- Jane Austen's novels are the perfect beach read: behind the decency and decency, real passions simmer in these books about love. And the most important thing for us is that there is always a wedding in the end.
- Mar Levy “Between Heaven and Earth” is pure female emotions: love, tears - and thoughts about what is important. One late evening, a beautiful unknown girl appears in the apartment of a lonely architect...
- Margaret Mitchell "Gone with the Wind" Young Scarlett does not yet know what is about to begin Civil War and life will change.
- Bill Bryson " Short story almost everything in the world." A brilliant popular science book: you will learn almost everything important about the world.
- Jonathan Tropper "Move on with your life." A real hymn to the male midlife crisis (as, indeed, the other five books by this author). What happens when a man searches for himself, breaks everything and rebuilds it, makes terrible mistakes, but does not lose his sense of humor? Oddly enough, in the end everything works out just fine.
- Dina Rubina "Russian Canary". A family saga in three volumes: a story of several generations and different worlds, the heroes either separate or meet, connected by the past.
- Pelham Grenville Woodhouse "Jeeves and Wooster". An exemplary butler, a charming slacker, endless prim aunties - in general, the best example of English humor. Who do you like more - Jeeves or Bertie?
- “Planet Water” by Boris Akunin is a new, albeit retrospective, story of the heroic handsome Fandorin. However, any book from this series can be re-read again and again - despite the fact that Erast is inevitably getting older.
- Gregory David Roberts "Shantaram". On the one hand, a classic adventure novel - chases, fights, mafia and smugglers. On the other hand, this is an unexpectedly deep philosophical book in which the author seeks answers to the main questions of existence.
- Donna Tartt "The Goldfinch" It’s not for nothing that the American writer’s third novel became a bestseller. He makes you cry and laugh, be indignant and sincerely sympathize with all the characters.
Booker Prize: smart book
If you think a Booke Prize-winning book isn't the best holiday read, The Luminaries author Eleanor Catton will convince you. The events of the book take place in New Zealand at the height of the gold rush. 12 people (among them a priest, a pharmacist, a local newspaper publisher, two Chinese and a Maori native) meet in a run-down hotel to discuss the mysterious incidents in which each of them has become involved. From the first pages you will be enveloped in an atmosphere of mysteries, omissions and almost mystical coincidences. By the middle it will seem that it is completely impossible to understand this tangle of intricacies. And only in the last chapters such a clear and understandable chain of events will suddenly line up that you will feel ashamed of your own short-sightedness. An important point: the book is large and sincere. If you are going to take it on vacation, buy the electronic version.
Women's novels: This is love!
Psychologists say that by reading about other people's experiences, we become more acutely aware of our own happiness. This is probably why the lists of favorite women's books are always headed by novels about love. Pay attention to two new items this summer. “Sad Jam” by Elena Werner is a bright and emotional story about twin sisters. One of them is ahead whole life, and the second dies at 29 years old. The ability not to lose faith in the best, the ability to love, forgive and admit one’s mistakes are eternal topics that the author managed to look at from an unexpected angle.
Another book that should not be missed for those who love emotional prose is “Supporting Heroine” by Anna Berseneva. The artist Maya is 42 years old, she is used to going with the flow and is not able to take fate into her own hands, because she is not one of those women whom fate has given strong character. Is it worth fighting for love and a place in the sun? Or will the sun itself appear from behind the clouds at the right moment? These are all questions that each of us has faced.
Books for children
For children: summer reading
It turns out that in the summer you can read with your children not only about fabulous adventures, but also learn new amazing facts. The books “Sophie in the World of Trees” and “Sophie in the World of Flowers”, Stefan Casta, Boo Mosberg (Albus Corvus Publishing House), are dedicated to all children who are sure that buns grow on trees, and to all parents who cannot distinguish an elm from an ash . What are the names of the plants of the middle zone, what insects live on them and why they chose each other, says an ant named Sophie, the heroine of the books by Stefan Casta and Boo Mosberg. And the new book by writer and artist Zina Surova, “Summer in the Village” (publishing house “Mann, Ivanov and Ferber”) describes the events of village life from the perspective of an 11-year-old boy. Here you will find not only funny stories about children, village life and nature, but also many games and creative ones for the summer leisure of children and parents.
The main thing is not to think that it is enough to give your child this book and withdraw from yourself: study and implement these ideas all together!
Natalya Kochetkova,
presenter of the Knizhkin Dom and Pochitayka programs on Children's Radio
SILKE LAMBEC "MR. ROSE"
"CompassGuide"
Mister Poppy could be Carlson's uncle and Mary Poppins' cousin. This kind wizard with impeccable manners appears where a child is sad and turns his life into a fairy tale.
LAURA INGLES WILDER "LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS"
"Pink Giraffe"
The theme of nature and subsistence farming is continued by the book by the daughter of American settlers. The most interesting pages of the story are descriptions of household chores: hunting, picking mushrooms and berries, preparing vegetables for the winter.
KATE DICAMILO "FLORA AND ODYSSEY"
A miracle turns an ordinary squirrel into a superhero named Odysseus. However, the main thing in this story is not magical abilities, but the ability of loved ones to find a common language.
ROALD DAHL "PIGGIES"
"Scooter"
This storyteller was distinguished by his ability to tell the unpleasant truth - if a person is stupid, greedy and clueless, Dahl wrote about it that way. The heroes of his story, Mr. and Mrs. Pig, are just like that - smelly, disgusting and ugly. And they will not go unpunished!
