Att Frans G. Bengtsson skrev Röde orm vet de flesta, en bok som fortfarande läses av många och som har präglat bilden av vikingatiden i vår litterära fantasi. Men vem var Frans G. Bengtsson egentligen, och hur ser det litterära arvet efter honom ut?I fyra essäer får vi veta mer om Frans G. Bengtssons liv och författarskap ur olika perspektiv. Svante Nordin intresserar sig för den dubbla bilden av Bengtsson i sin inledande text å ena sidan stämplad som reaktionär och ogillad av krit...

Healing the Hidden Hurts*: Transforming Attachment and Trauma Theory into Effective Practice with Families, Children and Adults* provides a unique collection of professional and personal responses to the challenges that arise in dealing with attachment difficulties.With contributions from social workers, adoptive parents, adoptees, psychologists, therapists, counsellors and other related professionals, this book provides a varied and expansive approach to explaining attach...

Uchronia: An Anthology of Alternate Histories & Alternate Worlds features twenty cosmic, uncanny, and macabre fantasy and science fiction stories.A marine navigates close quarters in his wheelchair and the threat of joblessness due to mechanical men. Gremlins battle a bounty huntress in the Weird Wild West. When the Soviet Union invades Mexico, a U.S.-Mexico war veteran rallies Samalayuca refinery workers to fight back. Onboard the Current of Eagles, a dis...

Immerse yourself in the unnerving world of the paranormal with these tales of horror curated by Bram Stoker Award-nominated Anthony Rivera and Sharon Lawson, editors of the #1 bestseller Peel Back the Skin and the critically acclaimed Dark Visions series.It's here in Death's Realm where the spirits of the dead and monstrosities that should never exist torment the souls of the living they've left behind in sixteen disquieting tales of the supernatural from horror's...

Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many.In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the...

This night begins with something of a whimper. The window creaks open and out over the din of the city streets below, you notice smoke rising over the distant horizon. An orange glow, embers of a fire, signs of something to come. The ambitions of men. You gather your belongings and charge the window’s ledge. You’ve seen what men do and what they are capable of, and you know this may be your only chance to escape.Only, you stop. You breathe. And you realize, why run? After all, this...

New Modernist Studies, while reviving and revitalizing modernist studies through lively, scholarly debate about historicity, aesthetics, politics, and genres, is struggling with important questions concerning the delineation that makes discussion fruitful and possible. This volume aims to explore and clarify the position of the so-called ‘core’ of literary modernism in its seminal engagement with the Great War. In studying the years of the Great War, we find ourselves once more studying ‘t...

Wee Johnnie Norrie is the fourth book in the Dave Harris Murder Mystery Series. Harris is called upon to solve the murder of a man whose body was found in his apartment two years after his death.Just identifying the victim was going to be a major problem. Why did the victim lie unnoticed by anyone for so long?Who killed him and why? And just who wanted John Norrie dead? Was it a conspiracy?

Drift off to dreamland with a smile on your face and laughter in your heart! Chuck Norris Jokes for Sleep: Knock Yourself Out by Laughing is the ultimate bedtime companion for anyone who believes that laughter truly is the best medicine—even better than warm milk or counting sheep.Packed with a hilarious collection of over-the-top, absurd, and downright legendary Chuck Norris jokes, this audiobook turns your nighttime routine into a fun, lighthearted escape. From roundhous...

Your climate control is broken, the engine is overheating again, and the traffic has come to a dead stop amidst a swarm of horns. To top it off you're late for work. In a heartbeat, you find yourself in another place, another time. Just for a moment, your mind takes a break. Your subconscious decides to get out of the traffic and set sail along a coast of white sand beaches and palm trees. Later that night, you wake with a jolt but don’t remember what startled you. Your thoughts are racing...