Tolkiens sønn har gjort ferdig en av farens sterkere, ufullendte historier. Fordi Hurin nekter å kues av Morgoth, har han forbannet Hurins barn Turin og Nienol. Turin kjemper mot sin skjebne med alt han er og har, men er det nok... Strålende oppvisning av dragen Glaurung, Morgoths høyre hånd og ånd, i en klassisk tragedie i midgardsdrakt.
Dette er en av de sterkeste holocaust-beretningene jeg vet om. Den begynner under pogromer i England i 1185. Legenden sier at 36 rettferdige jøder til enhver tid holder verden oppe ved å ta på seg dens lidelse og urettferdighet, og vi følger Levy-slektens utvalgte like inn i Auschwitz. Vakkert og brutalt om offer, lidelse og kjærlighet.
A new edition of Tolkien's collection of tales and legends chronicling the world's beginnings and the happenings of the First Age focuses on the theft of the Simarils--the three jewels crafted by FFeanor--by Morgoth, first Dark Lord of Middle-earth, and has been revised and expanded to encompass forty-eight color paintings.
An underground classic since its first publication in 1996, Fight Club is now recognized as one of the most original and provocative novels published in this decade. Chuck Palahniuk's darkly funny first novel tells the story of a godforsaken young man who discovers that his rage at living in a world filled with failure and lies cannot be pacified b...more
The hilarious and tragic story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged Russian man who feels passion only for young the "nymphet" Dolores Haze, whom he renames Lolita.
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space...more