In 1368, Emperor Zhu Yunzhung installed himself on China's throne, founding the Ming dynasty. One of the most interesting aspects of his rule is that his collection of concubines numbered in the thousands. Cho and Genji are two young girls who are afraid to disappoint their families if they're not chosen as their emperor's concubines. They look forward to the luxurious life and pleasures their training will bring. One day, Cho locks eyes with a handsome...

In this rollicking novel, 96-year-old ornithologist Luka Levadski foregoes treatment for lung cancer and moves from Ukraine to Vienna to make a grand exit in a luxury suite at the Hotel Imperial. He reflects on his past while indulging in Viennese cakes and savoring music in a gilded concert hall. Levadski was born in 1914, the same year that Martha – the last of the now-extinct passenger pigeons – died. Levadski himself has an acute sense of...

The first crime novel of self-discovery! Whatever you prefer, whatever you choose, I want you to remember: "By taste you choose, but by smell you are chosen." June 2020. Thessaloniki. At the outbreak of the great pandemic... Martha, the girl with curly hair, will experience unexpected events that will change her life in unexpected ways once and for all! 12 key people. A murder? A big secret. An unspoken love. It's enough to transform her in the...

The Titan who gave people the greatest gift of all! Fourfuri Publications, in collaboration with Auvril Audiobooks, tells the story of Prometheus, the Titan who gave fire to humans, through a unique audio book with realistic narration. The benevolent giant Prometheus, the vengeful Zeus, the fire god Hephaestus and other Olympian gods, in a super story-telling for children who seek other stimuli that offer knowledge and entertainment beyond that...

Just before he breathes his last breath, he is lost in the paths of memories that return at the last moment. His entire life passes before his eyes like a dream. Orphanhood, abandonment, love, betrayal, all in a tangle. At the same time, a woman, overwhelmed by the recent revelations, begs to keep him alive and desperately asks for one more moment to be able to tell him what he has failed to do for years, to reveal to him all the plots unknowingly...

"I was told that Ofelia doesn't exist. The doctor said so. It was the first time a doctor had come to the house, the first time I'd seen a stranger up close. I grabbed his hand and showed him Ofelia. "Look! Do you see her?" He looked where I pointed and turned to me. He put his hand on my forehead. "You have a fever," was all he said. "I see her, she's looking at you," I insisted. "It's the fever. When it passes, she'll go with it." "I wanted to...

An investigative thriller set in the world of nuclear power and politics, La Syndicaliste follows the true story of Maureen Kearney (Isabelle Huppert), the influential head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. A deft navigator of elite political and financial circles, Maureen becomes a whistleblower when she discovers international backroom dealings, exposing secrets that shook the French nuclear sector. Fighting against...

Winner of the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the prestigious André Bazin Prize from Cahiers du Cinema, both celebrating outstanding feature debuts, this enthralling work from Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Thien An is a reverie on faith, loss, and nature expressed with uncommon invention and depth. The sudden death of his sister-in-law brings unexpected responsibilities to Thien (Le Phong Vu), who is reluctantly tasked with bringing his five-year-old...

In 1968, Peace Corps veteran David Schickele enlisted his friend Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam to star in a light-hearted comedy about the adventures of a young Nigerian intellectual in San Francisco. Using a docu-fictional style reminiscent of Cassavetes' Shadows, the film observes the foibles of late 1960s African-American culture with an outsider's incisive eye. The result is a vibrant snapshot of the nation's racial politics, from interracial romance...

A satisfying narrative - a tribute to the most noir and rock 'n' roll pedestrian street in Athens. A voluptuous mural of an era from the 1960s to the present day, with characters both real and fictional. A novel that recalls, recreates and glorifies the epic street of Fokionos Negri and the famous statue of the Dog - how could Judy Garland, the Ramones, the poet Miltos Shachtouris, Gustavus Flaubert, George Lanthimos and the Weeping Lady of the fountain...