Vaggeryds bibliotek

Kjell Alinge var en av radions mest kända och uppskattade personligheter. Med radioprogram som ”Hemma hos”, ”Eldorado” och ”Kjell i kväll” har han skapat radiohistoria. När han 199 ...

In England, fans of Charles Dickens were gripped by the four ghosts that visited Ebenezer Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol' to get him to change his mean ways.At the same time, Edgar ...

For inventiveness and front, Slippin' Jimmy from 'Better Call Saul' takes some beating. He had at least his equal, though, way back in the 1840s - in the shape of Peter Profitt, th ...

Några dagar före julafton sitter den nyblivna änkan och frisören Anki på ett plan på väg till Las Palmas tillsammans med sin väninna Rose-Marie. De ska skippa julfirandet och byta ...

Längst inne i en djup havsvik ligger en liten by som heter Skuggsidan. På grund av omgivningens höga berg når solen bara ner till byn vart femte år, vid sommarsolståndet. Här bor s ...

Poggio Bracciolinin latinankielinen Kaskuja (Facetiae) ilmestyi vuonna 1452 ja oli aikansa bestseller. Se on rohkea, hauska ja henkevä kokoelma kaskuja, joilta ei säästynyt kukaan. ...

Kirjakaupan johtaja, maisteri Väinö Saha, on lähtenyt maaseudulle lepuuttamaan hermojaan. Nyt maisteri Sahan pitäisi kuitenkin kirjoittaa kirje kasvattitädilleen. Täti on varmasti ...

Miltä mennyt elämä näyttää vanhuuteen ehtineen silmin? Entä miten lapsi katsoo samaa maailmaa? Ihmisten tiet ovat täynnä omituisia mutkia, sotia ja sattumuksia, ja viulut on makset ...

For fans of Bridgerton, this classical gossip novel follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley as they deal with relationships with both friends and family. Set during the ...

In this witty and charming French play, the audience follows Madame Pernelle, whose self-importance leads her to leave her son Orgon's house because no one pays any attention to he ...

A searing satire on the British class system, social hypocrisy, and keeping up appearances, ‘Lady Windemere’s Fan’ is one of Wilde’s best-loved plays. Such is its popularity that i ...

Friendship can transcend class and background.Take the movie 'Napoleon Dynamite', Dory's friendship with Nemo in 'Finding Nemo' or chalk-and-cheese buddies Barbara Hershey and Bett ...

In a preface to this collection, Louisa May Alcott calls these eight stories her 'various waifs and strays' and they all beautifully demonstrate her wry sense of humour, sharp obse ...

Louisa May Alcott's most popular novel, ´Little Women´, featured the March sisters, who were based on her own family. In this collection of short plays, originally written by Alcot ...

Louisa May Alcott has penned a sparkling collection of novels, short stories and poems. In this collection of short stories, you get four little gems, written with Alcott's unmista ...

Do you like 'Pretty Woman', with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere? Do you love 'Maid in Manhattan', starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes? And how about little orphan 'Annie'? We ...

Palvelusväki on innoissaan saadessaan tietää professori Greystonen palaavan kotiin. Tämän paluuta on odotettu jo yli kahden vuoden ajan. Kun Greystone vihdoin saapuu, palvelusväki ...

"Humorn är en av våra viktigaste egenskaper. Inte minst i svårigheter. Ofta är det den svages och maktlöses enda vapen mot en övermäktig (och ofta humorlös) överhet. Säkerligen gic ...

Irma är inte bara sekreterare i Socialdemokraternas Utrikespolitiska grupp. Hon är även rumänsk ambassadör, tysk byggentreprenör och norskt polisbefäl, i alla fall när partnern och ...

In this collection of satiric essays, Ambrose Bierce offers his provoking outlook on a series of subjects. This collection includes, "Civilization", "Immortality", "The Death Penal ...

Claudius Bombarnac is a reporter, tasked with writing a travelogue while aboard the Great Trans-Asiatic Railway. Hoping to spice up his story, he befriends a group of travellers, w ...

‘The Hermit and the Wild Woman' is a collection of short stories through which Wharton explores the themes of choice and morality. A surprising read, the stories feature a wide var ...

‘The Spark’ is the third of four books set in Old New York. When Hayley Delane discovers that there’s more to his mentor than meets the eye, he realises that he needs to change his ...

‘Xingu’ lampoons the leisurely lives of six ladies who lunch. Having formed a literary club, the six pseudo-intellectuals are thrown into panic at the prospect of being visited by ...

Varje generation har sin historia. En historia om hjältemod och tapperhet. En historia om en modig hjälte som överkommer omöjliga odds för att slutligen segra. En hjärtevärmande hi ...