A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they

Small Pig loves to sit in good, soft mud. When the farmer's wife cleans his pigpen, Small Pig runs away. In the city he finds a new mud puddle - but it is not full of mud at all. And now Small Pig has one big problem!

Pełna przygód i magii, wciągająca opowieść o odwadze i przyjaźni!

Wdoligłaźno. To było urokliwe miasteczko, aż do pożaru… Wybuchł pewnej straszliwej nocy i pochłonął Bibliotekę. Od tamtej pory miasto zaczęło chylić się ku upadkowi. Kolejne pożogi strawiły Szkołę, domy i sklepy. Wdoligłaźno na przemian nękały susze i powodzie. Mieszkańcy zamknęli swoje domy dla sąsiadów i serca dla potrzebujących. Coraz częściej myśleli: Lepiej pilnować własnego nosa.

Every year the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with

When psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds himself confronting a painful memory embodied in the physical likeness of a past lover. Kelvin learns that he is not alone in this and that ot

Hartley Staples, near-graduate of middle school, is grappling with the fact that his older brother has run away from home, when he finds a handmade postcard that fascinates him. And soon he spots another. Despite his losing interest in pretty much everyth

This book compiles stories and novellas, written in America (with the exception of one) in the last decade. It's symbolic title That Strange Feeling of Freedom is not incidental.

On the sides of the railway, in harsh lands, there are boundless steppes, and here, apart from the main road, only his best friend, Kazangap, lives. When Kazangap dies, Yedigei decides to bury him in the old cemetery of Ana-Beyit - ‘Rest in Rest’ - fanned

A collection to whet the appetite of anyone wishing to learn more about a region rich in history, folklore and (her)stories. Telling it like a woman does not mean literature for women only: it provides an insight into half of humanity, a window onto the lives of citizens who work, love and develop their inner lives. This collection brings together the voices of a wide selection of prize-winning...

Клоны великих писателей корчатся в мучительном скрипт-процессе, Большой театр до потолка залит нечистотами, Сталин и Хрущев — любовники, история ХХ века вывернута наизнанку.В самом провокационном романе Владимира Сорокина, закрепившем за ним титул классика постмодернизма, низвергнуты все кумиры — они становятся участниками безудержного карнавала, где перемешаны высокое и низкое, фантазияи...

'Триумфальная арка' – пронзительная история любви всему наперекор, любви, приносящей боль, но и дарующей бесконечную радость.Место действия – Париж накануне Второй мировой войны. Герой – беженец из Германии, без документов, скрывающийся и от французов, и от нацистов, хирург, спасающий человеческие жизни. Героиня – итальянская актриса, окруженная поклонниками, вспыльчивая, как все артисты,...