For inspiration
Tatiana Lazareva,
TV and radio presenter
I don’t like reading just for the sake of reading; even on vacation, my brain needs to work. This year I was preparing to read “Total Dictation”, the text for it was written by the writer Evgeny Vodolazkin, and I decided to get to know the author better. First there was the famous “Lavr”, then - “Soloviev and Larionov”. These are amazing books. Vodolazkin chooses his words in such a way that it is impossible to tear yourself away. Alexander Chudakov’s novel “A Darkness Falls on the Old Steps” made the same strong impression on me. A subtle, philological approach to the text, the amazing Russian language - you just bathe in it. You should not only know such books yourself, but also be sure to read at least parts of them to your children. The third book I’m reading right now is “Atlas Shrugged” by the American writer Ayn Rand. One of her ideas is that it’s not always what the majority wants, right, you don’t always need to follow what seems obvious to the majority. This question is in the air today, and the book is a good reason to think about it.
For inspiration
Learning to dream
Barbara Sher's new book is a continuation of the bestseller “It's Not Harmful to Dream” (Mann, Ivanov and Ferber Publishing House). We have already seen that the ability to dream (and the absence of fear to do so) makes our lives much more fulfilling. It's time to take the next step - to understand what we really want and how to achieve it. And for this you will have to work hard: learn to be aware of your desires, calm down the inner critic, cope with a negative attitude, stop waiting for luck to knock on your door and start taking action. Yes, perhaps the road to your goal will be quite winding, but the strategies, tips and exercises proposed by the author (and, most importantly, personally tested by her) will certainly help you not only go after your dream, but also find it. “You can do anything if you just know what you want,” says Barbara Sher. “And this will happen soon.”
Simply ideal!
Many of us are familiar with the “excellent student syndrome”: who in childhood was not told something like: “If you’re going to do it, do it well”? American psychologist Elizabeth Lombardo begins the book “Better than Perfection. How to curb perfectionism" (Mann, Ivanov and Fehrer publishing house) with the admission that she was a perfectionist most of her life and what exactly she lost due to the pursuit of perfection. But you can get to know your perfectionism better and understand which of its traits will be useful to you. The author offers readers the most valuable thing - his experience, and at the same time seven working strategies that allow you to get rid of the irrepressible desire to live “at an A plus.” Why is this necessary? And then, so that instead of stress, insomnia, anxiety and fear, happiness, health, calmness and confidence appear in your life. Not a bad deal, right?
Bestsellers
Bestseller: Best Story
“All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Dorr is a book about the most important things. About love and fear, about cruelty and kindness, about the countless facets of the human heart. Reality and mysticism are intertwined here so masterfully that you will not always be able to distinguish one from the other. Sweet, touching, unforgettable stories are strung on top of each other like precious pearls. Get ready to laugh, cry, empathize and then fanatically advise all your friends and acquaintances. "Hot Season" by Penelope Lively is another book that is surprising in its strength and sincerity of storytelling. A deceptively simple story that begins with an English idyll, develops into drama, and ends completely unexpectedly. Suffering, passion, jealousy, inexorable and demanding maternal love - all these are emotions that accompany us through life, testing the strength of fragile family happiness every day.
For parents
How to hear
Doctor of Philosophy Oscar Breniffier is sure that you need to talk to children - and not just like that, but as with adults, even if children's questions sometimes baffle you. His new book, “Making Our Children Happy: Talking to Children about Life and Freedom” (Clever publishing house), is published in the “Philosophical Dialogues” series. “Think! - the author calls. — In dialogue, it is important to understand each other, to understand what is happening in the child’s soul. And then even silence can tell you something.”
How to cope
This new book from the “World Parents” series (Sinbad Publishing House) is intended especially for mothers of boys. Its author, Hannah Evans, is a sailor's wife and mother of three sons. She knows exactly how to survive in this world full of men, and, most importantly, how to channel the violent energy of boys into peaceful channels. Hannah not only reveals the secrets of “boyhood,” shares recipes—educational and culinary—and supports other mothers, but does it with a sense of humor and great optimism.
How to communicate
The book by psychologist and writer Olga Makhovskaya with the long title “American children play with pleasure, French children play according to the rules, and Russian children play until they win” (Eksmo Publishing House) is essentially an encyclopedia of modern pedagogy. The author analyzes the experience of parents from different countries and invites parents to abandon schemes and dogmas, and look at the child’s personality first and foremost - and encourage the development of his strengths.
When going on a trip, we usually always pack a couple of books in our suitcase. During a flight, most people prefer to while away the time watching movies and TV series, but the vacation itself is conducive to spending time in the company of books. Although in reality, hands do not always reach the printed publications brought with them, but most often due to the fact that the books were simply selected incorrectly. This is what we will discuss in this article: what to take with you, what books will help you relax and not think about anything, which ones will fascinate you and take you to a completely different reality, and which ones will make you think and spend your vacation time usefully for your mind.
1. Diana Setterfield “The Thirteenth Tale”(The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield). A book that will definitely make you forget about all your problems and hardships, at least for a while, and will take you to another, mystical and bewitching world.
