Vaggeryds bibliotek

»Vem har icke känt behaget av att väl utkommen på sommarnöjet få lägga av löskragen som hindrar blodomloppet i huvudet och ger så trånga tankar, att få utbyta den snävt skurna livr ...

»Av dem som sågo din pjäs, gingo de flesta för att se på de spelande, några för dekorationerna, några för att de icke vågade icke ha sett det sista teaterevenemanget. Vilka blevo ö ...

"Should we not laugh to see a horse in corsets? The time is coming when we shall so laugh to see a woman." - The Forerunner Volume 1 (1909-1910) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In thi ...

Anyone who has read Dickens’ novels such as ‘Oliver Twist’ will know that the writer was a moralist, satirist, and social reformer, and this volume of non-fiction essays brings tog ...

This fascinating literary essay, written by the famous American writer and poet, Edgar Allan Poe, explores the mystique of artistic creation. By using his renowned poem ‘The Raven’ ...

Konsten är nödvändig för demokratin och dess överlevnad. Konst är kunskapsinstrument i egen rätt och förstår samhället på sätt som journalistik eller forskning inte kommer åt.Från ...

‘The Soul of Man Under Socialism’ is an incisive essay on the nature of art, politics, freedom, and the individual. Insightful and sometimes satirical, it dissects the conventions ...

‘Laughter’ is a collection of three essays by French philosopher and Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Henri Bergson. In this interesting piece of philosophy that will be enjoyed ...

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 ...

‘Fighting France’ is a collection of essays, written by Wharton, on the outbreak of the First World War. Having returned to her beloved France to work with the Red Cross, Wharton b ...

‘French Ways and their Meaning’ is part guidebook and part tribute to Wharton’s beloved France. While living there during the First World War, Wharton decided to write a collection ...

Canterbury Pieces is a classic collection of essays, newspaper articles and letters by the English novelist and critic, Samuel Butler. It includes correspondence between the author ...

Virginia Woolf dreamed of the Day of Judgment.The 'great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen' come to receive their rewards - crowns, laurels, names carved on marble.But, when he ...

Vem blir du när de runt omkring dig visar sig vara något annat än vad de utgett sig för att vara? När trygg­heten du tog för given visar sig vara en illusion? När rösterna blir för ...

Vem blir du när de runt omkring dig visar sig vara något annat än vad de utgett sig för att vara? När trygg­heten du tog för given visar sig vara en illusion? När rösterna blir för ...

Author R.M Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh, into a well-known family of printers and publishers. The ninth of ten children, it wasn’t long after his birth that his father’s family ...

First published in 1858 ‘Handbook to the New Gold-Fields’ is a fascinating guide by prolific author R.M. Ballantyne to the land of California following the initial gold rush there. ...

Published in 1902, ‘The War in South Africa’ is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s account of the Boer War. Keen to play his part, Doyle enlisted as a doctor after being turned down by the I ...

Best-known as the author of the Sherlock Holmes series of detective novels, in ‘The Crime of the Congo’ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle attempts to lay bare the atrocities which had taken p ...

"Många har skrivit om ålderdomen. Sällan är de över åttio; det vanligaste är sextio eller däromkring. Då skriver man inte riktigt inifrån utan föreställer sig snarare hur det är at ...

If you’re looking to learn a little more about Wilde the man, as apposed to Wilde the persona, ‘Miscellanies’ is the place to start. A collection of writings, lectures, letters, an ...

First published in 1907, ‘Through the Magic Door’ is an essay by the ‘Sherlock Holmes’ author on the joy of literature and reading. In it, he enthuses about his favourite books and ...

‘An Essay Concerning Human Understanding’ is philosopher John Locke's pioneering examination of the origins of human knowledge and understanding. First published in 1690, it set th ...

‘An Essay Concerning Human Understanding’ is philosopher John Locke's pioneering examination of the origins of human knowledge and understanding. First published in 1690, it set th ...

Move over, Karl Marx, because the latest incarnation of Super Socialist – Hero of the Working Class, Jack London, is here to pick up the Red Torch of Revolution and smite the evils ...