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Winter Magic is a witchy, festive book with a Nordic twist, perfect for anyone seeking to connect with their own magic during the enchanting time of Yule. Readers will be introduced to various Yule spirits and deities both light and dark, gain insight into the pagan origins of recognisable Christmas traditions as well…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel
Wrap up warmly and settle down to enjoy these very special Winnie-the-Pooh winter stories.
Kategorier: Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
As winter comes and the hours of darkness overtake the light, we seek out warmth, good food, and good company. But beneath the jollity and bright enchantment of the festive season, there lurks a darker mood – one that has found expression over the centuries in a host of strange and unsettling traditions and lore.…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: kärlek och relationer
Sparks are flying in Winter Wonderland this Christmas in this LGBTQ+ young adult rom-com from Jason June, New York Times bestselling author of Out of the Blue, Jay’s Gay Agenda, and Riley Weaver Needs a Date to the Gaybutante Ball!
All Aaron wants for Christmas is for his brother, Casey, to get over his ex,…
The Winter Sea series continues as a prisonbreak to save Benedict leaves him, Sam and Mary trapped in a desperate race for survival in enemy territory. Expect epic adventure, intrigue and espionage, and fleet battles on the high-seas, perfect for fans of Adrienne Young, L. J. Andrews and Naomi Novik. Following the…
Despite growing up together, these childhood friends have grown apart. Thefan-favorite boys’ love manhwa turned K-drama comes to print for the first time.
Seo Haebom was seven years old when his parents died in an accident. With nowhereelse to go, he moves in with the family of his childhood friend Jo Taesung,…
The brand new novella in the Sunday Times #1 bestselling Rivers of London series.
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THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE POND…
When ex-FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an ’X-Ray Sierra India’ incident, the operator doesn’t understand. He tells them to pass it up the chain till someone…
A special 10th anniversary edition of the standalone bestseller, Winter in Madrid, by the author of the much-loved Shardlake series, C. J. Sansom.1940: The Spanish Civil War is over, and Madrid lies ruined, its people starving, while the Germans continue their relentless march through Europe. Britain now stands alone…
The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics continues to be an essential resource for students and faculty pursuing the latest developments in Christian and religious ethics, publishing refereed scholarly articles on a variety of topics. The Journal also contains book reviews of the latest scholarship in the…
Kategorier: Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Mindfulness Populärpsykologi och personlig utveckling Självhjälp och praktiska råd
A 7-step guide to winter: how to not only survive the winter months but to thrive in them.
From legendary Blizzard Entertainment artist Samwise Didier, The Last Winter is a lavishly illustrated epic fantasy novel. Upon the death of Sprign, goddess and creator of the Pandyr and all other beasts in Mistgard, the island has come under attack by ruthless frost and fire giants from afar. Long fragmented,…
FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES.
’Terrific – every bit as good as an MR James collection’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of THE LEVIATHAN
Featuring new and original stories from:
Bridget Collins Imogen Hermes Gowar Kiran Millwood Hargrave…
’A convincing picture of hard men in a hard time, Dan Jones’ fiction rings with the authority of his scholarly history.’ PHILIPPA GREGORY ’Absolutely fabulous. A raucous, swaggering charge through the medieval underworld. I had such a good time reading it that I never wanted it to stop.’…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: kärlek och relationer
With special bonus content – a ”Twelve Days of Nick and Charlie” holiday sequence of illustrations by Alice Oseman
A short novella based on the beloved characters from Alice Oseman’s acclaimed debut novel Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper – now a major Netflix series.
The…
Essential strategies for turning life’s challenges into opportunities for growth – Carol Dweck, author of Mindset.
Do you struggle to stay positive in winter?
Do you dread the long nights and dark skies that come with autumn’s clock change?
