Corvus Light of the Moon Бушан Элизабет

"Две женщины в Риме" - прекрасная атмосферная повесть от лауреата премии, автора бестселлеров Элизабет Бьюкен • В Вечном городе ни один секрет не остается секретом надолго… • Лотти Арчер прибывает в Рим взволнованная, чтобы приступить к своей новой работе архивариуса. Когда она обнаруживает ценную картину пятнадцатого века, ее тянет узнать побольше о женщине, которой она принадлежала - о Нине Лоуренс • Нина, похоже, прожила достойную жизнь, восстанавливая итальянские сады во всей их красе после разрушений во время Второй мировой войны. Так почему же никто не пришел на ее похороны в 1978 году? • Книга на английском языке • A beautifully atmospheric new tale from the prize-winning, bestselling novelist Elizabeth Buchan • In the Eternal City, no secret stays hidden forever… • Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited to begin her new job as an archivist

For thousands of years, the Moon has been the one thing in the night sky that everyone anywhere on our planet recognises. Trace the story of the Moon around the world and through history, from ancient legends about its creation, to its first sighting through a telescope, right up until the Apollo 11 mission and the first Moon landing in 1969

When a choice must be made between love and duty, solace comes in unexpected forms… • Summer, 1929. The Hinton Dysart estate is dying from lack of money, and Kit Dysart, the heir, sees no way out. Then, at his sister’s wedding, he meets the vibrant Daisy Chudleigh and her cousin, the heiress Matty Verrall. In love with Daisy but troubled by his family’s decline, Kit chooses to marry Matty, though neither Kit nor Daisy is able to forget the other • When Matty, growing increasingly unhappy in her troubled, empty marriage, decides to re-create the estate’s garden, she discovers solace and a gift of which she never dreamt • A haunting, passionate story played out between three people, Consider the Lily is also a poignant and beautiful novel of England between the wars that propels the reader into its own rich and nostalgic world

Добро пожаловать в Музей нарушенных обещаний, место удивления, печали... и надежды • Внутри находится целая сокровищница предметов – детская туфелька, свадебная фата, железнодорожный билет, – и все они рассказывают о моментах утраты и предательства. Это место, куда люди приходят поговорить с призраками прошлого. Владелица, Лора, тоже одна из них • Молодой женщиной в 1980-х годах Лора сбежала в Прагу, где ее жизнь изменилась навсегда. Теперь, годы спустя, она должна разобраться в истоках своей душераздирающей выставки: любовная связь с музыкантом-диссидентом, тайная жизнь за железным занавесом и нарушенное обещание, которое она никогда не забудет • Потрясающий новый роман Элизабет Бьюкен, автора бестселлера. "Музей нарушенных обещаний" - прекрасная, вызывающая воспоминания история любви и душераздирающее путешествие в давно похороненное прошлое

Шотландия, 1860 год. Преподобный Александр Фергюсон, неф и недавно рукоположенный, принимает свой новый приход, бедный, изолированный участок на гебридском острове Харрис. Время, проведенное на острове, безвозвратно изменит ход его жизни, но белый дом на краю дюн хранит молчание еще долго после отъезда Александра • Пройдет более столетия, прежде чем Морской Дом неохотно раскроет свои тайны. Рут и Майкл покупают величественное, но полуразрушенное здание и начинают превращать его в дом для семьи, которую они надеются завести. Но их мечты омрачены шокирующим открытием. Под домом похоронены крошечные кости младенца; хрупкие ножки ребенка срослись воедино – ребенок-русалка. Кто закопал кости? И почему? Рут нужно разгадать тайну своего нового дома, но ответы на ее вопросы могут лежать в ее собственном прошлом

Two very different women . . . linked by destiny and a power struggle for the English crown • Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, is determined to win back her crown from Stephen, the usurper king, against all odds and despite all men. Adeliza, Henry's widowed queen and Matilda's stepmother, has always been on Matilda's side but now she is married to William D'Albini, a warrior of the opposition. In a world where a man's word is law, how can Adeliza obey her husband while supporting Matilda, the rightful queen? • What does it cost to be 'Lady of the English'?

The third title in the compelling Tales of the Otori - the story that began with Across the Nightingale Floor and Grass for his Pillow, Brilliance of the Moon by Lian Hearn is an epic tale of love, power and destiny, set in a mythical world inspired by feudal Japan • Takeo and the exquisite Kaede, still only teenagers, are now married, but the implacable forces of destiny that rule their lives tear them apart. Takeo, a battle-hardened warrior at the head of an army fighting for his Otori birthright, finds his courage and leadership forged in the fire of bloodshed and sacrifice, while his legendary magical powers are tested to their limits against the invisible assassins of the Tribe. Kaede, determined to reclaim her own lands, is treacherously betrayed and forced into marriage

A behind-the-scenes, in-depth look at the making of one of the greatest sonic masterpieces and most commercially successful albums of all time • Over three decades after its release, Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' remains one of the most acclaimed albums of all time. Its sales total around 30 million copies worldwide. In its first run, it took up residence in the US charts for a mind-boggling 724 weeks. According to recent estimates, one in five British households owns a copy • This, however, is only a fraction of the story. 'Dark Side' is rock's most fully realised and elegant concept album, based on themes of madness, anxiety and alienation that were rooted in the band's history - and particularly in the tragic tale of their one - time leader Syd Barrett

M. M. Kaye, author of The Far Pavilions, sweeps her readers back to the vast, glittering, sunbaked continent of India. Shadow of the Moon is the story of Winter de Ballesteros, a beautiful English heiress who has come to India to be married. It is also the tale of Captain Alex Randall, her escort and protector, who knows that Winter's husband to be has become a debauched wreck of a man • When India bursts into flaming hatreds and bitter bloodshed during the dark days of the Mutiny, Alex and Winter are thrown unwillingly together in the brutal and urgent struggle for survival

A moving nineteenth-century account - lost for many decades - of a Chinese official's all-consuming love for his wife • 'Our passion was so great. Will the Old Man understand and help us once again?' • The Old Man of the Moon is Shen Fu's intimate and moving account of his marriage - from early passion to the trials of poverty and separation - and his great, enduring love for his wife in eighteenth-century China • Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe

Seasons of the Moon Folk Names and Lore of the Full Moon — книга, рассказывающая о мифологии единственного спутника нашей планеты. Узнайте названия полнолуний — от Клубничного и Драконьего до Урожайного и Штормового, легенды и поверья разных культур и нар

Based on a true story, unfolding through the subsequent rise of Hitler and the Nazis, this gripping tale is about beauty and justice, and the truth that may be found when our most treasured beliefs are revealed as illusions. By the Women's Prize for Fiction twice-longlisted author • In the Full Light of the Sun follows the fortunes of three Berliners caught up in a devastating scandal of 1930s' Germany. It tells the story of Emmeline, a wayward, young art student; Julius, an anxious, middle-aged art expert; and a mysterious art dealer named Rachmann who are at the heart of Weimar Berlin at its hedonistic, politically turbulent apogee and are whipped up into excitement over the surprising discovery of thirty-two previously unknown paintings by Vincent van Gogh