We love adventure, but some adventures are best experienced in book form. Climbing K2 is such an adventure. In 'K2 on life and death', Fredrik Sträng describes the 2008 expedition to K2, when eleven climbers lost their lives. You do wonder why they put themselves through this, but it is also fascinating to follow them up the mountain.
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In the film The Ghost Writer, a politically disinterested writer (Ewan McGregor) is commissioned to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan). This is after the former ghost writer is killed in a tragic accident ...
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Looking for an exciting film with an unexpected ending? I Shutter Island Detective Inspector Teddy Daniels is sent to a mental hospital on an inhospitable island to investigate the disappearance of a patient. But nothing is what it seems ...
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Ok, I'm a John Ajvide Lindqvist fan and I've read all his previous books: Let the Right One In, Dealing with the Undead, Paper Walls and Human Harbour. Little Star is, just like the previous books, surreal, brutal and delicate - all at the same time.
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The House of Yacoubian, by Alaa Al-Aswany is a fascinating story! In the heart of Cairo there is a house built in European style in the 1930s. Back then, millionaires and ministers lived here. Now it is a blissful mix of people.
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This week, Mymlan invites us to blog about book - the one that made the strongest impression and perhaps changed your life or your view of the world. For me, books help me to do just that, to see the world through other people's eyes. Reading about the lives of people in different parts of the world, and during different periods of history, broadens the perspective. In this way, I think you can increase your own understanding of people and events around the world.
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"The Dream", by Harry Bernstein, is a book I can definitely recommend! Bernstein made his debut as a writer at the age of 95 with the book "The Invisible Wall". This is his second novel in which he tells the story of how, at the age of ten, he emigrated with his poor Jewish family from England to the United States.
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Welcome to the United States in 1935. This is a time of racism, when innocent black Americans can be lynched by an angry white mob. This is an interesting film that takes you to a time when the world looked different, even though it was not that long ago.
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City of Thieves by David Benioff held me in a firm grip from the first page to the last. The fact that the book was read in a cold hotel room in the middle of the Ukrainian winter did not detract from the feeling, but it is certainly just as good to read during our cold Swedish winter!
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Sometimes it's nice to watch a really good drama! This film follows the life of Coco Chanel, from growing up in a convent to becoming a prominent fashion designer in Paris. This is a film about the ups and downs of life through poverty and wealth, war and peace, love and waiting for love.
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