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Det är sommar i Stockholm. Nätterna är ljusa, men under ytan finns mörkret. Allt mer sällan ingriper människor när någon råkar illa ut på stan. Det råder en passivitet och känslokyla som skrämmer. Siri Blind har en unik känslighet och ett ovanligt stort hjärta, men hon kan inte...

Varje dag sätts viljan på prov. Det är viktigt att stanna upp och lyssna inåt, särskilt om den yttre världen upplevs som påträngande och kaotisk. ”Skeppet” är en guidad meditation som hjälper dig att slappna av och visualisera din vilja. Välj en plats där du får vara ostörd och...

När Cilla lämnar Casino Cosmopol en sommarnatt är hon utblottad och inte helt nykter. Eländet slutar inte där. Hennes första misstag är att ta genvägen hem genom Djursholm. Det andra är att stanna utmed Strandvägen. Det tredje är att släppa in en främling i bilen. Det kommer att...

Lizzi, Cissi, Max och Gusten är instängda i en sommarstuga i skärgården. Det skymmer och de vet inte hur de ska ta sig ut. Å andra sidan är det kanske säkrare att stanna kvar. Grannens skällande bestar, San Quentin och Alcatraz, kan inte ta sig in. Men var är mamma? Författaren AC...

Merula befinner sig i ett gränsland. Nästa sommar ska hon gifta sig med Aram Hon är inte riktigt säker på vad hon vill. Jo, hon vill vara fri och ha kul med sina svenska vänner, även om det oroar mamma och pappa. Lika vild som Rosie vågar hon inte vara, ändå är det hon och inte Rosie...

"Sinéad Nolan is one to watch." —Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Nolan cranks up the suspense to the maximum, mixing mounting dread and wells of compassion before arriving at a truly surprising finale." —The New York Times When a teenager disappears from her small...

“Collins remains the most companionable of poetic companions.” —The New York Times Billy Collins’s Dog Show celebrates the joy of our canine best friends, honouring the love we feel for the animals who play such vital roles in our lives. In twenty-five poems, Collins distills the many...

'Among the best poems that Collins has ever written' – NPR In Water, Water Billy Collins writes with joy and wonder about the beauties and ironies of everyday life. The best poems, he believes, begin in clarity and end with a hint of the sublime: A cat learns to drink from a swimming pool. An...

Ten-year-old Joan was born with a rare gift: she can remember every single day of her life in perfect detail. She can tell you how many times her mother has uttered the phrase ‘it never fails’ in the last six months (twenty-seven), or what she was wearing when her grandfather took her...

‘Funny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising – the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins poem. He’s a one-off, an American treasure’ Nick Laird These are poems of whimsy and imaginative acrobatics, but they are grounded in the...

"I’ve grown old– now my own name rings a bell." In each of the short poems in Billy Collins’s Musical Tables, the former United States Poet Laureate tempers his characteristically jocular voice with what he calls the “thrill of mortality” – flashes of profundity amongst the mundane...

A spellbinding, deeply felt debut novel--soaring and poignant--about passion, freedom, motherhood, and the power to shape our destinies. Oona grew up on the island of Inis: a wind-blasted rock off the coast of Ireland where the men went out on fishing boats and the women tended turf fires; where...

The Art of Grieving challenges conventional attitudes towards grieving. Part memoir, part grief handbook and guide, Dr. Collins draws on a lifetime of experience as a dancer, social work professor, and therapist to illustrate the value of grieving and how the arts can become grief's collaborator...

A 90-Day Christian Devotional for Parents Raising an Autistic Child Some mornings begin with peace. Others begin with meltdowns, exhaustion, unanswered questions, and the quiet fear that you're not enough. If you're raising an autistic child, you know that parenting can feel both deeply beautiful and incredibly lonely. Between appointments, advocacy, sleepless nights, sensory overload, and wondering what the future holds, it's easy to forget that God is walking every step beside you.

What kind of man are you? For centuries, philosophers, storytellers, and psychologists have observed that certain patterns of behavior appear again and again throughout human history. Some men naturally seek leadership. Others prioritize loyalty, independence, knowledge, stability, or self-protection. While every individual is unique, the strategies we use to navigate life often follow recognizable archetypal patterns.

Unladylike: A Mythopoetic Reclamation of Love is a lyrical and unflinching exploration of identity, survival, and self-return. Blending memoir, poetry, and myth, Regina Louise invites readers into an intimate landscape where the personal becomes archetypal and the body holds memory, truth, and transformation. Through a series of evocative and emotionally precise pieces, the collection traces the subtle and overt ways women are conditioned to abandon themselves in pursuit of love, belonging, and safety.

What if mastering influence was as simple as following the Yellow Brick Road? In The Oz Method, international sales trainer, keynote speaker, and “edu-tainer” Collin Henderson transforms one of the world’s most familiar stories—The Wizard of Oz—into a powerful roadmap for leadership, sales, and personal influence. Kansas represents the old way: outdated, black-and-white selling rooted in features, facts, and fear. Oz represents a brighter, more human approach where empathy, storytelling, and courage lead the way.

My Secret Life is an anonymously penned memoir written during a period from the 1840s to the 1880s by a wealthy and sex obsessed English gentleman who refers to himself simply as ‘Walter’. Part confessional, part investigative erotic journalism, it meticulously documents every detail of the author’s prolific sexual encounters, offering us in the process an eye and thigh opening account of life behind closed doors in the Victorian age.

Modern fitness culture obsesses over aesthetics, extremes, and optimization. But what if movement was never meant to be about domination—or data—but devotion? In Keep Your Fire Strong, Indigenous wellness advocate and functional fitness coach Thosh Collins blends Native teachings with...

“I couldn't stop reading! Absolutely a triumph!” —Freida McFadden, New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid “Enthralling...it’s a testament to Nugent’s storytelling prowess and gift for well-timed plot twists that, even knowing there’s a train wreck looming, readers...