James Van Sweden
Inviting and accessible, Gardening with Water will inspire all those who have ever dreamed of introducing water, that most magical and mysterious of elements, into their gardens. For, as van Sweden explains in his ... [... more]
Random House |
Thermalite Fence
Thermalite is autoclaved aerated concrete, formed into bricks, which according to the manufacturers is a "revolutionary" product. It was originally developed in Sweden more than 50 years ago as an energy efficient ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
Susanne Akesson
Susanne Åkesson, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, in Sweden. She teaches evolutionary animal ecology and ornithology and does research in animal migration and navigation. She ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Magnus Ullman
Magnus Ullman is one of Europe's most distinguished ornithologists. He has contributed to various ornithological journals since the 1980s, and has written two books and coauthored another about rare birds in Sweden. ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Jan Carlzon
Jan Carlzon was born in Nykoping, Sweden, in 1941. After receiving his M.B.A. from the Stockholm School of Economics in 1967, he joined Vingresor, Sweden's largest tour operator, first as product manager and later as ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Henning Mankell
When retired policeman Herbert Molin is found brutally slaughtered on his remote farm in the northern forests of Sweden, police find strange tracks in the snowÉas if someone had been practicing the tango. Stefan ... [... more]
Random House |
Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjold was born in Jonkoping, Sweden, in 1905, and died near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, on September 18, 1961, in an air crash while flying there to negotiate a cease-fire between United Nations and Katanga ... [... more]
Random House |
David King
In 1679, Renaissance man Olof Rudbeck stunned the world. He proposed that an ancient lost civilization once thrived in the far north of his native Sweden: the fabled Atlantis. Rudbeck would spend the last thirty years of his life hunting for... ... [... more]
Random House |
Suss Cousins
Suss Cousins, the author of two previous knitting books, grew up in Sweden, where her grandmother taught her to knit. After moving to New York in 1982, she tended bar by night and knit sweaters by day. Her knitwear ... [... more]
Random House |
The Euro & Bali Belly
By the way, we have had loads of enquiries about the new European currency, the euro. It is now officially in circulation and old currencies are no longer useable in the 12 countries which have made the switch. The UK, Denmark and Sweden are ... [... more]
Getaway |
Snowmelting, Turfwarming And The Snows Of December
In December 1990, I flew to Stockholm and landed there before dawn, which happens at about 9:30 in the morning in Sweden because it’s so close to the North Pole. I waited for some other people to arrive from their corners of America, and we all ... [... more]
Master Plumbers |
Art Spiegelman
The Pulitzer prize winning author of Maus and Maus II, Art Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and grew up in Rego Park, New York. He is also the co-founder/editor of RAW, the acclaimed magazine of avant-garde ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
