Elinore's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:30:07 -0800 60 Elinore's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Tusen Är i UppÄkra : en jÀrnÄldersmetropols uppgÄng och fall]]> 60799848
I "Tusen Är i UppÄkra" berÀttar Dick Harrison om staden som försvann och föll i glömska och ger samtidigt en levande bild av livet i Norden, sÄ som det sÄg ut pÄ sagornas och hjÀltedikternas tid - frÄn förromersk jÀrnÄlder till vikingatid.]]> 319 Dick Harrison 913750097X Elinore 0 currently-reading 3.77 2022 Tusen Är i UppÄkra : en jÀrnÄldersmetropols uppgÄng och fall
author: Dick Harrison
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2022
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]]> K2 pÄ liv och död 10349812
Ett gÀllt skrik skar genom den klara luften. Det ekade över glaciÀren ner mot lÀger 4 pÄ 7 800 m dit StrÀng och hans kompanjon Dr Eric Meyer precis ÄtervÀnt efter att ha avbrutit sitt försök att nÄ toppen. MÄnga indikatorer och en obehaglig kÀnsla av att nÄgot skulle gÄ fel hade fÄtt dem att vÀnda.

Det var norskan Cecilie Skog som skrek. Hon lÀt som om hon var nÀra, men hon var flera timmar bort. Hade det gÄtt en lavin? Hade nÄgon ramlat? Hade nÄgon dött?

HÀr berÀttar i första hand Fredrik, men ocksÄ andra klÀttrare som befann sig pÄ berget, om de dramatiska dygnen sommaren 2008, dÄ elva personer omkom och Fredrik miste flera av sina vÀnner i en av de vÀrsta klÀttringsolyckorna nÄgonsin.

MĂ„lande naturskildringar och laddade klĂ€ttringsscener varvas med Fredriks tankar om drömmar och mĂ„l, och om vad som motiverar en mĂ€nniska att utsĂ€tta sig för extrema utmaningar och pĂ„frestningar. Det Ă€r en kĂ€nslosam historia om hopp och förtvivlan, om naturkrafter och drivkrafter â€� om liv och död.]]> 244 Fredrik StrĂ€ng 9172321962 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2025 3.60 2010 K2 pĂ„ liv och död
author: Fredrik StrÀng
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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]]> 1408 36411953 Stephen King Elinore 0 to-read 3.73 1408
author: Stephen King
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.73
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]]> Hon 57833715
Vad vill de döda de levande? Alice och Joel ska sova första natten i sitt nybyggda hus. De senaste mĂ„naderna har de smugit dit med ficklampor för att se hur lĂ„ngt byggarna har kommit, och nu Ă€r kvĂ€llen hĂ€r. Precis nĂ€r Joel Ă€r pĂ„ vĂ€g att somna, spritter han till av en högljudd smĂ€ll. Han inser att det Ă€r vindsluckan som öppnats. NĂ€r han gĂ„r ut för att undersöka tar en mardröm sin början. Hus mĂ„ste inte vara gamla för att bli hemsökta 
]]> John Ajvide Lindqvist 9179456812 Elinore 5 audiobooks, read-in-2025 3.49 Hon
author: John Ajvide Lindqvist
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.49
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rating: 5
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]]> Kalla kriget 54379183 Speltid: 4tim 48min

Knappt hade det nazityska monstret besegrats förrÀn vÀrlden pÄ nytt slets sönder i en kamp mellan nya fiender. I andra vÀrldskrigets kölvatten sÀnkte sig en jÀrnridÄ som delade Europa i tvÄ vÀsensskilda block, med det kommunistiska Sovjetunionen som den ena sidans dominant och det kapitalistiska USA som den andras. Ingen skulle lÀmnas oberörd av den lÄgintensiva strid mellan ideologier som kom att prÀgla de kommande 45 Ären.

I denna bok berÀttar historieprofessor Dick Harrison om en kamp som överskuggade allt. Kalla kriget fördes inte primÀrt av soldater pÄ fysiska slagfÀlt, Àven om ett flertal blodiga konflikter kom att utkÀmpas i dess skugga. IstÀllet stod uppgörelsen pÄ politikens, kapprustningens och faktiskt Àven kulturens omrÄde.]]> 5 Dick Harrison 9177894162 Elinore 0 to-read 3.53 Kalla kriget
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]]> <![CDATA[Första vÀrldskriget (VÀrldens dramatiska historia)]]> 53406456
I Första vĂ€rldskriget tecknar historikern Dick Harrison inte bara en bild av skyttegravshelvetet i Frankrike och Flandern. VĂ€gledd av Harrisons berĂ€ttarförmĂ„ga och enorma kunnande fĂ„r lĂ€saren ta del av historien om den ofattbart blodiga östfronten, slagfĂ€lten i Mellanöstern, det japanska krigstĂ„get i Östasien och den bittra kampen i Afrika. PĂ„ sĂ„ sĂ€tt framtrĂ€der en mĂ„ngfacetterad bild av hur stormaktspolitiken i Europa exploderade i den vĂ€rldsomspĂ€nnande katastrof som kom att forma hela 1900-talets historia.]]> 184 Dick Harrison 9177892224 Elinore 0 to-read 3.44 Första vĂ€rldskriget (VĂ€rldens dramatiska historia)
author: Dick Harrison
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]]> <![CDATA[Mumintrollen och havsorkestern]]> 53317718
Tove Janssons Àlskade muminvÀrld har tolkats i bilderboksformat av författarna Alex Haridi och Cecilia Davidsson och illustratören Filippa Widlund.]]> 40 Alex Haridi 917803664X Elinore 2 audiobooks 3.59 Mumintrollen och havsorkestern
author: Alex Haridi
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.59
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rating: 2
read at: 2020/12/03
date added: 2025/02/21
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]]> <![CDATA[Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense]]> 32875974
Push past the curtains of the rational, safe world and explore the un-nameable horrors living in the darkest corners of our conscience. This is the realm of monsters and shifting shadows, where a single wrong step can plunge you into a terrifying, irreversible fight for your life.]]> 312 Darcy Coates Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2023 3.79 2015 Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense
author: Darcy Coates
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2023/11/11
date added: 2025/02/17
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]]> Jag vill bara fÄ leva 221267036
Hennes tvillingsyster Ida tog pÄ sig den svÄraste uppgiften nÄgonsin: att skriva klart boken om Elin. Det blev en historia om att vÀlja ljus och Àlska livet, trots allt. Men ocksÄ om systerskap och att vara den som blir kvar.]]> 396 Elin Kjos 9180065066 Elinore 5 read-in-2024 4.29 Jag vill bara fÄ leva
author: Elin Kjos
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.29
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Icelandic Fairy and Folk Tales]]> 50663112 ÍŃĂŸ±đ°ì°ìłÙłÜ°ù Elinore 2 audiobooks, read-in-2025 3.00 Icelandic Fairy and Folk Tales
author: ÍŃĂŸ±đ°ì°ìłÙłÜ°ù
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.00
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)]]> 3 309 J.K. Rowling 0439554934 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2025 Third time re-read. 4.47 1997 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.47
book published: 1997
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/17
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Third time re-read.
]]> <![CDATA[Harguden Isopo: en ainu-myt frÄn Japan]]> 39873097 36 Hisakazu Fujimura 9185573442 Elinore 3 read-in-2018 3.67 1990 Harguden Isopo: en ainu-myt frÄn Japan
author: Hisakazu Fujimura
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1990
rating: 3
read at: 2018/04/17
date added: 2025/01/22
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]]> The SĂ©ance 8974988 "An electrifying Victorian ghost story" from the International Horror Guild Award-winning author of The Asylum (The Seattle Times).

"Sell the Hall unseen; burn it to the ground and plow the earth with salt, if you will; but never live there . . ." Constance Langton grows up in a household marked by death, her father distant, her mother in perpetual mourning for Constance's sister, the child she lost. Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance takes her to a sïż� perhaps she will find comfort from beyond the grave. But the meeting has tragic consequences. Constance is left alone, her only legacy a mysterious bequest that will blight her life.

So begins The Sïżœance, John Harwood's brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in late-Victorian England. It is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and black-hearted villains--and murder. For Constance's bequest comes in two a house and a mystery. Years before, a family disappeared at Wraxford Hall, a decaying mansion in the English countryside with a sinister reputation. Now the Hall belongs to Constance. And she must descend into the darkness at the heart of the Wraxford Mystery to find the truth, even at the cost of her life.

"Harwood has written a true gothic, and invented a supremely creepy house to stage it in."--Salon

"Wilkie Collins would be this is a Victorian world of mesmerism and spirits, vapours and delirium, doomed inheritances, shivery maids and spooky visitations in the night."--Times (UK)

"Perfect fare for a standard dark and stormy night."]]> 336 John Harwood 0547496974 Elinore 0 to-read 3.69 2008 The SĂ©ance
author: John Harwood
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[How I Became The Fittest Woman On Earth: My Story So Far]]> 40396188 I have loved to compete since primary school; where I lived for sport, particularly running, and would push myself to the limit to become better than yesterday. It may come as a surprise to you, but I always came second. I was always the underdog, that person who just fell short. I never gave up, I just felt that fire in my belly get stronger and stronger � I wanted do more, be more, achieve more.

The day I finally came first was something I had always dreamed of. At twenty-four years old, I was crowned the winner of the 2017 Crossfit Games and officially became the Fittest Woman on Earth. When I heard my name called in front of thousands of cheering fans, I felt like I was invincible. I was on top of the world and suddenly everything up until that point actually made sense.

