Sjukhusbiblioteken i Västerbotten

"I see dead people". So said the little boy in the Hollywood Blockbuster ‘The Sixth Sense’, starring Bruce Willis. The little girl in Frances Burnett’s ‘The White People’ doesn’t p ...

Anthony Dart has decided to bid this cruel world farewell. There’s only one problem – he can’t seem to find his way to the place where he plans to take his own life. Lost in a dis ...

When their parents suddenly die, siblings José and Pepita are left in the care of their grandmother, already an old woman. Their uncle is a wealthy man, yet he only helps by giving ...

When the young King Amor realizes that the people of his country are mistreating each other and the nature surrounding them, he takes it upon himself to teach them better. No easy ...

Little Sara Crewe is devastated when her father leaves her at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary, a boarding school for young women in London. She adores her papa and would have much r ...

Who hasn’t dreamt of discovering that they’re the secret heir to a great fortune? Temple Barholm, or simply T. Tembarom for short, never did. As an orphan growing up on the mean st ...

In 'Vagabondia' the bustling streets of 20th century London are home to an artistic family with great ambitions. Phil and his three sisters want only to live a bohemian lifestyle, ...

Everybody in The Lancashire village of Riggan is talking about Joan Lowrie, and who could blame them? She’s as beautiful as she is kindhearted and strong willed. For years she’s en ...

Set between a pre-war London and Paris, this is a thrilling tale of international espionage and intrigue from the popular author E. Phillips Oppenheim. Captain Austen Rotherby is i ...

First published in 1895 ‘The Man from Archangel’ is a collection of short stories by the famous Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The collection is split into two sect ...

Published in 1919, ‘The Dealings of Captain Sharkey’ is a collection of pirate and adventure stories by internationally renowned author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Short stories in the ...

‘My Friend the Murderer’ is a short story by Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Our narrator is a doctor who works at an Australian prison. The doctor is urged to take ...

First published in 1918 ‘Danger! And Other Stories’ is a collection of short stories by Sherlock Homes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The titular tale was originally published in ...

Set during the Hundred Years War, ‘The White Company’ is a historical adventure novel by famous ‘Sherlock Holmes’ author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Young Alleyne has been brought up i ...

‘The King of Pirates’ is an entertaining and creative story by Daniel Defoe. Written as Captain Avery, the notorious and feared pirate king, the book is told in two letters as Aver ...

A spooky house full of ghosts, a brother and sister as odd as the house itself, bizarre sounds and goings-on in the dark of the night. Who would want to live here?John and his sist ...

Törnrosens bok är ett verk som med en övergripande ramberättelse samlar ett stort antal texter i olika genrer. Verket innehåller såväl prosa och lyrik som dramatik och essäistik. R ...

Kun opettaja Ritva Hartzell alkaa kerätä lenkeillään roskia, asiasta tulee hänelle miltei harrastus. Pikkuhiljaa silmät alkavat erottaa tupakantumpit ja karkkipaperit entistä parem ...

Piritan elämässä on kaikki hyvin – ainakin paperilla. Hän on saavuttanut lapsuuden unelmansa ja valmistunut lääkäriksi. Hänellä on työ terveyskeskuksessa ja pitkä parisuhde. Mutta ...

Kun Marikan vanhan Corollan tuulilasiin ilmestyy syvänpunainen ruusu, Marika on hämmentynyt. Onko joku laittanut ruusun hänen autoonsa vahingossa? Nythän on tuikitavallinen maanant ...

Satu ei voi uskoa korviaan! Aikaisemmin tänään hän sai töistä potkut. Nyt poikaystävä Tuukka ilmoittaa, että Sadun pitää muuttaa yhteisestä kodista pois. Juttu on nimittäin niin, e ...

Stekande sol och skamlös matchmaking är perfekta ingredienser för att skapa den bästa sommaren! Även om Kathleen är åttio år och precis haft inbrott vill hon inte alls ha den ...

Göterna drar västvart berättar historien om hur forntida Skandinaver kom att slå rot i det som idag är England. Berättelsen börjar i Östanglia, ett rike som lidit kraftiga förluste ...

Tolvåriga ensambarnet Veronika lever i en inrutad vardag med sin mamma. Mamman, som är änka, anser att det är viktigt att familjen håller uppe den goda borgerliga standarden som de ...

Hur länge kan man hålla sig neutral? Det är en fråga många har ställt sig genom historien när hemskheter närmar sig i ens omvärld. I "Dåren har sitt hjärta till vänster", som inte ...