Ulf Bjorklund
1) Heretics
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Embark on an intellectual odyssey through the pages of G. K. Chesterton's profound work, "Heretics," a literary masterpiece that challenges conventional thought and confronts the prevailing ideologies of the early 20th century. In this enlightening exploration, Chesterton delves into the realms of heresy, questions established norms and sparks a thought-provoking conversation about the nature of skepticism and belief.
In "Heretics," Chesterton skillfully...
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'This was the slaying of the Minotaur, which put an end forever to the shameful tribute of seven youths and seven maidens which was exacted from the Athenians every nine years.'
The gods, heroes and legends of Greek mythology and their Roman interpretations are as fascinating as they are instructive. They include the almighty Zeus and his many wives; heroic Perseus, slayer of the snake-headed Medusa; Helen of Troy, whose beauty caused a great war;...
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The story is set in 13th century England and concerns the fictional outlaw Norman of Torn, who purportedly harried the country during the power struggle between King Henry III and Simon de Montfort. Norman is the supposed son of the Frenchman de Vac, once the king's fencing master, who has a grudge against his former employer and raises the boy to be a simple, brutal killing machine with a hatred of all things English. His intentions are partially...
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"The Children of Odin" is Padraic Colum's popular retelling of famous Norse Myths for children. With illustrations by William Pogany this volume contains the following stories: Far Away and Long Ago; The Building of the Wall; Iduna and Her Apples: How Loki Put the Gods in Danger; Sif's Golden Hair: How Loki Wrought Mischief in Asgard; How Brock Brought Judgment on Loki; How Freya Gained Her Necklace and How Her Loved One Was Lost to Her; How Frey...
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For over fifteen years, writer Jeff Crosby has been searching for a language of the soul--a way to articulate our deepest longings. Through the years he gathered clues from within global music styles, from different cultures, from his own Christian tradition and its sacred texts--and from deep within himself.
A lover of words, he sought not only to translate our longings into words but to understand why these seemingly universal yearnings have long...
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Everyone knows of the horses of Iceland, wild, and small, and free, but no one really knows their story. Sarah Tolmie's All the Horses of Iceland weaves the myth of their origin, a myth that follows one Norseman along the Silk Road to the steppes of Mongolia, and unfolds with a ghostly magic that transcends the borders between civilizations.
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Sometimes, in small places, life becomes bigger.
SUMMER LIGHT AND THEN COMES THE NIGHT is a profound and playful masterwork from one of Iceland's most beloved authors that explores the dreams and desires of ordinary people in a rural town.
In a village of only four hundred inhabitants, life could seem unremarkable. Yet in this remote town, a new road to the city has change on everyone's minds.
There is the beautiful, elusive Elisabet who cuts a...
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After providing a short history of the Anglican Church, J. C. Ryle presents the biographies of some of the most influential English Reformers and detractors, some of whom are little known. Light From Old Times includes the biographies of John Wycliffe, John Rogers, John Hooper, Rowland Taylor, Hugh Latimer, John Bradford, Nichols Ridley, Samuel Ward, Archbishop Laud, Richard Baxter, William Gurnall, and James II.
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From a master carpenter, Making Things Right is a celebration of good craftsmanship and a tribute to manual labor in the story of a loft renovation.Making Things Right is the simple yet fascinating story of a loft renovation. It is also a book about work and identity, about collaboration and pride in skilled craftsmanship, and about what it means to make things with your hands in a consumerism-driven world. From the moment carpenter and contractor...
10) Deathbook
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Detective H. Grimsson is a city detective, and a damn good one at that, owing much to what he calls his uncanny intuition. However, that's only half the truth of it-detective Grimsson is clairvoyant and frequently sees the grim shadow of death before it approaches.
A young college student is found dead in his BMW on a gravel road not far from the city. He was shot at close range. Grimsson suspects that this has something to do with the nudes that...
