The duology consisting of the novels "The Constellation of Virgins" and "Moonlit" is a true tapestry of women's fates, intertwined with an ancient amulet, a fatal curse, and a family history richly sprinkled with eerie secrets, cunning intrigues, innocent blood,...

The prophecy says: The Dragon will be born again. The enmity between the supporters of ever new False Dragons only intensifies the world's chaos. Rand al'Thor is plagued by doubts. He decides to secretly journey to Tear to test himself...

The new turn of the Wheel of Time — and in the hands of Rand al'Thor and his friends lies the legendary Horn of Valere. But not everything is so simple in the intrigue-filled and treacherous world of Jordan, where...

"Four Million" is one of the 12 collections of short stories by O. Henry that the publishing house "Bohdan" planned to print.It is precisely thanks to his stories, in which sparkling humor is closely intertwined with small tragedies, and their...

Who is this lonely captive, imprisoned on an artificial satellite high in low Earth orbit? Only the orphan Kress, a "shell" without a family, held captive for many years by the treacherous thaumaturge Sibyl. Kress's task is to serve Queen...

The most fearless of all assassins, Adarlena is only eighteen. Selena is an outstanding killer who has managed to win dangerous competitions and earn the title of royal defender. However, she was also promised the longed-for freedom, yet the girl...

Ivan Drach (1936-2018) was a recognized leader of the Sixtiers, who, with the inspiration of a juggler, spun into one poetic orbit both the golden onion and the theory of relativity, and the weeping synchrophasotrons like lions, and washed trousers,...

Liz is forced to move to the capital. She hopes for the better. However, the very first meeting with her new neighbor turns out to be a failure. The bold neighbor, having a rebellious character, is not ready to tolerate...

"Eva" is the second book of the spy trilogy by the popular Spanish writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte. The plot centers around the desperate and unscrupulous agent Falco, who works for the Spanish dictator Franco. The main character's task is to obtain...

In O. Henry's short stories, the element of theatricality is very important, which is undoubtedly connected to the author's own fatalism, the belief in Chance or Fate. By freeing his characters from "global" reflections and decisions, O. Henry never diverts...

The Goncourt Brothers are among the founders of naturalism in French literature, and "Germinie Lacerteux" is perhaps their most ambiguous work.This is the story of the fall of the servant girl Germinie – described from her sad youth to her...

Three students of the Institute of Noble Girls have already died under very mysterious circumstances. Fortunately, the victims are not from the Rose faculty. The commoners from the Violet faculty attract little interest, so they have managed to avoid publicity...

Winter is a true moon girl and a true princess. Like all moon people, she has the gift of influencing consciousness, but she would rather die than use it. For her pretty little head is filled with something entirely different....

This book is a precursor to The Lord of the Rings, but at the same time, it is a self-sufficient and cohesive legendarium. The masterfully crafted mythological history of the imagined yet surprisingly realistic Middle-earth has been gathered under one...

Why did Olya Synychka buy an old house in the village? To walk barefoot in the morning on the dewy grass, to breathe deeply and feel — this is it, my place, here is my heart. To finally start living,...

It would seem that literally everything is written about love. However, this topic is inexhaustible. "Anatomy: a love story" is an exciting and dizzying journey into the world of anatomy, love and secrets, where the author, skillfully combining historical account...

Shiori'anma, Kiata's only princess, has a secret. Forbidden magic rages in her veins. On the morning of her engagement, Shiori loses control of her. At first, this mistake seems to be a smile of fate, thanks to which such an...

#1 BEST SELLER BY THE NEW YORK TIMES•CULTREAD series of fiction•Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman, Sophie Turner, Stephen Mackintosh and others played the main roles in the adaptation of the novel, which was released in 2013.The past of Vida Winter, a...

The 1930s, the times of Stalinist repressions. A young man sentenced to 25 years for love of his homeland escapes from the stage echelon of the NKVD, which transports exhausted and desperate people to a slow death in the Gulag...

All her life she was told that she was weak and ugly. All her life she was looked after, but not loved. All her life, she considered herself superfluous and behaved quietly, like a mouse, so as not to burden...

A series of gruesome murders were committed. When deciding who will be the next victim, the criminal turns to... the alphabet. The perfect detective Hercule Poirot enters the game. Before each murder, an unknown person sends a letter to the...

Twenty years ago, Susan Lentigo lost her only daughter, Amy. And from now on, all she wants is to achieve justice. The woman is planning a trip to North Dakota to execute the Beast. Maybe after that she will finally...

"Lady Chatterley's Lover" is a blend of fiction and philosophy, centered on female sensuality. A novel in which eroticism and sexuality exist on a par with beautifully written psychological nuances and analysis of the time. In their illustrations for the...

On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests are gathering to celebrate a wedding. The groom is attractive and charismatic, the star of a popular TV show. The bride is smart and ambitious, the owner of a successful business....