2023
Rooster House: A Ukrainian Family Memoir
36,00 ₾They say the Rooster House is the tallest building in Ukraine: even from its basement, you can see all the way to Siberia. Decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, when the cries of tortured prisoners had long faded, little Victoria watched her great-grandmother take the longest route around the city to avoid walking past its gates, with the giant red sirens – called roosters in Ukrainian – atop its walls.As an adult, Victoria visited her grandmother in 2014, and while the Russian state annexed Crimea, she came across her great-grandfather’s diary, one page scored deep with the single line: ‘Brother Nikodim, vanished in the 1930s fighting for a free Ukraine.’ She had never heard of this uncle and no one – especially her grandmother – could bear to tell her about him. It took years of searching Ukraine’s post-Soviet bureaucracy, travelling to tiny, ruined villages and speaking to survivors of that era, but in the end,Victoria had to face the terrifying Rooster House. It was there she finally found out what happened to her family and how they bore its imprints to this day. The Rooster House is a Ukrainian family history, embroidering its tragic and little understood past with the true colours of human experience: the families torn apart, the traditions that endure and the complex relationship with a Soviet past and children making new lives in the West. Profound, compassionate and threaded with unexpected joy, it is a love letter to a family and their country.
Best of Roger Zelazny
30,00 ₾One of the most influential SFF writers of modern times, Roger Zelazny wrote across a wide range of subgenres and themes, experimenting with form and story with mastery. He won many awards throughout his lifetime, including six Hugo awards, three Nebula awards and two Locus awards. He has inspired many of today’s great SFF authors. This brand new collection contains some of his short stories and novellas, collected together with a new introduction from acclaimed author Lisa Tuttle. Stories in this collection are: A Rose for Ecclesiastes,The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (winner of the 1966 Nebula Award for best novelette), Divine Madness, For a Breath I Tarry The Great Slow Kings, He Who Shapes, Permafrost (winner of the 1987 Hugo Award for best novelette), Corrida, The Last Defender of Camelot (winner of the 1980 Balrog Award for short fiction) The Keys to December, LOKI 7281, Damnation Alley, Home is the Hangman (winner of the 1976 Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novella)
Imperial Earth
27,00 ₾Colonists from the entire solar system converge on the mother planet for the 2276 celebrations.
Among the influx of humanity is Duncan Makenzie, scientist-administrator from the underground colony of Titan, one of the outer moons of Saturn. Makenzie is not just on Earth for the celebrations, though; he has a delicate mission to perform – for his world, his family and himself . . .
Post Office
26,00 ₾Charles Bukowski’s classic roman à clef, Post Office, captures the despair, drudgery, and happy dissolution of his alter ego, Henry Chinaski, as he enters middle age.
Post Office is an account of Bukowski alter-ego Henry Chinaski. It covers the period of Chinaski’s life from the mid-1950s to his resignation from the United States Postal Service in 1969, interrupted only by a brief hiatus during which he supported himself by gambling at horse races.
“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”–Joyce Carol Oates
“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”–Leonard Cohen, songwriter
Currents of Space
29,00 ₾High above the planet Florina, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable wealth and comfort. Down in the eternal spring of its surface, however, the native Florinians labour ceaselessly for their Sarkite masters. Rebellion is unthinkable and impossible. But now both worlds are hurtling toward a cataclysm, and only one man knows the truth; a man without a memory or a past, unaware of the secret locked inside his own brain. . .
Lemming: That Time I Got Drunk & Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf
25,00 ₾Kimberly Lemming is doing god’s work, I swear. Finally, well written, funny, steamy (the sex scenes, whoa) fantasy romance with heroines who look like me. Finally!’ Amazon review
Anyone else ever thrown a drink at someone’s head, only to miss entirely and hit a stranger behind them? Then have that stranger fall madly in love with you because it turned out that drink you threw was a love potion? No, just me? Well, damn.
