Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger. When Grayson’s half-sisters find themselves in trouble, he swoops in to do what he does best: take care of the problem—efficiently, effectively, mercilessly. And without getting...

In between the sleep-deprived lows and wonderful highs, Backman takes a step back to share the true story of falling in love with a woman who is his complete opposite, and learning to live a life that revolves around the people you care about unconditionally. Alternating between humorous side notes and longer essays offering his son advice as he grows up and ventures out into the world,...

Hockey is a sport that has captured millions of hearts and become a symbol of strength, speed and team spirit. It is a whole culture that connects millions of fans around the world. Dive into the world of hockey superstitions, famous fights and jokes that became the basis for new rules. Here you will find: - stories about the first official matches that changed the course of sports history;...

‘The Twenty-Sixth’ is a warm and nostalgic novel about growing up during the perestroika era. - This is a book about those who managed to be Octobrists, but no longer had to necessarily join the Pioneers, a story about awakening, hope, overcoming and finding freedom. — The first foreign cars, cooperative cafes, glasnost, coupons, perestroika, chewing gum inserts and the ringing...

From this book we learn what science is and what scientists do, about the most important discoveries in the field of natural sciences. With the help of this book, young readers will be able, like real scientists, to conduct experiments and draw conclusions on their own. The text is complemented by magnificent illustrations and diagrams.

Byx is the youngest member of her dairne pack. Believed to possess remarkable abilities, her mythical doglike species has been hunted to near extinction in the war-torn kingdom of Nedarra. After her pack is hunted down and killed, Byx fears she may be the last of her species. The Endling. So Byx sets out to find safe haven, and to see if the legends of other hidden dairnes are true.

The book is dedicated to the most mysterious city connecting Europe and Asia — Istanbul. The heir of ancient Byzantium, the city became the successor of the great Constantinople — the capital of the largest Orthodox empire of the Middle Ages, turning into the center of the Ottoman Empire and an attraction for Muslims from all over the world. The everyday life of Istanbul in its brilliant era,...

Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the...

'Goodbye To Berlin' is the original story of the chanteuse heroine Sally Bowles. Isherwood ironically captures life in Weimar Berlin, a city infamous for its flourishing demimonde and violent politics.

This book was conceived by the author as a textbook, but as he worked on it, it turned into a confession of a man who invested his life in a lost, but no less interesting, matter — the study of Russian culture. A sick product of a sick system, Russian culture is doomed to perish along with the system. Russian civilization, according to Dmitry Bykov, can still function for some time —...