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The third album by Kozak System has happened to be the most lyrical one. Not least, sure, due to authors of the lyrics – and they are Symonenko, Zhadan, Polozhynsky (Tartak)... "Not Mine", by and large, is an album of ballads – different in dynamics but united by the cross-cutting loss-contemplation-hope motive. Or – by an attempt to accept and, thus, let go..
| Domestic price: 140.83UAH,
International price: $12.92USD
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Mykhaylo Kosach – the beloved brother of the brilliant Lesya Ukrainka – lived a tragically short but bright and active life. A writer and translator, member of the Kyiv "Pleiad", physicist, researcher and teacher, meteorologist, inventor, ethnographer, and amateur photographer..
| Domestic price: 195.33UAH,
International price: $17.92USD
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Who are we – Ukraine or Small Russia? What did the modern "Ukrainian project" lie in and have we succeeded in implementing it?.. The current edition does not contain any significant alterations or additions. What's different: an updated design, a few illustrations (b\w) in the text, as well as Oksana Zabuzhko's preface to the 3rd edition and the Post Scriptum.
| Domestic price: 260.73UAH,
International price: $23.92USD
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Every family has its stories that are invariably narrated from one generation to another. Other stories remain out of frame. "People in Nests" is a kind of a mixture of the former and the latter spiced with light humor, parody, and deconstruction. Similar to how, ultimately, almost the entire historic memory in our part of the world is deconstructed..
| Domestic price: 162.63UAH,
International price: $14.92USD
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..a blood-stained contract, fulfillment of all desires – and a forfeit that lasts forever. The lyrical hero unintentionally plays a significant role in the most important historic events of the present and the past. The kaleidoscope of thrilling changes becomes a prison, from which the protagonist desperately tries to escape seeking salvation from his own God only known to him..
| Domestic price: 166.55UAH,
International price: $15.28USD
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Henry Marsh is not afraid to admit: it is extremely difficult for a doctor to be honest, it is extremely painful to talk about one's mistakes. His new book is an extremely personal memoir that strikes with frankness, wisdom, and the literary skill..
| Domestic price: 140.83UAH,
International price: $12.92USD
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"Mosaics" is like a home with a thousand windows, behind each of them there being a new landscape, its own story... and what goes without words. A bright house where all these different stories complement each other. Actually, Onuka does define her style as electro-folk, and this is, again, an intersection – of the archaic and the modern via an attempt to pronounce old signs in the modern language.
| Domestic price: 151.73UAH,
International price: $13.92USD
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The novel "Mort" opens a cycle where the protagonist is Death. In the world of Terry Pratchett, Death goes fishing, philosophizes, loves kittens, dreams of holidays, and eventually just does its job. Thoughts about vacations motivate Death to choose village guy Mort as an apprentice...
| Domestic price: 166.55UAH,
International price: $15.28USD
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10 contemporary Ukrainian writers talk about teenage life. Their characters face lots of challenges and temptations on the threshold of their maturing. In these witty and profound stories - there are everyday small and big victorie...
| Domestic price: 97.23UAH,
International price: $8.92USD
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In his new book, Serhiy Hrydin does not shun from an honest and frank talk about the painful topic of the teenage suicide and the impact of "death groups" in social media on the minds of boys and girl... The story's protagonist tries to put an end to his life. Having recovered his consciousness in the hospital, the boy reconsiders what he did..
| Domestic price: 86.33UAH,
International price: $7.92USD
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We are accustomed to the fact that morality is inherent in humankind only. But what if that's wrong? What if it is among animals that we need to look for the roots of human morality? Along with the fascinating narrative and interesting stories, the book's author addresses deep philosophical questions related to science and religion, and their eternal confrontation.
| Domestic price: 162.63UAH,
International price: $14.92USD
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An ingeniously simple idea implemented in an impeccably polished form – that's what it is. Now, it is only Lesya and Halya from the previous project composition who remain – and three celloists have joined. Months of daily (!) rehearsals – hence the incredible cohesion. But it is not only about the form and performance...
