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  1. Villkorlig barndom - en memoaressä

    Fjellström, Roger
    OrdStröm förlag

    Villkorlig barndom är första delen i en tänkt memoarsvit, period 1945 till 1964. Det är en skildring av en kärleksfattig, stum och minneslös uppväxt, där tips och lottsedlar utgjor...

  2. Vinden vänder

    Scherer, Maria
    Albert Bonniers förlag

    Kära läsare,Som barn bytte vi ofta poesialbum med varandra. En vers som där ständigt återkom var denna:Livet går härs och tvärs.Så går även denna vers.Och det gör livet alltid med...

  3. Virginibus Puerisque

    Stevenson, Robert Louis
    Saga Egmont

    Virginibus Puerisque represents the legendary author’s first collection of personal essays. Far from being a droll affair they are playful and spirited, they are written in defianc...

  4. Virvlande tankar: Volym I

    Lejonord, Veronie
    Books on Demand

    I ett skede när alla tankar virvlar runt som löv i en höstvind, känner jag ett behov av att låta en del ta form i ord. Vad kan vara bättre än att pränta ner dem med hjälp av tangen...

  5. A Visit to Three Fronts

    Doyle, Arthur Conan
    Saga Egmont

    Aged 55 by the time WWI broke out in 1914, famous author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was keen to play his part in the war effort and became a private in a volunteer regiment. ‘A Visit t...

  6. The Vital Message

    Doyle, Arthur Conan
    Saga Egmont

    ‘The Vital Message’ is an essay on spiritualism by famous ‘Sherlock Holmes’ author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle had publicly professed his belief in spiritualism many years earlie...

  7. Vuodet : veljekset kertovat

    Westö, Kjell; Westö, Mårten
    Otava

    Mitä eletyistä vuosista jää jäljelle, mitä me muistamme? Opimmeko elämäntaipaleellamme mitään, ja jos opimme, niin mitä? Veljekset Kjell (s. 1961) ja Mårten (s. 1967) Westö vartt...

  8. Walking

    Thoreau, Henry David
    Saga Egmont

    ‘Walking’ (1851) is an essay by American naturalist, poet, essayist and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, best known for his book ‘Walden’ (1854). This pioneering work is one of Th...

  9. The War in South Africa

    Doyle, Arthur Conan
    Saga Egmont

    Published in 1902, ‘The War in South Africa’ is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s account of the Boer War. Keen to play his part, Doyle enlisted as a doctor after being turned down by the I...

  10. War of the Classes

    London, Jack
    Saga Egmont

    Jack London grew up in abject poverty, scraping by through a combination of both legal and under-the-table ways of making money since he was a boy. He was a sailor and at one point...

  11. The War That Will End War

    Wells, H. G.
    Saga Egmont

    ‘The War That Will End War’ is a collection of thought-provoking esssays, in which H. G. Wells examines the causes and effects of the First World War. For the pacifist Wells, the...

  12. Waynes world

    Niva, Erik
    Modernista

    Wayne’s world [2012] av Erik Niva. ERIK NIVA [f. 1978] är en svensk sportjournalist på Sportbladet och Viasat Fotboll. Niva har tilldelats Svenska Fans stora läsarpris Guldskölden...

  13. Welcome to hell

    Niva, Erik
    Modernista

    Welcome to hell [2012] av Erik Niva. ERIK NIVA [f. 1978] är en svensk sportjournalist på Sportbladet och Viasat Fotboll. Niva har tilldelats Svenska Fans stora läsarpris Guldsköld...

  14. What is Authorial Philology?

    Open Book Publishers

    A stark departure from traditional philology, What is Authorial Philology? is the first comprehensive treatment of authorial philology as a discipline in its own right. It provides...

  15. Where No Fear Was : A Book About Fear

    Benson, Arthur Christopher
    Duke Classics 2015

    Is fear an evolutionary tool that helps us steer clear of danger and death, or is it a stumbling block that keeps us from realizing our full potential? According to essayist A. C....

  16. Wings and The Child

    Nesbit, Edith
    Saga Egmont

    It is often said that if you want to make the world a better place, start with children! Do you still remember what it was like to be a child? It was frustrating, and you often fel...

  17. Yeats's Mask: Yeats Annual No. 19

    Gould, Warwick; Mills Harper, Margaret
    Open Book Publishers

    Yeats’s Mask, Yeats Annual No. 19 is a special issue in this renowned research-level series. Fashionable in the age of Wilde, the Mask changes shape until it emerges as Mask in the...

  18. Yhtä Jumalan kanssa: Herääminen Pyhän Hengen Äänen kautta

    Tyler, Marjorie; Sjolander, Joann; Ballonoff, Margaret
    Books on Demand

    Lopullista heräämistä tästä unesta, jota kutsumme elämäksi, edeltää onnellinen uni. Jotta se voisi tapahtua, sinun tulee olla halukas näkemään jokainen toinen itsenäsi, oman unesi...

  19. Yksin kotona

    Nykänen, Anna-Stina
    Into Kustannus 2020 1. edition

    Miksi ajantaju pettää yksin ollessa? Mitä tehdä, kun kotona ei kerry askeleita mittariin? Onko muilla enemmän seksiä? Millaisen jalanjäljen videopalaverit jättävät ihmisen sieluun?...

  20. Yrkesmän emellan

    Claesson, Stig
    Albert Bonniers förlag

    ”Yrkesmän emellan” handlar om den tankfulle Stig Claesson som går runt i sin stad, följer årets växlingar, funderar över Stockholms utveckling, över människors liv, över livet på l...