Leonid Andreyev’s work continues to spark debate among critics. For some, his writings represent ‘exemplary depravity’; others discern in them ‘a powerful breath of talent.’ But what was the writer truly like—a cold cynic or a sensitive, vulnerable soul? Why, despite being a patriot, did he reject the Revolution? Why did he attempt suicide? The answers lie in this new biography.

How long it had been since they last visited this house... Not since that very night when their youngest sister died. The circumstances of her death remained a mystery. That tragedy tore the family apart. And yet, twenty years later, the three sisters decided to spend Christmas together at a secluded cottage on the rocky coast of England. The eldest, Jess, has harbored a burning secret for...

Vasilisa and her friends find themselves on Ostala. Once every millennium, the Scarlet Flower—the time-magic heart of our planet—blooms here. To save Eflara from being consumed, the seven Keepers of the Time Keys must make a unanimous wish. But a rift opens up among the Key-holders, escalating into a struggle—a fight to the death. Among Vasilisa’s new friends is Fesh Dragotsiy, the nephew of...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde have become synonymous with the idea of a split personality. More than a morality tale, this dark psychological fantasy is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution, criminality, and secret lives.

This book by A. Yu. Lashkov—a Doctor of Historical Sciences and a specialist in the history of military aviation and air defense—examines the involvement of Soviet aviators and balloonists in the suppression of insurgent movements and the elimination of various anti-Soviet armed formations within the territory of the RSFSR (and later the USSR), as well as in neighboring regions, during the...

The pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will gather to cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they are not immune to the human temptations of power and glory. And they are not above the tribalism and factionalism that consumes humanity. When all is said and done, one...

Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien’s four novellas (Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, and Roverandom) and one book of poems (The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) are gathered together for the first time, in a fully illustrated volume. This definitive collection of works -- which had appeared separately, in various formats, between 1949 and 1998 -- comes...

It is a legendary time in the First Age of Middle-earth, long before The Lord of the Rings, and Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Túrin and his sister Niënor will be tragically entwined.

The tale of Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien. Returning from France and the battle of the Somme at the end of 1916, he wrote the tale in the following year.

On a future Earth poisoned by global wars—amidst radioactive dust and neon signs beckoning people toward a sweet life in colonies on other planets—bounty hunter Rick Deckard must track down and ‘retire’ six fugitive androids: beings almost indistinguishable from humans. But as his investigation unfolds, Deckard begins to be plagued by doubts and questions—questions to which he has yet to...