This book was conceived by the author as a textbook, but as he worked on it, it turned into a confession of a man who invested his life in a lost, but no less interesting, matter — the study of Russian culture. A sick product of a sick system, Russian culture is doomed to perish along with the system. Russian civilization, according to Dmitry Bykov, can still function for some time —...

Journey to Ukraine (level B1) is an intermediate textbook of Ukrainian language for students who know Russian. Vocabulary and explanations are presented in Russian and Ukrainian. The book consists of 15 units covering a wide range of lexical and cultural topics. The course is designed for an average of 80-120 hours of classroom instruction. QR-codes with links to the appropriate audio...

The mystical laundress at the center of this novel is obsessed with purity. Her task is formidable as she stands guard over a sealed shaft at a Ukrainian coal mine that hides terrible truths. The bodies of dead Jews lying in its depths seem to attract still more present-day crimes. Acclaimed Russian author Sergei Lebedev portrays a ghostly realm riven by lust and fear just as the Kremlin...

Byx is the youngest member of her dairne pack. Believed to possess remarkable abilities, her mythical doglike species has been hunted to near extinction in the war-torn kingdom of Nedarra. After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species. The Endling. So Byx sets out to find safe haven, and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true.

From this book we learn what science is and what scientists do, about the most important discoveries in the field of natural sciences. With the help of this book, young readers will be able, like real scientists, to conduct experiments and draw conclusions on their own. The text is complemented by magnificent illustrations and diagrams.

‘The Twenty-Sixth’ is a warm and nostalgic novel about growing up during the perestroika era. - This is a book about those who managed to be Octobrists, but no longer had to necessarily join the Pioneers, a story about awakening, hope, overcoming and finding freedom. — The first foreign cars, cooperative cafes, glasnost, coupons, perestroika, chewing gum inserts and the ringing ‘twenty-sixth’...

In between the sleep-deprived lows and wonderful highs, Backman takes a step back to share the true story of falling in love with a woman who is his complete opposite, and learning to live a life that revolves around the people you care about unconditionally. Alternating between humorous side notes and longer essays offering his son advice as he grows up and ventures out into the world, Backman...

Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson’s half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem—efficiently, effectively, mercilessly. And without getting...

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother's murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance.

Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year’s game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win.

Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people, piecing together the tiniest details to know who a person is, and what they want. But it’s not a skill she takes seriously until the FBI come knocking—they’ve begun a classified program that uses exceptional teens to crack infamous cold cases, and they want her to join.