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’It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black…’
Under Milk Wood tells the story of a Welsh village during one spring day. It is populated by some of the best-loved characters in British literature. Lyrical, funny, moving, it is rooted in place but with a universality that…
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, THE SEATTLE TIMES, ELLE, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, AND OPRAH DAILY
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view • From the…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel
Wrap up warmly and settle down to enjoy these very special Winnie-the-Pooh winter stories.
'A church is a sort of wood. A wood is a sort of church. They're the same thing really.' Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scott is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees – and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods. One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig,…
Kategorier: Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Sjöfartshistoria
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii,…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år
At last, there before them, the great oak trees stood, As the sun cast its beams through the boughs of the wood . . . Get ready to discover the timeless magic of Muggleswick Wood in this beautiful treasury of five interlinked bedtime stories. From fairy revels and mysterious kelpies to troublesome moles and wishing…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
För elva år sedan försvann Audrey James pappa spårlöst. Nu har Audrey och hennes mamma flyttat för att börja om, men mysteriet om pappans försvinnande hänger kvar. När Audrey hittar en dold dagbok fylld med sin pappas anteckningar från hans expeditioner som arkeolog, bestämmer hon sig för att följa ledtrådarna som för…
En översättning till svenska av den välkända, trovärdiga och sanningsenliga King James bibeln. En bibel som tydligt tillkännager evangeliet om Guds fria gratis nåd och barmhärtighet i Herren Jesus Kristus. En bibel som tydligt tillkännager Kristi fullbordade ställföreträdande frälsningsverk – då Han lade ner sitt…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
James Lovelock is best known as the father of Gaia Theory, the idea that life on Earth is a self-sustaining system in which animals, plants, forests and sea life interact with the atmosphere, land and sea to maintain a habitable ecosystem. At least until humans came along. But as well as being a scientist, in his long…
An ideal gift for anyone getting married, this classic white Bible, in an attractive new slipcase, comes with silver page edges, a marker ribbon, and a presentation page to dedicate your gift personally.
The King James Bible is the UK’s most popular translation. With the beauty and poetry of traditional English, it is…
This book offers a unique overview of wood as the main construction material for residential buildings worldwide, and introduces architects, interior designers, and builders to the diversity of contemporary timber architecture.
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone – Season 2 streaming now!
Discover the origin story of the Darkling from Shadow and Bone in this beautifully illustrated, first-ever Grishaverse graphic novel.
Before he led Ravka’s Second Army, before he created the Fold,…
’Delicious … dark … sinister’ Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of number one bestseller, Pandora ’Thrilling’ Emilia Hart, author of Sunday Times bestseller Weyward ’Stunning’ Lianne Dillsworth, author of Theatre of Marvels ’Marvellous’ Naomi Kelsey, author of The…
James Allen effectively launched the self-help movement in 1902 with the publication of As a Man Thinketh, outlining his belief in the transformative power of thought, the basis for such works as Rev. Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking and Rhonda Byrne’s hit book and movie, The Secret.
AS…
Kategorier: Konst
Excerpts from art critic, historian, lecturer and broadcaster James Hall’s lively and comprehensive cultural history of self-portraiture, including such artists as Durer, Gentileschi, Van Gogh and Kahlo.
Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the ON series celebrates writers and thinkers who have…
FROM THE WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE Birnam Wood is on the move… A landslide has closed the Korowai Pass in New Zealand’s South Island, cutting off the town of Thorndike, leaving a sizable farm abandoned. The disaster presents an opportunity for Birnam Wood, a guerrilla gardening collective that plants crops…
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view.
From the ”literary icon” (Oprah Daily), Pulitzer Prize Finalist, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime
When the enslaved Jim…
Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories—some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine—explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times…
James is an enthralling and ferociously funny novel that leaves an indelible mark, forcing us to see Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a wholly new and transformative light. From the shadows of Huck Finn’s mischievous spirit, Jim emerges to reclaim his voice, defying the conventions that…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: rysare och spökhistorier
_____One of The Observer’s Best Children’s Books of 2018!
Fans of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and The Children of Blood and Bone have been getting lost in The Hazel Wood…
”The Hazel Wood kept me up all night. I had every light burning and the covers pulled tight around me…
Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. This new collection showcases her many talents — and the return of her beloved characters Nell & Tig They explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
”Bigger and bigger grew the peach, bigger and bigger and BIGGER.”
James Henry Trotter is about to go on the adventure of a lifetime.
James lives his awful Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, two of the meanest people you can imagine.
Life isn’t much fun at all, until something peculiar happens at the bottom…
A concise survey of the pioneering work of London-based Ghanaian photographer James Barnor.
