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On a hotly-contested battlefield, a prince whose touch creates life meets a soldier chosen by death. But can they forge a future together, from opposite sides of a great war?
This is a lyrical and character-driven queer fantasy for those who loved She Who Became the Sun, The Song of Achilles and Lucy Holland’s…
Mexican history and Mesoamerican mythology meet in this thrilling historical fantasy with magic, intrigue, treachery, romance, and adventure.
The empire of Montezuma II has long fallen, a city raised on the bones of Tenochtitlan. None dare whisper the names of their gods- or speak of the magic that once graced the…
Kategorier: Filosofi Filosofi och religion Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
The dark was heavy in Gendai Sekai. It has been mak-ing love with a thick fog inside for years. Not even the sun had power enough to get through it. The village was cold. People were struggling to find a little source of heat just enough to keep them alive.
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Astrologi Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Häxkonst och wicca Mystik, magi och det ockulta Spådomskonst Stjärntecken och horoskop
Channel your compassion and intuition into every act, both magical and mundane, with this book on embracing the power of your Pisces Sun sign. Ivo Dominguez, Jr. and Mat Auryn share numerous spells, exercises, and stories all related to using your sign’s energy to improve your witchcraft and better understand…
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • From the award-winning, bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—a haunting story of love and war. • Recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Winner of Winners” award.
With effortless grace, celebrated…
An island in the Caribbean. A centuries-old secret. A life adventure awaits. . . Discover the latest tale of friendship, courage and romance from the Sunday Times bestselling romance writer.
’The queen of uplifting, feel good romance.’ AJ Pearce’An immersive, uplifting read that Fforde fans will…
Enter a lush world inspired by the history and mythology of South America, where twisted family politics deceive, dark magics thrive, and fantastical creatures roam. Reina is desperate. Stuck on the edges of society, Reina’s only hope lies in an invitation from a grandmother she’s never met. But the journey…
Reminiscent of the works of Patricia Highsmith and Lucy Foley, a compulsive psychological thriller—“the perfect poolside reading” (Guardian)—involving gorgeous grifters on the loose in the south of France who prey on a group of unsuspecting vacationers . . . and each other.
The heat is intense.…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
VULTURE’S BEST MEMOIR OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Shane McCrae was born to a white mother and a Black father. At eighteen months old, he was kidnapped from his parents’s house. His maternal grandparents transported him to suburban Texas, wishing to hide his Blackness from him. In the…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
A cheeky bedtime book, bursting with colour, from twice-UKLA WINNING illustrator Morag Hood and bestselling author of The Hug, Eoin McLaughlin.
Cheeky sun won’t go to bed! He’ll find any excuse to stay up . . . painting rainbows, drinking the sea, hiding behind mountains . . . but even the sun must go to…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
From the award-winning author of The Silver Road comes a new tale of contemporary Ireland and ancient myth . . .
When Ben and his family have to leave Dublin and move into the remote house where his mother grew up, he’s not optimistic about what lies ahead. For him and his brother Fin, it’ll mean fitting in…
’Lyrically imaginative . . . enthralling’ GUARDIANBefore she was the legendary Persian queen who spun a thousand tales, Shaherazade was a girl who saw something she shouldn’t have.
She told the king.
She thought she was doing what was right.
She couldn’t have imagined what was to come.
The…
A classic of Japanese literature, brought to life in English & manga for the first time!
This is the first manga edition in English of The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai’s classic novel, often considered his masterpiece.
Set in the aftermath of World War II, this is the story of Kazuko, a strong-willed young woman…
Readers love the new Heather Morris book!’Absolutely brilliant book … I recommend this book without a doubt’’[A] phenomenal 5-star novel’’A devastating true story brought to life by Heather Morris’’Inspiring, emotional and uplifting … What a book!’’I…
Kategorier: Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Folktro, myter och legender Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
The Holy Grail is many things to many people. The medieval troubadour saw it as a vision of heaven. In the twenty-first century, the quantum physicist finds heaven in parallel universes. The shaman, who links prehistory with the modern world, travels in other dimensions knowing he will experience the parameters of…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Ande, kropp och själ: tänkande och praktik Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Meditation och visualisering Självhjälp och praktiska råd
For the mighty mothers and the daring daughters, the sassy sisters and the feisty friends. For every woman, in every nation.
