Sjukhusbiblioteken i Västerbotten

First published in 1881 ‘The Gully of Bluemansdyke’ is a collection of seven short stories from the much-loved author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are set all over the world ...

‘A General History of the Pyrates’ is a captivating account of some of history’s most notorious pirates. The author, writing as Captain Charles Johnson, blends fiction and non-fict ...

‘The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders’ is one of Daniel Defoe’s most celebrated novels. It tells the story of Moll Flanders, a charming con woman, from an autob ...

Set in Paris during King Louis the fourteenth's reign, E.T.A Hoffmann's 'Mademoiselle Scuderi' throws the reader into a city under siege from an organised group of thieves who rob ...

E.T.A. Hoffmann's 'The Devil's Elixir' is a gothic, horror-fantasy novel inspired by Matthew Gregory Lewis's novel 'The Monk'. Medardus is the son of a sinner and is raised in a mo ...

Lord Glenthorn is bored and lacking oomph. But before you feel sorry for him, it is worth knowing that he has a pile of money, a grand title, estates in England and Ireland and no ...

Given the wrong name at baptism and accidentally circumcised by a sash window at age five - Tristram Shandy had a difficult start to life.His luck never changed - but the hero of L ...

Sex, suicide, sensuality, affairs and a woman realising that life must hold much more than just being a wife and a mother. Will Edna follow her desires or will her controlling husb ...

‘Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania’ was written by American author Bayard Taylor. After marrying a wealthy woman, young Joseph discovers a deep and powerful love for h ...

'The Diary of a Nobody' is a satirical, slapstick comedy about a Victorian family trying to work their way up in society. With a pompous dad, an accident prone son and a story full ...

Sir Francis Bacon’s ‘The New Atlantis’ is an Early Modern Utopian novel that explores an idealised view of what human progress can achieve. The novel centres around the Utopian Isl ...

"En glittrande läsupplevelse! Cassandra Brunstedt är Sveriges svar på Jojo Moyes.” Félice Jankell Modejournalisten Ella Franks vildaste dröm blir till verklighet när hon tackar ja ...

Hur ser friheten ut när man är fri?Sex kvinnor samlas i Kapstadens hamn för att segla över Atlanten. De är fullständiga främlingar för varandra. De flesta är över femtio, på andra ...

Close your eyes and imagine the horrors of being sentenced to hard labour at an isolated Siberian prison camp. The torturous conditions, the brutality of the guards and the sufferi ...

'The Living Present' is a non-fiction text by Atherton about her stay in France during which she became deeply acquainted with its people, customs, and traditions. The book reads l ...

Much of Bierce’s work revolves around the foolish idea of a glorious war, the idea that there is glory in death and violence. This theme can be seen in the title itself, it is a bl ...

Dr. Helberson and his friends, Harper and Mancher, are enjoying a night of smoking and drinking in the good doctor’s office when a question arises. Is a fear of the dead curable? T ...

Hartley and Robbins meet one another in a building so near to the railroad that the smell of coal unceasingly wafts in through the open windows. A detective enters the room where t ...

'All right. I suppose you think I'm spoiled by the city. I'm as good a Westerner as you are, Greenbrier; but, somehow, I can't make up my mind to go back out there. New York is com ...

In 'The Girl and the Graft' O. Henry challenges the traditionally held expectations of a woman's role in society. With his hallmark matter-of-fact wit, O. Henry questions the chasm ...

Första delen i en storslagen romantrilogi om Marocko efter kriget. Amine Belhaj är en stilig marockan som strider i den franska armén. Mathilde är en envis kvinna från Alsace som ...

Kun köyhän perheen isä lähtee merille ja kuolee laivalla nimeltään Anna Hollmann, perheen äiti ei anna tapahtumaa ikinä anteeksi. Hollmannin suku pitäisi kirota, veiväthän he myös ...

Kun Tarja lähtee juhliin puolisonsa Laurin kanssa, käy kuten yleensä käy. Laurista tulee humalassa ikävä. Kaikki mitä Tarja tekee on väärin. Kun seksi ei yöllä onnistu, sekin on Ta ...

Markus Antikainen on mies, joka ei kaihda keinoja uralla edetäkseen. Hän on päässyt hyvälle paikalle suuressa lehtikonsernissa. Olennaista on, että hän on hyvää pataa konsernin omi ...

Toimittaja pääsee Itämerellä toimivan huumeringin jäljille.Toimittajana työskentelevä Kimmo saa elämänsä juttuvinkin. Häneen ottaa yhteyttä lähde, jolla on tietoa suuresta salakulj ...