David Mitchell

INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A rollicking history of England's kings and queens from Arthur to Elizabeth I, a tale of power, glory, and excessive beheadings by award-winning British actor and comedian David Mitchell "Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell is] a funny man and a skilled historian."―The Times Think you know the kings and queens of England? Think again. In Unruly, David Mitchell explores how early England's monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects' destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky bastards who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits. Taking us back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist), Mitchell tells the founding story of post-Roman England up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler: she dies). It's a tale of narcissists, inadequate self-control, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars, and a few Cnuts, as the English evolved from having their crops stolen by the thug with the largest armed gang to bowing and paying taxes to a divinely anointed king. How this happened, who it happened to, and why the hell it matters are all questions that Mitchell answers with brilliance, wit, and the full erudition of a man who once studied history--and won't let it off the hook for the mess it's made. A funny book that takes history seriously, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how the British monarchy came to be--and who is to blame.

Devid Mitchell - sovremennyj klassik britanskoj literatury, dvazhdy finalist Bukerovskoj premii, avtor takikh intellektualnykh bestsellerov, kak "Kostjanye chasy", "Oblachnyj atlas" (ekranizirovannyj Tomom Tykverom i bratjami Vachovski), "Golodnyj dom" i drugie. "Pod znakom chernogo lebedja" - eto roman vzroslenija, i Mitchell bolee chem uverenno vystupil na territorii, traditsionno assotsiirujuschejsja s takimi imenami, kak Selindzher, Bredberi i Kharper Li. Itak, dobro pozhalovat v derevushku Luzhok Chernogo Lebedja (gde "na samom dele net nikakikh lebedej... Eto, v obschem, takaja shutka"). Dzhejsonu Tejloru trinadtsat let, i my uvidim ego zhizn na protjazhenii trinadtsati mesjatsev, ot odnogo janvarskogo dnja rozhdenija do drugogo. On boretsja s zaikaniem, tajno pishet stikhi, sobachitsja so starshej sestroj i nadeetsja ne opustitsja v shkolnoj ierarkhii do urovnja Dina Durana po prozvischu Duren. Tem vremenem v Atlantike idet Folklendskaja vojna, v kinoteatrakh stojat ocheredi na "Ognennye kolesnitsy", a v ottsovskom kabinete, gde "vraschajuscheesja kreslo - pochti takoe zhe, kak v orudijnykh bashnjakh "Sokola Tysjacheletija" u lazernykh batarej", to i delo zvuchat zagadochnye telefonnye zvonki... "Pod znakom chernogo lebedja" - idealnyj slepok vremeni i mesta, ni odnoj falshivoj noty" (Telegraph).

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA funny book about a serious subject, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame.'Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell – a funny man and skilled historian – tells stories that are interesting and fun. Here is Horrible Histories for grownups’ GERARD DEGROOT, THE TIMES 'Just fantastic. Delightfully contrary and hilariously cantankerous. Very, very funny’ JESSE ARMSTRONG, CREATOR OF SUCCESSION AND PEEP SHOW'Clever, funny. Makes you think quite differently about history’ DAN SNOW, HISTORIAN AND BROADCASTER ---- Think you know your kings and queens? Think again. Taking us right back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist), Unruly tells the founding story of post-Roman England up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler: she dies). It's a tale of narcissists, inadequate self-control, excessive beheadings, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars, and at least one total Cnut. How this happened, who it happened to and why it matters in modern Britain are all questions David Mitchell answers with brilliance, wit and the full erudition of a man who once studied history – and won't let it off the hook for the mess it's made.*The Times Number One Bestseller October 2023* ----‘An enjoyable, rollicking read, definitely not a conventional history book’ THE TIMES‘Chatty, irreverent and liberally sprinkled with gags and opinions. Horrible Histories with added swearing’ GUARDIAN 'Mitchell clearly knows his history, with a book that owes as much to Monty Python as it does to Simon Schama' ANDREW MARR, BROADCASTER 'Who knew a history of England's rulers could be this hilarious?' i 'I can’t recommend this book enough. Very funny and interesting, it is above all a proper work of history' CHARLIE HIGSON

My first anthology of poems, 'Fifty Shades of Beige' was a wry and affectionate look at retirement. As I approach my three score years and ten in May 2024 this second collection looks back through my life from childhood to retirement. For those who have gone from sherbet to sherry, British Bulldogs to Bridge Club, the Rolling Stones to... well, the Rolling Stones, 'Seventy Shades of Age' will evoke many memories and, hopefully, amuse.

