Sjukhusbiblioteken i Västerbotten

Frigid waters, frozen clues and one fatal crime. When the research vessel 'Idun' arrives in Smögen's harbour one early winter morning, the head of research, Kaj Malmberg, is found ...

'Herland' is a adventurous book that looks at what an all female utopia could look like. Written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the story is about three explorers that crash land in ...

While she might be best known as the author of ‘The Age of Innocence’ (adapted for film, and starring Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daniel Day-Lewis), Edith Wharton wrote an extensive ran ...

After self-imposed exiled in Italy, Mrs Lidcote is returning to New York, full of trepidation about her divorced daughter’s remarriage. Mrs Lidcote is a divorcee herself and only t ...

Having lived in France during the First World War, it’s no surprise that Wharton documented the impact on her spiritual homeland, both in fiction and non-fiction. ‘Coming Home’ is ...

‘One of Ours’ is Willa Cather's Pulitzer prize-winning story about life on the American frontier. The country teeters on the brink of World War I and Claude Wheeler finds himself a ...

If you have not discovered the work of Katherine Mansfield, you're in for a treat and this is the perfect place to start. 'The Garden Party and Other Stories' is a collection of 15 ...

Written by the 1913 winner of the Nobel Price in Literature, Rabindranath Tagore, 'The Home and the World' follows the characters of Nikhil and Sandip, who have very different idea ...

'Iola Leroy', one of the first novels published by an African-American woman, follows a group of slaves who are seeking refuge with the approaching Union army during the Civil War. ...

Don Juan is more than just an infamous womaniser. For he has been the 'Don Juan' of Bryon's epic poem, the 'Don Giovanni' of Mozart's opera and the main man in the play 'The Tricks ...

Do you like 'Pretty Woman', with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere? Do you love 'Maid in Manhattan', starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes? And how about little orphan 'Annie'? We ...

From the acclaimed author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, ‘Tales and Stories’ is a collection of short stories that bring romance and gothic horror together. This collection of tale ...

Brilliantly intelligent, rich and stylish Myra is a living legend in her hometown.But she sends shockwaves through the community when she rejects her riches and elopes with hard-up ...

29 and unmarried, gasp! - can you think of anything worse? In 1920s rural Canada, Valancy Stirling is considered 'past it' and with a controlling, nagging mother and petty gossips ...

When a retired police inspector suddenly drops dead in a train carriage arriving at Charing Cross station, young London barrister Hetherwick finds himself the key witness to the mu ...

In this great historical adventure novel, Ransal Holles, a former soldier in Cromwell’s army, feels like there is no place for him now that the monarchy has been restored and the e ...

‘No Other Tiger’ (1927) was written by British author A.E.W. Mason, famous for his best-selling novel ‘The Four Feathers’ (1902). While in Burma, Colonel John Strickland encounters ...

Palvelusväki on innoissaan saadessaan tietää professori Greystonen palaavan kotiin. Tämän paluuta on odotettu jo yli kahden vuoden ajan. Kun Greystone vihdoin saapuu, palvelusväki ...

Elina Seili on teatteriohjaaja, joka on omassa elämässään umpikujassa. Puoliso Miika tekee jatkuvasti pitkää päivää ja Elina tuntee olonsa yksinäiseksi. Miksi he ylipäätään ovat yh ...

Oona Salo on saanut elämänsä kunnolla solmuun. Kun määräaikainen työsuhde helsinkiläisessä kirjastossa päättyi, Oona keksi muuttaa maaseudulle nettituttavansa luokse. Petteri ei ku ...

Katja pihisee kiukkua! Hänen oli tarkoitus jäädä kesälomalle lukion opettajan työstä ja keskittyä omaan kirjoitusprojektiin. Mutta nyt äiti on mennyt lupaamaan, että Katja voi otta ...

Niina on henkilöstöpäällikkönä työskentelevä nuori nainen, jolla on synkkä salaisuus. Hän on parhaansa mukaan pyrkinyt unohtamaan kauan sitten tapahtuneet asiat. Kun Niina eräänä a ...

Aada Halme on liikunnanohjaaja, jonka varhaislapsuus oli turvaton. Aadan elämä alkoi kunnolla oikeastaan vasta sitten, kun hän pääsi asumaan sijaisperheeseen. Kun Aada saa yllättäe ...

Elina on nuori luokanopettaja, joka on juuri päässyt pitkään odotetulle kesälomalle. Lomailu jää kuitenkin lyhyeen, kun Elinan äiti saa kipsin jalkaansa. Pian Elina huomaa sijaista ...

Kun hädin tuskin täysi-ikäinen Mila opettelee vasta aikuisten elämää, hänelle käy rakkaudessa kalpaten. Poikaystävä Jani pettää Milan luottamuksen kaikista kamalimmalla tavalla. Mi ...