Books from Natalya Ber

Кто не спрятался. История одной компании

Яне Вагнер принес известность роман «Вонгозеро», который вошел в лонг-листы премий «НОС» и «Национальный бестселлер», был переведен на 11 языков и стал финалистом премий Prix Bob Morane и журнала Elle. Сегодня по нему снимается телесериал.Новый роман «Кто не спрятался» – это история девяти друзей, приехавших в отель на вершине снежной горы. Они знакомы целую вечность, они успешны, счастливы и готовы весело провести время. Но утром оказывается, что ледяной дождь оставил их без связи с миром. Казалось бы – такое приключение! Вот только недалеко от входа лежит одна из них, пронзенная лыжной палкой. Всё, что им остается, – зажечь свечи, разлить виски и посмотреть друг другу в глаза.Это триллер, где каждый боится только самого себя. Детектив, в котором не так уж важно, кто преступник. Психологическая драма, которая вытянула на поверхность все старые обиды.Содержит нецензурную брань.
Natalya Ber
Яне Вагнер принес известность роман «Вонгозеро», который вошел в лонг-листы премий «НОС» и «Национальный бестселлер», был переведен на 11 языков и стал финалистом премий Prix Bob Morane и журнала Elle. Сегодня по нему снимается телесериал.Новый роман «Кто не спрятался» – это история девяти друзей, приехавших в отель на вершине снежной горы. Они знакомы целую вечность, они успешны, счастливы и готовы весело провести время. Но утром оказывается, что ледяной дождь оставил их без связи с миром. Казалось бы – такое приключение! Вот только недалеко от входа лежит одна из них, пронзенная лыжной палкой. Всё, что им остается, – зажечь свечи, разлить виски и посмотреть друг другу в глаза.Это триллер, где каждый боится только самого себя. Детектив, в котором не так уж важно, кто преступник. Психологическая драма, которая вытянула на поверхность все старые обиды.Содержит нецензурную брань.
Books from Natalya Ber

The Devil Aspect

Steeped in the folklore of Eastern Europe, and set in the shadow of Nazi darkness erupting just beyond the Czech border, this bone-chilling, richly imagined novel is propulsively entertaining, and impossible to put down.Czechoslovakia, 1935: Viktor Kosárek, a newly trained psychiatrist who studied under Carl Jung, arrives at the infamous Hrad Orlu Asylum for the Criminally Insane. The facility is located in a medieval mountaintop castle surrounded by forests, on a site that is well known for concealing dark secrets going back many centuries. The asylum houses six inmates--the country's most treacherous killers--known to the terrified public as the Devil's Six. Viktor intends to use a new medical technique to prove that these patients share a common archetype of evil, a phenomenon he calls The Devil Aspect. Yet as he begins to learn the stunning secrets of these patients, he must face the unnerving possibility that these six may share a darker truth. Meanwhile, in Prague, fear grips the city as a phantom serial killer emerges in the dark alleys. Police investigator Lukas Smolak, desperate to locate the culprit (a copycat of Jack the Ripper), turns to Viktor and the doctors at Hrad Orlu for their expertise with the psychotic criminal mind. And Viktor finds himself wrapped up in a case more terrifying than he could have ever imagined.
Natalya Ber
Steeped in the folklore of Eastern Europe, and set in the shadow of Nazi darkness erupting just beyond the Czech border, this bone-chilling, richly imagined novel is propulsively entertaining, and impossible to put down.Czechoslovakia, 1935: Viktor Kosárek, a newly trained psychiatrist who studied under Carl Jung, arrives at the infamous Hrad Orlu Asylum for the Criminally Insane. The facility is located in a medieval mountaintop castle surrounded by forests, on a site that is well known for concealing dark secrets going back many centuries. The asylum houses six inmates--the country's most treacherous killers--known to the terrified public as the Devil's Six. Viktor intends to use a new medical technique to prove that these patients share a common archetype of evil, a phenomenon he calls The Devil Aspect. Yet as he begins to learn the stunning secrets of these patients, he must face the unnerving possibility that these six may share a darker truth. Meanwhile, in Prague, fear grips the city as a phantom serial killer emerges in the dark alleys. Police investigator Lukas Smolak, desperate to locate the culprit (a copycat of Jack the Ripper), turns to Viktor and the doctors at Hrad Orlu for their expertise with the psychotic criminal mind. And Viktor finds himself wrapped up in a case more terrifying than he could have ever imagined.
Books from Natalya Ber

