Markus Zusak

With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood and Markus Zusak'This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...' So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection. In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world's most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists and poets. 'You will see books taking flight in flocks, migrating around the world, landing in people's hearts and changing them for a day or a year or a lifetime. 'You will see books sparking wonder or anger; throwing open windows into other languages, other cultures, other minds; causing people to fall in love or to fight for what is right. 'And more than anything, over and over again, you will see books and words being given, received and read - and in turn prompting further generosity.' Published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of global literacy non-profit, Room to Read, The Gifts of Reading forms inspiring, unforgettable, irresistible proof of the power and necessity of books and reading.Inspired by Robert Macfarlane Curated by Jennie Orchard

'Truthful – and often very funny – this is as true a book about a dog as you will find' – TelegraphThis is the story of three troublesome rescue dogs – and how even the most incorrigible of animals can become family. Poignant, funny and disarmingly honest, Three Wild Dogs (and the truth) is a dog-lover's memoir from one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, bestselling author of The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak.What happens when the Zusaks open their family home to three big, wild, pound-hardened dogs – Reuben, a wolf at your door with a hacksaw; Archer, blond, beautiful, deadly; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm?The answer can only be chaos: there are street fights, public shamings, property trashing, bodily injuries, stomach pumping, purest comedy, and carnage that needs to be seen to be believed . . . not to mention the odd police visit at some ungodly hour.Through shortcomings and failure, willpower and an explosion of love, Reuben, Archer and Frosty become family. Three Wild Dogs (and the truth) is a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and adventure straight to our doors, and into our lives.'Funny and charming . . . A stirring tale of the bond that can form between human and hound' – The Times

Janvar 1939 goda. Germanija. Strana, zataivshaja dykhanie. Nikogda esche u smerti ne bylo stolko raboty. A budet esche bolshe. Mat vezet devjatiletnjuju Lizel Meminger i ee mladshego brata k priemnym roditeljam pod Mjunkhen, potomu chto ikh ottsa bolshe net - ego uneslo dykhaniem chuzhogo i strannogo slova "kommunist", i v glazakh materi devochka vidit strakh pered takoj zhe sudboj. V doroge smert naveschaet malchika i vpervye zamechaet Lizel. Tak devochka okazyvaetsja na Khimmel-shtrasse - Nebesnoj ulitse. Kto by ni pridumal eto nazvanie, u nego imelos zdorovoe chuvstvo jumora. Ne to chtoby tam byla suschaja preispodnjaja. Net. No i nikak ne raj. "Knizhnyj vor" stal izdatelskoj sensatsiej. Ego tirazh tolko na anglijskom jazyke prevysil 1,5 milliona ekzempljarov. Roman Markusa Zusaka, napisannyj v 2005 godu i nakhodivshijsja v spiske "The New York Times Best Seller list" bolee 230 nedel, prodolzhaet zavoevyvat chitatelej po vsemu miru. "Etot roman mozhno ne tolko chitat - v nem stoit poselitsja". - The Horn Book Magazine "Triumf pisatelskoj distsipliny... odin iz samykh neobychnykh i ubeditelnykh avstralijskikh romanov novogo vremeni". - The Age "Blistatelnaja prichudlivaja skazka. Prevoskhodnaja kniga, kotoruju vy budete rekomendovat vsem, kogo vstretite". - Herald-SunNovaja serija klassiki dlja poklonnikov "Magistral. Glavnyj trend" v tverdoj oblozhke. Bezuprechnost stilja, lakonichnost, taktilnye materialy, tsvetnye forzatsy, risunok na obreze.

