series is dedicated to the exciting standalone stories of classic DC characters, written and drawn by world-class writers and artists.
Harley Quinn is missing! She has been kidnapped by a mysterious criminal. But by whom? The streets of Gotham are haunted by monsters that look like the bizarre Joker and collect severed heads. But why? Jim Gordon has disappeared, and Batman, having received a package with a bloody piece of the commissioner, realises that he must do anything to save him. But how? When the Joker offers Batman a shaky alliance, the answers to all these questions become apparent, and soon a sinis...
Is it possible to combine an adventure novel and a fiction reportage? Yes, because this is exactly what this book is about: the love of travelling and the search for love. When his business partner half-jokingly advises him to marry a Tanzanian woman, as it will save him a lot of money on future trips, the protagonist, a Ukrainian who runs tours to Africa, takes action. This gives rise to a great adventure, a colourful kaleidoscope of funny and touching stories about failed d...
East Auckland, the Regal High housing estate. The lives of Chiara and her brother Marcus are anything but royal: they struggle to make ends meet. Both have dropped out of school, their father is dead, and their mother is in prison. While Marcus clings to his dream of becoming a rap star, Chiara is looking for a job to pay the rent and feed the boy from the neighbourhood who has been abandoned. She searches and one night finds it... drunk due to a misunderstanding with a stran...
Wiek Polinki to cała dłoń bez jednego paluszka właśnie skończyła cztery lata. Spędza wakacje u swojej troskliwej babci i dziadka-żartownisia, który pomimo swojego wieku uwielbia figle, psoty i przygody, a nawet organizuje poszukiwania skarbów. Dzięki sprytnym pomysłom dziadka dziewczynka nie tylko pokocha kaszę i zaprzyjaźni się z mieszkającym po sąsiedztwu chłopcem Mikołajem, ale także nauczy się czytać i liczyć, nabawi się wielu zadraśnięć i otrzyma prezent od Wróżki Zębus...
Bajki ukraińskiego filozofa i pisarza Hryhorija Skoworody to przede wszystkim dobre i mądre opowieści o domowych i dzikich zwierzętach, które coś knują, leniuchują, albo uczą się przyjaźni, niczym prawdziwi ludzie. Bohaterowie bajek uświadamiają nam, jak ważne jest, aby dostrzegać nie tylko zewnętrzną powłokę, ale i wewnętrzną istotę rzeczy, podejmować się tego, w czym jesteś dobry, nie oszukiwać innych i szanować czas. Bajki zostały opracowane i starannie dopasowane do potrz...
Zapraszamy do magicznego swiata bajek!Sprytny Iwasyk Telesyk, leniwe myszki Krec i Wierc, podstepna koza krnabrnaci bohaterowie ludowych opowieści poprawia Wam nastrój i podarują dzieciom wspaniale sny. W tej książce jest tak wiele ciekawych rzeczy tylko za nimi nadążać! A zatem, naprzód,ku niesamowitym cudom i przygodom!
Robin Hood is an ordinary teenager from Locksley who is interested in computers, parkour and archery. But the inhabitants of the once successful town are now plagued by poverty and lawlessness. The police department is now controlled by the local gangster Guy Gisborne, and all power is in the hands of the Nottingham sheriff. Twelve-year-old Robin is forced to flee to Sherwood Forest with his brother, Little John, when their father is accused of robbery. In addition to being a...
This is the second edition of a series of books based on the classic story of Robin Hood. The modern Robin Hood is an ordinary teenager from the town of Locksley. The school where Robin studied now has a spirit of rebellion, and all the walls are painted with his name. Through many twists and turns, Claire Gisborne and Little John begin a new school life. They have to stick together despite their recent arguments.Meanwhile, Robin plans to hack into the computer network of She...
Ava Reed reimagines Macbeth, giving voice and strength to Shakespeare's most famous villain, Lady Macbeth. The lady knows that she will be married to a Scottish savage who does not abandon his warrior habits even on the marriage bed. She understands that the hostile and suspicious court will become a battlefield where she can survive only through cunning and hidden magic. However, Lady does not know that her husband has his own occult secrets. She does not realise that pr...
