Norwegian Wood meets The Tao of Pooh in this philosophical, witty, and heartwarming collection of daily observations from a Swedish academic-turned-sheep farmer who finds peace and meaning outside the hustle and bustle of modern, urban life.
A fearless young Swede whose efforts saved countless Hungarian Jews from certain death at the hands of Adolf Eichmann, Raoul Wallenberg was one of the true heroes to emerge during the Nazi occupation of Eu-rope. He left a life of privilege and, against staggering odds, brought h…
A fearless young Swede whose efforts saved countless Hungarian Jews from certain death at the hands of Adolf Eichmann, Raoul Wallenberg was one of the true heroes to emerge during the Nazi occupation of Eu-rope. He left a life of privilege and, against staggering odds, brought h…
A fearless young Swede whose efforts saved countless Hungarian Jews from certain death at the hands of Adolf Eichmann, Raoul Wallenberg was one of the true heroes to emerge during the Nazi occupation of Eu-rope. He left a life of privilege and, against staggering odds, brought h…
A fearless young Swede whose efforts saved countless Hungarian Jews from certain death at the hands of Adolf Eichmann, Raoul Wallenberg was one of the true heroes to emerge during the Nazi occupation of Eu-rope. He left a life of privilege and, against staggering odds, brought h…
"In the remote village of Rogne, Norway, eleven-year-old Margrit and her parents have finally found the safety that has eluded them since fleeing from Germany. But after war breaks out in Norway, they must hide in an even more secluded refuge - a rudimentary cabin in the mountai…
"In the remote village of Rogne, Norway, eleven-year-old Margrit and her parents have finally found the safety that has eluded them since fleeing from Germany. But after war breaks out in Norway, they must hide in an even more secluded refuge--a rudimentary cabin in the mountain…
Part self-help and part memoir, Yoga Girl is an inspirational, full-color look at the adventure that took writer and yoga teacher Rachel Brathen from her hometown in Sweden to the jungles of Costa Rica and finally to a paradise island in the Caribbean that she now calls home. Wi…
Part self-help and part memoir, Yoga Girl is an inspirational, full-color look at the adventure that took writer and yoga teacher Rachel Brathen from her hometown in Sweden to the jungles of Costa Rica and finally to a paradise island in the Caribbean that she now calls home. Wi…
Blending memoir and literary fiction, this book presents revelatory, frank depictions of the author's relationship to her father, legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, and of his relationship to the author's mother, Liv Ullmann, an actress and filmmaker often considered to be his …
Blending memoir and literary fiction, this book presents revelatory, frank depictions of the author's relationship to her father, legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, and of his relationship to the author's mother, Liv Ullmann, an actress and filmmaker often considered to be his …
This book examines delexical verb + noun collocations such as make a decision, give rise to and take care of in Swedish and Chinese learner English. Using a methodological framework that combines learner corpus research with a contrastive perspective, the study is one of the ver…