Publius Quinctilius Varus, a Roman politician, is summoned by the Emperor, Augustus Caesar. Given three legions and sent to the Roman frontier east of the Rhine, his mission is to subdue the barbarous German tribes where others have failed, and bring their land fully under Rome’s control. Arminius, a prince of the Cherusci, is playing a deadly game. He serves in the Roman army, gaining Roman citizenship and officer’s rank, and learning the arts of war and policy as practiced by the Romans. What he learns is essential for the survival of Germany, for he must unite his people against Rome before they become enslaved by the Empire and lose their way of life forever. An epic battle is brewing, and these two men stand on opposite sides of what will forever be known as The Battle of the Teutoberg Forest—a ferocious, bloody clash that will change the course of history.

“Leave it to Peter Heller to imagine a postapocalyptic world that contains as much loveliness as it does devastation. His hero, Hig, flies a 1956 Cessna (his dog as copilot) around what was once Colorado, chasing all the same things we chase in these pre-annihilation days: love, friendship, the solace of the natural world, and the chance to perform some small kindness. The Dog Stars is a wholly compelling and deeply engaging debut.” —Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted A riveting, powerful novel about a pilot living in a world filled with loss—and what he is willing to risk to rediscover, against all odds, connection, love, and grace. Hig survived the flu that killed everyone he knows. His wife is gone, his friends are dead, he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun-toting misanthrope. In his 1956 Cessna, Hig flies the perimeter of the airfield or sneaks off to the mountains to fish and to pretend that things are the way they used to be. But when a random transmission somehow beams through his radio, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life—something like his old life—exists beyond the airport. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return—not enough fuel to get him home—following the trail of the static-broken voice on the radio. But what he encounters and what he must face—in the people he meets, and in himself—is both better and worse than anything he could have hoped for. Narrated by a man who is part warrior and part dreamer, a hunter with a great shot and a heart that refuses to harden, The Dog Stars is both savagely funny and achingly sad, a breathtaking story about what it means to be human. http://youtu.be/YLAsMxZUerw

Being a mechanic is hard work. Mercy Thompson, for instance, just spent the last couple of months trying to evade the murderous queen of the local vampire seethe, and now the leader of the werewolf pack — who's maybe-more-than-just-a-friend — has asked for her help. A book of fae secrets has come to light and they're all about to find out how implacable — and dangerous — the fae can be. OK, so maybe her troubles have nothing to do with the job. But she sure could use a holiday ...

След приключенията в «Дяволската долина» и при Пещерата на съкровищата Кара бен Немзи и неговите спътници се сблъскват с главатаря на банда разбойници — «Жълтоликия». Заедно с нашите приятели преживяваме много опасни ситуации, преди «лова на престъпника», започнал от туниската пустиня, да завърши в Албания. «Der Schut» (сръбски жут — жълт) принадлежи към шесттомно издание. Другите томове са: «През пустинята» (Band 1), «През дивия Кюрдистан» (Band 2), «От Багдад до Стамбул» (Band 3), «През дебрите на Балкана» (Band 4), «През страната на скипетарите» (Band 5).

Beneath the imposing Kollen Mountain lies a small village where the children run in and out of one another's houses and play unafraid in the streets. But the sleepy village is like a pond through which not enough water runs – beneath the surface it is beginning to stagnate. When a naked body is found by the lake at the top of the mountain, its seeming tranquility is disturbed forever. Enter Inspector Sejer, a tough, no-nonsense policeman whose own life is tinged by sadness. As the suspense builds, and the list of suspects grows, Sejer's determination to discover the truth will lead him to peel away layer upon layer of distrust and lies, in this tiny community where apparently normal family ties hide dark secrets. Critically acclaimed across Europe, Karin Fossum's novels evoke a world that is terrifyingly familiar. Don't Look Back introduces the tough, ethical Inspector Sejer to British readers for the first time.

