Vivat-book katalog 2015 new

CONTENTS Babies & Toddlers books

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Books for primary and secondary school age

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Craft books

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Books for senior school age and adults

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International IBBY Honor Books List 2014

by Natalya Chub fully illustrated in color by Larysa Chayka

Handy-Dandy

This colorful book is a real manual for parents on lessons with very little children. It is a collection of delightful stories and counting rhymes, fascinating games and activities. Each activity in the book is accompanied by a short explanation, eg, how to paint or how to read the story. Each exercise , story or game has a specific learning objective, eg, to develop memory, speech, concentration or thinking, or to practise fine and gross motor skills.

112 pages 215x285 mm hardcover

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Babies & Toddlers books

by Natalya Chub Fully illustrated in color by I. Kashina

From Morning till Evening This book launches a new ÂŤFor Every Instant of the InfantÂť series. In it we collected good stories, developmental games and merry verses. They are short and simple, so it is easy to memorize and repeat them at the instant of need to occupy or cheer up your child. The book will help you to develop memory, attention, thinking, imagination and coordination of movements of your little one.

48 pages 205 x 205 mm hardcover

Babies & Toddlers books

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by Natalya Chub

Little Hippo and the Starlet It is a good and educational story. The main character of the book is a little hippopotamus who wants the most beautiful starlet in the sky to shine only for him. But soon he realizes that it is not good to be greedy and it is much better to admire the starlet together with friends. At the end of the book there is a page with figures to be cut out for playing a puppet show with your child, performing the story together. Moreover, you’ll find colorful stickers portraying the characters of the story.

32 pages 205 x 205 mm hardcover

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by Natalya Chub

The Ladybird and the miraculous Rainbow It is a good and educational story. The main character of the book is a ladybird who saved the Rainbow from being eaten by the cruel frog. At the end of the book there is a page with figures to be cut out for playing a puppet show with your child, performing the story together. Moreover, you’ll find colorful stickers portraying the characters of the story.

32 pages 205 x 205 mm hardcover

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by Natalya Chub fully illustrated in color by Đ?. Cherepanov

How Ostrich Became Brave This is a story about a Little Ostrich who was eager to become strong.

32 pages 205 x 205 mm hardcover

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Babies & Toddlers books

Ukrainian Folk Tale A series of adapted Ukrainian folktales.

12 pages 200 x 260 mm board books

Babies & Toddlers books

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Dress-Up Dress-Up series for girls with over 50 stickers inside!

10 dresses per each character.

16 pages 185x320 mm paperback

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Babies & Toddlers books

Fingerprint drawing Kids can color the illustrations. It is a good approach to learn colors having fun!

16 pages 200x200 mm paperback

Babies & Toddlers books

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Educational books with easy reading texts. This series will help to improve memory and concentration in a joyful way.

200x285 mm 32 pages paperback + stickers

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Babies & Toddlers books

by Natalya Chub Fully illustrated in color by M.Puzyrenko

Funny Road Rules

48 pages 215x285 mm hardcover

This fascinating fairy tale will teach children of the basic road rules through the adventures of two aliens on the Earth. It's really important to ensure that children have a good understanding of basic street safety.

In the end of the book the children will find a gift!

Babies & Toddlers books

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by Elena Plotnikova

Testing. Is your child ready for school?

This book contains variety tests in game form. Various tasks check the level of preparedness of your child to the school. The following exercises are suitable for home environment, where parents could take a part in kid`s testing. This book is good for elementary school using by teachers and schoolkids.

128 pages 200x255 mm hardcover

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by Natalya Chub

One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six‌Remember this!

Memories enrich children's lives and provide them with lots to talk about, which in turn enhances their language skills. This book offers some techniques, games and approaches for parents and kindergartens to improve Child’s memory in a joyful way.

128 pages 200x255 mm hardcover

Babies & Toddlers books

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by Natalya Chub

The Adventures of Strippy Family A fairytale about family and friendship through adventures of a Little badger Fuh. 48 pages 260 x 205 mm hardcover

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Books for primary and secondary school age

My book of Favourite Fairy Tales The book includes 15 fairy tales: * Puss in Boots * Three Bears and Goldilocks * The Cat, the Cock and the Fox * Three Little Pigs * Hen called Ryaba * Wolf&Seven Little Goats * Red Riding Hood * Masha and the Bear * The Mitten * The Wooden House 128 pages 250x205 mm hardcover

Books for primary and secondary school age

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by Natalya Chub

Fairytale about Jack and Fairy Lady A fairytale about a little boy Jack who turned his bad manners into good ones thanks to a kind Fairy.

