One of the best editions on the history of the construction of St. Petersburg that contains a story about how Peter the Great built the city. How he dreamed of living in a city surrounded by water, how, during the preparation for the Northern War, he found in old Swedish maps a winding Neva delta, as he was looking for the best architects. The book by Felix Lurie contains reproductions of works by Russian and Western masters of the 18th and 19th centuries, depicting the new capital. The illustrations are given according to the topographical principle and are accompanied by information about the buildings that stood earlier and were planned to be buit in future.

The Hammer of Witches (Latin: Mallēus Maleficārum, German: Hexenhammer) is a treatise on demonology and proper methods of prosecution and exposure of witches. The famous medieval treatise was written in Latin in 1486 by the Catholic Prior, Dominican Inquisitor Heinrich Kramer (ca. 1430 – 1505) (Latinized version – Henricus Institor) and first published in 1487 in the free city of Speyer. His co-author is the dean of the University of Cologne, inquisitor Jacob Sprenger (ca. 1436 – 1495). However, the work of Sprenger, apparently, was limited to only the introduction, called “The Author’s Apology”. Bullae Summis desiderantes affectibus by Pope Innocentius the 8th is included as a preface to The Hammer of Witches, giving full approval to the actions of the Inquisition to eradicate witchcraft. For two centuries, the book was considered as a direct guidance for action for inquisitors and was literally their handbook. There is a hard fateful story behind the book that caused thousands of innocent victims – exposed and murdered “sorcerers” and “sorceresses”.