Новинки
Борис Антоненко-Давидович — письменник, перекладач і мовознавець. Засуджений спершу до страти, а потім — до довічного заслання.
У завершальній частині роману Анатолія Дімарова «Біль і гнів» німці продовжують хазяйнувати на українській землі. Дії партизанів призводять до каральної експедиції нацистів на Тарасівку, яка гине у вогні. Лише небагатьом вдається вціліти, на прикладі Ганни Приходько автор показує, що війну перемагає саме народне життя.
Навряд чи хтось насмілиться сперечатися, що Бонд (Д. Б.) і є наразі справжнім героєм нашого часу.
«Прекрасні й приречені» (1922) — другий роман Ф. Скотта Фіцджеральда, який багато в чому автобіографічний. У ньому автор продовжує наскрізну тему духовної кризи в Америці після Першої світової війни. Ентоні Петч має за плечима освіту, фінансову підтримку діда-мультимільйонера. Разом із іншими прагне в «епоху джазу» реалізувати свої романтичні мрії про майбутнє. Але цьому не судилося збутися.
Головний герой циклу «Зі спогадів Ійона Тихого» польського письменника-фантаста С. Лема — капітан міжзоряного корабля, космічний вовк, а водночас знаний вчений і відомий дослідник.
У романі «Енн із Інглсайду» Енн і Гілберт із п’ятьма дітьми живуть у містечку Глен Сент Мері. Подружжя разом уже п’ятнадцять років. Діти зростають, знаходять друзів, пізнають радість і горе, правду та брехню. Життя постійно випробовує Енн, адже їй треба бути і доброю матір’ю, і мудрою жінкою, і гостинною сусідкою. Вона вкотре знаходить силу, любов та підтримку у своїх найрідніших.
«Нехай усі уб’ють Констанс» — це детективний роман із містичними пасажами, підігрітими всюдисущою інтригою та невгасимою напругою.
Доля жінки, її право на освіту, працю, громадське життя — це проблематика повісті «Царівна», якою письменниця наче продовжує тематичну лінію своєї повісті «Людина». Розповідь у повісті ведеться у вигляді щоденника Наталки Верковичівни, яка мріє про кар'єру письменниці. Але вона має вийти заміж за нелюба, щоб не бути тягарем для родини.
Микола Леонтович мав би стати священником, як усі його предки, але обрав шлях простого вчителя музики й диригента хору. Йому випало жити й творити в темні часи революцій, громадянської війни, невизначеності, а він протиставив їм світло українських народних пісень, обробки яких у його виконанні є неперевершеними. Просту мелодію «Щедрика» талант композитора обернув на шедевр. Його донині виконують усі українські хори, а ще «Дударика», «Козака несуть», «Легенду». Загалом понад 150 українських пісень, безліч самобутніх хорових композиції, духовні пісні українською — такий доробок короткого життя Миколи Леонтовича, підступно вбитого чекістом. Його ховали 25 січня 1921 року. Мела така завірюха, що світло померкло. Здавалося, темрява взяла гору. Але в ті дні в паризькому Театрі на Єлисейських полях вкотре звучав «Щедрик». Переповнена зала вибухала оваціями. Український композитор їх заслужив.
Nineteen-year-old Margaret Hale lives in London. Her life is turned upside down when her family moves to Milton Northern. It is a cotton-manufacturing town, which is at the centre of a workers’ revolution. At first, Margaret is hostile to John Thornton, a wealthy manufacturer; but over time, she begins to admire the way he rose from poverty. After a series of dramatic events, Thornton unexpectedly makes his declaration of love to her, but Margaret does not accept it, although she begins to realize the depth of Thornton’s personality.
The Day After Tomorrow, a thriller novel by Oleksandr Krasovytskyy plunges readers deep into the shadowy maze of power in Russia on the brink of its collapse. The world watches as Putin’s death sets off a chain reaction: Lenin’s mummified body is removed from his mausoleum, air raid sirens howl over Moscow, and the Kremlin’s iron grip begins to wane.
The Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho by the English writer Anne Radcliffe (1764–1823) is set in the 16th century in Southern France and Northern Italy.
In the second part of the novel, Emily, now an orphan, is forced to live with her aunt, Madame Cheron. The aunt marries Montoni, a nobleman from Italy. He wants his friend Count Morano to become Emily’s husband. Finding Morano almost broke, Montoni takes Emily and her aunt to his castle, Udolfo. Montoni is trying to force his wife to transfer the property to him. Madame Cheron dies. Emily manages to escape...
The mysterious murder that Sherlock Holmes investigates in the novel The Valley of Fear is connected with ancient events in a distant land. The victim of the persecution manages to happily avoid death, but on his way there is a genius of the criminal world Professor Moriarty.
