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The Last Testimony [Bok / Inbunden]

<b>A STUNNING DELUXE EDITION OF THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard</b><br/><br/><b>A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this "propulsive" (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science, with special features including:</b><br/><br/>Intricately designed stenciled edges <br/><br/>New cover art on a deluxe jacket <br/><br/>Full-color illustrated endpapers <br/><br/>A gorgeous custom-stamped case<br/><br/>HUGO AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES READER PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST BOOKS: Parade, Newsweek, New York Public Library, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal

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Bestselling authors and plant-based pioneers BOSH! have simplified the most advanced scientific insights on longevity into accessible recipes, hacks, tips, and tricks, so you can cook your way to a more vibrant life.<br/><br/>Many of the secrets of living longer revolve around eating more whole plant foods and in this book BOSH! have teamed up with a medical doctor and nutritionist to craft recipes that are tasty, but also nourish your body and promote longevity. Expect vibrant dishes brimming with plant foods, rich in fibre, protein, and vital nutrients. From antioxidant-packed breakfasts to anti-inflammatory dinners, every recipe harnesses the power of nature's most potent ingredients.<br/><br/>BOSH! will show you how to combine plants to maximise health benefits and how to satisfy your taste buds while boosting your longevity. With a focus on whole, healthy ingredients that are easy to find - and because life is busy, all recipes are quick and easy to make.<br/><br/>This is more than a book; it's a roadmap to a long, healthy life.

<b>The first volume of a stunning graphic novel edition of the no. 1 </b><i><b>Sunday Times</b></i><b> phenomenon, </b><i><b>Fourth Wing, </b></i><b>adapted by Rebecca Yarros herself! </b><br/><br/><b>--</b><br/><b><br/>Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders as you've never seen it before . . .</b><br/><br/>Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general also known as her tough-as-talons mother has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: <i>dragon riders</i>.<br/><br/> But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don't bond to "fragile" humans. They incinerate them.<br/><br/> With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother's daughter like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.<br/><br/> She'll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.<br/><br/> Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.<br/><br/> Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda because once you enter, there are only two ways out: <i>graduate or die</i>.<br/><br/><b>This stunning, fully illustrated novel has breathtaking full-colour artwork from the first half (chapters 1-22).</b>

<b>The magic continues and the stakes have never been higher in the stunning seventh book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.</b><br/><br/>What was lost will be reclaimed.<br/><br/>Prythian might never be the same again. Traditional alliances are crumbling, and no amount of diplomacy seems sufficient to repair them. With the continued threat of Koschei the Deathless on the horizon, a united front is crucial--and farther out of reach than it has ever been before.<br/><br/>Bonds will be tested. Power will shift. And old enemies will emerge from nightmares of the past.<br/><br/>As the Night Court's Inner Circle disperses far and wide, desperate for any advantage against Koschei and his mighty allies, peace hangs by a fragile thread. But hope can be spun from the darkest of shadows, and the Night Court has its own part to play in the looming crescendo.<br/><br/>The Court of Thorns and Roses series includes: <br/><br/>A Court of Thorns and Roses<br/><br/>A Court of Mist and Fury <br/><br/>A Court of Wings and Ruin <br/><br/>A Court of Frost and Starlight <br/><br/>A Court of Silver Flames <br/><br/>A Court of Splintered Harmony <br/><br/>A Court of Forgotten Melody<br/><br/>Also available from Sarah J. Maas is the bestselling Crescent City series, beginning with House of Earth and Blood, and the bestselling Throne of Glass series, starting with Throne of Glass.

During the latter part of the nineteenth century, so-called esoteric movements became increasingly popular in cultural and intellectual circles in Europe, not least in Sweden. Secret teachings, rituals and practices in alchemy, astrology, occultism and theosophy were predominant, with a belief in correspondences in the cosmos, living nature and transmutations. But esotericism goes back much further in time in Swedish history. Although such esoteric ideas were long considered heresy by the Church and thus driven underground, they have had a significant impact on Swedish culture.<br/><br/>In this anthology, we bring together some of Sweden s foremost experts on the subject to explore the history of esotericism in Sweden and how its rituals, practices and traditions came to influence writers and artists such as August Strindberg, Selma Lagerlöf, Viktor Rydberg, Hilma af Klint, Tyra Kleen and Carl Milles.