A SPECIAL SIGNED ANNIVERSARY EDITION CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF CLOUD ATLASWith an introduction by Gabrielle Zevin (author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow) and a new afterword by David MitchellWith unmissable sprayed edges and endpapers, beautiful turquoise foil, a bespoke case design, ribbon marker, peelable sticker and signed by the author, this stunning 20th anniversary hardback of Cloud Atlas is the perfect gift for fans'Nothing short of a miracle'THE TIMES'A novel of breathtaking ambition and scale, spanning continents, oceans and centuries'INDEPENDENT'A virtuoso performance'DAILY TELEGRAPH'One of the most shamelessly exciting books imaginable'SPECTATOR'Not just dazzling, amusing, or clever but heartbreaking and passionate, too. I've never read anything quite like it'MICHAEL CHABON'One of those how-the-holy-hell-did-he-do-it? modern classics that no doubt it - and should be - read by any student of contemporary literature'DAVE EGGERSSouls cross ages like clouds cross skies . . .A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific Ocean in 1850.A disinherited composer conning his way into the home of a dying genius in interwar Belgium.A high-minded journalist in Governor Reagan's California.A vanity publisher fleeing his gangland creditors.The testament of a genetically modified 'dinery server' on death-row.And Zachry, a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilisation.The narrators of Cloud Atlas hear each other's echoes along the corridor of history - echoes that change destinies in ways great and small.In a globe-encircling narrative reaching from the nineteenth century to a post-apocalyptic future, Cloud Atlas erases the boundaries of time, genre and language to offer an enthralling vision of humanity's will to power, and where it will lead us.*Please note that p. 40 is intentionally blank*Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, winner of Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year and a BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club pickPRAISE FOR DAVID MITCHELL'A thrilling and gifted writer'FINANCIAL TIMES'Dizzyingly, dazzlingly good'DAILY MAIL'Mitchell is, clearly, a genius'NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'An author of extraordinary ambition and skill'INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY'A superb storyteller'THE NEW YORKER

"Golodnyj dom" - novejshij roman proslavlennogo Devida Mitchella, dvazhdy finalista Bukerovskoj premii, avtora takikh intellektualnykh bestsellerov, kak "Son No9", "Oblachnyj atlas" (nedavno ekranizirovannyj Tomom Tykverom i bratjami Vachovski) i mnogie drugie. Stiven King nazval "Golodnyj dom""redkostnoj, velikolepnoj veschju", a Entoni Dorr - "Drakuloj" novogo tysjacheletija". Nachalo "Golodnomu domu" polozhila istorija, kotoruju Mitchell nachal publikovat v svoem Tvittere v kanun Khellouina; istorija, primykajuschaja k ego proshlomu romanu - "Kostjanye chasy" ("Prostye smertnye"). Itak, dobro pozhalovat v proulok Slejd. Ego ne tak-to legko otyskat v labirinte ulochek londonskoj okrainy. Najdite v stene malenkuju chernuju zheleznuju dver. Ni ruchki, ni zamochnoj skvazhiny; no dotrontes do dveri - i ona otkroetsja. Vas vstretit zalityj solntsem staryj sad i vnushitelnyj osobnjak - slishkom roskoshnyj dlja etogo rajona, slishkom bolshoj dlja etogo kvartala. Vas priglasjat zajti, i vy ne smozhete otkazatsja...

