Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that...

The book ‘Masquerade’ is a collection of selected prose by Olga Petrivna Dragomanova-Kosach, an outstanding Ukrainian writer who most often appeared under the pseudonym Olena Pchilka. In the national cultural space, she did a lot not only as an author, but also as a public figure, ethnographer, translator, publisher and patron of the arts. Olena Pchilka's multifaceted creative nature is...

The book ‘The Paths of Eurydice’ is an adventure novel with elements of mysticism by the modern Ukrainian writer Natalia Dovgopol. Costas Ypsilandis, a Greek historian and famous writer, has appropriated the authorship of the manuscript of the Kiev woman Vera-Nika Shcherbina, or simply Vera. Now the girl seeks to restore justice and prove to the world: this man is a fraud, and his book ‘Our...

In the wake of the Kejari, everything Oraya once thought to be true has been destroyed. A prisoner in her own kingdom, grieving the only family she ever had, and reeling from a gutting betrayal, she no longer even knows the truth of her own blood. She’s left only with one certainty: she cannot trust anyone, least of all Raihn.

The book ‘Mykola Bazhan. Selected Poems’ is a collection of poems by the classic of Ukrainian poetry Mykola Platonovich Bazhan (1904–1983). The publication includes more than ninety poems by the artist, representing his entire work - from our 1920s to the early 1980s. Bazhan's lyrics brought him worldwide recognition: in 1971 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Now readers can...

The book ‘Eight Days from the Life of Lulya’ is a collection of prose by Oleksandr Konysky, an outstanding Ukrainian writer, poet, public figure, and spiritual educator. The works carefully depict a social portrait of the diverse intelligentsia of the late 19th century, through which the author penetrates the essence of human nature. His prose is distinguished by subtle psychologism, poetic...

Marvel Entertainment was a moribund toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. How did an upstart studio conquer the world? In MCU, beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards draw on more than a hundred interviews with actors, producers, directors, and writers to present the...

The Familiar is a standalone historical fantasy novel by Leigh Bardugo, published in 2024, set in 17th-century Spain during the Spanish Inquisition. It follows Luzia Cotado, a scullion with hidden magical abilities, who is forced to use her 'little miracles' to navigate the dangerous world of the royal court, political intrigue, and the looming threat of the Inquisition, all while hiding her...

The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men. The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed. The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive. But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his...

Seattle, 1933. Single mother Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son goodnight and departs to work the night shift at a local hotel. She emerges to discover that a May Day snow has blanketed the city, and that her son has vanished. Outside, she finds his beloved teddy bear lying facedown on an icy street, the snow covering up any trace of his tracks—or the perpetrator’s.

With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job offer-naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don’t find evil so attractive, Evie. But just when she’s...