Bibliotek i Västmanland

Sylvia’s Lovers is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskel, first published in 1863. The novel begins in the 1790s in the coastal town of Monkshaven. Sylvia Robson lives with her parents on a ...

Wives and Daughters is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in 1866. Wives and Daughters revolves around Molly Gibson, only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provin ...

North and South is a social novel by English writer Elizabeth Gaskell first published in 1855. Along with Wives and Daughters (1865) and Cranford (1853), it is one of her best know ...

Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two day ...

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, is the full title of the 6th edition (considered as the definit ...

Pollyanna Grows Up is a 1915 children's novel by Eleanor H. Porter. It is the first of many sequels to Porter's best-selling Pollyanna (1913), but is the only one written by Porter ...

Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter that is now considered a classic of children's literature, with the title character's name becoming a popular term for s ...

The Wolf Leader is an 1857 fantasy novel by Alexandre Dumas, translated by Alfred Allison. The text was also serialized in eight parts in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1931-32. ...

The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, translated by William K. Marriott, is a five hundred year old manual for how to run a kingdom or principality. Written in 1513 but not published ...

Twentieth Century New Testament Published in 1904, The Twentieth Century New Testament is considered the first translation of the Bible into modern English. It was produced in Brit ...

The Web of the Golden Spider (1909) by Frederick O. Bartlett is a Lost Race tale set in the Andes, where treasure and its guardians are soon discovered.  The Web of the Golden Spid ...

Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Ayn Rand, first published in 1938 in England. Anthem is taking place at some unspecified future date. Mankind has entered another dark age ...

"The scars had not healed, and for that reason he thought it was right and necessary. He wanted to have another shot at what went wrong in 1994, when he asked his family to stay in ...

“Incredibly skillfully written.” Expressen, Sweden’s leading tabloid As a reward for services rendered to the state, Navy diver and former Air Force pilot Anton Modin is given perm ...

“Deep State is a terrific spy novel with a tremendously developed voice.” Swedish National TV4 The most secretive organization in Sweden operates without any accountability to the ...

Scripteasers a book that has been forgotten and having a number of years old but contains useful information that still holds true today. Scripteasers was first released 1958. Scri ...

This book is about how to achieve constistent delivery (and avoid disaster). The four core sections are - The Delivery - How to ensure a clear closure of your project. Deliver with ...

Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (full title: The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Called the Countess ...

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (commonly known simply as Moll Flanders) is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It purports to be the true ac ...

The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton (1720) is a novel by Daniel Defoe. It is believed to have been partly inspired by the exploits of English pirate H ...

The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (now more commonly rendered as "The Further adventures of Robinson Crusoe") is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. After the ...

Nick Carter at Headquarters is a detective story featuring the famous detective Nick Carter first published in 1897, written by John R. Coryell. Nick Carter is a fictional characte ...

The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 story by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the fictional Californio character Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox). After the e ...

Nick Carter – The Great Spy System or, Nick Carter's Promise to the President is a detective story featuring the famous detective Nick Carter first published in 1907, written by Jo ...

Nick Carter – The Solution of a Remarkable Case is a detective story featuring the famous detective Nick Carter first published in 1891, written by John R. Coryell. In Nick Carter, ...