With the support of my partner, Shane, my family and my coaches along the way, I was able to achieve my dream of being number one. This is the story of how I got to where I am today. I hope you enjoy it but more importantly I hope it inspires you to dream big, work hard and never give up!

]]> 192 Tia-Clair Toomey 0646987283 Elinore 5 read-in-2019 4.30 How I Became The Fittest Woman On Earth: My Story So Far
author: Tia-Clair Toomey
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.30
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rating: 5
read at: 2019/06/18
date added: 2024/09/10
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]]> <![CDATA[King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales]]> 93276 272 Thomas Malory 0195019059 Elinore 0 to-read 4.12 1860 King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales
author: Thomas Malory
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1860
rating: 0
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]]> The Call of Cthulhu 15730101 The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world.]]> 43 H.P. Lovecraft Elinore 3 read-in-2018 3.97 1928 The Call of Cthulhu
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1928
rating: 3
read at: 2018/12/14
date added: 2024/08/07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Elephant Whisperer: Learning about Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants]]> 8273470
In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom.

The Elephant Whisperer is a heartwarming, exciting, funny, and sometimes sad memoir of Anthony's experiences with these huge yet sympathetic creatures. Set against the background of life on an African game reserve, with unforgettable characters and exotic wildlife, Anthony's unrelenting efforts at animal protection and his remarkable connection with nature will inspire animal lovers and adventurous souls everywhere.]]> 368 Lawrence Anthony 0330506684 Elinore 4 read-in-2018 4.46 2009 The Elephant Whisperer: Learning about Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants
author: Lawrence Anthony
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Mannen som talade med elefanter: Ett liv i frihet pÄ den afrikanska savannen]]> 28601936 384 Lawrence Anthony 9113057987 Elinore 5 read-in-2018 4.14 2009 Mannen som talade med elefanter: Ett liv i frihet pÄ den afrikanska savannen
author: Lawrence Anthony
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2009
rating: 5
read at: 2018/11/19
date added: 2023/12/27
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]]> <![CDATA[The Haunting of Gillespie House]]> 25883916
If only the scratching in the walls would be quiet�

The house’s dark and deadly history quickly becomes tangled with Elle’s life. At the center of it is Jonathan Gillespie, the tyrannical cult leader and original owner of the house. As Elle soon learns -- just because he’s dead, doesn’t mean he’s gone.]]> 170 Darcy Coates Elinore 2 audiobooks, read-in-2023 3.61 2015 The Haunting of Gillespie House
author: Darcy Coates
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2015
rating: 2
read at: 2023/11/05
date added: 2023/11/05
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]]> <![CDATA[How to cope with Mitchell and Webb]]> 37902126 1 David Mitchell 0007317158 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2023 3.58 How to cope with Mitchell and Webb
author: David Mitchell
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.58
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rating: 3
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]]> Back Story 15734715
As well as giving a specific account of every single time he's scored some smack, this disgusting memoir also details:

â€� the singular, pitbull-infested charm of the FRP (‘Flat Roofed Pubâ€�)

� the curious French habit of injecting everyone in the arse rather than the arm

� why, by the time he got to Cambridge, he really, really needed a drink

� the pain of being denied a childhood birthday party at McDonalds

� the satisfaction of writing jokes about suicide

� how doing quite a lot of walking around London helps with his sciatica

â€� trying to pretend he isn’t a total **** at Robert Webb’s wedding

� that he has fallen in love at LOT, but rarely done anything about it

� why it would be worse to bump into Michael Palin than Hitler on holiday

â€� that he’s not David Mitchell the novelist. Despite what David Miliband might think]]> 336 David Mitchell 0007351739 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2023 3.82 2012 Back Story
author: David Mitchell
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2012
rating: 3
read at: 2023/11/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By]]> 43890590 David Mitchell’s 2014 bestseller Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse must really have made people think â€� because everything’s got worse.

We’ve gone from UKIP surge to Brexit shambles, from horsemeat in lasagne to Donald Trump in the White House, from Woolworths going under to all the other shops going under. It’s probably socially irresponsible even to attempt to cheer up.

But if you’re determined to give it a go, you might enjoy this eclectic collection (or eclection) of David Mitchell’s attempts to make light of all that darkness. Scampi, politics, the Olympics, terrorism, exercise, rude street names, inheritance tax, salad cream, proportional representation and farts are all touched upon by Mitchell’s unremitting laser of chit-chat, as he negotiates a path between the commercialisation of Christmas and the true spirit of Halloween. Read this book and slightly change your life!]]> 264 David Mitchell 1783351969 Elinore 0 to-read 3.67 2019 Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By
author: David Mitchell
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.67
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]]> <![CDATA[Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life]]> 23267088 336 David Mitchell 1783350563 Elinore 0 to-read 3.43 2014 Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life
author: David Mitchell
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2014
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]]> <![CDATA[Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens]]> 152034931 A rollicking historyÌęof England's earliest kings and queens, a story ofÌęnarcissists, excessive beheadings, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars,Ìęand more, fromÌęaward-winning British actor and comedian David Mitchell

Think you know the kings and queens of England? Think again.

In Unruly , David Mitchell explores how early England’s monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjectsâ€� destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky bastards who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear to us today in their portraits.

Taking us right back to King Arthur ( he didn’t exist), Mitchell tells the founding story of post-Roman England right up to the reign of Elizabeth I ( she dies), as the monarchy began to lose its power. It’s a tale of bizarre and curious ascensions, inadequate self-control, and at least one total Cnut, as the English evolved from having their crops stolen by the thug with the largest armed gang to bowing and paying taxes to a divinely anointed King.

How this happened, who it happened to, and why the hell it matters are all questions Mitchell answers with brilliance, wit, and the full erudition of a man who once studied history—and is damned if he’ll let it off the hook for the mess it’s made of everything.Ìę

A funny book that takes history seriously, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how the monarchy came to be—and who is to blame.]]> 433 David Mitchell 0593728491 Elinore 0 to-read 4.13 2023 Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
author: David Mitchell
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> Gallows Hill 59746719
When their daughter, Margot, inherits the family business, she wants nothing to do with it. The winery is valued for its unparalleled produce, but it's built on a field where hundreds of convicts were once hanged, and the locals whisper morbid rumors. They say the ground is cursed.

It's been more than a decade since Margot last saw her childhood home. But now that she's alone in the sprawling, dilapidated building, she begins to believe the curse is more than real―and that she may be the next victim of the house that never rests...]]> 377 Darcy Coates Elinore 2 audiobooks, read-in-2023 3.84 2022 Gallows Hill
author: Darcy Coates
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2022
rating: 2
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]]> Chasing the Boogeyman 55711747 The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy’s Button Box brings his signature prose to this story of small-town evil that combines the storytelling of Stephen King with the true-crime suspense of Michelle McNamara.

In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb. But soon a rumor begins to spread that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. Law enforcement, as well as members of the FBI are certain that the killer is a living, breathing madman—and he’s playing games with them. For a once peaceful community trapped in the depths of paranoia and suspicion, it feels like a nightmare that will never end.

Recent college graduate Richard Chizmar returns to his hometown just as a curfew is enacted and a neighborhood watch is formed. In the midst of preparing for his wedding and embarking on a writing career, he soon finds himself thrust into the real-life horror story. Inspired by the terrifying events, Richard writes a personal account of the serial killer’s reign of terror, unaware that these events will continue to haunt him for years to come.

A clever, terrifying, and heartrending work of metafiction, Chasing the Boogeyman is the ultimate marriage between horror fiction and true crime. Chizmar’s writing is on full display in this truly unique novel that will haunt you long after you turn the final page.]]> 322 Richard Chizmar 1982175168 Elinore 0 to-read 3.91 2021 Chasing the Boogeyman
author: Richard Chizmar
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2021
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]]> A Haunting on the Hill 62066190 From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand comes the first-ever authorized novel set in the world of Shirley Jackson'sÌęThe Haunting of Hill House.
Ìę
Holly Sherwin has been a struggling playwright for years, but now, after receiving a grant to develop her play Witching Night, she may finally be close to her big break. All she needs is time and space to bring her vision to life. When she stumbles across Hill House on a weekend getaway upstate, she is immediately taken in by the mansion, which is nearly hidden outside a remote village. It’s enormous, old, and ever-so eerie—the perfect place to develop and rehearse her play.

Despite her own hesitations, Holly’s girlfriend, Nisa, agrees to join her in renting the house for a month, and soon a troupe of actors, each with ghosts of their own, arrive. Yet as they settle in, the house’s peculiarities are made known: strange creatures stalk the grounds, disturbing sounds echo throughout the halls, and time itself seems to shift. All too soon Holly and her friends are at odds not just with one another but with the house itself. It seems something has been waiting in Hill House all these years, and it no longer intends to walk alone.]]> 336 Elizabeth Hand 1408729571 Elinore 0 to-read 3.40 2023 A Haunting on the Hill
author: Elizabeth Hand
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2023
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]]> Seed 15096052
When Jack, his wife Aimee, and their two small children survive a violent car crash, it seems like a miracle. But Jack knows what he saw on the road that night, and it wasn’t divine intervention. The profound evil from his past won’t let them die
at least not quickly. It’s back, and it’s hungry; ready to make Jack pay for running, to work its malignant magic on his angelic youngest daughter, and to whisper a chilling promise: I’ve always been here, and I’ll never leave.

