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’More than a masterclass in cosy crime, it’s probably the most fun you’ll have between the pages of a book!’ – Janice Hallett
Attending your best friend’s wedding should be a piece of (wedding) cake, but not for bestselling mystery author Eleanor Dash. Because murder seems to follow…
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A superb and illuminating history of Imperial Rome’s most important women – dispelling the myths and misogyny that have distorted their reputations for over 2000 years.
”This book honours its female subjects with the truth in a way only a brilliant story teller can do.” Julie Bindell, author,…
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Mitsuko, a schoolteacher at the Kitamura school, inspires both rumour and curiosity in the parents of her students because of her unconventional manner – not least when she tells the children the fable of a princess whose hand in marriage is promised to a dog she is intimate with. And when a young man with sharp…
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From the New York Times bestselling horror writer comes a classic slasher story with a twist-perfect for fans of Riley Sager and Grady Hendrix. 1989, Lamesa, Texas. A small west Texas town driven by oil and cotton-and a place where everyone knows everyone else’s business. So it goes for Tolly Driver, a good kid…
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So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched the trickster god sow chaos. But…what if Loki saved Asgard from Tony Stark’s revenge?
Thor – Son of Odin, God of Thunder, wielder of the hammer Mjolnir – is dead. And Loki is responsible.
It…
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An exclusive, International Hardback edition with sprayed edge design.
From the author of the bestselling TikTok sensation You’ve Reached Sam comes When Haru Was Here by Dustin Thao, a magical exploration of loneliness, complicated friendships, and what it means to let go. Perfect for fans of the heart-wrenching…
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Marc Spector and Venom engage in a battle of wills in the next adventure of an epic multiversal series reimagining iconic Marvel origin stories.So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched Marc Spector cheat death in the name of the Egyptian god Khonshu.…
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Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
The author of How Was It for You? is a sex worker. Let’s call her ’Eve’. Eve is someone’s partner. Someone’s mother. And she has worked across the sex industry for twenty years: in a brothel, as an escort in a strip club, online and as a dominatrix. In this candid memoir she reveals all:…
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A stunning new voice in fiction: a novel of love, murder and greed set in Costa Rica.
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The sixth novel in Julia Quinn’s globally beloved and bestselling Bridgerton Family series, set in Regency times and now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. This is Francesca’s story . . .
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Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s is arguably the least examined crisis in American history. Beginning with the myths inspired by Reagan's war on drugs, journalist Donovan X. Ramsey's exacting analysis traces the path from the last triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement to the devastating realities we…
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Audie Award Finalist for best inspirational book!
IMAGE AWARD (Native Daughters of the Golden West)
”The Mission Walker is a marvelous book, a moving meditation on the relationships between courage and faith, endurance and transcendence.” Randall Sullivan, Creator, The Miracle Detective, Oprah Winfrey…
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’Witty and insightful. A powerful exploration of marriage, motherhood, and self’ Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry
The author of THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD returns with a brilliantly observed family drama, in which a long marriage faces imminent derailment from events both past and present
At…
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Kategorier: Alternativa trossystem Eklektiska och esoteriska religioner och trossystem Filosofi och religion Gnosticism Kristendom Religion och tro Religion: allmänt Religionshistoria
Scholars have spent years questioning aspects of the historical Jesus. How can we know what Jesus said and did when Jesus himself wrote nothing? Can we trust the Gospels, written by unknown authors 40 to 70 years after Jesus’ death? And why do other sources from the time not speak of this messianic figure known…
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Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
We Are Okay meets Wandavision in this novel about loss and learning to let go. After the death of his best friend, Eric Ly creates imaginary scenarios in his head to deal with his grief. Until one of them becomes real when a boy he met last summer in Japan finds his way back into his life. When he least expects it,…
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Hannah Sullivan’s first collection, Three Poems, won the T. S. Eliot Prize and the inaugural John Pollard International Poetry Prize. Was It for This continues that book’s project, offering a trenchant exploration of the ways in which we attempt to map our lives in space and time.
But there is also the…
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Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: science fiction
”The pages turn themselves in this sizzling debut. Wendy Cross is relentless!” Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, author of Friends Like These.
Let the games begin.
Every inhabitant in the Quadrant knows about The Pinnacle, a reality TV contest set on a remote planet with a five million cash prize. For three desperate…
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Kategorier: Tecknade romaner, serier och skämtteckningar
Loki and Valkyrie seek redemption in the first adventure of an epic new multiversal series that reimagines the origins of iconic Marvel heroes.
So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched the trickster god sow chaos. But…what if Loki saved Asgard from…
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A man climbs into Ferdinand Sponer’s cab, gives the name of a hotel, and before he reaches it has been murdered: shot through the throat. And though Sponer has so far committed no crime, he is drawn into the late Jack Mortimer’s life, and might not be able to escape its tangles and intrigues before it is…
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Teffi’s literary genius made her a star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. An extremely funny writer with a scathing critical eye, she was also capable of Chekhovian subtlety and depth of character. Ranging from humorous sketches of a vanished Russia to ironic,…
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Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
With special bonus content – a brand new story by Alice OsemanThe third novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, the author of the 2021 YA Book Prize winning Loveless, Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper – now a major Netflix series.For Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: The Ark…
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Pre-order the next instalment in The Lancaster Prep series now!