18 pages 240x250 mm boardbook

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Books for primary and secondary school age

Little Princess from Wonderland Life of little princesses is very busy. Let’s peep into the palace of Wonderland where a Little Princess Annie lives.

18 pages 240x250 mm boardbook

Books for primary and secondary school age

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by Natalya Chub

Fairytales Kind Fairytales develop children's social graces!

Here is a collection of short stories where characters are often joyful or feel sad. They try to do good deeds and when a friend in trouble, they genuinely help each other.

96 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

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Books for primary and secondary school age

by Natalya Chub

The ABC's of Ecology Fully illustrated in color by M. Puzyrenko The problems of environment are described and solved through the adventures of a Little Bear and witty Professor.

96 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

Books for primary and secondary school age

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by Natalya Chub Fully illustrated in color by M.Puzyrenko

The ABC's of Politeness

This edition is a collection of amusing adventures about 7-year-old Mary Jane and her friend Jimmy who must make some difficult choices between right and wrong. The story begins when little Mary happens upon a small box with ten mean old fairies: Mrs. Liar, Mrs. Rude, Mrs. Cry, Mrs. Messy, Mrs. Greedy, Mrs. Selfish, Mrs. Impolite, Mrs. Sneaky, Mrs. Boaster, and Mrs. Shabby.

112 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

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Books for primary and secondary school age

by Natalya Chub Fully illustrated in color by N. BendusPetrovskaya

The ABC's of Kindness This collection of cute stories includes a cast of playful insect characters such as Firefly, Dragonfly, Grasshopper, Butterfly and many others whose wonderful adventures take place in the world of Daisy Meadow. The funny and cheerful friends at Daisy Meadow along with the beautiful illustrations create charming fairyland images which not only entertain but educate children about the core value of kindness.

112 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

Books for primary and secondary school age

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by Natalya Chub Fully illustrated in color by M.Puzyrenko

The ABC's of Bravery This award-winning book is a useful tool in helping children overcome common childhood fears.

Each short story of this interactive book tackles a different fear followed by the simple assignment of painting the fear - a proven technique for helping children to permanently overcome their fears.

The author, Natalya Chub, is a well-known and reputable child psychologist with over ten years of experience in applying the Fairytales Fearless Therapy for toddlers, pre-school, and primary-school age children.

This book won the Ukrainian 'Children's Book 2077' award. “It is a Fairytale Fearless Therapy for your child�

112 pages 220 x 290 mm hardcover

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Books for primary and secondary school age

by Natalya Chub Fully illustrated in color by L. Cherepanov

The ABC’s of Good Health Millie and Willy go on a wild adventure to Good- HealthFairyland. They try to escape horrible Mr. Cough-the-13th, Contagious Virus, the Stuffy Sniffles and the Fever. The heroes return home with the magic medicine 'Keep Healthy' along with many well-learned lessons...

112 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

Books for primary and secondary school age

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by Natalya Chub Fully illustrated in color by L. Chaika

The ABC's of Friendship

This book promotes friendship and devotion, courage and kindness.

Friends like Little Polar Bear, Snowy Owl, Big Whale, Little Penguin, Deer and others contribute to the great interactions, and make Polar Bear's adventures more exciting.

The characters try to do good deeds and when a friend is in trouble, they genuinely help each other. “Show your child how to be a good friend�

96 pages 215 x 285 mm hardcover

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Books for primary and secondary school age

by Natalya Chub

The ABC's of Business With this wonderfully illustrated book we continue the popular ABC's series. By reading this book, your child will learn basic economic principles and find out the meaning of some terms by using a short glossary that is at the end of the book. Learning activities at the end of each chapter will train your child's memory and logical thinking.

112 pages 215x285 mm hardcover

Books for primary and secondary school age

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by Natalya Chub

School? Why? This book narrates why children have to go to school through the story of two siblings of preschooling age.

64 pages 220Ă—290 mm hardcover

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Books for primary and secondary school age

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160 pages 220Ă—290 mm hardcover

by Natalya Chub

Answer your child: unexpected questions The book contains answers for the most unexpected questions of curious kids. Short interesting articles help to spend time with child in a captivating way and develop child`s intelligence. The book brings the atmosphere of amicable family communication.

Books for primary and secondary school age

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by Hans Christian Andersen Fully illustrated in color by A. Cherepanov

The Snow Queen

This is a fairy tale which centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Gerda.

64 pages 215 x 285 mm

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Books for primary and secondary school age

by S. Lagerlof Fully illustrated in color by M. Puzyrenko

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The famous Swedish folktale by Selma Lagerlof and has proved to be one of the best-known children's classics worldwide. In this newly illustrated edition Nils is shrunk to a tiny size by a dwarf and carried by a flock of wild geese to their summer home in the far Lapland. Through many perils and captivating adventures, Nils wins the respect and love of the geese and finally returns home.

63 pages 215x285 mm hardcover

Books for primary and secondary school age

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by Rudolf Paspe and Gottfried Fully illustrated in color by A. Cherepanov

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Baron Munchausen's extraordinary adventures as he travels to the Moon, rides cannon-balls, defeats armies single-handed and many others.

64 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

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Books for primary and secondary school age

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by Lewis Caroll Fully illustrated in color by E. Chistotina

Alice in Wonderland A classic fairy tale with adventures of Alice in Wonderland.

112 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

Books for primary and secondary school age

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COMING SOON

by Rudyard Kipling

The JUNGLE BOOK The world-famous story by Joseph Rudyard Kipling about small boy lost in wild jungle. He met friends there: Panther, Bear and Boa, who give him great name – Mowgli. Since that he becomes strong, deft and brave.

This story shows true friendship, hard challenge, bold heart of a boy, who lives in jungle.

96 pages 220x280 mm hardcover

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Books for primary and secondary school age

by Sergey Aksakov

The Scarlet Flower

This fairy tale was adapted from the worldwide known Beauty and the Beast. The author had been told that story as a child, and later on he added his own imagination.

64 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

Books for primary and secondary school age

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Fairytales

by Hans Christian Andersen

Christian Andersen

Fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen A classic fairy tale of Elisa and her eleven brothers who turned into mute swans by their evil stepmother. Brave Elisa endures great suffering to break the spell and rescue them. A story of loyalty, deceit, and the healing power of love.

64 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

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Books for primary and secondary school age

COMING SOON

ATLAS of Animals This colorful book presents the whole animal world of our planet. Page by page you would discover all animals and birds, living in oceans, rivers, land of Earth: Europe, Asia, Africa, South and North America, Arctic, Antarctica open their wild side to your imagination. This book contains uncommon facts about animals with attractive illustrations.

144 pages 228Ń…305 mm hardcover

Books for primary and secondary school age

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COMING SOON

Funny Marzipan Are you interested to sculpture with marzipan? Thus this book is for you! Our step-bystep photos will help adults and kids to learn to sculpture in a fun and interactive way.

And we hope these marzipan projects just might make you to discover own sculpture talent!96 pages 80 pages 215x285 mm hardcover

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Craft books

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Kid's paper craft Are your children bored with drawing and puzzles? Do you need some new ideas for creative fun? Fascinate your child with fun paper craft! Easy ideas for a paper gift! Step-by-step instructions on paper craft.

64 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

Craft books

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I love ART This is the complete book of Drawing technique. Here you can find not only pencil drawing but plasticine illustrations as well. The book is indicated for teenagers and adults.

96 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

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Craft books

Little Fingers This fun entertaining book has 36 colourful projects for both girls and boys. The bright craft ideas out of macaroni noodles, fingers color prints, puppet making will improve the fine motor skills and strength of tiny hands. Not only will kids have fun making the crafts in this book, they're bound to come up with plenty of craft ideas of their own.

It's amazing how many crafts can be made from household items!

96 pages 215x285 mm hardcover

Craft books

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COMING SOON

by Natalya Lukyanenko

Art and crafts for kids This book contains a lot of photo master-classes of craftmaking. Good advises helps readers to understand every step. This book is a simple instruction for various age: from childhood to grey hairs. Now you can easily make your own crafts.

96 pages 215x285 mm stappled

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Craft books

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by Natalya Lukyanenko

Fashion album for girls This series will fit for every Fashionista! It helps to develop coloring skills, creative thinking, and feel yourself a Fashion designer while colouring, creating, and drawing!

24 pages 240x230 mm stappled

Craft books

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COMING SOON

by Irina Potapenko

This colorful funny series is made for creative curious kids. Every page presents a message to young painters with some unfinished drawings. Join your child`s activity time to develop art aptitude.

24 pages 200x270 mm stappled

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Craft books

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by Irina Potapenko

Funny Coloring series includes amazing tasks and riddles like to find the right way, who ate the banana etc. to make coloring an exciting adventure. We bet your kids can’t stop coloring until they finish the series!