The hour was approaching. I started to hurry. I jumped into the bathroom, rinsed my face, quickly brushed my teeth and at three minutes to eight - already in my nightgown and slippers - waited for the kettle to boil. Come on, hurry up... Eight minutes to one minute. The heating pad was ready, the glass was filled with water from the tap. There is no way you can be late. At eight o'clock in the evening the world ceased to exist for me. It was time to read.
I read this book in four days, pausing only to eat and sleep. “The Thirteenth Tale” turned out to be a very sensitive, non-standard book, with a slight gothic touch and a very tender line of love. Love is not in a romantic context at all. Love the way it should be between two close people. Vida Winter's love for her closest person - her sister Emmeline. I wanted to write and talk about this book so much, but now, having opened the print window, I understand that good books oh they don't say much. I just want to remain silent about good books in order to preserve this pleasant aftertaste inside longer. Almost throughout this book, I, like the main character Margaret Lee, lived, one might say, in the small world of the Angelfields, with all their oddities and mysteries.
And my last comment about this book will relate to its last two chapters, because it was after reading them that I realized that this is love. My love for this book. In these chapters, Margaret Lee, or rather the author, answers all sorts of questions that readers might have upon completion of the book and tells what happened next to the heroes of the “novel,” thereby helping to get rid of this most terrible feeling of “unfinished action.” Thanks to the author for all these answers.
2. Joan Harris "Chocolate"(Chocolat by Joanne Harris). A book that is so light and sincerely kind that it will relax and calm your nerves while you are on vacation. Especially recommended reading while traveling in France.
- You and I are almost the same age.
She shook her head.
No, I am a thousand-year old woman. - A kind, dreamy smile played on her lips. - I would also like to travel. Just follow the sun, without thinking about where the road will lead tomorrow.
You get tired of this, believe me,” I said softly. - And after a while it begins to seem that each new region is no different from the previous one.
She looked at me doubtfully.
- Trust me. I know what I am saying.
At first, you are bursting with a feeling of superiority. We are a race of chosen ones, travelers. We have seen and experienced much more than they, who are content with the monotonous “sleep - work - sleep”, cultivating neat gardens, identical country cottages and miserable dreams. We even despise them a little for this. And then envy comes. At first we laugh at ourselves. Something suddenly stabbed and disappeared almost immediately at the sight of a woman in the park, bending over a baby in a stroller; The faces of both are illuminated, but not by the rays of the sun. Then envy makes itself felt a second time, a third - two lovers walk along the embankment, holding hands; here are the young employees of a certain company laughing merrily at the table, fortifying themselves with coffee and croissants at lunch... - and soon a nagging pain settles in the soul. No, no matter where your wanderings take you, every corner of the earth is still unique. And over time, rust begins to corrode the heart. You look at yourself in the hotel mirror in the morning, and your face seems to have become clouded, worn out from so many such random glances. By ten o'clock the sheets will be washed and the carpet cleaned. While traveling, we check into hotels under different names. We go through life without leaving traces. Without casting shadows like ghosts.
The story in the book is about a young woman who came to live with her daughter in a small provincial town in France. The residents of this gray town are deeply unhappy, and she decides to brighten up their lives, making it at least a little sweeter. In this city, she opens a chocolate shop, which also serves hot chocolate and desserts. "Chocolate" is a very kind and sincere book on the eternal theme of good and evil. About the fact that the most important thing in this life is to simply be happy, kind and not be afraid to live. Help people who need your help, be responsive and not respond to negativity with negativity. This book will relax you, calm you down, and put you in a positive mood.
3. Margaret Mitchell "Gone with the Wind"(Gone With The Wind by Magraget Mitchell) . A book that will both help you distract yourself and make you think about your own life. If it happens that you haven't read it yet, then vacation is the perfect time to start.
In the very first days of his married life, Frank realized that his life could be extremely pleasant if he did not interfere with Scarlett to act according to her own understanding. If she doesn’t get what she wants... Having received what she wanted, she rejoiced like a child, laughed and made stupid jokes, sat on his lap and pinched his beard until he assured her that he was twenty years younger. She could be surprisingly sweet and caring, warming his slippers by the fire when he returned home in the evenings, asking if he had gotten his feet wet, worrying about a lingering runny nose, remembering that he loved chicken gizzard and that he needed to put three spoons in his coffee Sahara. Yes, life with Scarlett was beautiful and serene... Unless you stroke her against the grain.
Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler, Melanie, Ellyn, Gerald and Mammy - all these characters for such a huge number of pages seem to become part of the family. In each of them you can find something for yourself: qualities similar to yourself, things that cause irritation and something that makes you truly admire these heroes. All the characters are thought out by the author in very, very detail, as if Margaret Mitchell not only invented them, but copied them from her loved ones or relatives. Rhett Butler, although escalated, is an indicator of what a man should be, although not without flaws. Scarlett, in turn, although I liked some of her traits, such as courage and fearlessness, irritated me endlessly with her stupidity and endless selfishness. And if she can still be forgiven for her selfishness, then her chronic stupidity can never be forgiven. Melanie is one of the brightest among all book characters, who not only does not know such a word as selfishness, but preaches altruism, showing by his example to the world what kind of person one should strive to be. In general, what I’m telling you about the heroes here is that you need to quickly buy both volumes and start reading (buying them separately is not an option, because as soon as you finish reading the first one, you won’t be able to help but immediately pick up the other).