Country comfort is no match for spine-tingling Southern gothic suspense in Ania Ahlborn’s tale of an ordinary man with a demon on his back. Seed plants its page-turning terror deep in your soul, and lets it grow wild.]]> 221 Ania Ahlborn 1612183662 Elinore 0 to-read 3.85 2011 Seed
author: Ania Ahlborn
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Haunting of Rookward House]]> 35652872 When Guy finds the deeds to a house in his mother’s attic, it seems like an incredible stroke of luck. Sure, the building hasn’t been inhabited in forty years and vines strangle the age-stained walls, but Guy is convinced he can clean it up and sell it. He’d be crazy to turn down free money. Right?

The house is hours from any other habitation, and Guy can't get phone reception in the old building. He decides to camp there while he does repairs. Surely nothing too bad can happen in the space of a week.

But there’s a reason no one lives in Rookward House, and the dilapidated rooms aren’t as empty as they seemâ€�

A deranged woman tormented a family in Rookward forty years before. Now her ghost clings to the building like rot. She’s bitter, obsessive, and jealousâ€� and once Guy has moved into her house, she has no intention of ever letting him leave.]]> 298 Darcy Coates Elinore 2 audiobooks, read-in-2023 3.83 2017 The Haunting of Rookward House
author: Darcy Coates
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2017
rating: 2
read at: 2023/10/21
date added: 2023/10/21
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]]> <![CDATA[The Haunting of Blackwood House]]> 28870482 Could you survive a week in a haunted house?

Mara is the daughter of spiritualists. Her childhood was filled with seances, scam mediums and talk of ghostly presences.

When Mara finally left her family's home, she vowed she would never allow superstition or false religion into her life again. Now she's ready to start over with her fiance, Neil, in a world based on rationality and facts.

But her past isn't ready to let her go just yet.

Mara and Neil purchase Blackwood House, a derelict property outside of town. They're warned about strange occurrences in the crumbling building. Doors open by themselves, voices whisper in the night, bloody handprints appear on the walls, and cold spots linger in the basement, where the house's original owner was murdered.

But Blackwood was dirt-cheap and came with a large plot of overgrown land. Mara loves her new home, and disregards the warnings.

Because ghosts aren't real...

...are they?]]> 356 Darcy Coates 0992594979 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2023 3.66 2015 The Haunting of Blackwood House
author: Darcy Coates
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/21
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]]> Craven Manor 37824221
Alarm bells start ringing when he arrives at Craven Manor. The mansion’s front door hangs open, and leaves and cobwebs coat the marble foyer. It’s clear no one has lived there in a long time.

But an envelope waits for him inside the doorway. It contains money, and promises more.

Daniel is desperate. Against his better judgement, he moves into the groundskeeper’s cottage behind the crypt. He’s determined to ignore the strange occurrences that plague the estate.

But when a candle flickers to life in the abandoned tower window, Daniel realises Craven Manor is hiding a terrible secret� one that threatens to bury him with it.]]> 298 Darcy Coates 0994630638 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2023 3.79 2017 Craven Manor
author: Darcy Coates
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[SaltkrÄkan: Ett litet djur Ät Pelle]]> 49912799 48 Astrid Lindgren 9129711142 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2020 4.26 SaltkrÄkan: Ett litet djur Ät Pelle
author: Astrid Lindgren
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.26
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rating: 3
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date added: 2023/08/12
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]]> <![CDATA[Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6)]]> 35231
On the slopes of Shayol Ghul, the Myrddraal swords are forged, and the sky is not the sky of this world ...

In Salidar the White Tower in exile prepares an embassy to Caemlyn, where Rand Al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, holds the throne -- and where an unexpected visitor may change the world ...

In Emond's Field, Perrin Goldeneyes, Lord of the Two Rivers, feels the pull of ta'veren to ta'veren and prepares to march ...

Morgase of Caemlyn finds a most unexpected, and quite unwelcome, ally ...

And south lies Illian, where Sammael holds sway ...]]> 1011 Robert Jordan 0812513754 Elinore 0 to-read 4.17 1994 Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time, #6)
author: Robert Jordan
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1994
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, #5)]]> 13895
In The Fires of Heaven, the fifth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time, four of the most powerful Forsaken band together against the Champion of Light, Rand al’Thor.

Prophesized to defeat the Dark One, Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has upset the balance of power across the land. Shaido Aiel are on the march, ravaging everything in their path. The White Tower's Amyrlin has been deposed, turning the Aes Sedai against one another. The forbidden city of Rhuidean is overrun by Shadowspawn.

Despite the chaos swirling around him, Rand continues to learn how to harness his abilities, determined to wield the One Power--and ignoring the counsel of Moiraine Damodred at great cost.

Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of TimeÂź by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

The Wheel of TimeÂź
New Spring: The Novel
#1 The Eye of the World
#2 The Great Hunt
#3 The Dragon Reborn
#4 The Shadow Rising
#5 The Fires of Heaven
#6 Lord of Chaos
#7 A Crown of Swords
#8 The Path of Daggers
#9 Winter's Heart
#10 Crossroads of Twilight
#11 Knife of Dreams

By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
#12 The Gathering Storm
#13 Towers of Midnight
#14 A Memory of Light]]> 912 Robert Jordan 1857232097 Elinore 0 to-read 4.19 1993 The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, #4)]]> 9539
In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of hideous doom. Will the White Tower itself be broken?

In the Two Rivers, the Whitecloaks ride in pursuit of a man with golden eyes, and in pursuit of the Dragon Reborn.

In Cantorin, among the Sea Folk, High Lady Suroth plans the return of the Seanchan armies to the mainland.

In the Stone of Tear, the Lord Dragon considers his next move. It will be something no one expects, not the Black Ajah, not Tairen nobles, not Aes Sedai, not Egwene or Elayne or Nynaeve.

Against the Shadow rising stands the Dragon Reborn.....]]> 1007 Robert Jordan 0812513738 Elinore 0 to-read 4.27 1992 The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3)]]> 34897 The Dragon Reborn—the leader long prophesied who will save the world, but in the saving destroy it; the savior who will run mad and kill all those dearest to him—is on the run from his destiny.

Able to touch the One Power, but unable to control it, and with no one to teach him how—for no man has done it in three thousand years—Rand al'Thor knows only that he must face the Dark One. But how?

Winter has stopped the war—almost—yet men are dying, calling out for the Dragon. But where is he?

Perrin Aybara is in pursuit with Moiraine Sedai, her Warder Lan, and Loial the Ogier. Bedeviled by dreams, Perrin is grappling with another deadly problem—how is he to escape the loss of his own humanity?

Egwene, Elayne and Nynaeve are approaching Tar Valon, where Mat will be healed—if he lives until they arrive. But who will tell the Amyrlin their news—that the Black Ajah, long thought only a hideous rumor, is all too real? They cannot know that in Tar Valon far worse awaits...

Ahead, for all of them, in the Heart of the Stone, lies the next great test of the Dragon reborn....
]]> 624 Robert Jordan 0765305119 Elinore 0 to-read 4.27 1991 The Dragon Reborn (The Wheel of Time, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)]]> 233649
Rand cannot run for ever. With every passing day the Dark One grows in strength and strives to shatter his ancient prison, to break the Wheel, to bring an end to Time and sunder the weave of the Pattern.

And the Pattern demands the Dragon.]]> 705 Robert Jordan 0812517725 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2023 4.25 1990 The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)
author: Robert Jordan
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1990
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Tjugo verkliga mord : En rÀttslÀkare minns]]> 92072332 Swedish / Svenska 1 Lennart Rammer 9185701416 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2023 2.17 Tjugo verkliga mord : En rÀttslÀkare minns
author: Lennart Rammer
name: Elinore
average rating: 2.17
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Tjugo ovÀntade mord: RÀttslÀkaren slÄr larm]]> 51927597
RÀttslÀkarens uppgift Àr att upptÀcka, utreda och utesluta brott. MÄnga vÄldsbrott avslöjas genom att rÀttslÀkaren vid obduktionen gör fynd som visar att dödsfallet har orsakats av en annan person. Andra gÄnger kan en misstanke om brott avfÀrdas genom rÀttslÀkarens undersökning och bedömning. Upplösningen pÄ fallen blir mÄnga gÄnger ovÀntad.

Syftet med den hÀr boken Àr att med ett antal fingerade fall visa hur rÀttslÀkaren arbetar och tÀnker. I kommentarer till fallen fÄr du veta mer om de tekniker som den moderna rÀttsmedicinen har till sitt förfogande och arbetar med. De tjugo fallen Àr nÄgot speciella och fÄr ofta en ovÀntad upplösning genom rÀttslÀkarens iakttagelser och bedömningar. Boken visar hur mÄngskiftande dödligt vÄld kan vara, och Àven om fallen Àr pÄhittade skulle de faktiskt kunna ha intrÀffat.

Lennart Rammer har varit rÀttslÀkare och verksamhetschef vid RÀttsmedicinska avdelningen i Linköping frÄn dess start 1975 till sin pensionering 2006. Han har stor erfarenhet av att sjÀlv undersöka och bedöma rÀttsmedicinska fall. Som professor i rÀttsmedicin vid Linköpings universitet har han ocksÄ arbetat som lÀrare inom lÀkarutbildningen och som forskare. Dessutom har han varit ledamot av Socialstyrelsens rÀttsliga rÄd och vetenskapligt rÄd i rÀttsmedicin under ett tjugotal Är. Han har tidigare gett ut en bok med titeln Tjugo verkliga mord: En rÀttslÀkare minns, baserad pÄ 20 verkliga mord han varit med om i sin yrkesroll.]]> 214 Lennart Rammer 9188639533 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2023 2.27 2019 Tjugo ovÀntade mord: RÀttslÀkaren slÄr larm
author: Lennart Rammer
name: Elinore
average rating: 2.27
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Ondskans tid. En historia om trolldom och hÀxeri]]> 62296403
I Ondskans tid skildrar Dick Harrison de stora hĂ€xprocesserna och trolldomsförföljelserna i Europa frĂ„n forntiden och framĂ„t, med sĂ€rskilt fokus pĂ„ Norden under 1500- och 1600-talen. Det var en tid dĂ„ oskyldiga mĂ€nniskor avrĂ€ttades för brott som inte existerade annat Ă€n i fantasin. Egentligen handlade det om intolerans mot oliktĂ€nkande, men med hjĂ€lp av hypoteser om Satan och helvetet kunde de bisarra övergreppen rĂ€ttfĂ€rdigas. MĂ€nniskan lĂ€rde sig konsten att förfölja sina fiender i organiserad form â€� med fruktansvĂ€rda resultat.

