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On the heels of the worst year in his life, Carter Wolski loses his will to live. He is prodded, shoved, sniffed, and slobbered back to life by a trio of very strange helpers.

Inspector Peter Glebski thinks he is on vacation. Instead, he ends up embroiled in the strangest murder case of his long career.

Society gossip and life in the slum, life's tragedies and comedies, the sacred, the profane, the admirable, the ridiculous, and much more - mixed thoroughly and presented for your listening pleasure by one of the most delightful old gossips of Russian literature, Vladimir Odoyevsky.

Another Christmas comes to Land Far Away, and with it comes a new set of troubles and adventures.

The Binge is more than just a cookbook. It is an endlessly amusing, semi-biographical, all-around irreverent discussion of all things food with a stack of delicious recipes thrown in for good measure.

The lore and everyday life of the Caucasus Region had a great impact on Mikhail Lermontov's work. In addition to serious, profound pieces with very clear Caucasus influence, like "The Hero of Our Time" and "Demon", he offers up this very traditional and slightly mischievous tale of a wandering minstrel in search of happiness.

When disaster strikes, all they can do is dance. The elementals are superior beings who help take care of every aspect of our environment. When a major natural disaster strikes, they find themselves short on workforce, as some of their own make matters worse.

An old and insightful tale, Indian Tale About Four Deaf Men holds up surprisingly well in the modern context.

Be careful what you wish for when you say you want someone to love you to death. Such is the warning by Alexander Kuprin, issued in this beautifully written and poignant story.

A set of fascinating tales on various aspects of nature - ruthless, strange, puzzling, yet invariably beautiful and captivating.

"Upon a Cloudy Shore" is a strange and fascinating tale about human relationships, greed, honor, and commitment, written in Alexander Grin's typical beautifully fanciful style.

If you could go back to your roots at the cost of losing what you have become, would you?

As Christmas comes to Land Far Away, all creatures make ready for the festivities. One young Linzer is not satisfied by the prospect of gifts - she wants to capture the big man, Father Christmas himself.

From Egypt to a Russian village to the mountains of Eastern Europe and back, one of the old-fashioned gentlemen of Russian literature, Nikolai Leskov, takes his listeners on a journey of spirit, mind, and imagination.

A new anthology by writer and translator Maria K., including all three "Nightmare Hunters" stories, holiday specials "Yuletide with Meem" and Madam Enigma" and a brand new tale "A Mermaid's Song."

They don't alter the past. They don't spy on the future. Yet, even very cautious time-travel research leaves plenty of room to get into trouble. Time, Limited is a foremost authority on space and time research. Wary of the time travel-related doomsday scenarios described by science fiction writers, the employees of the company take every precaution imaginable and move forward carefully as slowly. But when a critical experiment is threatened by a natural disaster, even the best-laid precautions go tumbling down, and the nerds have to think on their feet to protect the research and ensure the company's recovery.

The fourth installment of Russian Collection for Kids features stories that begin in everyday life and end in magic. Their main characters are children - boys and girls thrown into tough circumstances and having to test the limits of their courage and ingenuity to solve problems without grown-up help.

An exciting new technology with limitless entertainment possibilities turns out to be a lot more than anyone had bargained for.

Antonio Presto had everything - fame, fortune, and prestige. And yet, through a terrible whim of nature, he could not have what he most wanted - ordinary human happiness. One day, he decided to change it all by appealing to one of the strangest physicians available.

A beautiful collection of female archetypes from the author of The Garnet Bracelet and Sulamyth.