Живые люди

«Живые люди» – продолжение бестселлера «Вонгозеро», роман-робинзонада, герметический триллер. Одиннадцать человек – восемь взрослых и трое детей – спрятались от эпидемии на маленьком острове посреди карельской тайги. Значит ли это, что самое страшное позади? Они выжили, но отрезаны от мира и заперты вместе. Им придется зимовать, голодать и самое главное – учиться принимать друг друга, сосуществовать тесно, бок о бок. Выбор простой: измениться или погибнуть.На платформе PREMIER выходит «Эпидемия» – экранизация первого романа дилогии «Вонгозеро».
Natalya Ber
«Живые люди» – продолжение бестселлера «Вонгозеро», роман-робинзонада, герметический триллер. Одиннадцать человек – восемь взрослых и трое детей – спрятались от эпидемии на маленьком острове посреди карельской тайги. Значит ли это, что самое страшное позади? Они выжили, но отрезаны от мира и заперты вместе. Им придется зимовать, голодать и самое главное – учиться принимать друг друга, сосуществовать тесно, бок о бок. Выбор простой: измениться или погибнуть.На платформе PREMIER выходит «Эпидемия» – экранизация первого романа дилогии «Вонгозеро».
Books from Natalya Ber

Вонгозеро. Эпидемия

«Вонгозеро» – роман-катастрофа, антиутопия, роуд-стори, постмодернистский триллер. Вошел в лонг-листы премий «НОС» и «Национальный бестселлер», был переведен на 11 языков и стал финалистом премий Prix Bob Morane и журнала Elle. В конце 2019 года на платформе ТНТ-Premier выходит его экранизация – киносериал «Эпидемия».«Город закрыли вдруг, ночью. Я точно помню, тревоги еще не было. Невозможно было представить себе, что карантин не закончится за несколько недель. По телевизору в эти дни говорили “временная мера”, “ситуация под контролем”, “в городе достаточно лекарств, поставки продовольствия организованы”. Это было по-своему даже приятно – внеурочный отпуск; наша связь с городом была не прервана, а просто ограничена. Идея пробраться туда казалась несрочной... Все случилось так быстро. Мы ужаснулись тому, какими были беспечными. Четыреста тысяч заболевших!» Так начиналась эпидемия.
Natalya Ber
«Вонгозеро» – роман-катастрофа, антиутопия, роуд-стори, постмодернистский триллер. Вошел в лонг-листы премий «НОС» и «Национальный бестселлер», был переведен на 11 языков и стал финалистом премий Prix Bob Morane и журнала Elle. В конце 2019 года на платформе ТНТ-Premier выходит его экранизация – киносериал «Эпидемия».«Город закрыли вдруг, ночью. Я точно помню, тревоги еще не было. Невозможно было представить себе, что карантин не закончится за несколько недель. По телевизору в эти дни говорили “временная мера”, “ситуация под контролем”, “в городе достаточно лекарств, поставки продовольствия организованы”. Это было по-своему даже приятно – внеурочный отпуск; наша связь с городом была не прервана, а просто ограничена. Идея пробраться туда казалась несрочной... Все случилось так быстро. Мы ужаснулись тому, какими были беспечными. Четыреста тысяч заболевших!» Так начиналась эпидемия.
Books from Natalya Ber

Night Theatre 6.0/10.0

'I read this book in a single addictive sitting. It will stay with me for a long time' Jeet Thayil'Paralkar has created my favorite kind of story: morbid, magical, and enthralling' Sarah BlakeAs dusk approaches, a former surgeon goes about closing up his dilapidated clinic in rural India. His day, like all his days, has been long and hard. His medical supplies arrive late if at all, the electrics in the clinic threaten to burn out at any minute, and his overseer, a corrupt government official, blackmails and extorts him. It is thankless work, but the surgeon has long given up any hope of reward in this life.That night, as the surgeon completes his paperwork, he is visited by a family - a teacher, his heavily pregnant wife and their young son. Victims of a senseless attack, they reveal to the surgeon wounds that they could not possibly have survived. And so the surgeon finds himself faced with a preposterous task: to mend the wounds of the dead family before sunrise so that they may return to life. But this is not the only challenge laid before the surgeon, and as the night unfolds he realises his future is tied more closely to that of the dead family than he could have imagined. At once dustily realist and magically unreal, Night Theatre is a powerful fable about the miracles we ask of doctors, and the fine line they negotiate between life and death.
Natalya Ber
Easy read and well written medical drama. However, long description of the surgeries served no purpose.
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What I am reading

Михаил Елизаров – автор романов “Библиотекарь” (премия “Русский Букер”), “Pasternak” и “Мультики” (шорт-лист премии “Национальный бестселлер”), сборников рассказов “Ногти” (шорт-лист премии Андрея Белого), “Мы вышли покурить на 17 лет” (приз читательского голосования премии “НОС”).Новый роман Михаила Елизарова “Земля” – первое масштабное осмысление “русского танатоса”.“Как такового похоронного сленга нет. Есть вульгарный прозекторский жаргон. Там поступившего мотоциклиста глумливо величают «космонавтом», упавшего с высоты – «десантником», «акробатом» или «икаром», утопленника – «водолазом», «ихтиандром», «муму», погибшего в ДТП – «кеглей». Возможно, на каком-то кладбище табличку-времянку на могилу обзовут «лопатой», венок – «кустом», а землекопа – «кротом». Этот роман – история Крота” (Михаил Елизаров).Содержит нецензурную браньВ формате a4.pdf сохранен издательский макет.
Natalya Ber
Михаил Елизаров – автор романов “Библиотекарь” (премия “Русский Букер”), “Pasternak” и “Мультики” (шорт-лист премии “Национальный бестселлер”), сборников рассказов “Ногти” (шорт-лист премии Андрея Белого), “Мы вышли покурить на 17 лет” (приз читательского голосования премии “НОС”).Новый роман Михаила Елизарова “Земля” – первое масштабное осмысление “русского танатоса”.“Как такового похоронного сленга нет. Есть вульгарный прозекторский жаргон. Там поступившего мотоциклиста глумливо величают «космонавтом», упавшего с высоты – «десантником», «акробатом» или «икаром», утопленника – «водолазом», «ихтиандром», «муму», погибшего в ДТП – «кеглей». Возможно, на каком-то кладбище табличку-времянку на могилу обзовут «лопатой», венок – «кустом», а землекопа – «кротом». Этот роман – история Крота” (Михаил Елизаров).Содержит нецензурную браньВ формате a4.pdf сохранен издательский макет.
Books from Natalya Ber

