New Releases by Markus Zusak

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Now in paperback, this poignant, funny, and brutally honest memoir by one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book Thief, tells the story of his family’s adoption of three troublesome rescue dogs—a charming and courageous love story about making even the most incorrigible of dogs, 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.

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. From one of the world''s great storytellers comes 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.

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

Clay olhou para trás uma última vez antes de mergulhar - de emergir e voltar a mergulhar -rumo a uma ponte, a um passado, a um pai. E nadou nas águas douradas pela luz. Os cinco irmãos Dunbar vivem - lutando, amando e chorando a morte da mãe - no caos perfeito de uma casa sem adultos. O pai, que os abandonara, acaba de regressar. E tem um pedido surpreendente: algum deles aceita ajudá-lo a construir uma ponte? Clay, um rapaz atormentado por um segredo que esconde há muito, aceita. Mas porque está ele tão devastado? O que o leva a aceitar tão extraordinário desafio? Nada Menos Que um Milagre é a história de um rapaz apanhado numa espiral de sentimentos, um rapaz disposto a destruir tudo o que tem para se tornar na pessoa que precisa de ser. Diante dele, ergue-se a ponte, a visão que irá salvar a sua família - e salvá-lo a ele próprio. Será um milagre e nada menos que isso. Simultaneamente um enigma existencial e uma busca pela redenção, esta história de cinco irmãos em plena juventude, numa casa sem regras, transborda energia, alegria e emoções. Escrita no estilo inimitável de Markus Zusak, é um tour de force de um autor que conta histórias com o coração. Do autor do bestseller A RAPARIGA QUE ROUBAVA LIVROS, publicado em mais de 40 países e adaptado ao cinema. O lançamento desta sua nova obra, bestseller do New York Times, foi considerado um dos momentos editoriais mais importantes do ano!

Il était une fois la merveilleusement loufoque famille Dunbar... Chez les Dunbar, on vit un joyeux bordel : sans parents, sans règles et entouré d''animaux. Cinq frères dont le quotidien n''est que fourberies, défis en tout genre, et coups de coeur. Mais aujourd''hui, le père qui les a abandonné revient avec une demande étrange : Lequel de ses garçons acceptera de construire un pont avec lui ? Tous s''indignent, sauf Clay, le fils du milieu, le plus fragile. Mais pourquoi accepter cette main tendue d''un père qui est parti ? Dans la veine de Légendes d''Automne et Au milieu coule une rivière, un grand roman sur le lien qui unit père et fils; et une superbe histoire d''amour qui met à l''honneur le coeur brisé des hommes. Une saga familiale bouleversante de justesse et de poésie. "Lumineux, brillant et plein de vie." THE GUARDIAN "Chaleureux et sensible, une fable sur l''amour, l''art, la redemption. Chahuteuse et joyeuse, spirituelle et bouleversante." THE TIME "Un de ces romans monumentaux qui fait traverser le temps et l''espace de manière très profonde." THE WASHINGTON POST

Em O construtor de pontes, presente e passado se fundem na voz de Matthew, o filho mais velho da familia Dunbar. Sentado diante de uma maquina de escrever antiga, ele nos conta sobre um dos seus quatro irmãos, Clay. Todos mudaram por causa dele. Em uma tarde ensolarada o patriarca dos Dunbar, que anos antes abandonara os cinco filhos a própria sorte, retorna com um pedido inusitado: precisa de ajuda para construir uma ponte. Escorraçado pelos jovens, o homem vai embora novamente, mas deixa seu endereço. Acontece que há um traidor entre os irmãos: Clay. E ele que, junto ao pai, dá inicio ao projeto mais ambicioso de suas vidas: uma ponte feita de pedras, mas também de lembranças, capaz de construir novos caminhos. O construtor de pontes narra a jornada de uma família marcada pela culpa e pela morte.

Let me tell you about our brother. The fourth Dunbar boy named Clay. Everything happened to him. We were all of us changed through him. The Dunbar boys bring each other up in a house run by their own rules. A family of ramshackle tragedy, their mother is dead, their father has fled, they love and fight, and learn to reckon with the adult world. It is Clay, the quiet one, who will build a bridge; for his family, for his past, for his sins. He builds a bridge to transcend humanness. To survive. A miracle and nothing less. Yes, always for us there was a brother, and he was the one, the one of us amongst five of us, who took all of it on his shoulder. At once an existential riddle and a search for redemption, this tale of five brothers coming of age in a house with no rules brims with energy, joy and pathos.