Novejshij roman sovremennogo klassika Devida Mitchella, dvazhdy finalista Bukerovskoj premii, avtora takikh intellektualnykh bestsellerov, kak "Son No9", "Oblachnyj atlas" (ekranizirovannyj Tomom Tykverom i bratjami Vachovski), "Kostjanye chasy", "Golodnyj dom" i drugie. I khotja "Utopija-avenju" kak budto ogranichena vo vremeni i prostranstve - "svingujuschij London", legendarnyj otel "Chelsi" v Nju-Jorke, San-Frantsisko na iskhode "leta ljubvi", - Mitchell snova vystraivaet "grandioznyj proekt, velikolepno ispolnennyj i gluboko gumanisticheskij, ustanavlivaja svjazi mezhdu Japoniej epokhi Edo i dalekim apokalipticheskim buduschim" (Los Angeles Times). Pered nami "jarkij, obraznyj i volnujuschij portret epokhi, kogda schitalos, chto buduschee prinadlezhit molodezhi i muzyke. I v to zhe vremja - schemjaschaja grust o mimoletnosti etogo idealizma" (Spectator). Kazalos by, lish sluchaj ili prodjuserskij proizvol svel vmeste bljuzovogo basista Dina Mossa, izgnannogo iz gruppy "Bronenosets Potemkin", gitarista-virtuoza Dzhaspera de Zuta, iz golovy kotorogo rvetsja na svobodu zloj dukh, izvestnyj emu s detstva kak Tuk-Tuk, pianistku Elf Khollouej iz folk-dueta "Fletcher i Khollouej" i dzhazovogo barabanschika Griffa Griffina - no za svoju korotkuju istoriju "Utopija-avenju" ostavila neizgladimyj sled v pamjati i serdtsakh tselogo pokolenija... "Zamechatelnaja kniga! Dva dnja ne mog ot nee otorvatsja..." (Brajan Ino)

Debjutnyj roman sovremennogo klassika Devida Mitchella, dvazhdy finalista Bukerovskoj premii - za "Son No 9" i za "Oblachnyj atlas" (ekranizirovannyj Tomom Tykverom i bratjami Vachovski). Imenno "Literaturnyj prizrak" s ego firmennoj mitchellovskoj polifonichnostju v mgnovenie oka voznes molodogo avtora na britanskij literaturnyj olimp. Na etikh stranitsakh pereplelis zhiznennye puti molodogo sektanta, po ukazke Ego Providchestva ustroivshego zarinovuju ataku v tokijskom metro, i nachinajuschego saksofonista, kotoryj podrabatyvaet v magazinchike kollektsionnogo vinila, bankovskogo menedzhera iz Londona, otmyvajuschego v Gonkonge dengi russkoj mafii, i veterana anglijskoj razvedki, reshivshego opublikovat svoi vospominanija, ego "literaturnogo negra" (po sovmestitelstvu - lidera pank-gruppy) i vitajuschego nad mongolskimi stepjami besplotnogo prizraka, zhenschiny-fizika s irlandskogo ostrovka, za kotoroj okhotitsja Pentagon, pokhititelej ermitazhnykh kartin, nju-jorkskogo didzheja i mnogikh-mnogikh drugikh.... "Odin iz luchshikh romanov, prochitannykh mnoju za dolgoe vremja. (...) Ja bukvalno ne mogla otorvatsja ot knigi - a esche bolshe udovolstvija poluchila pri perechityvanii" (A. S. Bajett).

INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A rollicking history of England's kings and queens from Arthur to Elizabeth I, a tale of power, glory, and excessive beheadings by award-winning British actor and comedian David Mitchell "Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell is] a funny man and a skilled historian."―The Times Think you know the kings and queens of England? Think again. In Unruly, David Mitchell explores how early England's monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects' destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky bastards who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits. Taking us back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist), Mitchell tells the founding story of post-Roman England up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler: she dies). It's a tale of narcissists, inadequate self-control, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars, and a few Cnuts, as the English evolved from having their crops stolen by the thug with the largest armed gang to bowing and paying taxes to a divinely anointed king. How this happened, who it happened to, and why the hell it matters are all questions that Mitchell answers with brilliance, wit, and the full erudition of a man who once studied history--and won't let it off the hook for the mess it's made. A funny book that takes history seriously, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how the British monarchy came to be--and who is to blame.