Det skrÀmmande Àmnet blir till fÀngslande lÀsning nÀr historieprofessor Dick Harrison nu tar sig an Àmnet hÀxerier och trolldom genom tiderna.]]> 415 Dick Harrison 9177898699 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2023 3.61 Ondskans tid. En historia om trolldom och hÀxeri
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average rating: 3.61
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]]> Nalle Puh - Upp och Hoppa! 39886980 32 Catherine Hapka 9178050154 Elinore 3 read-in-2018 Tycker han kan vara lite "för mycket" och i denna bok var han just det.
DÀrav 3 stjÀrnor.]]> 3.25 2014 Nalle Puh - Upp och Hoppa!
author: Catherine Hapka
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.25
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Älskar Nalle Puh och ville dĂ€rför lĂ€sa denna. Men har svĂ„rt för Tiger.
Tycker han kan vara lite "för mycket" och i denna bok var han just det.
DÀrav 3 stjÀrnor.
]]> <![CDATA[Ku Klux Klan och dess arvtagare (VĂ€rldens dramatiska historia)]]> 62002262
I dag Àr Klanen mer eller mindre försvunnen, men dess rasistiska arv förvaltas dessvÀrre i USA och tar sig uttryck i en rad olika mer eller mindre underjordiska grupperingar. Tomas Blom berÀttar engagerat och kunnigt om en av de mörkaste sidorna av USA:s historia.]]> 172 Tomas Blom 9180500145 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2023 3.38 Ku Klux Klan och dess arvtagare (VÀrldens dramatiska historia)
author: Tomas Blom
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.38
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rating: 3
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]]> The Christmas Pig 57730258 A heartwarming, page-turning adventure about one child's love for his most treasured thing, and how far he will go to find it. A tale for the whole family to fall in love with, from one of the world’s greatest storytellers.

One boy and his toy are about to change everything...

Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens â€� DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life... even toys. And Jack’s newest toy â€� the Christmas Pig (DP’s replacement) â€� has a daring plan: Together they’ll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost, and to save the best friend Jack has ever known...]]> 288 J.K. Rowling 1338790234 Elinore 5 audiobooks, read-in-2023 4.12 2021 The Christmas Pig
author: J.K. Rowling
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)]]> 35074096
This stunning book features classical artwork inspired by the myths, as well as learned notes from the author. Each adventure is infused with Fry's distinctive wit, voice, and writing style. Connoisseurs of the Greek myths will appreciate this fresh-yet-reverential interpretation, while newcomers will feel welcome. Retellings brim with humor and emotion and offer rich cultural context

Celebrating the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths, Mythos breathes life into ancient tales—from Pandora's box to Prometheus's fire.

This gorgeous volume invites you to explore a captivating world with the brilliant storyteller Stephen Fry as your guide.]]> 416 Stephen Fry 0718188721 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2022 4.27 2017 Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
author: Stephen Fry
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Vardagsskrock: frÄn abrakadabra till önskebrunn]]> 59580478
VĂ„r moderna vĂ€rld till trots Ă€r vardagsskrock fortfarande ett Ă€mne som engagerar och nĂ„got som mĂ„nga av oss, bĂ„de barn och vuxna, i varje fall halvtror pĂ„. Även den som inte sĂ€ger sig tro att nycklar pĂ„ bordet ger otur kanske helst lĂ€gger sin nyckelknippa nĂ„gon annanstans.

HÀr berÀttar Fredrik Skott om över hundra av de vanligaste formerna av skrock: tydor, spÄdomar, önskningar och förestÀllningar om tur och otur. Det Àr en fÀngslande resa i tid och rum för alla som Àr nyfikna pÄ varifrÄn förestÀllningarna och ritualerna kommer, hur de har förÀndrats över tid och vad de betyder för oss idag.

FREDRIK SKOTT, fil. dr i historia och docent i nordisk folkloristik, Àr chef för Institutet för sprÄk och folkminnens avdelning i Göteborg och sekreterare i Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien för svensk folkkultur. Vardagsskrock Àr ett av Fredriks huvudsakliga forskningsomrÄden och han bÄde skriver och förelÀser regelbundet om traditioner, ritualer och folkliga förestÀllningar.
Passa]]> 318 Fredrik Skott 9189215664 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 2.85 Vardagsskrock: frÄn abrakadabra till önskebrunn
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]]> Mer vÀsenologi 55232006 137 Ingela Korsell 9127166929 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 4.08 Mer vÀsenologi
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]]> <![CDATA[The Exorcist's House (The Exorcist's House, #1)]]> 60718943
Along with his wife, Nora, and their teenage daughter, Alice, the family uproots their lives in Ohio and moves south. At first, they are seduced by the natural beauty of the farm and enjoy the bonding experience of fixing the old house, but that all changes when they discover a hidden room in the basement with a well, boarded shut and adorned with crucifixes.

Local legends about the previous owner’s predilection for performing exorcisms come to light, but by then, all Hell has broken loose.]]> 287 Nick Roberts Elinore 0 to-read 3.94 2022 The Exorcist's House (The Exorcist's House, #1)
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name: Elinore
average rating: 3.94
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]]> Devil in Ohio 33158550
When fifteen-year-old Jules Mathis comes home from school to find a strange girl, her mother explains that Mae is one of her patients at the hospital and will be staying with their family for a few days. But shortly after, Mae is wearing Julesâ€� clothes, sleeping in her bedroom, edging her out of her position on the school paper, and kissing Jules’s crush. Then things get weird.

Jules walks in on a half-dressed Mae, she’s startled to see a pentagram carved into her back. Soon white roses start turning up on the front porch, a rabid dog bites one of Julesâ€� sisters, and Julesâ€� parents, who never fight, start arguing behind closed doors.

Jules pieces clues together and discovers that Mae may be a survivor of the strange cult that has taken over a nearby town. And they will stop at nothing to get Mae back.]]> 327 Daria Polatin Elinore 0 to-read 3.21 2017 Devil in Ohio
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name: Elinore
average rating: 3.21
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]]> <![CDATA[Ryska revolutionen (VĂ€rldens dramatiska historia)]]> 60194573
Vladimir Putin Àr inte en ny Lenin eller Stalin, men dagens repressiva Ryssland uppvisar en ideologisk likriktning som för tankarna till Tsarryssland och Sovjetunionen. Orsaken finns i landets omskakande och vÄldsamma förflutna.

I Ryska revolutionen skildrar historikern Robert Service skickligt protesterna och upproren som ledde fram till Lenings maktövertagande, mordet pÄ tsarfamiljen och det efterföljande inbördeskriget mellan de röda och de vita.]]> Robert Service 9177894642 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.83 Ryska revolutionen (VÀrldens dramatiska historia)
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]]> Bröderna Grimms Sagor 23400110
HÀr ÄterberÀttas nÄgra av brödernas mest berömda och Àlskade sagor, som till exempel Hans och Greta, Rödluvan, Tummelisa, Törnrosa och Snövit och de sju dvÀrgarna. Men boken innehÄller ocksÄ nÄgra mindre kÀnda guldkorn, bland andra Kung TrastskÀgg, De hjÀlpsamma tomtarna och GÄspigan.

I slutet finns en kort biografi över de mytomspunna författarna och boken pryds Àven av ett lÀsband som gör det lÀtt att ÄtervÀnda till gÄrdagskvÀllens sagostund.
Följ med in i sagans förtrollande vÀrld!

Bröderna Grimm, Jacob (1785â€�1863) och Wilhelm (1786â€�1859), var tvĂ„ tyska sprĂ„kforskare som Ă€r mest kĂ€nda för att de samlade in och bearbetade folksagor. MĂ„nga av dessa sagor rĂ€knas idag till vĂ€rldslitteraturens stora klassiker.]]> 302 Jacob Grimm Elinore 5 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.61 1812 Bröderna Grimms Sagor
author: Jacob Grimm
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.61
book published: 1812
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The World's Most Haunted House: The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindley Street]]> 21912226 Connecticut poltergeist is at last revealed. A crowd of more than 2,000 onlookers gathered. National media reported jumping furniture, floating refrigerators, and attacking entities.

Decades after the publicity quieted, more than 40 hours of never-before released interviews with police officers, firefighters, and others tell the story as it actually unfolded:

* Relive the experience, the terror, the rampant emotions, and the unexplainable events that took place in that house as they happened.

* Have access to revealing excerpts from actual interviews, police reports,and rare documents.

* Access unreleased audio, poltergeist sounds, and an old radio broadcast.

