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<b>WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME<br/>SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION<br/>SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION<br/>**SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND ROBERT DE NIRO**</b><br/><br/>'<b>A riveting true story</b> of greed, serial murder and racial injustice'<b> JON KRAKAUER</b><br/>'<b>A fiercely entertaining mystery</b><b> story </b>and a wrenching exploration of evil'<b> KATE ATKINSON</b><br/>'<b>A fascinating account </b>of a tragic and forgotten chapter in the history of the American West' <b>JOHN GRISHAM </b><br/><br/><b>From the bestselling author of <i>The Lost City of Z, </i>now a major film starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller and Robert Pattison, <i>and the Number One international bestseller The Wager</i>, </b>comes a true-life murder story which became one of the FBI's first major homicide investigations.<br/><br/>In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions and sent their children to study in Europe.<br/><br/>Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. <b>As the death toll climbed</b>, <b>the FBI took up the case</b>. But the bureau badly bungled the investigation. In desperation, its young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. Together with the Osage he and his undercover team began to expose <b>one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history</b>.<br/><br/>'<b>David Grann has a </b><b>razor-keen instinct for suspense</b>' <b>LOUISE ERDRICH</b>

I have taken up the old chronicles and the history of Sweden's oldest family, how members of this family were involved in shaping Sweden's history, one of the most famous Fale helped Erik Knutsson to the king's throne and is probably the same person as the fictional Arn, This Fale had decisive role together with Sune Folkesson in the battle of Gestilren and Lena.

<p><b>Eighty years on, <i>D-Day The Oral History </i>is a fresh and significant new history of arguably the most important day of the 20th Century.</b><br/><br/>On 6th June 1944, the Allied invasion began. For hours, wave after wave of soldiers, sailors, and airmen crossed the channel and stormed the Normandy coast, fighting to gain a foothold in Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. It was the largest combined air and seaborne invasion ever, involving over 150,000 Allied troops on the ground, and its eventual success became a critical turning point in the war, spelling the beginning of the end for the Third Reich.<br/><br/>As the events of that day fade from living memory, it's more important than ever to understand what it felt like to be there and to live through it, on both sides. In this definitive work, Garrett M. Graff, the bestselling author of <i>The Only Plane in the Sky: The Oral History of 9/11, </i>compiles <b>over 600 US, Canadian, UK, French and German voices</b> to tell the full story of exactly how that historic day unfolded, in visceral detail - as well as the weeks and months leading up to it. From paratroopers to fighter pilots to nurses, generals, French villagers, German Defenders to Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, this is the most intimate re-telling of D-Day published to date.<br/><br/><b>Praise for <i>THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY: </i></b><br/><br/><i>"The most moving and chilling oral history you will read."</i><b><i> The Times</i></b><br/><br/><i>"Incredibly evocative and compelling." </i><b><i>The Washington Post</i></b><br/><br/><i>"A hugely powerful new book."</i><b> Dan Snow</b><br/><br/><i>"Astonishing book about an astonishing, terrifying atrocity, relived in real time by those who were there. I read it in one sitting & was utterly gripped from start to finish." </i><b>Piers Morgan</b></p>

"En utmärkt bok för våra utländska vänner." Bibliotekstjänst<br/><br/>Turistboom! Våra svenska traditioner äntligen på engelska. Perfekt bok för turister såväl som för utländska gäster och vänner.<br/><br/>Här berättas om Lucia, Midsommar, Jul, Nationaldagen, Påsk, Våffeldagen och årets övriga svenska traditioner. Här finns förstås hela julhelgen med bilder av bl a Carl Larsson. Författaren skriver lärorikt och personligt om typiskt svenska traditioner en del ursvenska och om de traditioner vi delar med andra men med vår egen svenska utformning.<br/><br/>Rikt illustrerad med bilder och fotografier av den vackra svenska naturen.<br/><br/>Även recept på några klassiska svenska maträtter.<br/><br/>IN ENGLISH:<br/><br/>Did you know that . . .<br/><br/>Swedes cannot celebrate Christmas without Swedish ginger snaps and saffron buns?<br/><br/>Swedish children dress up as witches and beg for money at Easter?<br/><br/>Lucia Midsummer Christmas Sweden s National Day Easter Waffle Day<br/><br/>are all presented here together with the other annual Swedish traditions. Of course the Christmas holidays are included, with illustrations by Carl Larsson and others.<br/><br/>The author has written a personal, informative and entertaining presentation of typical Swedish customs some of which are ancient and the traditions which Swedes share with others often with our very own Swedish adaptations.<br/><br/>Richly illustrated with pictures and photographs of Sweden's beautiful nature, including recipes for some of Sweden s most classic traditional dishes.<br/><br/>The author Jan-Öjvind Swahn is one of Sweden s most renowned scholars in cultural history studies, and he is Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics.

