Blood, Fire, Death: The Swedish Metal Story (Johannesson Ika)(Paperback)

Blood, Fire, Death: The Swedish Metal Story (Johannesson Ika)(Paperback)

In the early 1990s, Swedish death metal revolutionized the international music scene. Suddenly, the mild-mannered Scandinavian country found itself at the forefront of a new movement with worldwide impact thanks to bands such as Entombed, Dismember, and At the Gates. The birth of black metal drove

Swedish Death Metal (Ekerot Daniel)(Paperback)

Sweden is a remote country in the freezing northern Europe, with less than nine million inhabitants and a reputation for Volvos, hockey players, cheap furniture, vodka, and blonde women. Since the late 1980s, however, Sweden has produced over a thousand extreme heavy metal bands, creating one of

King Tiger: Son of the Dragon (Stradley Randy)(Paperback)

Blood, death, and fire--the darkest magic. A monstrous secret from King Tiger's past has tracked the warrior mystic to his sanctuary in the Nevada desert. With the lives of his friends and tens of thousands of innocents at stake, can Tiger's skills and sorcery triumph against an unthinkable

After the Fire (Mankell Henning)(Paperback)

Fredrik Welin is a seventy-year-old retired doctor. Years ago he retreated to the Swedish archipelago, where he lives alone on an island. He swims in the sea every day, cutting a hole in the ice if necessary. He lives a quiet life. Until he wakes up one night to find his house on fire. Fredrik

Dostadning - The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Magnusson Margareta)(Paperback / softback)

You embraced hygge and mastered konmari; now meet Dostadning, or death cleaning: the Scandinavian art of shedding unnecessary things to make our lives as joyful as possible, at any

Blood Metal Bone (Cummings Lindsay)(Paperback / softback)

'Blood Metal Bone surprises you in the very best ways. Unique world-building, a bold heroine with a heartbreaking past, and awe-inspiring magic that simply cannot be caged.' Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter A DEADLY OUTCAST A DANGEROUS SECRET ONE EPIC QUEST FOR THE TRUTH

Bloody Mary: Tudor Terror, 1553-1558 (Carradice Phil)(Paperback)

The story of Bloody Mary, the most brutal of brutal

Wise Blood (O'Connor Flannery)(Paperback / softback)

Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor's first novel, is the story of Hazel Motes who, released from the armed services, returns to the evangelical Deep

Death and the Dervish (Selimovic Mesa)(Paperback)

Death and the Dervish is an acclaimed novel by Bosnian writer Mesa Selimovic. It recounts the story of Sheikh Nuruddin, a dervish residing in an Islamic monastery in Sarajevo in the eighteenth century during the Ottoman Turk hegemony over the Balkans. When his brother is arrested, he must descend

Fire and Blood - 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History) (Martin George R.R.)(Paperback / softback)

Set 300 years before the events in A Song of Ice and Fire, FIRE AND BLOOD is the definitive history of the Targaryens in Westeros as told by Archmaester Gyldayn, and chronicles the conquest that united the Seven Kingdoms under Targaryen rule through to the Dance of the Dragons: the Targaryen civil

Blood Wedding (Lorca Federico Garcia)(Paperback / softback)

Lorca's Blood Wedding is a classic of twentieth-century theatre. The story is based on a newspaper fragment which told of a family vendetta and a bride who ran away with the son of the enemy family. Lorca uses it to investigate the subjects which fascinated him: desire, repression, ritual, and the

British Steam Fire Engines (Henderson Ronald)(Paperback)

This is the fascinating story of the development of early British steam fire engines by a renowned expert on emergency services vehicles and equipment. Ronald Henderson, a member of the Fire Brigade Society and an expert on steam engines, covers the history of the early inventions that coupled

Selena's Secret: The Revealing Story Behind Her Tragic Death (Arrars Mara Celeste)(Paperback)

Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction (Morrill John)(Paperback)

The Great Fire, the Black Death, flip-flopping religious persecution, the overthrow and reinstatement of the monarchy. The Stuart Britain era, a notch on the timeline spanning roughly 1603-1714, is one of the most interesting times in the history of Britain. John Morrill's Stuart Britain: A Very

Blood And Memory - The Quickening Book Two (McIntosh Fiona)(Paperback / softback)

BLOOD AND MEMORY continues the epic tale begun in MYRREN'S GIFT - a page-turning adventure story that marks Fiona McIntosh as a major new force in fantasy

To the Strongest, Volume 1 (Fabbri Robert)(Paperback)

The first book in a huge, bloody and brutal new series from Robert Fabbri, set after the death of Alexander the Great. Who will win the fight to control the largest empire the world has ever seen? Let the battles

Once Upon a Dragon's Fire (Blue Beatrice)(Paperback / softback)

This heartwarming story of how dragons got their fire is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Once Upon a Unicorn

'48 (Herbert James)(Paperback)

In 1945, Hitler unleashes the Blood Death on Britain as his final act of vengeance. Those who died at once were the lucky ones. The really unfortunate took years. The survivors; people like me who had the blood group that kept us safe from the disease were now targets for those who believed our

Blood: A Memoir (Moorer Allison)(Paperback)

The Grammy- and Academy Award- nominated singer-songwriter's haunting, lyrical memoir, sharing the story of an unthinkable act of violence and ultimate healing through artMobile, Alabama, 1986. A fourteen-year-old girl is awakened by the unmistakable sound of gunfire. On the front lawn, her father

Happy Death (Camus Albert)(Paperback / softback)

Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy

Waking Fire - Book One of Draconis Memoria (Ryan Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

Claydon Torcreek is a Blood-blessed, able to channel the powers contained in the blood of wild drakes. While his brethren serve as elite spies and assassins, Clay prefers the life of a small-time criminal in the dangerous slums of Carvenport.Yet war is coming, and it seems Clay is going to end up

SAS Nazi Hunters (Lewis Damien)(Paperback / softback)

The extraordinary true story of the SAS's bloody rebirth, revealed for the very first

Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before a Game of Thrones (a Targaryen History) (Martin George R. R.)(Paperback)

Kniha Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History):The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work by the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO’s Game of Thrones. With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from

Lost in the Clouds - A gentle story to help children understand death and grief (DK)(Paperback / softback)