The Argentinean tango…a dance of passion and sensuality? A dance of passion and danger! A dance, which led a young ballerina into the embrace of a mysterious man, and opened the door for her into the captivating, exotic world of Argentinean bohemia… But suddenly her loved one disappears without a trace, and she sets off on searches for him. Searches which become more and more dangerous….

The Invisible Victory draws us into the realm of the senses, intense, chaotic site of our pleasure and pain. These are moving lyrics of lives at edge of the new world (Dan Reed). Collection of poetry with parallel texts (Albanian/English).

This gem of Slovak naturalism was written in 1940. The story takes the reader to a mountain village. The protagonist narrates the vicissitudes, suffering, and success he experiences as he pursues a love affair, resulting in the triumph of pure love. Peter has been in love with a girl—Magdalena—since childhood and asks her to marry him. But he is too late, because a rich man, Jano Zapoto?ný, has...

Having fallen from the balcony of a Moscow house, a young girl Ekaterina Averkina crashed to death. Many neighbors, who were walking in the yard at that moment, saw Katya being pushed down by her older sister Natasha. She is immediately arrested. A girl in shock - during the tragedy she ... walked around Moscow with her young man Lenar! But it is impossible to prove this - the testimony negates...

Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the...

The Egyptian (1945) is a historical novel by the Finnish writer Mik Valtari (1908-1979), which became a bestseller all over the world and has been translated into more than thirty languages. Mika Valtari managed to create a work that attracts not only with exciting plot twists and turns and authentic historical entourage, but also with a sense of involvement in the events that took place in...

Set in Italy during World War II, this is the story of the incomparable, malingering bombardier, Yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy-it is his own army, which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to excuse...