'Truthful – and often very funny – this is as true a book about a dog as you will find' – TelegraphIn this poignant, funny and disarmingly honest memoir, one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells of his family’s adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs – a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible of animals family.What happens when the Zusaks open their family home to three big, wild, pound-hardened dogs – Reuben, a wolf at your door with a hacksaw; Archer, blond, beautiful, deadly; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm?The answer can only be chaos: there are street fights, public shamings, property trashing, bodily injuries, stomach pumping, purest comedy, and carnage that needs to be seen to be believed . . . not to mention the odd police visit at some ungodly hour.There is a reckoning of shortcomings and failure, a strengthening of will, but most important of all, an explosion of love – and the joy and recognition of family. Three Wild Dogs (and the truth) is a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and beauty straight to our doors and into our lives, and change us forever.'Funny and charming . . . A stirring tale of the bond that can form between human and hound' – The Times

From one of the world's great storytellers and author of The Book Thief, Markus Zusak, this is a tender, motley and exquisitely written memoir about dogs, love and nature."There's a madman dog beside me, and the hounds of memory ahead of us. It's love and beasts and wild mistakes, and regret, but never to change things . . ."What happens when the Zusaks open their family home to three big, wild, pound-hardened dogs - Reuben, a wolf at your door with a hacksaw; Archer, blond, beautiful, deadly; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm?The answer can only be chaos: there are street fights, park fights, public shamings, property trashing, bodily injuries, stomach pumping, purest comedy, shocking tragedy, and carnage that needs to be seen to be believed . . . not to mention the odd police visit at some ungodly hour of the morning.There is a reckoning of shortcomings and failure, a strengthening of will, but most important of all, an explosion of love - and the joy and recognition of family.Three Wild Dogs (and the truth) is the human need for both connection and disorder; but it's also a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and beauty - but also the visceral truth of the natural world - straight to our doors and into our lives, and change us forever.

Zhizn u Eda Kennedi, chto nazyvaetsja, ne zadalas. Zaurjadnyj taksist, slabyj igrok v karty i sovershenno nikudyshnyj serdtseed, on by, pozhaluj, tak i skorotal svoj vek bezo vsjakogo tolku v zakholustnom gorodke, esli by po vole sluchaja ne sovershil geroicheskij postupok, sorvav ograblenie banka.Vot tut-to i prishlos emu sdelatsja poslannikom.Kto ego vybral na etu rol i s kakoj tselju? Sprosite chego poprosche.Vprochem, privychka plyt po techeniju prigodilas Edu i zdes: on bezropotno khodit ot doma k domu i prinosit komu polzu, a komu i vred - eto uzh kak reshit izbravshaja ego svoim orudiem bezymjannaja i bezlikaja sila. Kazhdaja vypolnennaja missija ostavljaet v ego sudbe neizgladimyj sled, no priblizhaet li ona razgadku tajny? Roman ot avtora znamenitogo "Knizhnogo vora"!

Janvar 1939 goda. Germanija. Strana, zataivshaja dykhanie. Nikogda esche u smerti ne bylo stolko raboty. A budet esche bolshe. Mat vezet devjatiletnjuju Lizel Meminger i ee mladshego brata k priemnym roditeljam pod Mjunkhen, potomu chto ikh ottsa bolshe net - ego uneslo dykhaniem chuzhogo i strannogo slova "kommunist", i v glazakh materi devochka vidit strakh pered takoj zhe sudboj. V doroge smert naveschaet malchika i vpervye zamechaet Lizel. Tak devochka okazyvaetsja na Khim-melshtrasse - Nebesnoj ulitse. Kto by ni pridumal eto nazvanie, u nego imelos zdorovoe chuvstvo jumora. Ne to chtoby tam byla suschaja preispodnjaja. Net. No i nikak ne raj."Knizhnyj vor" - nedlinnaja istorija, v kotoroj sredi prochego govoritsja: ob odnoj devochke; o raznykh slovakh; ob akkordeoniste; o raznykh fanatichnykh nemtsakh; o evrejskom drachune i o mnozhestve krazh. Eta kniga o sile slov i sposobnosti knig vskarmlivat dushu. Ekranizirovana v 2013 godu.

