In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three murderers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she will be released from prison to serve as the King's Champion.

The rise of authoritarian rhetoric in America is no longer news, but the right’s affinity for foreign autocrats continues to baffle. Why does Tucker Carlson keep figures like Viktor Orbán and Jair Bolsonaro (and now Argentina’s Javier Milei) on his speed dial? Why does Ron Desantis embrace the kind of illiberal democracy in Turkey, Hungary, and the Phillipines? And why is Trump incapable of...

This book will tell you about how our solar system works. Young readers will learn many interesting facts about Space, understand how the planets differ, what satellites, comets and asteroids are, and also get acquainted with the most successful scientific missions - from the first manned flight into space to sending research probes to other planets.

Шотландський письменник Кеннет Грем (1859–1932) здобув широке визнання й популярність у читачів завдяки своїй казковій повісті «Вітер у верболозі». Хоч автор мріяв, щоб оповідки, вміщені в ній, сподобалися одному-єдиному хлопчикові — синові Аластеру. Спочатку він розповідав йому цікаві історії з життя звірят перед сном, а згодом — у листах. А коли їх назбиралося на книжечку, то з’ясувалося,...

Vierundsiebzig ist eine Reise zu den Ursprüngen, zu den Tatorten: in die Camps und an die Frontlinien, in die Wohnzimmer der Verwandten und weiter in ein êzîdisches Dorf in der Türkei, in dem heute niemand mehr lebt. Es geht darum, hinzusehen, zuzuhören, Zeugnis abzulegen, Bilder und Berichte mit der eigenen Geschichte zu verbinden, mit einem Leben als Journalistin und Autorin in Deutschland.

ina Gordeeva is one of the most famous independent journalists in Russia. This is a book about grief. The grief of people with different political views and positions, from different cities of Ukraine and Russia, with different destinies, who were united by a common misfortune - war. Gordeeva loves her heroes, and out of trust and love, documentary evidence of this terrible time is born....

Die letzte Woche des Dritten Reiches hat begonnen. Hitler ist tot, aber der Krieg noch nicht zu Ende. Alles scheint zum Stillstand zu kommen, und doch ist alles in atemloser Bewegung. Volker Ullrich schildert Tag für Tag diese zeitlose Zeit und entführt den Leser in eine zusammenbrechende Welt voller Dramatik und Gewalt, Hoffnung und Angst. Sein Buch ist eine unvergessliche Zeitreise in den...

The next book in the series ‘HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN STATE’ describes the dramatic period from the February Revolution to the death of Joseph Stalin. The story focuses on the evolution of the state system and changes in the country's public life.

The novel begins with the events of June 23, 1941, when the offensive of the German army launched another wave of the fight against spies in the USSR. The work immerses the reader in the atmosphere of the 1930s and is based on the materials of the investigative case of the first director of the Moscow crematorium, Pyotr Ilyich Nesterenka, through whose testimony and diaries one can trace the...

How well do you know our favorite furry companion? Did they really descend from wolves? What's the difference between a Chihuahua and a Saint Bernard? And just how smart are they? Join one friendly mutt on a journey to discover the secret origin of dogs, how genetics and evolution shape species, and where in the world his favorite ball bounced off to.

Кіт Фіндус гасав довкола й подохав жуків. Дідуньо Петсон стояв на городі, розглядав землю і розминав її в долоні. «Уже пора, - заявив він. – Сьогодні можна сіяти городину й садити картоплю». Проте Фіндус мав іншу думку, на що можна використати город. До того ж і в курей, і в корів був на те власний переконливий погляд. Тож так чи інак, але все відбувалося дуже незвично. 

Between Anti-Fascist Society, Socialist Utopia and Lived Jewishness: What did it mean to be Jewish in the GDR? After the Shoah, many Jews made the conscious choice to live in East Germany, to be part of building a new, more equitable socialist society, hoping for greater justice and to overcome antisemitic structures. This volume looks at what became of their ideals, how Jewish life was newly...