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Barabbasby Par Lagerkvist, Alan BlairISBN 067972544X (0-679-72544-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barabbas'Book summary:Barabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucified upon the hill of Golgotha. Barabbas is a man condemned to have no god. "Christos Iesus" is carved on the disk suspended from his neck, but he cannot affirm his faith. He cannot pray. He can only say, "I want to believe."
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Before the Frostby Ebba Segerberg, Henning MankellISBN 1400095816 (1-4000-9581-6)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Before the Frost'Book summary:In this latest atmospheric thriller, Kurt Wallander and his daughter Linda join forces to search for a religious fanatic on a murder spree. Just graduated from the police academy, Linda Wallander returns to Skane to join the police force, and she already shows all the hallmarks of her father--the maverick approach, the flaring temper. Before she even starts work she becomes embroiled in the case of her childhood friend Anna, who has inexplicably disappeared. As the case her father is working on dovetails with her own, something far more dangerous than either could have imagined begins to emerge. They soon find themselves forced to confront a group of extremists bent on punishing the world's sinners. [via]
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Before The Frost: A Linda Wallander Mysteryby Henning Mankell, Ebba SegerbergISBN 1565848357 (1-56584-835-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Blackwaterby Joan Tate, Kerstin EkmanISBN 0312152477 (0-312-15247-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blackwater'Book summary:In 1974, after moving to the remote town of Blackwater in northern Sweden to live with her lover, Annie Raft stumbles upon a brutal double murder that remains unsolved for twenty years, until her daughter falls in love with the man Annie had seen leaving the scene of the crime. 25,000 first printing. Tour. [via]
Broderna Lejonhjartaby Astrid Lindgren, Ilon WiklandISBN 9129408652 (91-29-40865-2)
Hardcover, Raben & Sjogren
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Brothers Lionheartby Astrid Lindgren, J. K. LambertISBN 0140319557 (0-14-031955-7)
Softcover, Viking Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brothers Lionheart'Book summary:Two brothers share many adventures after their death when they are reunited in Nangiyala, the land where sagas come from. [via]
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Brothers Lionheartby Jill Morgan, Astrid Lindgren, Ilon WiklandISBN 1930900244 (1-930900-24-4)
Hardcover, Purple House Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brothers Lionheart'Book summary:Scotty's big brother Jonathan tells him about Nangiyala, a land on the other side of the stars, where you go after you die. Because Scotty is little and afraid and he's sick and soon he'll die.
"In Nangiyala you have adventures from morning to evening and at night, too. Because it's in Nangiyala that all sagas happen," Jonathan tells Scotty.
It sounds so good that Scotty doesn't want to be without Jonathan in Nangiyala, where together they will become the Brothers Lionheart... [via]
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Colloquial Swedish: A Complete Language Course for Beginnersby Philip Holmes, Gunilla SerinISBN 0415137187 (0-415-13718-7)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Colloquial Swedish: The Complete Course for Beginnersby Philip Holmes, Gunilla Serin, Phil HolmesISBN 0415362741 (0-415-36274-1)
Softcover, Routledge
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- Colloquial Swedish: The Complete Course for Beginners: ISBN 0415028035 (0-415-02803-5)
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Softcover, Routledge - Colloquial Swedish: The Complete Course for Beginners: ISBN 0415362741 (0-415-36274-1)
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- Colloquial Swedish: The Complete Course for Beginners: ISBN 0415028035 (0-415-02803-5)
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The Dogs of Rigaby Laurie Thompson, Henning MankellISBN 1400031524 (1-4000-3152-4)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dogs of Riga'Book summary:Bringing the acclaimed series to a close, The Dogs of Riga takes Inspector Kurt Wallander across the Baltic to a disintegrating soviet union
February, 1991. A life raft washes ashore in Skåne carrying two dead men in expensive suits, shot gangland-style. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team determine that the men were Eastern European criminals. But what appears in Sweden to be an open-and-shut case soon plunges Wallander into an alien world of police surveillance, thinly veiled threats, and life-endangering lies.
