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Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Den blivande franska drottningen Marie-Antoinette och den svenske greven Axel von Fersen träffas för första gången när de är arton år gamla. I Förbindelsen får vi följa dem från ungdomens rusiga fester till revolution, fångenskap, flykt och våldsam död.
Paret träffas på baler och spelkvällar i Versailles salar, men…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science – and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory.
For decades Marie Curie was the only woman in the room at international scientific gatherings, and…
The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger ratchets up the tension as sports agent Myron Bolitar gets mixed up in some international intrigue in this #1 New York Times bestseller.
With an early morning phone call, an old flame wakes Myron Bolitar from sleep. Terese Collins is in Paris, and…
This exclusive edition includes the following special features: * Brand new cover design illustrated by Emmy Lawless * Gold foil artwork on clothbound hardbacks * Gorgeous, illustrated endpapers by Emmy Lawless * Colour head and tail bands and ribbon marker * Exclusive author letter from Jessa Hastings complete with…
Author of the Costa-prizewinning, world-wide bestseller The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney, returns to her snow-covered heartland in this tense mystery set in a small Scandinavian town.
Nordland. A region in the Norwegian Arctic; a remote valley that stretches from the sea up to the mountains and glaciers.
It is…
Kategorier: Familjeromaner Modern och samtida skönlitteratur Narrative theme: Love & relationships Skönlitterära teman Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur: allmänt
Den efterlängtade fortsättningen på Brooklyn – Colm Tóibíns stora romansuccé som blev Oscarsbelönad film.
Eilis Lacey lämnade som ung Irland för USA. Året är nu 1976 och det har nu gått tjugo år sedan hon gifte sig med rörmokaren Tony Fiorello, vars stora, bullriga och intensiva italiensk-amerikanska familj ständigt…
From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Fleishman Is in Trouble comes Long Island Compromise, a darkly exhilarating novel about an American family and its inheritance – the safety and wealth that they fought for, and the precarity of their survival that is their legacy.
In 1980, a wealthy…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker Bilderböcker med mycket text Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år
Äpplet Ingrid-Marie tycker att livet är trist när det regnar. Hon kommer att tänka på sin svampvän Karl-Johan. Han älskar regnigt väder, då växer han fort och får nya kläder, det kan bli kul! Ingrid-Marie skyndar iväg och stöter ihop med pojken som bor i huset intill. När han får höra om Karl-Johan blir han nyfiken…
Red wine is good for us. Alcohol is bad for us. Cut out sugar. Eat less fat. Eat more fat. Every day we’re bombarded by often-contradictory advice on what to do to keep ourselves healthy.
How can we separate fact from fad? Written by a medical clinician, this is the ultimate myth-busting guide to what will really…
Kategorier: Buddhism Filosofi och religion Konst Musik Musik: teknik, handledningar, musikundervisning Musikinstrument Religion och tro Tangentinstrument
There are many approaches to piano theory. They range from the simple technique of reading music and touching the keys, to playing-by-ear, but few have taken the inner path that begins in the soul. Mildred Portney Chase merged her piano lessons with the discipline of mindful Buddhist practice and created an experience…
A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN…
When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain that lets her enter the world of her favourite fantasy series.
She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the…
Sven Holdar lives in Sigtuna, the first town in Sweden. He has been interested in history and geography throughout his life. He holds a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Colorado and worked for many years in Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Armenia before settling back in Sweden with his family. He speaks Swedish,…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Andra världsreligioner Filosofi och religion Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Religion och tro Stamreligioner
There is one path for all people – the path of sharing, justice and peace. How do we arrive there? Through transformation of self and world. THE LONG JOURNEY HOME will take you there. This is the moment when the heart seeks a solid foundation to build a new home upon. Even though the place we knew as home might…
”Precis som det finns rokokostil och empirestil, så bör fru Krøyers stil få ett erkännande som ett uttryck för konstnärlig verksamhet.” Så här beskrevs Marie Krøyers begåvning i en tidningsartikel 1899. Marie Krøyer var konstnär och arbetade kreativt hela sitt liv – med möda och besvär, med lätthet…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Paper dolls and accurate costume details help take you inside the world of Marie Laveau (1794 -1881) New Orleans’ powerful ”voodoo queen.” Laveau was both widely respected as a healer to all who sought her help and feared as a woman capable of putting a powerful hex on any enemy. She bartered…
Lines in Long Array demonstrates the enduring impact of the Civil War on American culture by presenting poems and photographs from both the past and present, including 12 wholly new poems by contemporary poets created especially for this volume.
Includes previously unpublished poetry by Eavan Boland, Geoffrey Brock,…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: konst och underhållning Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Konst Konst: teman och motiv Särskilda konstnärer
Marie Laurencin (1883-1956), poeten Apollinaires musa, var en beundrad och hyllad konstnär i det glada 1920-talets Paris. Marie Laurencin var stark, både som kvinna och konstnär. Hon vågade ta en tydlig plats i kretsarna kring Picasso, Braque och Cocteau och många andra. I dag är hon näst intill bortglömd.
