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Carl-Henrik Wiberg är Sveriges Radios utrikeskorrespondent i Paris. Där stöter han en dag på en farlig krigsförbrytare från Balkankrigen, Bogdan Djordjevic. Men vad gör Djordjevic i Paris? Kan det finnas något samband med Wibergs senaste uppdrag, en intervju med en av Frankrikes mest kända och tillbakadragna industrifamiljer? Carl-Henrik och hans kontaktperson, marknadsassistenten Madeleine Raeder, kommer snart en avskyvärd hemlighet på spåren.

Madeleine är försvunnen. När Carl-Henrik får ett sms som verkar vara från Madeleine tar han sig skyndsamt till Berlin tillsammans med hennes syster Marika, trots att det med all sannolikhet är en fälla. Ute i Europa planerar den nazistiska organisationen Förbundet för Europas frihet att utföra attentat som hotar demokratin, och Madeleine får hjälp från ett oväntat håll. Äventyrliga hjärtan är den tredje och avslutande delen i den spännande Europatrilogin.

När sheriff Dutton Hayes lämnar högmässan blir han skjuten av en ung man. Clay Allison, som stämt träff med sheriffen, tvingas nu istället ge sig ut på mördarjakt i staden Antonio ... Clay Allison eller William Marvin Jr är pseudonym för författaren Bengt-Åke Cras (född 1943) som skrivit 124 böcker i serien "Sexy Western". Cras har även skrivit ungdomsböcker, serier, sagor, noveller och dokumentära böcker, ofta under olika pseudonymer. Clay Allison eller William Marvin Jr är pseudonym för författaren Bengt-Åke Cras (född 1943) som skrivit 124 böcker i serien "Sexy Western".

Malmö förändras, industrier byts mot villor och havsutsikt. Men inåt landet växer en helt annan stad fram. Myndigheterna står handfallna när vita pengar rullar in i skumma företag. Den som står i vägen får betala ett högt pris. Här bor de som letar efter nya sätt att få pengar och respekt. Råttan är den första boken i serien om visselblåsaren Alex. Historien är fiktiv, men bygger på verkliga händelser. Författarparet Ivarsson och Andersson bor i Lund, men har båda bott och arbetat i Malmö, där debutromanen Råttan utspelar sig.

Berättelser från långtradarchaufförernas liv och en blick ut över dagens Sverige. Det är ett glest industriland som träder fram, men också oväntade möten mellan människor där hoppet och kärleken kan växa. Som mellan kvinnan och mannen hon träffar på en nakenstrand, eller hos chauffören som är på en dygnslång körning från Umeå för att möta någon i Köpenhamn. En samling noveller med ögonblick av liv fångade i flykten. David Ericsson är född 1958 och bosatt i Stockholm. Han frilansar som journalist och skriver reportage, krönikor och recensioner i tidningar som DN, LO tidningen, Situation Stockholm, Ordfront Magasin med flera.

GS Fraser, John Laurie and Frederick Worlock amongst others read a collection of Scotland's finest poetry featuring Robert Burns, William Dunbar, Mark Alexander and Hugh MacDiarmid.

Burn's finest work including "Auld Lang Syne" and "Mary Morrison".

Julio Desnoyers, a wealthy young Spanish American, tries to escape the dirt, blood, and horror of World War I. Why should he fight on foreign soil for a country that is his father's land and not his own? But everywhere he turns, war and its ravages follow Julio, changing everything. His lover Marguerite no longer desires their old life of abandoned intimacy, and his father has no use for his cowardly, profligate son. When Julio finally decides to fight, the world and his family know him for a different man.

Through tales of ancient curses and international spies...through mysteries featuring men of title and creatures of the night...Tom Conway gives voice to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's clever creation: Sherlock Holmes. The cerebral sleuth is accompanied and assisted by the able Dr. Watson, brought to life by Nigel Bruce.

Frederick Albert Cook (June 10, 1865 - August 5, 1940) was an American explorer and physician noted for his claims of achieving the first summit of Mount McKinley, in September 1906, and having reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908, which would have been a year before Robert Peary. Both claims have been largely discredited. Later, Dr. Cook was a founding member of the Arctic Club and Explorers Club.

This fictional classic describes the factual persecution endured by the early Christians living in the catacombs beneath Rome through the character of Marellus, a captain in the Praetorian Guard and despised Christian. Penned by an anonymous 19th-century author, Martyr of the Catacombs has challenged and encouraged the faithful for over a hundred years.

Penguin Island is Anatole France’s most searching and satirical novel. A humorous critique of customs and laws, rituals and rites, its subject is human nature, but its characters are penguins in the mythical land of Penguinia. The story of the strutting penguins and their virtues and vices is not merely a burlesque allegory of French history, but a satire of the history of mankind.

Alev Scott's odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey's borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire. Their 800-year rule ended a century ago - and yet, travelling through 12 countries from Kosovo to Greece to Palestine, she uncovers a legacy that's vital and relevant, where medieval ethnic diversity meets 21st-century nationalism, and displaced people seek new identities. It's a story of surprises.

In this carefully crafted novel, Dickens reveals the complexity of London society in the enterprising 1840s as he takes the listener into the business firm and home of one of its most representative patriarchs, Paul Dombey.

This gripping biography mixes intimate detail with a thorough understanding of the social, intellectual, artistic, and political climate of the time to unravel the intricate story of the misunderstood genius who wrote Kim, the Jungle Books, and the poem "If."

From the coral reefs of Barbados to the jungles and fabled cities of the Orinoco and on to the great sea battle with the Spanish Armada, this vibrant novel captures the daring spirit of Elizabethan adventurers who sailed with Sir Francis Drake.

In this seminal story of naval life during the Napoleonic wars, Frederick Marryat's young hero embarks upon a life at sea and finds it to be a rough school indeed. Simple's trials and triumphs, with his faithful mentor, Terence O'Brien, at his side, mirror Marryat's personal experiences. Among the exciting events depicted are the hand-to-hand combat of "cutting-out" missions, the devastating hurricane off St. Pierre, and a mutiny aboard the Rattlesnake.

Although it is little known in this country, The Belly of Paris is considered one of Émile Zola’s best novels. Set in the newly built food markets of Paris, it is a story of wealth and poverty set against a sumptuous banquet of food and commerce. Having just escaped from prison after being wrongfully accused, young Florent arrives at Paris’ food market, Les Halles, half starved, surrounded by all he can’t have, and indignant at his world, which he now knows to be unjust. He finds that the city’s working classes have been displaced to make way for bigger streets and bourgeois living quarters, so he settles in with his brother’s family.

Over the centuries, two important beliefs arose in Europe: a faith that man could order his own destiny and that progress was normal. By 1900, doubts arose concerning traditional Western values. The continuing problems of the world's poor, environmental deterioration, the inequality of women, and continued warfare pose real questions about the advancement of the human race.

This brilliant satirical novel, tracing the life and loves of Ernest Pontifex, has continued in popularity since its original publication in 1903. Every generation finds in The Way of All Flesh a reaffirmation of youth's rightful struggle against the tyranny of harsh parents and its admirable will for freedom of personal expression.