en-US Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:45:06 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 65714 As the first-person record of Leo Kall, scientist, fellow-soldier too late disillusioned to undo his previous actions, Kallocain achieves a chilling power and veracity that place it among the finest novels to emerge from the strife-torn Europe of the twentieth century.]]> 193 Karin Boye 0299038947 Lucas 3 3.70 1940
author: Karin Boye
name: Lucas
average rating: 3.70
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]]> 28257707 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062457738

In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited�"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.

There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.]]> 212 Mark Manson Lucas 2 3.87 2016
author: Mark Manson
name: Lucas
average rating: 3.87
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rating: 2
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Samlade verk Àr en roman om djup kÀrlek, mÄngÄrig vÀnskap och konst i spÀnningsfÀltet mellan fiktion och sanning. Dessutom Àr det en storslagen Göteborgsskildring med moderniteten och klassresan som fond.]]> 689 Lydia Sandgren 9100180408 Lucas 5 4.06 2020
author: Lydia Sandgren
name: Lucas
average rating: 4.06
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Göteborgsporr!! BÀsta jag lÀste pÄ lÀnge
]]> 212085881 Saudade kan uppstÄ nÀr du lÀngtar efter nÄgot eller nÄgon som du förlorat eller som inte lÀngre Àr tillgÀnglig. Det kan vara en person, en plats eller en livsstil. Att allt fler föds i ett land och hamnar i ett annat gör att saudadebegreppet blivit en universell kÀnsla. Saudade hÄller pÄ att bli normen i vÄr globaliserade vÀrld.

Under Henrik Brandão Jönssons nÀstan tjugofem Är i Brasilien har han lÀrt sig innebörden av saudade. I sin nya bok, uppföljaren till bÀstsÀljaren DÀr solen aldrig gÄr ned, reser han till de atlantiska arkipelagerna Azorerna, Madeira och Kap Verde, vars befolkningar pÄ grund av valjakt, vulkanutbrott och fattigdom under Ärhundranden emigrerat till Nord- och Sydamerika.

Trots att mÄnga funnit ett bÀttre liv pÄ andra sidan Atlanten saknar de stÀndigt sina öar. Författaren reser till ögrupperna för att gÄ till botten med saudadekÀnslan, bÄde hos mÀnniskorna i den lusofona vÀrlden och inom sig sjÀlv.]]> 263 Henrik Brandão Jönsson 912718420X Lucas 3 3.57
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delen om Venezuela var bÀst,, i övrigt en ganska mysig men spretig bok
]]> 213353008
Journalisterna Lars Berge och Axel Gordh Humlesjö har Ă€gnat mer Ă€n fyra Ă„r Ă„t att granska vad som pĂ„gick bakom kulisserna nĂ€r oligarkmiljarderna snurrade genom Swedbanks konton, hĂ€ndelser som de ansvariga gjort allt i sin makt för att försöka dölja. Snart vĂ€xer misstanken att Swedbank â€� den svenskaste av alla banker â€� systematiskt utnyttjats av FSB och blivit en bricka i Vladimir Putins krigföring mot vĂ€st.

HonungsfĂ€llan â€� Historien om Swedbank, Ryssland och vĂ€rldens största penningtvĂ€ttskandal Ă€r en berĂ€ttelse om svindlande affĂ€rer, spioneri och rysk imperialism. Men framför allt en berĂ€ttelse om den moraliska stormakten Sverige och en folkrörelsebanks brutala uppvaknande till en ny och farlig vĂ€rld, dĂ€r naivitet och penninghunger fick förödande konsekvenser.]]> 460 Lars Berge 9100185019 Lucas 0 to-read 3.91
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]]> 1118616 Le Grand Cahier nous livre une fable incisive sur les malheurs de la guerre et du totalitarisme, mais aussi un vĂ©ritable roman d’apprentissage dominĂ© par l’humour noir.]]> 184 Ágota KristĂłf 2020239264 Lucas 0 to-read 4.13 1986
author: Ágota Kristóf
name: Lucas
average rating: 4.13
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]]> 7429046
Book Two is at heart a love story—the story of Karl Ove falling in love with his wife. But the novel also tells other of becoming a father, of the turbulence of family life, of outrageously unsuccessful attempts at a family vacation, of the emotional strain of birthday parties for children, and of the daily frustrations, rhythms, and distractions of Stockholm keeping him from (and filling) his novel.]]> 563 Karl Ove KnausgĂ„rd 8249507053 Lucas 0 to-read 4.33 2009
author: Karl Ove KnausgÄrd
name: Lucas
average rating: 4.33
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]]> 60880820 A sensational new novel from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms that tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city.

