Set in the year before the Wall Street crash, 'Juan in America' is a classic evocation of the final mania of prohibition, as seen through equally maverick British eyes. The character Eric Linklater devised to be his unreliable explorer was one capable of absorbing the enormity of the American experi[...]
'I have often wondered what I would be when I grow up, but never, never, never did I expect to be a Kangaroo!' When the wind on the moon blew straight into Dinah and Dorinda's hearts it meant that they couldn't help but behave badly for a whole year. Transformed into kangaroos, they terrorise the sl[...]
Angelo, a private in Mussolini's army, may possess the virtues of love and an engaging innocence, but he lacks the gift of courage. However, due to circumstances beyond his control, he ends up fighting not only for Italy, but also for the British and German armies.[...]
The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea, written for children, is a fantasy, in which Davy Jones and all the drowned pirates under the sea are discovered guarding the great knots that tie latitudes and longitudes together to keep the world from splitting.[...]
In the early years of the Second World War an army officer is sent to the Faroe Islands to investigate rumours of a collaboration with the Nazi regime in Norway. What he finds changes lives, not least his own. No one who reads this book will forget the frozen corpse tied to a chair in an icehouse g[...]
This winner of the 1944 Carnegie Medal is a tale of hilarity and great adventure as two English sisters who, when asked by their father to behave themselves while he's away at war, soon settle into mischief. Illustrations.[...]
"När det blåser på månen, får man tänka mycket noga på hur man uppför sig. För om det är en ond vind och man uppför sig illa, blåser den rakt in i hjärtat, och sedan uppför man sig illa en lång tid framåt."
Så förmanade major Rytter sina flickor Dina och Dorinda, innan[...]
Älskad klassiker för hela familjen med Torsten Wahlund.
"När det blåser på månen måste man tänka mycket noga på hur man uppför sig. För om det är en ond vind och man uppför sig illa, blåser den rakt in i hjärtat, och sedan uppför man sig illa en lång tid framåt."
Männen från Ness utkom 1933. Det handlar om Ragnar Lodbroks söner Halvdan, Ubbe,Ivar Benlös och Thorleif Kolbitare vars öden och äventyr Linklater diktat vidare om och skapat enblodig, vildsint, drålig och burlesk berättelse.[...]