"Typhoon" is a novel that belongs to Joseph Conrad’s early works. Like most of his books it talks about the sea, the water element and the man’s struggle with it. McVeer, the protagonist, is a captain of a steamer ‘Nyan-Shan’. A truly phlegmatic and a prosaic person, he lacks virtually any abstract thinking and imagination. But this is true only at a first glance. A horrific storm sets challenges not only for the captain, who transforms literally in front of the eyes, but also for the entire crew. Will they survive through the ambush of the element? Will the ship stand? Pretty illustrations by Dmitrii Rybalko provide you with new impressions from reading this legendary story.

LIMITED EDITION: only 2000 copies available. Deluxe hardback , with exclusive extra content and signed by Tim Minchin. A storm is brewing in the confines of a London dinner party. Small talk quickly descends into a verbal and intellectual battle between science and belief, as comedian Tim goes head to head with the mysterious fifth guest at the table - a hippy named Storm. With stunning original artwork, Tim's sublime ranty beat-poem weaves through the world we live in, where alternative medicine is given credence and public funding, psychics have primetime TV exposure and people are happy with mystery rather than answers. While Storm herself may not be converted, audiences from London to Sydney have been won over by Tim's lyrical wonders and the timely message of the piece in a society where science is attacked as the enemy of belief. STORM is the illustrated book born from the acclaimed internet sensation - the animation that has become an anthem for critical thinking worldwide, attracting over three million views. Now fully reimagined, STORM is a masterpiece that sparkles with beauty, wit, reason and rationality. Watch the video here: http://bit.ly/1s2DUuU

The city of Kalinov on the Volga. In the house of Kabanov's merchants, a wedding feast was thundering. For Katerina, the young wife of the merchant's son Tikhon, the painful, monotonous days of marriage are set in. The Katerina's environment — severe and powerful mother-in-law Kabaniha, weak-willed husband, cunning Varvara, thievish Kudryash. Circumstances reduce the heroine with Boris, the nephew of the merchant Dikiy. He seems to her as a man of a different, better world. But she is afraid of the arising feeling. When Tikhon leaves for Moscow and does not take Katerina with him, she approaches with Boris. Pretty illustrations by Nataliia Borisova provide you with new impressions from reading this legendary story.

Imperial steam explores the early history of steamship travel to Britain’s imperial East. Drawing upon the wealth of voyage narratives which were produced in the first decades of the new route to India, the book examines the thoughts, emotions and experiences of those whose lives were caught up with the imperial project. The potent symbolism of the steamship, which exceeded the often harsh realities of travel, provided a convincing narrative for coming to terms with Britain’s global empire – not just for passengers, but for those at home who consumed the ubiquitous accounts of steamship travel. Imperial steam thus contributes to our understanding of the role of imperial networks in the production of the British imperial world view.