Janvar 1939 goda. Germanija. Strana, zataivshaja dykhanie. Nikogda esche u smerti ne bylo stolko raboty. A budet esche bolshe. Mat vezet devjatiletnjuju Lizel Meminger i ee mladshego brata k priemnym roditeljam pod Mjunkhen, potomu chto ikh ottsa bolshe net - ego uneslo dykhaniem chuzhogo i strannogo slova "kommunist", i v glazakh materi devochka vidit strakh pered takoj zhe sudboj. V doroge smert naveschaet malchika i vpervye zamechaet Lizel. Tak devochka okazyvaetsja na Khimmel-shtrasse - Nebesnoj ulitse. Kto by ni pridumal eto nazvanie, u nego imelos zdorovoe chuvstvo jumora. Ne to chtoby tam byla suschaja preispodnjaja. Net. No i nikak ne raj. "Knizhnyj vor" stal izdatelskoj sensatsiej. Ego tirazh tolko na anglijskom jazyke prevysil 1, 5 milliona ekzempljarov. Roman uzhe neskolko let nakhoditsja v top-30 rejtinga krupnejshego v mire knizhnogo magazina Amazon.Perevodchik: Mezin Nikolaj Vladimirovich

Roman ot avtora znamenitogo "Knizhnogo vora"! Markus Zusak nachal pisat v 16 let, a v 30 uzhe priznan kak samyj progressivnyj i poetichnyj romanist. Zhizn u Eda Kennedi, chto nazyvaetsja, ne zadalas. Zaurjadnyj taksist, slabyj igrok v karty i sovershenno nikudyshnyj serdtseed, on by, pozhaluj, tak i skorotal svoj vek bezo vsjakogo tolku v zakholustnom gorodke, esli by po vole sluchaja ne sovershil geroicheskij postupok, sorvav ograblenie banka...

Janvar 1939 goda. Germanija. Strana, zataivshaja dykhanie. Nikogda esche u smerti ne bylo stolko raboty. A budet esche bolshe. Mat vezet devjatiletnjuju Lizel Meminger i ee mladshego brata k priemnym roditeljam pod Mjunkhen, potomu chto ikh ottsa bolshe net - ego uneslo dykhaniem chuzhogo i strannogo slova "kommunist", i v glazakh materi devochka vidit strakh pered takoj zhe sudboj. V doroge smert naveschaet malchika i vpervye zamechaet Lizel. Tak devochka okazyvaetsja na Khimmel-shtrasse - Nebesnoj ulitse. Kto by ni pridumal eto nazvanie, u nego imelos zdorovoe chuvstvo jumora. Ne to chtoby tam byla suschaja preispodnjaja. Net. No i nikak ne raj. "Knizhnyj vor" - nedlinnaja istorija, v kotoroj, sredi prochego, govoritsja: ob odnoj devochke; o raznykh slovakh; ob akkordeoniste; o raznykh fanatichnykh nemtsakh; o evrejskom drachune; i o mnozhestve krazh. Eto kniga o sile slov i sposobnosti knig vskarmlivat dushu. Ekranizirovan v 2013 godu.Perevodchik: Mezin Nikolaj Vladimirovich

Janvar 1939 goda. Natsistskaja Germanija. Lizel Meminger i ee mladshij brat edut k priemnym roditeljam pod Mjunkhen. Tak devochka okazyvaetsja na Khimmel-shtrasse - Nebesnoj ulitse.No radovatsja ne prikhoditsja, ved nichego rajskogo v etom meste net. Smert, slovno staryj drug, sleduet za nej po pjatam.Lizel nakhodit novykh druzej, uchitsja chitat, a esche - ona voruet knigi. Te samye, chto navsegda izmenjat ee zhizn.

WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION"Playful and poignant . . . will be enjoyed by readers of the best dog tales, such as The Art of Racing in the Rain, for its ability to evoke both the aggravation and deep love that dogs foster."--BookPageIn this poignant, funny, and disarmingly honest memoir, one of the world's most beloved storytellers, the number one New York Times bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells of his family's adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs--a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible animals family.There's a madman dog beside me, and the hounds of memory ahead of us . . . It's love and beasts and wild mistakes, and regret, but never to change things.What happens when the Zusak family opens their home to three big, wild, street-hardened dogs--Reuben, more wolf than hound; Archer, blond, beautiful, destructive; and the rancorously smiling Frosty, who walks like a rolling thunderstorm?The answer can only be chaos: There are street fights, park fights, public shamings, property damages, injuries, hospital visits, wellness checks, pure comedy, shocking tragedy, and carnage that must be read to be believed.There is a reckoning of shortcomings and failure, a strengthening of will, but most important of all, an explosion of love--and the joy and recognition of family.Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth) is a tender, motley, and exquisitely written memoir about the human need for both connection and disorder, a love letter to the animals who bring hilarity and beauty--but also the visceral truth of the natural world--straight to our doors and into our lives and change us forever.