<p>Pomerantsev is emerging as the pre-eminent war reporter of our time. <i>Observer</i><br/><br/><b>From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today. </b><br/><br/>In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. Britain was struggling to combat the powerful Nazi propaganda machine, which crowed victory and smeared its enemies.<br/><br/>But inside Germany, there was one notable voice of dissent from the very heart of the military machine, Der Chef, a German whose radio broadcasts skilfully questioned Nazi doctrine. He had access to high-ranking German military secrets and spoke of internal rebellion. His listeners included German soldiers and citizens. American officials and even the President tried to to decipher what it meant for the future of the war. But what these audiences didn't know was that Der Chef was a fiction, a character created by the British propagandist Thomas Sefton Delmer, just one player in Delmer's vast counter-propaganda cabaret, a unique weapon in the war.<br/><br/>As author Peter Pomerantsev uncovers Delmer's story, he is called into a wartime propaganda effort of his own: the global response to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. This book is the story of Delmer and his modern-day investigator, as they each embark on their own quest to seduce and inspire the passions of supporters and enemies, and to turn the tide of information wars.</p>

<p>In light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed, from pre-Christianity to the fall of Communism-illuminating the remarkable cultural significance and richness of a place perpetually lost to the margins of history.</p><p>Eastern Europe, the moniker, has gone out of fashion since the fall of the Soviet Union. Ask someone now, and they might tell you that Estonia is in the Baltics, or Scandinavia, that Slovakia is in Central Europe and Croatia is in the Eastern Adriatic or the Balkans. In fact, Eastern Europe is a place that barely exists at all, except in cultural memory. Yet it remains a powerful marker of identity for many, with a fragmented and wide history, defined by texts, myths, and memories of centuries of hardship and suffering.</p><p>Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a masterful narrative about a place that has survived the brink of being forgotten. Beginning with long-lost accounts of early pagan life, Mikanowski offers a kaleidoscopic tour recounting the rise and fall of the great empires-Ottoman, Hapsburg, and Russian-the dawn of the modern era, the ravages of Fascism and Communism, as well as Capitalism, the birth of the modern nation-state, and more. A student of literature, history, and the ghosts of his own family's past, Mikanowski paints a magisterial portrait of a place united by diversity, and eclecticism, and a people with the shared story of being the dominated rather than the dominating.</p><p>The result is a loving and ebullient celebration of the distinctive and vibrant cultures that stubbornly persisted at the margins of Western Europe, and a powerful corrective that re-centers our understanding of how the modern Western world took shape. </p>

<p>Svenska kungar och drottningar - på engelska!</p><p>I Kings and queens of Sweden presenteras svenska regenter från Gustav Vasa och fram till dagens kungahus. Bokens tyngdpunkt ligger på de moderna kungligheterna. Boken även en kortfattad SVENSK HISTORIA - från istid till Spotify - och en presentation av de elva kungliga slotten.</p><p>Här får du lära känna kung Carl XVI Gustaf, drottning Silvia, kronprinsessan Victoria, prins Carl Philip och prinsessan Madeleine och deras familjer. Du får läsa om deras uppväxt, intressen, sociala engagemang, bröllop, barn.</p><p>Boken innehåller minibiografier om Sveriges regenter från Gustav Vasa till Gustav VI Adolf. Det är historier om makt, krig, familjefejder, älskarinnor. Följ släktband och uppgörelser fram till vår moderna kungafamilj. </p><p>Boken presenterar också de elva KUNGLIGA SLOTTEN, bland annat Drottningholms slott, Stockholms slott, Ulriksdals slott, Haga slott och Gripsholms slott. </p><p>Boken är rikt illustrerad med fotografier och målningar i färg.</p><p>PETER OLAUSSON har tidigare skrivit böcker om Sveriges historia. ADRIENNE BÖNNELYCHE är reporter på Svensk Damtidning. MATTIAS HENRIKSON är författare till böcker om Stockholm.</p><p></p><p>IN ENGLISH:</p><p>Royalty and History!   </p><p>THE REGENTS OF SWEDEN from Gustav Vasa to our present king Carl XVI Gustaf presented here together with a short survey of Sweden's history from the ice age to Spotify.     </p><p>Learn about our modern royal family: King Carl XVI Gustaf Queen Silvia Crown Princess Victoria Prince Carl Philip Princess Madeleine . . . and their families. Read about their upbringing, social involvement and duties, their weddings, children. With quotations and wonderful illustrations. </p><p>Mini-biographies from Gustav Vasa to Gustaf VI Adolf, as well as the struggles for power, wars, family feuds and mistresses . . . Follow family relationships and agreements up until our modern royal family today.</p><p>The eleven ROYAL PALACES AND CASTLES are also presented here, including Drottningholm Palace, the Royal Palace of Stockholm, Ulriksdal Palace, Haga Palace and Gripsholm Castle. Most of the palaces are open to tourists.</p><p></p>