Internationally bestselling husband and wife Jonathan and Faye Kellerman team up for a powerful one-two punch with Capital Crimes, a gripping pair of original crime thrillers. MY SISTER'S KEEPER: BERKELEY Some of progressive state representative Davida Grayson's views have made her unpopular. Although her foes are numerous no one suspects that any buttons Davida might push could evoke deadly force. But now Davida lies brutally murdered in her office, and Berkeley homicide detectives Will Barnes and Amanda Isis must unravel Davida's complex, before the killer pulls off a repeat performance. MUSIC CITY BREAKDOWN: NASHVILLE Baker Southerby, the son of musicians, was a child prodigy performer. But something Baker won't talk about leads him to quit the honky-tonk circuit, become a Nashville cop, and never look back. His partner, Lamar Van Gundy, is a would-be studio bassist from up North who never quite made the cut in Music City, so instead earned himself a detective's badge. Now both men are members of Nashville PD's elite Murder Squad, with a solid record for solves. But when they catch a homicide that's high-profile even for a city where musical celebrity is routine, their skills are tested: Jack Jeffries, a rock legend who cast aside personal demons and emerged from retirement to perform at a charity benefit, has been discovered in a ditch near the Cumberland River, his throat slashed.

Au Japon, en 1884, Yuko Akita, âgé de dix-sept ans, annonce la voie dans laquelle il a choisi de s'engager: il sera poète, contre l'avis de son père, un prêtre shintoïste qui estime que la poésie n'est pas un métier mais tout juste un passe-temps. Un poète de la cour Meiji a néanmoins vent des travaux de Yuko, lit ses poèmes, les trouve d'une limpidité admirable mais lui conseille de trouver de nouvelles couleurs et pour se faire de rejoindre un homme qui possède les plus grandes connaissances artistiques, Soséki. Yuko part à la recherche des couleurs de la neige, élément qui le fascine et à partir duquel il compose tous ses haïkus. En traversant les montagnes, il fait une découverte. Il tombe éperdument amoureux du corps d'une jeune fille européenne, à la beauté diaphane, prisonnière des glaces depuis longtemps. Sa rencontre avec Soséki, ancien samouraï, vieux peintre aujourd'hui aveugle, va le guider dans sa quête. Mais le savoir suprême, Yuko ne le trouvera qu'auprès d'une femme, car seul l'amour peut faire naître l'absolu de l'art. Au fil des dialogues entre le maître et l'élève, la fragilité des choses, les images lumineuses du temps qui passe, la concision du langage ancrent ce récit initiatique dans la tradition et l'esthétique des haïkus dont il tire toute sa substance.

When the boy was almost eight, a woman stepped out of the elevator into the apartment on East Sixty-second Street and he recognized her straightaway. No one had told him to expect it. That was pretty typical of growing up with Grandma Selkirk… No one would dream of saying, Here is your mother returned to you. His Illegal Self is the story of Che-raised in isolated privilege by his New York grandmother, he is the precocious son of radical student activists at Harvard in the late sixties. Yearning for his famous outlaw parents, denied all access to television and the news, he takes hope from his long-haired teenage neighbor, who predicts, They will come for you, man. They'll break you out of here. Soon Che too is an outlaw: fleeing down subways, abandoning seedy motels at night, he is pitched into a journey that leads him to a hippie commune in the jungle of tropical Queensland. Here he slowly, bravely confronts his life, learning that nothing is what it seems. Who is his real mother? Was that his real father? If all he suspects is true, what should he do? Never sentimental, His Illegal Self is an achingly beautiful story of the love between a young woman and a little boy. It may make you cry more than once before it lifts your spirit in the most lovely, artful, unexpected way.

The worst-case scenario has come to pass: a nuclear strike has crippled America. Gangs, looters, and vandals have seized the streets. The decent few can only pray for a leader to protect them. Luckily, one of the survivors is Ben Raines.

Rebel mercenary, retired soldier, and tireless patriot, Raines is searching for his missing family in the aftermath of this devastating war. His relentless pursuit through the ruined cities of the west unites him with the civilians of the Resistance forces. They become his recruits for a revolutionary army dedicated to rebuilding America. Then comes the final outrage: an armed attack by government forces. With the fate of America’s New Patriots hanging in the balance, Raines vows—government be damned—to survive, find his family, and lead this once great nation out of the ashes.

“They say I fell among thieves….I’ve fallen among saints as well.” John Hare lies dying in the desert until he is discovered and saved by the kind and generous rancher, August Naab. As Hare is nursed back to health on Naab’s ranch, he finds himself irresistibly attracted to Naab’s adopted daughter, Mescal. But Mescal is being relentlessly pursued by Holderness, a man who is not to be trusted. Hare is soon drawn into a web of adventure and intrigue over land, water, and the heart of a beautiful woman, all set against the sweeping backdrop of the Wild West.