4. Jan-Philipp Sendker "The art of hearing the heartbeat"(The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker) . An anti-stress book that relieves readers from negative emotions, suppressing feelings such as anger, hatred, irritation and apathy.
Is it really that important to see the world? In every town and village, in every mansion and shack, you will find the full range of human emotions: love and hate, fear and jealousy, envy and joy. You don't have to look far for them. Just look around.
It would seem that there is nothing special in this book at first glance. An inconspicuous cover, a simple style and a rather strange, I would even say cloying title. Having decided to read it, I did not expect anything good, I just trusted the person who recommended it to me and did not regret this decision. “The Art of Hearing the Beat of the Heart” is not just a book and not just a love story. This book, like a “guide to happiness,” allows you, better than any self-help books, to look at the world around you and much more from the opposite side. For what, you ask? For love, for the pain of loss, for death, loneliness, fear and other important components of our lives. It touches to the depths of the soul, so that after reading it, you can’t think about anything else. After it, there is not a drop of sediment or doubt left about what kind of person you need to try to become in order to live this life with dignity. “The Art of Hearing the Beat of the Heart” is the very book that will not leave you indifferent.
The story of Tina Win and Mi Mi is the most touching, tender love story you can imagine. And even though this may not be the case, this does not make the book any worse. Good luck reading it for those who haven't read it yet. Everything's there: great love, a little bit of New York, travel through Burma, Buddhism and all-consuming kindness. A rare book creates the feeling that you want to read it to the end as quickly as possible and at the same time slowly savor it, as if comprehending what you read in pauses and intervals. Personally, in my opinion, this is a masterpiece of modern literature.
P.S. There is also a continuation of this book, which you can also take with you on your long-awaited journey.
5. Jeannette Walls "Castle of Glass" The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls).The book, based on real events, is very exciting and not quite a standard biography.
One day I noticed that a small new shoot was sprouting nearby from an old tree. I decided to dig it up and replant it closer to home. I told my mother that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that the tree would grow tall and slender. Mom frowned. “You will only destroy him with such an attitude. It is the struggle that creates the beauty of the yucca,” she said.
The book is about how there is always light at the end of the tunnel, but only for those who want and choose to see it. A book about life, the very difficult life of a little person, and the fact that everything can always be changed, the only thing that matters is desire. “Castle of Glass” is firmly entrenched in my top list as an incredibly sincere and shocking memoir.
6. (The Fountainhead by Ayne Rand). A book, reading which, you enjoy the style and the picture that, at the moment of reading, like a film, appears in your head.
If I found a job, a business, an ideal or a person that I need, I would inevitably become dependent on everyone. Everything in the world is interconnected. Threads from one thing go to something else. And we are all surrounded by this network, it is waiting for us, and our every desire pulls us into it. You want something, and this something is dear to you. But you don’t know who is trying to snatch the most precious thing from your hands. It is impossible to know this, everything can be very confusing, very far from you. But someone is trying to do this, and you begin to be afraid of everyone. You begin to cringe, grovel, beg, agree - if only you are allowed to keep what is most precious to you.
Perhaps many will think that this is too serious literature for a holiday pastime, but personally, in my opinion, this is exactly what is needed. If there was a doctor who could cure the blues and Bad mood books, then this book would be on the list of “medicines” that he prescribed. It's especially nice to read it while you're in New York, because if you're not there, you'll instantly want to completely change your travel plans. If, in addition to your love of reading, you also have a love of beautiful architecture - this book is simply a must read for your soul.
7. Francis Scott Fitzgerald "This Side of Paradise" This Side Of Paradise by Scott Francis Fitzgerald).A book about youth, love, love of literature and lust for life.
Humanwith imagination one cannot help but feel fear.
Any diamond looks big until it is polished.
Educationfor the beautiful- this is the ability to understand men.
One of the most underrated books in my opinion, but ideal for reading on the beach with a glass of Aperol or wine. This Side of Paradise is Fitzgerald's first book, written and published at age 24. The story of the main character, Emory Blaine, is a partly veiled biography of the great author, which conveys the thoughts and experiences that troubled his bright head during his adolescence. It is recommended that you read with a notepad and pen handy to record the books Emory reads and discusses with your fellow students. There is a lot of literary advice there, because the writer mentions books there that he himself was influenced by at that time. It is especially interesting to observe the overlapping lines and parallels between the biography of Scott F. Fitzgerald and his main character, knowing in advance what is true and what is not. Personally, I read this book in just 4 days in Cyprus, enjoying every page of it and even partly finding myself in Emory Blaine.
I wish you all a pleasant reading! And I’d love to hear about your holiday favorites – share them in the comments!
Lying on the shore of a fabulous pond - it doesn’t matter whether it’s a lake, river, sea or ocean - is always pleasant. At these moments we forget about the city bustle and problems. In addition, there is time to look through something fun, fairy-tale, romantic, but not serious literature. Vacations are designed to completely relax.
If you agree with this and are ready to go on vacation, we offer a rating of books that are worth reading while listening to the sound of the waves and a light breeze.
Palham Woodhouse. Jeeves and Wooster series
This popular series of comic works about the adventures of a young English aristocrat Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves is familiar to most from the series of the same name. It was he who revealed Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry to us back in the 90s. The playful aristocrat and his imperturbable servant, who always has to get out of all the juicy and detective situations, are an ideal company for a summer vacation. And subtle humor and incessant comic situations will make you completely forget about such a distant noisy office.
