Hunters for happiness is a collection of poignant stories about life at the front and in the de-occupied territories, from which, despite the liberation, the war did not go anywhere. Villages are destroyed, fields are mined, but there live people who believe, care about each other, make plans, smile despite everything. Children and spring return to de-occupied streets. These are concise stories about soldiers and civilians, about how to trust your life to brothers and strange...
May 1945, Lithuania. World War II ends. However, Sakalas, the commander of the Lithuanian armed resistance unit, is convinced that it is too early to celebrate the victory of the Lithuanians. After all, with the defeat of Nazi Germany, the state independence of Lithuania was not restored. The territory is again controlled by the Soviet authorities. Instead of liberation and freedom, it brought terror, repression, violence. Lithuanian villages are forced to feed the occupying ...
With this book, the bizarre world of Tarot will become simple and understandable for you. The essence of each card, its symbolic meaning, the author's detailed interpretation of energies and archetypes are always at hand. The knowledge you gain as a guiding star will light the way, giving you new direction, hope, and the right to be a scout for others. As the practice of one "witch" showed, arcana can become those friends who will never betray and always answer the querie...
The book of the "Learning by playing" series will introduce children to letters with the help of their favorite activity - gluing stickers. After completing the task, children will learn the letter. In addition, they will expand their vocabulary and train their articulation apparatus and memory by reciting rhymes and tongue twisters. And they will also try to read first syllables! Tips for parents will tell you how to consolidate knowledge for restless children. We invite you...
The book of the Learning by playing" series will introduce children to the world of logic with the help of their favorite activity - gluing stickers. After completing the task, children will train their attention and different types of memory and learn to highlight the most important things. In addition, in a playful way, they will acquire practical skills and abilities necessary in everyday life. Tips for parents will tell you how to consolidate knowledge for restless childr...
What do you know about ants? What are these little workers who build big fortresses? Can they really impress, huh? They can! In fact, the world of ants is amazing and definitely worth a look. Terrifying bloodthirsty warriors, and bounty hunters, and craftsmen who skilfully cut leaves, weed, breed aphids, etc. live there. And some of the locals make a living by breaking into other people's homes and robbing them. Everything is like people, isn't it? Let's learn mor...
Does your child want to take care of themselves and frolic, but they don't know how to deal with it? Because the toothpaste is so tasty that it is swallowed by itself, the ear sticks invite you to poke them in your ears, and the goodies ask you to eat them at night... The motor dog Klobochok will extend a helping paw! Recently, his little mistress (or "sister") decided to do everything like adults. But Klubochka can't do without tips, unobtrusive advice and toys! Toge...
Does your child really want to help you around the house, but the whole world seems to be against him? The plates slip out of the hands, the broom sweeps in the wrong place, the thread refuses to fit into the eye of the needle?... No problem! The management dog Klubochok will correct the situation. Recently, his little mistress (or "sister") has been working alone on the farm. However, she can't do without tips, unobtrusive advice, and even Klubochka's toys! Together,...
Real heroines know: "happily ever after" is something worth fighting for. "Fairy Tales for Brave Girls" is a book that glorifies fifteen characters from folk tales who take their destinies into their own hands and make their own way in life. Meet brave Bradamanta riding a flying horse into battle, Unanana rescuing her children from an elephant's belly, little Molly Whoopi being clever enough to outsmart a giant, and many more brave heroines to whom this beautifully illust...
Real heroines know: "happily ever after" is something worth fighting for. "Fairy Tales for Brave Girls" is a book that glorifies fifteen characters from folk tales who take their destinies into their own hands and make their own way in life. Meet brave Bradamanta riding a flying horse into battle, Unanana rescuing her children from an elephant's belly, little Molly Whoopi being clever enough to outsmart a giant, and many more brave heroines to whom this beautifully illust...
Mr. Elmer's Lost and Found Bureau has a special department for particularly serious cases. There, Mr. Elmer's grandson, Alex, searches for lost things with a chatty divining ball while flying over the city in a rocket bed! Anton stumbles upon the lost and found bureau in search of his missing dog, Cuddly Together with Alex, he manages to save a four-legged friend, and also shows that he has a great talent for searching for lost things. So one evening, a bed-rocket app...
