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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

Sir - our client, Mr Robert Ferguson, has made an enquiry concerning vampires. Since we are an engineering firm, unfortunately the matter is not one upon which we can advise. Perhaps you can help. Holmes and Watson take on their strangest case yet when a distraught husband comes to them desperate to understand his wife's weird behaviour. He's caught her sucking the blood of their baby son! But...

Tabby McTat loves his life on the streets with his owner, Fred, singing (and caterwauling) for coins that people throw in Fred's hat. But one day, Fred is in an accident, and the two are separated! Will Tabby and Fred find their way back to each other?From the creators of A Gold Star for Zog and Stick Man, Tabby McTat is a touching story of friendship, loyalty, singing - and kittens!