Narine Abgaryan. Manyunya
Here is a book that will make you laugh out loud anywhere. An amazing story about two Soviet girl friends living in Armenia, about their formidable grandmother, comparable in temperament to the well-known Freken Bock, about a bunch of relatives who constantly find themselves in awkward situations. And just about childhood - carefree and happy.
Alessandro Baricco. 1900 or The Legend of the Pianist
The story is about how one day a newborn baby was abandoned on a liner heading to America. In all his thirty years he never went ashore. But he became a brilliant pianist. Such as the world had never known before him. He, like no one else, merged with the instrument and became a real legend - a sad legend, saturated with the salty spray of the ocean and the fiery sounds of jazz.
Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Night is tender
Fitzgerald's works, as a rule, are imbued with great, but, alas, failed hopes, love triangles and slight sadness. So here we are transported to the era of jazz and unbridled fun, against the backdrop of which a psychiatrist marries his rich patient, builds a private clinic with her money, falls in love with an actress with whom he is not destined to be, and quietly begins to become an alcoholic.
Alex Garland. Beach
Main character goes in search of earthly paradise - a place that many people know about, but only a few have found the way. Paradise turns out to be exactly what his imagination pictured: snow-white beaches, emerald water, blue skies, great company and complete freedom - what else is needed for happiness? However, clouds begin to gather over the beach, and people in the isolated society begin to go crazy.
Jerome K. Jerome. Three in the boat, not counting the dog
This story is a kind of humorous guide between Kingston and Oxford. The plot centers on three gentlemen and their faithful dog, who decide to take a short trip along the river, during which they constantly get into trouble. But the main thing here is Jerome’s humor, with which he describes mediocre musicians, snobs and hypocrites, bourgeois interiors and all kinds of liars.
Gregory David Roberts. Shantaram
This book is more like a telephone directory, but don't be intimidated by the nearly 900 pages, you won't even notice how you flip through the last one. The story is based on real events. The main character is a drug addict and thief, escaped from an Australian prison and reached Bombay, where he was a counterfeiter, a smuggler, took part in showdowns with the local mafia and, of course, found his love. But the main value of this book is in the description of India, its traditions, local residents and their way of life.
Helen Fielding. Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget is a loser and a slob. She gorges herself on cakes, promises herself every day to go to the gym, start living within her means, and asks the Universe to send her a good groom. She is who she is. And the book itself is a kind of funny encyclopedia of female weaknesses.
Neil Gaiman. Never (Outdoor)
Gaiman is a true storyteller of our time. It can be read anywhere and anytime. Never will take the reader to a dark and foggy city that exists near London and is inhabited by dangerous creatures. This world is full of evil and violence, terrible things happen in it, it smells very bad, but it is incredibly interesting there. And you are unlikely to want to go back.
Georgy Danelia. Stowaway. The toastee drinks to the dregs
The author of this book is a genius of Soviet cinema. And the whole thing is thoroughly saturated with the atmosphere of that time. This is not an ordinary memoir, but a fun trip into the past. With its incredibly bright people, sunny Georgia, movie stories and the ability to laugh at oneself.
Stephen King. Shine
Life has fallen apart and Jack Torrance and his family settle for the winter in an old mountain hotel that needs a caretaker. At first glance, the prospect is not the worst. But this is Stephen King. But he can’t live without dead boys and chilling ghosts. Therefore, the hotel begins hunting for its new guests. And it’s not for nothing that this novel has been featured in various ratings of the most terrible books in world literature for more than 30 years.
Elizabeth Gilbert. Eat, Pray, Love
A story about how sometimes it can be useful to drop everything and do what you really want. Go to Italy and enjoy delicious ice cream. Find yourself among the sages in India. Or suddenly fall in love with the man of your dreams on an endless Indonesian beach.
Colin Butts. Ibiza
The author of the book lives in Ibiza, has his own bar and every night plunges into the thick of the events described. What, exactly, do we know about Ibiza? And Ibiza is a vibrant and restless nightlife, crazy tourists, drugs and pills, guides who trade in all this, as well as friendship and sex.
Joan Harris. Chocolate
The carnival wind blows a mother into a godforsaken town, accompanied by a strange child and a stuffed kangaroo. Who are they - good fairies, evil witches or just lonely refugees looking for a home? Vianne Rocher opens a chocolate shop in the city that changes the way of life. Along with the book, you should grab a couple of chocolate bars. No other way.
James Clavell. Shogun
A historical epic about an English sailor who was the first of his compatriots to end up in Japan in the 17th century. The novel is filled with an exciting plot, political intrigue, national traditions the land of the rising sun, and in it you can learn almost everything about the code of the samurai and ninja.
Johan Theorin. Night storm
Scandinavian literature is famous for its gloomy atmosphere, but there is something in it that even in the summer heat will make you read without stopping. So, on a distant northern island, washed by storms, a farm has been built from logs washed ashore after shipwrecks, where a young family moves to live. Soon, under mysterious circumstances, the sea takes Catherine. Her husband knows that the house is full of ghosts and fears they will come for Christmas, even if Kat will be with them. However, it is not the dead that he should fear.
Allison Pearson. And how does she manage to do this?