Return to 1974 and feel the Lindley Street experience from the inside. Find out why it is deemed the haunting that should have brought the paranormal into mainstream science.]]> 224 William J. Hall 1601633378 Elinore 2 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.28 2014 The World's Most Haunted House: The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindley Street
author: William J. Hall
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.28
book published: 2014
rating: 2
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date added: 2022/08/19
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]]> <![CDATA[Ryska revolutionen, 1900-1927,]]> 25843339 191 Robert Service 9175452812 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.02 1986 Ryska revolutionen, 1900-1927,
author: Robert Service
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.02
book published: 1986
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Sveriges stormaktstid : nĂ€r Sverige var som mĂ€ktigast 1654â€�1718)]]> 60720630 Dick Harrison 917789717X Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.38 Sveriges stormaktstid : nĂ€r Sverige var som mĂ€ktigast 1654–1718)
author: Dick Harrison
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average rating: 3.38
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]]> Historiens FrÀmsta Rymningar 12578160 303 Gunnar Wall Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.70 2009 Historiens FrÀmsta Rymningar
author: Gunnar Wall
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Kampen om Afrika: Den europeiska koloniseringen (VĂ€rldens dramatiska historia)]]> 60065039
Hur kom det sig att Europa sÄ plötsligt och snabbt koloniserade Afrika? Vilka strategiska avvÀganden föregick kapplöpningen om den afrikanska kontinenten och hur sÄg hÀndelseförloppet ut? Vilka konsekvenser fick koloniseringen för dels stormakternas inbördes relation, dels Afrika och dess befolkning?

Kampen om Afrika beskriver den dramatiska och ofta brutala kapplöpning mellan Europas stormakter som under bara nÄgra decennier i slutet av 1800-talet och början av 1900-talet tillintetgjorde afrikanska samhÀllens möjligheter till sjÀlvbestÀmmande. Boken berÀttar pÄ ett mÄlande och tillgÀngligt sÀtt vad som lÄg till grund för koloniseringen, hur den gick till och vad den fick för konsekvenser.]]> 175 Andreas Karlsson 9177897420 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.45 Kampen om Afrika: Den europeiska koloniseringen (VÀrldens dramatiska historia)
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average rating: 3.45
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]]> Augustus 58057248
Å ena sidan blev Augustus tid vid makten ovanligt fredlig, Ă„tminstone i Romarrikets centrala delar. Resurser kunde lĂ€ggas pĂ„ annat Ă€n krig, som publika festligheter, enorma praktbyggen och vĂ€gunderhĂ„ll. Å andra sidan utgjorde armĂ©n sjĂ€lva basen för Augustus maktutövning och det var i rollen som fĂ€ltherre han firade sina största triumfer. Genom lyckosam krigföring pĂ„ Balkanhalvön, vid Actium (nuvarande Greklands vĂ€stkust) och i Egypten hade kejsaren vid 34 Ă„rs Ă„lder lyckats göra hela Medelhavet till ett Mare Nostrum, ett hav inringat av romerska besittningar. TvĂ„ Ă„r senare, Ă„r 27 f Kr tilldelades han hedersnamnet Augustus, "den upphöjde", av den romerska senaten.

Som adoptivson till den store Julius Caesar kom Augustus - eller Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, som han sjÀlv kallade sig - tidigt att sugas in i Roms intrikata maktkamper. Genom att skickligt navigera pÄ den politiska arenan lyckades han stÀrka sin position och utöka sina maktbefogenheter, steg för steg. Men att hitta en lÀmplig tronföljare skulle visa sig bli en svÄr uppgift.]]> Eva Queckfeldt 9177895061 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.27 2021 Augustus
author: Eva Queckfeldt
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.27
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Conquistadorerna: De första koloniala imperierna (VÀrldens dramatiska historia)]]> 60064865
MĂ€nnen som gav sig av för att söka Ă€ventyr och rikedom har gĂ„tt till historien som ”conquistadorernaâ€� â€� erövrarna. MĂ„nga av dem kom frĂ„n lĂ„gadliga familjer som stod kungamakten nĂ€ra och ville avancera i hierarkierna. VĂ€gen uppĂ„t gick via guldjakt och slavhandel.

Under en period pĂ„ omkring 150 Ă„r lyckades conquistadorerna frĂ„n Gamla vĂ€rlden lĂ€gga stora delar av Nya vĂ€rlden under sina fötter â€� inte minst beroende pĂ„ att de förde med sig sjukdomar som slog ut stora delar av befolkningen i de erövrade lĂ€nderna.]]> 175 Dick Harrison 9177896092 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.39 Conquistadorerna: De första koloniala imperierna (VĂ€rldens dramatiska historia)
author: Dick Harrison
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]]> <![CDATA[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West]]> 76401 The New York Times called "Original, remarkable, and finally heartbreaking...Impossible to put down."

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Brown's eloquent, fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteenth century. A national bestseller in hardcover for more than a year after its initial publication, it has sold almost four million copies and has been translated into seventeen languages. For this elegant thirtieth-anniversary edition—published in both hardcover and paperback—Brown has contributed an incisive new preface.

Using council records, autobiographies, and firsthand descriptions, Brown allows the great chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us in their own words of the battles, massacres, and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee changed forever our vision of how the West was really won.]]> 509 Dee Brown 0805066691 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2022 4.24 1970 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
author: Dee Brown
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1970
rating: 4
read at: 2022/04/18
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]]> <![CDATA[Regalskeppet Vasa : Fartyget som sjönk som en sten]]> 60802050
69 meter frÄn för till akter. 52 meter frÄn köl till masttopp. Mer Àn 5000 mÄlade och förgyllda trÀskulpturer. Dubbla kanondÀck med 64 kanoner gjutna i brons. Det Àr den svenska krigsflottans kronjuvel, regalskeppet Vasa, som stÀvar ut mot skÀrgÄrden och det öppna havet, men i höjd med Beckholmen börjar skeppet rulla trots att vinden Àr svag. Skeppet reser sig, men strax rullar Vasa igen och börjar ta in vatten genom de nedre kanonportarna. Hon lÀgger sig pÄ sidan och sjunker snabbt till botten.

Gunnar Wall berÀttar den fÀngslande historien om regalskeppet Vasas förlisning, hur det gick till nÀr vraket pÄtrÀffades och nÀr det bÀrgades 333 Är efter att det sjönk till botten.]]> Gunnar Wall 9178273773 Elinore 5 audiobooks, read-in-2022 4.00 Regalskeppet Vasa : Fartyget som sjönk som en sten
author: Gunnar Wall
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.00
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Brittiska imperiet: UppgÄng och fall (VÀrldens dramatiska historia)]]> 52169692
Om det brittiska imperiets utveckling skriver Dick Harrison, som nyligen varit aktuell med ett dubbelband om Englands historia, i boken Brittiska imperiet: UppgÄng och fall. Med inlevelse och kÀrlek till Àmnet ger sig Harrison i kast med denna avgrÀnsade studie av det största imperiebygget i mÀnsklighetens historia. Det blir en intensivkurs i det mytomspunna imperiets över 350-Äriga historia.]]> 168 Dick Harrison 9175459477 Elinore 4 read-in-2022, audiobooks 3.45 2019 Brittiska imperiet: UppgÄng och fall (VÀrldens dramatiska historia)
author: Dick Harrison
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame]]> 7098512 Ìę
In What the Great Ate , Matthew and Mark Jacob have cooked up a bountiful sampling of the peculiar culinary likes, dislikes, habits, and attitudes of famous—and often notorious—figures throughout history. Here is food
Ìę
â€� As Benito Mussolini used the phrase “we’re making spaghettiâ€� to inform his wife if he’d be (illegally) dueling later that day.
� As Baseball star Wade Boggs credited his on-field success to eating chicken before nearly every game.
â€� In service to President Thomas Jefferson, America’s original foodie, introduced eggplant to the United States and wrote down the nation’s first recipe for ice cream.
Ìę
From Emperor Nero to Bette Davis, Babe Ruth to Barack Obama, the bite-size tidbits in What the Great Ate will whet your appetite for tantalizing trivia.]]> 288 Matthew Jacob 0307461955 Elinore 0 to-read 3.18 2010 What the Great Ate: A Curious History of Food and Fame
author: Matthew Jacob
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.18
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[Prepping - Överlevnadshandboken: kunskap för kris och katastrofer]]> 56786363
Den som förberett sig mentalt och praktiskt - genom att öva, skaffa kunskap och tÀnka igenom olika situationer - har bÀst chanser att klara en kris eller katastrof. I boken finns Àven ett omfattade sjukvÄrdskapitel, vad som Àr viktigast att tÀnka pÄ om du Àr först pÄ en olycksplats eller om nÄgon skadas under ett Àventyr.

Boken Ă€r skriven av Torbjörn Selin, expert pĂ„ överlevnad, och journalisten Anna-Maria Stawreberg, författare till tidigare utgivna Prepping. Torbjörn Selin Ă€r före detta yrkesmilitĂ€r och utbildad överlevnadsinstruktör inom sĂ„vĂ€l Försvarsmakten som Svenska överlevnadssĂ€llskapet. Han har genom Ă„ren hĂ„llit ett orĂ€kneligt antal överlevnadskurser.]]> 227 Torbjörn Selin 9113098179 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.08 Prepping - Överlevnadshandboken: kunskap för kris och katastrofer
author: Torbjörn Selin
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.08
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]]> <![CDATA[The Inheritance: An Occult Horror Story]]> 53518626 315 J. Galliano Elinore 0 to-read 3.95 The Inheritance: An Occult Horror Story
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]]> <![CDATA[The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28)]]> 34534
As Maurice and the rats battle for their very survival, a number of provocative themes surface: life after death, good versus evil, and the sacrifice of the few for the many.]]> 256 Terry Pratchett 006001234X Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 4.05 2001 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28)
author: Terry Pratchett
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)]]> 228665
Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond’s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master’s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al’Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.]]> 800 Robert Jordan 0812511816 Elinore 5 audiobooks, read-in-2022 4.19 1990 The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)
author: Robert Jordan
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1990
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Mordet pÄ Orientexpressen (Hercule Poirot, #10)]]> 23439936
Mordet pÄ Orientexpressen utkom Är 1934 och översattes omedelbart till svenska. Flera generationer och en ny vÀrldskarta senare Àr Agatha Christies mÀsterligt komponerade intrig lika fascinerande. Skuld, rÀdsla och hÀmnd Àr universella teman som fortsÀtter att beröra mÀnniskan.

