Lindgren
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Pippi Longstocking volume 1
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English
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Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.
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Lavender Ladies Detective Agency volume 1
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English
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Good detectives come in all manner of guises. Meet Siiri and Irma, best friends and the queen bees of Sunset Grove, a retirement community for those still young at heart. With a combined age of nearly 180, Siiri and Irma are still just as inquisitive and witty as when they first met decades ago. But when their comfortable world is upturned by a suspicious death at Sunset Grove, Siiri and Irma are shocked into doing something about it. Determined to...
3) Look Hamlet
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A hilarious, darkly comic graphic retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet in radically condensed prose by legendary Swedish children's author Barbro Lindgren and illustrator Anna Höglund.
Look Hamlet.
Hamlet not happy.
Hamlet's mommy dumb.
Hamlet's daddy dead.
So begins this wonderfully strange, dark, and hilarious picture book version of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy boiled down to its smallest possible size: 100 words, give or take, and fifteen...
4) Minimalisme: Conseils et Stratégies pour Éliminer le Stress, Libérer L'esprit et Créer la Joie et le
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De nos jours, nous passons notre temps entourés de biens et nous sommes bombardés de marketing et de publicité pour en acheter encore plus. Mais la vérité est qu'acheter plus de choses ne vous apporte ni joie ni bonheur. Au contraire, des études montrent qu'accumuler plus de biens entraîne le stress, la confusion mentale est due au fait de passer son temps en désordre à cause des choses dont on n'a pas besoin. Heureusement, il existe un moyen...
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These personal diaries by the author of Pippi Longstocking chronicle her experiences in Europe during WWII and her astute observations of the conflict.
Before she became internationally known for her Pippi Longstocking books, Astrid Lindgren was an aspiring author living in Stockholm with her family at the outbreak of the Second World War. The diaries she kept throughout the hostilities offer her unique perspective, as a civilian, a mother, and an...
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When Pia Keyne, a feisty political reporter, becomes entertainment editor at a large urban newspaper she finds herself embroiled in the vicious murder of a high-profile politician. Pia quickly uncovers sexual overtones to the killing, as well as a possible cover-up of Nazi stolen art. The ink might just run red when Pia's involvement draws the attention of the murderer. And will she be putting her life at risk? Or just her heart... What starts out...
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The Bible is full of allegories and parables, and Caterpillars Can't Fly was, written as one more allegory to excite the imagination and inspire young readers to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God by learning more about the creation. The Bible states that the invisible things of God are, revealed by the visible world. God has been striving through the centuries to show himself to us in many ways, and this book is, intended to be one of...
9) Minimalismo: Consejos y Estrategias para Crear un Hogar Libre de Estrés, Despejar la Mente y Dejar E
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Español
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En el mundo moderno pasamos nuestro tiempo rodeados de posesiones y nos bombardean con el marketing y la publicidad para que compremos aún más. Pero la verdad es que comprar más cosas no te da alegría ni felicidad. En cambio, los estudios demuestran que acumular más posesiones conduce al estrés, a la confusión mental y a pasar el tiempo rodeado de desorden y de cosas que no quieres ni necesitas. Afortunadamente, existe una vía para redescubrir...
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Le Danemark a la réputation internationale d'être l'une des nations les plus heureuses du monde, et son ingrédient magique est le Hygge! Les Danois doivent leur joie de vivre au Hygge : intimité, confort et joie. Profitez de la vie dans le confort de votre propre maison. Réunissez-vous et apprenez comment des expériences et des activités simples et peu coûteuses peuvent améliorer radicalement votre bonheur. Blottissez-vous contre un être...
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Dinamarca tiene fama a nivel internacional de ser uno de los países más felices del mundo, y su ingrediente mágico es el Hygge. El pueblo danés debe su vida feliz al Hygge: intimidad, comodidad y alegría. Disfruta de la vida desde la comodidad de tu propia casa. Reúnete y aprende cómo experiencias y actividades sencillas y económicas pueden mejorar drásticamente tu felicidad. Acurrúcate con un ser querido, lee a la luz de las velas y disfruta...
13) Minimalismo
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Español
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En el mundo moderno pasamos nuestro tiempo rodeados de posesiones y nos bombardean con el marketing y la publicidad para que compremos aún más. Pero la verdad es que comprar más cosas no te da alegría ni felicidad.
En cambio, los estudios demuestran que acumular más posesiones conduce al estrés, a la confusión mental y a pasar el tiempo rodeado de desorden y de cosas que no quieres ni necesitas. Afortunadamente, existe una vía para redescubrir...
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It's not easy sharing a flat. Especially when you're 95 years old . . .
Escape from Sunset Grove is the second hilarious and heartwarming crime caper in Minna Lindgren's Lavender Ladies Detective Agency trilogy. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club and M.C. Beaton
Change is afoot at Sunset Grove retirement home, and its residents aren't impressed.
Under threat from falling masonry, best friends Irma and Siiri are forced...
15) The Tomten
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At a lonely old farm house, deep in the forest on a crisp winter's night, everyone sleeps. All but one . . . the old Tomten, a little troll whom no human being has ever seen. In the moonlight, he moves about the farm, comforting the animals in a silent little language.
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Deutsch
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Alter schützt vor Scharfsinn nicht
Wenn es etwas gibt, was die drei über neunzigjährigen Freundinnen Siiri, Irma und Anna-Liisa hassen, dann ist es das Gefühl, nicht für voll genommen zu werden. Als in ihrer Altenresidenz Abendhain seltsame Dinge vor sich gehen, steht für sie fest, dass sie handeln müssen. So beginnt ein Abenteuer, das für die drei Freundinnen bald aus dem Ruder läuft und Irma ernsthaft in Gefahr bringt.
Die aufgeweckten,...
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Pole Position volume 12
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English
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The gang travels to the secret Pole Positions Headquarters in San Francisco in search of the missing Uncle Zachary. At the headquarters they find Alfred McGuffin, international industrialist, who leads them on a wild goose chase for Uncle Zachary. Before long the police are chasing after them in connection to the kidnapping of Uncle Zach.
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Pole Position volume 4
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English
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Tess and Dan are prevented by icy roads from delivering a revolutionary new tele-communications satellite to its reclusive inventor, Dr. Russell for a final check before launching. Tess and Dan are separated when Dan wrecks Roadie and must get the car repaired.
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Pole Position volume 5
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English
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Tess and Dan are sent to participate in a California - Mexico race where it is believed a stolen computer program is going to be smuggled out of the country in a microchip. Tess and Dan suspect different people, but the real culprit is Mr. Wilson, a mechanic, who hides the microchip in a game which he lends to Daisy to play with.
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Pole Position volume 7
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English
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Join the Pole Position as they uncover a priceless treasure stolen over five years ago from an Indian reservation in South Dakota. The mystery begins when Kuma suddenly disappears. When Tess, Dan and Daisy inquire into his whereabouts, he lays out thirty-one cents.