Little Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, lies in Ukraine's Grey Zone, the no-man's-land between loyalist and separatist forces. Thanks to the lukewarm war of sporadic violence and constant propaganda that has been dragging on for years, only two

Ella and Jonas invite their siblings for a ten-day winter vacation in the American mountains. However, the holiday joy is overshadowed by the disappearance of a friend who, two and a half years earlier, caused a real stir in everyone's lives. But December is a time for forgiveness and miracles. Is there a chance that the boy will come back and cause an earthquake for them? Or maybe he simply...

‘Der Richter und sein Henker’ ist einer seiner berühmtesten Romane - die Geschichte eines Mordes. Mit den reißerischen Mitteln einer Detektivstory erzählt er die Aufklärung einer Gewalttat an einem Polizeileutnant, den letzten Fall des todkranken Komissars Bärlach - die Geschichte einer hintergründigen Pointe.

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.

«Творческий подход к роману о первом контакте удовлетворит как охотников на НЛО, так и ностальгирующих фанатов «Секретных материалов». Publishers Weekly«Вы будете очарованы как внутренним миром Вознесшихся, тех, на кого повлиял Импульс, так и мотивами и м

Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine.

Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become the King's Champion. But she is far from loyal to the crown. Though she goes to great lengths to hide her secret, her deadly charade becomes more difficult when she realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. Her search for answers ensnares those closest to her, and no one is safe from suspicion-not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the...

«Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften», Musils unvollendetes Opus magnum, ist eines der wirkungsmächtigsten Werke der modernen Literatur, «ein letztes Prunkstück österreichischen Barocks, strotzend von Überfülle, Fleisch und Kostüm, Vorhang und Hintergrund, Sinnlichkeit und Reflexion». (Ernst Fischer)

Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine . . . and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for...

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.

Barbara träumt wie alle jungen Frauen vom Glück und von Erfolg. Letzteres ist als Aushilfs-Nummerngirl in einer Revue eher nicht zu erwarten. Eines Tages kommt ihr eine Idee: Sie beschließt, als Damenimitator aufzutreten - und macht tatsächlich über Nacht als ‘Herr Paulus’ Karriere. Die Frau, die sich als Mann ausgibt, der wiederum als Frau auftritt, das ist der Ausgangspunkt für ein...

An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novelÆs vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could