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1) Depths
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Internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Henning Mankell will be published for the first time in Canada by Knopf Canada with Depths.
October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-southeast. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing...
October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-southeast. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing...
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Swedish English Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Swedish as their second language.
Fun bedtime story with important message. Jimmy the little bunny doesn't start off knowing how to ride a two-wheeler bike like his big brothers. In fact, sometimes he gets teased for it. When Dad shows Jimmy how not to be afraid to try something new, that's when the fun begins.
Den lilla kaninen Jimmy kan inte cykla på en likadan cykel...
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English Swedish bilingual book for children. Perfect for kids learning English or Swedish as their second language. Fun bedtime story with important message. Jimmy the little bunny doesn't start off knowing how to ride a two-wheeler bike like his big brothers. In fact, sometimes he gets teased for it. When Dad shows Jimmy how not to be afraid to try something new, that's when the fun begins.
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Swedish English bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Swedish as their second language. This fun children's picture book follows the story of cute little bunny, Jimmy. Jimmy doesn't want to sleep in his own bed. Every night he sneaks into his parents' room and falls asleep in their bed. Until one night something unexpected happened….
Den här roliga bilderboken för barn berättar historien om en söt liten kaninunge,...
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English Swedish bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English and Danish as their second language.
Little Jimmy doesn't like to brush his teeth. Even when his mother gives him a brand new orange toothbrush, his favorite color, he doesn't use it like he is supposed to. But when strange and magical things start happening to Little Jimmy, he begins to realize how important brushing his teeth can be.
Lilla Jimmy tycker inte om att borsta...
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English Swedish bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Swedish as their second language.
This fun children's picture book follows the story of cute little bunny, Jimmy. Jimmy doesn't want to sleep in his own bed. Every night he sneaks into his parents' room and falls asleep in their bed. Until one night something unexpected happened….
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English
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Swedish English bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English and Danish as their second language.
Little Jimmy doesn't like to brush his teeth. Even when his mother gives him a brand new orange toothbrush, his favorite color, he doesn't use it like he is supposed to. But when strange and magical things start happening to Little Jimmy, he begins to realize how important brushing his teeth can be.
Lilla Jimmy tycker inte om att borsta...
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English Swedish bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Swedish as their second language. Jimmy, the little bunny, likes to eat candy. He sneaks into the kitchen to find a bag with candies that was hidden inside the cupboard. What happens right after Jimmy climbs up to reach the bag of candy? You will find out when you read this illustrated children's book. Since that day, he starts to develop healthy eating habits and even...
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Racehorse Publishing
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60 delectable Swedish desserts perfect for sweetening up any holiday celebration! In Swedish culture, few things conjure up the spirit of Christmas like making and wrapping toffee. In fact, candy is just as important to Christmas as decorations, presents, and food. With the help of food creator and cookbook writer Lena Soderstrom, confectioners can now widen their repertoire and find new Christmas candy hits. There are of course old favorites like...
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Skyhorse Publishing
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"The Swedish tradition of Fika is a bit like British tea time, except that it features a great cup of coffee rather than tea and evokes feelings of a cozy cafe with a good book, a slice of moist almond cake, perhaps a cinnamon bun fresh out of the oven. Fika is a chance to take a break in the midst of a busy day to savor the sweet things in life. Milo Kalén shares the delights from her own Kaka på Kaka café in Sweden, offering a delightful collection...
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One night at a drunken celebration following a hockey win, something happens between Kevin and the general manager's daughter - and the next day everything seems to have changed. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected. With so much riding on the success of the team, the line between loyalty and betrayal becomes difficult to discern. At last, it falls to one young man to...
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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 Hamelin, where he disappears behind the prison gates. Early the next day, England's most experienced hangman executes twelve war criminals. Fifty-four years later, retired policeman Herbert Molin spends another sleepless night on his remote farm in Härjedalen, Sweden. But it is this night when...
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Inspector Van Veeteren mysteries volume 2
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When an ex-convict and then a wealthy real-estate tycoon fall victim to a violent attack by a possible ax murderer, Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is called in to assist with the local investigation.
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What's next for Allan Karlsson? Turns out this centenarian has a few more adventures in store ...It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they're not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the captain of the ship would be harboring a suitcase full of contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons...
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Ann Lindell novels volume 1
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Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Minotaur
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English
16) Bright scythe
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Known for sharp imagery, startling metaphors, and deceptively simple diction, Tranströmer's luminous poems offer mysterious glimpses of insight into the deepest facets of humanity. These new translations, in a bilingual edition, are tautly rendered and elegantly cadenced. They are also deeply informed by Crane's personal relationship with the poet and his wife during the years she lived in Sweden.
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This Book Contains 95% of All Daily Spoken Swedish And 80% of All Swedish Written Texts. Learn Swedish Fast and Efficient: Learn vocabulary for practical spoken and written Swedish!
New: Added 2500 Swedish to English word usage example sentences. Scientific research has shown that in day to day speech, you only use about 1.000 different words a day. The 1000 most common words in Swedish account for 95% of all daily conversational Swedish.
The 2.500...
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Confined to a nursing home and about to turn one hundred, Allan Karlsson, who has a larger-than-life back story as an explosives expert, climbs out of the window in his slippers and embarks on an unforgettable adventure involving thugs, a murderous elephant, and a very friendly hot dog stand operator.
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World famous for his Kurt Wallander mysteries, Henning Mankell has been published in 35 countries, with more than 25 million copies of his books in print.
“Nelio is dead. And however unlikely it may sound, it seemed to me that he died without once being afraid. How can that be possible?”
—from Chronicler of the Winds
In Chronicler of the Winds, Mankell gives us something different: a beautifully crafted...
“Nelio is dead. And however unlikely it may sound, it seemed to me that he died without once being afraid. How can that be possible?”
—from Chronicler of the Winds
In Chronicler of the Winds, Mankell gives us something different: a beautifully crafted...
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Swahili English Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids learning English or Swahili as their second language.Jimmy the little bunny is in trouble. Accidently, he ruined his mother favourite flowers. Will it help if he lies? Or is it better to tell the truth and try to solve the problem in different way?Help your children to learn to be more honest with this fun children's book.Jimmy sungura mdogo kaingia kwenye matatizo. kwa bahati mbaya, aliharibu...
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