Janvar 1939 goda. Germanija. Strana, zataivshaja dykhanie. Nikogda esche u smerti ne bylo stolko raboty. A budet esche bolshe. Mat vezet devjatiletnjuju Lizel Meminger i ee mladshego brata k priemnym roditeljam pod Mjunkhen, potomu chto ikh ottsa bolshe net - ego uneslo dykhaniem chuzhogo i strannogo slova "kommunist", i v glazakh materi devochka vidit strakh pered takoj zhe sudboj. V doroge smert naveschaet malchika i vpervye zamechaet Lizel. Tak devochka okazyvaetsja na Khimmel-shtrasse - Nebesnoj ulitse. Kto by ni pridumal eto nazvanie, u nego imelos zdorovoe chuvstvo jumora. Ne to chtoby tam byla suschaja preispodnjaja. Net. No i nikak ne raj. "Knizhnyj vor" - nedlinnaja istorija, v kotoroj, sredi prochego, govoritsja: ob odnoj devochke; o raznykh slovakh; ob akkordeoniste; o raznykh fanatichnykh nemtsakh; o evrejskom drachune; i o mnozhestve krazh. Eto kniga o sile slov i sposobnosti knig vskarmlivat dushu.Perevodchik: Mezin Nikolaj VladimirovichKhudozhnik: Uajt Trudi

Vrazhajucha istorija, jaku rozpovidaje... Smert! Do vladi v Nimechchini prijshli fashisti. Vpershe Smert pobachiv malenku Lizel, koli prijshov zabrati dushu jiji bratika. Vin stav svidkom togo, jak divchinka vkrala pershu knizhku, i zatsikavivsja jiji doleju. Vin prikhodiv do jiji budinku, de, rizikujuchi zhittjam, rodina perekhovuvala jevreja. Vin slukhav, jak Lizel chitala knizhki pid chas bombarduvan. Smert zavzhdi buv poruch. Pid chas ostannoji zustrichi vin rozkrije kradijtsi knizhok svoju najbilshu tajemnitsju...

KULTOVYE KNIGI: "KNIZHNYJ VOR" I "SPISOK SHINDLERA" V ODNOM KOMPLEKTE! Bjuschie v samoe serdtse romany pro Vtoruju mirovuju vojnu, silu dukha i splochenie pered uzhasami zhizni.

Janvar 1939 goda. Germanija. Strana, zataivshaja dykhanie. Nikogda esche u smerti ne bylo stolko raboty. A budet esche bolshe. Mat vezet devjatiletnjuju Lizel Meminger i ee mladshego brata k priemnym roditeljam pod Mjunkhen, potomu chto ikh ottsa bolshe net - ego uneslo dykhaniem chuzhogo i strannogo slova "kommunist", i v glazakh materi devochka vidit strakh pered takoj zhe sudboj. V doroge smert naveschaet malchika i vpervye zamechaet Lizel. Tak devochka okazyvaetsja na Khimmel-shtrasse - Nebesnoj ulitse. Kto by ni pridumal eto nazvanie, u nego imelos zdorovoe chuvstvo jumora. Ne to chtoby tam byla suschaja preispodnjaja. Net. No i nikak ne raj. "Knizhnyj vor" - istorija, v kotoroj, sredi prochego, govoritsja: ob odnoj devochke; o raznykh slovakh; ob akkordeoniste; o raznykh fanatichnykh nemtsakh; o evrejskom drachune; i o mnozhestve krazh. Eto kniga o sile slov i sposobnosti knig vskarmlivat dushu.