Bret Easton Ellis's masterful new novel is a story about the end of innocence, and the perilous passage from adolescence into adulthood, set in a vibrantly fictionalized Los Angeles in 1981 as a serial killer begins targeting teenagers throughout the city.

17-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, charismatic, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends even as he becomes a part of their tightly knit circle. Bret's obsession with Mallory is equaled only by his increasingly unsettling pre-occupation with The Trawler, a serial killer on the loose who seems to be drawing ever closer to Bret and his friends, taunting them--and Bret in particular--with grotesque threats and horrific, sharply local acts of violence. The coincidences are uncanny, but they are also filtered through the imagination of a teenager whose gifts for constructing narrative from the filaments of his own life are about to make him one of the most explosive literary sensations of his generation. Can he trust his friends--or his own mind--to make sense of the danger they appear to be in? Thwarted by the world and by his own innate desires, buffeted by unhealthy fixations, he spirals into paranoia and isolation as the relationship between The Trawler and Robert Mallory hurtles inexorably toward a collision.

Set against the intensely vivid and nostalgic backdrop of pre-Less Than Zero LA, The Shards is a mesmerizing fusing of fact and fiction, the real and the imagined, that brilliantly explores the emotional fabric of Bret's life at 17-sex and jealousy, obsession and murderous rage. Gripping, sly, suspenseful, deeply haunting and often darkly funny, The Shards is Ellis at his inimitable best.
]]> 595 Bret Easton Ellis 059353560X Lucas 0 to-read 3.98 2023
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]]> 198972569
"Gruppen" Àr en febrig och gastkramande psykologisk roman om tillhörighet och utanförskap, drömmar och besatthet. Det Àr Sigge Eklunds första roman sedan den uppmÀrksammade "In i labyrinten" frÄn 2014.]]> 302 Sigge Eklund 9100803103 Lucas 4 3.25
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Inte den mest vÀlskrivna boken, men vÀldigt underhÄllande mÄste jag sÀga.
]]> 52741293 Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher's policies have put husbands and sons out of work, and the city's notorious drugs epidemic is waiting in the wings.

Shuggie's mother Agnes walks a wayward path: she is Shuggie's guiding light but a burden for him and his siblings. She dreams of a house with its own front door while she flicks through the pages of the Freemans catalogue, ordering a little happiness on credit, anything to brighten up her grey life. Married to a philandering taxi-driver husband, Agnes keeps her pride by looking good--her beehive, make-up, and pearly-white false teeth offer a glamourous image of a Glaswegian Elizabeth Taylor. But under the surface, Agnes finds increasing solace in drink, and she drains away the lion's share of each week's benefits--all the family has to live on--on cans of extra-strong lager hidden in handbags and poured into tea mugs.

Agnes's older children find their own ways to get a safe distance from their mother, abandoning Shuggie to care for her as she swings between alcoholic binges and sobriety. Shuggie is meanwhile struggling to somehow become the normal boy he desperately longs to be, but everyone has realized that he is "no right," a boy with a secret that all but him can see. Agnes is supportive of her son, but her addiction has the power to eclipse everyone close to her--even her beloved Shuggie.

A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love, Shuggie Bain is an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in fiction. Recalling the work of Edouard Louis, Alan Hollinghurst, Frank McCourt, and Hanya Yanagihara, it is a blistering debut by a brilliant novelist who has a powerful and important story to tell.]]> 430 Douglas Stuart 0802148042 Lucas 4 4.29 2020
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average rating: 4.29
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Sjukt vÀlskriven och stundtals rÀtt kul bok. Men usch va mörk.
]]> 61115119
Men den nya ordningen har ocksÄ en baksida. Varför protesterar sÄ mÄnga kvinnor? Och varför Àr de dÀr nere pÄ samhÀllsstegen inte nöjda med ett system som rationellt sett Àr det bÀsta?

