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Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
The stunning New York Times bestselling novel from the 2019 Carnegie Medal winning, Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author of THE POET X. 2020 Goodreads Choice Award Winner of CLAP WHEN YOU LAND. Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022 ’This is one of the most imaginative – and therefore moving – memoirs I have ever read’ – Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce Attachments Margo Jefferson boldly and brilliantly…
Kategorier: Tecknade romaner, serier och skämtteckningar
In 1999, when most people think that the world is about to end with the Y2K crash on the eve of the new Millennium, Jet is just trying to get through high school. When their Mom moves to another country to work on fixing the Millennium bug, Jet is forced to stay at a boarding house while they finish the school year,…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
Jack and George are resting quietly when BOOM! A huge and strange ball lands beside them. ”What’s that, Jack?” ”I don’t know, George. Maybe it’s a rock?” No-too soft. But it rolls. Fast! Jack, George and the ball roll right off the cliff and now it’s a parachute. But…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: naturkunskap Barn och ungdom: rymden Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom
When baby puffins – pufflings – start getting lost, Nora and her Puffin try to understand why. After an adventure to Puffin Island, they realise: the moon and stars aren’t bright enough to guide the pufflings safely on their way! Can Nora and Puffin make a difference and save these tiny birds? Can…
Big, bold and beautifully illustrated, these stunning posters from Teagan White’s bestselling Oceanarium are perfect for pinning on your walls. This large-format poster book lets you decorate your walls with images from Teagan White’s bestselling Oceanarium, created in partnership with the National Marine…
A FIGHT FOR HONOUR. A QUEST FOR REVENGE. Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney, Paul’s mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he knows he…
’Wild Geese is proof that Soula is the most exciting new voice in Irish writing’ Barry Pierce, i-D’Soula Emmanuel is a phenomenal talent’ Laura Kay’Searingly sharp, deliciously funny, profound’ Danielle McLaughlin’Destined to be a classic of migrant literature’ Carmel Mc…
Berlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they must maintain. But when she strays for a single night he cannot forgive her and a dangerous…
Kategorier: Konst
This is one of a series of guides designed to tell the truth about other nations, using sweeping generalizations and observations as a base, detailing what to expect and how to cope with it. The guides try to explain why things are done the way they are and they try to allay the feelings of trepidation with which the…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Läromedel Läromedel: historia Läromedel: samhällsorienterande ämnen och humaniora
Explore the wonders of the past in this stunning collection of over 160 historical artefacts, from Ancient Rome to the dynasties of China. Welcome to the museum. This rich and informative cabinet of curiosities beautifully displays objects of the ancient past. Wander from room to room to explore the magnificence…
Every year, a small group of acquaintances pay a visit to the remote, castle-like Water Mill House, home to the reclusive Fujinuma Kiichi, son of a famous artist, who has lived his life behind a rubber mask ever since a disfiguring car accident. This year, however, the visit is disrupted by an impossible disappearance,…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
Aimed at children 5 plus, this beautifully illustrated classic fairytale can be read cover to cover and has a traditional pop-up element to enjoy. But, shine a light on the pop-up, and a fascinating shadow is cast. Each shadow is part of the story and can become a talking point between parent and child, making story…
One house. Two housemates. Three reasons to worry: Winnie and Ben are separated by 50 years, a gulf in class, and major differences of opinion.
’Thrilling, haunting and darkly beautiful’ Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the End Three women. An isolated town. A decades-old mystery. 1933. Cornelia Stover is not the kind of woman the men of Boldville, New Mexico, expect her to be. But, one day, she stumbles upon a secret hidden out in…
Was the greatest love story of all time a lie? Romeo Montague is handsome and charming and the first time he sees young Rosaline Capulet, who has secretly snuck into his family’s masquerade summer ball, he falls instantly in love. At first Rosaline is unsure of Romeo’s attentions but with her father…
Over 100,000 copies sold
’A tapestry of strong characters and accomplished writing’ Herald Scotland
It is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again. Decades later, in Edinburgh, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook, as her…
Journalist Erica Buist travels to seven death festivals around the world (Mexico, Nepal, Sicily, Thailand, Madagascar, Japan, Indonesia) in search of better attitudes towards mortality
Combine the best of knitting and crochet using Japan’s visual notation style!
