Sjukhusbiblioteken i Västerbotten

Den nödvändiga källan till kunskap och hopp   Greta Thunbergs tal skakade om världen. Med Klimatboken har hon skapat ett verktyg för alla som önskar rädda densamma. Det ser ut som ...

Often referred to as a ‘sociological study’, ´The Home: Its Work and Influence´ – written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published in 1903 – is an examination of the traditional h ...

Suffrage Songs and Verses, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a collection of 25 poems which advocates the suffragette movement and women’s rights. Published in 1911, the poetry antho ...

"Should we not laugh to see a horse in corsets? The time is coming when we shall so laugh to see a woman." - The Forerunner Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In thi ...

´Concerning Children´, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was first published in 1900 and focuses on how society can be improved through better nurturing of the younger generations. Remi ...

Anyone who has read Dickens’ novels such as ‘Oliver Twist’ will know that the writer was a moralist, satirist, and social reformer, and this volume of non-fiction essays brings tog ...

Charles Dickens is renowned as one of the best writers of the Victorian era, and his after-dinner speeches were very much in demand during his lifetime. Dickens spoke on public occ ...

'Suddenly it struck him: the windows had not fogged up as they usually did in the winter when his wife hung up the laundry inside. There was a sour smell and the house was unusuall ...

Konsten är nödvändig för demokratin och dess överlevnad. Konst är kunskapsinstrument i egen rätt och förstår samhället på sätt som journalistik eller forskning inte kommer åt.Från ...

En helt vanlig morgon den 19 april 1995 står en lastbil parkerad intill en statlig byggnad i Oklahoma. Byggnaden sprängs plötsligt i luften och USA står inför det dittills största ...

‘The Soul of Man Under Socialism’ is an incisive essay on the nature of art, politics, freedom, and the individual. Insightful and sometimes satirical, it dissects the conventions ...

'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 ...

Determined to find out what happens when we die, Josh Langley takes readers on an extraordinary journey to uncover the secrets to the age-old question pondered by all of humanity.V ...

Mitra växer upp i Iran under ayatolla Khomeinis regim, men en demonstration i staden Qum blir startskottet för en revolution som kommer att förändra allt. Mitra går med i motstånds ...

När Annika fyller tio år får hon ett par skridskor i present. Några månader senare är de försvunna. Efter ytterligare en tid hittar Annika ett pantkvitto; hennes pappa har pantat s ...

Sofia har samlat på sig en massa erfarenheter hon helst hade sluppit. Kunskap hon inte vill ha, om blodsocker, insulin, att skilja på normal trötthet och början till insulinkänning ...

Klara är fjorton år och ful äcklig patetisk ensam, det tycker hon i alla fall när hon ser sig själv i spegeln. Inte alls lika cool och självsäker som Madde. Men med den nya profil ...

Kun Ritva Hartzell astuu terapeutin huoneeseen, hän tietää mitä hänen on tehtävä. On aika palata lapsuuden Kallioon, sen ahtaisiin asuntoihin, puistoihin ja kaikuviin korttelipihoi ...

When the British withdrew from India in 1947, two new states were created, India and Pakistan. Ever since there has been near permanent conflict between the two, breaking out in to ...

‘Fighting France’ is a collection of essays, written by Wharton, on the outbreak of the First World War. Having returned to her beloved France to work with the Red Cross, Wharton b ...

A short story with a punch, ‘Madame de Treymes’ follows lovelorn John Durham as he travels to France to court his old love, Fanny Frisbee. While Fanny is separated from her husband ...

Set against the rigid social backdrop of New York in the 1870s, ‘New Year’s Day’ tells the tale of Lizzie Hazeldean, who needs to find a way of making money. With her husband ill a ...

While ‘The Choice’ might be one of Wharton’s shorter stories, it nonetheless showcases her talents as a master storyteller. ‘The Choice’ focuses on the dilemma faced by Cobham Stil ...

Wharton’s fifth novel, ‘The Reef’ is widely thought to be partly autobiographical. When American diplomat, George Darrow, bumps into aspiring actress, Sophy Viner, the relationship ...

‘Xingu’ lampoons the leisurely lives of six ladies who lunch. Having formed a literary club, the six pseudo-intellectuals are thrown into panic at the prospect of being visited by ...