Maisie Hitchins longs to be a detective. She's sure there are lots of adventures to be had on the streets of Victorian London. And, together with her faithful puppy, Eddie, she is determined to follow even the slightest scent of a mystery no matter what! On a visit to the British Museum, Maisie meets Professor Tobin's old university acquaintance Lord Dacre, who's devastated about the recent...

In this fourth mystery about twelve-year-old Maisie, the young detective must solve a crime for her friend Professor Tobin. The professor travelled all over the world collecting strange and wonderful objects, and the British Museum is opening a special room to house his collection. But before the professor’s donation, a thief steals a valuable Amazonian tribal mask! With just a single...

Sarah Massey, talented lead actress in Circus Sweethearts, is a mess. She should be dancing on air-after all, her boyfriend just proposed. But she has lost his gift: a beautiful emerald necklace with a storied history. Rumor has it whoever loses the necklace will be cursed, and now everything around Miss Massey is falling apart. She turns to Maisie Hitchins and her dog, Eddie, for help. But...

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...

Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people in the distance.

The guide contains basic information about the phonetics, grammar, vocabulary and spelling of the Ukrainian language in comparison with the English language. The rules are illustrated with examples, and various exercises are also provided. Words and expressions are translated into English and vice versa.

'39 poems about the war that no one declared, the pain that no one can handle, the love that no one can refuse, and the hope that everything rests on.' Serhiy Zhadan.

Three friends must urgently find the fourth, who disappeared in an unknown direction, and inform him about the suicide of his stepfather. Sasha Carburetor must make it to the funeral...

'Big Mac' is the title of Serhiy Zhadan's first prose book. The stories included in the new, expanded edition were written during the years 2002–2010. The texts are presented in chronological order, which enables the inquisitive reader to follow the time and geography of writing each of them.

Philosophical digressions, fantastic images, exquisite metaphors and specific humor - everything that is so attractive in Serhiy Zhadan's works is here. Stories of Babylon, retold for those who are interested in questions of love and death. The life of the city lying between the years, biographies of characters fighting for their right to be heard and understood, a chronicle of street fights...

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...