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From the author of Sistersong comes a powerful and ambitious retelling of an ancient tale
’Magic, myth, political intrigue, and a fierce and unique love story . . . I devoured it’ – Cassandra Clare, author of Sword Catcher
A must-read for fans of Circe, Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland recasts the…
’CLAIRE NORTH BRINGS A POWERFUL, FRESH AND UNFLINCHING VOICE TO ANCIENT MYTH’ Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne
Following the critically acclaimed Ithaca and House of Odysseus comes the final novel in Claire North’s Songs of Penelope trilogy – an exquisite, gripping tale…
’Exquisite and devastating. It won’t fail to move you’ – Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun
Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic historical fantasy about womanhood, war, sacrifice and love against…
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This stunning debut and wholly original queer middle grade novel-in-verse retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice adds a new chorus to the songs of great love, perfect for fans of Other Words for Home and Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World.
Love at first sight isn’t a myth. For seventh graders Olivia and Eden,…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
Including tracks by the Velvet Underground, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, and Billie Eilish-as well as thoughts on Jeff’s own songs – World Within a Song asks: why do we listen to music, why do we love songs, and how can music connect us to each other and to ourselves?
The Hebrew Bible is religious literature, the fundamental interest of which lies in the relations between humankind, especially the people of Israel, and God. The Song of Songs, on the other hand, is interested in the relations between men and women. In this volume Yair Zakovitch examines the presence of the Song of…
Willa Forsythe is both a violin prodigy and top-notch thief, which makes her the perfect choice for a crucial task at the outset of World War I–to steal a cypher from a famous violinist currently in Wales.
Lukas De Wilde has enjoyed the life of fame he’s won–until now, when being recognized nearly…
How does performing affect those who perform? Starting from observation of the intergenerational tradition of performing the Song of Moses (Deuteronomy 32.1–43), Keith Stone explores ways in which the Song contributes to Deuteronomy’s educational program through the dynamics of reenactment that operate in traditions of…
The Song Forever New includes daily meditations on Wesley’s Redemption Hymns and Resurrection Hymns, which are particularly well suited to the themes of Lent and Easter. For each day of Lent and Easter there is a scripture reading appropriate to the day, an extract from one of Wesley’s hymns, a short…
A new steaming hot rom-com from the author Forget Me Not, for fans of The Love Hypothesis and The Unhoneymooners
’I’ll never look at a cello quite the same way…’ Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestseller
Gwen Jackson is a musical prodigy – but she fought hard for everything she now…
’Exquisite and devastating. It won’t fail to move you’ – Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun
Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic historical fantasy about womanhood, war, sacrifice and love against…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Personliga och sociala frågor barn och ungdom Personliga och sociala frågor barn och ungdom: känslor Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
SONG OF THE ELEMENTS explores the natural and magical elements of air, fire, water, earth, and spirit in playful rhyme. For each element, readers are introduced to correspondences between animals, colours, tarot cards and suits, herbs and flowers, seasons, directions, and more. With vibrant artwork from illustrator…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
A diverse resistance force fights to topple an empire in this vibrant fantasy about freedom, identity and decolonization.
By sinking a fleet of Imperial Warships, the Pirate Supreme and their resistance fighters have struck a massive blow against the Emperor. Now allies from across the empire are readying themselves,…
In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation’s past – and unleashing the demons that sleep at its heart. An epic new fantasy duology inspired by Chinese mythology.
Once, Lan had a different name. Now, she goes by the one the Elantian colonizers gave her. She spends…
’CLAIRE NORTH BRINGS A POWERFUL, FRESH AND UNFLINCHING VOICE TO ANCIENT MYTH’ Jennifer Saint, author of Sunday Times bestseller Ariadne
Following the critically acclaimed Ithaca and House of Odysseus comes the final novel in Claire North’s Songs of Penelope trilogy – an exquisite, gripping tale…
A stunning new edition of the third novel in the bestselling Bone Season series with gorgeous new cover artwork and updated text, by the bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree. A rebel who becomes a queen Following a bloody battle against foes on every side, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
A compelling, vivid story of one Filipino girl’s journey to understanding herself and her place in the world, from an award-winning and critically acclaimed author.
