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’A gorgeous, sweeping epic’ ANN NAPOLITANO
’A master of prose’ WASHINGTON POST
’One of my favourite writers’ ROXANE GAY
’Spectacular’ JOANNE SEFTON
’I didn’t want it to end’ SARA SHERIDAN
A breathtaking historical novel following the incredible…
Kategorier: Icke-grafisk konst Keramik och glaskonst Konst Konst: allmänt Konstformer Konstteori Smyckeskonst, konstsmide och ädelstenar Textil konst
I början av 2021 startades en skrivarcirkel, bestående av sju konsthantverkare som tog examen mitt i pandemin, samt deras före detta professor i konstnärligt skrivande. Sedan dess har gruppen mötts regelbundet och delat texter de skrivit på olika givna teman, skrivuppgifter de ger varandra kopplade till den…
This stunning special edition hardback celebrates the second novel in the Wheel of Time series – one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published.
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The Forsaken are loose, the Horn of Valere has been found and the Dead are rising from their dreamless sleep.…
The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald’s family and from his lifelong publisher. This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. The…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: action och äventyr
If you haven’t met a Moomin yet, you’re missing the most magical fun…
Join Moomintroll and his friends in this very special picture book to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the classic story, The Moomins and The Great Flood.
A storm is blowing through Moominvalley. ”I’m so glad you built…
Complete instructions, patterns, material lists, and step-by-step photos for 18 projects—panels, boxes, candleholders, sun catchers, ornaments, and more—suitable for beginners. All great looking and using the newest styles of glass—many have the contemporary look popular on Etsy and Pinterest. With this companion to…
’A phenomenal, transfixing work; Cunningham is a singular, dazzling writer’ Bryan Washington’A coming-of-age novel of the richest, most expansive kind, it’s a rare debut, one that feels both intimate and revelatory’ Megan Abbott
A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a…
A dark and beguiling tour through the streets of a magical London by the Sunday Times bestselling master of modern fantasy, Alan Moore The year is 1949, the city London. Dennis Knuckleyard is a hapless eighteen-year-old who works and lives in a second-hand bookstore. One day, on an errand to retrieve rare books, Dennis…
The Great Gatsby is the defining literary work of the Jazz Age, the decadent 1920s, and perhaps the ultimate novel about the American Dream. In spite of countless adaptions into movies and plays, it is through F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterful prose that the story of the unscrupulous and extravagant Jay Gatsby…
Kategorier: Alternativa terapier, healing och hälsa Ande, kropp och själ Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Kampsport Kampsport och självförsvar Sport, idrott och friluftsliv
Aikido founder Ueshiba Morihei described the discipline as one spirit, four souls, three origins and eight powers. One spirit and four souls are the five vowel dimensions of infinite space, the source of the sacred sounds of Kototama. Now, for the first time in English, William Gleason explains how to use the sounds of…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: monster, drakar och övernaturliga varelser Barn och ungdom: mysterier och övernaturligt Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: action och äventyr Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
Wings of Fire meets The Hunger Games in this debut contemporary middle grade fantasy stand-alone about thirteen-year-old Cassidy Drake, who enters the dangerous Great Texas Dragon Race to save her family’s dragon sanctuary.
Thirteen-year-old Cassidy Drake wants nothing more than to race with her best dragon,…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel
When Bunny, Monkey and friends discover that all of existence is a virtual reality simulation, life gets a little bit crazy! Bunny declares himself The Woods’ Magical Protector, Pig becomes a superspy, Weenie grows some serious muscles . . . but just what nefarious scheme is Skunky planning . . .?
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: folk och länder Barn och ungdom: pojkar och män Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom Personliga och sociala frågor barn och ungdom Personliga och sociala frågor barn och ungdom: familjen Personliga och sociala frågor barn och ungdom: skilsmässor och trasiga familjer Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: familjen
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When Rylan’s best friend ditches him for the cool kids, Rylan thinks a summer spent working on a French farm will be the perfect chance to reconnect. But he doesn’t count on his long-lost father showing up. This funny, touching novel is perfect for fans of Gary…
TV’s Paul Hollywood conveys his love of bread-making in this collection of fantastic recipes.
