Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 14 January 2012
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Dark, suspenseful, and more riveting than any thriller at the local cineplex, Three Seconds is the latest novel from best-selling Swedish duo Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom-heirs apparent to Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell as the masters of Scandinavian crime. Winner of the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' 2009 award for Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, and a #1 best-seller there, Three Seconds captures a nefarious world of betrayal and violence, where a wise man trusts no one and even the most valuable agent can be “burned.”
In this long-awaited book, Marcus Samuelsson introduces the simple techniques and exciting combinations that have won him worldwide acclaim and placed Scandinavian cooking at the forefront of the culinary scene. Whether it's a freshly interpreted Swedish classic or a dramatically original creation, each one of the dishes has been flawlessly recreated for the home cook.
Graffiti is a fascinating combination of art, adventure, friendship, liberation, school and crime. In the book, graffiti writers speak openly about their lives, why they paint, and what the consequences have been. This is an important document of the greatest art movements of the twentieth century.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (original title in Swedish: "Luftslottet som sprängdes") is the third and final novel in the Millennium Trilogy. It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2007 and was published in English in the UK in October 2009.