When another murder is committed, Wallander must travel to Riga, Latvia, at the peak of the massive social and political upheaval that preceded the nation's independence from the Soviet Union. Struggling to catch up with the culprits he pursues in this shadowy nation, Wallander finds that he must make a choice, decide who is lying and who is telling the truth, and test his bravery. [via]
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The Dwarfby Par Lagerkvist, Alexandra DickISBN 0374521352 (0-374-52135-2)
Softcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dwarf'Book summary:"I have noticed that sometimes I frighten people; what they really fear is themselves. They think it is I who scare them, but it is the dwarf within them, the ape-faced manlike being who sticks up his head from the depths of their souls."[via]
Pär Lagerkvist's richly philosophical novel The Dwarf is an exploration of individual and social identity. The novel, set in a time when Italian towns feuded over the outcome of the last feud, centers on a social outcast, the court dwarf PIccoline. From his special vantage point Piccoline comments on the court's prurience and on political intrigue as the town is gripped by a siege. Gradually, Piccoline is drawn deeper and deeper into the conflict, and he inspires fear and hate around him as he grows to represent the fascination of the masses with violence.More editions of The Dwarf:
Faceless Killersby Henning Mankell, Steven T. MurrayISBN 1400031575 (1-4000-3157-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faceless Killers'Book summary:If you remember with pleasure those dark and gloomy Martin Beck mysteries by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, you'll be glad to plunge into the first of Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallender mysteries to appear in English. Wallender's personal life can occasionally seem more depressing than even a provincial Swedish detective should be asked to bear, but his investigative skills are strictly first rate. And Mankell's story of the brutal murder of an elderly farm couple uncovers an unusual aspect of life in modern Sweden--a streak of fear and prejudice against the many newcomers from Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe who have sought asylum there. [via]
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- Faceless Killers: ISBN 156584341X (1-56584-341-X)
Hardcover, New Press, The - Faceless Killers: ISBN 1860467563 (1-86046-756-3)
Softcover, Harvill Pr - Faceless Killers: ISBN 186046808X (1-86046-808-X)
Softcover, Random House - Faceless Killers: ISBN 0099445220 (0-09-944522-0)
Softcover, Random House Uk Ltd - Faceless Killers: ISBN 1400031575 (1-4000-3157-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
- Faceless Killers: ISBN 156584341X (1-56584-341-X)
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Faceless Killersby Steven T. Murray, Henning MankellISBN 1565846052 (1-56584-605-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faceless Killers'Book summary:If you remember with pleasure those dark and gloomy Martin Beck mysteries by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, you'll be glad to plunge into the first of Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallender mysteries to appear in English. Wallender's personal life can occasionally seem more depressing than even a provincial Swedish detective should be asked to bear, but his investigative skills are strictly first rate. And Mankell's story of the brutal murder of an elderly farm couple uncovers an unusual aspect of life in modern Sweden--a streak of fear and prejudice against the many newcomers from Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe who have sought asylum there. [via]
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The Fifth Womanby Henning Mankell, Steven T. MurrayISBN 1565845471 (1-56584-547-1)
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The Fifth Womanby Steven T. Murray, Henning MankellISBN 1400031540 (1-4000-3154-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fifth Woman'Book summary:A series of men who seem to have nothing in common are brutally killed--one is impaled, another starved and then strangled. We know more than the police--we know that the killer is a woman and we gradually understand some of her motivation; her much wronged mother was murdered almost by chance in a North African country--but we don't know who she is, or, for a while at least, her motives and principles of selection of her victims. Inspector Wallender finds himself investigating the case--two missing person enquiries that turn into a murder hunt--and finds himself endlessly confused by red herrings and side issues; a set of leads concerning mercenaries in the Congo of the 1960s turn out to have little to do with the case and Wallender has to waste considerable time suppressing an attempt by the far Right to turn the murders into a reason to set up vigilante justice.The Fifth Woman is a stylish police procedural which lets us see not only the leg work of investigation but also the diligence which makes effective murder possible--the killer Wallender is trying to catch is at least as good at her job of murder as he is at his of prevention. --Roz Kaveney [via]
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Firewallby Ebba Segerberg, Henning MankellISBN 1400031532 (1-4000-3153-2)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Firewall'Book summary:The latest mystery in the "exquisite" (Los Angeles Times Book Review), internationally bestselling Kurt Wallander series.