2034 Àr en underhÄllande och samtidigt dystopisk berÀttelse i likhet med George Orwells 1984. Boken myntade begreppet meritokrati och har varit viktig för diskussionen om hur vi egentligen nÄr ett mer jÀmlikt samhÀlle. Nu kommer den pÄ svenska för första gÄngen sedan 60-talet med nyskrivet förord av Katrine Marçal.]]> 219 Michael Young 9173899100 Lucas 0 currently-reading 3.33 1958
author: Michael Young
name: Lucas
average rating: 3.33
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]]> 39321561
„Nemilos de tranșant și incredibil de empaticâ€� un roman care expune intrepid realitățile inconfortabile ale vremurilor noastreâ€� O disecție precisă a experienței umane universale.â€�

The New York Times, 10 Best Books of 2013

„AtĂąt de inteligent despre atĂąt de multe subiecte, ĂźncĂąt eticheta de roman despre ce Ăźnseamnă să fii negru Ăźn secolul XXI nu cuprinde nici pe departe profunzimea și anvergura textuluiâ€� Vast, captivant și autentic.â€�

NPR

„Adichie descoperă perspectiva unică din care compară ierarhiile rasiale din Statele Unite ale Americii și Marea Britanie cu lupta pentru statut social din Nigeria. Și o face cu o onestitate nemiloasă, descriind frumusețea și urĂąÈ›enia acestor spații.â€�

The Washington Post]]> 568 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 6069450744 Lucas 2 4.41 2013
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name: Lucas
average rating: 4.41
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I denne selvbiografi fortÊller Nicklas Bendtner � med en bemÊrkelsesvÊrdig Êrlighed � om sit livs lyse og mÞrke sider. Om at vÊre Amagerdreng med Êre og stolthed. Om at kÊmpe sig til toppen i verdens hÄrdeste liga. Om at blÊse pÄ hierarkiet og score de fÞrste vigtige mÄl for landsholdet. Om venskaber og rivalisering med en rÊkke af fodboldens stÞrste stjerner. Om stormfulde forhold. Om at blive far til en hÞjt elsket sÞn, som han ikke altid har fÄet lov at se. Om at blive svigtet af sine nÊrmeste. Om hvad penge kan gÞre ved folk. Om at vÊre sÄ talentfuld, at man mister jordforbindelsen. Om mirakulÞst at overleve en motorvejsulykke, som alligevel skulle fÄ skÊbnesvangre konsekvenser. Om balladen i medierne og skandalerne i nattelivet.

Siden midten af nullerne har millioner af danskere haft en holdning til Nicklas Bendtner. Han har vÊret mere beundret, mere forkÊtret og mere forhÄnet end stort set alle andre danske helte og skurke i sportens verden.

Selv har han i reglen valgt at tie. Indtil nu. Efter halvandet Ärti � skiftevis pÄ toppen og bunden � er Nicklas Bendtner endelig klar til at fortÊlle sin historie. Vel at mÊrke hele historien. RÄt for usÞdet. Uden at skÄne nogen som helst. Allermindst sig selv.

Bogen er skrevet i et nĂŠrt samarbejde med journalist og forfatter Rune Skyum-Nielsen, som blandt andet er kendt for sin anmelderroste livsfortĂŠlling om Jakob Ejersbo, Jakob var her. De to har over en Ă„rrĂŠkke bygget en usĂŠdvanlig]]> 400 Nicklas Bendtner 8740054918 Lucas 3 3.70 2019
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]]> 1998095 Swedish / Svenska 294 Åsa Linderborg 9173893218 Lucas 4 3.79 2007
author: Åsa Linderborg
name: Lucas
average rating: 3.79
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rating: 4
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]]> 56470423 Award-winning New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang unveil the tech story of our times in a riveting, behind-the-scenes exposĂ© that offers the definitive account of Facebook’s fall from grace.

Once one of Silicon Valley’s greatest success stories, Facebook has been under constant fire for the past five years, roiled by controversies and crises. It turns out that while the tech giant was connecting the world, they were also mishandling usersâ€� data, spreading fake news, and amplifying dangerous, polarizing hate speech.

The company, many said, had simply lost its way. But the truth is far more complex. Leadership decisions enabled, and then attempted to deflect attention from, the crises. Time after time, Facebook’s engineers were instructed to create tools that encouraged people to spend as much time on the platform as possible, even as those same tools boosted inflammatory rhetoric, conspiracy theories, and partisan filter bubbles. And while consumers and lawmakers focused their outrage on privacy breaches and misinformation, Facebook solidified its role as the world’s most voracious data-mining machine, posting record profits, and shoring up its dominance via aggressive lobbying efforts.

