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This is a story about a man’s dreams of Mars.
No one knows who he is or where he comes from.
One day, he received a gift that could change everything on Earth!
There will be a visit to Mars and beyond, deep into space!
The story begins in Pajala, in northern Sweden, when Lars took a walk in minus 30 degrees.…
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024
’[A] wise and insightful novel about identity and family’ The Times, Book of the Day’An epic family odyssey… Ambitious and compelling’ Guardian, Book of the Day’A rich, sprawling saga… This Strange Eventful History may be Messud’s…
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Detta är den senaste delen i Japans populära bilderboksserie. Butt Detective och Detective ger sig in i olika äventyr där de löser mysterier. Genom att kombinera humor och mysterium underhåller den läsarna utan ansträngning.
Follow the misadventures of the world’s greatest paranormal investigator in this unearthly and heartwarming graphic novel, featuring extended artwork and exclusive behind-the-scenes content, from the creator of the popular webcomic The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn.
Oscar Zahn is just like any other paranormal…
*A TIME MAGAZINE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 **AN OPRAH DAILY MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024**AN OBSERVER 2024 PICK**A GUARDIAN 2024 PICK*’One of those rare novels which a reader doesn’t merely read but lives through with the characters . . . Claire Messud is a magnificent storyteller’ Yiyun Li
June…
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Since time immemorial, Japan has been inhabited by supernatural creatures, spirits, monsters and demons…Here’s your chance to meet them up close and personal!
Strange Japanese Yokai assembles an extraordinary collection of mysterious creatures in every possible shape and size, each with their own unique…
Boken av Sandy Tran ger dagliga transformerande insikter, hämtade från Jack Mas erfarenheter och visdom, med målet att inspirera läsarnas personliga tillväxt och positiva förändringar i deras vardagsliv.
Follow the misadventures of the world’s greatest paranormal investigator in this unearthly and heartwarming graphic novel, featuring extended artwork and exclusive behind-the-scenes content, from the creator of the popular webcomic The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn.
Oscar Zahn is just like any other paranormal…
’A sweeping tale of dark magic, artistic obsession, and a love unbound from the limits of time’ Paulette KennedyA vanished star. A haunted film. A mystery only love can unravel . . .
1968Gemma Turner once dreamed of stardom, now she’s on the cusp of obscurity. When a radical new horror film offers…
Prepare to be spooked by these chilling Japanese short stories!
Strange Tales from Japan presents 99 spine-tingling tales of ghosts, yokai, demons, shapeshifters and trickster animals who inhabit remote reaches of the Japanese countryside.
The captivating tales in this volume include:
The Vengeance of Oiwa – The…
It’s summer, 1984, in blue-collar Swaffham, Massachusetts.
Mel is thirteen, drinking a Slush Puppie at the drugstore, when she hears a voice, ’deep and movie-star dramatic, like Lauren Bacall’: Sylvia.