Within the Fuchsia Forest of Fae, where charming pink pixies play pranks all day… enter a world where mermaids abound and fauns dance around! The Fairy’s Song is one of the finest collections of stunning fantasy fairy art and poetry. This eclectic treasury picture book includes a wealth of watercolor…
Uncover the dark past of the celestials in this melodic tale inspired by Chinese mythology and Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. Filled with rich imagery and delicate poetry, the Song of the Six Realms will echo long after the tune has ended. Xue, a talented young musician, has no past and probably no future. Orphaned…
’IF THERE WAS EVER A CRUCIAL BOOK FOR OUR CURRENT TIMES, IT’S PAUL LYNCH’S PROPHET SONG… BRILLIANTLY HAUNTING.’ OBSERVER
The explosive literary sensation: a mother faces a terrible choice as Ireland slides into totalitarianism
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and…
’Williams never ceases to surprise and delight!’ ROBINNE LEE’Punchy and poignant, sweeping and yet so intimate’ KENNEDY RYAN’Reads like the best kind of love song: tender, smart and sexy’ LEAH JOHNSON
One florist. One pianist. One love story . . . One hundred years in the making.
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Now in paperback, the second book in this environmental epic fantasy duology explores a world where ships kept afloat by magical hearthfires sail an endless grass sea.
After setting fire to the Forever Sea and leaving the surface world behind, Kindred Greyreach dives below to find a Seafloor populated by roving bands…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us want to write our own songs? Do songs help? Do songs help us live better lives? And do the lives we live help us write better songs?
After two New York Times bestsellers that cemented and expanded his legacy as one of America’s best-loved performers and…
The twenty-third book in the perennially adored The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
Grace Makutsi’s husband, Phuti, is in a bind. An international firm is attempting to undercut his prices in the office furniture market. Phuti has always been concerned with quality and comfort, but this new firm…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Företagsekonomi och management Management och företagsledning Management: ledarskap och motivation
”Humans aren’t a resource to be bought, used and discarded – they are the point of the workplace, the life essence of innovation, growth and success.”
From the bestselling author of Purple Cow and This Is Marketing comes an urgent manifesto for leaders facing unprecedented challenges in a…
The old gods are growing restless…
Mercenary Casia Greythorne cares about two things: completing her latest job and earning enough coin for the expensive medicine that’s keeping her mentor alive.
So when the king commands her to investigate a strange plague devastating the empire, she can’t resist the…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
Once, Lan had a different name. Now she goes by the one the Elantian colonizers gave her when they invaded her kingdom, killed her mother, and outlawed her people's magic. She spends her nights as a songgirl in Haak'gong, a city transformed by the conquerors, and her days scavenging for what she can find of…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Företagsekonomi och management Management och företagsledning Management: ledarskap och motivation
A soulful re-envisioning of what work and leadership can be, from the visionary mind of renowned author and thought leader, Seth Godin
The Song of Significance is a rousing contemplation on work: why it is the way it is, why it’s gotten so bad, what all of us-especially leaders-can do to make it better.
Economic…
’Paul Lynch is peerless’ Donal Ryan, author of Strange Flowers
An Irish Times ’Book to Look Forward to in 2023’
A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: biografiska berättelser
Historical-fiction based on the young life of Elizabeth ”Libba” Cotten, the noted African American folksinger, who wrote the famous song ”Freight Train” when she was just eleven years old.Elizabeth’s Song is the true-life story of Elizabeth (Libba) Cotten, the noted African American…
In the late 1600s, a distinguished English polymath, Robert Hooke, and an eccentric Dutch cloth-merchant, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, look down their hand-made microscopes. What they see introduces a radical concept that alters both biology and medicine forever. It is the fact that complex living organisms are assemblages…
This is one of the greatest collections of love poetry ever published. Inspired by Pablo Neruda’s youthful relationships and injected with an expressive eroticism, these poems are as accomplished as they are evocative and sensual. First published in 1924 to international acclaim when Neruda was just nineteen,…
The Name of the Wind meets Pirates of the Caribbean in this eco-epic fantasy, where ships kept afloat by magical hearthfires sail an endless grass sea. After setting fire to the Forever Sea and leaving the surface world behind, Kindred Greyreach dives below to find a Seafloor populated by roving bands of scavengers.…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
The year is 1904. Luki has lived a tribal life in the mountains of the Philippines. Now she’s growing up, she is expected to become a wife and a mother, but Luki isn’t ready to give up her dream to become a warrior. When her tribe are offered a journey to America to be part of the St. Louis World’s…
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In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation’s past-and unleashing the demons that sleep at its heart. An epic fantasy series inspired by the mythology and folklore of ancient China.
”Perfect for fans of The Untamed. I loved it!”…