Bloomsbury And the Mountains Echoed Хоссейни Халед

1952 год, звездная ночь в пустыне, отец рассказывает афганскую притчу сыну и дочери. Они устроились на ночлег в горах, на пути в Кабул. Затаив дыхание, Абдулла и совсем еще маленькая Пари слушают историю о том, как одного мальчика похитил ужасный дэйв, и бедняге предстоит самая страшная судьба на свете. Наутро отец и дети продолжают путь в Кабул, и этот день станет развилкой их судеб. Они расстанутся и, возможно, навсегда. Разлука брата и сестры даст начало сразу нескольким сплетающимся и расплетающимся историям. И в центре этой паутины жизни - Пари, нареченная так вовсе не в честь французской столицы, а потому что так зовут на фарси фей. Новый роман Халеда Хоссейни, прозрачный, пронзительный, многоголосый, о том, что любое решение, принятое за другого человека, - добра ради или зла - имеет цену, и судьба непременно выставит за него счет

Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness. For her, he will trade his only pair of shoes to give her a feather for her treasured collection. When their father sets off with Pari across the desert to Kabul in search of work, Abdullah is determined not to be separated from her. Neither brother nor sister know what this fateful journey will bring them

Любовь - великое чувство. Глубоко укрытая, запрещенная, тайная, она все равно дождется своего часа. Об этом роман Халеда Хоссейни "Тысяча сияющих солнц". А также о дружбе между людьми, которые, казалось, могут быть только врагами • Мариам - незаконная дочь богатого бизнесмена, с детства познавшая, что такое несчастье, с ранних лет ощутившая собственную обреченность. Лейла, напротив, - любимая дочка в дружной семье, мечтающая об интересной и прекрасной жизни. Между ними нет ничего общего, они живут в разных мирах, которым не суждено было бы пересечься, если бы не огненный шквал войны. Отныне Лейла и Мариам связаны самыми тесными узами, и они сами не знают, кто они - враги, подруги или сестры. Но в одиночку им не выжить, не выстоять перед средневековым деспотизмом и жестокостью, затопившими некогда цветущий город

Халед Хоссейни: Запускающий воздушного змея • Афганистан, 1975 год: Двенадцатилетний Амир отчаянно хочет выиграть местный турнир по борьбе с воздушными змеями, и его верный друг Хасан обещает ему помочь. Но ни один из мальчиков не может предвидеть, что произойдет с Хасаном в тот день, событие, которое разрушит их жизни. После вторжения русских и вынужденного бегства семьи в Америку Амир понимает, что однажды он должен вернуться в Афганистан, где правят талибы, чтобы найти то единственное, чего его новый мир не может ему дать: искупление • Книга на английском языке • Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives

Афганистан, 1975 год. Двенадцатилетний мальчик Амир очень хочет выиграть местный турнир по боям на воздушных змеях. Хассан, верный друг Амира, обещает ему помочь. Только вот ни один из мальчиков не может предугадать, что случится с Хассаном в этот день. День, который навсегда разрушит их привычную жизнь. После начала советско-афганской войны семья Амира находит прибежище в Америке. Но мальчик понимает: однажды ему придётся вернуться в Афганистан - Афганистан, которым правят талибы - чтобы найти единственное, чего нет в его новом мире: надежду на искупление • "Бегущий за ветром" - дебютный роман Холеда Хоссейни • По книге был снят одноимённый фильм • Книга на английском языке • Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him

The magical world of J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts meets the real-world experts of the world-famous Natural History Museum, in an awe-inspiring exhibition devoted to the wonders of nature, science and adventure – and their fictional counterparts from Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts. Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature is the official book inspired by the spectacular exhibition, shining a light on beasts in all their fantastic forms. Taking inspiration from Newt Scamander, this gorgeous colour gift book invites the whole family to explore the inspiration and links between the magic of J.K. Rowling's creatures and the astonishing real-world wildlife that has roamed the earth, seas and skies of our planet throughout history • Prepare to pore over ancient maps of sea monsters; naturalists' field notes crammed with intricately painted chameleons and caterpillars; and dinosaurs such as the mighty Dracorex Hogwartsia, the 'Dragon King of Hogwarts'

