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Kategorier: Andra tekniker och tillämpade vetenskaper Biografi: allmänt Biografi: naturvetenskap, teknik och medicin Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser Rymdforskning Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
From one of the world’s leading planetary scientists, a luminous memoir of exploration on Earth, in space, and within oneself—equal parts ode to the beauty of science, meditation on loss, and roadmap for personal resilience
”Fierce, absorbing, and ultimately inspiring.” —ELIZABETH…
A Lost Great American Master: meet Jack Kerouac’s inspiration in these heart-expanding tales of immigrant life in 1930s USA, introduced by superfan Stephen Fry.JACK KEROUAC: ’I loved him … He just got me’ ARTHUR MILLER: ’The first to let it all hang out and write like a child in…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: rysare och spökhistorier
Filled with deadly secrets and the monsters you thought only existed in your mind …
You’ve heard of Frankenstein’s monster, you’ve heard of Dracula, but have you heard of the Villa Diodati? Eve, Griffin, Hal and Ren embark on a summer they’ll never forget at the birthplace of all things…
’A thorough guide to just about everything worth drinking.’ The Times
’Space for only one wine book in your life? This is it.’ Howard G. Goldberg, The New York Times
THE WORLD’S BESTSELLING ANNUAL WINE GUIDE Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone…
Eisner Award-winner Jordie Bellaire and rising star Paulina Ganucheau provide a refreshing look into Wonder Woman’s upbringing and dangerous secrets of her past you’ll never forget!
The world may know her as Wonder Woman, but once upon a time she was Diana, the young princess of Themyscira. Back then, she…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: folk och länder Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Faktaböcker barn och ungdom Pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år: yrken
*Featured for World Book Day: Black History Month*
”There are so many things I am and can be… There’s a whole world waiting for me.”
Introduce your baby to Black excellence with this lyrical board-book edition of Young, Gifted and Black. Includes a mirror at the back so young dreamers can see…
This book is a detailed study of Hugh of Flavigny and his chronicle, which is widely recognised as one of the most important narratives of a crucial period of European history, that is, the Investiture Contest. Hugh’s Chronicon is significant in a number of ways: as a unique source-book for some of the most…
The exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and inspire a ”wave of confidence and emancipation” for women in sports (Parade). By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world.
WATERSTONES’ BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: HISTORY The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen of Scots – three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men. ’Alluring, gripping, real: an astonishing insight into the lives of…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: folk och länder Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom
These little guides are intended just for kids, with itineraries around big cities like New York . Ages 6+
Kategorier: Familj och hälsa Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Råd till föräldrar Språk och lingvistik Språkinlärning: material och kursböcker Språkundervisning och språkinlärning
This practical ‘go-to’ guide helps international parents making the most of the first years with children in this famously family-friendly part of Scandinavia. Based on the author’s personal experience of being new in Sweden, this essential handbook is packed with practical and cultural information about day-to-day…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociologi Sociologi och antropologi Sociologi: arbete och arbetskraft
The importance of good leadership for the functioning and performance of organizations is well-established. Hence, attracting, retaining, and developing talented managers is vital to the success of companies. Recent research indicates that young professionals tend to be more hesitant to take on leadership roles.…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
At twenty-four, Erica Rivera appeared to have it all: a B.A., two daughters, a successful husband, a house in the suburbs – and a great body. But under the surface, Erica was struggling with an addiction. She developed a self- destructive obsession with dieting, bingeing, purging, exercising and, ultimately,…
Young, Gifted and Black Too celebrates the lives of 52 more leaders, heroes, sportspeople and artists of colour from around the world.
January 1978. Tallahassee. When sorority president Pamela Schumacher is startled awake at 3 a.m. by a strange sound, she's shocked to encounter a scene of implausible violence—two of her friends dead and two others, maimed. Thrust into a terrifying mystery, Pamela becomes entangled in a crime that captivates…
This is the story of five women . . . Meet Rachel Grossman. She'll stop at nothing to protect her daughter, Aviva, even if it ends up costing her everything. Meet Jane Young. She's disrupting a quiet life with her daughter, Ruby, to seek political office for the first time. Meet Ruby Young. She thinks her mom…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Annie Ernaux’s most recent book, dazzling and breathtaking, published in France in 2022, is about her affair with a man 30 years her junior.
”A sublime book.” -Olivia de Lamberterie, Elle
”Once again the work of the writer Annie Ernaux appears as…
READERS LOVE YOUNG WOMEN: ’Hands down, this is an absolutely phenomenonal book! I recommend Young Women to everyone out there, one you’ll be hearing about for a long time to come’ ’Young Women instantly grabbed me from the first chapter. I devoured this novel’ ’Incredibly powerful .…
The world’s best-selling annual wine guide. Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine – in shops, restaurants, or on the internet. Now in its 47th year of publication, it has no rival as the comprehensive, up-to-the-minute annual guide.