Clytemnestra is the debut novel by American writer Constanza Casati, who reinterprets ancient Greek myths and legends to tell the story of a strong woman with a tragic fate. Through the prism of feminist scrutiny, the miserable path of Queen Mycenae is revealed. Betrayed, exhausted and voiceless, the heroine has been humbly watching everything that was important to her being destroyed for too long... But a new time has come. In a world ruled by men, the daughter of a Spartan ...
Outside the island, there is emptiness: the world has been destroyed by a fog that has engulfed the planet and is killing everyone it touches. On the island, there is an idyll. One hundred and twenty-two inhabitants and three scientists live in peace and harmony. Suddenly, one of the scientists is found brutally murdered. And then it becomes clear that this murder has set in motion a process of weakening the island's defences - the only barrier that holds back the pernici...
Solarpunk for adults, which will envelop you in the cosiness and aroma of herbal tea. Here, technology does not harm nature, and the relationships between the characters make you think about what is really important. The time of discoveries and first questions is over. Sibling tea monk Dex and robot Rikenella leave the wild and go on a journey through human cities. People are used to living without robots, and robots are used to living without people. Ricenella, the first rob...
Mustafa Dzhemilev is the national leader of the Crimean Tatars, who became a symbol of resistance and resilience after the deported people returned to their homeland. A public figure, dissident and human rights activist, he devoted his life to fighting the Soviet repressive system, went through prisons, hunger strikes, intimidation - and won. However, the annexation of Crimea in 2014 launched a new round of trials, and the situation has become much more acute since 2022. Now ...
They met in a university classroom: he teaches Greek, she is a student of the course. He is slowly going blind. She has lost her voice, but tries to speak. They look at each other curiously. Soon they both realise that they share a deeper pain. She lost both her mother and custody of her eight-year-old son a few months ago. He is still hurting from growing up between Korea and Germany, living in a state of tornness between two cultures and languages and in fear of losing his ...
Anna Ellis is quirky, brilliant and hopelessly in love with her boss, Craig Kimball. Conquering him is no easy task, even for such a talented chemist. Craig's half-brother Marco, the company's CEO, comes to the rescue. He knows Craig and his gambling nature better than anyone: he wants everything that Marco has. And it can work in Anna's case, if she's ready to play the game. All Anna and Marco have to do is pretend to be in love and let the gossip fly. If the...
The book The Terms of the Contract is a love story by American writer Lauren Usher that continues the story of the Kane family. The trio of men will receive a huge inheritance from their grandfather if they fulfil the necessary conditions in the will. In the first book, The Small Print, Rowan had to take care of an amusement park, and now his brother Declan has to give the family an heir. Indifferent to true love, the hero has a plan, thought out to the smallest detail: a fak...
The Master of Puzzles is a techno-thriller by American author Danielle Trussoni. In the autumn of 2007, Mike Brink's life was turned upside down: the hero suffered a brain injury that made him feel different. Mike underwent a bunch of tests, the results of which showed that he was suffering from a rare condition called Sudden Acquired Savant Syndrome: Brink has a perfect photographic memory and the ability to perform instant numerical calculations. For the hero, the whole...
Książka Na wyspie to zbiór prozy modernistycznej Mychajła Mychajłowicza Kociubyńskiego. Słynny autor ukraińskiej literatury klasycznej miał dar: dostrzegał najskrytsze zakamarki ludzkiej duszy. Pisarz potrafił zagłębić się w świadomość człowieka, ujawniając jego prawdziwe motywy, lęki i emocje.
Every spring, Ithaca condemns twelve virgin girls to be hanged. This is the price that vengeful Poseidon demands for the lives of Queen Penelope's twelve maids, who were hanged and thrown into the sea a century ago. But when Leto is chosen, death turns out to be different from what the girl imagined. Instead, Leto wakes up on a mysterious island and meets a stranger with green eyes and power over the sea, a girl named Melanto, who says that only one death can stop a thous...
This is a story about speed, the thirst for victory, ingenuity and fearlessness. And also about big money, politics and scandals. It is a dynamic account of how Formula 1 conquered the world, balancing between the rules. The authors will show you what goes on behind the scenes of the competition and share stories about the successes and failures of top athletes and team owners. What dramatic events unfolded on and off the track? How did car racing turn into a global reality s...
