Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer-they have been her brother figures,...

Poems at the turn of the era often lose their autonomy and increasingly resemble diaries. What can be found in Serhii Zhadan's new poetic diary? 50 and 1 poem, written before and after the big bang, brought together, united by a sense of language that so painfully disappears, but then inevitably returns. Stringed on the string of the voice, dependent on the sound, they, these poems, remain a...

The story revolves around Dorian Gray, a youthful and affluent individual who possesses a portrait that ages in his place. Unrestrained, Dorian indulges in various pleasures and debaucheries, eventually descending into the realm of murder. Despite his immoral actions, Dorian retains his youth and beauty while the portrait progressively reflects his moral decay and malevolence. Similar to...

In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three murderers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she will be released from prison to serve as the King's Champion.

The rise of authoritarian rhetoric in America is no longer news, but the right’s affinity for foreign autocrats continues to baffle. Why does Tucker Carlson keep figures like Viktor Orbán and Jair Bolsonaro (and now Argentina’s Javier Milei) on his speed dial? Why does Ron Desantis embrace the kind of illiberal democracy in Turkey, Hungary, and the Phillipines? And why is Trump incapable of...

This book will tell you about how our solar system works. Young readers will learn many interesting facts about Space, understand how the planets differ, what satellites, comets and asteroids are, and also get acquainted with the most successful scientific missions - from the first manned flight into space to sending research probes to other planets.

Vierundsiebzig ist eine Reise zu den Ursprüngen, zu den Tatorten: in die Camps und an die Frontlinien, in die Wohnzimmer der Verwandten und weiter in ein êzîdisches Dorf in der Türkei, in dem heute niemand mehr lebt. Es geht darum, hinzusehen, zuzuhören, Zeugnis abzulegen, Bilder und Berichte mit der eigenen Geschichte zu verbinden, mit einem Leben als Journalistin und Autorin in Deutschland.

Katerina Gordeeva is one of the most famous independent journalists in Russia. This is a book about grief. The grief of people with different political views and positions, from different cities of Ukraine and Russia, with different destinies, who were united by a common misfortune - war. Gordeeva loves her heroes, and out of trust and love, documentary evidence of this terrible time is born....

The next book in the series ‘HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN STATE’ describes the dramatic period from the February Revolution to the death of Joseph Stalin. The story focuses on the evolution of the state system and changes in the country's public life.

The novel begins with the events of June 23, 1941, when the offensive of the German army launched another wave of the fight against spies in the USSR. The work immerses the reader in the atmosphere of the 1930s and is based on the materials of the investigative case of the first director of the Moscow crematorium, Pyotr Ilyich Nesterenka, through whose testimony and diaries one can trace the...

How well do you know our favorite furry companion? Did they really descend from wolves? What's the difference between a Chihuahua and a Saint Bernard? And just how smart are they? Join one friendly mutt on a journey to discover the secret origin of dogs, how genetics and evolution shape species, and where in the world his favorite ball bounced off to.

Do you have what it takes to be a robot engineer? Yes, of course you do - and this action-packed book will prove it! Learn how to build your own battery, make a marvellous motor, and write a simple programme. You can even try taking a Turing Test, to see whether you can tell the difference between real humans and A.I.! Build up the real-life skills you'll need to become an inventor of awesome...