Ystad, Sweden, fall 1997. Two teenage girls brutally murder a taxi driver. Although they are quickly apprehended, one of them escapes police custody and disappears without a trace. A few days later, a man stops at an ATM during his evening walk and suddenly falls dead to the ground. Shortly thereafter, a blackout cuts power to a large swath of southern Sweden. When a serviceman arrives at the malfunctioning power substation, he makes a grisly discovery. Inspector Kurt Wallander begins to sense a connection between all of these events and, at the same time, becomes increasingly aware of the vulnerability of our digitized society. [via]
Hanna's Daughterby Marianne FredrikssonISBN 156895817X (1-56895-817-X)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hanna's Daughter'Book summary:Sweeping through one hundred years of Scandinavian history, this luminous story follows three generations of Swedish women--a grandmother, a mother, and a daughter--whose lives are linked through a century of great love and great loss. Resonating with truth and revelation, this moving novel deftly explores the often difficult but enduring ties between mothers and daughters, the sacrifices, compromises, and rewards in the relationships between men and women, and the patterns of emotion that repeat themselves through generations. If you have ever wanted to connect with the past, or rediscover family, Hanna's Daughters will strike a chord in your heart. . . . [via]
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The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love And His Terrible Hatredby Carl-Johan Vallgren, Paul Britten-austin, Veronica Breitten-AustinISBN 0060842148 (0-06-084214-8)
Softcover, Perennial
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The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatredby Paul Britten Austin, Carl-Johan Vallgren, Veronica Britten-Austin, Paul Britten-austinISBN 0060841990 (0-06-084199-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred'Book summary:Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot is the picaresque fable of the love that grows between the mute, telepathic human monstrosity Hercules and the beautiful Henriettea love that will entwine their fates forever. Author Carl-Johan Vallgren creates an unforgettable cast of grotesqueries in a magical and atmospheric tour of nineteenth-century Europefrom the bordello, where Hercules is born, to the squalor of the asylum, where he finds only pain, to the sinister grandeur of the Jesuit monasteries in which he finds both shelter and peril, to the phantasmagoria of the freak show with which he travels. A moving, uplifting, at times dark and macabre tale of social oppression, official corruption, religious persecution, and unwavering devotion, it is a story that enchants and surprises . . . and leaves one wide-eyed with wonder, like a small child at his first carnival.
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Markingsby Dag Hammarskjold, Jimmy Carter, W. H. Auden, Leif Sj-ObergISBN 0307277429 (0-307-27742-9)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Markings'Book summary:A book of meditations. A revealing spiritual self-portrait by one of the great peacmakers of our times.
Maturity: Among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play who takes it for granted that he is at one with his playmates.
Never, "for the sake of peace and quiet," deny your own experience or convictions.
The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. [via]More editions of Markings:
- Markings: ISBN 0345327411 (0-345-32741-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - Markings: ISBN 0345306996 (0-345-30699-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group - Markings: ISBN 039443532X (0-394-43532-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Markings: ISBN 081616441X (0-8161-6441-X)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall - Markings: ISBN 0307277429 (0-307-27742-9)
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- Markings: ISBN 0345327411 (0-345-32741-1)
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Mio My Sonby Astrid Lindgren, Ilon Wikland, Jill MorganISBN 1930900236 (1-930900-23-6)
Hardcover, Purple House Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mio My Son'Book summary:With help from a genie, young Karl Anders Nilsson travels by day and by night, beyond the stars, to reach Farawayland. There, his father the King, who has been searching for him for nine long years, tells him that his true name is Mio, and lavishes upon him the loving attention he never received from his foster parents back in Stockholm.
