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

To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it

Stanislavov in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An ordinary city on the border of ‘happy Austria’, in which they live, suffer, fall in love, admire science and charlatan performances of world-famous illusionists, have fun at balls and carnivals, go for walks and hide secrets in carved chests of drawers. And against the background of the era, which for posterity will become more and...

Every time the streets erupt with communist demonstrations. The director of the Viennese police receives a message that at the same time two young states, the Republic of Poland and Soviet Russia, are demanding the extradition of a certain Adam Vistowicz, the chief commissioner from Lemberg, Galicia. Why did a humble policeman interest the highest diplomatic circles? Will it be possible to...

1905 year. The career of one of the best investigators of Galicia, Lviv commissioner Adam Vistovych, is on the rise. In order to help his younger colleague, Associate Professor Samkovsky, the commissar takes on a seemingly trivial matter. However, it turns out that its threads stretch far beyond the borders of Lviv and even beyond the borders of the empire.

The novel ‘Shoes of the Mother of God’ by the prominent Ukrainian writer Maria Mathios tells about one of the most painful tragedies of the 20th century in the territory that historian Timothy Snyder calls the ‘bloodlands’. This is a new edition of the work with new episodes.

In the mid-eighteenth century, as new ideas—and a new unrest—begin to sweep the Continent, a young Jew of mysterious origins arrives in a village in Poland. Before long, he has changed not only his name but his persona; visited by what seem to be ecstatic experiences, Jacob Frank casts a charismatic spell that attracts an increasingly fervent following.

Ein einzigartiges Panorama des Berliner Lebens in der Nazizeit: Hans Falladas eindringliche Darstellung des Widerstands der kleinen Leute avancierte rund 60 Jahre nach ihrer Entstehung zum überragenden Publikumserfolg in Deutschland und der Welt.

От этого текста пышет печным жаром и тянет могильным холодом причем одновременно. В основе романа материалы следственного дела Петра Ильича Нестеренко, директора Московского крематория на территории Донского некрополя. Работая над романом, Саша Филипенко повторил путь главного героя, вслед за ним побывав в Саратове и Париже, в Стамбуле и Варшаве. Огромный объем архивных документов...

Winston Smith, ein einfaches Mitglied der diktatorischen Staatspartei, arbeitet im Ministerium für Wahrheit, wo er die Vergangenheit im Sinne der Regierung umschreibt. «Der große Bruder» überwacht alle Bürger, jeder Widerstand gegen das System wird streng bestraft. Winston jedoch sehnt sich in seinem Innersten nach echter Wahrheit – und nach Liebe. Trotz aller Verbote beginnt er eine...

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon....

Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: Survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why - or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.