Известен поет изчезва, след като е извършил жестоко масово убийство. И то в едно спокойно и задоволено общество, в което повечето хора са преминали терапия за премахване на агресивността. Бащата на една от жертвите е сред най-могъщите хора на планетата. Той е готов на всичко, за да разбере мотивите на убиеца, който е бил негов приятел. По дирите на поета тръгват и Селекторите — самообявили се за обществени отмъстители, както и екзотичната красавица Мери Чой от полицията на Лос Анджелис… „Кралицата на ангелите“ е не само приковаваща вниманието история, но и задълбочено изследване на човешкия ум. В този чудесен роман Грег Беър ни отвежда в един странен свят от бъдещето, където пробивите в нанотехнологията са променили облика на Земята. Но в същото време авторът се стреми да разбие утвърдените представи за съвършенство, дълг и наказание, като по този начин ни води из лабиринтите на човешката душа. Дори за всепризнат талант като Грег Беър „Кралицата на ангелите“ е голямо постижение… Но най-важното в тази книга е, че това е научна фантастика отвъд познатите граници, рядко престъпвани от други автори в жанра. Таймс Грег Беър генерира идеи, непостижими за останалите. Мисълта му стига до най-отдалечените точки на вероятното и създава картини-шедьоври. Дейвид Брин