Do you find endless grey skies, drizzle and cold difficult to…
Bird is a woman on the run. One minute, she's in a meeting in her office in Birmingham – the next, she's walking out on her job, her home, her life. It's a day she thought might come, one she's prepared for. But nothing could prepare her for what will happen next. As Bird tries to work out who…
Kategorier: Antikviteter och samlarobjekt Antikviteter och samlarobjekt: keramik och glas Antiques & collectables: ceramics, porcelain & pottery Livsstil, hobby och fritid
This Shang Shan Tang collection is one of the rare assemblages of Chinese ceramics specialising in Yaozhou wares. With over a hundred examples, it is very likely the largest repository of its kind. Text in English and Chinese.
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Pysselböcker, målarböcker och leksaksböcker
Just in time for the holidays! Introducing a fresh and creative approach to kids’ activity books! The KindKids series from Better Day Books combines adorable art, deluxe packaging, and positive messages with classic puzzle activities to create an enjoyable experience that both kids and parents will…
Winter has arrived and everywhere you look people are embracing the season. At home there’s baking, reading, and sleeping in, while on the farm the fields are fallow and quiet. Outside people are bundled up against the cold as they are skating, sledding, and running to catch a crowded bus. The town’s buildings are…
A sumptuously cosy seasonal love story set in sparkling New York, from the queen of the ’what if?’ romance Josie Silver.
Where better to start again than New York?
Iris arrives in the city of dreams, intent on restarting her culinary career, and leaving her recent heartache behind.
Wandering the streets at…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Pysselböcker, målarböcker och leksaksböcker
This festive offering in the series gives fans a magical winter wonderland of beautiful images to bring to life.
You go into a bookshop and buy If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino. You like it. But alas there is a printer’s error in your copy. You take it back to the shop and get a replacement. But the replacement seems to be a totally different story. You try to track down the original book you were…
A beautiful hardback edition of Calvino’s incomparable, genre-defying, wondrous masterwork.
You go into a bookshop and buy If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino. You like it. But alas there is a printer’s error in your copy. You take it back to the shop and get a replacement. But the…
Kategorier: Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Populärpsykologi och personlig utveckling Självhjälp och praktiska råd
Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you’re in.
”This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me.” -TikTok user camrynbanks
Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube…the world has not only become one giant feed, but also one giant…
FROM THE CREATORS OF THE HAUNTING SEASON COMES A DAZZLING COLLECTION OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN GHOSTLY TALES.
Featuring new and original stories from:
Bridget Collins Imogen Hermes Gowar Kiran Millwood Hargrave Andrew Michael Hurley Jess Kidd Natasha PulleyElizabeth Macneal Laura Purcell Susan Stokes Chapman Laura…
1985: For Jack Ryan, the Cold War is burning hot
A top secret F117 aircraft crashes into the Nevada desert. The Nighthawk is the most advanced fighting machine in the world and the Soviets will do anything to get their hands on its secrets.
In East Berlin, a mysterious figure contacts the CIA with an incredible offer:…
**AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW** OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD ’Louise Doughty leads her unnerved readers into dark territory.’ HILARY MANTEL ’Doughty is a brilliant storyteller who knows how to build suspense to breaking point.’ The Times The latest from the writer of BBC…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Läromedel Läromedel: språk Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
En tidig morgon när frosten precis har lagt sig stöter Nora på en mystisk man klädd i en lång grön rock. När mannen plötsligt kastar en slängkyss mot ett träd täcks grenarna av frost som skimrar likt diamanter. Ett äventyr som Nora sent ska glömma har precis tagit sin början.
Speed of Winter är en engelsk kortroman i…
A TOMB OF ICE A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station in Kinlochleven discovers the body of a missing man entombed in ice. A DYING DETECTIVE Cameron Brodie, a Glasgow detective, sets out on a hazardous journey to the isolated and ice-bound village. He has his own reasons for wanting to investigate…
The brand new novella in the Sunday Times #1 bestselling Rivers of London series.
Details to be revealed soon: stay frosty…PRAISE FOR BEN AARONOVITCH & THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES:
’Highly entertaining’SUNDAY EXPRESS
’Charming, witty, exciting’THE…
THE UNPUTDOWNABLE, UNMISSABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR.