24 pages 200x268 mm stappled

Craft books

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Kids naturally have the urge to draw. This step-by-step drawing series will help kids develop the freedom to express and communicate their ideas and imagination freely, especially for kids who are still developing the words to express themselves. Drawing is one of the most important activities kids can do.

64 pages 205x285 mm paperback

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Craft books

The Magic of Salt Dough Salt dough is ideal for children and adults since the material is made from simple&natural ingredients, and doesn't dirty. Step-by-step instructions are accompanied by more than 50 projects and multiple color images illustrating detailed descriptions.

64 pages 215x285 mm hardcover

Craft books

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Over 100 000 copies sold

This clay book with step-by-step photographs includes different ideas of clay modelling - dinosaurs, butterflies, flowers etc. You can make clay shaping an approachable and enjoyable task. Have your children try their sculpting skills!

64 pages 220x290 mm hardcover

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Craft books

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64 pages 215x285 mm hardcover

Craft books

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Homemade Creative Craft Ideas This title describes creative handmade ideas to decorate your home.

96 pages 215x285 mm hardcover

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Craft books

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Here is the season trend - an anti-stress colouring series. It's Colour Therapy gives enormous benefits allowing to scribble, scrawl and shade to the young and adult readers' hearts’ content.

24 pages 235x220 mm paperback

Craft books

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COMING SOON

Scandinavian Motifs Attention to all knitters! Scandinavian Motifs is an inspirational collection of favourite motifs found in the traditional knitting of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands.

96 pages 226Ń…226 mm hardcover

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Craft books

Toys To Crochet Croheters everywhere fell in love with the toys represented in the book. Stepby-step instructions, great photos, and lots of funny friends!

96 pages 165x240 mm paperback

Craft books

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Macrame Secrets This very comprehensive book on the craft of MacramĂŠ can be used by beginners and experts alike. It explains the basic knots and describes the materials and equipment needed to begin. After giving patterns and directions for simple projects like belts and necklaces, it proceeds to bags and purses, dress accessories and hangings.

165x240 mm 64 pages paperback

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Craft books

Easy Crocheted Jewellery: Brooch, Beads, Accessories Amazing ideas for handmade accessories.

165x240 mm 64 pages paperback

Craft books

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COMING SOON

Pompon Toys This colorful book contains easy master classes of craftmaking. Step by step you learn how to make funny little jobbing with pompons. Good-looking pictures and helpful advises make your free time amusing and creative.

165x240 mm 64 pages paperback

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Craft books

COMING SOON

Knitting Scarves.

Warm and Stylish Explore a dazzling collection of knitted scarves that brings you whimsical, fun and beautiful ways both to boggle away the hours and to keep warm and stylish in the colder months then. No matter how long you've been knitting--whether a month or a lifetime--there are projects for all skill levels.

165x240 mm 64 pages paperback

Craft books

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Felting. All techniques of Dry Felting If you are new to needle felting, we hope this book will encourage you.

Needle Felting is a simple accesible craft. There are lots of photographs and a good deal of explanation in the beginning, so felters should feel comfortable working with the amazing projects.

165x240 mm 64 pages paperback

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Craft books

Hats, Scarves, Mittens.

Crocheting and Felting Easy ideas for scarves, mittens, accesories to knit and crochet.

The book is indicated for those who have basic skills in knitting and crocheting.

165x240 mm 64 pages paperback

Craft books

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Fashionable Sweaters to any taste Discover captivating models for fashionable hand-knit sweaters.

165x240 mm 64 pages paperback

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Craft books

Kids' Hats to Knit and Crochet Amazing hats for babies, toddlers and kids to make them stay always in high spirits.

165x240 mm 64 pages paperback

Craft books

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Magic Quilling Magic Quilling contains brand new and excited quilled designs. Helpful tips and eye-catching designs are sure to appeal to crafters of all skill levels. Enjoy creating greeting cards for a variety of occasions, charming ornaments for your favorite holidays.

165x240 mm 64 pages paperback

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Craft books

COMING SOON

How to Knit Every knitter enjoys different styles and evryone needs a good dictionary of stitches. This guide invites knitters to experiment with a variety of different stitch combinations.

165x240 mm 64 pages paperback

Craft books

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COMING SOON

Ukraine-Russia. The Hybrid War After the era of energetic and economic wars between Russia and Ukraine the world is observing a new type of international war conflict – hybrid war.

The book contains social, mental, economical research of the hybrid war phenomenon. How do social networks spread panic, information sabotage, propaganda work and many other questions are revealed by the author.

