Alexander McCall Smith
Author
Series
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this short story from Alexander McCall Smith’s Pianos and Flowers, inspired by a photograph from the Times of London archive, a young woman finds unexpected love while perusing Egyptian antiquities. With his indomitable charm, Alexander McCall Smith takes us behind the lens to explore the hidden life behind this photograph—a love lost and then found again—and in so doing reveals the humanity in us all.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a beautiful and transporting volume of poems brimming with warmth and humanity. What matters most in life? For Alexander McCall Smith, it is friendship, love, and travel—the themes found throughout his work that have made him a cherished writer the world over. This first collection of McCall Smith's poems reflects on these topics with all his characteristic wit and charm....
Author
Publisher
Bokförlaget Stolpe
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
How has the idea of liberty developed and evolved over the centuries?
What does freedom mean for us today and what do we need to do in order to
preserve the freedoms for which generations of men and women fought and
even gave their lives? Liberty is indispensable to flourishing societies the world over. Its story
contains multitudes – humanity's eternal struggle with fate, our ancestors'
long quest to establish freedom of thought and freedom of...
Author
Publisher
Bokförlaget Stolpe
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Hur har idén om frihet utvecklats och förändrats under århundradena? Vad betyder frihet idag och vad behöver vi göra för att behålla de friheter som generationer män och kvinnor har kämpat till och med dött för? I denna ljudbok utforskar ledande akademiker, författare och historiker vad frihet har betytt genom tiderna. De reflekterar över detta ständigt pågående drama och varför vi så villigt offrar oss för friheten när den hotas....