Books
The Six Walls of Life
Nina Burton
From the 2016 August Prize for Non-Fiction winner comes a beguiling and in many ways exceptional nature memoir, an homage to the natural world around us.What begins with a renovation of Nina Burton’s summer cottage, swiftly turns into an exploration…
Children Who Have Changed the World
Jenny Strömstedt
Seventeen children who in various ways have made the world a better place. Such as Louis Braille who invented Braille, Margaret Knight who invented all sorts of things (and had to fight in court for her patents), Liam Hannon who made sandwiches for t…
Sonja and the Hat Split
Måns Gahrton
A beautiful and thought-provoking story about divorce and finding your place in a new family constellation. Sonja alternates living with Mummy one week and Daddy the next. Both places are nice but in different ways. When autumn comes Daddy brings out…
The Helsingør Crossing
Conny Palmkvist
The first-ever full account of one of Europe’s most daring wartime humanitarian operations.A plucky group of unassuming Danes and Swedish security police risked their lives to orchestrate the safe passage of as many endangered Danish Jews as possible…
The Five Demons
Ola Lindholm, Johan Lindqvist
From time immemorial there have been criminals and there have been heroes who have fought criminality and stood up for justice. Twelve-year old Sam has been trained to be one of the world’s strongest and cleverest agents. Together with Kung Pow maste…
Snus!
Mats Jonson
Revised edition. Swedish snus, a form of smokeless tobacco, occupies a unique position in the world and is constantly developing thanks to carefully-considered tobacco choices, well-tested flavours, and high-quality production methods. Both larger an…
Mystical Places and Unsolved Mysteries
Sarah Sheppard
Curious about all things that is mystical and exciting? Come along to Stonehenge, Easter Island and Dracula’s castle. Investigate jungles and ruins in search of the fountain of youth and the Holy Grail. Does Bigfoot exist? What is a sinkhole? Where i…
My Meal Plan
Zeina Mourtada
A cookery book with a focus on quick-to-make everyday food and practical menus for the week to turn to when time and ideas are in short supply. There are loads of recipes that will get everyone gathering eagerly around the dinner table, such as Thai…