Dealing with a pirate ship full of demons that just moved into town was hard enough. Now on top of it, I have to convince a werewolf that I’m not his fated mate, he’s just drugged. Easier said than done.
Though I have to say, having a gorgeous man show up and do all of your chores while telling you you’re beautiful isn’t the worst thing to happen to a girl.
‘[P]erfect entertainment for my stressed out brain, and I was definitely rooting for those two wacky kids to have their HEA’ Smart Bitches, Trashy Books on That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
Migrations
25,00 ₾Franny Stone is determined to go to the end of the earth, following the last of the Arctic terns on what may be their final migration to Antarctica.
As animal populations plummet, Franny talks her way onto one of the few remaining boats heading south. But as she and the eccentric crew travel further from shore and safety, the dark secrets of Franny’s life begin to unspool.
Haunted by love and violence, Franny must confront what she is really running towards – and from.
From the west coast of Ireland to Australia and remote Greenland, this is an ode to the wild places and creatures now threatened, and an epic, moving story of the possibility of hope against all odds.
Winter Garden
27,00 ₾From the Number One multi-million copy international bestselling author of THE FOUR WINDS and THE NIGHTINGALE. Winter Garden is a haunting and compelling novel illuminating the intricacy of mother-daughter bonds and the enduring links between past and present. Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her family and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and travelled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But these two estranged women come together at their father’s deathbed standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, to hear the one last promise he extracts from the women in his life. It begins with a story like no other. A captivating, mysterious love story that spans sixty-five years and moves from war torn Leningrad in the 1940’s to modern-day Alaska. The three women are brought together by a story so unexpected and extraordinary that when Meredith and Nina finally learn the secret of their mother’s past and uncover a truth so terrible, it will shake the very foundation of the family and who they think they are.’A tearjerker . . . a journey as lovely and haunting as a snow filled winter’s night’ People
Island
25,00 ₾It was just supposed to be a family vacation.
A terrible accident changed everything.
You don’t know what you’re capable of until they come for your family.
After moving from a small country town to Seattle, Heather Baxter marries Tom, a widowed doctor with a young son and teenage daughter. A working vacation overseas seems like the perfect way to bring the new family together, but once they’re deep in the Australian outback, the jet-lagged and exhausted kids are so over their new mom.
When they discover remote Dutch Island, off-limits to outside visitors, the family talks their way onto the ferry, taking a chance on an adventure far from the reach of iPhones and Instagram.
Vintage Shop
25,00 ₾One dress. Three women. A lifetime of secrets. Among the cobbled streets of Frome in Somerset, Lou is about to start something new. After losing her mother, she knows it’s time to take a chance and open her own vintage clothes shop. In upstate New York, Donna receives some news about her family which throws everything she thought she knew into question. The only clue she has to unlock her past is a picture of a yellow dress. Maggy is in her seventies, newly divorced and all alone in an empty house. Visiting the little vintage shop in Frome, with its rows of beautiful dresses, brings back cherished memories she’d long put aside.For these three women, only by uncovering the secrets of the yellow dress can they unlock their next chapter…
From the Embers
25,00 ₾In the aftermath of tragedy, it’s strange the things you remember.
The deafening boom as the house exploded.
The paralyzing fear as I searched for my wife.
The blinding smoke burning my eyes as I carried her out.
But carved into my soul for the rest of my days would be the earth-shattering realization that the woman in my arms wasn’t my wife.
Bree and I were the only survivors—not that either of us were truly living after that night. As a single dad with nowhere else to go, I moved into her guest house. And somehow, through the guilt and grief, we forged an unlikely team.
It took years, but I watched the gradual return of her smile—slow and life-altering.
The two of us could sit outside for hours, talking about nothing, and it filled the massive hole in my chest with new life.
I may have carried her out of that fire, but the truth was, Bree saved me.
As we healed, the secrets and lies of the past smoldered in the ashes, threatening to ignite again.