What follows is a story of transgender awakening. Sylvia’s shameless swagger and tough-girl…
A man climbs into Ferdinand Sponer’s cab, gives the name of a hotel, and before he reaches it has been murdered: shot through the throat. And though Sponer has so far committed no crime, he is drawn into the late Jack Mortimer’s life, and might not be able to escape its tangles and intrigues before it is…
A tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance. ’Enchanting, moving and funny in equal measure, this compelling love story is expertly crafted against a backdrop of modern Japanese culture’ Stylist Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Sanna berättelser Sanna berättelser: brott True crime: serial killers & murderers
London. 1910. A procession of smartly attired gentlemen and ladies is clearly out of place among the vendors and urchins of the Whitechapel district. As the group makes its way through the crowded streets, the tour guide stops now and then to point out the various places where mutilated bodies of women were once found.…
**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023**
’Shocking, disturbing and utterly original – will grip you from first page to last’ – Paula Hawkins
Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish…
The definitive edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s immortal tale of depraved murder and unrelenting horror, introduced by Joe Hill, annotated by Edgar-winner Leslie S. Klinger and illustrated with over 150 colour images. There’s no question that The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of the most…
London, 1888, and one-man’s brutal campaign of violence has taken the lives of unsuspecting victims, cut London to the core and carved his name into history. Well, not his name, exactly. Whomever this man was, remains a mystery but there are few people who haven’t heard of his nickname: Jack the Ripper. The…
I denna klassiska skräckroman från 1886 möter vi Dr Henry Jekyll, en erkänd läkare i London. Hans vänner reagerar när han börjar umgås med den fula och elake Mr Hyde. Men det visar sig snart att märkliga saker pågår hos doktorn och att Mr Hyde faktiskt är Dr Jekyll själv …
With the amazing biodiversity on our planet, isn’t it time we started celebrating – and crocheting – some of life’s more unusual creatures? In this surprising collection, crochet designer Irene Strange opens our eyes to the wonders of nature with amigurumi patterns for odd and unexpected animals…
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Jack and George are resting quietly when BOOM! A huge and strange ball lands beside them. ”What’s that, Jack?” ”I don’t know, George. Maybe it’s a rock?” No-too soft. But it rolls. Fast! Jack, George and the ball roll right off the cliff and now it’s a parachute. But…
From the Number 1 bestselling author of Our Little Cruelties and Skin Deep
Sally Diamond cannot understand why what she did was so strange. She was only doing what her father told her to do, to put him out with the rubbish when he died.
Now Sally is the centre of attention, not only from the hungry media and police…
*Please note this is not a novel, but a companion book for Reacher fans*NOW UPDATED TO INCLUDE A Q&A WITH LEE CHILD AND ALAN RITCHSON, STAR OF PRIME TV’S HIT SERIES, REACHERMy name is Jack Reacher.No middle name, no address.I’m a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they…
Ray Bradbury meets The Martian in this chilling page-turning tale of Mars’ first colony, fallen to madness after all contact with Earth ceased, perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer. Anabelle Crisp is fourteen when the Silence arrives, severing all communication between Earth and her new home on Mars. One evening,…
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The official origin story of LiS fan-favourite Steph Gingrich featuring LGBTQ+ romance, inevitable heartbreak, and the punk-rock beginnings of Drugstore Makeup. Setting the stage for her appearance in Life is Strange: True Colors, this official Steph Gingrich novel sheds light on the Drugstore Makeup years and the…
Spring-Heeled Jack – a tall, thin, bounding figure with bat-like wings, clawed hands, wheels of fire for eyes and breath of blue flames – first leapt to public attention in Victorian London in 1838, springing over hedges and walls, from dark lanes and dank graveyards, to frighten and sometimes physically…
Wishtree är en barnroman av Katherine Applegate. Den berättar historien om en klok och gammal ek, som heter Red, som fungerar som en samlingsplats och en önsketrädsplats för samhället. När en familj flyttar in i grannskapet blir Red en källa till tröst och skydd för dem. Romanen hanterar teman som vänskap, acceptans…
For fans of Exit West and The Underground Railroad and from the widely acclaimed author of American War comes a profoundly moving novel examining the global refugee crisis through a child’s lens.
The instant Sunday Times bestseller — a beautiful story of rebellion and science
Shortlisted for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize
’A triumph. . . We are left in a world that is not disenchanted by science, but even more magical’ Financial TimesIn June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering…
Jack Konder: Kommunikatorn & Metaverse
I detta Sfi-drama för vi följa Jack Konders äventyr på 2080 och 2090-talet. AI, Metaverse, Hyperloop och andra nya teknologier hjälper människorna i dess vardag men de kan även missbrukas av illasinnade människor utan samvete.. Rafflande spänning med livet som insats men även…
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Jack, en fattig landspojke, byter bort familjens ko för ett par magiska bönor, som växer upp till en enorm böna som når upp till molnen. Jack klättrar bönan och hittar sig själv i slottet av en otrevlig jätte.