Kate, a Manhattan businesswoman and mother of three children, can do ten things at once: selling stocks, changing diapers, monitoring the Dow Jones index, baking pies, running to school, flying on a business trip. And all this against the backdrop of chronic lack of sleep, lack of free time, condemnation from friends and the eternal fear of not being on time somewhere. A kind and very funny book about the life that remains on the other side of vacation.
Francoise Sagan, Hello, sadness
This book is permeated with melancholy and slight sadness, the salty smell of the sea, the warmth of a sun-warmed beach, the intoxicating notes of first love and vacation. Cecile was intoxicated by this summer, the relationship with a handsome guy, new sensations and the illusion of love. But the summer flew by, the holidays ended and it turned out that there was no love at all.
Stephen Fry. Hippopotamus
An old lecher, a former reporter who was kicked out for drunkenness, and a longtime drinker, Ted Wallis is tasked by his niece, who is dying of cancer, to find out what the hell is going on at her family estate. Ted is seduced not so much by the task as by the whiskey reserves for which the old mansion is famous. He has little idea where to start the so-called investigation and suddenly begins to hear more and more often about a certain Miracle of the Lord, which interests him very much.
Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov. The twelve Chairs
Who doesn’t know about the adventures of Ostap Bender and Ippolit Matveevich Vorobyaninov? But with each reading, this satirical feuilleton, like good wine, becomes better, the characters become more comical, the quotes become sharper. What can we say about him? You know everything yourself.
Others read fantasy or detective stories. And some prefer the most suitable literature for - romance novels.
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Paulie Levy. Possess you.
A real storm of emotions played out on the pages of this novel. Love struck Eva, a daring seventeen-year-old girl desperately trying to bring justice to her dead father and Philip, a successful judge and businessman tired of drama.
And gradually, against the backdrop of a love story, a second, detective story comes into being. story line, which keeps you in suspense until last pages. Will the main characters be able to share happiness or will this connection leave only deep ones for both of them?
Ray Bradbury "Dandelion Wine"
Plunge into the world of a twelve-year-old boy and live with him for one summer. Whatever your childhood memories are, after reading this book you will again feel all your experiences, together you will discover and understand how subtly we feel everything around us in childhood.
And of course, learn how to make real dandelion wine!
Alex Garland. Beach.
The spirit of adventurism forces the main character to go in search of an earthly paradise, which many have heard about, but only . Snow-white beaches, emerald water, blue skies, great company and complete freedom - what else? Everything is exactly as the hero of the book imagined. However, everything is not as simple as it might seem at first glance and people in an isolated society begin to go crazy...
Fannie Flagg "Fried green tomatoes at the Polustanok cafe"
A famous novel that describes the life of and, whom fate brought together.
The truly feminine style of writing a book makes reading it like a live conversation with a friend.
Gregory David Roberts. Shantaram
The story described in the book is based on real events. The main character of the novel escaped from an Australian prison and got to Bombay, where he was a smuggler and participated in showdowns with local criminal gangs. It is unknown how it could have ended if not for
We offer a small selection of different genres, different sizes, interesting books for reading on vacation - 15 authors and 100% pleasure.
"Aviator" Evgeniy Vodolazkin
A new and long-awaited book by Evgeny Vodolazkin “Aviator” - a nominee for the “ Big Book 2016".
The hero of the new novel “The Aviator” is a man in a state of tabula rasa: waking up one day in a hospital bed, he realizes that he knows absolutely nothing about himself - not his name, not who he is, not where he is. Hoping to restore the history of his life, he begins to write down the memories that visited him, fragmentary and chaotic: St. Petersburg at the beginning of the twentieth century, dacha childhood in Siverskaya and Alushta, gymnasium and first love, the revolution of 1917, falling in love with aviation, Solovki... But where is he from? accurately remembers details of everyday life, phrases, smells, sounds of that time, if the year on the calendar is 1999?..
“Kaleidoscope” Sergey Kuznetsov
Publishing house "AST"
The new novel by Sergei Kuznetsov, a finalist for the Big Book Prize, has more than a hundred characters and ten settings: Victorian England, Shanghai in the 1930s, Paris in 1968, California in the 1990s, modern Russia... In this kaleidoscope of persons and events, each chapter is only part of the overall pattern, but masterful storytelling connects the fragments of life into one exciting story.
« Zuleikha opens her eyes" Guzel Yakhina
Publishing house "Editing Elena Shubina" (AST)
An original novel about the fate of a woman during periods of dispossession, repression and World War II. The novel begins in the winter of 1930 and ends in 1946. Against a broad historical background, the main character, the dispossessed Tatar woman Zuleikha, lives her formation as a person, learns the feminine essence and the joys of motherhood. Zuleikha will learn to hear her “I” and learn to love. Zuleikha opens her eyes.
"The Triumph of Insignificance" Milan Kundera
Publishing house "Azbuka-Atticus"
Milan Kundera is one of the most popular writers of our time. His books literally fascinate the reader with their sophistication of style, skillful plotting, and intense feelings among the characters. Each new work of the writer joins the number of bestsellers of intellectual prose. Kundera is back!
Read the long-awaited novel “The Triumph of Insignificance,” where the author, hiding behind deceptive lightness and a humorous tone, talks about the unbearable absurdity of existence.