Our love was born from the embers, and together we would go up in flames.
Game of Lies
35,00 ₾They say the camera never lies.
But on this show, you can’t trust anything you see.
Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they’ve signed up for.
Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won’t just be eliminated – they’ll be exposed live on air. The stakes are higher than they’d ever imagined, and they’re trapped.
The disappearance of a contestant wasn’t supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she’s watched on screen, and find out who these people really are – knowing she can’t trust any of them.
And when a murderer strikes, Ffion knows every one of her suspects has an alibi . . . and a secret worth killing for.
House in the Pines
25,00 ₾This is the story of a house.
The cabin lies deep in the woods, where the trees are so dense it’s easy to miss. On the outside it might look like it’s crumbling, crawling with weeds, but on the inside it’s warm and cosy. A fire crackles in the fireplace. Dinner simmers on the stove.
Maya once saw this cabin as an idyllic place, like a cottage from a fairy tale, but now she knows the danger that lurks beneath. The summer she visited the cabin was the summer her best friend Aubrey died.
Now, another woman from Maya’s hometown has died in the same strange, unexplained way, and Maya believes only she can save the next innocent girl.
Guided by her fractured memory and a mysterious, unfinished book by her late father, Maya returns home to face the house in the pines and the man who waits there – the man she’s tried so hard to forget . . .
Quiet Tenant
36,00 ₾Aidan Thomas is a hardworking family man and a respected member of his community. He’s the kind of man who always lends a hand and has a good word for everyone. He’s also a kidnapper and serial killer who has murdered eight women. And there’s a ninth, a woman he calls Rachel, imprisoned in a backyard shed where she fears for her life. When Aidan’s wife dies, he and his thirteen-year-old daughter, Cecilia, are forced to move. Aidan has no choice but to bring Rachel too, introducing her to Cecilia as a family friend who needs a place to stay. He knows that after five years of captivity, Rachel is too frightened of the consequences to attempt to escape. But Rachel is a fighter and a survivor. And when Emily, a local restaurant owner, develops a crush on the handsome widower, she finds herself drawn into Rachel and Cecilia’s orbit, coming dangerously close to discovering Aidan’s secret. The Quiet Tenant explores the psychological impact of Aidan’s crimes on the women in his life through the voices of Rachel, Cecilia, and Emily – and the bonds between those women that give them the strength to fight back. Both a searing thriller and an astute study of trauma, survival, and the dynamics of power, The Quiet Tenant is an electrifying novel by a major talent.
Prisoner
26,00 ₾THEN Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where she married the handsome billionaire Ned Hawthorne. NOW But then, Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, not knowing where she is. Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here, imprisoned, than she had begun to feel with her husband Ned?
Wheel of Time Book Two- the Great Hunt
29,00 ₾The second novel in the Wheel of Time series – one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. For centuries, gleemen have told the tales of The Great Hunt of the Horn. So many tales about each of the Hunters, and so many Hunters to tell of . . .Now the Horn itself is found: the Horn of Valere long thought only legend, the Horn which will raise the dead heroes of the ages. And it is stolen. In pursuit of the thieves, Rand al’Thor is determined to keep the Horn out of the grasp of The Dark One. But he has also learned that he is The Dragon Reborn?the Champion of Light destined to stand against the Shadow time and again. It is a duty and a destiny that requires Rand to uncover and master extraordinary capabilities he never imagined he possessed.
Ultimate Questions & Answers: Animals & Nature
29,00 ₾Ever wondered which monkey can shout the loudest? Or how much an elephant can eat in a day? And what is the difference between a crocodile and an alligator? Discover all the answers to questions about your favourite animals, plants and more in this must-have guide to all things wild! With amazing photos to go alongside incredible facts!