Brought to you by Penguin.Discover who we are and how we got here by pre-ordering comedian and student of history David Mitchell's UNRULY: A History of England's Kings and Queens - a thoughtful, funny exploration of the founding fathers and mothers of England, and subsequently Britain.Think you know your kings and queens? Think again.In UNRULY, David Mitchell explores how England's monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects' destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky sods who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits.Taking us right back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist), David tells the founding story of post-Roman England right up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler: she dies). It's a tale of narcissists, inadequate self-control, excessive beheadings, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars, and at least one total Cnut, as the population evolved from having their crops nicked by the thug with the largest armed gang to bowing and paying taxes to a divinely anointed king.How this happened, who it happened to and why it matters in modern Britain are all questions David answers with brilliance, wit and the full erudition of a man who once studied history - and won't let it off the hook for the mess it's made.A funny book about a serious subject, UNRULY is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame.Read by David Mitchell.©2023 David Mitchell (P)2023 Penguin Audio

'Fifty Shades of Beige' is my first poetry anthology and, quite possibly, my last. It is a set of poems about life in the retirement years, a subject which has given me much material since I joined the ranks back in 2009. I am indebted to all those who have unwittingly given me inspiration. Names have been necessarily changed in order to avoid legal action. I hope you will enjoy entering a world where health issues are never far away from conversations, where Knit and Natter is dominated by the latter and where once orderly garages are now rammed with offspring's worldly belongings. Where else would you have an anthology featuring dishwashers, bins and Wordle? So, pour yourself a dry sherry, find your slippers and retire to your cosy armchair. You might just manage to read a few poems before 'Tipping Point' comes on.

Vtoroj roman sovremennogo klassika Devida Mitchella, dvazhdy finalista Bukerovskoj premii - za "Son No 9" i za "Oblachnyj atlas" (nedavno ekranizirovannyj Tomom Tykverom i bratjami Va-chovski).Dvadtsatiletnij Ejdzi Mijake priezzhaet so svoego kroshechnogo ostrovka v Tokio, snedaemyj odnoj navjazchivoj ideej - najti ottsa, kotorogo ne videl nikogda v zhizni. Budni Ejdzi neulovimo peremeshany s fantazijami i snami, on listaet dnevniki cheloveka-torpedy, vstrechaet bezzhalostnuju jakudzu, Dzhona Lennona i boga groma. To li prostoe nevezenie, to li nezrimaja ruka sudby vedet Ejdzi ot zlokljuchenija k zlokljucheniju, ot raboty v bjuro nakhodok - v kuluary ekskljuzivnogo kluba "Pikovaja dama", ot nevolnogo uchastija v mafioznykh razborkakh - k pervoj ljubvi..."Golovokruzhitelnaja smes trillera, tragedii, skazochnoj pritchi, videoigr i portreta sovremennoj nespokojnoj Japonii. Dostojnejshij kandidat na Bukera" (Guardian).Perevod publikuetsja v novoj redaktsii.

Dazhe esli ves mir pokhozh na absurd, khoroshaja kniga ne dast vam sojti s uma. Ljudi rasskazyvajut istorii s samogo nachala vremen. Rasskazyvajut o tom, chto videli i o chem slyshali. Rasskazyvajut o tom, chto bylo i chto moglo by byt. Rasskazyvajut, chtoby otvlechsja, skorotat vremja ili perezhit neprostye vremena. Inogda takie istorii prevraschajutsja v khroniki, letopisi, pamjatniki otdelnym periodam i epokham. Tak pojavilis "Skazki tysjachi i odnoj nochi", "Kenterberijskie rasskazy" i "Dekameron" Bokkachcho. "Novyj Dekameron" - eto tozhe svoeobraznyj pamjatnik epokhe, kotoraja sovershenno tochno vojdet v istoriju. Redaktory The New York Times Magazine sobrali 29 novell, esse, skazok, krokhotnykh zarisovok i razvernutykh rassuzhdenij. V nikh samye izvestnye sovremennye pisateli popytalis zapechatlet i osmyslit sobytija, okhvativshie kazhdyj ugolok mira. V sbornik voshli novelly Margaret Etvud, Kolma Tojbina, Lejly Slimani, Rejchel Kushner, Etgara Kereta, Devida Mitchella, Mony Avad i mnogikh drugikh.

