The book ‘Mykola Bazhan. Selected Poems’ is a collection of poems by the classic of Ukrainian poetry Mykola Platonovich Bazhan (1904–1983). The publication includes more than ninety poems by the artist, representing his entire work - from our 1920s to the early 1980s. Bazhan's lyrics brought him worldwide recognition: in 1971 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Now readers...

The book ‘Eight Days from the Life of Lulya’ is a collection of prose by Oleksandr Konysky, an outstanding Ukrainian writer, poet, public figure, and spiritual educator. The works carefully depict a social portrait of the diverse intelligentsia of the late 19th century, through which the author penetrates the essence of human nature. His prose is distinguished by subtle psychologism, poetic...

Marvel Entertainment was a moribund toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. How did an upstart studio conquer the world? In MCU, beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards draw on more than a hundred interviews with actors, producers, directors, and writers to present the...

The Familiar is a standalone historical fantasy novel by Leigh Bardugo, published in 2024, set in 17th-century Spain during the Spanish Inquisition. It follows Luzia Cotado, a scullion with hidden magical abilities, who is forced to use her 'little miracles' to navigate the dangerous world of the royal court, political intrigue, and the looming threat of the Inquisition, all while hiding her...

The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men. The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed. The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive. But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his...

Seattle, 1933. Single mother Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son goodnight and departs to work the night shift at a local hotel. She emerges to discover that a May Day snow has blanketed the city, and that her son has vanished. Outside, she finds his beloved teddy bear lying facedown on an icy street, the snow covering up any trace of his tracks—or the perpetrator’s.

With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job offer-naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don’t find evil so attractive, Evie. But just when she’s...

The book ‘On the Island’ is a collection of modernist prose by Mykhailo Mykhailovych Kotsiubynsky. The famous author of Ukrainian classical literature had a gift: he saw the most secret corners of the human soul. The writer could delve into the consciousness of an individual, revealing their true motives, fears, and emotions. This is what helped him create unique, rather contradictory...

Despite dreams of adventures far beyond the Salann shores, seventeen-year-old Verity Thaumas has remained at her family’s estate, Highmoor, with her older sister Camille, while their sisters have scattered across Arcannia. When their sister Mercy sends word that the Duchess of Bloem—wife of a celebrated botanist—is interested in having Verity paint a portrait of her son, Alexander, Verity...

Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor with her sisters and their father and stepmother. Once there were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last--the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge--and there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is...

Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth, first in The Locked Tomb Trilogy, unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon...