Jenny Lee – författare

It''s been months since Benji''s former therapy dog, Elvis, was whisked away by the Secret Service, but Benji still misses him terribly. Luckily, because Elvis is now the president''s dog, Benji can keep tabs on him via all the pictures and videos that are online.

While watching footage of the president''s speech on the White House lawn, Benji and his friends Alexander and Taisy notice Elvis doing something very strange with his tail. Could he be trying to send them a message?

And so begins another madcap adventure in which these underdog best friends will have to find a way to get to DC, discover the truth behind Elvis''s secret-coded cry for help, and solve a national pastry crisis . . . or Benji may have to say good-bye to his beloved Elvis for good.

Benji Wendell Barnsworth is a small ten-year-old boy with a big personality. Born premature, Benji is sickly and accident prone and has a tendency to faint—a lot. He's at the hospital so often, he even has his own punch card. That is, until the day Benji wakes up from a particularly bad spell. Concerned for Benji's health, the doctor offers him two options: wear the world's ugliest padded helmet or get a therapy dog.

Benji chooses the dog, of course. But when a massive crate arrives at Benji's house, out walks a two hundred-pound Newfoundland. And that isn't even the strangest thing about the dog. He announces that his name is Parker Elvis Pembroke IV. That's right, this dog can talk! And boy, is he bossy. Having a bossy dog can come in handy, though. Elvis brings out the dog lover in the most surprising people and shows Benji that making new friends may not be as scary as he once thought.

From a fresh new voice comes the hilarious and poignant story about the importance of finding your own pack.

''This entertaining debut relocates Anna Karenina to Manhattan''s Upper East Side for the Tolstoy/Gossip Girl mash-up you never knew you needed.'' I NewspaperWelcome to New York''s Upper East Side: where privilege, partying and scandal rules.Anna K is the golden girl of New York high society. She''s beautiful, she''s kind, she''s unbelievably rich, and she has the perfect boyfriend. Until she meets Alexi Vronsky. He''s a notorious playboy, totally gorgeous, and he only has eyes for Anna. Despite everyone who matters in New York talking about her, Anna still just can''t resist Vronsky. Even if it means her carefully crafted life could come crashing down. Perfect for fans of Crazy Rich Asians and Gossip Girl this is an addictive and subversive reimagining of Leo Tolstoy''s timeless love story Anna Karenina. "A fresh and wickedly smart take on a classic story. Anna is even more scandalously fun now, in the age of stilettos and social media, than she was in 19th century Russia. I couldn''t put this one down." Katharine McGee, New York Times bestselling author of American Royals

Brought to you by Penguin.Welcome to the dizzying heights of New York''s Upper East Side: where privilege, partying and scandal rules.And Anna K knows the rules by heart. Beautiful, rich and popular, she takes care to maintain her status as the perfect girlfriend, daughter and student.Then a chance encounter at Grand Central station with notorious playboy Alexi ''Count'' Vronsky changes everything. Anna knows she needs to avoid Alexi, but sometimes fate has other plans . . .Soon Anna finds it impossible to resist him, and finds herself willing to risk everything she has to be with him - no matter the consequences.After all, the course of true love never did run smooth . . .© Jenny Lee 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

A national indie bestseller! Meet Anna K: every happy teenage girl is the same, while every unhappy teenage girl is miserable in her own special way...At seventeen, Anna K is at the top of Manhattan and Greenwich society (even if she prefers the company of her horses and dogs); she has the perfect (if perfectly boring) boyfriend, Alexander W.; and she has always made her Korean-American father proud (even if he can be a little controlling). Meanwhile, Anna''s brother, Steven, and his girlfriend, Lolly, are trying to weather an sexting scandal; Lolly’s little sister, Kimmie, is struggling to recalibrate to normal life after an injury derails her ice dancing career; and Steven’s best friend, Dustin, is madly (and one-sidedly) in love with Kimmie.As her friends struggle with the pitfalls of ordinary teenage life, Anna always seems to be able to sail gracefully above it all. That is…until the night she meets Alexia “Count” Vronsky at Grand Central. A notorious playboy who has bounced around boarding schools and who lives for his own pleasure, Alexia is everything Anna is not. But he has never been in love until he meets Anna, and maybe she hasn’t, either. As Alexia and Anna are pulled irresistibly together, she has to decide how much of her life she is willing to let go for the chance to be with him. And when a shocking revelation threatens to shatter their relationship, she is forced to question if she has ever known herself at all.Dazzlingly opulent and emotionally riveting, Anna K: A Love Story is a brilliant reimagining of Leo Tolstoy''s timeless love story, Anna Karenina—but above all, it is a novel about the dizzying, glorious, heart-stopping experience of first love and first heartbreak.