V novom perevode i s dopolnitelnymi materialami - velikolepnyj roman sovremennogo klassika Devida Mitchella, dvazhdy finalista Bukerovskoj premii, avtora takikh intellektualnykh bestsellerov, kak "Son No 9", "Oblachnyj atlas" (nedavno ekranizirovannyj Tomom Tykverom i bratjami Vachovski), "Golodnyj dom" i drugie. V "Kostjanykh chasakh" Mitchell prodolzhaet i razvivaet temy, zatronutye v "Oblachnom atlase" i uglublennye v "Golodnom dome". "Prekrasnaja istorija, prekrasnyj jazyk, vse prekrasno, - pisal o "Kostjanykh chasakh" Stiven King. - Odin iz luchshikh romanov goda, nichut ne ustupajuschij dolgozhdannomu "Scheglu" Donny Tartt po literaturnoj glubine". "Triumfalnoe, oshelomitelnoe, golovokruzhitelnoe puteshestvie po vsemu miru, - vtorila emu v svoej retsenzii mastitaja Ursula Jle Guin. - Pugajuschie temnye glubiny "Kostjanykh chasov" derzko skryty za ostroumnymi fokusami i slovesnymi kruzhevami, kotorye spletaet nepodrazhaemyj rasskazchik Devid Mitchell".Itak, poznakomtes s glavnoj geroinej: "Kholli Sajke, prostaja anglijskaja devushka, nichem ne ustupaet Kholdenu Kolfildu" (Booklist). Odnazhdy zharkim letnim dnem ona sbegaet iz domu: svoenravnyj podrostok, buntarka s razbitym serdtsem, nevolnaja peshka v tajnom globalnom konflikte. Kogda-to ona slyshala golosa "radioljudej" - teper zhe tajna odnogo poterjannogo uik-enda auknetsja v razlichnye kljuchevye momenty ee zhizni. I god za godom ona lomaet golovu, chto zhe imel v vidu semiletnij bratishka Dzheko, vruchiv ej vruchiv ej kartonku s "infernalnym labirintom" i velev zauchit ego naizust: "Kogda idesh po etomu labirintu, Mrak ne otstupno sleduet za toboj..."Kostjanye chasy" - prevoskhodnaja rabota mastera, kotoruju s udovolstvie! mozhno chitat i kak literaturnuju zagadku, i kak neobyknovennuju istoriju zhizni obychnoj zhenschiny na protjazhenii shesti burnykh desjatiletij" (San Francisc Chronicle).

Devid Mitchell - sovremennyj klassik britanskoj literatury, dvazhdy finalist Bukerovskoj premii, avtor takikh intellektualnykh bestsellerov, kak "Kostjanye chasy", "Oblachnyj atlas" (nedavno ekranizirovannyj Tomom Tykverom i bratjami Vachovski), "Golodnyj dom" i drugie. "Pod znakom chernogo lebedja" - eto roman vzroslenija, i Mitchell bolee chem uverenno vystupil na territorii, traditsionno assotsiirujuschejsja s takimi imenami, kak Selindzher, Bredberi i Kharper Li. Itak, dobro pozhalovat v derevushku Luzhok Chernogo Lebedja (gde "na samom dele net nikakikh lebedej... Eto, v obschem, takaja shutka"). Dzhejsonu Tejloru trinadtsat let, i my uvidim ego zhizn na protjazhenii trinadtsati mesjatsev, ot odnogo janvarskogo dnja rozhdenija do drugogo. On boretsja s zaikaniem, tajno pishet stikhi, sobachitsja so starshej sestroj i nadeetsja ne opustitsja v shkolnoj ierarkhii do urovnja Dina Durana po prozvischu Duren. Tem vremenem v Atlantike idet Folklendskaja vojna, v kinoteatrakh stojat ocheredi na "Ognennye kolesnitsy", a v ottsovskom kabinete, gde "vraschajuscheesja kreslo - pochti takoe zhe, kak v orudijnykh bashnjakh "Sokola Tysjacheletija" u lazernykh batarej", to i delo zvuchat zagadochnye telefonnye zvonki..."Pod znakom chernogo lebedja" - idealnyj slepok vremeni i mesta, ni odnoj falshivoj noty" (Telegraph).Perevod publikuetsja v novoj redaktsii.Perevodchik: Borovikova T. P.

