Sjukhusbiblioteken i Västerbotten

The three friends Van, Terry and Jeff are about to embark on a mission which will change their lives forever. They have heard of a place where only women live but they are more ske ...

"In newspaper-land a dull lie is seldom detected, but an interesting exaggeration drives an unimaginative rival to hysterical denunciations." When a British politician pushes throu ...

"I tell you there's nothing the public likes as much as convictions – they'll always follow a man who believes in his own ideas. And this book is just on the line of popular intere ...

"What would you have done? Rubbed your eyes and thought you were dreaming? Well, if you had, nothing more would have happened. Nothing ever does when you behave like that."In 'The ...

'You won't know till afterward. You won't know till long, long afterward.'When Ned and Mary Boyne hear that their new house is haunted, they laugh it off and joke that every good h ...

"I will not suffer thee, ungrateful girl, to rule my people according to thine own capricious will!"The king of Denmark is extremely frustrated with his daughter. Not only does she ...

"... Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back so much nicer."Lottie and Rose belong to the same London women's club, ...

Adventurer Wandering Smith is hunting anacondas in the jungles of South America when he spots an orchid hunter, who is fleeing from a group of natives. The two join forces, but it ...

"The Homely Heroine" is a short story by American author Edna Ferber. It features a writer whose heroines are generally extremely beautiful. But one day, whilst she is out shopping ...

In "My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard," Elizabeth Cooper offers the reader a translation of two series of letters by Kwei-li, the wife of a high-rank Chinese official.The first seri ...

Four very different women, all wanting to escape cold and dreary London for different reasons, come together to share a month's holiday in an Italian medieval castle. There’s timid ...

Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn. Gay is living a luxurious life in Istanbul but wants to escape what has become a caged life. She turns to Charles Villers, ...

Man against nature, Leiningen against ants. Leiningen, an owner of a plantation, gets one day warned that an army of ants is approaching his fields and that it would be smartest to ...

"The Squaw" is not your typical horror story but the brutality of it will take by surprise even the biggest horror fiction fan. Bram Stoker introduces us to a couple on a honeymoon ...

An Englishman stops at an inn during his trip through Transylvania. He decides to wander around in a carriage despite the approaching night; darkness doesn't seem to worry him. He ...

A student arrives in a small town willing to find a quiet place where he can prepare for his exams. An old mansion seems like a great option for him. The locals warn him that stran ...

Christmas is just around the corner. People are cheery and excited, except for Ebenezer Scrooge for whom Christmas is just another day. Ebenezer is an old, bitter miser who has dis ...

You have certainly heard of Dracula. But do you know the whole story? Everything begins with Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor who travels to Transylvania. He is about to sell ...

"The Christmas Stories of Charles Dickens" is a precious collection of Christmas tales. Christmas spirit, joy, excitement, cheer and Christmas trees against low classes living in d ...

Den ekonomiska balansen har skiftat sedan klimatkrisen tog fart på allvar. Klimatflyktingar är inte längre bara ett möjligt framtidsscenario - nu beslutar FN om flyktingstäder på ö ...

När Linnea ser sin make tätt omslingrad en annan kvinna på en nattklubb vet hon först inte vad hon ska ta sig till. Deras liv är näst intill perfekt och de har det ju bra tillsamma ...

"- Får man en sipp?Steins fråga kom som en pisksnärt i ultrarapid, samtidigt som han pekade på cigaretten i min hand. Förvånad, men utan att tveka, sträckte jag fram cigaretten. In ...

Julen är en högtid som kommer med många känslor, och det är precis vad Katarina Mazetti gestaltar i denna underbara novellsamling. I tio noveller, som samtliga tar avstamp i temat ...

Kane och Abel föds på samma dag 1906. Abels mor dör under födseln och han växer upp som hittebarn på en fattig polsk bondgård. Abel är en ovanligt smart pojke, så trots sin bakgrun ...

"Mediamoguler slåss för att rädda sina imperier!" Så lyder kvällstidningarnas rubriker. Mogulerna är affärsmännen Keith Townsend och Richard Armstrong, som båda kämpar för att bli ...