Más de diez años después de La ladrona de libros, el extraordinario best seller que conquistó a diez millones de lectores, Markus Zusak vuelve con una saga familiar inolvidable y arrolladora, inspirada en el arte y la cultura clasica. Los cinco hermanos Dunbar viven en un hogar sin adultos, cuidando los unos de los otros, luchando por sobrevivir en un mundo que los ha abandonado, hasta que su padre, el hombre que los dejó sin mirar atrás, vuelve a casa. ¿Por qué ha regresado? Matthew, cínico y poético, es quien lleva las riendas de la familia; Rory, siempre falta a clase; Henry, una máquina de hacer dinero, y el pequeño Tomy, coleccionista de mascotas que ha colonizado la casa con animales disfuncionales, como la mula Aquiles y Rosy, el border collie. Y luego está el silencioso Clay, perseguido por un suceso del que no se puede hablar. Pero la historia se remonta tiempo atrás: a ese abuelo cuya pasión por los antiguos griegos aún llena de color sus vidas, y a los padres, que se conocieron gracias a un piano extraviado. Clay tratará de revelar su trágico secreto y de construir un puente para salvar a su familia y salvarse también a sí mismo. Los elogios con los que The New York Times recibió La ladrona de libros , la primera gran novela de Zusak, siguen vigentes para El puente de Clay : «Los lectores jóvenes necesitan este tipo de alternativas a la rigidez ideológica, así como exploraciones sobre la importancia de las historias. Y, pensándolo bien, también los adultos.» La crítica ha dicho: «El tipo de libro que puede cambiarte la vida.» The New York Times « La ladrona de libros deslumbra por sus extraordinarios personajes, su capacidad de emocionar sin clichés y, ante todo, por su omnipresente reflexión sobre el valor de las palabras.» Ricard Ruiz Garzón, El Periódico de Catalunya «Elegante, filosófica, conmovedora, bella e importante.» Kirkus Reviews «Merece estar junto al Diario de Ana Frank en nuestra biblioteca.» USA Today «Una sagafamiliar tan emocionante como arrolladora. Sin duda, uno de los fenómenos editoriales de esta temporada.» Alter Ego «Con un modo de narrar poco común, ágil, no lineal, a veces caótico, Zusak consigue captar la atención del lector desde el principio.» Encarnación Herraiz, Aceprensa «Una narrativa extraordinaria.» SLJ «Zusak no endulza nada, pero logra que un tema aparentemente triste resulte tolerable tal como lo hizo Kurt Vonnegut en Matadero cinco: con un humor sombrío, reconfortante.» Time Magazine «Un gran logro. [...] Un libro desafiante en extensión y tema.» Publishers Weekly «Uno de los libros más esperados en años.» The Wall Street Journal «Markus Zusak supera las expectativas -ya de por sí altas dado el éxito de La ladrona de libros- y nos lleva a través del desafío que supone la pérdida y de la alegría de ser amado: nos enseña lo quesignifica vivir. Un libro para saborear, una lectura placentera, una voz que permanecerá viva: eso sí es saber contar historias.» Jackie Law, Bookmunch «Memorable.» Patricia Nicol, The Sunday Times «Vale la pena esperar cuando lo que llega es El puente de Clay, menudo festín de libro. Una historia ideal para perderse en las noches de otoño.» Charlotte Heathcote, The Sunday Express

The unforgettable, New York Times bestselling family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as "the kind of book that can be life-changing." NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • THE WALL STREET JOURNAL "One of those monumental books that can draw you across space and time into another family’s experience in the most profound way." —The Washington Post "Mystical and loaded with heart, it''s another gorgeous tearjerker from a rising master of them." —Entertainment Weekly “Devastating, demanding and deeply moving.” —Wall Street Journal The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father’s disappearance. At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge—for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle. The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much can he overcome? Written in powerfully inventive language and bursting with heart, BRIDGE OF CLAY is signature Zusak.

