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...
A young woman named Deborah Samson dares to determine her own destiny during the American War of Independence. As a girl, Deborah was forced to become a servant. And since then, she has longed for a life of freedom and adventure. When the American colonists begin their fight for independence, Deborah joins the Continental Army and soon finds herself face to face with the horrors of war. As she fights for the freedom of her country, she must also fight to keep her own secret. ...
Jack has a dream - to see Africa and its big five animals. Ma-Ma Gombe has fulfilled many of her dreams in her long life, but not her most cherished one: to find her way to the cradle of the world that her father told her about. One day, their paths will cross, and Ma-Ma Gombe will help Jack discover Africa. However, on this journey, he will find much more - his big five for life, meet a true friend and mentor who will become his guiding star for many years, and let himself i...
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...
There are a thousand and one ways to be a mum. But which is the best? Find the answer in these lovely images of mothers and stories about them. Everyone has a mum. A mum who takes care of us and makes us dress warmly when the weather is bad. But what does it mean to be a mum? It seems like a simple question. But finding an answer to it is just as difficult as raising a child. And despite the fact that every mother is different, they are similar in many ways. But does this mea...
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 ...
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...