"My Strange Thoughts" Orhan Pamuk
Publishing house "Azbuka-Atticus" ("Foreigner")
Orhan Pamuk is a famous Turkish writer, winner of numerous national and international awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature for “searching for the soul of his melancholic city.” New novel Pamuk’s “My Strange Thoughts,” which he has been working on for the past six years, is perhaps the most “Istanbul” of them all. Its action covers more than forty years - from 1969 to 2012. The main character Mevlut works on the streets of Istanbul, watching how the streets are filled with new people, the city gains and loses new and old buildings, poor people come from Anatolia to work. Before his eyes, coups take place, authorities change each other, and Mevlut still wanders the streets, on winter evenings wondering what distinguishes him from other people, why he has strange thoughts about everything in the world and who really is his beloved, whom he has been writing letters for the last three years.
"The Childhood of Jesus" John Maxwell Coetzee
Publishing house "Eksmo"
The most mysterious writer of all Nobel laureates, who was twice awarded the Booker Prize and never showed up for the presentation, who dedicated his Nobel speech to none other than Robinson Crusoe, a man whose very name remained a mystery for a long time.
The Childhood of Jesus is Coetzee's sixteenth novel. Having caused quite a stir even before its release, it seriously puzzled critics all over the world. This is a novel of obsession, every word of which is so ambiguous that the author, in his words, would prefer to publish it “with a blank cover and with a blank title,” so that the title could be discovered only at the end of the book. Full of symbols and encrypted meanings, this allegorical tale about childhood will certainly intrigue readers.
"The Shop of Bad Dreams" Stephen King
Publishing house "AST"
The author of numerous novels, Stephen King has always been considered a brilliant master of short prose, because it was for his short stories that he was awarded the prestigious O. Henry Prize.
King's new collection of short stories, The Shop of Bad Dreams, is a unique book. For the first time, the master introduces each work with a surprisingly frank history of its creation, opening the “door” to his creative workshop. Exciting and frightening, exciting and as if warning, these stories are small masterpieces that only the great Stephen King could write.
"A Year in Provence" Peter Mayle
Publishing house "Azbuka" ("Azbuka-Atticus")
This fascinating, literary-style, delicious book is not read, but “eaten” in a moment. Twelve chapters - 12 months of life in Provence. A light, elegant, ironic narrative, stunning descriptions of French flavor and local gastronomy, unexpected discoveries and adventures will not let the reader get bored.
If you live in a country that does not have the mildest climate, where winter lasts nine months a year and an incomprehensible off-season, then you probably know the longing in your heart for warm, sunny days spent on vacation on the seashore. These feelings are not alien to the writer Peter Mayle. One day he decided to move from gloomy, cloudy London to a village on the Cote d'Azur.
"A Spool of Blue Thread" by Anne Tyler
Publishing house "Phantom Press"
Whitshanks have always surprised us with their cohesion and subtle specialness. It was a family that everyone envied in a good way. But like every family, they also had a secret, hidden reality, which they themselves were not really aware of. Abby, Red and four grown children have in their luggage not only wonderful memories of joy, laughter, and family holidays, but also disappointments, jealousy, and carefully guarded secrets. In the novel by Anne Tyler, one of the best modern writers, the story of three generations of one family unfolds - touching, but not at all sentimental, dramatic, but funny, very deep, but simple. Anne Tyler is sometimes called the northern Fanny Flagg, but her stories are much closer to the stories of A.P. Chekhov - subtle, sad and funny and incredibly deep. She tells them in a quiet, slightly mocking voice, and they resonate in your soul for a long time, you think about them, and your own life appears in a new light - much more filled with meaning. Some books flash with dazzling fireworks, but quickly go out, leaving behind a black sky in which rare but real stars shine - among them the novels of Anne Tyler. Anne Tyler is a Pulitzer Prize winner, and her novel A Spool of Blue Thread was nominated for the Man Booker Prize in 2015.
"Cutting Stone" by Abraham Verghese
Publishing house "Phantom Press"
“Cutting Stone” is a lifelong story of love, betrayal and redemption, human frailty and fortitude, exile and a long return to one’s roots. In the mission hospital of Addis Ababa, under tragic, truly Shakespearean, circumstances, two boys are born, two twins fused at the back of their heads, Marion and Shiva. Born to a beautiful Indian nun from an English surgeon, the boys were orphaned in the first hours of their lives. The art and courage of the doctors who separated them immediately after birth determined their lives and fate. Marion and Shiva will connect their lives with medicine, but each will go their own way. An amazing, tragic and full of incredible events awaits them. An absolutely happy childhood and dramatic youth, the search for oneself and one’s roots, betrayal and a passionate desire to atone for guilt, love that looks like an obsession, and jealousy that eats away the soul. And all this under the shadow of medicine. No matter what happened in the lives of the heroes of this truly great novel, no matter how tormented their fate, the main thing for them always remained surgery - the business for which they came into this world. Abraham Verghese is an outstanding doctor, a luminary in the field of physical therapy, one of the most respected doctors in America. His first novel was a big event; its amazing insight and authenticity, deep knowledge of the profession and excellent literary style allow Verghese's book to be called one of the most significant medical novels of the last century.
