TOP 10 must-read books this winter

1. Vidma, Thomas Olde Hovelt
2. "Vovk Sobatsya", Dasha Vernova
3. The one to live with a labyrinth. Book 3. Faces of Death, James Deschner
4. "Sviti Marini and Sergiy Dyachenkiv"
5. "Tvorcha vpevnenist", Devid and Tom Kelli
6. Things to know (Q&A)

How to make the most of your winter evening? Of course, read a book wrapped in a warm woolen blanket with a cup of flavored cocoa. In our selection you will find the top best books for the soul in this cold winter season.

We start the new year 2018 with a new selection of books worth reading this winter. When the question arises of what to read for the soul (well, it happens, you must agree, you want something warm, exciting and emotional), mystical stories, detective stories, kind and instructive novels and creative publications for self-development immediately come to mind.

These are the books you can find in our first joint collection of this year with "Letter": "Vovk Sobatsya", "Witch", "Pam'yatlyvets" and "Ostannya Milya" duet of Sergei and Marina Dyachenko. What book to read? Decide for yourself, because each of them is something that not a single soul will refuse on a cozy winter evening!

Vidma, Thomas Olde Hovelt

Welcome to Black Spring! This Hudson Valley town seems so welcoming and picturesque. But the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth-century woman with sewn eyes and mouth sewn up, strikes fear into its inhabitants. This creepy figure walks the streets, enters houses without hindrance, can stand at a window or a crib at night. Everyone knows: under no circumstances should she open her eyes, because the consequences will be simply terrible.

* For readers over the age of sixteen.

"Vovk Sobatsya", Dasha Vernova

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Anyone who is not familiar with "Vovk Sobatsya", taking this book in hand, will decide that it is for children. And this will be a mistake! After all, "Vovk Sobatsya" has long become a hero of the Internet, and adult uncles and aunts are watching its life. Yes, for life, because "Vovk Sobatsya" is just beginning to live - it does something, has fun, meets with friends, cleans the house, cooks in the kitchen ... And also laments, rejoices, upset, takes offense ... Sometimes feels like a hero, sometimes - a muddlehead ... In general, he lives like that. And this life is commented on by the wonderful artist Dasha Vernova with her drawings. Thanks to her, "Vovk Sobatsya" will become a favorite hero for many. And by the way, do you know why they call him that? Open the book ... We are sure you will not close it without reading it to the end ...

The one to live with a labyrinth. Book 3. Faces of Death, James Deschner

Based on the book, a film of the same name was shot, the release of which in Ukraine is expected in January 2018!

This is the end. "Madness" took everything from Thomas: life, friends and memories. But this is finally over! The tests are almost over - the last one remains. But will at least someone survive it? However, Madness does not know that Thomas remembered much more than one might suppose, and therefore does not believe a word of this organization. Let the truth be terrible, but Thomas defeated the Labyrinth, overcame trials with fire, and he is ready to risk everything to save his friends. It's time to put an end to the lie.

"Sviti Marini and Sergiy Dyachenkiv"

Marina and Sergei Dyachenko are not just a family and writing duo, they are a special phenomenon in the modern world of science fiction and fantasy. They came to literature since 1994 and now the total circulation of their books exceeds a million.

In the new series "Marina and Sergei Dyachenko", founded by the "Folio" publishing house in 2017, almost all the works of the writers (over 26 volumes) will be published, translated into Ukrainian and perfectly illustrated. Most of the works are intended for adults, but there are some that are aimed at children. But most of the volumes in the new series are designed for young people and adults. These are individual novels, and several collections of stories and short stories. They contain graphic illustrations by Yuri Nikitin, Alexandra Pluzhnik, Inna Filatova, Agata Egoshina and several other artists.

"Tvorcha vpevnenist", Devid and Tom Kelli

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The ability to think creatively is a quality that is appreciated in business more than ever. But the fact that you are not working in the creative field does not mean at all that you should not try to implement bold ideas that will help your project.

Yes, not all of us are accomplished artists or writers, but all of us, without exception, have creative potential. “Creative Confidence. How to Unleash Your Potential ”is a book that will teach you how to use your creative potential and not be afraid to express yourself regardless of your position.

"Pam'yatlyvets" and "Ostannya Milya", Devida Baldachchi

Do you like detectives? Then read the best from David Baldacci.

He has written over 25 novels, which have been translated into different languages ​​and are sold in more than 80 countries around the world in millions of copies. Each of his works makes the New York Times bestseller list.

The mysterious story of "One Mile" continues the story of the detective Amos Decker, whom you met in the author's previous book, "Pam'yatlyvets".

It all starts with the fact that a professional footballer is kicked off the field forever. A successful career ends, but he masters a new profession of a policeman. It would seem that life has improved! However, once having returned home, a man finds his family murdered. All this time he is trying to find the killer, but he fails. But a year later, a man comes to the police who confesses to the triple murder. The protagonist grabs his chance to find out what happened that night. But for this he will have to make too much sacrifice.

Vikradachi in the fire. The Taumna Revolution of Changing Mills, Jamey Whel and Steven Kotler

This is a book about a quiet, almost imperceptible, revolution in human capabilities. The authors argue that we are "witnessing an explosion, the growth of a movement aimed at storming the heavens and stealing fire", that we live in an era of democratization of altered states, when, for the first time in history, thanks to advances in science and breakthrough technologies, opportunities. Previously available only to the privileged minority or the desperate, almost anyone can discover. They have collected the stories of individuals, communities and organizations, successfully hunt for these conditions and open knowledge about them to others.

The heroes of the book are ancient philosophers and prophets, hippies and secret service agents, engineers using microdoses of psychedelics, the military, businessmen, come off at a festival in the desert, and Wall Street traders who implant electrodes into the brain. All of them are united by the desire to "look beyond the clouds" - an old dream of mankind, to the realization of which we have come closer than ever before in history.

Dyadko Mrozhek does not pinch his tongue, Mrozhek Slavomir

The author himself tells about himself, family, country and world. Or a young Pole who comes to Venice in search of adventure. Or a summer mill worker whose life is inextricably linked with the mill and the river. These stories are always full of humor, irony, sometimes satire and absurdity, they are illogical and extraordinary, often comical, and sometimes provocative.

Can you be honest with yourself when everyone is lying around? What is more important - result or dreams as a result? How to be yourself if in fact you are no longer there, and you are a corpse?

The collection of the Polish writer, playwright and essayist Slawomir Mrozek contains works from different years. This is the first collection of prose and essays by the author in Ukrainian translation, published as a separate book.

The heart of meditation. Dalai Lama

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In the heart of meditation, that is, in its very essence, there is compassion, but not ordinary, but developing, and it expands in parallel with wisdom, and certainly manifests itself during meditative practices. Without this important foundation, all other practices are meaningless. Fortunately, the mind can be taught to sympathize, and then it, already prepared, will turn into a fertile ground for the practice of Great Perfection (Dzoґchen), which many consider the pinnacle of all spiritual practices in Tibetan Buddhism.

It is thanks to the practice of Great Perfection that we can achieve deep awareness and live our own life, broadcasting it into the world and thus influencing everything that surrounds us.

Wisdom and compassion, indispensable companions of deep awareness, naturally settle in our hearts and become the basis of all our actions, allow us to accelerate both individual progress in meditation and collective progress. To finally get closer to world peace.

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