As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships—but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and...

Like an avenging, purple-haired Jedi bringing balance to the mansplained universe, Bee Königswasser lives by a simple code: What would Marie Curie do? If NASA offered her the lead on a neuroengineering project—a literal dream come true after years scraping by on the crumbs of academia—Marie would accept without hesitation. Duh. But the mother of modern physics never had to co-lead with Levi Ward.

Iryna Slavinska writes about everyday things that are definitely familiar to you: a change of wardrobe with the beginning of a full-scale invasion, childhood memories of turning off the lights and the reality of a blackout. Each story is a reflection on the life of the residents of the ‘rear’ cities, who now stock up on fast food and pay attention to the schedules of electricity blackouts in...

The cozy Valyn world was destroyed by the war. She temporarily lives in Italy, but it is not easy for her to get used to a new life in the hospitable southern lands. Brothers David and Vlad feel the same way. Teenagers together sort humanitarian aid for Ukraine, get to know the world around them, test themselves and its strength... And all the time they think about DIM, parents, native...

Somehow, magical creatures from all over the place began to measure their strength. And they played along: their worlds could not stand it and crumbled. The surviving inhabitants rushed to save themselves in our world. All of them were sheltered by the huge ‘Wow!’ house. So now ghosts, vampires, gnomes, witches, mermaids and other legendary mystical creatures are forced to live alongside...

On February 24, 2022, the writer Andrii Kurkov did not write anything. And in the next few days too. An ethnic Russian who had spent his whole life in Kyiv faced the same danger as other Ukrainians. Because in his worldview, behavior and attitude to reality, the worldview and behavior of the Ukrainian Cossacks of the 16th century prevails, when Ukraine was not yet part of the Russian Empire,...

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.

In the small hours of the morning, Abi Knight is startled awake by the phone call no mother ever wants to get: her teenage daughter Olivia has fallen off a bridge. Not only is Olivia brain dead, she’s pregnant and must remain on life support to keep her baby alive. And then Abi sees the angry bruises circling Olivia’s wrists.

Practical Melanie Middleton hates to admit she can see ghosts. But she's going to have to accept it. An old man she recently met has died, leaving her his historic Tradd Street home, complete with housekeeper, dog—and a family of ghosts anxious to tell her their secrets.

The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions—including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons.

Farmer Pettson sat doing the crossword, with Findus the cat on his knee. ‘Tell me about when I disappeared,’ said Findus. ‘You haven't disappeared,’ said Pettson, ‘you're sitting right here.’ ‘Yes, but ? when I was little.’ ‘Oh then ... But you've heard the story so often before.’ ‘But tell it to me anyway!’ So here is the story of when Findus was little and disappeared.