Eversion
27,00 ₾Eversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel. A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious artefact. It’s a well-funded expedition, well organised, which is lucky as they’re sailing north of Bergen on the schooner Demeter, searching for a narrow inlet which will lead them to a vast uncharted lake – and their goal-Until disaster strikes. Doctor Silas Coade wakes from disturbing dreams, on the steamship Demeter, in pursuit of an extraordinary find almost too incredible and too strange to believe, secreted within a lagoon in the icy inlets of Patagonia. But as they come in sight of their prize he and the crew see they are not the first to come so far: there is a wreck ahead, and whatever ruined it may threaten them as well – Shaking off his nightmares, Doctor Silas Coade joins his fellow exploders on the deck of the zeppelin Demeter and realises something has already gone dangerously wrong with their mission. If any of them are to survive, then he will have to take the exploration – and their lives – into his own hands
ქრისტინე
22,00 ₾ეგნატე ნინოშვილი „ქრისტინეში მხოლოდ ერთი ტიპის ქალს არ აღწერს, რითაც თავს არიდებს მათ თუნდაც დადებით კლიშეებში მოქცევას. თუკი ქრისტინე ხალასი, მორალური, მგრძნობიარე ადამიანია, მის გვერდით არიან პერსონაჟები, რომელთათვისაც ეს თვისებები უცხოა. ასევე სიმპტომატურია სახე დედისა, რომელიც ძალადობს ქრისტინეზე და, როგორც ძირითადად სახლში, ქრისტინეს გვერდით მყოფი პერსონაჟი, ერთ-ერთი უმთავრესი დამნაშავეა მისი ამ სახლიდან გაქცე- ვისა. თუმცა ისიც კარგად ჩანს, რომ, მეორე მხრივ, დედა თავადაა პატრიარქალური ძალადობის მსხვერპლი […]. მოთხრობაში კარგად იკვეთება მთელი ის ძალადობრივი ჯაჭვი, რომელსაც პატრიარქატი ქმნის და რომელიც თავის მსხვერპლად თუ იარაღად აქცევს ირგვლივ ყველას.
სკანდინავიური მითები და ლეგენდები
20,00 ₾სკანდინავიური მითოლოგია გერმანულ-სკანდინავიური მითოლოგიის ერთ-ერთი განშტოებაა, რომლის ჩამოყალიბებაც დაახლოებით ძველი წელთაღრიცხვის V საუკუნეში დაიწყო და ქრისტიანობის გავრცელებამდე გრძელდებოდა. თავად გერმანიკული ტომების მითოლოგიის შესახებ შემონახული ცნობები ძალიან მცირე და ფრაგმენტულია, იმ დროს, როდესაც სკანდინავიური მითოლოგია – ღმერთები, არსებები, კოსმოგონია, სამყაროს მოდელი და ესქატოლოგია – დაწვრილებითაა აღწერილი შუა საუკუნეების ლიტერატურულ წყაროებსა და ძველ ისლანდიურ ტექსტებში, რომლებიც XIII საუკუნეშია ჩაწერილი და ედები ეწოდება.
სკანდინავიური მითოლოგიის ძლიერმა ტრადიციებმა ძალიან დიდი ზეგავლენა იქონია თანამედროვე ფენტეზის ჟანრის განვითარებაზე და კერძოდ, ისეთი ცნობილი მწერლების შემოქმედებაზე, როგორებიცაა: ჯონ რონალდ ტოლკინი, ჯორჯ მარტინი, ჯოან როულინგი და სხვები.
სკანდინავიური მითები ქართულ ენაზე პირველად იბეჭდება. დარწმუნებულები ვართ, რომ ქართველი მკითხველიც დიდი ინტერესით გაეცნობა ამ მშვენიერ სამყაროს და წიგნში მისთვის უამრავ საინტერესო და ნაცნობ სიუჟეტს აღმოაჩენს არა მხოლოდ მსოფლიო ლიტერატურიდან, არამედ ქართული ფოლკლორიდანაც.