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Nobody in our class pays attention to Daisy Albright and I think she likes it that way.
But when I’m sent to work in the headmaster’s office every day with Daisy I am stuck staring at her pretty face, hearing her sweet voice and I start…
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Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
Checking into a psychiatric institution wasn’t exactly on Ruby Wax’s agenda for 2022 – writing about it wasn’t either, but here we are. These days, trying to stay sane in a completely chaotic world makes life incredibly difficult, especially if you’re struggling with your mental health.…
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The mysterious stranger seems perfect. But nobody knows who she is and what she has been compelled to do to survive. The gripping new bestseller from Tony Parsons.
’Vividly drawn and utterly engrossing’ Tom Hindle’Gripping and beautifully written, with atmosphere you could cut with a knife’ Alex…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
An ”extraordinarily brilliant” and ”pleasurably naughty” (Andre Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy…and who the Bard might really be.
The theory that Shakespeare may not…
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Loki and Valkyrie seek redemption in the first adventure of an epic new multiversal series that reimagines the origins of iconic Marvel heroes.
So many worlds, so little time. Infinite possibilities, creating infinite realities. Long have I watched the trickster god sow chaos. But . . . what if Loki saved Asgard from…
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A bonfire burns on a Cornish beach in the middle of the night.
Nearby a young woman waits for morning and the estate agent to arrive with the keys to her new life in the peaceful fishing village.
She carries with her no trace of her history or her previous life or the past she has left behind.
Quickly she becomes an…
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Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Folkmord och etnisk rensning Förintelsen Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Sanna berättelser Sanna berättelser: hjältemod och överlevnad
Bertil Oppenheimer was born in 1950 and grew up with his parents and an elder brother in a suburb of Stockholm. At home, German was spoken, since his parents were German Jewish immigrants. His parents, Elli and Kurt, had immigrated to Sweden in 1943. But they never told their children about what had happened to them…
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Språk: Meänkieli och svenska
Dikter om vardagslivet i norr, skrivet på
meänkieli och översatt till svenska. Kan
innehålla roligheter och jäkelskap.
Tornedalen, Lappland, Norrbotten, natur, familj,
kärlek, vardagsliv och jobb.
Runoja arkielämästä pohjosessa, kirjotettu
meänkielelä ja käännetty ruottiksi. Saattaa…
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Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, When the Emperor Was Divine is the critically acclaimed debut novel by bestselling writer Julie Otsuka – author of The Buddha in the Attic – in which she explores the lives of Japanese immigrants living in America during the Second World War.It is four months…
Kategorier: Att hantera personliga problem Att hantera sjukdom Coping with Alzheimer’s & dementia Familj och hälsa Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling
Though Dr. Mary T. Newport has provided professional care to newborns since 1983, she’s led a double life since 2000 when she became a caregiver at home. That’s when her beloved husband, Steve, first showed signs of Alzheimer’s disease. After his deterioration accelerated in 2004, Dr. Newport began…
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Kategorier: Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
Book of the Year in the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph and New Statesman
’A powerful illumination of a lost world that is nevertheless part of living memory.’ Simon Heffer, ’Books of the Year’ , Daily Telegraph
’A joyous new book on post-war Britain.’ Daily Mail
When Queen Elizabeth II…
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Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: husdjur Barn och ungdom: husdjur: katter Barn och ungdom: naturkunskap Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker Bilderböcker med mycket text Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Faktaböcker barn och ungdom
Det bor en varg i en stad full av katter, hur ska vargen klara sig i sådan annorlunda värld?
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The Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered in 1947 at Qumran, were written by a Jewish sect known as the Essenes and are commonly thought to have been written 100 to 200 years before Jesus lived. Marvin Vining advances and modifies the controversial work of Barbara Thiering and Robert Eisenman to show that the scrolls…
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Kategorier: Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Land of the Gods is the story of the ancient inhabitants of the Lothians of Scotland. When the Romans were retreating from Britain and for the first time, neighboring tribes tried to lay claim to the land, a magnificent warrior appeared, who fought for the survival of his land. He was remembered as Arthur and his…
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Kategorier: Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Book One: Cleopatra to Christ.
A Reconstruction of Jesus’ roots and family history. The Bible says that the infant Jesus was visited by the Magi of the East, and that he was educated in Egypt. Seeming to be of royal blood, he was crowned King of the Jews. The inference from these sparse facts is that Jesus was…
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Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografi: religion och andlighet Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
In THE FACE BEFORE I WAS BORN, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee describes the intoxicating intensity of his own spiritual journey which began when he was sixteen. Three years later he met his teacher and felt a sense of belonging beyond this world. The events that follow over the next twenty-two years tell of tremendous love,…
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