When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow ‘delinquent’ Turner, which deepens despite Turner’s conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only...

Many cultural phenomena, human destinies and literary works are hidden under the concept of ‘sixties’. This book offers the reader a journey into the microcosm of the Ukrainian sixties - young people who created a new culture during the Khrushchev ‘thaw’. Delving into the world, which, contrary to the rules of the Soviet totalitarian regime, was based on the principles of solidarity, mutual...

One of a series of retellings of classic world literature from publisher Real Reads. True to the original plot, characters and theme, Real Reads also reflect the original author's style. A brilliant introduction to Bronte's compelling story. Jane Eyre is poor, parentless and plain. her future looks bleak. Jane's aunt and cousin detest her. Life at Lowood School is cruel and dangerous. What...

Кудлатий кіт Борисюк мешкає у Виставковому центрі в Києві у приміщенні льодової арени. Одного ранку він виявляє, що в сусідньому павільйоні волонтери облаштували тимчасовий притулок для тварин, яких евакуювали зі щойно звільнених від російських окупантів територій. Звісно ж, Борисюк іде знайомитися — і йому відкриваються щемкі історії тварин, урятованих з епіцентру бойових дій. ...

The reprinting of two early books by Sofiia Andrukhovych: the short story collection ‘Women of their Husbands’ and the short story ‘Old Men’ with illustrations by Elena Stelmakh is a return to the stories of unusual and at the same time ordinary women and men, more often women. These are stories about corporeality and identity, about boundaries and their absence, about love and living, fusion...

Every person who went through the Russian-Ukrainian war will have memories of its terrible color: white, like instantly graying hair or the color of bandages, red - the color of blood and pain. The most terrible color of war, in which the enemies burned all other colors and shades, is black, the color of burns, grief, mourning ribbons on grave wreaths... Matvii Vaisberg created a graphic series...

A cat named Rudolph lives in a kind and loving family. But he does not really appreciate what he has. Somehow he decides to run away from home to teach his parents. And of course, adventures await him. And what exactly - children will find out after reading Tetyana Hordynchuk's bilingual book in Ukrainian and English. The QR code on the cover leads to a mobile application where children can...

The poems in this collection were written before the start of a full-scale invasion, but the war is present there - in silence, fear, a life not lived. The other, with other experiences of resettlement and losses that could not be talked about, that wanted to be erased from memory, but they did not disappear anywhere, worked with their carriers until old age. And she was already opening her...

The last of London's books published during his lifetime, it involves a love triangle set in California. The main character, Paula, is married to Dick Forrest but falls in love with Evan Graham. The story's sexuality bothered readers at the time but their actions appear rather unrealistic based on modern day standards.

Andrii Kurkov's book 'War Diary 2' is a collection of essays written in the period from August 2022 to the end of October 2023 and arranged chronologically. The events that took place in Ukraine and the world in those days prompted the writer to consider them and, passing through the prism of personal vision, present them to the readers.

The adventures of New Alice - an 11-year-old modern Russian girl Marusya Mendeleeva - in the underwater empire of Tsar-Dna. Funny! Creepy! Nice and cool. Marusya's first love. Decline of the underwater empire. Extraordinary passions and villainy of adults. There are many native Russian motifs (Saltykov-Shchedrin is resting). Who is Pink Mouse? It's a big secret. A book for adults!