I nyöversÀttning av Helen Ljungmark har Agatha Christies romaner fÄtt en enhetlighet som spÀnner över författarskapet. Förlegade begrepp har moderniserats utan att böckerna har förlorat en sprÄklig förankring till den tid dÄ de skrevs. Samtidigt har en brittisk underfundighet som tidigare förbisetts lyfts fram.]]> 274 Agatha Christie 917547090X Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.82 1934 Mordet pÄ Orientexpressen (Hercule Poirot, #10)
author: Agatha Christie
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1934
rating: 4
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]]> The Black Phone 58210356
With him in his subterranean cell is an antique phone, long since disconnected . . . but it rings at night anyway, with calls from the killer's previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn't happen to Finney.

"The Black Phone" is one of fifteen stories in Joe Hill's first story collection, originally published as 20th Century Ghosts.]]> 316 Joe Hill 0063214830 Elinore 0 to-read 3.63 2005 The Black Phone
author: Joe Hill
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.63
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]]> Nordiska gudasagor 57961508
Historierna utspelar sig i ett magiskt universum dĂ€r jĂ€ttar lever i vĂ€rldens utkant. Gudarna i AsgĂ„rd krigar, intrigerar, Ă€lskar och festar. Under sina mĂ„nga Ă€ventyr möter de mĂ€nniskor och dvĂ€rgar, vĂ€nner och fiender. Över allt höjer sig vĂ€rldstrĂ€det Yggdrasil. BerĂ€ttelserna Ă€r tragiska, underhĂ„llande, vĂ„ldsamma och poetiska pĂ„ samma gĂ„ng. Detta Ă€r fornnordiska sagor berĂ€ttade för 2000-talet.]]> 155 Katarina Harrison Lindbergh 9177896505 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.56 Nordiska gudasagor
author: Katarina Harrison Lindbergh
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.56
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rating: 3
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]]> 1984 40961427 Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmarish vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life—the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language—and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.]]> 298 George Orwell Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2022 4.24 1949 1984
author: George Orwell
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1949
rating: 4
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]]> The Graveyard Book 2213661
There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard: the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer; a gravestone entrance to a desert that leads to the city of ghouls; friendship with a witch, and so much more.

But it is in the land of the living that real danger lurks, for it is there that the man Jack lives and he has already killed Bod's family.

A deliciously dark masterwork by bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with illustrations by award-winning Dave McKean.]]> 312 Neil Gaiman 0060530928 Elinore 5 audiobooks, read-in-2022 4.15 2008 The Graveyard Book
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> Sveriges stormaktstid 59137881
I början av 1600-talet var Sverige omringat av fiender. Landet lÄg i krig med Danmark, dÀrmed ocksÄ med Norge, med Polen-Litauen och med Ryssland. Kungariket Sverige var belÀgrat och angripet, ekonomin urusel och befolkningen led svÄrt av utskrivningar och hÀrjningar. TvÄ decennier senare, Är 1632, hade scenariot fullstÀndigt förÀndrats. Ett av Europas svagaste och mest utsatta riken hade utvecklats till en militÀr gigant. PÄ makalöst kort tid hade den lilla nationen blivit en nord- och östeuropeisk stormakt. Hur var detta möjligt?

Med Ànnu ett standardverk tar historikern Dick Harrison ett helhetsgrepp pÄ en av de mest fantasieggande perioderna i svensk historia. Sveriges stormaktstid tar avstamp i Karl IX:s tid pÄ tronen, en period dÄ det gick som allra sÀmst för Sverige och dess soldater, och strÀcker sig dÀrefter fram till det fatala skottet vid Fredrikstens fÀstning 1718.

Författaren följer krigen och de stora förÀndringarna men för Àven fram den enskilda individen, vars liv var en stÀndig kamp för att fÄ tillvaron att gÄ ihop. I den rikligt illustrerade boken följer vi framvÀxten av nya stÀder, nÀringar, stilar och ideal. HÀr ges plats för sÄvÀl fÀltslag och hovliv som hÀxförföljelser och barockens kultur.]]> 448 Dick Harrison 9177896246 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2022 3.94 Sveriges stormaktstid
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]]> Historiens tyranner 30738271
Journalisten och författaren Daniel Rydén har studerat nÄgra av historiens vÀrsta diktatorer. Makthavare vars ord Àr lag frÄn det antika Aten till det nutida Vitryssland. I femton dramatiska berÀttelser tar Daniel Rydén med oss till avgörande ögonblick i tyrannernas historia, hela tiden med idéerna i Machiavellis Fursten som vÀgledare.

Historiens tyranner Àr en omskakande fÀrd bland tre Ärtusendens hÀrskare.]]> 235 Daniel Rydén 9175452901 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.47 Historiens tyranner
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average rating: 3.47
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]]> <![CDATA[Berömda sista ord och historien bakom dem]]> 24671959 240 Åke Persson 9175451883 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.04 2014 Berömda sista ord och historien bakom dem
author: Åke Persson
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.04
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night]]> 54900051
But de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters. De Gerlache sailed on, and soon the Belgica was stuck fast in the icy hold of the Bellingshausen Sea. When the sun set on the magnificent polar landscape one last time, the ship’s occupants were condemned to months of endless night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness and besieged by monotony, they descended into madness.

In Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Julian Sancton unfolds an epic story of adventure and horror for the ages. As the Belgica’s men teetered on the brink, de Gerlache relied increasingly on two young officers whose friendship had blossomed in the expedition’s lone American, Dr. Frederick Cook—half genius, half con man—whose later infamy would overshadow his brilliance on the Belgica; and the ship’s first mate, soon-to-be legendary Roald Amundsen, even in his youth the storybook picture of a sailor. Together, they would plan a last-ditch, nearly certain-to-fail escape from the ice—one that would either etch their names in history or doom them to a terrible fate at the ocean’s bottom.

Drawing on the diaries and journals of the Belgica’s crew and with exclusive access to the ship’s logbook, Sancton brings novelistic flair to a story of human extremes, one so remarkable that even today NASA studies it for research on isolation for future missions to Mars. Equal parts maritime thriller and gothic horror, Madhouse at the End of the Earth is an unforgettable journey into the deep.]]> 354 Julian Sancton 1984824333 Elinore 0 to-read 4.24 2021 Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
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]]> <![CDATA[Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty]]> 43868109 The highly anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing.

The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions: Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers were responsible for making and marketing OxyContin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis.

Empire of Pain is a masterpiece of narrative reporting and writing, exhaustively documented and ferociously compelling.]]> 535 Patrick Radden Keefe 0385545681 Elinore 0 to-read 4.54 2021 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
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name: Elinore
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times]]> 56268863
Looking at the headlines--a global pandemic, the worsening climate crisis, political upheaval--it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed.

In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist and Doug Abrams, internationally-bestselling author, explore--through intimate and thought-provoking dialogue--one of the most sought after and least understood elements of human nature: hope. In The Book of Hope, Jane focuses on her “Four Reasons for Hopeâ€�: The Amazing Human Intellect, The Resilience of Nature, The Power of Young People, and The Indomitable Human Spirit.

Told through stories from a remarkable career and fascinating research, The Book of Hope touches on vital questions including: How do we stay hopeful when everything seems hopeless? How do we cultivate hope in our children? Filled with engaging dialogue and pictures from Jane’s storied career, The Book of Hope is a deeply personal conversation with one of the most beloved figures in today’s world.

And for the first time, Jane tells the story of how she became a messenger of hope: from living through World War II, to her years in Gombe, to realizing she had to leave the forest to travel the world in her role as an advocate for environmental justice. She details the forces that shaped her hopeful worldview, her thoughts on her past, and her revelations about her next--and perhaps final--adventure.

There is still hope, and this book will help guide us to it.]]> 272 Jane Goodall 1250784093 Elinore 0 to-read 4.19 2021 The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
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]]> <![CDATA[Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside]]> 57936600
Nick Offerman has always felt a particular affection for the Land of the Free—not just for the people and their purported ideals but to the actual land the bedrock, the topsoil, and everything inÌębetween that generates the health of your local watershed. In his new book,ÌęNick takes a humorous, inspiring, and elucidating trip to America's trails, farms, and frontier to examine the people who inhabit the land, what that has meant to them and us, and to the landÌęitself, both historically and currently.ÌęÌę

In 2018, Wendell Berry posed a question to Nick, a query that planted the seed of this book, sending Nick on two memorable journeys with pals—a hiking trip to Glacier National Park with his friends Jeff Tweedy and George Saunders, as well as an extended visit to his friend JamesÌęRebanks, the author of The Shepherd's Life and English Pastoral . He followed that up with anÌęexcursionÌęthat could only have come about in 2020—Nick and his wife, MeganÌęMullally, bought an Airstream trailer to drive across (several of) the United States. These three quests inspired someÌę“deep-ish" thinking from Nick, about the history andÌęphilosophyÌęof our relationship with nature in our national parks, in our farming, and in our backyards; what we mean when we talk about conservation; and the importance of outdoor recreation, all subjects very close to Nick's heart.Ìę

With witty, heartwarming stories and a keen insight into the human problems we all confront, this is both a ramble throughÌęand celebration of the land we all love.]]> 352 Nick Offerman 1101984694 Elinore 0 to-read 3.69 2021 Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)]]> 56666839 A Dowry of Blood is a story of desire, obsession, and emancipation.