პოემები
20,00 ₾თუკი დღეს უილიამ შექსპირის მნიშვნელობა პირველ რიგში მისი უდიდესი დრამატურგიული მიღწევებით განისაზღვრება, თანამედროვეთა თვალში იგი პირველ რიგში პოეტი იყო, თანაც საოცრად ჰარმონიული და თავისუფლად მოაზროვნე. მისი პოეტური ტექსტები აზრისა და გრძნობების ნამდვილი გამოხატულებაა, რომელშიც ადამიანური ვნებები ღვივის, ხოლო სამყარო მთავარი გმირების ბედისწერას ატრიალებს.
საშუალება გვაქვს ქართულ ენაზე გავეცნოთ დიდი ინგლისელი პოეტის ყველა პოემის ტექსტს, რომელიც არაჩვეულებრივად და დიდი პროფესიონალიზმით თარგმნეს: მედეა ზაალიშვილმა, ჯემალ აჯიაშვილმა და გიორგი ნიშნიანიძემ.
ფაუსტი
27,00 ₾გოეთეს ფილოსოფიური დრამა „ფაუსტი“ გერმანული ლიტერატურის ერთ-ერთი მწვერვალია, რომელზეც ავტორი 60 წლის განმავლობაში მუშაობდა. ნაწარმოების მთავარი გმირი, ცნობილი ჯადოქარი და მისანი, ზოგადსაკაცობრიო მისწრაფებებს გამოხატავს. ეს გახლავთ შემეცნების დაუძლეველი წყურვილი, ცხოვრების ემპირიული მხარის შეცნობა და სწორედ ამის გამო იგი ახალი ეპოქის მთავარი გმირების: ჰამლეტის, დონ ჟუანისა და ჰონ კიხოტის გვერდით იკავებს ადგილს.
არაფერი ჩვეულებრივი ვისლავა შიმბორსკაზე – მიხაილ რუსინეკი
8,95 ₾მხოლოდ ამ წიგნში ვხვდებით შიმბორსკას ისეთს, როგორსაც აქამდე არ ვიცნობდით. ეს გახლავთ პორტრეტი უჩვეულო პიროვნების, განსაკუთრებული იუმორით დაჯილდოებული ქალბატონისა, რომელსაც იმავდროულად ხელეწიფებოდა უმნიშვნელოვანეს საქმეებზე საუბარი. პორტრეტი, რომელiც მასთან და მისი პოეზიის არსთან მიახლოების ნებას გვაძლევს.
ექსცენტრული მოხუცი ქალბატონი. მოკისკისე. დროდადრო ფრივოლური, ენაკვიმატი, ჩვეულებრივ ადამიანებთან საუბრისმოყვარული, ვიდრე პოეტების კონგრესებზე ინტელექტუალებთან მოკამათე.
დეპრესიული, მელანქოლიური, საკუთარი თავისა და სხვათა მკაცრი შემფასებელი. პერფექტციონისტი. კეთილდღეობაზე საუბრის თავის ამრიდებელს საშინლად არ უყვარდა დროის ფუჭად დაკარგვა და შეხვედრა იმ ადამიანებთან, რომლებიც არაფერს მატებდნენ, გარდა, როგორც თავად ამბობდა, ცარიელი კალორიებისა.
Красавица-чудовище
16,00 ₾Она была одновременно и красавицей, и чудовищем! Виолой и Верой.Вера родилась с ужасными физическими недостатками, но смогла избавиться от них, пойдя на рискованную пластическую операцию. Просто хотела стать как все, но превратилась в красавицу. И взяла себе новое имя, чтобы ничего не напоминало о прошлом…Ее подруга Олеся была другой. Многочисленные операции она делала, желая подогнать свое лицо и тело под современные стандарты красоты. И она добилась своего – стала эталоном. Только насладиться этим не успела: ее зарезали, а прекрасное лицо обезобразили…Когда началось следствие, выяснилось – Олеся не первая пациентка клиники красоты, которую убили подобным образом. И не последняя, если верить предчувствиям следователя…