TORNA DOPO 12 ANNI L'AUTORE DI STORIA DI UNA LADRA DI LIBRI «C'era una volta, nella marea del passato dei Dunbar, una donna che aveva molti nomi.» C'erano stati anche un nonno con la passione per i miti greci, una nonna e la sua macchina da scrivere, un pianoforte consegnato nel posto sbagliato, una ragazza con le lentiggini che amava le corse dei cavalli, e un padre che, dopo la morte della moglie, aveva abbandonato i suoi cinque figli: Matthew, Rory, Henry, Clay e Tommy. I fratelli Dunbar. Costretti a vivere soli, e a definire da soli le regole della propria esistenza. E quando il padre tornerà sarà Clay l'unico dei fratelli che accetterà di aiutarlo e costruire con lui un ponte, concreto e metaforico nello stesso tempo: lo farà per la sua famiglia, per il loro passato, per il loro futuro, per espiare le colpe, per affrontare il dolore. Lo farà perché lui è l'unico che conosce tutta la storia, e per questo è obbligato a sperare. Ma fino a che punto Clay potrà portare avanti la più difficile di tutte le sue corse? Quanti degli ostacoli che la vita gli ha posto davanti riuscirà a superare? Quanta sofferenza può sopportare un ragazzo? Dodici anni dopo Storia di una ladra di libri, Markus Zusak torna con un romanzo di lancinante bellezza, che non ha paura di commuovere e che lo conferma come uno dei più importanti autori della scena letteraria mondiale: la storia di Clay, dei suoi fratelli e della sua famiglia è di quelle destinate a incidere a lungo nell'immaginario collettivo, per la densità di vita e sentimenti, per il racconto travolgente, per la voce acuta, calda e suggestiva. «Era andata così. E tutto questo aveva portato a quel ponte.»

Do autor de A menina que roubava livros. Um romance de formação, escrito em forma de memórias, o livro apresenta a história de Cameron Wolfe, um garoto de 15 anos que vive em conflito com a família. Ele trabalha como encanador junto com seu pai, e sua mãe está sempre brigando com os filhos. Todos moram na mesma casa pequena: Steve é o irmão mais velho e mais bem-sucedido; Sarah é a segunda, e está sempre dando uns amassos com o namorado; Rube é o terceiro e o mais próximo de Cameron. Os dois, além de boxeadores amadores, vivem armando esquemas para roubar lojas. Contudo, os planos nunca saem do papel. Uma história sobre a vida e sobre as lições que podem ser tiradas dela.

Hogyan lesz szuperhős egy átlagos srácból... Mert a szívjóság szuperképesség. Ed Kennedy minden, csak nem hős. Átlagos fiatal srác Sydney-ben, aki jobb híján taxizik. És szerelmes Audrey-ba, amióta az eszét tudja. Audrey viszont haverral nem randizik. Ed nem hős, és mégis ő az, aki megakadályoz egy bankrablást... mondjuk, véletlenül. Csak mert a haverjai nem tudják befogni a szájukat. Élete nagy kalandja után még nagyobb kalandok következnek. Ed ugyanis titokzatos kártyalapokat kap. Üzeneteket! És egy küldetést kell végrehajtania. Aztán még egyet. Ed lassanként megtanulja, hogy vannak apró, talán hősies tettek, amiket ő is megtehet, és amiktől egy kicsit jobb lesz a világ. Hogy közülünk bárki, akár egy pénztelen, külvárosi gyerek is megteheti az első lépést... Van, amikor tényleg nem kell sok hozzá. És van, amikor igen... De akkor sem szabad feladni. Az ausztrál Markus Zusak az elmúlt évek egyik legnagyobb világsikerének, A könyvtolvajnak a szerzője. Az üzenet szintén díjak sokaságát nyerte el, és világszerte százezrek olvasták már...

This anniversary edition of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller features pages of bonus content, including marked-up manuscript pages, original sketches, and pages from the author''s writing notebook. “Life-changing.” —The New York Times When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.

After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.

Death tells the story of a young German girl, Liesel, whose book-stealing and story-telling talents during World War II help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

Two award-winning modern classics from #1 New York Times bestselling author Markus Zusak! The Book Thief affirms the ability of books to feed the soul even in the bleakest of times in a story the New York Times described as “brilliant. . . . the kind of book that can be life-changing.” It is 1939. Nazi Germany. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. I Am the Messenger is a Printz Honor-winning novel and recipient of five starred reviews that tells the story of Ed Kennedy, an underage cabdriver without much of a future. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That''s when the first ace arrives in the mail. That''s when Ed becomes the messenger. Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: Who''s behind Ed''s mission? Discover the enormous talent that is Marcus Zusak in this extraordinary collection that showcases the intensity and heart inherent in his storytelling. DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.