| Domestic price: 162.63UAH,
International price: $14.92USD
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..These conversations expose the feelings of guilt and anxiety, betrayal and jealousy on the verge of madness, the desire to experience fleeting love ecstasy and the dread of the impossibility of making these moments last. And also – the eternal dilemma of truth and sincerity.
| Domestic price: 112.05UAH,
International price: $10.28USD
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..just a beautiful collection of lyrical songs that offers a fairly comprehensive idea about Eduard Prystupa as a musician, composer, performer, etc. But this collection is quite significant, because it has two meanings. One – it is, sure, the very desire to "gather stones" a bit, and therefore here one can hear songs of different years composed after leaving TNMKongo..
| Domestic price: 122.95UAH,
International price: $11.28USD
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The story will be interesting for those who look in a detective plot for not only solving the crime, but also for answering the eternal questions: why is evil indestructible, the law – often powerless, and human justice – for the sake of restoration of the Supreme Law and the triumph of the good – sometimes forced to follow crooked paths of evil?
| Domestic price: 97.23UAH,
International price: $8.92USD
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..and while they are working on their fourth album – here is an official release of their best in the past years. This release results not only from their desire to summarize, but also from an actual need: currently the band is busy with their truly non-stop concert tours around Ukraine. Why? Because there's not only OE, and that's ok. Because soft power is also power...
| Domestic price: 151.73UAH,
International price: $13.92USD
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"The Swan Constellation" is a "family portrait in the interior" of a Ukrainian gentry family on the eve of the First World War – exclusive for our literature. The story "Aeneas and Lives of Others" is focused on the topic of the Ukrainian national liberation struggle in the apocalypse of the Second World War..
| Domestic price: 144.75UAH,
International price: $13.28USD
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Is there any way to measure experience? Even supposing that it is the sum of answers, all the knowledge you have gained. And what if experience is measured not with the number of answers, but with the quality of questions? Vivienne Mort seems to glide on the surface of a mirror on the other side of its bottomlessness – and puts dark pearls straight to your lips..
| Domestic price: 151.73UAH,
International price: $13.92USD
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"The Broken Jug" is the pinnacle play by German Romatic writer and rebel Heinrich von Kleist. The seemingly naive plot of the play – which is characterized by a skillfully organized intrigue, plethora of witty catch lines, and comedy of situations – conceals profound implications..
| Domestic price: 140.83UAH,
International price: $12.92USD
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... there is the impression of weightless concentration, where challenging things are done carefully and with joy. As if everything was polished repeatedly – even if it actually was not. Perhaps, that is why the melodies flow somewhat aloof, but in this cool lyricism there is its own – and significant – charm.
| Domestic price: 249.83UAH,
International price: $22.92USD
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The new book by Halyna Kruk contains poems of 2013 through 2017 about the experience of growing up – with all of its achievements and losses, fruit forbidden and permitted. A book for those who are trying to understand themselves, to accept the transience of life, and to feel grateful for what love gives to people.
| Domestic price: 129.93UAH,
International price: $11.92USD
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This is a collection of Christmas songs – and one tends to expect that this kind of albums are unwrapped in an unhurried way, have a kind of enlightened, relaxed moods, or even the "pink syrup". Here – the musicians did it differently. From the first seconds, the percussion unequivocally hints: that will be music with a joyful drive, and so it proves later...
| Domestic price: 151.73UAH,
International price: $13.92USD
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Anne Applebaum, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, explores the history of formation and the early period of evolution of communist regimes in Eastern Europe after the Second World War. The analysis of events in the Red Army-liberated Hungary, Eastern Germany, and Poland is accompanied with materials from numerous archives and testimonies of eye-witnesses of the events.
| Domestic price: 358.83UAH,
International price: $32.92USD
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This CD is the sixth in the series "The Tradition of Ukrainian Church Singing". It contains unique chants of Divine Liturgy, collected from Ukrainian song sources from the 17-19 centuries – notated Irmologia.
| Domestic price: 140.83UAH,
International price: $12.92USD
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..Skoropadsky was daring enough to undertake the ungrateful burden of nation-building. The attempt ended in complete and expected failure, but some initiatives by the hetman have survived to the present day. These piercing memoirs recreate the turbulent years of the revolution and the civil war, as well as Skoropadsky's personal drama...
