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Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
Inspired by a Malian fairy tale, The Scorpion Queen is an epic fantasy perfect for fans of Girl, Goddess, Queen and The Gilded Ones.
At first glance, Princess Mariama lives a charmed life at the imperial palace in Timbuktu with servants catering for her every need. But deep within the palace walls, a terrible trial…
Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis is the start of a delightful, funny and seductive romantasy trilogy, set in a gaslamp-lit world where hags and ogres lurk in thick pine forests and genteel court intrigues can turn deadly . . .
Queen Saskia is the wicked sorceress everyone fears. After successfully wrestling…
Having been saved from execution at the hands of the Draoihn – powerful magic users Raine used to count as allies – Raine finds herself in the Fault, a vast magical wasteland, which is falling apart before her eyes.
Alongside her two closest companions, they are searching for the only person Raine believes…
’Hannah Whitten is my new favourite obsession’ Jodi Picoult, New York Times-bestselling author
In this epic sequel to the Sunday Times bestseller, The Foxglove King – Hannah Whitten’s lush, romantic fantasy – the glittering and dangerous world of the Sainted King’s royal court is…
’UTTERLY ENTHRALLING’ Rebecca Yarros, New York Times bestselling author of Fourth WingTale of the Heart Queen is the spellbinding conclusion to the Artefacts of Ouranos romantasy sensation, filled with enticing magic, perilous action and sizzling romance. Fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and Serpent and…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: kärlek och relationer
The New York Times bestselling author of the American Royals series invites you to visit 19th-century Europe amid the glamour and intrigue of the Victorian era. In this historical romance inspired by true events, three princesses struggle to find love-and end up vying for the hearts of two future kings.
In the last…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
You can’t be afraid of the dark when you’re the monster lurking in the shadows. Eighteen-year-old Sorinda is a deadly assassin with a reputation to match. But her latest assignment is like no other. The pirate queen, Alosa, has tasked her with captaining a handpicked crew on a dangerous rescue mission, and…
Kategorier: Allmän historia, världshistoria Arkeologi Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Etnicitet Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Folktro, myter och legender Forntida, medeltida och klassiska texter Genusvetenskap Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Konst Konst: teman och motiv Konsthistoria Matematik och naturvetenskap Myter och legender Naturvetenskap Naturvetenskapens historia Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Skönlitteratur Sociala grupper Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world’s first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. ”A great masterpiece of universal literature.”–Mircea Eliade
Go beyond the original Shondaland series on Netflix, Queen Charlotte, with this lushly romantic Bridgerton prequel novel written by New York Times bestselling authors Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes as the marriage of Queen Charlotte and King George of England leads to an unexpected love story and a union that transforms…
The fourth book in New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance’s Walker Family series is a chilling tale of murder past and present that connects and devastates three families.
“Brilliant….[Jance] has crafted a mystery that Hillerman would be proud of and that her fans will love.”…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: roliga berättelser
The perfect lighthearted summer read for 11 – 14 year olds
Mo Merrydrew. Reluctant Vampire Queen. A human leader of vampires. Who would have thought it? Mo had always dreamed of being a leader, but never thought she’d be chosen to be the Vampire Queen of Great Britain. But Mo is in a slump – things…
Anthony Copley’s A Fig for Fortune was the first major poetic response to Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. Written by a Catholic Englishman with an uneasy relationship to the English regime, A Fig for Fortune offers a deeply contestatory, richly imagined answer to sixteenth-century England’s greatest poem. Through…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Personliga och sociala frågor barn och ungdom Personliga och sociala frågor barn och ungdom: döden och sorg Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
Mamma fick folk att gråta. Hon får fortfarande folk att gråta fastän hon inte ens lever. Ibland när pappa duschar hör jag att han gråter. Jag tror att han tror att det inte hörs. Men det gör det. Därför tänker jag aldrig gråta. Aldrig! Och jag tänker inte få folk att gråta. Jag tänker få folk att skratta. Det är min…
’Hannah Whitten is my new favourite obsession’ Jodi Picoult, New York Times-bestselling author
In the second instalment of Sunday Times Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten’s lush, romantic epic fantasy series, a young woman who can raise the dead must navigate the dangerous world of the Sainted…
SAMKIEL AND DIANNA WILL RETURN
WHERE THERE ARE GODS, THERE ARE ALSO MONSTERS . . .