He reveals all the simple techniques you need to make this staple food and shows you that baking bread is far easier than you could possibly have imagined. 100 Great Breads features a wide range of recipes, from a basic…
Glamour. Opulence. Excess. This is the world Jay Gatsby has created for himself, in hopes that he will one day capture the eye of Daisy Buchanan. But beneath all of this is an emptiness that no amount of money can satiate. And so the ever-elusive American dream he craves continues to shine on, as intangible as the…
Book 25 in the multi-million copy bestselling and perennially adored No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
A collection of three important esotheric texts: The Sutra of the Vow (Taisho 243) depicts an ideal being, Vajrasattva, in its universal drama and offers a pathway to transformation and salvation; in its Japanese version, this text is used extensively in the Shingon tradition. The Matanga Sutra (Taisho 1300) presents…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
’An important historical record and a well-paced story in its own right, Great-Uncle Harry is also much more than that: a tremendous act of love.’ Guardian___________________________________
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, he was…
Words of Radiance, Book Two of the Stormlight Archive, continues the immersive fantasy epic that The Way of Kings began.
Expected by his enemies to die the miserable death of a military slave, Kaladin survived to be given command of the royal bodyguards, a controversial first for a low-status ”darkeyes.”…
Kategorier: Etnicitet Konst Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Scenkonst och film Sociala grupper Teatervetenskap
The African-American actors and actresses whose names have shone brightly on Broadway earned their place in history not only through hard work, perseverance and talent, but, also, because of the legacy left by those who came before them. Like the doors of many professions, those of the theatre world were shut to…
The narrative of Civil Rights often begins with the prophetic figure of Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. City squares became a church, the body politic a congregation, and sermons a jeremiad of social change – or so the story goes. In A Pursued Justice, Kenyatta Gilbert instead traces the roots of…
Key Words of Pope Francis is a collection of over 50 essays by an impressive set of insightful contributors from around the globe, each writing on a specific word that has become important in the ministry of Pope Francis.
Writers such as Fr Timothy Radcliffe, Archbishop Justin Welby, Sr Simone Campbell, Cardinal Blase…
Many scholars in Biblical and Revelation studies have written at length about the imperial and patriarchal implications of the figure of the Whore of Babylon. However, much of the focus has been on the links to the Roman Empire and ancient attitudes towards gender. This book adds another layer to the conversation…
Here is the answer to the desire of many thoughtful laymen for an intelligent appraisal of the great contemporary faiths. This is not a reference book, but a group of essays for the general reader on the idea, the spiritual core, of the chief religions of the modern day. Each essay is written simply and objectively by…
Kategorier: Familj och hälsa Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Kost och träning Motion och träning Yoga
Rev. Jaganath Carrera breaks down each of Patanjali’s words so the reader can further grasp the richness and depth of meaning in each of the Sanskrit words. As each word is unpacked, new levels of understanding behind each sutra are revealed. The book also explores different topics in the Yoga Sutras in greater…
Beloved inspirational author and pastor Billy Graham understood the importance of hope. Having hope translates to living a life full of peace, joy, and love. God’s Word overflows with hope throughout its pages–all the way from Genesis to Revelation. With Billy Graham’s Hope for Each Day, that biblical…
A gorgeously designed collection of essays, short fiction, poetry, interviews, profiles, art, and photography from the archives of the groundbreaking queer magazine Hello Mr., as well as new material from today’s biggest LGBTQ+ creatives
Hello Mr. was founded by Ryan Fitzgibbon in 2012-over its ten-issue…
Bringing to you vegetarian wholesomeness and stories from India, Thali is an immersive tour into India’s culinary landscape.
Kategorier: Alternativa terapier, healing och hälsa Ande, kropp och själ Geovetenskap, geografi, miljö och samhällsplanering Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Miljön Miljötänkande och miljöideologi Mystik, magi och det ockulta Shamanism, hednisk religion och druidism
Early man ran with the animals, lived with the animals and was one with the wild symphony of the natural world – a time fondly remembered as the Garden of Eden or Idunn as it is known in Norse mythology. But as humanity shifted from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to one of farming and cities, embracing the modern…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Medier, änglar och kanalisering Parapsykologi och psykiska fenomen
Doreen Virtue has created this book to give you daily reminders to ask for your angels’ assistance with anything and everything. All the entries within come directly from the angels, so by reading their words daily, you’ll be immersed in the sweet energy of their love. This will help you be more…
Macy Sorensen is settling into an ambitious if emotionally tepid routine: work hard as a new pediatrics resident, plan her wedding to an older, financially secure man, keep her head down and heart tucked away. But when she runs into Elliot Petropoulos – the first and only love of her life – the careful…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Självbiografi: allmänt
Lyle Courtney, the youngest of eight siblings, was born into a comparatively well-off family in Maryborough, a Victorian goldfields town, during The Great Depression. His mother died three weeks after he was born.
When Lyle was five years old the family lost their house, causing their father to throw convention to the…
John Van Auken explores the Great Pyramid’s timeline prophecy, correlating the passageways and chambers in the Great Pyramid with the chapters and verses in the original Egyptian Book of the Dead. Also presented is the perspective on ancient Egyptian views of the human journey, which includes life beyond death…