11) The Ritual
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Evil is at large . . .
A member of the parliament is stabbed to death in Reykjavik, the small and usually peaceful capital of Iceland. Police officer Grimsson thinks he saw the perpetrator earlier that night, in a pub in the city's east end. The young man turns himself in. He has no previous record and does not remember anything about the night of the murder, but his fingerprints are on the murder weapon. Grimsson feels that the young man is somehow...
12) Dust in the Wind
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Detective H. Grimsson is intelligent, hard as nails, and very resourceful. But he is also his own worst enemy. After an unfortunate shooting incident in Iceland's largest shopping mall on Christmas Eve, he is demoted to a police deputy in a small rural village in eastern Iceland. Grimsson's plan is to kick back, drink some beer, and enjoy this time away from home.
When two young female hitchhikers disappear, Grimsson fears that the girls are lost...
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Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species-but there's a catch.
Many animals and plants eke out seemingly unremarkable lives. Passive, constrained, modest, threatened. Then, in a blink of evolutionary time, they flourish spectacularly. Once we start to look, these 'sleeping beauties' crop up everywhere. But why?
Looking at the book of life, from apex predators to keystone crops, and informed by his own cutting-edge experiments,...
14) Hjältars Väg
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En ny, fantastisk fantasyserie från bästsäljarförfattaren Morgan Rice! HJÄLTARS VÄG (första delen av TROLLKARLENS RING) är den storslagna berättelsen om en alldeles särskild pojke, en fjortonåring från en liten by i utkanten av Ringens kungarike. Yngst av fyra syskon, minst omtyckt av sin far och avskydd av sina tre bröder har Thorgrin en känsla av att han är annorlunda. Han drömmer om att en dag bli en stor krigare, om att bli en...
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A highly accessible and easily adaptable conceptual framework that helps educational leaders plan, leverage, and sustain change as they create more equitable schools.
In Navigating Social Justice, Martin Scanlan introduces a comprehensive social justice schema that melds organizational learning with leading for equity. Scanlan distills wisdom gleaned from the experiences of a variety of educational professionals as well as from his own more than...
16) Konungars Marsch
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I KONUNGARS MARSCH följer vi ytterligare ett steg på Thors storslagna resa mot att bli vuxen, förstå vem han egentligen är och vilka krafter han besitter, på vägen mot att bli en fulländad krigare.
Efter en flykt från fängelsehålan får Thor den fruktansvärda nyheten om ytterligare ett mordförsök på kung McGil. Med kungens död kastas riket i kaos. I allas kamp för tronen är Kungsgård mer än någonsin fyllt av familjestridigheter,...
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"Once Upon A Time..." These classic words serve as the introduction to some of the greatest tales the world has ever known. The imaginative tales of Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm have been beloved through the world since they were collected starting in the early 1800s. Now, narrators Kim and Ulf Bjorklund bring together this omnibus collection of 53 fantastic stories from the Brothers Grimm. A collection of all of the tales in Volumes 1-3 of the...
18) Hunger
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A must-listen for fans of police procedurals and international crime from Stefán Máni's Grimsson series.
Contains mature themes.
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Secrets can be powerful...
...but also destructive.
Alrion doesn't know the power inside him. He's more surprised than anyone when he discovers he's a wizard.
Why is his power unique?
Learning the ways of a wizard is not enough. Alrion is charged with a quest to cleanse the Blight. He's the world's last chance to be free of that malevolent force, and the twisted creatures that it creates.
Three trials await the young wizard. He must conquer each...
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There are some men in the pages of history, whose greatness no person of common sense thinks of disputing. They tower above the herd of mankind, like the Pyramids, the Parthenon, and the Colosseum, among buildings. Such men were Luther and Augustine, Gustavus Adolphus and George Washington, Columbus and Sir Isaac Newton. He who questions greatness must be content to be thought very ignorant, very prejudiced, or very eccentric. Public opinion has come...