| Domestic price: 151.73UAH,
International price: $13.92USD
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180g black heavy vinyl. This vinyl release is a compilation of the Cherkasy Jazz Quintet records that were already released on CD. However, it's not just a nice gesture: especially for this release, all the tracks were re-mastered.
| Domestic price: 609.53UAH,
International price: $55.92USD
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This pocket book, which is continuation of the already known guide, "100 Express Lessons of the Ukrainian", contains one hundred linguistic stories, questions, and illustrations that in an accessible form teach standards of the modern Ukrainian language.
| Domestic price: 112.05UAH,
International price: $10.28USD
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Shortly before the release of the new LP, "Experience," Vivienne Mort reprinted at one bout all the previous releases, from the debut "Pipino Theater" to EP "Rosa". In the cardboard box, you will discover 4 mini-vinyl records (preserving the original art) + a poster with Danielle's photo.
| Domestic price: 297.35UAH,
International price: $27.28USD
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..Does the night always reign on the dark side of the Moon? How is the computer built and are there tasks that it cannot handle? How many bits of information are contained in the human DNA? And what is the probability of that us, humans, will one day be replaced with a new form of life?..
| Domestic price: 173.53UAH,
International price: $15.92USD
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The album sounds as if Sashko Polozhynsky has once again discovered his second breath. There is experience, there is comprehension and awareness – but there is also a vivid, direct response to the world around. And the key feature of the new work is virtually its sparkle, reckless and sober at the same time. Self-irony in action. Without significant illusions
| Domestic price: 140.83UAH,
International price: $12.92USD
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..this is a book that both children and parents may enjoy. There is virtually no clear division of the characters into villains and the good ones – but there is another one: some are looking for ways to learn and understand, others – for ways to preserve and increase power. Therefore, it is not quite about winners and losers – everyone will get something of their own...
| Domestic price: 173.53UAH,
International price: $15.92USD
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Some of these songs could be heard at Foma's performances back in 2014. Time flies, sure – now there are more of them. Because the theme remains unchanged – the war, which came about then, lasts as of the eve of 2018, when the album is finally released. The country is painfully transforming itself. The price is loss of illusions, inoculated so long ago and so deeply...
| Domestic price: 140.83UAH,
International price: $12.92USD
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The great tale by Dmytro Pavlychko about true friendship of a boy and a deer – as a new version, which the author prepared specifically for our publication. In my opinion, "The Golden Horn Deer" is the best modern fairy-tale poem for children. - Ivan Malkovych -
| Domestic price: 173.53UAH,
International price: $15.92USD
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..a studio album is a different story, it offers an opportunity to hear, not to see: music balancing on the brink of theater. Due to the art of intonation, which sometimes reaches its extreme and takes a step further – but also due to the art of silence, which only rarely acts as a pause, taking a breath, but mostly it keeps producing supplementary senses.
| Domestic price: 151.73UAH,
International price: $13.92USD
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We would like to tell you about an incredibly sunny poet – Bohdan-Ihor Antonych. About how he was little, what he was looking at, what he was doing, how he was brought up, and what was important to him. As well as about his amazing ability to stay a child, "a kid with the sun in his pockets" – even having grown up.
| Domestic price: 206.23UAH,
International price: $18.92USD
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Probably, we should still say: these discs were not intended for sale, initially they were released only for the sake of presentation. But, fortunately, corporate schemes are not absolute yet – that is why various pleasant violations of rules are possible..
Domestic price: 809.65UAH 728.66UAH
International price: $74.28USD $66.85USD
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A collection of the brightest pieces of small prose covering the last three decades. The book ends with a new, recently completed long story, where a drama of misunderstanding between a mother and daughter turns out a peculiar outcome of the history of an entire generation – "a delayed war generation."
| Domestic price: 173.53UAH,
International price: $15.92USD
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Five years on the verge of centuries, during which so many things have happened in the poet's life... A vivid picture of the fin de siècle, as seen by the brilliant intellectual from a Ukrainian aristocratic family, a spontaneously created ingenious novel in letters.
| Domestic price: 238.93UAH,
International price: $21.92USD
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