"It's just days before Christmas and Jennie has come to Stockholm to look for something. Something that is forbidden and that he might be able to help her with. His name is Franz and he takes her to an underworld, a jazz club where everyone dresses in coat and tails, including Jennie. Here, boundaries are suspended and different rules apply. On stage is Elsie with the red lips. She moves like a spell. Soon she is standing in front of Jennie, her hand slowly inching its way inside the edge ...

""His gaze alternated between looking into her eyes, looking at the gap formed at the knot of the towel and at the hand hidden under the terry towel."Hannah, a successful businesswoman, has left Stockholm and gone to her family home in Ångermanland to escape, not least from all the superficial relationships. She often fond of tall, dark-haired businessmen, but her neighbour, concert pianist Evald, is known for his lavish sex life, and quickly catches her interest. Hannah's cousin M...

A criminal and a royal guard are drawn into the hunt for a dangerous witch—and an unexpected romance—in this YA enemies-to-lovers romantasy, perfect for fans of Heartless Hunter.In Gadore, the Witch is feared above all else. Reborn into each generation, she is the only person with magic running innately through her veins, able to wield that magic with a single thought.So when guards across the city begin to drop dead, gruesomely murdered by violent...

What if the real Scandinavian secret to a calmer, more balanced life isn't found in perfect décor—but in how you live your everyday life?In a world that feels louder, faster, and increasingly overwhelming, many of us long for a gentler rhythm. Beyond Hygge shares Scandinavian wisdom from someone who knows it from the inside—the everyday moments, quiet observations, and small rituals that shape how life feels when these traditions are part ...

For fans of Dana Spiotta's Wayward and Katie Kitamura’s Intimacies we follow Lora, a wildlife refuge worker in South Texas who gets tangled up in a romantic relationship with a much younger male intern.Lora has worked at the wildlife refuge in South Texas for seven years, trapping and studying the elusive Texas ocelot. Interns come and go, but when Ben arrives, something is awakened in Lora that has long been dormant.As Lora and Ben track ...

Returning to the origins of education, Becoming Pedagogue explores its role in today’s society by reuniting philosophy with pedagogy. It investigates the aesthetics, ethics and politics of childhood, education and what a teacher really does, enabling educators to define and perform their profession as per its historical and intellectual roots.Reflecting on the practice, science and knowledge tradition of pedagogy as well as abstract and formalist discourse at all levels, O...

Asked to organize an international meeting on Propafenone (Ryt monorm) we had to question ourselves, whether to accept this offer just as interested physicians or in our capacity as chairmen of the study group on arrhythmias and intracardiac electrography of the European Society of Cardiology. Considerung the "pros and contras" and well aware that one can easily be regarded as "product promoter" we, nevertheless, choose to organize the Symposion in association with the study group. We felt...

Believing herself abandoned by her parents, a young girl sets off on a quest to find them and on the way finds herself. Travelling through Russia, Romania, Finland, Sweden and America, her search is aided at different times by her Aunts Aninya, Elena and Katya. On a journey of discovery spanning the early 1900s until the 1920s, set against the backdrop of WW1 and a time of great change, she finally finds herself in Jazz Age New York looking for answers. This is a story of hope and belief i...

A city in darkness. A hero in disgrace. His daughter in the gravest danger. With its heart-pounding action and breakneck pace, Acts of Vanishing is the perfect blockbuster thriller.One winter evening just before Christmas, Stockholm is plunged into a sudden, citywide blackout. Radio, internet, phone service -- all cut out simultaneously, cloaking the city in darkness and silence.On the pitch-black streets, a young woman carries a message for her es...

"It's just days before Christmas and Jennie has come to Stockholm to look for something. Something that is forbidden and that he might be able to help her with. His name is Franz and he takes her to an underworld, a jazz club where everyone dresses in coat and tails, including Jennie. Here, boundaries are suspended and different rules apply. On stage is Elsie with the red lips. She moves like a spell. Soon she is standing in front of Jennie, her hand slowly inching its way inside the edge ...

`Good food comes from a good source and is made from scratch at home with love.'Nina's recipes are always vegetarian and often vegan. Her food philosophy is all about balance and fun. This is wholesome vegetarian food at its best, inspired by cooking from around the world. It captures many of the ongoing culinary trends today - home-cooked comfort meals, plant-based recipes, power bowls, sharing dishes, salads, smoothies and porridges - foods that can all be served...

""His gaze alternated between looking into her eyes, looking at the gap formed at the knot of the towel and at the hand hidden under the terry towel."Hannah, a successful businesswoman, has left Stockholm and gone to her family home in Ångermanland to escape, not least from all the superficial relationships. She often fond of tall, dark-haired businessmen, but her neighbour, concert pianist Evald, is known for his lavish sex life, and quickly catches her interest. Hannah's cousin M...