Kategorier: Konst Konst: teman och motiv Särskilda konstnärer Utställningskataloger och konstsamlingar
This catalogue documents an exhibition created by Italian artist Ugo Rondinone, who was invited by the Musee d’Art et d’Histoire (MAH) in Geneva to curate a show that invites a dialogue between his work and the works in the permanent collection. Text in English and French.
Bring balance to your magical life and improve all your relationships with the power of your Sun sign. Sharing numerous spells, exercises, recipes, and stories, Ivo Dominguez, Jr. and Patti Wigington help you harness Libra energy and use it to make your practice stronger than ever. This book reveals the…
Fate of the Sun King is the third book in Nisha J. Tuli’s spicy romantasy series, Artefacts of Ouranos, perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, A Court of Thorns and Roses and Serpent and the Wings of Night.
With the Heart Crown now in her possession, Lor must navigate the dangers of being an heir on the run, knowing…
Kategorier: Ande, kropp och själ Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Mystik, magi och det ockulta Shamanism, hednisk religion och druidism
Kenneth Johnson has written a beautiful book that will open the door to the magic of the Baltics. Explore the Amber Coast and its many magical mysteries, meet a pagan sun goddess, and explore the spirituality of a people who were the last to convert to Christianity in long-ago Europe.
Kenneth Johnson takes us on…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Diktsamlingar (poesi) Litteraturvetenskap och litteraturkritik Litteraturvetenskap: allmänt Poesi
Lewis Thompson, one of the greatest and least known pioneers of the current mystical renaissance, died in Benares, India at the age of forty in 1949. He left behind an extraordinary prose book, Mirror to the Light, together with thousands of diary entries and the brilliant poems collected and published here for the…
Kategorier: Djur och natur Geografi Geovetenskap, geografi, miljö och samhällsplanering Jorden: naturhistoria allmänt Kuster Livsstil, hobby och fritid Naturgeografi och topografi Vilda djur Vilda djur: fåglar Vilda djur: vattendjur
From winter’s dormant woodlands and barren beaches, to the whales and waterbirds of high summer, this book explores Cape Cod’s animals and plants through a year of dormancy, rebirth, and migration. In more than 150 photographs with captions, field biologist Peter Trull describes the cape’s intricate…
’Dazzling, tender, and romantic’ Carley FortuneWe’ve always been best friends… but what if we were more?
Laniah Thompson is a homebody who craves privacy. Issac Jordan is internet famous and spends his days followed by paparazzi. She runs a small business with her mom in her hometown. He runs an…
WireLess – Revolving around The Son or the sun
(Orignial title, Swedish: TrådLöst – så Långt ögat kan se)
The last few years have brutally shaken our lives: but the question is what happens next? What happens to you and me: are we expected to go back to our normal routines and comfortable lives, or have we…
Kategorier: Fantasy Romantisk fantasy Skönlitteratur Skönlitteratur i översättning Skönlitteratur: specialutgåvor
För alla som älskar Rebecca Yarros ”Fourth Wing” och Sarah J. Maas böcker.
I tolv år har Lor och hennes syskon varit fångar i Aurorakungens ökända fängelse. Efter ett oväntat fängelseupplopp befinner hon sig plötsligt i Solkungens rike där hon utsetts till en av tio kvinnor att tävla om chansen att bli…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
Nico di Angelo is pretty familiar with the realms of death, being the son of Hades and all. So when a desperate voice starts plaguing his dreams, Nico is convinced it's coming from the Underworld and belongs to an old friend – a reformed Titan called Bob. Then an ominous prophecy leaves Nico in no doubt…
History is a construction. What happens when we bring stories consigned to the margins up to the light? How does that complicate our certainties about who we are, as individuals, as nations, as human beings? As in her fiction, the essays in Out of the Sun demonstrate Esi Edugyan’s commitment to seeking out the…
From beneath the beach umbrella, all might seem idyllic – children playing, sunbathers relaxing, ice slowly melting in a cocktail glass. But look a little closer, and all is not as it seems … In these 10 classic crime stories of midsummer murder and madness, the mercury is climbing – and so is the…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE ’Brilliant, fresh and compulsively readable’ ANN PATCHETT
’A blazing mystery . . . tremendous’ GUARDIAN
’Masterful storytelling’ WASHINGTON POST
’Gloriously orchestrated . . . kaleidoscopic’IRISH TIMES
’A thrilling…
Through the curious life of Dick Kallman-a real-life celebrity striver, poisonously charming actor, and eventual murder victim-the unforgiving worlds of postwar showbiz and down-low gay sexuality are thrown into stark relief in this ”page-turning blast” (James Ellroy, author of Widespread…
Following her New York Times bestselling debut Fifty Words for Rain, Asha Lemmie’s next sweeping and evocative novel introduces a determined young woman’s search for the larger-than-life literary figure she believes to be her father.
