Ukraine - A Nation Under Pressure

It was supposed to be another book of poems, writes Serhij Zhadan, about the eastern landscape in winter, the approaching...

It was supposed to be another book of poems, writes Serhij Zhadan, about the eastern landscape in winter, the approaching snow, the voices in the air, the vineyards, the city on the horizon, filled with noise and light. But on 24 February 2022, with the start of the great war in Ukraine, time stopped and the poetry fell silent. Only months later did the language return: 'Time to write new poems / No one cries with the old any more'. 50 + 1 is the subtitle of Zhadan's new poetry collection, which documents the before and after and the rift in the middle - dated poems written between the end of 2021 and the summer of 2023.

Bestselling author Stephan Orth has witnessed Russia's war against Ukraine from the very beginning. Through his Ukrainian girlfriend, Julija, he...

Bestselling author Stephan Orth has witnessed Russia's war against Ukraine from the very beginning. Through his Ukrainian girlfriend, Julija, he has a special bond with the country. How are the people left behind? What is their everyday life like, what gives them hope? And what does it have to do with us? With these questions in mind, he travelled to Kyiv and Odesa, Kharkiv and the Carpathian Mountains. He stays with the locals, listens to their stories, is impressed by their courage and will to live - and lends a hand in the reconstruction work. His moving account gives us a perspective that goes far beyond the war.

More than 10,000 civilians dead, hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed on both sides, damage running into hundreds of billions...

More than 10,000 civilians dead, hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed on both sides, damage running into hundreds of billions of euros: This is the balance sheet after two years of Russia's large-scale invasion of its much smaller neighbour Ukraine. Till Mayer's reportage and illustrated book impressively documents the war in Ukraine. He shows: The front is not just where soldiers face each other in battle lines and trenches. The front is where Russian snipers shoot at a mother trying to retrieve the burnt body of her son, where rockets hit residential areas, where people fear or mourn their loved ones. The photographs show men, women and children living in fields of rubble amid the ruins and mines left by the Russian army as it withdrew. Till Mayer's book is for anyone who wants to come to terms with the immediate aftermath of the war in Ukraine.

The book provides information on the most important events and contexts, contrasts the still prevalent Russo-centric perspective with a Ukrainian...

The book provides information on the most important events and contexts, contrasts the still prevalent Russo-centric perspective with a Ukrainian one, and at the same time attempts to critically examine the national myths of Ukraine. It covers not only the history of Ukrainians from the Middle Ages to the present, but also that of the Poles, Russians, Jews and Germans living in Ukraine. The book includes a new preface and epilogue.

Ukraine's treasure trove of fairy tales contains many treasures, some of the most beautiful of which are collected in this...

Ukraine's treasure trove of fairy tales contains many treasures, some of the most beautiful of which are collected in this book. In five chapters we find 'Heroes and Adventures', 'Wisdom and Cunning', learn beautiful and sad wisdom 'About Coexistence', 'The Power of Fate' and 'Unexpected Happiness'. We accompany the fairy tale heroes as they fight dragons and other ogres, enter underground realms, fly through the air with the Raven King and in a ship, and meet the Wooden Child Telessik, Boris Three Sons, the Forest King Och, the Worried Goblins and the Straw Beast. Together with the cunning, courageous and long-suffering heroes of Ukrainian fairy tales, we discover their beautiful homeland.

The book provides information on the most important events and contexts, contrasts the still prevalent Russo-centric perspective with a Ukrainian...

The book provides information on the most important events and contexts, contrasts the still prevalent Russo-centric perspective with a Ukrainian one, and at the same time attempts to critically examine the national myths of Ukraine. It covers not only the history of Ukrainians from the Middle Ages to the present, but also that of the Poles, Russians, Jews and Germans living in Ukraine. The book includes a new preface and epilogue.

It is the most serious military conflict in Europe for decades, and its consequences are hard to predict. Russia's war...

It is the most serious military conflict in Europe for decades, and its consequences are hard to predict. Russia's war in Ukraine is also a conflict that divides the world: geopolitically, between China and the US, for example, and ideologically, as the heated debates in Europe over military aid to Ukraine show. But ideology is out of place when it comes to understanding how this war came about and where it will lead. Renowned Russia expert Gerhard Mangott analyses the background, the consequences and the question of whether a mass uprising from below or a palace coup against Vladimir Putin is conceivable in Russia - and what that would mean for Russia, Europe and the world.

Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a world to explain the history of a...

Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a world to explain the history of a nation. Yaroslav Hrytsak, one of the most influential Ukrainian historians of our time, embeds the history of Ukraine in the history of Europe and its global contexts, showing the many ways in which they have interacted. His book became a bestseller in Ukraine, explaining to the beleaguered nation where it came from, what shaped it and why it was able to resist Russian aggression. And it set them a goal: the liberal democracy of the West.