Ett år av liv i trädgården

One of the fastest changing cities in the US has more than postcard beaches and pastel-coloured Art Deco façades. Its history is of booms and busts, reclaimed swamps, hurricanes, and crime waves. Throw in a diverse mix of communities and there’s a rich panorama to explore. Some local legends have shared their side of the […]

From the co-creator of Snowpiercer, Altitude offers an exhilarating, autobiographical account of writer and artist Jean-Marc Rochette’s early life as a mountain climber. Together with co-writer Olivier Bocquet, they recount Jean-Marc’s passion for mountain climbing as a teenager, from when he discovered how the Alps held an escape for him at a formative time in […]

Vad behöver alla i den moderna världen veta? Den internationellt erkände psykologen Jordan B. Petersons svar på denna fråga är såväl utmanande som ögonöppnande och sträcker sig från antikens eviga sanningar till nutidens banbrytande forskning. Vad kan hummerns nervsystem lära oss om att stå upprätt (med axlarna bakåt) och om framgång i livet? Varför dyrkade […]

En kväll i juli 1965 påträffas en ung kvinna död i sitt hem i ett idylliskt radhusområde söder om Stockholm. Polisen avfärdar det först som självmord, men snart står det klart att hon blivit mördad. Men av vem och hur? Därmed inleds den största och mest komplicerade mordutredningen i Sverige före Palmemordet. Den legendariske kommissarien […]

In 1979, 2 Tone exploded into the national conscience as records by The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The Beat, and The Bodysnatchers burst onto the charts and a youth movement was born.

This book, a work of great graphic interest in itself, presents the recent work of a designer described as “a design demigod,” and “the closest thing to a rock star” in graphic design. According to the Huffington Post, “Chip Kidd is the Meryl Streep of book design.” Universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book […]

A world history of citrus, from the art of classical antiquity to the science of the modern era. Mandarin, citron, pomello, bergamot, kumquat… Citrus traces the history of today’s global superfood from its cultivation in the ancient world from three original ‘true’ species, via Arab trade routes, the noble collectors of medieval Europe, imperial conquerors on the […]

Before anyone else is awake, on a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the glorious freshwater pond below ‘The Paper Palace’ — the gently decaying summer camp in the back woods of Cape Cod where her family has spent every summer for generations. As she passes the house, Elle glances […]