Mahabharata D. 2, Det stora kriget
I denna flertusenåriga berättelse möter vi de fem hjältemodiga pandavabröderna, som oförskyllt förföljs av sina ondskefulla kusiner. Bröderna tvingas delta i en bedräglig tärningsmatch, varvid de frånluras sitt vidsträckta kungarike och alla sina ...
Ramayana : Indiens odödliga berättelse om äventyr, kärlek och visdom
Berättelsen om prins Rama har återgetts sedan årtusenden i Indien och Sydostasien. Otaliga generationer har lärt känna den hjältemodige krigaren och hans dramatiska väg till tronen i Ayodhya, hans giftermål med den undersköna Sita och hur hon röva...
Mahabharata D. 1, Tärningen är kastad
"Karna pekade på den vackra Draupadi och vände sig mot församlingen. 'Varför inte klä av henne naken?' sade han med illa dold skadeglädje. 'Inget fel skulle begås, eftersom hon är okysk. Hon har ju trots allt tagit sig fem makar!" Dushas...
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Study Speaking is for intermediate level and above students who need to speak English in connection with their academic work. It is intended primarily for use on language programmes preparing learners of English for study at university or college....
International Dictionary of Food & Nutrition
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Identity and Ecology in Arctic Siberia
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Martin Buber - Carl Rogers Dialogue
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Up Your Business!
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Scholarly Communication
The internet has transformed the ways in which scholars and scientists share their findings with each other and the world, creating a scholarly communication environment that is both radically more complex and tremendously more effective than was ...
Biology of the Ubiquitous House Sparrow
After the chicken, the House Sparrow is the most widely distributed bird species in the world, occurring on all continents except Antarctica and on most human-inhabited islands. Although its Latin name is Passer domesticus, it is certainly not dom...
Yoyo Sparkar En Boll
Studs, studs, boink! Följ bollens färd fram över de färgstarka sidorna. Från Yoyos avspark ända upp i himlen! En board book utan ord som väcker små barns intresse med starka färger och tydliga figurer att följa. Av Kenneth Andersson Pinos skapare och mästaren av färgglada board books!
Titta Svansen!
Titta! En svans! Någon har gömt sig men vem? Bläddra så får du se!Att gissa vem som har gömt sig är alltid lika roligt! Det blir som en lek i bokform! I Titta svansen! är det olika djur som gömmer sig bland sidorna.Kenneth Anderssons småbarnsböcker är färgstarka och har humor för både små och stora läsare.KENNETH ANDERSSON är illustratör, författare och grafisk formgivare. Förutom illustrationer i egna och andras boktexter, syns hans bilder i tidningar både i Sverige och utomlands.
Titta Tittut!
Ett hål i marken, två ögon kikar ut vem gömmer sig där? Vänd blad så får du se! Att leka tittut måste väl vara en av de äldsta lekarna i mänsklighetens historia! Och det är alltid lika roligt, även i bokform. Kenneth Anderssons småbarnsböcker är färgstarka och har humor för både små och stora läsare.Kenneth Andersson är illustratör, författare och grafisk formgivare. Förutom illustrationer i egna och andras boktexter, syns hans bilder i tidningar både i Sverige och utomlands.
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