Woman at Point Zero

'An unforgettable, unmissable book for the new global feminist.'The Times'All the men I did get to know filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face.'So begins Firdaus's remarkable story of rebellion against a society founded on lies, hypocrisy, brutality and oppression. Born to a peasant family in the Egyptian countryside, Firdaus struggles through childhood, seeking compassion and knowledge in a world which gives her little of either. As she grows up and escapes the fetters of her childhood, each new relationship teaches her a bitter but liberating truth – that the only free people are those who want nothing, fear nothing and hope for nothing.This classic novel has been an inspiration to countless people across the world. Saadawi's searing indictment of society's brutal treatment of women continues to resonate today.
Natalya Ber
'An unforgettable, unmissable book for the new global feminist.'The Times'All the men I did get to know filled me with but one desire: to lift my hand and bring it smashing down on his face.'So begins Firdaus's remarkable story of rebellion against a society founded on lies, hypocrisy, brutality and oppression. Born to a peasant family in the Egyptian countryside, Firdaus struggles through childhood, seeking compassion and knowledge in a world which gives her little of either. As she grows up and escapes the fetters of her childhood, each new relationship teaches her a bitter but liberating truth – that the only free people are those who want nothing, fear nothing and hope for nothing.This classic novel has been an inspiration to countless people across the world. Saadawi's searing indictment of society's brutal treatment of women continues to resonate today.
Books from Natalya Ber

American Dirt

"Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.Even though she knows they’ll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy - two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia - trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier’s reach doesn’t extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?"--Publisher description.
Natalya Ber
"Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.Even though she knows they’ll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy - two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia - trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier’s reach doesn’t extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?"--Publisher description.
Books from Natalya Ber

Books

'Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining' New York Times'All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death.'In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life.Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighbourhood, the revellers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home.Timely, exuberant and moving, The House of Broken Angels, which was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, is Luis Alberto Urrea's long-overdue UK debut.
Natalya Ber
'Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining' New York Times'All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death.'In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life.Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighbourhood, the revellers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home.Timely, exuberant and moving, The House of Broken Angels, which was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, is Luis Alberto Urrea's long-overdue UK debut.
TV Shows from Natalya Ber

Caliphate

National Security agent Fatima receives a tip that a terrorist attack against Sweden is in the planning stage. Meanwhile Sulle, a teenage girl in Stockholm, gets interested in her student assistent who opens doors to a new and fascinating world - the true path. Kalifat is a thriller about the intermingled fates of five young women who get caught up in the seducing and destroying force of religious fundamentalism.
Natalya Ber
National Security agent Fatima receives a tip that a terrorist attack against Sweden is in the planning stage. Meanwhile Sulle, a teenage girl in Stockholm, gets interested in her student assistent who opens doors to a new and fascinating world - the true path. Kalifat is a thriller about the intermingled fates of five young women who get caught up in the seducing and destroying force of religious fundamentalism.
TV Shows from Natalya Ber

Watched in 2020

A Hasidic Jewish woman in Brooklyn flees to Berlin from an arranged marriage and is taken in by a group of musicians -- until her past comes calling.
Natalya Ber
The four-part Netflix series is based on Debora Feldman's memoir. Emotionally powerful, captivating and educational.
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Coffeebar

Coffeebar is a radically-inclusive Italian café experience, no matter the time of day you stop by. Based in Reno, Menlo Park, Squaw Valley, and Truckee.
Natalya Ber
Coffeebar is a radically-inclusive Italian café experience, no matter the time of day you stop by. Based in Reno, Menlo Park, Squaw Valley, and Truckee.
Cafes from Natalya Ber

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Nice cozy little coffee shop, friendly staff, good coffee
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Nice cozy little coffee shop, friendly staff, good coffee
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Welcome to Healthy Meal Plans!
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Welcome to Healthy Meal Plans!
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Sites

An impassioned Italian Scot sharing how to cook authentically, and travel with enthusiasm.
Natalya Ber
An impassioned Italian Scot sharing how to cook authentically, and travel with enthusiasm.