But the wonderful reunion with his father the King is interrupted when Mio learns of a prophecy that has been foretold for thousands and thousands of years. With his best friend, Pompoo, and his horse with the golden mane, Miramis, he must travel into the darkness of Outer Land to battle the cruel Sir Kato. First published in Swedish in 1954, Mio, My Son has become a children's classic worldwide. [via]
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One Step Behindby Henning MankellISBN 1400031516 (1-4000-3151-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Step Behind'Book summary:On Midsummer's Eve, three friends gather in a secluded meadow in Sweden. In the still-sun-lit northern night, they don costumes and begin to role play. But an uninvited guest soon brings their performance to a gruesome conclusion. His approach is careful; his aim is perfect. Three bullets, three corpses. The murderer then carefully photographs the grisly tableau. Meanwhile, the Ystad police station is experiencing a summer lull. Inspector Kurt Wallander is focusing on living healthier, but his peace of mind is shattered when a fellow officer is murdered. The police slowly realize how little they know about what is going on in their seemingly serene town. An unknown killer is on the loose, but their only lead is a photograph of three dead young people in costume. Forced to dig more deeply than he'd like into the personal life of one of his colleagues, Wallander's investigation uncovers something he could never have imagined. One Step Behind is the fifth book to appear in English in what the Los Angeles Times Book Review calls the "exquisite" Kurt Wallander series. [via]
Pippi Goes on Boardby Astrid LindgrenISBN 0606257527 (0-606-25752-7)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Pippi Goes on Boardby Louis S. Glanzman, Astrid LindgrenISBN 0140327746 (0-14-032774-6)
Softcover, Viking Childrens Books
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Pippi Longstockingby Astrid Ericsson LindgrenISBN 1557361525 (1-55736-152-5)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pippi Longstocking'Book summary:Pippi is an irrepressible, irreverent, and irrefutably delightful girl who lives alone (with a monkey) in her wacky house, Villa Villekulla. When she's not dancing with the burglars who were just trying to rob her house, she's attempting to learn the "pluttification" tables at school; fighting Adolf, the strongest man in the world at the circus; or playing tag with police officers. Pippi's high-spirited, good-natured hijinks cause as much trouble as fun, but a more generous child you won't find anywhere.
Astrid Lindgren has created a unique and lovable character, inspiring generations of children to want to be Pippi. More than anything, Pippi makes reading a pleasure; no child will welcome the end of the book, and many will return to Pippi Longstocking again and again. Simply put, Pippi is irresistible. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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- Pippi Longstocking: ISBN 0142402494 (0-14-240249-4)
Softcover, Puffin - Pippi Longstocking: ISBN 0670557455 (0-670-55745-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA - Pippi Longstocking: ISBN 0670557439 (0-670-55743-9)
Softcover, Live Oak Media - Pippi Longstocking: ISBN 1557361525 (1-55736-152-5)
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- Pippi Longstocking: ISBN 0142402494 (0-14-240249-4)
Pippi Longstockingby Louis S. Glanzman, Astrid Ericsson Lindgren, Florence LambornISBN 1850899061 (1-85089-906-1)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pippi Longstocking'Book summary:Pippi is an irrepressible, irreverent, and irrefutably delightful girl who lives alone (with a monkey) in her wacky house, Villa Villekulla. When she's not dancing with the burglars who were just trying to rob her house, she's attempting to learn the "pluttification" tables at school; fighting Adolf, the strongest man in the world at the circus; or playing tag with police officers. Pippi's high-spirited, good-natured hijinks cause as much trouble as fun, but a more generous child you won't find anywhere.
Astrid Lindgren has created a unique and lovable character, inspiring generations of children to want to be Pippi. More than anything, Pippi makes reading a pleasure; no child will welcome the end of the book, and many will return to Pippi Longstocking again and again. Simply put, Pippi is irresistible. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
Popular Musicby Laurie Thompson, Mikael NiemiISBN 0007145500 (0-00-714550-0)
Hardcover, Flamingo
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Popular Music From Vittula: A Novelby Laurie Thompson, Mikael NiemiISBN 1583225234 (1-58322-523-4)
Hardcover, Seven Stories Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Popular Music From Vittula: A Novel'Book summary:Popular Music from Vittula tells the fantastical story of a young boy's unordinary existence, peopled by a visiting African priest, a witch in the heart of the forest, cousins from Missouri, an old Nazi, a beautiful girl with a black Volvo, silent men and tough women, a champion-bicyclist music teacher with a thumb in the middle of his handand, not least, on a shiny vinyl disk, the Beatles.
