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The book describes 129 military drones with short descriptions of different model variants of the base model from 34 countries, all weighing over 100 kg. Each drone is presented with color images, detailed facts, and technical specifications. Additionally, the book contains general information about drones, a glossary…
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There Are Rivers in the Sky is a rich, sweeping novel set between the 19th century and modern times, about love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing, centred around three enchanting characters living on the banks of the River Thames and the River Tigris – their lives all curiously touched by the epic of…
On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family is locked in a violent feud for control of the capital city and the supply of magical jade that endows trained Green Bone warriors with supernatural powers they alone have possessed for hundreds of years.
Beyond Kekon’s borders, war is brewing. Powerful foreign governments…
Dragons are extinct. Witches are outcast. Magic is dying. But human lust for power is immortal.
Dragon fire no longer blisters the skies over Penterra, but inside the lavish palace, life is still perilous – especially for Tamsyn. Raised in the glittering court alongside the princesses, it’s her duty to…
The Deep Sky is an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space that begins with a lethal explosion that leaves the survivors questioning the loyalty of the crew.
They left Earth to save humanity. They’ll have to save themselves first.
It is the eve of Earth’s environmental…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år
Bilderboken ”Starry Sky Dream” är en sagolik meditation. På en litterär resa promenerar barnet genom fluffiga moln i sällskap med Halvmånen, Månens lillasyster och soliga stjärnor. Genom dansen av rytmiska ord och vackra illustrationer lär de sig olika känslor, trevliga och mindre trevliga. De blir vänner…
Kategorier: Fantasy Romantisk fantasy Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur i översättning Skönlitteratur: specialutgåvor
Bryce Quinlan och Hunt Athalar har slutit en pakt. Fram till vintersolståndet ska de hålla sin relation strikt vänskaplig och fokusera på att samla krafter efter allt som hänt. Men att stå emot den sprakande kemin dem emellan visar sig vara lättare sagt än gjort.
Även om de tillfälligt räddat Crescent City är faran…
A page-turning literary fantasy filled with terror and wonder, set in a sun-baked Southern Italy, for fans of The Girls by Emma Cline, The Magus by John Fowles and The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai. It’s been labelled a doomsday cult, but the Bastion might be humanity’s last hope. Amidst all the lies…
Kategorier: Äventyrsromaner Science fiction Science fiction: aliens / ufon Science fiction: apokalypser Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur: allmänt Skräck Thrillers
The third book in Percy’s innovative and acclaimed Comet Cycle, The Sky Vault, follows an investigation of a mysterious weather phenomena in Fairbanks, Alaska, and a government secret buried since WWII.
The comet, Cain, came from beyond our solar system, its debris containing elements unknown. Now, in the…
Instantly calming houses in remote Scandinavian locations that will make you want to escape into nature.
In a world of starchitects competing to design ever taller glass and steel megaliths, there are still some architects designing with natural materials at a human scale, for comfort, longevity and visual delight.…
Emiko Soong, newly minted Sentinel of San Francisco, just can’t catch a break. Just after she becomes the guardian for a sentient city, a murder strikes close to home. Called by the city and one of the most powerful clans to investigate, she traces the killer whose scent signature bears a haunting similarity to…
Esther Emery was a successful playwright and theater director, wife and mother, and loving it all – until, suddenly, she wasn’t. When a personal and professional crisis of spectacular extent leaves her reeling, Esther is left empty, alone in her marriage, and grasping for identity that does not define itself by…
Enter a world ruled by dragons . . .
The Sky on Fire is a daring new fantasy heist adventure from Jenn Lyons that will thrill fans of Temeraire, Fourth Wing and Dragonriders of Pern.
Anahrod lives only for survival, forging her own way through the harsh jungles of the Deep with her titan drake by her side. Even when an…
Wild seashores and woodlands calm and refresh our spirits. Contact with nature enhances our wholeness and well-being. The powerful, compelling exercises in this book can help readers become immersed in nature’s joyful and healing presence.
Read THE SKY AND EARTH TOUCHED ME in a garden, backyard or park. Part…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: action och äventyr
IRON WIDOW meets SIX CRIMSON CRANES in this immersive YA fantasy inspired by Chinese legend, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Chloe Gong.
Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a brilliant engineer just like her beloved father – but her life is torn apart when she arrives a moment too late to stop…
New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan returns to the high-stakes, sweeping world of dragons, romance, and drama first evoked in her bestselling young adult Firelight series, in a brand-new epic adult romantasy series.
Dragons are extinct. Witches are outcast. Magic is dying.
But human lust for power is…
In the second novel of the New York Times bestselling Temeraire series, the Napoleonic Wars take Captain Will Laurence and his dragon to China on a perilous mission.
”Full of wonderful characters with real heart.”-Peter Jackson
When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo-an unhatched…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: action och äventyr
Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer like her father, but after his sudden murder, her life falls apart. Left with only a journal of her father’s engineering secrets and a jade pendant snatched from the assassin, a heartbroken Ying follows the trail to the capital and the…
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: Antikviteter och samlarobjekt Antikviteter och samlarobjekt: keramik och glas Antiques & collectables: ceramics, porcelain & pottery Livsstil, hobby och fritid
The jade in this collection covers some of the best jades ever seen or found in museums and auction houses all over the world.