Det er 1939. Nazityskland. Landet holder vejret. Døden har aldrig haft så travlt før, og det ser ikke ud til at blive bedre. Liesel Memingers liv ændres, da hun ved sin brors grav får fat på en lille ting, der ligger begravet i sneen. Det er "Håndbog for kirkegårdsgravere". Bogen er blevet glemt der, og det bliver Liesels første bogtyveri. Derefter begynder en kærlighedsaffære med bøger og ord, efterhånden som Liesel lærer at læse af sin plejefar. Snart stjæler hun bøger fra nazisternes bogbrændinger, fra borgmesterens kones bibliotek, fra hvor der overhovedet kan findes bøger. Men det er farlige tider. Da Liesels plejefamilie skjuler en jøde i kælderen, både åbner og lukker det verden for Liesel. "Bogtyven" er fortalt af Døden. Det er en historie om ordenes magt og bøgernes evne til at være sjælens føde. Markus Zusak har med sin fantastiske og intense fortælleevne givet os en bog, der vil blive stående længe. Markus Zusak (f. 1975) er en australsk forfatter. Han blev født i Tyskland og er især blevet kendt for den prisbelønnede ungdomsbog "Bogtyven", der skildrer en ung piges liv i en lille tysk by under krigen.

Ed Kennedy, dix-neuf ans, chauffeur de taxi, a peu de raison d’être fier de sa vie : son père est mort d’alcoolisme, il est désespérément amoureux de sa meilleure amie, Audrey, et il partage un appartement délabré avec le Portier, son chien, fidèle mais odorant. Il n’a pas grand-chose d’autre à faire que conduire son taxi, jouer aux cartes et boire avec ses amis aussi perdus que lui. Mais un jour, il découvre un mystérieux message dans sa boîte aux lettres : un as de carreau où sont inscrites trois adresses. Que signifie cette carte ? Que va-t-il trouver à ces adresses ? Pour Ed, c’est le début d’une enquête qui va le conduire de mystère en mystère à travers la ville et l’amener à aider les gens qu’ils rencontrent, avec une obsession en tête : qui lui envoie ces messages ? Ed pour y répondre se voit ainsi forcé de se dépasser et à son tour nous questionne : et si nous vivions tous en dessous de nos capacités ?

Det är Döden som vill att du följer med. Han vill att du lyssnar till berättelsen om den unga Liesel Meminger vars liv och öde han fascineras av. Och när döden ber dig lyssna är det svårt att låta bli! Tyskland 1939. Landet håller andan. Döden har aldrig haft mer att göra, och det är bara början. Nioåriga Liesel Memingers liv förändras när hon plockar upp en bok på marken bredvid sin lillebrors grav. Det är Dödgrävarens handbok som lämnats där av misstag och det är den första bok hon stjäl. Med hjälp från sin fosterpappa lär hon sig läsa och snart har hon inlett en kärleksaffär med ord och böcker. Och böcker är den röda tråden i denna prisbelönta roman. Böckerna öppnar upp nya världar för Liesel och snart börjar hon stjäla fler böcker från nazisternas bokbål, borgmästarens bibliotek, varhelst böcker finns att hitta. Hon delar böckerna med sina grannar när de sitter i skyddsrummen, och med den judiske man som gömmer sig i hennes källare. Och till sist är det den bok hon själv skriver som bokstavligen räddar livet på henne.

The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestselling story about the ability of books to feed the soul is now a major motion picture. This enhanced ebook edition is perfect for new fans and collectors alike. It includes: · An exclusive video welcome to the enhanced edition from Markus Zusak. · The official movie trailer for The Book Thief. · Videos featurettes introducing Sophie Nélisse (Leisel Meminger) and Geoffrey Rush (Hans Hubermann) and their roles in the film. · Clips from the film embedded in the original text. · A video interview with Markus Zusak. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl who scratches out a meager existence by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist: books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids, as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.