The story unfolds in sweltering wood saunas, amidst chain thrashings and gang warfare, learning to play the guitar in the garage, over a traditional wedding meal, on the way to China, during drinking competitions, while learning secret languages, playing ice hockey surrounded by snow drifts, outsmarting mice, discovering girls, staging a first rock concert, peeing in the snow, skiing under a sparkling midnight sky. In the manner of David Mitchells Black Swan Green, Mikael Niemi tells a story of a rural Sweden at once foreign and familiar, as a magical childhood slowly fades with the seasons into adult reality. [via]More editions of Popular Music From Vittula: A Novel:
Popular Music From Vittula: A Novelby Mikael Niemi, Laurie ThompsonISBN 1583226591 (1-58322-659-1)
Softcover, Seven Stories Pr
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Prisma's Abridged English-Swedish and Swedish-English DictionaryISBN 0816627347 (0-8166-2734-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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The Return Of The Dancing Masterby Henning Mankell, Laurie ThompsonISBN 1400076951 (1-4000-7695-1)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return Of The Dancing Master'Book summary:When retired policeman Herbert Molin is found brutally slaughtered on his remote farm in the northern forests of Sweden, police find strange tracks in the snow as if someone had been practicing the tango. Stefan Lindman, a young police officer recently diagnosed with mouth cancer, decides to investigate the murder of his former colleague, but is soon enmeshed in a mystifying case with no witnesses and no apparent motives. Terrified of the disease that could take his life, Lindman becomes more and more reckless as he unearths the chilling links between Molins death and an underground neo-Nazi network that runs further and deeper than he could ever have imagined. [via]
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The Return Of The Dancing Masterby Laurie Thompson, Henning MankellISBN 1565848608 (1-56584-860-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return Of The Dancing Master'Book summary:The new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander mystery series.
It would be nearly two hours before he died. As if in a borderland of horror between the nagging pain and the hopeless will to live, he was taken back in time, to the occasion when he engaged the fate that had now caught up with him.from The Return of the Dancing Master
December 12, 1945. Nazi Germany lies in ruins as a British warplane lands in Buckeburg. A man carrying a small black bag quickly disembarks and travels to Hameln, where he disappears behind the prison gates. Early the next day, nine male and three female war criminals are hanged.
Fifty-four years later, retired policeman Herbert Molin is found brutally slaughtered on his remote farm in Härjedalen, Sweden. At the murder scene, the police discover strange tracks in the blood on the floor...as if someone had been practicing the tango.
Stefan Lindman, a young police officer on extended sick leave, hears about the murder of his former colleague and decides to investigate it himself. Lindman's inquiry becomes increasingly complex and dangerous as he uncovers the links between Herbert Molin's death and a global web of neo-Nazi activity. [via]
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The Road to Jerusalemby Jan GuillouISBN 0752846477 (0-7528-4647-7)
Softcover, Orion
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Ronia, the Robber's Daughterby Astrid Lindgren, Alfred LindgrenISBN 0140317201 (0-14-031720-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ronia, the Robber's Daughter'Book summary:Ronia, who lives with her father and his band of robbers in a castle in the woods, causes trouble when she befriends the son of a rival robber chieftain. [via]
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The Royal Physician's Visitby Tiina Nunnally, Per Olov EnquistISBN 1585671967 (1-58567-196-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Royal Physician's Visit'Book summary:Set in Denmark in the 1760s, The Royal Physician's Visit magnificently recasts the dramatic era of Danish history when Johann Friedrich Struensee, a German doctor from Altona, student of Enlightenment philosophers Diderot and Voltaire, and court physician to mad young King Christian, stepped through the aperture history had opened for him and became for two years the holder of absolute power in Denmark.
Dr. Struensee, tall, handsome, and charismatic, introduced hundreds of reforms, many of which would become hallmarks of the French Revolution 20 years later, including freedom of the press and improvement of the treatment of the peasantry. He also took young Queen Caroline Mathildeunsatisfied by her unstable, childlike husbandas his mistress. He was a brilliant intellectual and brash reformer, yet Streunsee lacked the cunning and subtlety of a skilled politician and, most tragically, lacked the talent to choose the right enemies at court, a flaw which would lead to his torture and execution. An international sensation sold in 15 countries, The Royal Physician's Visit is a view from the seat of absolute power, a gripping tale, vividly and entertainingly told. Enquist's talent is in full force as he brilliantly explores the connections that will always run between political theory and practice, power, sex, love, and the life of the mind.