’Amber’s series breaks the rules in the best way. Her main character is strong, capable, and unapologetically powerful. There is no damsel here. This story is filled with fast-paced action, an in-depth world, and a romance…
Den efterlängtade fortsättningen på Denise Rudbergs framgångsrika Queen-serie – en polisroman som utspelar sig i Sverige under ett smutsigt, korrumperat och discodansande 70-tal.
”Denise Rudberg blir bara bättre och bättre. Det har skrivits flera samtidshistoriska deckare de senaste åren — sällan görs det så bra…
’You betrayed your brother to steal a broken crown’
The kingdom stands on the brink of chaos. Atticus’ grip on the realm is faltering, and as threats arise ever closer to home he is driven to increasingly desperate acts to hold onto power.
With Islor’s fate now in the balance, Zander stands to…
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
An insightful, inspirational and enlightening portrait of Father Edward J. Flanagan, the man who founded Boys Town and let a cultural revolution that forever changed the way children were viewed, valued and cared for in society.
”Pacing of the breakneck variety. Short chapters, funny asides, lethally potent descriptions: They all contribute to a frenetic page-turning momentum… you’ll have great fun reading it.” —The New York Times Book Review
Introducing Antonia Scott–the most compelling and original…
An arranged marriage leads to unexpected desire, in the first book of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Alyssa Cole’s Runaway Royals series.
When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it’s nothing like she imagined. Shanti and her husband…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: roliga berättelser
The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish encourages readers to boldly be exactly who they are. Written by a founding member of the nationally recognized Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH), this fabulous picture book offers a quirky twist on a classic nursery rhyme. The story plays off ’The Wheels on the…
It’s 1536 and the Queen has been beheaded. Lady Grace Fairfax, witch, knows that something foul is at play – that someone had betrayed Anne Boleyn and her coven. Wild with the loss of their leader – and her lover, a secret that if spilled could spell Grace’s own end – she will do anything…
The lives of two women-one desperate only to save her missing sister, the other a witch destined to become queen of Norway-intertwine in this spellbinding, powerful Viking Age historical fantasy novel from the acclaimed author of The Witch’s Heart.
Oddny and Gunnhild meet as children in tenth century Norway, and…
’A must for Tudor fans everywhere’ Tracy Borman
’Thrilling, captivating… unforgettable’ Kate Williams
Sunday Times bestselling novelist Alison Weir returns with the spellbinding story of Mary I.
A DESTINY REWRITTEN. A ROYAL HEART DIVIDED.
Adored only child of Henry VIII and his Queen,…
Ny, ljuvlig bok i Bridgertons universum av Julia Quinn och Shonda Rhimes.
En solig dag i september 1761 möts en blivande kung och drottning för allra första gången och efter bara några timmar är de gifta. Den tyska prinsessan Charlotte av Mecklenburg-Strelitz är vacker, envis och oerhört intelligent. Kanske inte…
Who killed the Mayor? It's up to the Marlow Murder Club to find out . . .Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies suddenly during a Town Council meeting. When traces of aconite – also known as the queen of poisons – are found in his coffee cup, the police realise he was murdered. But who did it? And…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Ande, kropp och själ: tänkande och praktik Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling
Mary, Queen of Angels is a non-denominational book that follows in the successful vein of two of Doreen Virtue’s previous works, The Healing Miracles of Archangel Raphael and The Miracles of Archangel Michael. Within these pages, Doreen brings forth a collection of true stories from people who have experienced…
Agneta Thorén är en ung polis och ensamstående mamma som efter en hörselskada i samband med en utryckning tvingas till skrivbordstjänstgöring på Stockholmspolisens stadsarkiv. Arbetet där är långt ifrån lika händelsefullt som aktiv tjänst – men allt förändras när hon förstår att någon med hög säkerhetsprövning döljer…
Kategorier: Fantasy Romantisk fantasy Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur i översättning Skönlitteratur: specialutgåvor
För alla som älskar Rebecca Yarros ”Fourth Wing” och Sarah J. Maas böcker.
I tolv år har Lor och hennes syskon varit fångar i Aurorakungens ökända fängelse. Efter ett oväntat fängelseupplopp befinner hon sig plötsligt i Solkungens rike där hon utsetts till en av tio kvinnor att tävla om chansen att bli…
The brand new third book in the captivating Fate & Flame series- a high fantasy, slow burn romance with over 2M views on TikTok. Romy and Zander fight to save the kingdom of Islor as its enemies close in… but will their love be strong enough to survive? The third book in the ’Fate & Flame’…
The true story of beloved Cambodian singer Ros Serey Sothea, whose ”Golden Voice” helped define Cambodia’s Golden Age of music until her mysterious disappearance in the killing fields of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge. Developed in partnership with Sothea’s family.