Narrator Jenna Ushkowitz is an award-winning actress, singer, producer, and podcast host best known for her role as Tina Cohen-Chang on Glee. Meet Anna K! Every happy teenage girl is the same, while every unhappy teenage girl is miserable in her own special way...At seventeen, Anna K is at the top of Manhattan and Greenwich society (even if she prefers the company of her horses and dogs); she has the perfect (if perfectly boring) boyfriend, Alexander W.; and she has always made her Korean-American father proud (even if he can be a little controlling). Meanwhile, Anna''s brother, Steven, and his girlfriend, Lolly, are trying to weather a sexting scandal; Lolly’s little sister, Kimmie, is struggling to recalibrate to normal life after an injury derails her ice dancing career; and Steven’s best friend, Dustin, is madly (and one-sidedly) in love with Kimmie.As her friends struggle with the pitfalls of ordinary teenage life, Anna always seems to be able to sail gracefully above it all. That is…until the night she meets Alexia “Count” Vronsky at Grand Central. A notorious playboy who has bounced around boarding schools and who lives for his own pleasure, Alexia is everything Anna is not. But he has never been in love until he meets Anna, and maybe she hasn’t, either. As Alexia and Anna are pulled irresistibly together, she has to decide how much of her life she is willing to let go for the chance to be with him. And when a shocking revelation threatens to shatter their relationship, she is forced to question if she has ever known herself at all.Dazzlingly opulent and emotionally riveting, Anna K: A Love Story is a brilliant reimagining of Leo Tolstoy''s timeless love story, Anna Karenina—but above all, it is a novel about the dizzying, glorious, heart-stopping experience of first love and first heartbreak. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books "Lee skillfully weaves beats of the classic Russian novel into the contemporary plot of her first YA novel, but readers will need no previous knowledge of Tolstoy to appreciate the social stakes, heartbreak, humor and moral complexity of Anna K" —BookPage, starred review"Anna Karenina gets a Gossip Girl–infused reboot in Lee’s debut YA novel, which embraces the original novel’s vast cast and slow-burn pace... A twist ending will shock even the most devoted of Tolstoy fans—but that’s one secret we’ll never tell." — Booklist

Köket brukar kallas hemmets hjärta. Det är platsen för hemmatillvarons mest basala sysslor, som matlagning, ätande och vardagligtfamiljeliv. Köket ses som en given del av bostaden, med vissa förväntade funktioner och inventarier. Inget kök, inget riktigt hem.

Historiskt sett har det renodlade köksrummet inte varit så självklart som det är i dag. Kring år 1900 var Stockholm en av Europas mest trångbodda huvudstäder och under stora delar av seklet har kökssoffan också varit sängplats och köksbänken använts för såväl disk som tvättning, rakning och badning av små barn. På 2000-talet gör bostadsbristen åter att många får nöja sig med en vattenkokare eller mikrovågsugn som enda köksutrustning.

Köket speglar samhällsförändringarna. Det har i högre grad än andra rum påverkats av strävan efter ett enklare och bekvämare vardagsliv med standardiserade och rationella lösningar. Den här boken handlar om hur köket som rum har formats av drömmar, ideal och vardagslivets realiteter under det långa 1900-talet. Hur har köksrummet gestaltats och förändrats i takt medkonsumtionssamhällets framväxt? Och vart kommer köket ta vägen i framtiden?