Hennes…
With a seven-year age difference, Ryke Meadows and Daisy Calloway have faced an uphill battle in the eyes of the world and their families. Known as the most adventurous, fast-paced couple, their next step has always been elusive to the rabid media.
Behind the scenes, heartbreaking troubles continue to test Ryke and…
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY’S WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
’A quietly profound, humane tour de force’ Guardian
The beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity#SmallAngryPlanet
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn’t expecting much. The ship, which has…
It's been nearly a year since everything happened between Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine on the steps of the Mandarin Oriental, and it seems like everything since then has changed. Magnolia has a life in New York now and BJ appears to have finally let go and moved on. But when they both wind up back to London…
Kategorier: Hantverk och handarbete Livsstil, hobby och fritid Målarböcker och pysselböcker för vuxna Tecknade romaner och tecknade serier Tecknade romaner och tecknade serier: genrer Tecknade romaner och tecknade serier: historiska berättelser Tecknade romaner, serier och skämtteckningar Tecknade romaner: europeisk stil
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Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: kärlek och relationer
An epic, emotional, breathtaking story of love and loss set amid the Syrian revolution. Burning with the fires of hope and possibility, AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW will sweep you up and never let you go. This brand new paperback edition contains exclusive bonus short story Joy. Set in the world of Lemon Trees, it…
The sequel to the prize-winning, bestselling novel Brooklyn.
A novel of enormous wit and profound emotional resonance from one of the world’s finest writers.
In Colm Toibin’s masterful new novel, we are reunited with Eilis Lacey, the heroine of Brooklyn, twenty years on, in the 1970s, living with her…
The unmissable new romance from Elena Armas, bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception and The American Roommate Experiment.
A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children’s team in this small-town love story in the vein of Ted Lasso and It Happened…
Kategorier: Biografiska romaner Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur i översättning Skönlitteratur: specialutgåvor
»En välskriven liten pärla om en kvinna värd att lära känna.« Pernilla Ericson, Nyhetsmorgon, TV4
»Ett inspirerande läsäventyr om en vetenskapskvinna du sent ska glömma. Läs den!« Agneta Norrgård
»Lyfter fram en enastående kvinna ur glömskan.« Politiken
Under fyra decennier, från 1930-talet till 1970-talet, reser den…
Put your life in order once and for all with this transformative and personalized tidying companion from Marie Kondo, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up and star of the Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and Sparking Joy with Marie Kondo.
Let Marie help you…
The latest rom-com from bestselling author Meghan Quinn, known for her quick-wit, steamy scenes and captivating reads.
With a new ring on her finger, Ophelia must deal with her nightmare of a mother-in-law, and planning a wedding. Thankfully her best friend of over ten years agrees to be her faithful, ”man in…
HOW MANY LOVES DO YOU GET IN A LIFETIME? AND ARE MAGNOLIA AND BJ EACH OTHER’S?It’s been nearly a year since everything happened between Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine on the steps of the Mandarin Oriental, and it seems like everything since then has changed.
Magnolia has a life in New York now and BJ…
How can we reach landscapes, lives, and voices from people once living in urban outskirts that today are difficult to access through traditional archaeological excavations and data? Through the method of newspaper archaeology, the study Afloat and Aflame reveals how newspapers from the long 19th century…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management
With hybrid work becoming increasingly common, organisations must address the unique challenges that hybrid teams pose and learn how to purposefully design them.
The Long-Distance Team guides leaders on how to create the culture they envision for their teams and organizations while navigating a new way of working.…
Long Shadows is the seventh Amos Decker thriller from internationally bestselling author David Baldacci.Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the mysterious and brutal murder of a federal judge and her bodyguard at her home in an exclusive, gated community in…
All Day is a Long Time is a spectacular, raw account of growing up and managing, against the odds, to carve out a place for hope.
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: kärlek och relationer
Burning with the fires of hope and possibility, AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW will sweep you up and never let you go. Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big brother; she still had her home. She was even supposed to be meeting a boy to…
No stockings, no gifts, no tinsel and no tree – has Christmas been cancelled?
It’s mid-December and for the fifth year in a row, there is little sign of the festive season in the Sullivan family’s home in South London. That is until a mysterious someone starts sending strange gifts to widower…
’A tense rollercoaster’ Sarah Vaughan’Brilliantly plotted’ Liz Nugent’Incredibly compelling’ Shari Lapena’I raced through’ Claire Douglas’Packs a punch’ Sarah Pearse’Wonderfully atmospheric’ BA Paris’Lures you in until you can’t…
In Long Players, fifty of our finest authors write about the albums that changed their lives, from Deborah Levy on Bowie to Daisy Johnson on Lizzo, Ben Okri on Miles Davis to David Mitchell on Joni Mitchell, Sarah Perry on Rachmaninov to Bernardine Evaristo on Sweet Honey in the Rock. Part meditation on the album form…
The seventh Amos Decker thriller from internationally bestselling author David Baldacci.
Detta är en inspirerande barnbok som introducerar unga läsare till livet och prestationerna hos den berömda vetenskapskvinnan Marie Curie. Med fängslande illustrationer och en kortfattad berättelse firar denna bok Curie’s banbrytande upptäckter och hennes inverkan på världen, inspirerar barn att drömma stort och…