When tragedy forces Delphine Auber, an aspiring writer on the cusp of…
”The first great crime novel of 2023”-The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A serial killer in a small Swedish town commits his first murder the same night the prime minister is assassinated-a ”thrilling and profoundly poignant” (Angie Kim) novel…
The Bachelor meets Fourth Wing. Ten women. A deadly contest. Only one can win the Sun King’s heart.
Lor has endured twelve long years of torment under the Aurora King’s rule. Her only desire is to get free and pay him back for every moment of misery she’s endured.
When a surprise release finds her in…
The phenomenal new novel of resilience and survival from the international bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
1942. Singapore is falling to the Japanese Army. English musician Norah Chambers places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe. As the island…
Ilayaah Kalds Said was born and raised in Sweden. She is a poet, author and athlete. Ilayaah gained significant recognition for her first poetry collection:
”The Tears of Love”, that she wrote at the age of 16 and published through her own esteemed publishing company, Ilaryaah. Her remarkable poetry…
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
’An impressive amalgamation of scholarly research with popular history’ The Times
’An evocative account of an era of epic riches and ruthlessness’ History Revealed
’De la Bedoyere has not just an archaeologist’s eye for accuracy but also a…
Before she was the legendary Persian queen who spun a thousand tales, Shaherazade was a girl who saw something she shouldn’t have.
She told the king.
She thought she was doing what was right.
She couldn’t have imagined what was to come.
The Seljuk Empire is on fire and the king is on a rampage after…
A steamy second chance romance from Ana Huang, the New York Times bestselling author of the Kings of Sin and Twisted seriesFive years ago, he broke her heart. Now, he’ll do anything to win her back.
When Farrah walked into her lunch meeting, she didn’t expect to see him.
Blake Ryan. Her first love, her…
Kategorier: Andra världskriget Historia Historia och arkeologi Militärhistoria Särskilda krig och fälttåg
Why were the Allies worried about an atom bomb attack by the Germans in 1944? Why did the Soviets threaten to use poison gas against the Germans? Why did Hitler in 1945 insist that holding Prague could win the war for the Third Reich? Why did US General George Patton’s Third Army race for the Skoda works at…
Agatha Christie’s exotic seaside mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.
It was not unusual to find the beautiful bronzed body of the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this…
Since ancient times the Yoruba of West Africa created sacred stories–patakís–to make sense of the world around them. Upon arrival in the New World, the Yoruba religion began to incorporate elements from Catholic and Native traditions, evolving into Santería, and new patakís were born, adding to the many…
Hailed by many astrologers as a classic, this book not only maps our strengths and weaknesses, but also reveals the true purpose of astrology: to guide us toward our own self-realization. Books on the sun signs rarely emphasize self-help. What most of them say is, ”This is the nature you were born with. Enjoy it,…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
Demigods Nico di Angelo and Will Solace must endure the terrors of Tartarus in their attempt to rescue an old friend in this thrilling adventure – set in the funny, mythical and action-packed world of Percy Jackson.
As the son of Hades, Nico di Angelo been through so much, from the premature deaths of his mother…
Mexican history and Mesoamerican mythology meet in this thrilling historical fantasy with magic, intrigue, treachery, romance, and adventure.
The empire of Montezuma II has long fallen, a city raised on the bones of Tenochtitlan. None dare whisper the names of their gods- or speak of the magic that once graced the…
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ’Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish’ Stephanie Garber
The stunning conclusion to the Celestial Kingdom Duology
After winning her mother’s freedom from the Celestial Emperor, Xingyin thrives in the enchanting tranquility of her home. But her…
’Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish’ Stephanie GarberThe stunning conclusion to the Celestial Kingdom Duology
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE
In ”the first great crime novel of 2023” (The New York Times Book Review), a serial killer in a small Swedish town commits his first murder the same night the prime minister is assassinated-a ”thrilling and profoundly poignant”…