Kategorier: Alternativa trossystem Ande, kropp och själ Filosofi och religion Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Psykologi Religion och tro Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Samtida icke-kristna och parakristna kulter och sekter Spritualism
Kenneth Lipton Investigates Biblical and geological evidence which suggests that humanity has lapsed into nuclear war and the misuse of technology on this planet before. From pages of the Old Testament to the ancient uranium mines in Utah, Ken puts forth an interesting perspective about the human condition and…
"Himmel i en hjälm"
Av Adnan Al-Sayegh
Al-Sayegh, i sin diktsamling "Himmel i en hjälm", skriver om krig, dess tragedier, smärta och katastrofer, om hjälmarnas fall, om askan som täcker städer och själar och lämnar djupa sår i människan och nationen:
"En hjälm föll…
Jag…
The stunningly written, evocative new debut crime thriller you won’t want to miss!
A detective ready for a new lifeJake Jackson, high-flying ex-city detective, inherits a rural retreat from his reclusive uncle. It’s the perfect chance to start anew.
A death that disrupts everythingBut then the local annual…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: naturvetenskap, teknik och medicin Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
A gripping first-hand account of life in space and the making of an astronaut. What is it like to fly the space shuttle and work on and in the International Space Station? Veteran NASA astronaut Tom Jones is uniquely qualified to give the details: he flew four shuttle missions and led three space walks to deliver the…
Kategorier: Historiska romaner Modern och samtida skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur: allmänt
“Bjursten immerses readers in a life, a nation, and an era. . .” —Publishers Weekly, Editor’s Pick
“An engrossing tale of a woman’s quest for love in a world threatened by
nuclear proliferation and a nation struggling with the aftermath of a bloody revolution. Deceptively easy to read. . .richly layered. . .a real…
Embark on an adventure to see the stars with this inspiring guide that spotlights the world’s best places to explore the night sky. Discover 100 spectacular sites including dark sky parks, observatories and wild mountains and experience the meditative wonder of stargazing – with essential travel tips so you…
’Think about a tune … the unsayable, the invisible, the longing in music. Here is a book of tunes without musical notes … It wrings the heart’ John Berger
’The voice that O’Grady has crafted succeeds so well…running in parallel, Pyke’s stark arresting images are laced…
This is the story of one lost poem, two great rivers, and three remarkable lives – all connected by a single drop of water. In the ruins of Nineveh, that ancient city of Mesopotamia, there lies hidden in the sand fragments of a long-forgotten poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh. In Victorian London, an extraordinary…
The third novel in Menna van Praag’s dazzlingly inventive real-world fantasy about the power-wielding Sisters Grimm brings together contemporary storytelling and modern fairytale to tell a frightening, thrilling, urgent tale of life, death and motherhood for the TikTok generation. Born of bright white wishing and…
A virgin ’ice queen’ heiress & the arrogant god who wants to melt her… Rose Calloway thought she had everything under control. At twenty-three, she’s a Princeton graduate, an Academic Bowl champion, a fashion designer and the daughter of a Fortune 500 mogul. But not everything comes easy.…
This book is a translation of 204 songs, including an extensive introduction to the history and faith of the Bauls of Bengal.Throughout their 600 year history, the Bauls kept no of?cial scriptures. Their spiritual teachings are encoded in the words of their songs / poems.
I denna volym samlar vi tre diktsamlingar som alla innehåller den rolldiktning som Kjell Espmark gjort till sin främsta lyriska gren. Volymen inleds med Vintergata (2007) och Den inre rymden (2014). Den nyskrivna diktsamlingen En sky av vittnen, utgör den sista tredjedelen i denna samlingsvolym under rubriken Låna mig…
Kategorier: Andra världsreligioner Filosofi Filosofi och religion Filosofins historia och filosofiska traditioner Östasiatisk och indisk filosofi Östasiatiska religioner Religion och tro Taoism
The first English translation with commentary of three classic Taoist texts on immortality• Translates The Jade Emperor’s Mind Seal Classic, The Immortals, and The Three Treasures of Immortality• Defines the Taoist concept of immortality and examines the lives and practices of Taoists who achieved this…
• Explains how the Bhagavad Gita provides complete guidelines for the
spiritual use of entheogens – from prior mental preparations to the
integration of profound visionary insights into everyday
consciousness
• Examines Chapter XI of the Gita in detail to illuminate Arjuna’s
hallucinogenic…
Presenting the full story of the CORONA spy satellites’ origins, Eye in the Sky explores the Cold War technology and far-reaching effects of the satellites on foreign policy and national security. Arguing that satellite reconnaissance was key to shaping the course of the Cold War, the book documents breakthroughs…
The stunningly written, evocative new debut crime thriller you won’t want to miss!
A detective ready for a new life…For years, Jake Jackson has been a high-flying detective in London. But then one day he receives a letter from his reclusive uncle – he has left Jake his property in the middle of the…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: naturkunskap Barn och ungdom: rymden Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom
In the company of Felicity the cat, discover the phases of the moon, the constellations and how to spot the Northern Lights and the Milky Way.
This beautiful, fun book will introduce you to the beauty of the night sky and show you the stars like you’ve never seen them before.
Kategorier: Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
Leo Carew’s much-lauded UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY trilogy draws to its spellbinding conclusion…
Albion continues to be divided by revolt and bloodshed, as alliances collapse and are made anew.
Driven obsessively for glory, the upstart Bellamus and his exiled queen Aramilla are marshalling resistance and…
For readers of Yaa Gyasi, Toni Morrison and Richard Flanagan – gripping and intimate historical novel of a black soldier’s experience in the Second World War – a rare, moving and authentic tale of love and sacrifice by the acclaimed author of THE BOOK OF ECHOES.
One war, one soldier, one enduring…
High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity-plant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. In these living cities, architects are revered above anyone else. If not for their ability to psychically manipulate the architecture, the cities would plunge into the…