Saved from the brink of death by a mysterious stranger, Constanta is transformed from a medieval peasant into a bride fit for an undying king. But when Dracula draws a cunning aristocrat and a starving artist into his web of passion and deceit, Constanta realizes that her beloved is capable of terrible things. Finding comfort in the arms of her rival consorts, she begins to unravel their husband’s dark secrets.

With the lives of everyone she loves on the line, Constanta will have to choose between her own freedom and her love for her husband. But bonds forged by blood can only be broken by death.]]> 248 S.T. Gibson 1916366937 Elinore 0 to-read 4.12 2021 A Dowry of Blood (A Dowry of Blood, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything]]> 35565991 492 Lydia Kang 1523501855 Elinore 0 to-read 4.10 2017 Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
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]]> <![CDATA[The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)]]> 58560514 The House of Fortune is the sequel to Jessie Burton’s million copy bestselling The Miniaturist. Set in the golden city of Amsterdam in 1705, it is a story of fate and ambition, secrets and dreams, and one young woman’s determination to rule her own destiny.

Thea Brandt is turning eighteen, and is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms. At the theatre, Walter, the love of her life, awaits her, but at home in the house on the Herengracht, winter has set in â€� her father Otto and Aunt Nella argue endlessly, and the Brandt family are selling their furniture in order to eat. On Thea’s birthday, also the day that her mother Marin died, the secrets from the past begin to overwhelm the present.

Nella is desperate to save the family and maintain appearances, to find Thea a husband who will guarantee her future, and when they receive an invitation to Amsterdam’s most exclusive ball, she is overjoyed â€� perhaps this will set their fortunes straight. And indeed, the ball does set things spinning: new figures enter their life, promising new futures. But their fates are still unclear, and when Nella feels a strange prickling sensation on the back of her neck, she wonders if the miniaturist has returned for her . . .]]> 416 Jessie Burton 1509886087 Elinore 0 to-read 3.90 2022 The House of Fortune (The Miniaturist, #2)
author: Jessie Burton
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2022
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]]> <![CDATA[Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales]]> 56922552 You think you know these stories, don’t you?

You are wrong.

You don’t know them at all.

Twelve tales, twelve dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that capture hearts long kept tame and set them free, truths that explore life . . . and death.

A prince has a surprising awakening . . .ÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌęÌę

A beauty fights like a beast . . .

A boy refuses to become prey . . .

A path to happiness is lost. . . . then found again.

New York TimesÌębestselling author Soman Chainani respins old stories into fresh fairy tales for a new era and creates a world like no other. These stories know you. They understand you. They reflect you. They are tales for our times. So read on, if you dare.Ìę]]> 320 Soman Chainani 006265263X Elinore 0 to-read 3.85 2021 Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales
author: Soman Chainani
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2021
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]]> <![CDATA[Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law]]> 56769577
Roach tags along with animal-attack forensics investigators, human-elephant conflict specialists, bear managers, and "danger tree" faller blasters. Intrepid as ever, she travels from leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Indian Himalaya to St. Peter’s Square in the early hours before the pope arrives for Easter Mass, when vandal gulls swoop in to destroy the elaborate floral display. She taste-tests rat bait, learns how to install a vulture effigy, and gets mugged by a macaque.

Combining little-known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows, langur impersonators, and trespassing squirrels, Roach reveals as much about humanity as about nature’s lawbreakers. When it comes to "problem" wildlife, she finds, humans are more often the problem—and the solution. Fascinating, witty, and humane, Fuzz offers hope for compassionate coexistence in our ever-expanding human habitat.]]> 308 Mary Roach 1324001933 Elinore 0 to-read 3.81 2021 Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
author: Mary Roach
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.81
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]]> The Witch's Heart 53438195 When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology.

Angrboda's story begins where most witches' tales end: with a burning. A punishment from Odin for refusing to provide him with knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the farthest reaches of a remote forest. There she is found by a man who reveals himself to be Loki, and her initial distrust of him transforms into a deep and abiding love.

Their union produces three unusual children, each with a secret destiny, who Angrboda is keen to raise at the edge of the world, safely hidden from Odin's all-seeing eye. But as Angrboda slowly recovers her prophetic powers, she learns that her blissful life—and possibly all of existence—is in danger.

With help from the fierce huntress Skadi, with whom she shares a growing bond, Angrboda must choose whether she’ll accept the fate that she's foreseen for her beloved family
or rise to remake their future. From the most ancient of tales this novel forges a story of love, loss, and hope for the modern age.]]> 359 Genevieve Gornichec 059309994X Elinore 0 to-read 4.04 2021 The Witch's Heart
author: Genevieve Gornichec
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.04
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]]> Spöket pÄ Canterville 18110275
SÄ sÀger amerikanen Mr Otis som för sig och sin familjs rÀkning önskar köpa slottet Canterville. Oscar Wilde skrev boken 1887, kort efter sin resa till USA. Det var de erfarenheterna han anvÀnde, i USA kan allt köpas. Hur det gick för familjen skall inte avslöjas hÀr. Det Àr ett nöje som förbehÄlls lÀsaren.]]> 71 Oscar Wilde 9178421632 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.55 1887 Spöket pÄ Canterville
author: Oscar Wilde
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.55
book published: 1887
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Pestens Är : döden i Stockholm 1710]]> 29981231
1710. Mitt under brinnande krig riktade liemannen ett fruktansvÀrt hugg mot Sverige. PÄ kort tid dog nÀra hÀlften av Stockholms befolkning i pesten. UndergÄngen tycktes nÀra.

Pestens Är Àr en fÀngslande berÀttelse om döden och staden. Hur farsoten slog till bara ett Är efter det stora nederlaget vid Poltava. Hur den skrÀckinjagande epidemin spred sig bland Stockholms gator och grÀnder, för att dÀrefter ta sig vidare ut i landet.

Vetenskapsjournalisten Magnus VÀsterbro skildrar hur Stockholms invÄnare stÀlldes inför en katastrof av ofattbara proportioner. Hur reagerade de enskilda mÀnniskorna? Vilket ansvar tog myndigheterna? Och hur bidrog pesten till den svenska stormaktens undergÄng?

Pesten sÄgs av sin samtid som ett av de viktigaste tecknen pÄ att Gud hade övergett det svenska folket, och att han straffade dem med pest och nederlag för deras högmod och storhetsvansinne. Pestens Är Àr berÀttelsen om en central men ÀndÄ bortglömd period i Sveriges historia.]]> 240 Magnus VÀsterbro 9175452731 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.74 2016 Pestens Är : döden i Stockholm 1710
author: Magnus VĂ€sterbro
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> ±áłÜČÔ»ć°ùČčĂ„°ùČő°ì°ùŸ±Č”±đłÙ 51994316
Jeanne d"Arcs intĂ„g pĂ„ scenen sammanföll med att kriget slutligen vĂ€ndes i fransk favör. ±áłÜČÔ»ć°ùČčĂ„°ùČő°ì°ùŸ±Č”±đłÙ, vĂ€rldens lĂ€ngsta vĂ€pnade konflikt, förklarar en fransk-engelsk fiendskap som ekat genom historien och som Ă€n idag bubblar upp hĂ€r och var.

Med djupa kunskaper och slipad berÀttarteknik leder Dick Harrison lyssnaren genom det utdragna krigets olika skeden. Under resans gÄng fÄr vi stifta bekantskap med fascinerande personer och hÀndelser, liksom berömda slagfÀlt som Crécy, Poitiers och Agincourt.

±áłÜČÔ»ć°ùČčĂ„°ùČő°ì°ùŸ±Č”±đłÙ ingĂ„r i bokserien VĂ€rldens dramatiska historia.]]> Dick Harrison 9177891090 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.03 2020 ±áłÜČÔ»ć°ùČčĂ„°ùČő°ì°ùŸ±Č”±đłÙ
author: Dick Harrison
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.03
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/22
date added: 2021/11/22
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]]> <![CDATA[No Mallets Intended (The Vintage Kitchen Mysteries)]]> 41007136 1 Victoria Hamilton 1982584882 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.84 No Mallets Intended (The Vintage Kitchen Mysteries)
author: Victoria Hamilton
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.84
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rating: 4
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]]> TrettioÄriga kriget 44320124 160 Dick Harrison 9175458489 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.36 TrettioÄriga kriget
author: Dick Harrison
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.36
book published:
rating: 3
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date added: 2021/11/06
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]]> <![CDATA[Bossarnas Krig. Maffians historia del 2]]> 59340281
I serien "Maffia" berÀttar Gunnar Wall i fyra delar om Cosa Nostra och maffians utveckling i USA, om de stora maffiabossarna som vi kÀnner frÄn böcker, film och tv, och hur den organiserade brottsligheten etablerar sig i Sverige frÄn 1970-talet och vidare, fram till dubbelmordet pÄ spelklubben Oasen i SödertÀlje 2010. Ljudboken Àr tidigare utgiven i textform som del av "Maffia - frÄn Capones Chicago till dagens Sverige", Semic 2012.]]> Gunnar Wall 917827382X Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.00 Bossarnas Krig. Maffians historia del 2
author: Gunnar Wall
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.00
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2021/10/14
date added: 2021/10/16
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1)]]> 6043781 The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher.
For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf.