More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another overfilled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives back in their homelands. But miraculously, someone…
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Livet kommer aldrig mer att bli sig likt för Jack. Han har nämligen fått en lillasyster! Jack är överlycklig, tänk att han för inte så länge sen bodde på ett barnhem och trodde att han var föräldralös, och nu har han en hel familj med både föräldrar, moster och en syster!
Lillasyster är såklart världens sötaste, men…
A psychologically complex thriller that examines the fine line between genius and madness.
Journey through Connecticut using this unconventional guidebook containing 82 odd locations to visit on your next outing. Travel to the far-reaching corners of the state to discover Branford’s Thimble Islands and the Beckley Furnace in East Canaan. Learn about larger-than-life characters, like the legendary…
Tour Central New Jersey’s myths, legends, and happenings! Includes the haunted Circle Player’s Theater, Al Capone, and the ”MOB” era. Cringe at bloody murders and killer Harry Asay’s spirit at the Burlington County Prison Museum. Visit the infamous Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital where…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
Rediscover every toy and prize you ever pulled out of a Cracker Jack box in this wonderful guide! Comprehensive in scope, toys from the late nineteenth century on up to the 1990s are recorded, representing a major contribution to the expanding Cracker Jack collecting field. Over 290 color photographs, depicting both…
Strange Ohio Monsters is the first book-length survey of unknown creatures reported from the Buckeye State throughout recorded history. The list includes hundreds of Bigfoot sightings, serpentine monsters reported from several lakes, encounters with huge birds and winged creatures resembling prehistoric reptiles,…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Connecticut, proclaimed often by visitors as solely a rest stop along the highway from New York to Boston, is known primarily for its bedroom towns, cows, and strip malls, but it is so much more than that. From tales of its haunted history, curious encounters, and forgotten places, Connecticut is “full of surprises”…
Kategorier: Tecknade romaner, serier och skämtteckningar
Combining a witty text with 580 dynamic images, this book plunges readers into the fascinating world of cartoonist Jack T. Chick. In over 40 years, Chick has produced over half a billion small religious pamphlets filled with comic book art and dire warnings against all in society the author deems unholy known as…
Join the search to examine reports of unidentified and misplaced creatures—known as “cryptids”—throughout the Mountain State, from its earliest history to present day. Included are such famous unknowns as Bigfoot; Mothman, harbinger of disaster; giant birds and snakes unrecognized by modern science; anomalous huge…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This new book is an in-depth study covering John K. ”Jack” Northrop\s quest for a clean flying machine. Covered are: Northrop\s initial N-1M project, the N-9M, XP-56, through the B-35 project, B-49 project, and the huge bombers planned only on the drawing board.\nIncluded are over 300 black and white and…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This autobiography was originally written in 1946 by eight-victory WWII Fighter Ace, Jack Ilfrey. This new edition has been expanded with many new photographs (many never before published), a special color photo section, and three detailed aircraft profile paintings. The reader will fly through the skies with Ilfrey in…
Featuring over 1000 color photographs, this expansive guide to Cracker Jack covers all manner of company collectibles from advertising copy, books, catalogs, and crates to packages, premiums, photographs, and sales stimulators. The items detailed in this thorough work span the twentieth century from c. 1910 up through…
Is it possible that unusual creatures share the Pacific Northwest with its 10.3 million human occupants? It’s true! Oregon and Washington have ”misplaced” alien invaders, such as a half-inch flea, a giant spider with a leg span of three inches, and a snakehead fish (made famous of late in four horror…
The caramel-coated popcorn treat Cracker Jacksr was first introduced in 1893 at the World’s Columbian Exposition. Little did the 21 million people who got their first taste at the Fair know that the snack would soon sweep the nation. Beginning in 1912, a toy `surprise’was sealed inside each box of Cracker…