OSKARS lutss PAVASARIS LATVIJAS VALSTS IZDEVNIECĪBA RĪGĀ ® 1965 No igauņu valodas tulkojis J. Zigurs Mākslinieks A. Galeviuss OSKARS LUTSS UN VIŅA «PAVASARIS» Katru jaunu pavasari, kad ceļi apžuvuši un dienas kļūst garākas, sākas igauņu ekskursantu uzbrukums kādai mazai apdzīvotai vietai — Palamuzei, kas at­rodas Austrumigaunijā, nepilnus pussimts kilometrus uz ziemeļiem no Tartu. Vecā Palamuze bija mazs miestiņš, kas ne ar ko se­višķu neizcēlās citu neskaitāmo miestu vidū: krustceļā baznīca un krogs, upīte ar dzirnavām, veikals, skola. Jā, arī skola. Pērn tā svinēja savu 275 gadu jubileju. Baltijā nav daudz tik vecu skolu! Un tomēr iemesls ir cits, kāpēc katram igaunim, dzirdot Palamuzes vārdu, vispirms nāk prātā tieši šī skola. Netālu no Palamuzes vidusskolas jaunās ēkas, otr­pus upītes, zem simtgadīgām liepām stāv vecā ēka. Blakus gala durvīm ir piestiprināta balta marmora plāksnīte ar uzrakstu: «Te, bij. Palamuzes draudzes skolā, 1895.—1899. g. mācījās Igaunijas PSR Tautas rakstnieks Oskars Lutss. Seit viņš smēla vielu savam «Pavasarim».» Oskars Lutss (1887—1953) un Palamuze ir nešķirami jēdzieni. Skolas viesu grāmatā ir trāpīgs ieraksts: «Palamuze deva Lutsu, Lutss deva Paunveri un Paunvere pārvērta Palamuzi par visu interešu objektu.» Dzimis viņš ir netālu no šās vietas, bet kopš 4 gadu ve­cuma dzīvo pašā miestiņā, kur citu vajadzīgu iestāžu 1 Tā vairakos Lutsa darbos dēvēta Palamuze. vidū rakstnieka tēvs Hindriks Lutss ierīkoja kurpnieka darbnīcu. No vecmāmiņas bagātā pasaku pūra un no vectēva humoristiskajiem nostāstiem daudz kas vēlāk pārgāja Lutsa daiļradē, bet varbūt vēl bagātāku mate­riālu nākamajam rakstniekam devis tas, ko viņš zēna gados redzēja un dzirdēja tēva darbnīcā un piedzīvoja šejienes skolā. Pēc ciema un draudzes skolas seko Tartu reālskola. Te par Lutsa vismīļāko autoru kļūst Gogolis. Turpat 20 gadus Lutss ir strādājis aptiekā — Tartu, Narvā, Tallinā, Pēterpilī. Tartu universitātē iesāktās farmācijas studijas pārtrauc pasaules karš. Pēc demo­bilizācijas Lutss paliek Tartu, kur sākumā īsu laiku strādā universitātes bibliotēkā, bet kopš 1921. gada pilnīgi nododas rakstniecībai. Divas trešdaļas no rakstnieka mūža ir pagājušas Tartu. Viņa pēdējā dzīves vietā — Rīgas ielā 38 — nesen atklāja memoriālo mu­zeju. Ap pusgadsimtu ilgās literārās darbības laikā Lutss ir izmēģinājis visus žanrus un sarakstījis ap 70 daiļ­darbu. Pirmo reizi lasītāji viņu iepazīst 1907. gadā kā dzejnieku. Drīz pēc tam viņš kļūst pazīstams kā drama­turgs. Viņa ievērojamākās lugas ir «Paunvere» (1912. g.; latviski iznāk 1926. g. ar virsrakstu «Sasteigtās precī­bas» E. Zālītes tulkojumā) un «Kāpostgalva» (1912. g.; latviski Dailes teātrī 1932. gadā). Tajā viņš šausta miestiņa bagātāko slāni un tā garīgo aprobežotību, pa­rāda pelēko baronu negausību un nabago ļaužu smago likteni laukos. Divdesmitajos gados Lutss savos stāstos un novelēs rāda pilsētas dzīves ēnas puses. Stāsts «Tumšajā pa­galmā» (1933. g.) dramatizējumā uz igauņu skatuvēm kļūst ļoti populārs, un 1956. gadā Tallinas kinostudija pēc tā uzņem filmu. Ļoti iecienīta ir arī Lutsa memuāru sērija 13 sējumos. Daudzi Lutsa darbi veltīti jaunatnei. Arī bērniem ir uzrakstīti daži sirsnīgi stāstiņi, no kuriem «Ragainītis» (1920. g.) dramatizējumā un kā leļļu filma ar virs­rakstu «Meža pasaka» (1960. g.) kļuvis sevišķi pazīs­tams. To redzējuši arī mūsu republikas bērni Rīgas leļļu teātra iestudējumā. Lutss ir plaši pazīstams arī kā feļetonists. Vispār viņa darbiem raksturīgs smalks, labsirdīgs humors. Lutss savos darbos neizvirza un nerisina lielas pro­blēmas, bet rāda ainas no mazo cilvēku dzīves, kuru pusē nostājas arī pats. «Pavasaris» ir Lutsa ievērojamākais darbs. Tā ir rakstnieka pirmā grāmata (I daļa — 1912. g., II daļa — 1913. g.). Igauniski tā ir iznākusi 9 izdevumos. Sis stāsts par skolas un jaunatnes dzīvi pieder pie tiem ne­daudzajiem daiļdarbiem, kuru pazīst katrs igaunis. Da­žādos dramatizējumos tas bieži uzvests gan uz pašdar­bības, gan arī uz profesionāla teātra skatuves. Rīdzinieki «Pavasari» varēja noskatīties Tallinas drāmas teātra viesizrāžu laikā 1959. gada decembrī. Jaunais kompo­nists Ilo Vinters pēc «Pavasara» 1961. gadā radīja simfonisko svītu «Paunvere», ko atskaņojis arī Latvijas Radio. Tēlotājā mākslā «Pavasara» tēli atspoguļoti skulptūrā, sevišķi sīkplastikā. Meistariski radīti, labi individualizēti «Pavasara» tipi, īpaši Totss, Kīrs un Strupais Juris kļuvuši par simboliem, kuru vārdus lieto jau kā sugas vārdus. Visiem šiem tēliem Palamuzē ir atrasti arī prototipi. Lasot rodas iespaids, ka Arnis Tali ir pats rakstnieks. Taču Lutsa skolas biedri apgalvo, ka dzīvē viņš tik kautrs nemaz neesot bijis, bet dažu labu reizi Totsam palīdzējis izdomāt kārtējo stiķi. Totss turpretim dzīve nemaz neesot bijis tik palaidnīgs ka stāstā. Katram lasītājam kļūs tuvi lieliskie tipi, viņu vien­kāršā, visiem saprotami attēlotā jūtu pasaule, maigais humors, sirsnīgums, vienkāršā tautas valoda ar izteik­smīgajiem salīdzinājumiem —- tas viss ir padarījis «Pa­vasari» par vienu no iemīļotākajām grāmatām igauņu lasītāju vidū. Tulkojumā tā ir pieejama jau arī krievu, lietuviešu, ukraiņu, ungāru, čehu un slovaku lasītājiem. Cerams, ka «Pavasaris» tagad iemantos arī latviešu lasītāju simpātijas. T. K a r m a