Chambers - Böcker

Ett slags trolleri som händer inne i huvudet det är vad litteratur är, enligt en tioårig pojke citerad i denna bok. Men för många människor är den magiska världen stängd. Trots att de har knäckt läskoden läser de ogärna böcker. Att lära sig läsa ä...

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Spännande och varm berättelse om livets små mirakel Året är 1957. Jean jobbar som journalist på en lokal¿tidning strax utanför London och får i uppdrag att intervjua Gretchen som påstår sig ha varit med om en jungfrufödsel. Hon svär att hon aldrig...

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En välskriven roman med fascinerande karaktärer och fina miljöer Christopher drömmer om att bli författare och hoppar till sina föräldrars förtvivlan av universitetet för att skriva. Han tas upp i kretsarna kring den framgångsrika Londonförläggare...

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"Det som hemsöker mig är att jag inte kan glömma Carcosa, där svarta stjärnor hänger i skyarna; där skuggorna av människotankar förlängs i eftermiddagen och där tvillingsolarna sjunker i Halisjön; och mitt medvetande kommer för alltid att bär...

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I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon... I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, ter...

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A quietly profound, humane tour de force' Guardian The beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity #SmallAngryPlanet When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of...

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It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One da...

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In the future, instead of terraforming planets to sustain human life, explorers of the galaxy transform themselves. *FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR* 'Extraordinary . . . A future masterwork' Joanne Harris At the turn of the twe...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 HUGO AWARD AND THE ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD. WINNER OF THE 2017 PRIX JULIA-VERLANGER. 'Chambers is simply an exceptional talent' Tor.com The stand-alone sequel to the award-winning The Long Way to a Small, Angry Pla...

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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES. Winner of The Kitschie Red Tentacle for Best Novel. The stunning finale to the award-winning Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved The Long Way to ...

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After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. They h...

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'The best speculative fiction currently being written' John Connolly. From the ground, we stand. From our ship, we live. By the stars, we hope. The incredible new novel by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet...

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En välskriven roman med fascinerande karaktärer och fina miljöer Christopher drömmer om att bli författare och hoppar till sina föräldrars förtvivlan av universitetet för att skriva. Han tas upp i kretsarna kring den framgångsrika Londonförläggare...

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Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Series! A Publishers Weekly "Best Books of 2017" pick! Nominated for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel! Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award! Winner of the Prix Julia-Verlanger! Embark on an ...

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The King in Yellow is a book of short stories named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The book features highly esteemed weird stories and supernatural tales. Table of Contents: "The Repairer of R...

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Every trainee in anaesthesia requires a thorough understanding of basic physiology and its application to clinical practice. Now in its second edition, this comprehensively illustrated textbook bridges the gap between medical school and reference ...

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I Kungen i gult samlas fyra av Robert W. Chambers noveller som vid första anblick inte är sammanlänkade men som alla refererar till samma mystiska figur: kungen i gult. Vem är han? Och varför förlorar alla som läser boken om honom förståndet? Kung...

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Integrative Systemic Therapy, now in paperback, offers a set of templates that enable therapists to navigate the course of therapy, as well as a treasure trove of case examples to illustrate how therapists can use the IST perspective to treat a wi...

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Learn how to drive the coolest laptop on the planet You took the plunge, paid extra, andeven though it looks and feels like perfectionhave that fleeting doubt: is my MacBook really worth the investment? You'll be pleased to know that the answ...

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The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, Hugo Award winner for Best Series! Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space—and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the u...

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With one foot in the gothic horror genre and the other in early modern horror, The King in Yellow also touches on fantasy, mystery, war, mythology, and science fiction. The book had a profound influence on the work of Lovecraft and other similar w...

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From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - winner of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-Turner Abigail Jex never expected to see any of the Radley household again. The Radley's were extraordinary, captivating creatures transplanted ...

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This Handbook covers the most urgent, controversial, and important topics in the philosophy of sex. It is both philosophically rigorous and yet accessible to specialists and non-specialists, covering ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, the ...

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Robert William Chambers  (1865-1933) was an American illustrator and writer, best known for  The King in Yellow , his influential and odd collection of ten macabre and French short stories first published in 1895. The title refers to a f...

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With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. 'I read it and reread it, and wept and laughed and trembled with horror which at all times assails me yet'. With its strange, imaginative blend of horror, science fiction, romance and lyrical prose, Rob...

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Winner of the Hugo Award!In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk and Robot series, gives us hope for the future.It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; ...

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One of the few records of German heroic poetry, Widsith was found in the Exeter Book, a manuscript of Old English poetry compiled in the late tenth century. The tale, in which the wandering poet and narrator Widsith recounts his travels across nor...

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This Handbook covers the most urgent, controversial, and important topics in the philosophy of sex. It is both philosophically rigorous and yet accessible to specialists and non-specialists, covering ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, the ...

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This book sets echocardiography within a routine clinical context. It aims to synthesise guidelines into a pragmatic clinical approach to real patients providing a step-by-step guide to performing, reporting, and interpreting a study. We wrote it ...

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