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The photographs in Street were taken by Carrie Boretz in New York City from the mid-1970s through the 1990s. It is common knowledge that the city was on rocky ground for many of those years but these are not pictures filled with drama or strife. Instead Boretz was always more interested in the subtle and familiar […]

On the shores of the eastern Mediterranean and a gateway to the Middle East, Lebanon has long been regarded as having one of the most refined cuisines in the region, blending textures, and ingredients from a myriad sources. First published as The Lebanese Kitchen and now back in print under its new title, The Lebanese […]

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel – winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Best Thriller of the Year – comes The Force, a cinematic epic as explosive, powerful, and unforgettable as The Wire.

“De nordiska myterna har varit min följeslagare genom nästan allting jag har skrivit. De flöt som en ven av silver genom Sandman och de var vaggan till Amerikanska gudar.” Neil Gaiman Nordiska myter- från Yggdrasil till Ragnarök; gamla berättelser för nya läsare! När Neil Gaiman återvänder till de nordiska asasagorna axlar han de forntida bardernas […]

One of the world’s premier collections of horror and sci-fi movie posters amassed, not altogether surprisingly, by the dark mind of Metallica’s lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett. Before Kirk Hammett assumed the heavy metal mantle of one of the most successful and beloved bands in rock history, he was a geek for the imaginative universe of horror. […]

Manhattan, strax efter millennieskiftet. Planen har ännu inte kraschat in i Twin Towers, New York-societeten dis­kuterar världsproblemen över ännu en cocktail. Vännerna Danielle, Marina och Julius är trettio år, på väg uppåt och framåt. Danielle är på jakt efter den idé som ska göra henne till ett namn, Julius är fattig men firad kritiker, känd […]

Bangkok is a city that welcomes visitors but is complex in both history and layout. There’s a reason that people come back time and time again: this is not a place you can fully comprehend with just one trip. The Thai capital is both socially tolerant and deeply conservative; its businesses are often friendly but […]

‘We are time. We are this space, this clearing opened by the traces of memory inside the connections between our neurons. We are memory. We are nostalgia. We are longing for a future that will not come’ Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explored […]