Geralt of Rivia, the cunning assassin known as The Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. This child has the power to change the world - for good, or for evil.

As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is hunted for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt's responsibility to protect them all - and the Witcher never accepts defeat.

The Witcher returns in this sequel to The Last Wish, as the inhabitants of his world become embroiled in a state of total war.]]> 398 Andrzej Sapkowski Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2021 4.05 1994 Blood of Elves (The Witcher, #1)
author: Andrzej Sapkowski
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1994
rating: 3
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date added: 2021/10/12
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]]> Henrik VIII 49936836 Dick Harrison 9177891112 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.45 Henrik VIII
author: Dick Harrison
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.45
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rating: 4
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]]> Disappearance at Devil's Rock 27064358 A family is shaken to its core after the mysterious disappearance of a teenage boy in this eerie tale, a blend of literary fiction, psychological suspense, and supernatural horror from the author of A Head Full of Ghosts.

Late one summer night, Elizabeth Sanderson receives the devastating news that every mother fears: her fourteen-year-old son, Tommy, has vanished without a trace in the woods of a local park.

The search isn’t yielding any answers, and Elizabeth and her young daughter, Kate, struggle to comprehend his disappearance. Feeling helpless and alone, their sorrow is compounded by anger and frustration. The local and state police haven’t uncovered any leads. Josh and Luis, the friends who were with Tommy last, may not be telling the whole truth about that night in Borderland State Park, when they were supposedly hanging out at a landmark the local teens have renamed Devil’s Rockâ€� rumored to be cursed.

Living in an all-too-real nightmare, riddled with worry, pain, and guilt, Elizabeth is wholly unprepared for the strange series of events that follow. She believes a ghostly shadow of Tommy materializes in her bedroom, while Kate and other local residents claim to see a shadow peering through their own windows in the dead of night. Then, random pages torn from Tommy’s journal begin to mysteriously appear—entries that reveal an introverted teenager obsessed with the phantasmagoric; the loss of his father, killed in a drunk-driving accident a decade earlier; a folktale involving the devil and the woods of Borderland; and a horrific incident that Tommy believed connected them all and changes everything.

As the search grows more desperate, and the implications of what happened becomes more haunting and sinister, no one is prepared for the shocking truth about that night and Tommy’s disappearance at Devil’s Rock.]]> 327 Paul Tremblay 0062363263 Elinore 0 to-read 3.56 2016 Disappearance at Devil's Rock
author: Paul Tremblay
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> Nothing But Blackened Teeth 53195923 Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.

A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.

It’s the perfect wedding venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends.

But a night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare. For lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.

And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.

Effortlessly turning the classic haunted house story on its head, Nothing but Blackened Teeth is a sharp and devastating exploration of grief, the parasitic nature of relationships, and the consequences of our actions.]]> 125 Cassandra Khaw 1250759412 Elinore 0 to-read 2.64 2021 Nothing But Blackened Teeth
author: Cassandra Khaw
name: Elinore
average rating: 2.64
book published: 2021
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]]> The Lincoln Highway 57109107 The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett’s intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother and head west where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden’s car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett’s future.

Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles’s third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes.]]> 576 Amor Towles 0735222355 Elinore 0 to-read 4.18 2021 The Lincoln Highway
author: Amor Towles
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[Pestens Europa (Historiens vÀndpunkter, #10)]]> 17887075 Medeltidens mörkaste stund
En tredjedel av Europas invÄnare faller offer för digerdöden, som efterlÀmnar sig totalt ödelagda stÀder och byar. Kyrkans grepp försvagas och kungarnas makt avtar dÄ det gÄr upp för gemene man att pesten inte skonar nÄgon högt som lÄgt uppsatt dukar under till följd av den dödsbringande epidemin. Europa reser sig emellertid frÄn sjuksÀngen, och ÄteruppstÄr mer dynamiskt och livskraftigt Àn nÄgonsin förr.

LĂ€s bl.a. om:
Pestutbrottets ögonvittnen
Kyrkans kollaps
Uppfinnare och konstnÀrer visar vÀgen

Boken ingÄr som en fristÄende del i bokserien Historiens vÀndpunkter, som Àr framtagen och utvecklad av tidningen VÀrldens Historia. Varje titel i denna serie böcker har som ambition att ta med lÀsarna pÄ ett spÀnnande och otraditionellt strövtÄg genom historiens mest avgörande hÀndelser. UtgÄngspunkten har varit att bjuda pÄ nytÀnkande i historieförmedlingen, dÀr den dramatiska berÀttelsen stÄr i centrum. Historiens största hjÀltar och skurkar vÀcks till liv med ett levande sprÄk, slagfÀltens dramatik ÄteruppstÄr pÄ detaljerade kartor och banbrytande uppfinningar förklaras med hjÀlp av stora genomarbetade illustrationer.

Följande gÀller alla titlar i nÀmnda bokserie:
- Allt material Àr nyproducerat för bokserien
- LÀrorikt och underhÄllande innehÄll
- Varje bok Àr rikligt illustrerad med fina bilder, detaljerade kartor, förklarande teckningar, 3D-illustrationer, tidslinjer och faktarutor

]]> 127 Else Christensen 8253531818 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.39 2012 Pestens Europa (Historiens vÀndpunkter, #10)
author: Else Christensen
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[KĂ€ttarna: De kristna rebellerna]]> 48743141
Jan Hus var varken den förste eller siste utpekade kĂ€ttaren i kristendomens historia. Omkring hundra Ă„r efter hans död skulle Martin Luther leda det framgĂ„ngsrikaste upproret nĂ„gonsin mot den pĂ„vliga kyrkan â€� reformationen. Med stort kunnande och vass penna tecknar Dick Harrison en fascinerande bild av de kristna rebellernas historia, frĂ„n tidiga kontroverser pĂ„ 200-talet till trettioĂ„riga krigets blodiga strider i religionens namn.]]> 1 Dick Harrison 9177891759 Elinore 3 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.41 KĂ€ttarna: De kristna rebellerna
author: Dick Harrison
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.41
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rating: 3
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]]> The Story of My Life 821611 240 Helen Keller 0553213873 Elinore 0 to-read 4.08 1902 The Story of My Life
author: Helen Keller
name: Elinore
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1902
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Kampen om Romarriket (VĂ€rldens dramatiska historia)]]> 55290870
I Kampen om romarriket skildrar den erfarna historikern Eva Queckfeldt de intriger och det maktspel som prÀglade Roms politiska elit mellan cirka Är 100 f.Kr till 20-talet f.Kr.]]> 176 Eva Queckfeldt 9177893425 Elinore 2 audiobooks, read-in-2021 Eva gÄr inte in pÄ djupet men hon berör precis allt som Àr vÀrt att veta pÄ basnivÄ.

Det som jag inte tyckte om var just att det skrapades endast pÄ ytan och att författarinnan upprepade sig flera gÄnger. Som att hon glömt att hon skrivit samma mening tidigare.
Fick Àven lite svÄrt att kÀnna trovÀrdighet i hennes text pga hennes sÀtt att skriva.
Tur man kan kÀllgranska ;)]]> 3.38 Kampen om Romarriket (VÀrldens dramatiska historia)
author: Eva Queckfeldt
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.38
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2021/09/23
date added: 2021/09/23
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En bra bok om man Àr helt ny kring romarrikets historia.
Eva gÄr inte in pÄ djupet men hon berör precis allt som Àr vÀrt att veta pÄ basnivÄ.

Det som jag inte tyckte om var just att det skrapades endast pÄ ytan och att författarinnan upprepade sig flera gÄnger. Som att hon glömt att hon skrivit samma mening tidigare.
Fick Àven lite svÄrt att kÀnna trovÀrdighet i hennes text pga hennes sÀtt att skriva.
Tur man kan kÀllgranska ;)
]]> <![CDATA[VÄlnadernas historia: Spöken, skeptiker och drömmen om den odödliga sjÀlen]]> 52087057
Resultatet Àr en bred historisk berÀttelse om tro och tvivel, över flera Ärtusenden. Vi möter de stora tÀnkarna och de Ànnu större personligheterna. Vi möter de sörjande, de skrÀckslagna, de skeptiska och de rena skojarna.

Med vÀrme och humor utmanar VÀsterbro vÄra förestÀllningar om hur mÀnniskorna tÀnkte förr. De lÀnge sedan döda har sÀllan framstÄtt som mer levande. För den hÀr boken handlar ocksÄ om kÀrlek - och den ofattbaraste av tankar, att vÄra nÀra och kÀra en dag ska vara borta för alltid.

Det hÀr Àr en bok för bÄde dem som Àlskar spökhistorier och för dem som pÄ ett underhÄllande sÀtt vill fÄ nya synvinklar och ompröva sin syn pÄ historien och den vÀsterlÀndska kulturens framvÀxt.]]> 427 Magnus VÀsterbro 918886975X Elinore 2 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.25 VÄlnadernas historia: Spöken, skeptiker och drömmen om den odödliga sjÀlen
author: Magnus VĂ€sterbro
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.25
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2021/09/21
date added: 2021/09/21
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]]> A Head Full of Ghosts 23019294
To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts' plight. With John, Marjorie's father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend.

Fifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. As she recalls those long ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surface--and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.]]> 287 Paul Tremblay 0062363239 Elinore 4 audiobooks, read-in-2021 3.78 2015 A Head Full of Ghosts
author: Paul Tremblay
name: Elinore
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2021/09/10
date added: 2021/09/10
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