Laurie Thompson Book order (chronological)

Now available in board book: The adorable, STEM nonfiction picture book series that encourages very young readers to learn - through gentle interactivity and play - about the animals who share their world.

Now available in board book: The adorable, STEM nonfiction picture book series that encourages very young readers to learn - through gentle interactivity and play - about the animals who share their world.

Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboahs inspirierende wahre Geschichte – unter dem Titel „Emmanuels Geschenk“ („Emmanuels Gift“) verfilmt wurde, mit Oprah Winfrey als Sprecherin – ist einfach bemerkenswert. Geboren in Ghana, Westafrika, ohne Schienbein im rechten Bein wurde Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah von den meisten Menschen abgelehnt – aber nicht von seiner Mutter, die ihm beibrachte, für seine Träume zu kämpfen. Als Junge hüpfte Emmanuel über drei Kilometer zur Schule, er lernte Fußball spielen, verließ mit dreizehn Jahren sein Zuhause, um für seine Familie zu sorgen, und wurde schließlich Radfahrer. 2001 fuhr er unglaubliche 645 Kilometer quer durch Ghana und verbreitete seine eindringliche Botschaft: Behinderung bedeutet nicht Unfähigkeit. Emmanuel setzt sich auch heute noch für behinderte Menschen ein. Thompsons erzählende Literatur und Qualls kraftvolle Illustrationen feiern auf beeindruckende Weise das Triumphieren über Widrigkeiten. Enthält eine Anmerkung des Autors mit weiteren Informationen über Emmanuels Wohltätigkeitsorganisation.

At the end of a deadly bear hunt across the wilderness of Northern Sweden, the hunters are shaken by a horrifying discovery... Across in Kurravaara, a woman is murdered with horrific brutality... Only Rebecka Martinsson sees a connection but she's been dropped from the case...

Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. His past is about to catch up with him. The figure approaching in the freezing cold is Harriet, the only woman he has ever loved, the woman he abandoned in order to go and study in America forty years earlier. She has sought him out in the hope that he will honour a promise made many years ago. Now in the late stages of a terminal illness, she wants to visit a small lake in northern Sweden, a place Welin's father took him once as a boy. He upholds his pledge and drives her to this beautiful pool hidden deep in the forest. On the journey through the desolate snow-covered landscape, Welin reflects on his impoverished childhood and the woman he later left behind. However, once there Welin discovers that Harriet has left the biggest surprise until last. Italian Shoes is as compelling as it is disturbing. Through his anti-hero Welin, Mankell tackles ageing and death with sensitivity and acuity, and as with the critically acclaimed Depths, delivers a moving tour-de-force on the frailty of mankind.

Having come thus far in his deliberations, Van Veeteren gave in to temptation and lit a cigarette. It was time to address the big question, and that would no doubt need a bit of extra effort. Why? Why in hell's name should anybody march up to somebody's door, ring the bell and shoot whoever opened it?A young woman shivers in the December cold as her mother's body is laid to rest in a cemetery. The only thing that warms her is the thought of the revenge she will soon take... Then a middle-aged man is killed at his home, shot twice in the chest and twice below the belt. He had recently received a series of bizarre phone calls where an old song is played down the line - evoking an eerie sense of both familiarity and unease. Before the police can find the culprit, a second man is killed in the same way. Chief Inspector Van Veeteren and his team must dig far back into each man's past - but with few clues at each crime scene, can they find the killer before anyone else dies?

Book by Henning Mankell