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<strong><em>Entitled </em>is the first joint biography of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson by renowned royal biographer and literary agent, Andrew Lownie.</strong> <br/><br/>Packed full of extraordinary revelations, <em>Entitled</em> reveals the extent to which Andrew and Fergie's lives are still deeply entwined. Drawing on four years of research, numerous FOI requests and interviews with over a hundred people who have never spoken before, Andrew Lownie traces the lives of the late Queen's second son and his ex-wife through their childhoods, courtship, marriage, divorce, careers and royal and charitable activities. <br/><br/>Investigating the reality of their relationship, it assesses Andrew's Falklands record, his business dealings and reveals new details of how the couple have been able to financially sustain their extravagant lifestyles. It also delves deeper into links with Jeffrey Epstein, which began earlier, continued longer and were much more frequent than reported.

Strange Houses [Bok / Häftad]

Barnen på Björklunda gård är en läsebok för årskurs 3-5. I boken får eleverna lära känna Tora och Edvard, som var barn på Björklunda gård vid förra sekelskiftet. Berättelsen skildrar familjens liv år 1899 och vi får följa dem in i det nya seklet. Tora och Edvard går i skolan, arbetar tillsammans med sina föräldrar, leker med kamrater och lyssnar till gammelfarmors kusliga berättelser. Barnen gör en spännande resa till Stockholm, där de träffar på några av den tidens nyheter såsom bil och telefon. Varje kapitel är en avslutad berättelse och följs av faktasidor med fotografier och texter som belyser innehållet i kapitlet. Här kan eleverna läsa om hur livet tedde sig vid förra sekelskiftet och med det som utgångspunkt göra jämförelser med hur det ser ut idag. I slutet av boken finns en antologidel med texter som barnen vid den här tiden kunde träffa på. Boken kan användas för upplevelseläsning, som faktabok vid olika slag av temaarbeten och vid undersökande arbete kring livet förr i tiden. Lärarens bok med ytterligare fakta och förslag på arbetsuppgifter finns nu som nedladdningsbar fil.

The Technological Republic [Bok / Häftad]

<b>An explosive account of one of the most hubristic mistakes in American political history: Joe Biden's decision to run for reelection despite mounting evidence of his decline, and his team's increasingly desperate efforts to hide it.</b><br/><br/><i>In Greek tragedy, the protagonist's effort to avoid his fate is what seals his fate. In 2024, American politics became a Greek tragedy.</i><br/><br/>Joe Biden launched his successful 2020 bid for the White House with the stated goal of saving the nation from a second Trump term. He, his family and his senior aides were so convinced that only he could beat Trump again that they lied to themselves, allies and the public about his condition and limitations. At his debate with Trump on 28 June 2024, the consequences of that deception were exposed - all but dooming the Democrats to defeat later that year.<br/><br/>Now the full, unsettling truth is being told for the first time. Here, two of America's best-respected political journalists take us behind closed doors to reveal the extent of Biden's decline and who knew about it, from White House staffers to senators to Hollywood celebrities. They paint President Biden's decision to run for re-election as shockingly narcissistic, delusional and reckless - and the wider cover-up as an act of unprecedented public deception. Rarely has hubris met nemesis so explosively.<br/><br/>The story the authors tell raises fundamental issues of accountability and responsibility that will endure for decades. In the name of defeating what they called an existential threat to democracy, Biden and his inner circle ensured it, marking the beginning of a remarkable campaign of denial and gaslighting against the American public. His decision to run again was the original sin of his precedency - the moment that led directly to Donald Trump's return to power and all that has come since.

<b>The children of the Grace Field House orphanage must escape a macabre fate before it's too late.</b><br/><br/> Life at Grace Field House has been good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they have to take are tough, their loving caretaker provides them with delicious food and plenty of playtime. But when they discover the horrifying truth about why they are being kept at the orphanage, their lives change forever...<br/><br/> The complete <i>Promised Neverland </i>saga in one stunning box set! In addition to all 20 volumes of the suspense hit, the box set contains an exclusive booklet and a double-sided full-colour poster.

<b>Brilliant and engagingly written, <i>Why Nations Fail </i>answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?<br/><i><br/></i></b>Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are?<br/><br/>Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence?<br/><br/>Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities.<br/><br/>The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions&mdash;with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories.<br/><br/>Based on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including:<br/><br/>- China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and&#160;overwhelm the West?<br/><br/>- Are America&rsquo;s best days behind it? Are we moving from a virtuous circle in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority?<br/><br/>- What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? More philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinson&rsquo;s breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions?<br/><br/><b><i>Why Nations Fail </i>will change the way you look at&mdash;and understand&mdash;the world.&#160;</b>