A retired literary agent revisits his journals from a trip he took to his mother's birthplace some years before. His memories reveal that he has been less of a mere spectator through life than he had thought.
Denmark
- Author:Stegner, WallaceSummary:
- Author:Cutler, A.Summary:
The story of enigmantic scientist-turned-priest, Nicholas Steno, who first proposed that the shell-shaped rocks commonly found on Italian mountaintops actually were fossils--a notion completely antithetical to the 17th century...
- Author:Wiking, MeikSummary:
From picking the right lighting to organizing a Hygge get-together to dressing hygge, Meik Wiking shows you how to experience more joy and contentment the Danish way.
- Author:Garrett, Paul Russell, Melander, JakobSummary:
The first book in the crime series featuring Lars Winkler: loner, dad, former squatter, and drug addict — and the most dedicated detective in Copenhagen. A young prostitute is found murdered at the common in Copenhagen. The woman’s body...
- Author:Ravn, OlgaSummary:
Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize, The Employees reshuffles a sci-fi voyage into a riotously original existential nightmare. Funny and doom-drenched, The Employees chronicles the fate of the Six-Thousand Ship. The...
- Author:Adler-Olsen, JussiSummary:
Detective Carl Mørck investigates the twenty-year-old murders of a brother and sister whose confessed killer may actually be innocent, a case with ties to a homeless woman and powerful adversaries.
- Author:Grøndahl, Jens ChristianSummary:
This elegant and nuanced literary gem explores the intricacies of friendship, secrets, and two marriages, for fans of The Dinner and Dept. of Speculation. "Often I am happy and yet I want to cry; / For no heart fully shares my joy...
- Author:Lowry, LoisSummary:
Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When...
- Author:O'Brien, Michael, Nicholls, LizSummary:
Set in the final days of the first millennium, Mad Boy Chronicle hauls the Hamlet story howling back to its origins. Join the Mad Boy as he sets out in fierce pursuit of his destiny, in a world where wolves, elves, spirits, and Jesus...
- Author:Andersen, H. C.Summary:
« Au sommet des montagnes suisses, au creux des grands glaciers, vit la Vierge des glaces, redoutable reine des neiges éternelles. Le jeune Rudy lui a échappé de peu et, depuis ce jour, elle attend de pouvoir enfin l'étreindre...
- Author:Kaaberbøl, Lene, Friis, AgneteSummary:
Red Cross nurse Nina Borg's life is at a turning point. Her husband, Morten, has pleaded with her not to get involved in any more dangerous projects with her network of volunteers who assist illegal immigrants and refugees. But when...
- Author:Toksvig, SandiSummary:
Ten-year-old Bamse and his Jewish friend Anton participate in the Danish Resistance during World War II.
- Author:Christensen, AndréeSummary:
Un énigmatique carnet. Un cousin ignoré d’une petite île de la mer du Nord. D’entrée de jeu, intrigué, le lecteur se laisse entraîner par la narratrice dans le monde sombre et mystérieux de Thorvald Sørensen, archéologue danois. Une...
- Author:Robertson, DavidSummary:
Sometimes radical yet always applicable, Brick by Brick abounds with real-world lessons for unleashing breakthrough innovation in your organization, using LEGO--which experienced one of the most remarkable business transformations in...
- Author:Andersen, Hans ChristianSummary:
Beloved children's classics such as “The Ugly Duckling,” “Thumbelina,” "The Little Match Girl," and “The Princess and the Pea.” By turns heartbreaking and joyous, these are the stories that first taught many of us the glories of...