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At the age of 69, Jonas Barter embarks on an inspiring adventure to celebrate retirement and reassure himself that the old body in the mirror is still friends with the younger guy in the head. This quest becomes the story of a 2,000 km bicycle trip in Northern Africa.

An addictive novel about contemporary parenthood and modern family life. A grandfather returns home from abroad to visit his adult children. The son is a failure. The daughter is having a baby with the wrong man. Only the grandfather, the proud patriarch, is perfect - at least, according to himself. Over the course of 10 intense days, the relationships of this chaotic and entirely normal family unfold and painful memories resurface. Something has to give. But the son is duty-bound to his father through an arrangement they call ‘the father clause’.

Det är valborg i Uppsala - studenternas stora högtid. Men den uppslupna stämningen förtas när två kvinnliga studenter våldtas inom loppet av några dygn. Kort därpå hittas ännu ett offer. Den här gången är kvinnan strypt till döds och utstuderat placerad i den anatomiska teatern i en av universitetets äldre byggnader. Oron sprider sig och polisen befarar att det kommer begås fler brutala överfall.

Överläkaren Erik Jensen försvinner obegripligt i kulverten under en nattjour på Sundsvalls sjukhus. Kommissarie Johan Axberg kopplar snabbt ihop fallet med psykiatrikern Thomas Hoffman, som försvann spårlöst på samma plats tre dygn tidigare. När Hoffman senare hittas brutalt mördad i ett skogsparti tyder allt på att han har hållits fången i ett par dygn för att sedan bli ihjälslagen. I både Hoffmans och Jensens fall har gärningsmannen lämnat efter sig en dominobricka.

Det är den kallaste vintern på decennier och kylan slår hårt mot det lilla jämtländska samhället Svartviken. Byns uppskattade luciafirande står för dörren, men själva lucian, sextonåriga Ebba Lindgren, dyker inte upp till sin egen kröning. Hon lämnade hemmet för att gå de femhundra meterna till kyrkan, men kom aldrig fram. Nya och gamla konflikter blossar upp när alla plötsligt misstänker alla. Efter fem dagar lägger polisen i Östersund ner sökandet efter Ebba. Dagen därpå hittas hennes lärare brutalt knivhuggen till döds i sitt kök.

Have you ever noticed that sometimes life just feels easier? Especially when judgement, of you or anyone else, ceases to exist?brbr What if you could function from that space all the time? What if gratitude is the key?brbr Join our hosts and their guests for an exploration of creating from the space of gratitude. We're going beyond saying thank you and no topic is off limits.brbr What difference can you create in your life and the world from the energy, space and consciousness of gratitude?

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Everett had a problem. His brand new baby daughter was the living, breathing, cranky, pooping, colicky incarnation of Magic herself! Magic, Unfettered? is the sequel to Potatoes, Come Forth! and the second book in the Inconvenient Magic fantasy series. This work is a novel of 83,957 words.

At the start of this dazzlingly inventive novel from Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Abbas, a world-famous photographer and estranged father to a young novelist also named Jonas Hassen Khemiri is standing on a luxurious rooftop terrace in New York City. He is surrounded by rock stars, intellectuals and political luminaries gathered to toast his 50th birthday. And yet how did Abbas, a dirt-poor Tunisian orphan and Swedish emigre, come to enjoy such success?

Roadie and Errol have demons inside them. Together, these young brothers can see a person's darkest secret or take all of their knowledge. But these powers come at a price. Every time the boys use them, the demons inside gain more control. When two of their classmates go missing, Roadie and Errol must use their powers to save them. Can the boys rescue their classmates without letting the devils inside consume them?

The Earth is dying. For centuries, the continents have been sinking into the oceans. What is left of them has turned into a burning desert. In the 24th century, the last humans live in tightly-packed domes. Outside, agonizing heat death awaits. But, there is a glimmer of hope: Lumera. The humans have founded a colony in another solar system and made a fragile peace with the Kidj'Dan, an alien race living there. But terraforming, which the telepathic aliens hope will help Earth's inhabitants, takes more time than Earth has.

Tout condamnait Nombeko l'analphabète, née dans le ghetto de Soweto en 1960, à une vie anonyme. Mais un accident de voiture et son incroyable facilité à manier les chiffres...

The Damned (Sarah Roberts Book Thirty-One) Sarah Roberts and her boyfriend are driving across the U.S. when a random stop at a Wyoming gas station turns their road trip into a nightmare. A frantic woman jumps into their car and begs Sarah to drive her to safety. Before Sarah can respond, the woman’s pursuers snatch her from the vehicle—and grab Sarah, too. When Aaron returns with coffee, Sarah’s missing, and there’s blood spatter in the car. Police suspect foul play and believe Aaron may be involved. Vivian tried to warn her, but Sarah had to handle things her way. This time, she ...

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Die raue Schönheit Dänemarks und die düsteren Abgründe menschlicher Grausamkeit. Der bodenständige Stuttgarter Hauptoberkommissar Roland Schwarz verbringt den ersten Campingurlaub seines Lebens in der Hafenstadt Hvide Sand an der dänischen Westküste. Kaum angekommen, entdeckt er eine blutleere Leiche. Die ermittelnde, eigenwillige dänische Polizeibeamtin Adalena Jacobsen ist überzeugt, dass ein okkultistischer Ritus dahintersteckt. Trotz unterschiedlicher Lebenseinstellungen und Ansichten gehen die beiden Ermittler gemeinsam auf Mörderjagd und erkennen dabei, dass Lebende grausamer als Untote sind.

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En esta ocasión, la trama se centra en un trío de personajes encabezados por Johan Asesino Andersson, quien, después de cumplir en la cárcel tres largas condenas por homicidio, se gana la vida realizando pequeños trabajos de intimidación para los gánsteres locales mientras lucha contra su afición a la bebida, que está empezando a afectar negativamente su desempeño profesional.

Efter ett restaurangbesök en grådaskig marskväll i Uppsala svänger psykiatriker Nathalie Svensson och kommissarie Johan Axberg förbi sjukhuset, där Nathalies mamma är inlagd. Utanför entrén blir de vittnen till hur transplantationskirurg Isabella Falk kallblodigt skjuts till döds av en person i rånarluva. För en kort sekund möter Johan den maskerade skyttens hatiska blick och medan Nathalie försöker rädda kollegans liv tar Johan upp jakten på skytten.

Überall auf der Welt schlummert man selig in den kuscheligsten Betten der Marke Traumbett, made in Hamburg, Germany. Überall? Nein, einzig in Schweden konnte das Unternehmen sich noch nicht durchsetzen. Das will der neue Firmenbesitzer Konrad Kaltenbacher Jr. schnellstens ändern. Und wenn es nach Julia, der Bürgermeisterin von Halstaholm in der schwedischen Provinz, ginge, dann hätte sich Traumbett mitsamt seinen 800 neuen Arbeitsplätzen sowieso schon längst bei ihnen niedergelassen.