There is a saying in Cambodia:…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
To hell with love, this goddess has other plans…
Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: how Persephone was a pawn in the politics of other gods. How Hades kidnapped Persephone to be his bride. How her mother, Demeter, was so distraught she caused the Earth to start dying.
The real story is much more…
A young man plots to unearth a secret from an elderly countess-a secret he believes will win him a fortune. ’The Queen of Spades’ is Pushkin’s prose masterpiece, a gripping tale of avarice, obsession, madness and cards. This wonderful collection also includes the keenly and sympathetically observed…
The second book in the Nightfall Saga, the stunning new epic fantasy series set in the world of the Demon Cycle, from New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett.
Humanity thought the war with demonkind was over. Now, after humanity has had less than a generation to rebuild, the demon corelings have returned…
The epic conclusion to the ’Shadows & Crowns’ series
Cassia Greythorne has survived battles with gods and monsters and the crown is in her grasp. But the power of the dark god Malaphar grows ever stronger, threatening the future of their world before her reign has even begun.
Still there is hope: a way…
Out of the country’s fascinating geography and history emerge a plethora of poetic and imaginative Icelandic legends that hold a particular wary respect of nature, and a wry wisdom at turns gentle and sharp: that we human beings are mere tenants on earth, with no control over weather or ghosts or wild. On the one hand,…
”en medryckande skildring av en svunnen tid och en skildring av kvinnors utmaningar i arbetslivet” BTJ
Agneta Thorén är en ung polis och ensamstående mamma som efter en hörselskada i samband med en utryckning tvingas till skrivbordstjänstgöring på Stockholmspolisens stadsarkiv. Arbetet där är långt ifrån…
Now an Amazon Prime Original series, Red Queen is the first in Juan Gomez-Jurado’s internationally bestselling thriller series, translated by Nick Caistor. Winner of the Cognac Prize 2022 with more than two million copies sold in Spain alone.
Sunday Times – Best Thriller Books of the Year
’A Spanish…
For 13 years, Peter Hince lived the rock ’n’ roll dream. As head roadie for Queen he had a front row seat and backstage pass to some of the greatest moments in music.
Now, he is opening up his incredible archive and sharing hundreds of photographs and mementoes – many never seen before – as well…
”Denise Rudberg blir bara bättre och bättre. Det har skrivits flera samtidshistoriska deckare de senaste åren — sällan görs det så bra som i Denise Rudbergs händer.” Lotta Olsson, DN
Första delen i en ny spänningsserie!
I Denise Rudbergs polisroman Dancing Queen synas ett land som ännu inte förlorat…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Dagböcker och brev
Jöns och Ninnie Ringborg emigrerade som nygifta till Chile i mars 1917. Ninnie återvände till Sverige med barnen 1931, Jöns kom att stanna kvar i Santiago till 1960. En stor skatt av brev har bevarats till och från denna familj. Brev som belyser dramatiken att i att gå i exil under och mellan två världskrig, brev som…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
Den tredje mars 1917, mitt under brinnande världskrig, går Jöns och Ninnie Ringborg från Norrköping ombord på MS Valparaiso för en sjöresa till Chile. Bakgrunden i Sverige är en resa från välstånd till ruin och vanära. I Chile bygger de en familj och hoppas på framtiden. De for till Chile är en berättelse som bygger på…
The Bachelor meets Fourth Wing. Ten women. A deadly contest. Only one can win the Sun King’s heart.
Lor has endured twelve long years of torment under the Aurora King’s rule. Her only desire is to get free and pay him back for every moment of misery she’s endured.
When a surprise release finds her in…
Every woman will eventually go through menopause – that’s half the population of the planet! And yet it’s something that is still not fully explored. It’s held in shame by some women and ignored by others. It can be devastating to some and a call to freedom for others. After going through her…
The lives of two women-one desperate only to save her missing sister, the other a witch destined to become queen of Norway-intertwine in this spellbinding, powerful novel of Viking Age history and myth from the acclaimed author of The Witch’s Heart. Oddny and Gunnhild meet as children in tenth century Norway,…
’A classy thriller that will appeal to fans of Leila Slimani’s Lullaby… A hot holiday read’ Sunday Times ’A superb debut novel… Anyone who enjoyed The White Lotus will love Thomas’s scalpel-sharp skewering of the mores and idiocies of the idle rich’ Observer ’A dark…