«The Casual Vacancy»

Author: J. K. Rowling Translated by: Victor Morozov, Taras Malkovych Age group: adults Type of publication: hardcover, glossy Format: 130х200 mm Number of pages: 544 RRP in Ukraine: - UAH On sale since 21 March 2013 ISBN 978-617-585-044-2

When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.

Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems.

And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?

A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.

A pleasant SENSATION for J. K. Rowling’s fans:
20 copies of “The Casual Vacancy” will be sold with THE GENUINE AUTOGRAPHS OF J. K. ROWLING!

3 more books with the genuine autographs of J. K. Rowling will be awarded to the journalists who, according to the publisher and the translators, will make the most interesting TV coverages or articles about the new book by J. K. Rowling. The results will be announced on April 2nd.

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«Self-portraits»

Author: Nazar Honchar Type of publication: hardcover Format: 116х162 mm Number of pages: 192 RRP in Ukraine: 50 UAH On sale since September 2013 ISBN 978-617-585-058-9

The selected poems of Nazar Honchar – one of the most original representatives of “the poets of the 80s” generation, the participant of numerous literary and art projects, the performer – comprise his most famous and most noteworthy poems.

«Pozayak. Masterpieces (in collaboration with “V.I.M.A. Publishers”)»

Author: Yurko Pozayak Illustrations by: Yurko Koch Type of publication: hardcover with golden embossing Format: 116х162 mm Number of pages: 240 RRP in Ukraine: 70 UAH On sale since 28 January 2013 ISBN 978-617-585-042-8

Why Pozayak? Because his uninhibited and easy-to-memorize poems have long been urban folklore.

«The Plantain»

Author: Ivan Malkovych Age group: adults Type of publication: valuable cloth-covered hardcover with golden embossing Format: 116х162 mm Number of pages: 240 On sale since 16 May 2013 ISBN 978-617-585-051-0 not in sale

The selected poems of Ivan Malkovych comprise poems from his collections “The White Stone” (1984), “The Key” (1988), “Poems” (1992), “With an Angel on My Shoulder” (1997), “Poems for Winter” (2006), “All is Near” (2010), together with some newest poems. The main character of the poetry of Ivan Malkovych has always been the simplicity of elegance and a rare lyricism.

«On a Silver Bank»

Author: Mykola Vinhranovsky Age group: adults Type of publication: valuable cloth-covered hardcover with golden embossing Format: 116х162 mm Number of pages: 256 RRP in Ukraine: 120 UAH On sale since 2 January 2013 ISBN 978-617-585-041-1

The selected poems of Mykola Vinhranovsky – the most outstanding Ukrainian poet of the second half of XX century – comprise all of his “golden standard” poems – from the high poetry of his love and civil passion to the most touching children’s works.

«The Flying Head»

Author: Victor Neborak Age group: adults Type of publication: valuable cloth-covered hardcover with golden embossing Format: 116х162 mm Number of pages: 288 RRP in Ukraine: 100 UAH On sale since 2 January 2013 ISBN 978-617-585-035-0

The selected poems of Victor Neborak – one of the most significant Ukrainian postmodernist poets, the inspirator and Procurator of the “Bu-Ba-Bu” poetry group – comprise poems constructed around the basis of his legendary collection “The Flying Head”.

«The Letters to Ukraine»

Author: Yuri Andrukhovych Age group: adults Type of publication: valuable cloth-covered hardcover with golden embossing Format: 116х162 mm Number of pages: 240 On sale since 4 April 2013 ISBN 978-617-585-045-9 not in sale

The selected poems of Yuri Andrukhovych – the most iconic modern Ukrainian postmodernist writer and Patriarch of the “Bu-Ba-Bu” poetry group – comprise poems from all of his collections together with the prominent cycle “The Letters to Ukraine”. Nowadays this is the fullest edition of the poet.

«The Kyiv Contours»

Author: Attyla Mohylny Age group: adults Type of publication: valuable cloth-covered hardcover with golden embossing Format: 116х162 mm Number of pages: 208 RRP in Ukraine: 70 UAH On sale since May 2013 ISBN 978-617-585-046-6

The selected poems of Attyla Mohylny – a Kyiv poet, one of the most talented representatives of “the poets of the 80s” generation – comprise nearly all of his artistic legacy: poems from his collections “Pigeons Over the Roofs” and “The City Outlines”, together with the section of unpublished poems “Poems from the Cinnamon Folder”.

«Roxelana»

Author: Pavlo Zahrebelny Illustrations by: prints of watercolors by Thomas Allom Age group: adults Type of publication: hardcover, glossy, golden embossing Format: 142×215 mm Number of pages: 800 On sale since May 2011 ISBN 978-617-585-048-0 not in sale

The remarkable novel of a famous Ukrainian writer Pavlo Zahrebelny “Roxelana” has been an epicenter of the Ukrainian readership attention for over thirty years. And who can blame it, as this work seems to reopen one of the most legendary Ukrainian women of all times, that by the will of fate, from a simple captive became at first favorite, then official and later the only (!) wife of the most powerful sultan in a thousand-year history of the Osman Empire, Suleiman the Magnificent.

The whole Osman dynasty did not have the woman of similar social importance to that of Roxelana.

Having fascinated Suleiman with her beauty, cheerfulness and sharp mind, the daughter of the Ukrainian priest from Rohatyn (now Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine) Nastia Lisovska has over thirty years played a crucial role in the cultural and political life of the empire.

One of the most highly educated women of her time, Roxelana-Hurrem (“Hurrem” is translated as “the smiling one”) accepted the foreign ambassadors, corresponded with kings, influential nobles and artists. On each of the thirteen Suleiman’s crusades, during the days of estrangement, she corresponded with the sultan by exquisite poems in Persian and Arab.

In XVI century the Florentines even placed in their painting gallery a ceremonial portrait of Hurrem, to which she sit for a venetian painter. That was the only woman portrait among the images of bearded sultans in turbans. Hurrem built mosques and charity facilities (hospices, dining rooms for pilgrims and the homeless) In Istanbul and she even owned a charity foundation in her own name.

Several books were written about Roxelana-Hurrem, two popular TV-series were filmed, paintings were dedicated to her along with music pieces (particularly, Symphony №63 “Roxelana” by J. Haydn) etc.

It is a novel for wide readership and a luxurious gift-book.

«The Mystery of a Submarine»

Author: Andriy Kokotyukha Cover by: Znenko Musiyenko Illustrations by: Anatoliy Vasylenko Age group: primary and secondary school Type of publication: hardcover, glossy, black and white illustrations Format: 130×200 mm Number of pages: 272 RRP in Ukraine: 90 UAH On sale since September 2013 ISBN 978-617-585-053-4

They searched and found treasures all over Ukraine – on and above the ground. Now it’s time to go underwater. In the Crimea, on the dark bottom of the mysterious bay, “The Catlish” lays – one of the first submarines of the Ukrainian Black Sea Navy. Nearly a hundred of years ago it was sunk by its crew to prevent its capture by the foes of the young Ukrainian State.

A real treasure lays on board of “The Catfish”, that can reveal several mysteries as well as highlight one of the heroic episodes of our history.