Markus Zusak

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a compelling and heart-wrenching story set in Nazi Germany in 1939, a time of immense peril and oppression. The narrative is uniquely framed by Death, offering a poignant and omniscient perspective on the events that unfold. At its heart is Liesel Meminger, a young girl whose life takes a dramatic turn when she...

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Since its publication in 2005, The Book Thief has sold over seventeen million copies, been translated into sixty-three languages, and appeared at the top of favourite-reading lists, year after year, around the world. For a generation, it has served...

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...

Every dog has his day. I say, ‘Don’t lose your heart, Rube.’ My brother answers me. He says, ‘I’m not tryin’ to lose it, Cam. I’m tryin’ to find it.’ The Wolfe brothers know how to fight—they’ve been fighting all their lives. Now there’s more at stake than just winning. A wry, perceptive story, sequel to The Underdog, from best-selling...

Gotta go for the underdog! I vowed that if I ever got a girl I would treat her right and never be bad or dirty to her or hurt her, ever. Boys are like dogs—ready to bite, bark and beg to be given a chance to show their value ... Cameron Wolfe is a dirty boy. He knows it. His...

Ed Kennedy – cab-driving prodigy, pathetic card player and useless at sex – shares coffee with his dog and is in nervous love with Audrey. His life is one of suburban routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first ace turns up and Ed becomes The Messenger. PROTECT THE DIAMONDS SURVIVE THE CLUBS DIG...