Drawing on their unrivaled sources, Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang take readers inside the complex court politics, alliances and rivalries within the company to shine a light on the fatal cracks in the architecture of the tech behemoth. Their explosive, exclusive reporting led them to a shocking conclusion: The missteps of the last five years were not an anomaly but an inevitability—this is how Facebook was built to perform. In a period of great upheaval, growth has remained the one constant under the leadership of Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg. Both have been held up as archetypes of uniquely 21st century executives—he the tech “boy geniusâ€� turned billionaire, she the ultimate woman in business, an inspiration to millions through her books and speeches. But sealed off in tight circles of advisers and hobbled by their own ambition and hubris, each has stood by as their technology is coopted by hate-mongers, criminals and corrupt political regimes across the globe, with devastating consequences. In An Ugly Truth, they are at last held accountable.]]> 352 Sheera Frenkel 0063136740 Lucas 3 3.94 2021
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average rating: 3.94
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Man borde ta bort sina sociala medier, man borde verkligen d
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Det Àr 1989 och Alex Àr pÄ ett ödesdigert besök hos sina morförÀldrar. Det Àr nÄgot som inte stÀmmer och han kan inte förstÄ vad som har orsakat sprickan som ekar mellan vÀggarna.

Det Àr 2018 och Alex kommer av en slump sin mormors hemliga kÀrlekshistoria frÄn 1932 pÄ spÄren. Ett brev ger honom svaren som han inte visste att han har spenderat ett helt liv att söka efter. FrÄgan Àr om han Àr redo att konfrontera det som kan vara roten till slÀktens mörker.

Med skicklig hand vÀver Schulman samman en berÀttelse som överskrider bÄde tid och rum. Det Àr en gripande och djupt personlig skildring av identitet, familj och hur en hÀndelse kan skapa svallvÄgor som gÄr genom generationer.]]> 274 Alex Schulman 9188745147 Lucas 3 3.96 2018
author: Alex Schulman
name: Lucas
average rating: 3.96
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rating: 3
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För Noa Bachner Àr svaret sjÀlvklart: Vi kanske förlorade ute pÄ planen, men vi utklassade alla i konsten att skapa en meningsfull fotboll.

Den sista utposten Àr berÀttelsen om hur Sverige överlevde den moderna fotbollens fasor. Om en folkrörelse som stod emot. Om medlemsdemokrati och en kÀnsla av Àkthet som resten av vÀrlden sörjer att den har förlorat.]]> 271 Noa Bachner 9180023614 Lucas 5 3.86 2023
author: Noa Bachner
name: Lucas
average rating: 3.86
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rating: 5
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Superbra!! inte vÀrldens mest nyanserade bok men va gör det nÀr man hÄller med??
]]> 320 417 Gabriel GarcĂ­a MĂĄrquez Lucas 3 4.10 1967
author: Gabriel GarcĂ­a MĂĄrquez
name: Lucas
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Fint sprÄk men ksk inte det mest spÀnnande man lÀst??
]]> 37830750 Anfield, May 26th 1989.

The final day of the Division One season. The defending champions, Liverpool, versus the plucky underdogs, Arsenal. With the Gunners leading 1-0 in the final minute but desperately needing another goal to take the title, it was, in the immortal words of commentator Brian Moore, ‘Up for grabs now
â€�

Set against the backdrop of recent tragedies at Heysel and Bradford, the undertone of hooliganism, and Margaret Thatcher’s contempt for fans â€� long before the Premier League as we now know it -- â€�89 is the story of the iconic 1988-1989 Arsenal season, an emotive era in football, and a sporting moment so unusual it felt instantly historic.

The game would never be the same again.]]> 292 Amy Lawrence 1780898274 Lucas 0 currently-reading 4.47
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]]> 17731446
Brott omger oss överallt i fiktionen. Deckare i böcker, krim pÄ tv, polisfilmer pÄ bio. Men du har garanterat aldrig lÀst om brott och straff pÄ det hÀr sÀttet. För i dessa elva noveller Àr det inte det svÄrlösta fallet eller den ansiktslöse förövaren som Àr huvudsaken. Inte det förvridna eller förtvinade psyket. HÀr handlar det, för att citera Gunnar Ekelöf, om "den gamla skamliga vanligheten, den gamla vanliga skamligheten". En man slÄr ihjÀl sin hustru som trakasserat honom under hela deras Àktenskap. En syster tar livet av sin Àlskade bror, som Àr fÄngen i sin egen kropp och sjukdom efter en svÄr olycka. En ung man rÄnar en bank, börjar om sitt liv i Etiopien och blir lycklig. Sen hÀmtar polisen honom. En man dör av hjÀrtinfarkt hos en illegalt invandrad prostituerad kvinna, som fÄr hjÀlp av sin kille att stycka honom och begrava honom i stadsparken. Annars skulle hon ju fÀngslas och sedan utvisas.