Translated by Tina Nunnally. [via]More editions of The Royal Physician's Visit:
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Sibylby Par LagerkvisISBN 0394702409 (0-394-70240-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sibyl'Book summary:In this powerful, poetic, and moving parable, the Wandering Jew of medieval Christian legend journeys to Delphi to consult the famed oracle of the pagans. He is turned away but not before learning that one of the most adept of the old priestesses, or sibyls, lives in disgrace in the mountains above the temple. In her rude goat-hut he seeks the meaning of his disastrous brush with the son of God. She reveals that she, too, has been touched by the son of a god, a very different son, not quite human, born of her own body. He dwells with her as a constant reminder of the betrayal of her mystical and erotic union with the divine, her punishment, andperhapsher redemption. [via]
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Sidetrackedby Henning Mankell, Steven T. MurrayISBN 1565845072 (1-56584-507-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sidetracked'Book summary:Kurt Wallander is back. This time he must discover why a teenage girl doused herself in petrol and burned herself to death, leaving no clues as to who she was. Then a former minister of justice is butchered in a bizarre murder that proves to be the first of a killer who strikes again and again. [via]
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Sidetrackedby Steven T. Murray, Henning MankellISBN 1400031567 (1-4000-3156-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sidetracked'Book summary:"The Swedish summer-time is too beautiful and too brief for something like this to happen." A young girl commits self-immolation, a former government minister is killed with an axe and scalped; these are the two brutal facts that confront Inspector Kurt Wallander as he prepares for his holiday. As the Swedish midsummer approaches there is no escaping from the darkness of society.
Sidetracked, the fifth of Henning Mankell's acclaimed Kurt Wallander mysteries, and the second to be translated into English, is an engrossing police procedural. The hard-boiled Kurt Wallander has softened slightly since he was first introduced in Faceless Killers, the first title in the series. He drinks less, has more functional relationships and has developed a faith in his investigative team. Despite this, it is his other qualities as a character, his philosophical angst and his intuitive pursuit of hunches, which drive this novel as Wallander struggles to discover the leads that will trap the killer.
Mankell manages to squeeze in serious comments on the state of Swedish society. The over-stretched police force, child prostitution and the corruption of high politics, all come under the scrutiny of Wallander's wearied gaze as he struggles to come to terms with the new violence of his society. This is a dark novel peppered with genuinely nasty violence, but it is Wallander's struggle to uncover the truth and face his own demons that provide the real thrills. --Iain Robinson [via]
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Svenska Akademiens Ordlista over Svenska Spraketby Svenska akademienISBN 9172270322 (91-7227-032-2)
Hardcover, Norstedts ordbok
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Swedish: A Complete Course for Beginnersby Vera CroghanISBN 0844237027 (0-8442-3702-7)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Swedish: Essentials of Grammarby Ake Viberg, Kerstin Ballardini, Sune st JarnlofISBN 0844285390 (0-8442-8539-0)
Softcover, Passport Books
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Teach Yourself Swedishby Vera CroghanISBN 007145117X (0-07-145117-X)
Softcover, Teach Yourself
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Teach Yourself Swedish: A Grammar of the Modern Languageby R. J. McCleanISBN 0340058250 (0-340-05825-0)
Hardcover, English Universities P.
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Three Playsby Peter Watts, August StrindbergISBN 0140440828 (0-14-044082-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Three Plays/Countess Julie, the Outlaw, the Strongerby August StrindbergISBN 0828314586 (0-8283-1458-6)
Softcover, Branden Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Plays/Countess Julie, the Outlaw, the Stronger'Book summary:The three plays in this volume focus on the tumultuous relationships between men and women, whether they are father and daughter, brother and sister or lovers. "Miss Julie" is a ruthlessly realistic depiction of an upper class woman's seduction of a servant, emphasizing the differences and the antagonism between them. In "The Father", a man is brought to madness and driven out of his home by the suspicion that his daughter is not his own child, while "Easter" centres on a family in need of redemption for its sins and suffering, finding forgiveness at a season of rebirth. Strindberg's acute psychological analysis and his dramatization of naked emotion within a naturalistic domestic setting make him one of the great innovators of the modern theatre. [via]
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The White Lionessby Henning Mankell, Laurie ThompsonISBN 1565844246 (1-56584-424-6)
Hardcover, New Press, The
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The White Lionessby Laurie Thompson, Henning MankellISBN 1400031559 (1-4000-3155-9)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The White Lioness'Book summary:Third in the Kurt Wallander series.
