In this groundbreaking memoir, Starobinets chronicles the devastating loss of her unborn son to a fatal birth defect. After her son’s death, Starobinets suffers from nightmares and panic attacks; the memoir describes her struggle to find sympathy, community, and psychological support for herself and her family. A finalist for the 2018 National Bestseller Prize, Look at Him ignited a firestorm...

In the finale of the four-book Beastly Crimes series, Chief Badger faces his most bizarre case yet, in which someone is plucking and burning the feathers of birds in the Far Woods. To make things even worse, the top suspect is his former assistant, young Badgercat. Chief Badger knows that Badgercat can't possibly be the Plucker, so who plucked Lady Cuckoo and attacked the owl twins, Chuck and...

Flush with success from having solved the case of the murdered Rabbit, crotchety detective Chief Badger and his impetuous young assistant, Badgercat, anticipate the return of peace and quiet to their community. But trouble recurs with a visit from Huntington Farm's bloodthirsty security team, who bring accusations of theft and harsh demands for justice. Guard dog Muxtar and hunting hound Polkan...

A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong’s most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace, caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan's hilarious, gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most...

The Stranger is the debut work of a young writer, a kind of creative manifesto. The concept of absolute freedom is the main postulate of this manifesto. The hero of this story is on trial for a murder he committed for the most stupid of all possible reasons. And this is the truth that the hero is not afraid to throw in the face of his judges, go against everything, forget about all conventions...

Fairy tales do not end with us and will never end. Over time, the texts get better, and there are more authors, and in general everything is just beginning. Always, every day, at any moment, everything is just beginning, but you probably didn’t know. No illustrations. newspaper paper.

Several well-known cases from the practice of Sherlock Holmes, as presented by his faithful friend and companion Dr. Watson, are adapted in this edition (without simplifying the original text) according to the method of Ilya Frank: they are provided with a literal translation into Russian and the necessary lexical and grammatical commentary. The uniqueness of the method lies in the fact that...

One of the most famous works of Jack London - the story of a dog who became the leader of a wolf pack, overcoming the cruelty of people, the fury of rivals and the severity of northern nature on his way - adapted in this publication according to the method of Ilya Frank: provided with a literal translation into Russian and the necessary vocabulary -grammar commentary (without simplifying the...

The cult novel by George Orwell, one of the main anti-utopias of the 20th century. A creepy and frightening text that has not lost its relevance even 70 years later. For the first time, 1984 is published in Russian in a new, complete, uncensored and cuts, translation by Daria Tselovalnikova.

And those who are not. Live on is a new book by Narine Abgaryan about the inhabitants of the Armenian town of Berd on the border with Azerbaijan. History of the homeland Manyuni, but at a different time - before the war and after. Berd has everything you need for a happy life - mountains, gardens, cozy houses. Residents still cook kavurma, collect honey, bake bread, weave carpets and raise...

Baguette, a seemingly ordinary house cat, is a descendant of the magic Catlanteans who lived long ago in peace and happiness on the island of Catlantis. When he falls in love with the seductive alley cat Purriana, she insists Baguette accomplish a heroic feat before she’ll agree to marriage. They pay a visit to the oracle, Purriana’s great-great grandmother, who reveals to the surprised...