Ferdinand von Schirach Àr advokat, och det Àr de fall han stött pÄ i sitt yrke som inspirerat honom till berÀttelserna i Brott. Med advokatens sakkunskap och med en fullfjÀdrad författares medkÀnsla och vÀrme har von Schirach Ästadkommit verklig "Kleinkunst", stor konst i litet format.

För vilka brott det Àn Àr sÄ Àr det mÀnniskor som begÄr dem. Skamliga vanliga mÀnniskor. Och von Schirach berÀttar om dem som ingen annan.]]> 332 Ferdinand von Schirach 9174292927 Lucas 2 Brott va bÀttre 3.85 2009
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Brott va bÀttre
]]> 22728685
Familjens största ekonomiska tillgÄngar finns i Tyskland, liksom Lauritz svÀrförÀldrar. Men Tyskland har ockuperat brödernas hemland Norge. Lauritz Àldste son Harald Àr SS-officer stationerad i Oslo, Àldsta dottern Johanne arbetar inom norska motstÄndsrörelsen, andra sonen Àr officer i svenska flottan och yngsta dottern förefaller vara spion.

Lauritz hoppas pÄ en tysk seger men finner snart att hans bröder Oscar och Sverre inte delar hans uppfattning. Och frun Ingeborg betraktar inte lÀngre Tyskland som sitt hemland.

Kriget Ă€r inte bara pĂ„ vĂ€g att slita sönder Europa utan ocksĂ„ deras familj, och varje gĂ„ng det ser ut att ljusna blir det bara vĂ€rre. Inte ens i det idylliska Saltsjöbaden kan man skydda sig mot mörkret. Till slut handlar det bara om att överleva â€� fysiskt och moraliskt.]]> 411 Jan Guillou 9164204391 Lucas 3 3.70 2014
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name: Lucas
average rating: 3.70
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kunde varit Ă„tminstone 50 s kortare
]]> 1078744 Swedish 249 Per Olov Enquist 9119113323 Lucas 0 to-read 3.78 1991
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]]> 55834180
»Also, ich musste wieder auf ein paar Tage nach ZĂŒrich. Es war ganz schrecklich. Aus NervositĂ€t darĂŒber hatte ich mich das gesamte verlĂ€ngerte Wochenende ĂŒber so unwohl gefĂŒhlt, dass ich unter starker Verstopfung litt. Dazu muss ich sagen, dass ich vor einem Vierteljahrhundert eine Geschichte geschrieben hatte, die ich aus irgendeinem Grund, der mir nun nicht mehr einfĂ€llt, â€șFaserlandâ€� genannt hatte. Es endet in ZĂŒrich, sozusagen auf dem ZĂŒrichsee, relativ traumatisch.« Christian Krachts lange erwarteter neuer Roman beginnt mit einer Erinnerung: vor 25 Jahren irrte in »Faserland« ein namenloser Ich-ErzĂ€hler (war es Christian Kracht?) durch ein von allen Geistern verlassenes Deutschland, von Sylt bis ĂŒber die Schweizer Grenze nach ZĂŒrich. In »Eurotrash« geht derselbe ErzĂ€hler erneut auf eine Reise â€� diesmal nicht nur ins Innere des eigenen Ichs, sondern in die AbgrĂŒnde der eigenen Familie, deren Geschichte sich auf tragische, komische und bisweilen spektakulĂ€re Weise immer wieder mit der Geschichte dieses Landes kreuzt. »Eurotrash« ist ein berĂŒhrendes Meisterwerk von existentieller Wucht und sarkastischem Humor.]]> 209 Christian Kracht 3462050834 Lucas 1 En bok man kan leva utan :,) 3.65 2021
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En bok man kan leva utan :,)
]]> 13068746 Din stund pÄ jorden kan lÀsas som ett avsked till den utvandrarvÀrld som sysselsatte Moberg i över tio Är.