The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect. But then Wallander learns of a determined stalker, and soon enough, the cops catch up with him. But when his alibi turns out to be airtight, they realize that what seemed a simple crime of passion is actually far more complexand dangerous. The search for the truth behind the killing eventually uncovers an assassination plot, and Wallander soon finds himself in a tangle with both the secret police and a ruthless foreign agent. Combining compelling insights into the sinister side of modern life with a riveting tale of international intrigue, The White Lioness keeps you on the knife-edge of suspense. [via]More editions of The White Lioness:
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201 Swedish Verbsby Richard Auletta, Leif SjobergISBN 0812005287 (0-8120-0528-7)
Softcover, Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
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Brandvaggby Henning MankellISBN 9173246190 (91-7324-619-0)
Hardcover, Ordfront forlag
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Broderna Lejonhjartaby Astrid LindgrenISBN 9129640245 (91-29-64024-5)
Hardcover, Raben & Sjogren
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Danslararens aterkomstby Henning MankellISBN 917324757X (91-7324-757-X)
Hardcover, Ordfront
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Den Femte Kvinnanby Henning MankellISBN 9173245143 (91-7324-514-3)
Hardcover, Ordfronts forlag
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Ett oga Rottby Jonas Hassen KhemiriISBN 9113011804 (91-1-301180-4)
Hardcover, Norstedts
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Handelser Vid Vattenby Kerstin EkmanISBN 9100556769 (91-0-055676-9)
Hardcover, A. Bonniers forlag
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Innan Frosten: Romanby Henning MankellISBN 917343003X (91-7343-003-X)
Hardcover, Leopard
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Livlakarens Besok: Romanby Per Olov EnquistISBN 9113007556 (91-1-300755-6)
Hardcover, Norstedts
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Ordlista over Svenska Spraketby Svenska akademienISBN 9117302420 (91-1-730242-0)
Hardcover, Norstedt
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Pippi Langstrump Gar Ombordby Astrid LindgrenISBN 9129621372 (91-29-62137-2)
Hardcover, Raben & Sjogren
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Roda Rummet: Skildringar Ur Artist- Och Forfattarlivetby August Strindberg, Carl Reinhold SmedmarkISBN 9120065140 (91-20-06514-0)
Hardcover, Almqvist & Wiksell
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Ronja Rovardotterby Astrid LindgrenISBN 9129548772 (91-29-54877-2)
Hardcover, Raben & Sjogren
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Steget Efterby Henning MankellISBN 9173245526 (91-7324-552-6)
Hardcover, Ordfront forlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Steget Efter'Book summary:Tre ungdomar stämmer möte i en undanskymd glänta på Österlen. De byter om för att i sommarnatten utföra sina hemliga rollspel. Men bakom ett träd väntar någon som ger deras fest ett makabert slut. På polishuset i Ystad råder sommarstiltje. Kurt Wallander kämpar med sina föresatser om att börja leva ett hälsosamt liv. Plötsligt hittas en polisman mördad. De enda ledtrådarna är ett par fotografier; ett på några ungdomar i historiska kläder och peruker, och ett på en mystisk kvinna. Sjunde boken i Wallander-serien. [via]
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Teach Yourself Swedishby Vera CroghanISBN 0071420185 (0-07-142018-5)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Vagen Till Jerusalemby Jan GuillouISBN 9113005650 (91-1-300565-0)
Hardcover, Norstedt
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Varldens Daligaste Sprak: Tankar Om Spraket Och Manniskan Idagby Fredrik LindstromISBN 9176437825 (91-7643-782-5)
Hardcover, ManPocket
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Villosparby Henning MankellISBN 9173244996 (91-7324-499-6)
Hardcover, Ordfronts forlag
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Barrabas/ Barabbasby Par LagerkvistISBN 8474903386 (84-7490-338-6)
Softcover, Ediciones Encuentro Sa
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Los Perros De Riga / the Dogs of Rigaby Henning MankellISBN 8483102226 (84-8310-222-6)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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The popular inspector travels to the sleazy world of Baltic crime gangs. When a couple of Latvian corpses are found in a Swedish port, Kurt Wallander has to travel to Riga to pursue the investigation, against the background of the collapse of the Soviet empire. [via]More editions of Los Perros De Riga / the Dogs of Riga:
Pippa Mediaslargas / Pippi Longstockingby Astrid LindgrenISBN 842612304X (84-261-2304-X)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns
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Pippi Calzaslargas/ Pippi Longstockingsby Astrid Lindgiren, Blanca Rios, Richard KennedyISBN 8426131921 (84-261-3192-1)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns
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Pisando Los Talones / One Step Behindby Henning Mankell, Carmen Montes CanoISBN 8483102676 (84-8310-267-6)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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