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Adam vågner forslået og med voldsomme smerter i et fremmed hus. Hvem har overfaldet ham og hvorfor? Med hjælp fra den smukke Valentina kommer han langsomt til sig selv, men må skynde sig tilbage til Irina, hvor der venter ham andre overraskelser … På Værøy forbereder man sig på det...

Victoria är en av Hamsuns vackraste och mest lyriska romaner, ett impressionistiskt mästerverk. Den är en gripande tragisk kärlekshistoria mellan den fattiga, men begåvade mjölnaresonen Johannes, och den rika godsägardottern Victoria. Vi följer dem från att de är barn, där den...

Rosa finally has her Marcel, and everything is supposed to be pure bliss. But she quickly realizes that the bad experiences of her past aren’t easily pushed aside, and moving from hardship to happiness is rarely simple... especially when not everyone unconditionally shares her joy. It becomes...

Lady Susan (1793-94), skriven under Jane Austens unga år, är en underhållande brevroman med rötter i 1700-talets värld. Genom brev som utväxlas mellan romanens karaktärer, målas upp en bild av den vackra änkan Susan Vernon och hennes försök att skaffa både sig själv och sin dotter...

Brought to you by Penguin. The chilling and heart-pounding new novel from Norwegian superstar Jørn Lier Horst. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE HIT BBC FOUR SHOW WISTING Wisting is back with his most gripping case yet. In 1999, seventeen-year-old Tone Vaterland was killed on her way home from work...

Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig's final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic...

*THE JAPANESE CRIME CLASSIC - ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD* 'One of the great masterpieces of Japanese crime fiction and one of the must-read books of this or any year' David Peace Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep...

Well . . . it's still not as unassailable as my old castle, which was an impregnable fortress, but the Principality of Liechtenstein is no longer quite so easy to capture, whether by the Emperor or by the Cursed Shadows. It's my home, and I've come to care about it and about the people who live...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Reality is Not What it Seems by Carlo Rovelli, read by Roy McMillan. From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics comes a new book about the mind-bending nature of the universe Penguin presents the unabridged...

Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family moved from Japan to North Korea when Ishikawa was just thirteen years old, and unwittingly became members of the lowest social caste. His father, himself a Korean national, was lured to the new Communist country by promises of abundant work, education for his children, and a higher station in society. But the reality of their new life was far from utopian.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Steve John Shepherd, whose theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe, The Good Canary directed by John Malkovich, Bomber's Moon and Piaf. His TV and film credits range from the iconic This Life to Silent Witness...

Continuing their journey north, Lawrence and Holo stop in the village of Tereo in hopes of finding a local abbey where they might uncover more information regarding the fate of Holo's ancient home, Yoitsu. Soon after their arrival, though, the companions are caught up in a local dispute between...

Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users. The Dawn of Language provides a fascinating survey of how grammar came into being and the differences or similarities between languages spoken around the world, before exploring how language eventually emerged in the very remote human past.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Macbeth by Jo Nesbo, read by Derek Riddell. He’s the best cop they’ve got. When a drug bust turns into a bloodbath it’s up to Inspector Macbeth and his team to clean up the mess. He’s also an ex-drug addict with a troubled past. He’s...

Events are intensifying around Mikhail Bulatov. The emperor is starting to wonder how he could be just an ordinary Healer, and he's even considering entrusting him with a matter of special importance. Yes, the emperor suspects a lot, but not that Bulatov has geese working for him, and that...

En farlig fange fra troldmandsfængslet Azkaban er undveget, og faren er så alvorlig, at Ministeriet for Magi ser sig nødsaget til at sende efterretninger til den ikke-magiske verden. Harry er specielt i fare, da fangen åbenbart er ude efter ham.

A fierce and merciless demon has been unleashed on the world, spreading destruction and bloodshed in both the human and the elven realms. Northlander Jarl Mandred witnesses the ruthless attack on his men, and he seeks vengeance with the help of the elf queen, Emerelle.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'If you're the sort of guy who raids the refrigerators of silent kitchens at three o'clock in the morning, you can only write accordingly. That's who I am.' Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 are Haruki Murakami's earliest novels. They follow the fortunes of the...

Tara Selter's world is expanding. 'A literary phenomenon nearly 40 years in the making.' The Cut 'A classic in the making.' Chetna Maroo 'Startling.' New Yorker 'Absolutely wonderful.' Lauren...

Change is coming for the Church of Saint Shurule, and Luciel’s first act as an S-rank healer is one that promises to shake the very foundations of the healing profession. But leave it to the ignorant masochist to find himself once again in way over his head in the process. The shoes that he’s inadvertently stepped into—those of his legendary predecessor—won’t be easy to fill, and the whole “imprisoned dragons” debacle continues to loom over the hapless young man as he struggles to move forward.