AffĂ€rsmannen och svenskamerikanen Albert Carlson sitter i början av sextiotalet pĂ„ ett hotellrum i Kalifornien och försöker fĂ„ syn pĂ„ sitt eget liv. Bruset frĂ„n Stilla havet blandas i hans fantasi med sorlet frĂ„n BjurbĂ€cken intill fĂ€dernehemmet, och Carlson minns sin Ă€lskade storebror Sigfrid som dog nĂ€r han var pojke. Broderns uppmaning att ta vĂ€l vara pĂ„ livet, pĂ„ â€�din stund pĂ„ jordenâ€�, blir romanens sorgsna credo.

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Hela Utvandrarserien pÄ svenska:
Bok 1: Utvandrarna
Bok 2: Invandrarna
Bok 3: Nybyggarna
Bok 4: Sista brevet till Sverige
Boken Din stund pÄ jorden Àr ett slags uppföljare till Utvandrarserien.]]> 231 Vilhelm Moberg 9100566977 Lucas 0 to-read 3.96 1963
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]]> 1696266 Århundradets kĂ€rlekssaga
»Mig fÄr du Àlska pÄ ett hedniskt vis!« sÀger Lydia Stille till Arvid StjÀrnblom. En gÄng var hon den oskyldiga flickan han hade kysst bakom syrenhÀckarna. Nu Àr hon gift, liksom han sjÀlv, men nÀr slumpen sammanför dem efter tio Är flammar deras kÀnslor för varandra upp. Och nu Àr hon en mogen, sjÀlvstÀndig kvinna som vÄgar bejaka lidelsens krav, med konsekvenser som han först bara anar.

Den allvarsamma leken Àr en roman om kÀrleken, om illusionen och resignationen, samtidigt som den ekar av vÀrldshÀndelserna i det idylliska tidiga 1900-talets Stockholm.]]> 221 Hjalmar Söderberg 9100563897 Lucas 4 3.84 1912
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]]> 43821569 #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Naomi Klein makes the case for a Green New Deal in this “keenly argued, well-researched, and impassionedâ€� manifesto (The Washington Post).

An instant bestseller, On Fire shows Klein at her most prophetic and philosophical, investigating the climate crisis not only as a profound political challenge but also as a spiritual and imaginative one. Delving into topics ranging from the clash between ecological time and our culture of “perpetual now,â€� to the soaring history of humans changing and evolving rapidly in the face of grave threats, to rising white supremacy and fortressed borders as a form of “climate barbarism,â€� this is a rousing call to action for a planet on the brink.

An expansive, far-ranging exploration that sees the battle for a greener world as indistinguishable from the fight for our lives, On Fire captures the burning urgency of the climate crisis, as well as the fiery energy of a rising political movement demanding a catalytic Green New Deal.

“Naomi Klein’s work has always moved and guided me. She is the great chronicler of our age of climate emergency, an inspirer of generations.â€� —Greta Thunberg, climate activist

"If I were a rich man, I’d buy 245 million copies of Naomi Klein’s 'On Fire' and hand-deliver them to every eligible voter in America
Klein is a skilled writer." —Jeff Goodell, The New York Times]]> 11 Naomi Klein 1508296359 Lucas 0 to-read 4.18 2019
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]]> 59788404 From one of our culture's most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriers.

When Edward Enninful became the first Black editor-in-chief of British Vogue, few in the world of fashion wanted to confront how it failed to represent the world we live in. But Edward, a champion of inclusion throughout his life, rapidly changed that.

Now, whether it's putting first responders, octogenarians or civil rights activists on the cover of Vogue, or championing designers and photographers of colour, Edward Enninful has cemented his status as one of his world's most important changemakers.

A Visible Man traces an astonishing journey into one of the world's most exclusive industries. Edward candidly shares how as a Black, gay, working-class refugee, he found in fashion not only a home, but the freedom to share with people the world as he saw it. Written with style, grace, and heart, A Visible Man shines a spotlight on the career of one of the greatest creative minds of our times. It is the story of a visionary who changed not only an industry, but how we understand beauty.

The Top 5 Sunday Times bestseller and BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week]]> 288 Edward Enninful 0593299485 Lucas 0 to-read 4.10 2022
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"ł§łÙö±ô»ć" Ă€r en vild och vacker jojk till renskötarlivet, men ocksĂ„ en spĂ€nnande roman om en sĂ€llan skildrad verklighet i norr. DĂ€r renar tjuvjagas och dödas brutalt och polisen inte utreder brotten. DĂ€r spĂ€nningarna mellan samer och andra bybor förgiftar generationer.

