The Canadian North is a vast and lonely land where bears roam free, fires rage unchecked, and storms blast every living thing on the tundra. When Stephan Kesting, already no stranger to pushing his own physical limits, was faced with a rare illness, he knew the only way for him to recover in both body and mind was to dig even deeper. Despite the dangers inherent in the sub-arctic, Kesting sets...

Eine Reise durch Deutschland von Paris aus nach Hamburg im Jahre 1843 nimmt Heine zum Anlass einer ironischen Bestandsaufnahme der sozialen und politischen Wirklichkeit seiner Zeit. Das 'Wintermärchen' ist in Wahrheit ein tief pessimistisches Bild des deutschen 'politischen Winters' und ein höchst engagiertes sozialrevolutionäres Programm. Gegen Nationalismus und religiöse Bevormundung. Für ein...

When George finds a way to escape the spacecraft Artemis, where he has been trapped, he is overjoyed. But something is wrong. There’s a barren wasteland where his hometown used to be, intelligent robots roam the streets, and no one will talk to George about the Earth that he used to know. With the help of an unexpected new friend, can George find out what—or who—is behind this terrible new...

It is 1919, and the Great War that has ravaged Europe is over. In Italy, the people are exhausted. Tired of the political class. Tired of vague promises, inept moderates, and the agonizing machinations of a democracy that has failed ordinary citizens. While elite leaders have sat idly by, achieving nothing, one outsider—the director of a small opposition newspaper and a tireless political...

Das »Buch der Lieder« begründete Heines Weltruhm als Dichter. Es ist seine früheste Sammlung, erschienen 1827. Viele der knapp 240 Gedichte wurden vertont, darunter die Lorelei (›Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten‹) oder ›Im wunderschönen Monat Mai‹. Vielfach greifen sie auf altes Volksliedgut zurück und sind ihrerseits zu Volksliedern geworden.

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Suppor

The everyday life of a small provincial town was shaken by extraordinary and mysterious events. One day, a strange old man appears in the town - either a yogi, or a doctor, or a magician - and opens the Shop of Happiness.

This book was created on the basis of video meetings with doctors from different regions of Ukraine, in which Vasyl Knyazevich, with the participation of Danylo Yanevskyi, talked with specialists in various fields of medicine about strategies and tactics for survival and recovery of the physical and mental state of Ukrainians after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian...

The mystical laundress at the center of this novel is obsessed with purity. Her task is formidable as she stands guard over a sealed shaft at a Ukrainian coal mine that hides terrible truths. The bodies of dead Jews lying in its depths seem to attract still more present-day crimes. Acclaimed Russian author Sergei Lebedev portrays a ghostly realm riven by lust and fear just as the Kremlin...

36 and 6 cats are coming back! And now the dancing cats have a new talent - to doodle. Their paintings decorated the walls of the owner's cafe, but not for long... A crime happened. Who will investigate the strange disappearance? Who will reveal the secret of the eight linden boards? 36 and 6 detective cats get down to business...

Мальчика зовут Холден Колфилд, и живет он в повести «Над пропастью во ржи», до сих пор боготворимой миллионами «непонятых» подростков.Холден наделен «абсолютным нравственным слухом» — он мгновенно различает фальшь, с него словно содрана кожа, обнажены нервные окончания, его сверхчувствительность — особого рода радар, улавливающий то, мимо чего спокойно проходят другие. Но он не ангел и не «дитя...

Moomendemal! Wer kann hier noch nicht Hessisch babbeln? Kein Grund, hibbelisch zu werden. Dieses Schnuckelsche von einem Bilderbuch ist wie ein gemütlicher Spaziergang durchs Hessische! Hier wird jede Vokabel, jede Redewendung mit einer köstlichen Zeichnung veranschaulicht. So schnallt auch der Auswerrdische, was ein Bembel oder ein Wullewatz ist! Wie nebenbei erfährt man zudem auch so manches...