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"The Finder of Lost Things" is the name Blanche Wainfleet''s three sisters bestowed on her when they were young, not only for her ability to locate missing handkerchiefs and runaway pets, but also because she was so good at finding solutions to all manner of puzzles. Now, in the winter of 1590-1, twenty-eight-year-old Blanche, a London merchant''s wife whose husband is traveling abroad, is faced with a much more serious mystery, one she is desperate to solve. Late Elizabethan England is an era rife with treason and conflicting political and religious loyalties. Priest-catchers target Catholic households in the hope of being able to arrest and execute priests. The householders themselves have to pay ruinous fines if they do not attend Anglican services. And yet leaders of both faiths agree that a bewitched person can be cured by exorcism. When Blanche''s youngest sister, Alison, fell in love with a Catholic gentleman, she converted to Catholicism and went to live at Otley Manor as Lady Otley''s companion. Arrested for illegally hearing mass, she died under mysterious circumstances while imprisoned in Colchester Castle. Some say she was bewitched to death. To discover the truth about how Alison died, Blanche contrives to have herself confined with Lady Otley and other members of the Otley household in Colchester''s dungeon. She tells no one of her connection to Alison, but does pretend that she, like her sister, wishes to convert. Still without answers when a royal pardon sets all women prisoners free, Blanche accepts Lady Otley''s invitation to join her household and take instruction in the Catholic faith. She''s just begun to make progress when a second murder puts her in mortal danger from powerful figures on both sides of the religious divide.
Tænd lyset! Der er intet vigtigere, vi kan gøre som mennesker end at tænde lyset. I vores eget liv og i andre menneskers liv. At tænde lys og udvide sin bevidsthed er tvungent pensum for alle sjæle. I denne bog får du praktiske redskaber til selvudvikling, der virker. Og masser af inspiration fra andres personlige beretninger. Lær om mindfulness, meditation og spirituel astrologi. Og lær om børneopdragelse med sund fornuft og holistiske redskaber.”Jeg elsker at høre eller at læse andre menneskers livshistorie. Især hvis den er fortalt på en sådan måde, at den har noget at sige os alle på et højere spirituelt plan. Det har Nina Bentzons livskloge bog, der udover at indeholde et væld af visdom også er velskrevet og spændende. Jeg anbefaler den hermed på det varmeste.”- Lars Muhl, forfatter til bl.a. "Seeren fra Andalusien" og "Maria Magdalena".
Rose Westmoreland boards a train alone in 1911, bound for the far edge of the country in search of her missing husband. She is caught up in the intrigue of the Revolution, the unfamiliar culture of the borderlands, and the deadly competition between international oil companies.
Nu kommer den enestående fortælling om Jens P. Koch, Danmarks største private bygmester nogensinde. Han ville meget mere end bygge huse. Koch ville skabe rammerne for “Det lykkelige Menneske”, der ejede deres eget hjem. Derfor byggede han ikke huse, men kvarterer, som han sagde. Med Odense som udgangspunkt var han over alt; Aarhus, Hjørring, Aalborg, Fredericia, Slagelse, Køge, Kgs. Lyngby og naturligvis Odense, hvor Tarup, Paarup, Dalum, Søhus, Stige og Nyborgvej – Rødegårdsvej-kvarteret blev afgørende præget af hans visioner. Koch introducerede nye byggeteknikker, der revolutionerede dansk husbyggeri – og var således den første, der byggede om vinteren. Han indførte desuden et nyt betalingssystem, der med sine månedlige betalinger var en genial nyskabelse, en forløber for vor tids systemer – og en afskaffelse af de forhadte ”Fandens fødselsdage”, hvor huskøbere skulle betale to gange årligt. Dette er fortællingen om det Danmark, halvdelen af os er vokset op i, eller har boet i. Dette er fortællingen, der stiller spørgsmål til, hvordan vores største bygningsarv skal forvaltes i dag.Og dette er fortællingen, der med stor sandsynlighed vil sætte dit eget (barndoms-)hjem i en større ramme, et hjem som du måske vil kunne se fotos fra.
What’s the best way to purge an unfaithful husband? Become a spy for British Intelligence, of course.Desperate to get out of London, and determined to help the war effort and stop thinking about her philandering husband, Fiona Figg volunteers to go undercover.At Ravenswick Abbey a charming South African war correspondent has tongues wagging. His friends say he’s a crack huntsman. The War Office is convinced he’s a traitor. Fiona thinks he’s a pompous prig. What sort of name is Fredrick Fredricks anyway? Too bad Fiona doesn’t own a Wolseley pith helmet. At Ravenswick a murderer is on the prowl, and it’s not just the big-game hunter who's ready to pounce.
November, 1942. Betty Ahern is doing her part for the war, working at Bell Aircraft while her older brother and fiancé are fighting overseas, but she really wants to be a private detective like her movie idol Sam Spade. When sabotage comes to the plant, and a suspected co-worker hires her to clear her name, Betty sees it as her big chance.As her questions take her into Buffalo’s German neighborhood, Kaisertown, Betty finds herself digging into a group that is trying to resurrect the German-American Bund, a pro-Nazi organization. Have they elevated their activities past pamphlets and party-crashing?When the investigation leads Betty and her two friends into a tangle of counterfeiting and murder, as well as the Bund, the trio must crack the case--before one or more of them ends up in the Buffalo River…wearing concrete overshoes.
Denne bog vil guide dig kærligt og sikkert gennem et forløb, som kan hjælpe dig ud på den anden side af stress, depression og angst.Du får forklaringer, som giver dig en forståelse af det, der sker i dig, og du får gennem konkrete opgaver redskaber til at lære dig selv bedre at kende, til at ændre dine tanker og handlinger og dermed påvirke dit liv
Kong Pukkelrygs Saga er en eventyrlig saga for større børn og for voksne, der ønsker at opleve som børn igen. Denne saga har rødder mere end 1000 år tilbage og har betydning for nutiden, ligesom dens rødder vil få indflydelse på fremtiden. Eventyrets væsen giver mulighed for, at komplekse temaer kan præsenteres i en spændende, underholdende og let forståelig form, der kan appellere til refleksion.
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