Hotet mot Elsa förÀndrar henne för alltid och genom Ären bÀr hon med sig ett lent renöra som en stÀndig pÄminnelse. Familjen och slÀkten kÀmpar för rÀttvisa men i det tysta vÀxer en desperation.

Augustprisbelönade Ann-HelĂ©n Laestadius första roman för vuxna bygger pĂ„ verkliga hĂ€ndelser. "ł§łÙö±ô»ć" Ă€r en varm men samtidigt svidande skildring av en bortglömd del av Sverige dĂ€r mĂ€nniskor stĂ€lls mot varandra.]]> 441 Ann-HelĂ©n Laestadius 9189051343 Lucas 0 to-read 4.06 2021
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Somerset, England, 1992. TrettonÄriga Iris lever ensam med sin mamma i ett hus som de kanske Àger. SamhÀllet prÀglas av lÄgkonjunktur, arbetslöshet och oro pÄ gatorna. I Iris vÀrld Àr orosmolnen mer diffusa. Vilka av sin mammas berÀttelser om sitt förflutna ska hon tro pÄ? Vem var egentligen hennes pappa? Och vad vill mannen som plötsligt dyker upp under blÄregnet och stÀller frÄgor om huset? Det blir en sommar dÀr barndomen tar slut.

Glasgow, Skottland, 1998. Iris Àr nitton och lever för dagen i kretsarna kring konsthögskolan. PÄ en nyÄrsfest trÀffar hon musikern Rupert. De bildar ett band som tar Glasgow med storm, men nÀr behovet av pengar blir akut hotas Iris nyfunna trygghet.

Amanda Svenssons nya roman SjÀlens telegraf Àr en berÀttelse om kÀrlek och Àgande, lojalitet och svek. Om hur lÄngt man kan vara beredd att gÄ för att rÀdda det man Àlskar. Om omöjligheten i att nÄ fram till en annan mÀnniska, och det lika omöjliga i att inte Ätminstone försöka.]]> 255 Amanda Svensson 9113121731 Lucas 0 to-read 3.59 2023
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Throughout history, the only way for humanity to grow was by degrading the chopping down forests, fouling the air and water, and endlessly digging out resources. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the reigning argument has been that taking better care of the planet means radically changing reducing our consumption, tightening our belts, learning to share and reuse, restraining growth. Is that argument correct?

Absolutely not . In More from Less, McAfee argues that to solve our ecological problems we don’t need to make radical changes. Instead, we need to do more of what we’re already growing technologically sophisticated market-based economies around the world.

How can he possibly make this claim? Because of the evidence. America—a large, high-tech country that accounts for about 25% of the global economy—is now generally using less of most resources year after year, even as its economy and population continue to grow. What’s more, the US is polluting the air and water less, emitting fewer greenhouse gases, and replenishing endangered animal populations. And, as McAfee shows, America is not alone. Other countries are also transforming themselves in fundamental ways.

What has made this turnabout possible? One thing, the collaboration between technology and capitalism, although good governance and public awareness have also been critical. McAfee does warn of issues that haven’t been solved, like global warming, overfishing, and communities left behind as capitalism and tech progress race forward. But overall, More from Less is a revelatory, paradigm-shifting account of how we’ve stumbled into an unexpectedly better balance with nature—one that holds out the promise of more abundant and greener centuries ahead.]]> 352 Andrew McAfee 1982103574 Lucas 0 to-read 3.83 2019
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It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We are constantly bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won’t be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, and that we should reconsider having children.

But in this bold, radically hopeful book, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that if we zoom out, a very different picture emerges. In fact, the data shows we’ve made so much progress on these problems that we could be on track to achieve true sustainability for the first time in human history.

Packed with the latest research, practical guidance and enlightening graphics, this book will make you rethink almost everything you’ve been told about the environment. From the virtues of eating locally and living in the countryside, to the evils of overpopulation, to plastic straws and palm oil , Not the End of the World will give you the tools to understand our current crisis and make lifestyle changes that actually have an impact. Hannah cuts through the noise by outlining what works, what doesn’t, and what we urgently need to focus on so we can leave a sustainable planet for future generations.   

These problems are big. But they are solvable. We are not doomed. We can build a better future for everyone. Let’s turn that opportunity into reality.

