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61) Midsommar
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a family tragedy, a young American couple joins some friends at a midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. But, what begins as a carefree summer holiday takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that grow increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hoping to distance himself from the fallout of a libel conviction, journalist Mikael Blomkvist retreats to a remote island in Sweden's far north where the unsolved murder of a young girl still haunts her industrialist uncle forty years later. Ensconced in a cottage on the island where the killer may still roam, Blomkvist's investigation draws him into the secrets and lies of the rich and powerful, and throws him together with one unlikely ally: tattooed,...
Author
Series
Nate the Great volume 19
Language
English
Description
As Nate the Great sets to work on his first international case, he searches for a lost "something" and saves the King of Sweden from a troublesome traveler.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2010
Language
Swedish
Description
Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and violent behavior makes her an official danger to society. Digging deeper, Blomkvist unearths evidence implicating highly placed members of Swedish society, as well as shocking details about Salander's past.
Publisher
Yellow Bird
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
Swedish
Description
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found and her beloved uncle is convinced she was murdered, and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced investigative journalist Mickael Blomkvist and the tattooed and troubled yet resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate--with...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly...
67) The hidden beach
Author
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From internationally bestselling author Karen Swan comes The Hidden Beach, an addictive story of heartbreak, loyalty and hope, set in the historic city of Stockholm and along the beautiful archipelagos of the Swedish coast. In the oldest part of Stockholm, Bell Everhurst is working as a nanny for an affluent family. Hanna and Max Von Greyerz are parents to 7 year-old Linus, and 5-year old twins Ellinor and Tilde, and Bell has been with the family...
70) Sweden
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, geography, economy, culture, religion, language, sports, arts, and people of this northern European country.
71) The Viper
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A chilling crime novel set on an idyllic and isolated island in Sweden about a ruthless business consultant for a major international company who has two dead bodies on his living room floor.
75) Sweden
Author
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the geography, history, economy, culture, and people of Sweden.
76) Sweden
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Explores the people, culture, history, geography, environment, economy, and government of Sweden.