Tunisian crochet is the knitwork style that combines the cast-on method of knitting with the hook method of crochet, resulting in fabrics that look woven as well as knitted. Tunisian Crochet-The Japanese Way gives knitting and crochet…
This book gives both beginners and experienced watercolour painters a daily tip, trick or technique to improve his/her skills. Discover the great pleasure and fun of watercolouring with this great tutorial that reveals the techniques to master this medium and bring your creativity to the top, whether you have some…
Kategorier: Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Bilderböcker, pysselböcker och pedagogiska böcker 0–5 år Pysselböcker, målarböcker och leksaksböcker
Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, a dazzling and deadpan new novel about hope and despair, fear and comfort as it plays out in these times of environmental and political turbulence
A compelling, compact novel about a woman who walks out of her life and washes up in an out-of-season seaside town – from a powerful new Canadian-British voice
After a sudden, devastating loss, Mara flees her family and ends up adrift in a wealthy coastal town. Mired in her grief, Mara’s first few…
A radical vision for a better future: an economy that works for us, rather than the other way around.
As this major German bestseller reports, our world is at a tipping point, and we feel it every day. Costs are rising, the gap between the rich and poor is increasing, natural resources are depleted, and the effects of…
An investigation into the relationship between science and music – from Pythagoras to the Moog synthesiser.
In this new title in Icon’s Hot Science series, Andrew May traces how important science is in all aspects of music. After the basics of acoustic science and the history of sound waves, he explores how…
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
’A small masterpiece. There is something funny, notable or awe-inspiring on every single page’ Jenny Colgan, Spectator
A joyful celebration of books – the perfect gift for bibliophiles, word lovers and anyone who’s ever wondered, should you judge a book by its cover?
We…
’I LOVE THIS SERIES!’ ELLY GRIFFITHS ’TIMELY, GRITTY AND DARK’ PAULA HAWKINS When the dead are silent, she will be their voice . . . Goth-girl mortuary technician Cassie Raven has seen thousands of dead bodies but when a drowned man knocks against the hull of her canalboat, it’s a bit too…
From the origins of life to the structure of modern ecosystems, this beautifully illustrated and full-colour book follows the story of life on Earth, stopping along the way to relate how key developments have influenced events in history. It is indispensable both for students of biology and anyone curious about how…
Ever wanted to know more about the Big Bang but didn’t have Brian Cox’s email address? Ever wanted to cry out, ’What on Earth is a black hole?’ but been afraid you’d be shouting into the abyss? Ever wanted to find out how gravity works but never found the book to pull you in?
Well, have no…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
The seas cover over two thirds of our planet and yet most of us live our lives on land, creatures of a different element, at once fascinated and terrified by the beauty and power of these great bodies of water. There are some, though, who go to sea, who get to know its many moods — the tranquil and mirror-like,…
Kategorier: Konst
Let Secret Tokyo guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Tokyo guide book.
This pack contains 500 high-quality origami sheets printed with colourful and attractive Chiyogami Designs. These traditional Japanese paper patterns were developed to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters. The pack contains 12 designs unique to this pack, and all of the papers are printed…
See the world anew with this unique and beautifully designed infographic atlas.
What I Love About You, the TikTok bestseller, is the perfect inspirational fill-in gift book to complete and give to a loved one. Often we find it difficult to express our true feelings to the one we love. This beautiful journal is a very special way to say ’I love you’. Fill in the prompted pages and gift…
’An extraordinary tale about love, longing, and the bond between mothers and daughters.’ Vogue
A Vulture ’Book We Can’t Wait to Read in 2022’
They had not lost anyone that year, or the ones they had lost were not worth remembering…
Set in the fictional Kenyan town of Mapeli, Things…
Kategorier: Tecknade romaner, serier och skämtteckningar
As the great chief matriarch lay dying, she gave one final decree: Upon her death there would be a contest. Having no heir of her own blood she called on the Gods. Let fate decide the one truly worthy to rule in her place. The rich, the strong, the wise, the powerful; many put forward their names in hope of being…