With a practice spanning six decades and two continents, ranging from street to studio and fashion to documentary, Ghanaian photographer James Barnor (b.1929) is now recognised as a pivotal figure in the history of photography.…
A Revolution in Wood celebrates the magnificent gift of sixty-six pieces of turned and carved wood to the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum by the distinguished collectors Fleur and Charles Bresler. Illustrated in lavish detail, works by this country’s best-known wood artists highlight the…
Secret Legacy Of Jesus: The Judaic Teachings That Passed From James The Just To The Founding Fathers
Kategorier: Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
With the success of Paul’s desire to impose his vision for the Church, the true teachings of Jesus – as preserved by his family and disciples – were forced into hiding. This clandestine movement was seen in such early groups as the Nazarenes, Ebionites and Elkesaites but is generally thought to have…
It may be true that no athlete is bigger than the game, but one thing is certain: Tiger Woods is golf. From dominating the junior ranks in his boyhood, to becoming the first player in history to hold four major championship trophies at once—the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA—it has been his mental game that…
’Warm, funny, and bursting with heart’ Rebecca Serle
’Beautiful, moving, hopeful’ Emily Stone
Greta James is adrift. Literally.
Just after the sudden death of her mother – her most devoted fan – and weeks before the launch of her high-stakes second album, Greta James falls apart on…
Right after the sudden death of her mother-her first and most devoted fan-and just before the launch of her high-stakes sophomore album, Greta James falls apart on stage. The footage quickly goes viral and she stops playing, her career suddenly in jeopardy-the kind of jeopardy her father, Conrad, has always predicted;…
Kategorier: Feelgood och Chick lit Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur i översättning Skönlitteratur: specialutgåvor
Varmhjärtad amerikansk feelgood på en kryssning genom Alaska!
Greta James är en av USA:s mest omtyckta stjärnskott på musikscenen – men när hennes mamma plötsligt dör tappar hon skaparlusten. Dessutom faller hon ihop på scenen en kväll, och när hennes hälsa blir ett viralt samtalsämne svävar karriären i…
Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. These stories explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way to stop someone from choking; from a daughter determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to…
Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories-some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine-explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with…
Wood collects a number of essays and recent projects in wood by the renowned Danish architecture studio Vandkunsten Architects, who has shaped the contemporary use of wood in Nordic architecture for over five decades. Divided into themes of exible, regional, modular and solid, the book covers projects such as…
Kategorier: Konst
JAMES A. BAKER, III by Johan Falkman at the National Museum of American Diplomacy är ett praktverk om konstnär Johan Falkmans porträttbyst av USA:s legendariske utrikesminister James Baker.
Verket donerades av affärsmannen Dan Olofsson och hans fru Christin och avtäcktes av USA:s nuvarande utrikesminister, Antony…
A beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami’s breakout hit, now with a new introduction by the authorWhen he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student…
Kategorier: Andlighet och religiös erfarenhet Aspekter av religion Filosofi och religion Religion och tro
More than a thousand years ago a Chinese Zen Master wrote:
Magical Power, Marvellous Action!
Chopping Wood, Carrying Water…
The message is as true today as it was then: the greatest lessons and the profoundest heights of the spiritual path can be found in our everyday life. It is the greatest challenge for people…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
The Darkling’s origin story comes alive in this exquisitely illustrated prequel to Shadow and Bone, the hit Netflix original series. Before he led Ravka’s Second Army, before he created the Fold, and long before he became the Darkling, he was just a lonely boy burdened by an extraordinary power. Eryk and…
Denna bok introducerar en fängslande berättelse om kärlek, melankoli och ungdom, satt mot en nostalgisk bakgrund.
Norwegian Wood 2 är en coming-of-age roman av Haruki Murakami. Berättelsen utspelar sig på 1960-talet i Japan och följer Toru Watanabe, en ung college-student, när han navigerar kärlek, förlust och de komplexiteter som följer med att växa upp. Boken är en melankolisk och introspektiv utforskning av den mänskliga…
Tingen är del av vårt vardagliga liv, men vi tänker sällan på det faktum att de också har en spretig historia som går bortanför de betydelser och funktioner som vi tilldelar dem. I Sakernas sammanhang undersöker Ellen Frödin tre litterära texter från 1900-talets början som alla ger särskilt utrymme åt ting och deras…
Nationally known carver Bob Lundy shares the techniques of relief carving in an easy to follow book. Amply illustrated, it takes the reader step-by-step through two carving projects and offers the information needed to carry out even more. With everything carved by hand, the book is written for both the beginner and…
A fun guide to creating simple wooden jewelry. Craft pins, beads, pendants, and earrings evoke delightful desert art. With practical safety tips and a discussion of the best tools, anyone can get started. Design discussion and many project photographs will launch you in creating exquisite jewelry perfect for gifts.…
This second installment in the Laminated
Wood Art series focuses on using a multi-generational process to create unique, symmetrical wood art patterns with
intricate designs. This straightforward
method involves cutting laminated strips of different wood species at various angles and gluing them back together to…
For the first time, the history of spalted wood—wood coloration caused by fungi—is detailed in a comprehensive resource covering the science, the history, and the applications of spalting. Featuring 870 photos and photomicrographs, this resource goes back 700 years to the beginning of written records of spalting, and…