Books published by publisher MAYFLOWER

Published in 1889, Flora's Feast was the first of a series of remarkable books, and anticipated the full flowering of art nouveau. In exploiting the page as 'a space to be made beautiful in design', Crane succeeds in combining water colour tinting with the technique of the wood-block colour process which must be considered one of the great achievements of the Victorian age. This facsimile edition is a reproduction of the first edition.

It-girls: “Russia reloaded” is a chick noir novel about fashion, it-girls, drama and trendy lifestyle. In this chick lit novel, three young, successful and beautiful it-girls have a shared passion and second life: Moscow. For every reader who is looking for books for girls, It-girls: “Russia reloaded” is your perfect portion of female fiction.The first it-girl in this chick lit novel is Kyra (Kyrah Nicolajevka Nikitina), 35 years old. She is a daughter of Russian immigrants who is raised in Amsterdam, where she studied to become a fashion designer. After a successful start as co-designer of famous designers in Milan, London and New York on her 30th, she decided to return to the home country of Russia, where she started a successful international career with her own clothing label ‘Kyra‘. Five years since she established in Moscow, she lives in a beautiful apartment in the Neoclassical district Kitajgorod, above her fashion shop ‘Kyra’ and in the home of her grandparents, who were former traders. The headquarter of her empire is based in Amsterdam, where it-girl Kyra is also living in a beautiful canal apartment. As you turn the pages of this chick lit, everything about the secret Moscow life of Kyra will unravel.Allessia (Alessandra Michajevka Gagarina), 30 years old, is the second it-girl you will read about in this chick lit novel. Allessia is a Russian top model who had her international breakthrough when she was 25. She can travel around the world and has allowed many foreign covers to adorn her stunning it-girl beauty. She isn’t called ‘The Rose’ or ‘Raisa’ for no reason. Discovered by it-girl Kyra, the two of them become best friends. Allessia lives and works from her Moscow home, but her second home is situated in The Hague. She lives together with her French boyfriend Dominique, who has a job as a Dutch diplomat and travels around as well. How far will her modelling career as Kyra’s muse take her? This chick noir novel will tell you as the words go by. The third it-girl we will follow in this piece of female fiction is Dita von Varya Chloe Weisberg, also known under her stage name Lady Varya, honouring ‘Varya’: exotic, mysterious stranger. She becomes one of Russia’s largest and most famous DJ’s, after being discovered only last year. She gained attention for her mix she released at her underground label Aljonoeska. For many years, this it-girl dives into the famous and wild Russian nightlife, especially in Moscow. As the only daughter of a noble Jewish Oligarch in Moscow and a former Brazilian supermodel, you would think Dita has nothing to complain about. However, as you discover more about in this chick lit book, she was disowned and disinherited by her family, because of her anonymous spread of ‘kompromat’ as fixed for the Internet Blogger Forum www.rumours.ru. All her nocturnal escapades and adventures are explained by many prominent politicians, celebrities, high 'Kremlin Officials', the cabinet and various rock stars. Dita is loved and hated in Moscow, ‘enfant terrible’ on the one hand, one or Russia’s most famous ‘socialites’ on the other. Due to criticism and political reasons, Dita decides to live in Amsterdam for 6 months per year, in the building next to Kyra. A wonderful piece within the category of books for girls.