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Handgripligt och lättillgängligt om hur den enskilda människan kan skydda demokratin. Vi har i Sverige vant oss vid att ta demokratin för given. Men den politiska utvecklingen de senaste åren visar att den demokrati som vi länge tyckte var en självklarhet framstår som både sårbar och ifrågasatt. På initiativ av författaren Hédi Fried, nyligen Augustnominerad […]

Ett vibrerande Los Angeles, hösten 1981. Sjuttonåriga Bret är mest intresserad av sex, film och böcker. Han är student på det prestigefulla Buckley School och vill gärna ligga bra till vad gäller status i den sociala hierarkin. Han är tredje hjulet till klassens hetaste par, men håller sig helst i bakgrunden, uppslukad av sina författardrömmar. […]

Snöflingorna dansar ner och lägger sig som ett mjukt täcke över åkrar och skog. Krispig vinterkyla råder utanför dörren – men i berättelserna finns värmen. Det är tid för storartade mirakel, drömmar och julens kanske viktigaste budskap – att värna om varandra. I denna ask sprider Selma Lagerlöf, Johannes V. Jensen, Elisabeth Beskow och Charles […]

The words of a man. The message of a people. Bringing together a new introduction by Volodymyr Zelensky with his most powerful war speeches, this book recounts Ukraine’s war through the words of its president. It is the story of a people valiantly defending themselves from Russian aggression. And it is a battle cry for […]

Buy fewer (and better) things. Store like with like. Get rid of the plastic. Display—don’t stash—your belongings. Let go of your inner perfectionist and remember that rooms are for living. These are a few of the central principles behind Remodelista: The Organized Home, the new book from the team behind the inspirational design site Remodelista.com. […]

Amanda Gorman’s powerful and historic poem “The Hill We Climb,” read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, is now available as a collectible gift edition. “Stunning.” –CNN “Dynamic.” –NPR “Deeply rousing and uplifting.” —Vogue On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking […]

In 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band as she couldn’t play an instrument and she’d never seen a girl play electric guitar. A year later, she was the guitarist in the hugely influential all-girl band the Slits, who fearlessly took on the […]

Social discontent and political protest have been expressed visually as well as verbally throughout the ages. Graffiti scribbles on a wall, pictures scattered in the street during marches, posters spread through the environment: all have played their part. For such agitational images represent a power struggle; a rebellion against an established order and a call to arms, or a […]