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The Man Who Left Too Soon
John Blake 2011; US$ 9.99The stranger-than-fiction life story of the author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo His three novels are violent, terrifying, brilliantly written, and have sold millions of copies around the world, but Stieg Larrson was not able to witness their international success. Since he died in 2004 the author of the Millennium trilogy... more...
Papieren pracht uit de Amsterdamse Gouden Eeuw
Amsterdam University Press 2011; US$ 57.00Amsterdam in the late Middle Ages was an insignificant town. In the seventeenth century it grew into a metropolis whose power, wealth and craftsmanship could rival that of London and Venice. The Dutch Golden Age is above all the Golden Age of Amsterdam. The "miracle of Amsterdam" shines from within buildings, paintings and also books, as... more...
The Deleted World
House of Anansi Press 2011; US$ 14.95Tomas Tranströmer -- the recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature -- can be clearly recognized not just as Sweden's most important poet, but as a writer of international stature whose work speaks to us now with undiminished clarity and resonance. Long celebrated as a master of the arresting, suggestive image, Tranströmer is a poet of the liminal:... more...
The Making of the New Negro
Amsterdam University Press 2011; US$ 39.95The Making of the New Negro examines black masculinity in the period of the New Negro/Harlem Renaissance, which for many decades did not attract a lot of scholarly attention, until, in the 1990s, many scholars discovered how complex, significant, and fascinating it was. Using African American published texts, American archives and unpublished writings,... more...
The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
BenBella Books, Inc. 2011; US$ 14.95Lisbeth Salander, heroine of Stieg Larsson?s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels, is one of the most compelling, complex characters of our time. Is she an avenging angel? A dangerous outlaw? What makes Salander tick, and why is our response to her?and to Larsson?s Millennium trilogy?so strong? In The Psychology of the Girl with the... more...
Geschrift eener bejaarde vrouw
Amsterdam University Press 2007; US$ 44.25Hoe voed je een jong meisje op? Welke waarden geef je het mee, welke ervaringen wil je haar laten meemaken? Daarover schrijven onze bekende Elisabeth Wolff en Agatha Deken, in hun nu voor het eerst sinds 1802 heruitgegeven, laatste grote werk: het Geschrift eener bejaarde vrouw. Zij laten zien hoe een bejaarde vrouw terugkijkt op haar leven. De vrouw... more...
The Bomber
Transworld 2011; US$ 10.67Seven days. Three killings. And one woman who knows too much... Crime reporter Annika Bengtzon is woken by a phonecall in the early hours of a wintry December morning. An explosion has ripped apart the Olympic Stadium. And a victim has been blown to pieces. As Annika delves into the details of the bombing and the background of the... more...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy
Wiley 2011; US$ 18.95The essential companion to Stieg Larsson's bestselling trilogy and director David Fincher's 2011 film adaptation Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy— The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest —is an international phenomenon. These books express Larsson's lifelong... more...
The Secret Life of Wallander
John Blake 2011; US$ 15.99As Nordic Noir takes off, there is one standout character who has been fascinating critics and readers alike for almost 20 years?this book traces the evolution of Kurt Wallander and the enormous impact he has had In the two decades since he first appeared in Henning Mankel's novel Faceless Killers, the sad Swedish detective Kurt Wallander... more...
New Collected Poems
Bloodaxe Books 2011; US$ 16.03Tomas Tranströmer won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is Sweden?s most important poet. This book includes all the poems he has written during the past forty years, including those from the Bloodaxe Collected Poems of 1987, as well as three later collections, For Living and Dead (1989), The Sad Gondola (1996) and The Great Enigma (2004), and... more...









