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As winter comes and the hours of darkness overtake the light, we seek out warmth, good food, and good company. But beneath the jollity and bright enchantment of the festive season, there lurks a darker mood - one that has found expression over the centuries in a host of strange and unsettling traditions and lore. Here, Sarah Clegg takes us on a journey through midwinter to explore the lesser-known Christmas traditions, from English mummers plays and Austrian Krampus runs, to modern pagan rituals at Stonehenge and the night in Finland when a young girl is crowned with candles as St Lucy - a martyred Christian girl who also appears as a witch leading a procession of the dead. At wassails and hoodenings and winter gatherings, attended by ghastly, grinning horses, snatching monsters and mysterious visitors, we discover how these traditions originated and how they changed through the centuries, and we ask ourselves: if we can't keep the darkness entirely at bay, might it be fun to let a little in?

<p><b>Why is playing games a universal human instinct?</b><br/><b>Why did the same games evolve across wildly different civilisations?</b><br/><b>And how can those games make your life happier, healthier and more fulfilled?</b><br/><br/>The history of board games is really the history of human civilisation. Through it we see how our species has learned to live with one another, make deals, take on different roles and manage the ups and downs of luck.<br/><br/>In this entertaining and thought-provoking look at games through the ages, Tim Clare explores the legal highs of a good dice roll, the thrills of a predatory race game and the tactile pleasures of the games that age with us through our lives to discover how, through play, we become fully ourselves.<br/><br/>Drawing on Roman anti-cheating devices, organised crime card syndicates and the combative domestic bonding ritual of Monopoly, <i>The Game Changers</i> explains why games are more popular now than ever, and how playing them helps us learn to be better losers, make smarter decisions and become more human.</p>

"En utmärkt bok för våra utländska vänner." Bibliotekstjänst<br/><br/>Turistboom! Våra svenska traditioner äntligen på engelska. Perfekt bok för turister såväl som för utländska gäster och vänner.<br/><br/>Här berättas om Lucia, Midsommar, Jul, Nationaldagen, Påsk, Våffeldagen och årets övriga svenska traditioner. Här finns förstås hela julhelgen med bilder av bl a Carl Larsson. Författaren skriver lärorikt och personligt om typiskt svenska traditioner en del ursvenska och om de traditioner vi delar med andra men med vår egen svenska utformning.<br/><br/>Rikt illustrerad med bilder och fotografier av den vackra svenska naturen.<br/><br/>Även recept på några klassiska svenska maträtter.<br/><br/>IN ENGLISH:<br/><br/>Did you know that . . .<br/><br/>Swedes cannot celebrate Christmas without Swedish ginger snaps and saffron buns?<br/><br/>Swedish children dress up as witches and beg for money at Easter?<br/><br/>Lucia Midsummer Christmas Sweden s National Day Easter Waffle Day<br/><br/>are all presented here together with the other annual Swedish traditions. Of course the Christmas holidays are included, with illustrations by Carl Larsson and others.<br/><br/>The author has written a personal, informative and entertaining presentation of typical Swedish customs some of which are ancient and the traditions which Swedes share with others often with our very own Swedish adaptations.<br/><br/>Richly illustrated with pictures and photographs of Sweden's beautiful nature, including recipes for some of Sweden s most classic traditional dishes.<br/><br/>The author Jan-Öjvind Swahn is one of Sweden s most renowned scholars in cultural history studies, and he is Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics.

<p>Svenska kungar och drottningar - på engelska!</p><p>I Kings and queens of Sweden presenteras svenska regenter från Gustav Vasa och fram till dagens kungahus. Bokens tyngdpunkt ligger på de moderna kungligheterna. Boken även en kortfattad SVENSK HISTORIA - från istid till Spotify - och en presentation av de elva kungliga slotten.</p><p>Här får du lära känna kung Carl XVI Gustaf, drottning Silvia, kronprinsessan Victoria, prins Carl Philip och prinsessan Madeleine och deras familjer. Du får läsa om deras uppväxt, intressen, sociala engagemang, bröllop, barn.</p><p>Boken innehåller minibiografier om Sveriges regenter från Gustav Vasa till Gustav VI Adolf. Det är historier om makt, krig, familjefejder, älskarinnor. Följ släktband och uppgörelser fram till vår moderna kungafamilj. </p><p>Boken presenterar också de elva KUNGLIGA SLOTTEN, bland annat Drottningholms slott, Stockholms slott, Ulriksdals slott, Haga slott och Gripsholms slott. </p><p>Boken är rikt illustrerad med fotografier och målningar i färg.</p><p>PETER OLAUSSON har tidigare skrivit böcker om Sveriges historia. ADRIENNE BÖNNELYCHE är reporter på Svensk Damtidning. MATTIAS HENRIKSON är författare till böcker om Stockholm.</p><p></p><p>IN ENGLISH:</p><p>Royalty and History!   </p><p>THE REGENTS OF SWEDEN from Gustav Vasa to our present king Carl XVI Gustaf presented here together with a short survey of Sweden's history from the ice age to Spotify.     </p><p>Learn about our modern royal family: King Carl XVI Gustaf Queen Silvia Crown Princess Victoria Prince Carl Philip Princess Madeleine . . . and their families. Read about their upbringing, social involvement and duties, their weddings, children. With quotations and wonderful illustrations. </p><p>Mini-biographies from Gustav Vasa to Gustaf VI Adolf, as well as the struggles for power, wars, family feuds and mistresses . . . Follow family relationships and agreements up until our modern royal family today.</p><p>The eleven ROYAL PALACES AND CASTLES are also presented here, including Drottningholm Palace, the Royal Palace of Stockholm, Ulriksdal Palace, Haga Palace and Gripsholm Castle. Most of the palaces are open to tourists.</p><p></p>

<p>Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material. Renegades: Born in the USA is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to our country&apos;s polarized politics and the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-color photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsiders-one Black and one white-looking for a way to connect their unconventional searches for meaning, identity, and community with the American story itself. It includes: - Original introductions by President Obama and Bruce Springsteen - Exclusive new material from the Renegades podcast recording sessions - Obama&apos;s never-before-seen annotated speeches, including his &quot;Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches&quot; - Springsteen&apos;s handwritten lyrics for songs spanning his 50-year-long career - Rare and exclusive photographs from the authors&apos; personal archives - Historical photographs and documents that provide rich visual context for their conversation In a recording studio stocked with dozens of guitars, and on at least one Corvette ride, Obama and Springsteen discuss marriage and fatherhood, race and masculinity, the lure of the open road and the call back to home. They also compare notes on their favorite protest songs, the most inspiring American heroes of all time, and more. Along the way, they reveal their passion for-and the occasional toll of-telling a bigger, truer story about America throughout their careers, and explore how our fractured country might begin to find its way back toward unity and global leadership.</p>

Aphrodite - The Making Of A Goddess [Bok / Häftad]

Hrefna Róbertsdóttir, historian, explores economic thought in Iceland and Denmark in the 18th century and relates it to local wool production in Iceland in the second half of the century. In the process, she sheds new light on 18th-century society and draws attention to various economic, social and moral aspects of manufacturing. Ultimately, she views the introduction of manufacturing in the 18th century as internal utilisation within the old order, rather than as a harbinger of the future changes and industrialisation of the 19th century. Wool and Society Manufacturing Policy, Economic Thought and Local Production in 18th-century Iceland is a doctoral thesis in history, submitted to the Department of History at the University of Lund in Sweden.