Providing clear…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: naturkunskap Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom
In this entertaining young readers edition of the environmental studies classic, Michael Pollan demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a reciprocal relationship. He links four fundamental human desires-sweetness, beauty, energy, and control-with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip,…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
In her latest work, Annie Ernaux recounts a relationship with a student thirty years her junior – an experience that transforms her, briefly, back into the ’scandalous girl’ of her youth. When she is with him, she replays scenes she has already lived through, feeling both ageless and closer to death.…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: mysterier och övernaturligt Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom
Have you ever wished upon a star? Or crossed your fingers? Have you ever knocked on wood? Wondered if your thoughts made something happen? Have you ever wondered if magic is real? We invite you to enter the young person’s school of magic and mystery. Here you can learn what every magician priest…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: mysterier och övernaturligt Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom
· Explore the wonder and the worlds of dreams.
· Open yourself to understanding your night dreams, day dreams and even your nightmares.
· Discover the wonder of the night.
· Learn where dreams come from.
· Discover how to understand your dreams.
· Create dream doorways into other realms.
· Learn how to tame your…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: mysterier och övernaturligt Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom
The Young Person’s School of Magic & Mystery TM is the first ever series, created to meet the unique learning needs of the young seeker in the world of psychic sciences. For the first time ever, young mystics can explore the psychic and magical worlds safely and successfully. great care has been taken to…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
’Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
This is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great – one of the most important figures of the ancient world, whose…
Kategorier: Genusvetenskap Genusvetenskap: kvinnor och flickor Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper
This is a doctoral thesis in Child and Youth Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden 2022.
The dissertation concerns young men’s violence against women. It is based on in-depth interviews with men who, in their youth, have been violent against women partners, and their stories are analysed from a feminist psychosocial…
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…
Utgåvan för bas/baryton i den nya serien Arias for Young Voices innehåller 10 sakrala arior och 20 operaarior. Samtliga för att bygga upp rösten i åldrarna mellan ca 16-26 år.
Ariorna har ett imponerande spann på ca 300 år. De är noggrant utvalda efter pedagogiska kriterier och är korta, sångbara med begränsat register…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
The exhilarating true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, and inspire a ”wave of confidence and emancipation” for women in sports (Parade).
By age twenty, at the height of the Jazz Age, Trudy Ederle was the most accomplished swimmer in the world. She’d won Olympic gold…
Kategorier: Språk och lingvistik Språkpsykologi Språksociologi Språkvetenskap / lingvistik Tvåspråkighet och flerspråkighet
This thesis explores the out-of-school language use of young adolescents in contemporary multilingual urban neighborhoods, located in the three largest cities in Sweden. More specifically, the thesis explores the potential interplay of out-of-school language use, language ideologies, investment in languages and…
In search of a meaningful old age
This book is meant to be a printed road movie, where the images are created inside the readers head.
The main character is Kurt Andersson, who is 72 years old and from Sweden. When he was young he wanted to be a journalist, but then he got a big forest farm.
He travels around the USA…
’A compelling, almost hypnotic read’ – LIsa Jewell, bestselling author of None of This is True ’Bright Young Women is Jessica Knoll at her best: an unflinching and evocative novel’ – Laura Dave, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me
January 1978.…
An original YA novel, set before the events of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
’Prepare your hearts, for Douglas Stuart is back. After the extraordinary success of Shuggie Bain, his second novel, Young Mungo, is another beautiful and moving book, a gay Romeo and Juliet set in the brutal world of Glasgow’s housing estates.’ The Observer
The…
A fascinating journey into the life of H.G. Wells, from one of Britain’s best biographers How did the first forty years of H. G. Wells’ life shape the father of science fiction?
From his impoverished childhood in a working-class English family, to his determination to educate himself at any cost, to the…
Kategorier: Tecknade romaner, serier och skämtteckningar
This legendary 1978 collection of comics by Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the best-selling Maus, presents the seminal early works that changed how comics are made and appreciated today-now with a new Afterword by the author.
”Some of the smartest criticism of the comics genre ever…
”Anne Frank – The Diary of a Young Girl” av Anne Frank är en gripande dagbok som skildrar hennes liv i gömman under den nazistiska ockupationen av Nederländerna. Anne’s ord ger en stark inblick i de kämpar, hopp och rädslor en ung flicka upplever som är instängd i det hemliga annexet. Hennes…
The brand new edition of the unrivalled and bestselling annual, Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book.
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great – one of the most important figures of the ancient world, whose earlier years have until now been a mystery. Alexander the Great’s story often reads like fiction: son to a snake-loving mother and a battle-scarred father; tutored by Aristotle; a youth…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
I thought I was prepared for most scary situations. I’ve been almost kidnapped twice, fake kidnapped once, targeted by one terrorist organization and two very cute boys. But this moment was truly terrifying…
Cammie ’The Chameleon’ knows by now that even she can’t hide from danger. But when…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
Celebrate and Rediscover the Restorative Power of Childhood It’s easy to sometimes feel that our lives have become dull and stagnant. Now, in Forever Young, psychologist William Crain invites us to consider how six great individuals were able to call upon the powers of childhood to restore their spirits and…