One of the main ideas is how to survive in the hybrid war and warnings to avoid being involved in the wrong informative ocean.

Do millions of Ukrainian citizens have a chance to become a European country 352 pages 140х210 mm paperback

Brain Block This scandalous book presents the tragicomic view of the Russia's slow crash.

The annexation of Crimea, outbreak of war in the East of Ukraine and other events revealed in the Viktor's ironic manner. Brain Block is written in the way of the diary and daily observation that bring Russia to a disaster - step by step, day by day. Viktor is sure that 2014 is a crucial point for Russia-titanic and the daily chronological events are a great prove of that.

No wonder, the book has been banned by the Russian government.

256 pages 140х210 mm Paperback

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Books for senior school age and adults

Omar Khayyam This gift book is a collection with verses of the most quoted English classics – Omar Khayyam (1048 – 1122), Persian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher.

240 pages 200х235 mm hardcover

Books for senior school age and adults

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Fight to Win This book contains poetry of different generations.

They are consolidated by the only idea of the fight for independence, freedom and unity of Ukraine. Poetic lines are full of sorrow for the fallen in unequal battle for victory of Ukrainian people. Images of Maidan are pathetically reproducing all the palette of stormy opposition.with rich history.

96 pages 230Ń…185 mm hardcover

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Books for senior school age and adults

UKRAINE: Culture, Traditions, Cuisine This well-illustrated book looks for those readers, who want to expand their knowledge about Ukraine and Ukrainians, to learn deeply Ukrainian traditions, to feel the new sides of that country with rich history.

256 pages 215Ă—275 mm hardcover

Books for senior school age and adults

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Space Exploration Explore the world of Space. Discover the mysteries of the Universe.

200 pages 205x290 mm hardcover

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Books for senior school age and adults

by Valentina Miroshnikova Fully illustrated in color by A. Bogonos, M. Zaremba etc.

Delightful Birds of the World This edition is devoted to the miraculous creatures we know as birds with a collection of stories narrated vividly and with fascination. Readers will discover amazing peculiarities about birds — their origin, way of living, distinctive features, habits, curious tricks to escape dangerous enemies, and many other captivating facts.

192 pages 205x290 mm hardcover

by Oleg Feygin

Secrets of the Universe How did the Universe begin and will we meet other life-forms from other galaxies? Did our universe have a beginning and will it end? What mysteries are contained in black holes? All these and other questions about the most recent astronomy are contained in Secrets of the Universe. This lovely edition won “the Gold Phoenix-2008” award in Ukraine.

200 pages 205x290 mm hardcover

Books for senior school age and adults

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Warriors This book is devoted to the legendary warriors of XIV-XVII centuries. This is an epoch of Hussars and Janissaries, ninjas and samurai, musketeers and Zaporozhian Cossacks 184 pages 205x290 mm hardcover

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Books for senior school age and adults

The Legendary Cossacks You will find yourself transported in time to a period of brave, strong and courageous knights known as the Zaporozhian Cossacks. You will be warmly welcomed into the Zaporizhska Sich — a military organization of Cossacks with its own legislation, mode of life, and code of honor. Cossack life is represented from every side: studies, leisure, military training, home life, and more. The edition is full of colorful illustrations, historical facts, legends, along with proverbs and folklore material. Through the pages of the Legendary Cossacks, you will learn of the glory and heroism of Ukraine’s native history.

64 pages 240x295 mm hardcover

Books for senior school age and adults

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COMING SOON

by Natalia Kachanova- Rhodes

Marry Me!

This book is a huge storage of helpful advices for women, who want to meet their love via Internet. It shows how to create and develop your account on dating sites, how to communicate with potential husband online, how to arrange a real meeting and start your joyful family life.

160 pages 140x197 mm hardcover

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Books for senior school age and adults

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Small size books for every age to say how much we love our parents. The books are illustrated and written in deep, philosophic and humorous style.

42 pages 120Ń…160 mm hardcover

Books for senior school age and adults

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VIVAT Publishing Ltd. was organized in May 2013 due to a merge of two Ukrainian publishers – Factor Publishing and Argument-Print and now belongs to FACTOR Group of companies.

Factor Publishing house Ltd. since 1995 was known as one of the leaders of economic and juridical periodicals. In 2006 it has launched a new direction – children's and adults books (TM Pelican).

Argument-Print was a young publisher known mainly as a prominent distribution company since 2003, and Publisher of children's and adults books.

Vivat Publishing sells and buys licenses for children's and adults books, as well as craft books and illustrated encyclopedias.

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