The distant magical worlds and the past of Ukraine, the colonization of Mars and the gloomy gothic of the sleeping areas, as well as the dangers of the space frontier, military fables of landsknechts, the secret history of Donbas and time paradoxes... This anthology is the first attempt to show a panorama of three centuries of Ukrainian fiction in all its diversity, from classics to the younger generation of authors. In addition to artistic texts, the anthology contains a lar...
Hello, my friend! Arm yourself with a pen, pencils, markers, matches, paper, ribbons... You'll be faced with some amazing brain teasers - ones that even your parents won't be able to solve. But we are sure that you will succeed! Stop looking at your phone and test your logical thinking! Are you up to all the tasks?MazesMismatchesPuzzlesDifferencesand much more...
The Adventures of Kotygoroshka is a story that is told to children from generation to generation. What is her secret? The main character of this folk tale is not afraid of evil and bravely fights the ominous Snake and the insidious ruler of the underground kingdom. And he also defeats both enemies and traitors. Kotyhoroshko is a real Ukrainian superhero whom young readers dream of imitating
Vikings are never afraid! They, the Viking leader Heinar and his rogues, call themselves fearless and want to plunder, loot and burn everything around them. The only funny thing is that the mere sight of a little girl makes them shit their pants. But Freya is tired of all these Viking raiders, so she strikes a real terror into them. How will the brave Freya manage to teach the Vikings to become truly fearless? Find out!
Elodie, the daughter of Lord Bayford, never wanted to leave her native Duchy of Inofi; on the contrary, she was convinced that her destiny was to help her people in every way possible. Life in their land is not easy: the climate is unpredictable, harvests are scarce, and people often suffer from hunger. So when her father told his daughter that he would woo her to Henry, a prince from the successful and prosperous island of Aurea, in exchange for full storage this winter and ...
With the outbreak of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, hundreds of Ukrainian writers and journalists joined the Armed Forces or began active volunteer work to support the army. Those who were used to changing the world with their texts were forced to defend their country. Words and Bullets is a series of conversations with people who have been creating the Ukrainian literary process and developing Ukrainian journalism for years, and who have now turned from storyte...
Florence, 1557. Lucrezia, the youngest daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, has recently lost her sister and is trying to express her grief through art. On her behalf, her father agrees to marry the ruler of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio. Thus, the socialite lion, his own in the company of artists and musicians, the ruthless politician Alfonso II d'Este takes on the defect instead of the deceased. Now it is Lucrezia's duty to give birth to the heir to the d'Este dyn...
Benjamin and Helen Rusk seem to have been made for each other. They are eccentric semi-recluses who have the status of celestials and unprecedented wealth. He's a financial marketer, she's a charity worker. Suddenly, Helen's anxiety starts to grow, sprouting up in incoherent monologues. Will Benjamin listen? Will he be able to pull his wife out of the darkness of madness? Almost all of New York City learned about the death of the heroine from the first pages of th...
Violet-haired Bea Koenigswasser, somewhat of a Jedi knight, guardian of global balance, does what Marie Curie would have done. Indeed, Ms. Curie would have accepted the offer to lead her dream project from NASA. But to manage the project together with Levi Ward the mother of modern physics, save! Sworn enemies do better in different galaxies, argued Levy, a graduate student. An unfortunate accident must happen, so that one (in fact, the very first) working day, Knigswasser f...
Jack Smith has a superhero jaw, cute dimples on his cheeks, and handsome arms with massive biceps that both annoy and attract Elsie. He is a sharp-tongued, charismatic and confident young man who keeps his eyes on his brother's girlfriend, whom he does not trust at all. And for good reason. After all, Elsie is not a librarian, but a physicist with a doctorate. She works in a lab during the day and goes out with a fake boyfriend in the evening for money. But the worst part...
Six months ago, Rosie Graham quit her well-paying, prestigious job at an engineering firm...and took a contract with a publisher, only to find herself stuck in a creative slump instead of living her best writing life. Eight weeks to the deadline and only one chapter written. Rosa finally needs to find a muse... Until then, she hears "I'll be your experimental partner" from Lucas Martin, a kind of knight in shining armor, an unsurpassed cook, and... After all, what can hap...