"Beloved" Toni Morrison
Publishing house "Eksmo"
Most recently, the novel was republished, for which thanks to the Eksmo publishing house. It was first published in 1987 and a year later was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for fiction. And in 1993 its author became a laureate Nobel Prize in literature as a writer "who, in her dreamy and poetic novels, brought to life an important aspect of American reality." In the history of American literature there are many works devoted to the theme of slavery. “12 Years a Slave” by Solomon Northup and “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe are known to many. But “Beloved” is a special book, imbued with magical realism and extreme tragedy.
The black slave Sethe, having escaped from her master's Sweet Home, kills her daughter so that she will never know what slavery is, so that she will not have to go through what her mother went through, so that she will not be raped, assessed and measured like an animal so that she remains free. “To my beloved,” reads the inscription on the tombstone of the murdered woman.
"Shantaram" Gregory David Roberts
Publishing house "Azbuka"
One of the most amazing novels beginning of the XXI century. This confession, refracted in artistic form, of a man who managed to get out of the abyss and survive, rammed all the bestseller lists and earned enthusiastic comparisons with the works of the best writers of modern times, from Melville to Hemingway. Like the author, the hero of this novel hid from the law for many years. Deprived of parental rights after his divorce from his wife, he became addicted to drugs, committed a number of robberies and was sentenced by an Australian court to nineteen years in prison. Having escaped from a maximum security prison for the second year, he reached Bombay, where he was a counterfeiter and smuggler, sold weapons and participated in showdowns of the Indian mafia, and also found his true love, only to lose her again, only to find her again...
And for those who have already read this book, we recommend the continuation of the bestseller - “Shadow of the Mountain”.
"Chineasy" (in 2 books) ShaoLan Xue
For most people, just one glance at Chinese characters causes surprise, a little fear and a logical question: “How can you figure out all these hieroglyphs and not go crazy from cramming and boredom?”
Meanwhile, Chinese is considered the most widespread modern language With total number 1.2 billion speakers. At the same time, it is one of the most complex languages for studying. However, this fact should not scare you if you are lucky enough to learn about the Chineasy method!
The author's Chineasy method will help you quickly gain 400 vocabulary in Chinese words and start using them. The magical power of the method is that by learning one small set of constituent elements, you can create new hieroglyphs and words. And if you learn multiple sets of building blocks, your learning process will be taken to a whole new level.
The main goal of Chineasy is to bridge the distance between cultures, to remove the shroud of mystery from the Chinese language, which serves as a barrier for many people! Let's start learning Chinese right now!
“Blue dot. The Cosmic Future of Humanity" Carl Sagan
Publishing house "Alpina Publisher"
An outstanding popularizer of science, a wonderful storyteller, a passionate promoter of space, and a visionary, Carl Sagan believes that the desire to wander and expand the boundaries of knowledge is inherent in human nature and is connected with our survival as a species. His candid, engrossing book interweaves philosophical reflections with enthusiastic descriptions of triumphant exploration of planets and satellites, both by man and robotic missions to the Moon. By introducing us to our neighbors in space, Sagan not only enlightens and delights the reader, he also helps to understand how to protect the Earth.
Why the book “Blue Dot. The Cosmic Future of Humanity is worth reading:
- The main popular science book of the summer! The book is an event for everyone interested in science and space. A book for everyone who has not forgotten how to dream.
- In Blue Dot, Carl Sagan traces the fascinating history of space exploration and dreams of a future when humans reach beyond solar system and go to distant galaxies. This book is about dreams, science and the future of humanity.
- The book talks about new knowledge, our coordinates, our place in the Universe and why (even if the call long roads has become much quieter in our time) the future of humanity is far beyond the boundaries of the Earth.
- The most famous astronomer in the world, Carl Sagan, participated in the study of the atmosphere of Venus, the moons of Jupiter and Uranus, and the development of space probes and messages to alien intelligence. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, the NASA Medal, and so many awards that even the Memorial Award for Space Exploration is named after Carl Sagan. His new inspiring book about dreams and space is for the first time in Russian.
"On the Limit" and "No Self-Pity" by Erik Larssen
Publishing house "Mann, Ivanov and Ferber"
"On the Limit" is a seven-day personal development intensive from Norway's leading coach and author of the best-selling book "No Self-Pity."
One of the key stages of fighter training special purpose V different countries- this is “Hell Week”, “hell week”, “Young Fighter Course”. It can have many names. Erik Larssen, Norway's best business coach, who himself served in the special forces, noticed that most people change dramatically for the better in this week and often remember it with pride for the rest of their lives.
He created a "civilian version" of this week, an intensive program that anyone can do, no matter where they work. It starts at 5 am on Monday and ends on Sunday evening. During this time you will change for the better.
It often seems to us that we could do more, work better, play more sports... But we don’t. Partly because we are afraid of difficulties. This week will show you that you can do much more than you think.
During this week you will eat healthy food. Exercise every day. Rest effectively. Listen to the people around you. Work with maximum concentration. Get up early. Go to bed early. Give up everything unnecessary. Set priorities correctly. You will feel better, accomplish more, be energetic, proactive and positive.
you will become the best version yourself for a week. How long is it or not?
As the experience of the author and his clients shows, you will continue to act in the same spirit throughout your life.
In No Self-Pity, Eric Larssen talks powerfully and emotionally about how to create change, set big goals, think bigger, and push your limits far beyond your comfort zone.
Thanks to this book you will be able to:
Set ambitious goals;
Train your consciousness and willpower;
Ask yourself the right questions and set yourself up for positive results;
Get a very strong charge of motivation.
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