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From the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the bestselling John Lennon: The Life comesáa revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most undervalued and mysterious Beatle.
Kategorier: Filosofi och religion Kristendom Politik och statsskick Politiska ledare och politiskt ledarskap Religion och politik Religion och tro Religion: allmänt Religiösa frågor och debatter Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Statsskick och politiska processer
Med handen på Bibeln och med orden »so help me God« svärs de amerikanska presidenterna in. Landets motto är »In God We Trust« och med trohetseden till nationen deklareras att landet är »one nation under God«. Presidenterna hänvisar ofta till Gud. De citerar inte sällan bibelord och alluderar på andra. Såväl…
Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed, then foil stamped. And they’re powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmarks and a solid…
Kategorier: Skönlitteratur
Following the worst terrorist attacks in American history on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush pledged to bring those responsible to justice, especially the mastermind behind it all, Osama bin Laden. After failing to capture Bin Laden in Afghanistan, George W. Bush shifted his attention and that of his…
On September 25, 1890, the fourth Mormon prophet, Wilford Woodruff, publicly instructed his followers to abandon polygamy. In doing so, he initiated a process that would fundamentally alter the Latter-day Saints and their faith. Trading the most integral elements of their belief system for national acceptance, the…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: konst och underhållning Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Kompositörer och låtskrivare Konst Musik
Music legend Gary Wright reflects on his professional collaboration, friendship and spiritual journey with “quiet Beatle” George Harrison and releases for the first time a song they wrote together.
Best known for his multiplatinum hits “Dream Weaver” and “Love is Alive,” Gary Wright came to prominence as a singer and…
Charles Borromeo (1538-1584) became the driving force of reform within the Catholic Church in the wake of the Council of Trent following the Protestant Reformation and the primary reason Trent’s dramatic reforms were successful. His remarkable accomplishments in Milan as Archbishop became the model of reform for the…
A leading figure in the Theosophical Society, Leadbeater was a prolific author, writing on subjects ranging from Buddhism, Masonic history and the origins of Christianity through to the power of thought and the fourth dimension. Leadbeater was also the force behind Annie Besant, the discoverer and educator if…
The Song Forever New includes daily meditations on Wesley’s Redemption Hymns and Resurrection Hymns, which are particularly well suited to the themes of Lent and Easter. For each day of Lent and Easter there is a scripture reading appropriate to the day, an extract from one of Wesley’s hymns, a short…
This handsome 5-volume boxset bring together Charles Dickens’ best-known works in collectible paperback editions.
Readers can revel in Dickens’ masterful atmospheric descriptions of Victorian London as they encounter some of the novelist’s most enduring and best-loved characters, from Fagin to…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt Tecknade romaner och tecknade serier Tecknade romaner, serier och skämtteckningar Tecknade serier och tecknade romaner: amerikansk / brittisk stil
In the third graphic novel of the Secret Smithsonian Adventures series, our heroes visit the National Museum of American History and realize that someone is trying to turn America from a democracy into a monarchy. They must stop this plan to make a president into a king!
Schoolmates Eric, Dominique, Ajay, and Josephine…
The events of that day are now tragically familiar: on May 25, 2020, George Floyd became the latest Black person to die at the hands of the police, murdered outside of a Minneapolis convenience store by white officer Derek Chauvin. The video recording of his death set off the largest protest movement in the history of…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: folk och länder Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Children’s / Teenage general interest: Celebrations, holidays, festivals & special events Children’s / Teenage personal & social topics: diversity / inclusivity Faktaböcker barn och ungdom Personliga och sociala frågor barn och ungdom Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
Kategorier: Genusvetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper
A graphic biography of female novelist George Sand, whose life and work championed women’s rights, gender expression, and sexual liberation
A scrupulously researched and tenderly revealing biography of one of the great pioneering figures of 19th-century French literature. Born in 1804-at a time when women were…
An original collection of interwoven short stories set in the Wild Cards universe, where an alien virus mutates some and grants superpowers to others, created by the #1 New York Times bestselling author ofA Game of Thrones
An alien virus ravages the world, with effects as random as a hand of cards. Those infected…
’A great storyteller and a fabulous actor. Well done, sir!’ DAVID HAREWOOD
’Phenomenal! Highly recommended.’ MALORIE BLACKMAN
’An absolutely thrilling, throat-catching wonder of a historical novel. Hugely recommended.’ STEPHEN FRY
For fans of The Miniaturist and The Confessions of…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
”Gavin’s engrossing biography of the singer takes the measure of a gifted, tragic, and infuriating man.” -New York Times Book Review
George Michael was an extravagantly gifted, openhearted soul singer whose work was both pained and smolderingly erotic. He was a songwriter of true craft and substance,…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
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’To Charles, being monarch has nothing to do with power – he believes his role is to lead. It is up to others whether they choose to follow.’
When Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022, it sent shockwaves around the world. The longest…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 was a moment of profound shock and grief for the nation. She had been a steadfast presence for seventy years but now, suddenly, the future of the monarchy rested on the shoulders of her son, then aged seventy-three. No new monarch had spent longer preparing for such a…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
*WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN NON-FICTION**Finalist for the National Book Award for Non-fiction*
’His Name Is George Floyd is essential for our times.’ Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist
’An intimate, unvarnished and scrupulous account of his life…brilliantly revealing.’…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
From the the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the bestselling John Lennon: The Life comes a revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most undervalued and mysterious Beatle.
Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: konst och underhållning Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Konst Musik Musiker, sångare och grupper
GEORGE MICHAEL var en extremt begåvad sångare, låtskrivare och artist. Hans musik har fyllt dansgolven sedan mitten av åttiotalet, och hitlåtar som ”Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”, ”Last Christmas” och ”Careless Whisper” har gjort honom odödlig.
George Michael: Ett liv är en…
Raymond Charles Barker was once told by a friend, “As I listen to you lecture I do not have a sense of the Presence of God, because you are always telling us the mechanics of the Law of Mind.” Concerned by this, Dr. Barker was quick to offer an example to
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
Charles III: The Making of a King celebrates the new King in the year of his coronation. The beautiful gift book includes a timeline of key events from Charles’ life, and explores the future of the monarchy through photographs and paintings of the wider royal family, including Diana, Princess of Wales, Camilla,…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: konst och underhållning Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Konst Musik Musiker, sångare och grupper
GEORGE MICHAEL var en extremt begåvad sångare, låtskrivare och artist. Hans musik har fyllt dansgolven sedan mitten av åttiotalet, och hitlåtar som ”Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”, ”Last Christmas” och ”Careless Whisper” har gjort honom odödlig.
George Michael: Ett liv är en…
Fostoria was a most remarkable glassd company and George Sakier(1897-1988) was a most remarkable designer of Fostoria glass. For over fifty years, through the Great Depression, Sakier sent classic and modern designs to Moundsville, West Virginia, where millions of delightful glass objects were produced. They appear…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This concise, illustrated history focuses on the McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft and units assigned to George AFB, California, from 1964–92. George’s association with the aircraft began with the arrival of the first F-4s in April 1964, and would last over twenty-eight years. The initial mission was to train…
Kategorier: Konst
George Rickey’s importance to the art world is belied by the lack of literature about one of the world’s most accomplished kinetic sculptors. Rickey’s fascinating sculptural oeuvre spans a fifty-three-year working period (1949-2002) and is incredibly diverse. This book is concerned exclusively with…
This book presents a thorough look at the multitude of fascinating and beautiful ceramic forms produced by the British potter George Jones and his firm, including majolica wares and ”Abbey” blue and white transfer printed ceramics. Over 700 color photographs amply display the diverse table, tea, toilet, and…
The original designer of Josef Originals, Muriel Joseph George, is introduced for the first time through family photographs and interviews with family members. This book gives valuable insight into the life and times of this talented artist through written historical accounts depictions of her work.
Josef Originals…
George Orwell was perhaps the twentieth century’s best chronicler of English culture and one of our most significant political thinkers.
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: historia, politik och försvar Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Biography: adventurers & explorers
Han var son till den berömde björnjägaren Llewellyn Lloyd – en excentrisk engelsman som slog sig ner i Sverige. Modern var en kvinna av folket.
I denna lika äventyrliga som faktaspäckade skildring av en udda människas liv får vi följa Charles John Andersson genom ett liv än märkligare än den äventyrlige faderns.…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
In its 400 years of recorded history, the Charles River has run from Hopkinton to Boston just as marathoners do every April. In that time it has served as the route of settlement for places like Charlestown, Cambridge, Watertown, and Waltham. This book shows the Charles’ historic role as a major source of…
Kategorier: Konst
Charles Band’s Full Moon Entertainment was the most remarkable B-movie studio of the 1990s, responsible for a barrage of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror classics during the last true ”golden age” of the home video era. From Puppetmaster to Trancers and beyond, Full Moon transformed the VHS experience for…
Tells the story of Charles Ryder’s infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly disappearing world of privilege they inhabit.
1974, Watford, and two teenagers, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (George Michael) and Andrew John Ridgeley, meet for the first time. It isn't football or fashion or girls that bring them together (actually, girls: yes). Instead, they soon discover that they are both mad about music. Together they set out to follow…
Using art and symbolism from the Dickensian Victorian era, this rich and inspiring 78-card deck and guidebook draws on literary themes but remains rooted in traditional Tarot. The Major Arcana focuses on Dickens’s own life and history, including real-life people who were worked into his fiction. These include his…
In 1975 Andrew took a shy new boy at school under his wing. They instantly hit it off and their boyhood escapades at Bushy Meads School built a bond that was never broken. The duo found themselves riding an astonishing rollercoaster of success, taking them all over the world. They made and broke iconic records,…
For the first time, Andrew Ridgeleyone half of one of the most famous bands in the worldtells the inside story of Wham!, his lifelong friendship with George Michael, and the formation of a band that changed the shape of the music scene in the early eighties.
In 1975 Andrew took a shy new boy at school under his…
Läs om Charles Bukowskis eget liv – skrivet av en svensk, Ronnie Haag. Följ med in i Bukowskis privata värld, som till en del skiljer sig från hans alter ego Henry Chinaski. Och läs också översättaren Einar Heckschers förord.
Om fagra kvinnor förstås, om en sadistisk pappa, om alla tidskriftsredaktörer och…
Detta är första biografin som skrivs på svenska Om Charles Bukowski. Han är en legend och läses fortfarande mycket, trots att det är åtta år sedan han dog. I slutet av biografin finns det också en utförlig bibliografi över hans poesi, novellsamlingar, romaner, brevsamlingar, ljud- och videoupptagningar.
Följ med in i…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi