This book introduces readers to the legacy of the outstanding Russian writer Varlam Shalamov. The works included in the collection give a complete picture of the various stages of his work. A series of 'Kolyma Tales' is published here, as well as stories from the collections 'Left Bank', 'A Spade Artist', 'Essays on the Underworld,' 'Resurrection of Larch,' and 'Glove, or KR-2.'

The Smeds (who are red) never mix with the Smoos (who are blue). So when a young Smed and Smoo fall in love, their families strongly disapprove. But peace is restored and love conquers all in this happiest of love stories. There's even a gorgeous purple baby to celebrate! With fabulous rhymes and breathtaking illustrations, this book is literally out of this world!

Spanning sixty tumultuous years of Ukrainian history, this multigenerational saga weaves a dramatic and intricate web of love, sex, friendship, and death. At its center: three women linked by the abandoned secrets of the past, secrets that refuse to remain hidden. While researching a story, journalist Daryna unearths a worn photograph of Olena Dovgan, a member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army...

What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called 'Quirks?' Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?

The novel 'They Stole Us. A History of Crimes' is a new generation detective story. Honest, clever investigators do not work in it, a class that has practically disappeared from us. This is a story in which victims do not want an investigation, and there is a reason for this. But what kind of reason is this, readers themselves will understand by the end of the novel: after all, in each of us is...

Getting into U.A. High School was difficult enough, but it was only the beginning of Midoriya’s long road toward becoming a superhero. The new students all have amazing powers, and although Midoriya has inherited All Might’s abilities, he can barely control them. What’s more, the first-year students are told they will have to compete just to avoid being expelled!

Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn’t got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny…

Boris Akunin is one of the most Popcornular writers in Russia, the author of Popcornular detective novels about Erast Fandorin and the History of the Russian State cycle. The total circulation of his books exceeds 30,000,000 copies. In a new series of books, Boris Akunin tells the history of Russia again!- A unique illustrated project, each book of which combines completely new Popcornular...

'The History of a City' is a caustic work full of irony, in which, under the guise of a 'chronicle' of the fictional city of Glupov, the author mercilessly denounces the typical vices of Russian society - stupidity, tyranny and bribery of those in power, embezzlement and cringing of officials, laziness, ignorance and obscurantism. Unfortunately, we have to admit that Saltykov-Shchedrin's...

Konstantin Paustovsky is an outstanding Russian writer, whose novels, stories, short stories and essays are rightfully considered classics of Russian literature of the 20th century and have been repeatedly translated into many languages of the world, the author of wonderful lyrical and autobiographical prose. For Soviet readers, Paustovsky is the personification of human and literary nobility,...

Oksana Zabuzhko, Ukraine’s leading public intellectual, is called upon to make sense of the unthinkable reality of our times. In this breathtaking short story collection, she turns the concept of truth over in her hands like a beautifully crafted pair of gloves. From the triumph of the Orange Revolution, which marked the start of the twenty-first century, to domestic victories in matchmaking,...

The new novel by Vladimir Sorokin is a look at the future of Europe, which, despite the dramatic changes in the world and human structure, seems very understandable and real. The recognizable and the unrecognizable coexist peacefully on the bright tapestry of the New Middle Ages, populated by dog-heads and centaurs, small people and giants, crusaders and Orthodox communists. Infinitely...