The magical world of J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts meets the real-world experts of the world-famous Natural History Museum, in an awe-inspiring exhibition devoted to the wonders of nature, science and adventure – and their fictional counterparts from Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts. A perfect present! • Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature is the official book inspired by the spectacular exhibition, shining a light on beasts in all their fantastic forms. Taking inspiration from Newt Scamander, this gorgeous colour gift book invites the whole family to explore the inspiration and links between the magic of J.K. Rowling's creatures and the astonishing real-world wildlife that has roamed the earth, seas and skies of our planet throughout history

The first novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, a timeless Southern fable of brotherly love and familial conflict • Joshua and Christophe are twins, raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in a rural town on Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Over the course of a single, life-changing summer, as they struggle to find work and contend with the reappearance of their parents – Cille, who left town for a better job, and Sandman, a dangerous addict – the brothers are forced into a series of decisions that will ultimately damn or save them • A delicate and closely observed portrait of fraternal love and strife and the bonds that can sustain and torment us, Where the Line Bleeds marks the beginning of Jesmyn Ward's extraordinary career in fiction

The West feels lost. Brexit, Trump, the coronavirus: we hurtle from one crisis to another, lacking definition, terrified that our best days are behind us • The central argument of this book is that we can only face the future with hope if we have a proper sense of tradition – political, social and religious. We ignore our past at our peril. The problem, argues Tim Stanley, is that the Western tradition is anti-tradition, that we have a habit of discarding old ways and old knowledge, leaving us uncertain how to act or, even, of who we really are • In this wide-ranging book, we see how tradition can be both beautiful and useful, from the deserts of Australia to the court of nineteenth-century Japan. Some of the concepts defended here are highly controversial in the modern West: authority, nostalgia, rejection of self and the hunt for spiritual transcendence

The sixth book in the James Runcie's much-loved series, adapted for ITV's Grantchester which stars James Norton as Sidney Chambers. Perfect for fans of M. C. Beaton • It is May 1971 and the Cambridgeshire countryside is bursting into summer. Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is walking in a bluebell wood with his daughter Anna and their ageing Labrador Byron when they stumble upon a body. Plunged into another murder investigation, Sidney discovers a world of hippies and psychedelic plants, where permissive behaviour seems to hide something darker • This is the first of many disturbing secrets that Sidney unearths beneath the tranquil surface of the diocese: a celebrated photographer is accused of rape; a priceless religious text vanishes from a Cambridge college; the authentication of a lost masterpiece proves a slippery business; and Sidney's own nephew goes missing

The first book in a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat adventure series from exciting debut author Colm Field • Fans of Danny Wallace, Ben Miller and Rob Biddulph's Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City will race through this epic adventure! • Welcome, infinity racers! Prepare for an adventure that's out of this world … and all of the others! • When Kyan finds a battered old racing-car game in the loft, he doesn't believe the big claims written on the box. I mean, what kind of 'Infinite Race' only has seven pieces of track? • So it comes as a shock when the game really does take him on the journey of a lifetime – through multiple universes! Whether he's a space pilot on the trail of underwater aliens or an unwitting robber in a stolen police car, every adventure is more thrilling than the last

For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghanistan by the unlikeliest person imaginable: Charles Masson, an ordinary, working-class boy from London turned deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist and highly respected scholar • On the way into one of history's most extraordinary stories, Masson would take tea with kings, travel with holy men and become the master of a hundred disguises; he would see things no westerner had glimpsed before and few have glimpsed since • This is a wild journey through nineteenth-century India and Afghanistan, with impeccably researched storytelling that shows us a world of espionage and dreamers, ne'er-do-wells and opportunists, extreme violence both personal and military, and boundless hope