Ìę±Ő±Ő> 352 Hannah Ritchie 031653675X Lucas 0 to-read 4.20 2024
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]]> 13037816
I Jag Àr Zlatan Ibrahimovic ger han en helt ny och skakande bild av uppvÀxten i RosengÄrd. Med sina egna ord berÀttar han om papporna frÄn den fina sidan av stan som försöker fÄ honom utslÀngd frÄn Malmö FF. Han berÀttar om kampen och striderna i Ajax, om köpet till Juventus, succén i Italien och spelskandalen som höll pÄ att förstöra hans karriÀr. Han berÀttar om Inter och segrarna, om Mourinho, mÄlen och de stora stjÀrnorna. Han berÀttar om Helena, barnen och om livet bakom strÄlkastarljuset. För första gÄngen avslöjar han precis vad som hÀnde med Pep Guardiola i Barcelona.

I Zlatans egen sjĂ€lvbiografi fĂ„r vi det rafflande spelet bakom klubbytena. Vi fĂ„r en insyn i den absoluta toppfotbollen vi aldrig fĂ„tt förut. För första gĂ„ngen fĂ„r vi hela sanningen om Zlatan Ibrahimovic.]]> 432 Zlatan Ibrahimović 9100126535 Lucas 5 HĂ„ller Ă€n!! Lovar. 3.83 2011
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HÄller Àn!! Lovar.
]]> 23129811 On Palestine is the sequel to their acclaimed book Gaza in Crisis.]]> 220 Noam Chomsky 1608464709 Lucas 0 to-read 4.28 2015
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Genom upptĂ€cktsresorna spred Portugal sin kultur och sitt sprĂ„k över vĂ€rlden. Idag Ă€r portugisiskan vĂ€rldens sjĂ€tte största sprĂ„k och talas av en kvarts miljard mĂ€nniskor pĂ„ fyra av jordens sex kontinenter. ÄndĂ„ hör vi sĂ€llan om den delen av vĂ€rlden. Hur kommer det sig?

I sju kapitel berÀttar journalisten Henrik Brandão Jönsson om arvet efter det globala imperiet. Han besöker de forna portugisiska kolonierna och upptÀcker att de blivit sina grannlÀnders syndiga motpoler: i Goa har droger och frosseri fÄtt fÀste, i spelhÄlan Macao har pengar och girighet tagit över, i Brasilien breder lÀttjan ut sig. Alltmedan Portugal kÀnner avund inför allt hon skapat utomlands, men inte fÄtt till pÄ hemmaplan.]]> 281 Henrik Brandão Jönsson 912716764X Lucas 3 3.97 2020
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I den hÀr boken skildrar han sitt liv som internationell med­lare och krishanterare. En merit­lista som omfattar över 50 Är och som spÀnner frÄn konflikten pÄ Cypern i 1960­-talets början, över Vietnamkriget och konvulsio­nerna i Afghanistan, fram till det blodiga inbördeskriget i Syrien.

Följ med bakom kulisserna hos nÄgra av det senaste halvse­klets mest omtalade ledare och personligheter, dÀribland mo­der Teresa, Rysslands president Vladimir Putin, Syriens presi­ dent Bashar al­-Assad och den turkiske ledaren Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

I Armbrytning med ondskan möter vi en vÀrld av tuffa beslut, retoriska piskor, och strategiska silkesvantar. Men vi fÄr ocksÄ bevittna mÀnskliga möten med potential att förÀndra vÀrlden till det bÀttre.]]> Erik Ohlsson 9177751183 Lucas 3 3.70
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]]> 10780909 Doctor Glas confronts a chilling moral quandary with gripping intensity.

Doktor Glas förÀlskar sig i den unga vackra Helga, som Àr fast i ett hopplöst, kÀrlekslös Àktenskap. StÀndigt ser han den motbjudande pastor Gregorius och hans unga skyddslösa hustru och kÀnner att han hÄller pÄ att dras in i ett triangeldrama. Helga vÀnder sig till doktor Glas för att fÄ hjÀlp och alltmer aktivt förbereder han lösningen. Har man rÀtt att döda en mÀnniska för att rÀdda en annan?
Hjalmar Söderbergs klassiker Doktor Glas utkom första gÄngen 1905 och var dÄ oerhört provocerande för sin samtid. Med sin psykologiska nerv, moralfilosofiska utlÀggningar och förÀlskade skildring av sekelskiftets Stockholm Àr den lika aktuell idag.]]> 184 Hjalmar Söderberg 9100581526 Lucas 5 3.56 1905
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