A diary for readers aged 1116 that will help them get through adolescence, a period of turbulence, uncertainty and countless questions. As we grow up and enter adolescence, our established ideas about ourselves and the world change dramatically. Teenagers constantly ask themselves questions. Who am I? What am I feeling and why? What is happening to my body? How can I improve my self-esteem? Why is it so difficult for me to interact with others and resolve conflicts? Where are...
Thoughtful and arrogant elite bodyguard Reese Larsen has two rules: protect his clients at all costs and don't get emotionally involved. He has never once succumbed to the temptation to break these rules. Until he met Bridget von Ascheberg a princess bound by the chains of duty who dreams of a free life. A princess whose stubbornness is enviable. A princess whose hidden fire burns away the bodyguard's principles. Reese Larsen did not expect this. Gradually, Bridget b...
Emily Wilson, a successful young writer, travels from New York to Bainbridge Island to visit her great-grandmother Bea. The girl has experienced a divorce and a creative crisis, so she hopes that outside the metropolis she will be able to master her thoughts and feelings. However, life on the ocean shore is no longer the same carefree as it seemed as a child during the holidays. Some of the inhabitants of the island seem to be in a silent conspiracy. Emily admires her new acq...
Newlyweds Charlotte and Eric set off on a cruise ship for their honeymoon, but a sinister adventure not only ruins their plans, but also tests their feelings. Now Charlotte has to survive under the scorching sun in the middle of the endless ocean, and later on a mysterious island in the company of the reclusive Grey. It seems that there is no way to return home, but when such a chance arises and ends in success, life throws up new surprises. One day, Charlotte finds a message...
"A private plane crashed into the ocean near New York. Two passengers miraculously reached the shore. The event shook everyone: while the media and the public are looking for the culprits, agents of several competent authorities are investigating the true circumstances of the disaster. As it turns out, not every one of the eleven of the people on board had its own secret, so the cause of the fall could be an accident, a terrorist attack, or even a personal revenge. The author...
Welcome to Eris an island with one house, one resident and one road leading out. Connected to mainland Scotland by a narrow strip of land, Eris is inaccessible for twelve hours a day when the tide comes in. The island was once home to Vanessa Chapman, a renowned artist whose notorious adulterous husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now, the artist's sole heir, Grace Haswell, lives there in isolation. But when a stunning discovery is made at a London art gallery, an unex...
Lucy Chase doesn't remember what happened that night. She woke up covered in blood, next to the dead body of her friend Savannah. The town immediately passed judgement: Lucy was the murderer. But the police couldn't prove her guilt, and Lucy left Plumpton, trying to start a new life. Five years later, a popular podcaster comes to town to investigate the old case. Lucy's return sparks a wave of hatred and rumours. But as new episodes air, it becomes clear that some...
On a hot day in Maine in the 1960s, six-year-old Joe watches his younger sister Ruthie sitting on her favourite rock by the blueberry fields while their family, Micmac Indians from Nova Scotia (Canada), pick berries. That same day, Ruth disappears without a trace. Joe, who was the last to see her, will carry this pain in his heart for many years to come. In a nearby suburb, Norma grows up as the only child in a wealthy family. She is wise beyond her years, but she is troubled...
Seventeen-year-old Julie has planned her future: to move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, enroll in college in the city, and spend the summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes. Heartbroken, Julie skips her boyfriend's funeral, throws away his belongings, and tries to do everything she can to forget him and his tragic death. However, a note Sam left in her yearbook brings back memories. Desperate to hear his voice again, she calls Sam's c...
Mike Johansen is the most playful writer in Ukrainian literature. This book invites you into the world he has createda world that is cheerful, witty, incredibly imaginative, and vivid. This collection of ironic prose contains fifteen of his texts, in which he experiments with humor in various ways: in satire, feuilletons, humorous sketches, short stories, and even in a novel. The author will make you laugh, lead you through vivid landscapes, fool you with cardboard dolls, and...
Have you heard of Ukrainian wines? This book uncovers 29 centuries of winemaking, blending captivating narratives with historical sources archaeology, chronicles, tax records, and travelers accounts. Just as Honor de Balzac, Mark Twain, and John Steinbeck wrote about Ukrainian wines, the author talks about the evolution of wine without fiction or superstition. The book received an award from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV Award 2024).Wersja angielska ...