It was supposed to be an easy job.
All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dying prisoner from HMP Grampian and deliver him somewhere to live out his last few months in peace.
From the outside, Glenfarach looks like…
Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her family and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and travelled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But these two estranged women come together at their father's deathbed standing alongside…
1985A top secret F117 aircraft crashes into the Nevada desert. The Nighthawk is the most advanced fighting machine in the world and the Soviets will do anything to get their hands on its secrets.
In East Berlin, a mysterious figure contacts the CIA with an incredible offer-invaluable details of his government’s…
Kategorier: Sport, idrott och friluftsliv
A beautifully illustrated exploration of cold-water traditions in Scandinavia and around the world, and a thorough account of why winter swimming gives such a boost to body and soul.
Whether in lake, lido, river or sea, we know the benefits of swimming outdoors and in nature – environmentally friendly and…
’Moved me, inspired me, thrilled me. It filled up every chamber of my heart’ – Ann Patchett’Masterful, surprising, and satisfying’ – Madeline Miller
The stunning short story collection from the bestselling author of Writers & Lovers and Euphoria
A reclusive bookseller begins to…
A TOMB OF ICE A young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station in Kinlochleven discovers the body of a man entombed in ice. A DYING DETECTIVE Cameron Brodie, a Glasgow detective, sets out on a hazardous journey to the isolated and ice-bound village. He has his own reasons for wanting to investigate the…
Ancillary Justice meets Gideon the Ninth in this thrilling space opera from a debut author – an LGBTQ booktok sensation. ’Sparks fly’ (NPR) in Everina Maxwell’s heart-wrenching and romantic space opera debut.
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
Två-språkig bok för dig som lär dig engelska! Läs själv eller tillsammans med en vuxen.
En tråkig sommareftermiddag förvandlas plötsligt när Tina råkar falla ner i Vinterns värld, en plats där den elaka Isdrottningen härskar. Där möter hon Ratatosk, en ekorre som inte slutar prata, och Lynx, en kattvarelse som kanske…
This Christmas, bask in these ’diminutive masterpieces’ (Guardian) by the English genius behind Lolly Willowes.
Decades after her divorce, a lady returns to the village of her tumultuous marriage. A railway carriage hosts a charged schoolboy encounter. A murder raises fears of blackmail. A woman waits…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: kärlek och relationer
A short novella based on the beloved characters from Alice Oseman’s acclaimed debut novel Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper – soon to be a major Netflix series. From the author of the 2021 YA Book Prize winning Loveless.
Kategorier: Bokbinderi och pappslöjd Hantverk och handarbete Hus och hem Livsstil, hobby och fritid Origami och pappslöjd
Med avstamp i de kalla månadernas klassiska pyssel lär vi oss i Hidden Winter hur vi på ett enkelt vis kan ta hemmahantverk till en helt ny nivå. I denna unika blandning av pyssel och inspiration hyllas barnens kreativitet och uppfinningsrikedom. Med enkla steg-för-steg-instruktioner får vi här lära oss att skapa…
When justice is denied by the American legal system or the tribal council, Virgil is hired to deliver his own punishment, the kind that’s hard to forget. But when heroin makes its way onto the reservation and finds Virgil’s nephew, his vigilantism becomes personal. Enlisting the help of his ex-girlfriend,…
Kategorier: Konst
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” —Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Every morning Desmond the mouse wakes with the sunrise and spends the…
This “how to” book in woodcarving guides us through a hands on, educational journey of snowmen designs and cuttings, including “Igloo Snowman,” and “Snowbank Snowman,” both rich in color and full of life. Filled with numerous ideas and designs, it presents a fun and easy way to learn decorative woodcarving while…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This is the first thorough and in-depth study to cover all aspects of the winter uniforms issued to and used by the ground-based troops of the German Army and Air Force during World War II. This book offers a definite overview, covering all uniform pieces and accessories, ranging from coats to scarves, and their…