The book presents a very original translation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland into Russian by poet and translator Oleg Haslavsky.

Elite rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun is soon to retire, but has one final goal set out for her: winning Olympic gold. This documentary "looks at the grueling Russian system for training athletes and the intense physical and mental labor put into a sport that thrives on its beautiful aesthetics"--Container.

A novel about love and the inner freedom of a "private" person, who by chance is involved in political absurdity. A wafer-thin, almost invisible line separates the life of humble, unlucky servile Turbanov from the world of power-- poverty from a lot of money, obedience to the law from crime, happy days from the end of the world. One day, to save the woman he loves, he crosses the line.

After five years in a harsh school, Liechka has learned her lessons very well. It's time to start a new life ... But it turns out she has a strange talent: to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time. And there, as a rule, always finds a corpse.

A woman is arrested and charged with murder for the death of her sister who fell off a balcony. But what really happened?

Somewhere, beyond Tibet, lies a paradise of universal wisdom and ineffable peace known as Shambhala. Called by some Shangri-la, this mythical kingdom of jewel lakes, wish-fulfilling trees, and speaking stones has fired the imagination of both actual explorers and travelers to the inner realms. This fascinating look behind the myth shows Shambhala to be a "real" place, always accessible to the pure of heart.

He is a man with phenomenal abilities, who is subject to what is not subject to others. She is an ordinary girl with great ambitions, who is very disappointed in reality. He always remains in the shadows. She goes crazy with loneliness. His vicious, vain desire to feel like God will lead to a worldwide scandal. Its linear, predictable future will take a sharp turn for the monstrous truth. His life will be deprived of independence and freedom. Her...

Aleksandr Ilichevskiĭ (r. 1970) -- prozaik i poėt, laureat premiĭ "Russkiĭ Buker" ("Matiss") i "Bolʹshai͡a kniga" ("Pers"). Geroĭ ego novogo romana "Chertezh Nʹi͡utona" sovershaet tri bolʹshikh puteshestvii͡a: derzha putʹ v amerikanskui͡u religioznui͡u sektu, peresekaet na mashine pustyni͡u Nevada, vsmatrivaetsi͡a v ee landshaft, nochuet v zakholustnykh gorodkakh; razbiraet nasledie zabroshennoĭ sovetskoĭ laboratorii na Pamire, sredi...