Vtoroj roman sovremennogo klassika Devida Mitchella, dvazhdy finalista Bukerovskoj premii - za "Son No 9" i za "Oblachnyj atlas" (ekranizirovannyj Tomom Tykverom i bratjami Vachovski). Dvadtsatiletnij Ejdzi Mijake priezzhaet so svoego kroshechnogo ostrovka v Tokio, snedaemyj odnoj navjazchivoj ideej - najti ottsa, kotorogo ne videl nikogda v zhizni. Budni Ejdzi neulovimo peremeshany s fantazijami i snami, on listaet dnevniki cheloveka-torpedy, vstrechaet bezzhalostnykh jakudza, Dzhona Lennona i boga groma. To li prostoe nevezenie, to li nezrimaja ruka sudby vedet Ejdzi ot zlokljuchenija k zlokljucheniju, ot raboty v bjuro nakhodok - v kuluary ekskljuzivnogo kluba "Pikovaja dama", ot nevolnogo uchastija v mafioznykh razborkakh - k pervoj ljubvi... "Golovokruzhitelnaja smes trillera, tragedii, skazochnoj pritchi i portreta sovremennoj nespokojnoj Japonii. Dostojnejshij kandidat na Bukera" (Guardian). Perevod publikuetsja v novoj redaktsii.

This, the first of two volumes covering the railways of Devon, follows the routes of the two main lines that enter the county from the east. Firstly, the former Western Region line is examined as it runs from Whiteball Tunnel in the Blackdown Hills and down along the attractive Culm and Exe Valleys to the county town of Exeter. It then takes the reader over the former Southern Region line from Axminster through rolling countryside to Exeter where the two routes meet. In addition, the book explores the branch lines that are still open in this part of the county; firstly, the one to Exmouth, which runs beside the Exe estuary for half of its length, and then by way of a contrast, the line to Barnstaple, which penetrates the rural heart of Devon to reach the county's north coast. Finally, a look is taken at the Okehampton branch, which has just been acquired by Network Rail and is about to have its passenger service reinstated. Illustrated with over 180 colour photographs, only a few of which have been published previously, this volume records many of the changes that have taken place over the last 35 years to both the infrastructure and trains. Coverage is mainly of service trains, but a number of special workings are also included. It depicts some of the older locomotive classes in their final days as well as the traction that provides today's services.

A phrase we often use when describing ourselves is "I am." For many, when we look at ourselves and describe what we see, it is not what God intends. We see ourselves through the lens of the way life has shaped us rather than the vison God has of us. We need the corrective lens of God's word guided by His Holy Spirit to correct our vision. You might ask, "What would be different about the way God sees me than the way I see myself?" Quite simply, God knows all there is to know about you. He knows you better than you know yourself. When God sees you, He sees you through the filter of His plans for you-and His plans are significant. When you see yourself through the eyes of God, He enables you to finish the phrase beginning with "I am" in a different way. This book challenges you to complete the thought using the same language to describe yourself God would use. Once you see yourself through the eyes of God, this vision will set you up for success, giving you an outward focus and purposeful excitement as you wake up every morning.