The wealthy Vanstone family from the novel No name has two daughters—Norah and Magdalen. Suddenly, their parents die in a train accident. It suddenly turns out that the daughters are illegitimate, they have no name, no rights, no property. All the property is inherited by an uncle, who refuses to provide any support to the orphaned nieces.
The Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho by the English writer Anne Radcliffe (1764–1823) is set in the 16th century in Southern France and Northern Italy.
In the first part of the novel, the reader learns about Emily St. Aubert, a young Frenchwoman, the only child in a once wealthy family. After the death of her mother, she accompanies her father on a journey. She meets Valancourt, a handsome man, and falls in love. Emily’s father dies, and Emily, now an orphan, is forced to live with her aunt, Madame Cheron.
The last volume of the illustrated four-volume set by Arthur Conan Doyle’s (1859–1930) includes two collections of stories: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (12 stories) and His Last Bow (7 stories). The title story His Last Bow is a spy story. On the eve of World War I, a German spy is about to smuggle valuable documents out of England. Sherlock Holmes is going to put a stop to that.
The novel Man and Wife is a drama about a selfish and ambitious man who abandons his wife to marry a wealthier woman, taking advantage of a loophole in marriage law. Under Scottish law at the time, any couple who claimed to be married in front of witnesses was considered legally married in Scotland.
The world watched as Putin was burried, expecting that his epoch would end. Instead, from the ashes of the “old guard,” there rise new leaders—young, ruthless, and terrifyingly effective. These heirs to the OGPU-NKVD-KGB-FSB machine are more cunning than their predecessors, wielding vast financial resources in order to fuel destabilization and terror across the globe. The chaos spreads—from Moscow’s corridors of power to the frozen tundras of Yakutia and the deserts of Uzbekistan, as well as to financial centers of Europe in Italy, France, and Switzerland. No corner of the world is safe from their reach. With his signature approach to the smallest details, Krasovytskyy crafted a geopolitical thriller that will keep readers on the edge of your seat all the way to the full stop. This is not just a story about political power—it’s a chilling warning about what happens when it is reborn in even darker hands.
The author, Valeriia ‘Nava’ Subotina, served with the press service of the Azov Regiment. For 86 days, Ukrainian troops maintained their defensive positions in the besieged city of Mariupol and on the grounds of the Azovstal steel plant. Thanks to the Azov Regiment’s press service, the world learned about the tragedy unfolding in Mariupol, about its defenders, and about the civilians seeking refuge at Azovstal. Camera operators, photographers, and journalists produced material that left no one indifferent, sparking a wave of support under the hashtag #SAVEMARIUPOL in numerous countries. Those trapped under siege were short of food, water, and medical supplies, yet the soldiers stood by their orders—to hold their positions. All the while, the enemy methodically destroyed the city and Azovstal…
Pickman’s Model is a collection of horror stories by American writer Howard Lovecraft (1890–1937). In the story Pickman’s Model, the artist paints pictures of horrific images that are considered the fruit of his sick imagination. A friend of the artist comes to Pickman’s private secret gallery. The artist shows new painting, a huge image of a red-eyed creature that devours human victims. The friend finds a photograph that proves that Pickman painted the horrible monsters not from imagination, but he used real-life models.
Charming Lady Susan Vernon is a widow, who seduces both single and married men alike. As she has been left in a financially precarious state due to the death of her first husband, she uses flirting to gain her objectives and maintain a semblance of her former opulent lifestyle. As a widow and a mother, her main goals are to quickly marry off her daughter Frederica to a wealthy man, and to marry someone even richer.
The Horror in the Museum is a collection of horror stories by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). George Rogers is the owner of a private waxen things museum in London. His friend Stephen Jones ridicules Rogers for telling wild stories about rituals and sacrifices to nameless ancient gods. Jones accepts Rogers’ offer to spend the night at the museum, where he falls victim to Rhan-Tegoth.
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. In his dreams, Randolph Carter sees a majestic city, but he is unable to approach it. After the city appears in his dreams, he prays to the gods of dream to reveal the city’s whereabouts. But then the city vanishes from his dreams altogether. Carter resolves to beseech the gods in person at Kadath—on the mountain above which the gods of dream live. The priests in a temple that borders the Dreamlands tell Carter that nobody knows the location of Kadath, and warn him of great danger should he continue with his quest.
Adam’s Diary is a humorous narration about the Book of Genesis. It begins with him meeting Eve who is described as an annoying creature, and who has a penchant for naming things, which Adam could do without. Eve’s Diary is a humorous short story by Mark Twain in the style of a personal journal kept by Eve, the first woman in the Biblical Creation accounts. The book uses original illustrations by Lester Ralph.
Agnes Grey (1847) by English writer Anne Brontë is the story of a governess. The novel is based on the author’s own five-year experience. Like Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, the work describes the difficult lives of poor girls who are forced to work for other families.