Första delen i en dystopsik YA-trilogi som verkligen gick hem hos mig.

Förlag:  Penguin Books

Handling: ”After the publication of her short story ”The Lottery” in the New Yorker in 1948 received an unprecedented amount of attention, Shirley Jackson was quickly established as a master horror storyteller. This collection of classic and newly reprinted stories provides readers with more of her unsettling, dark tales, including the ”The Possibility of Evil” and ”The Summer People.” In these deliciously dark stories, the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and seek, the loving wife hides homicidal thoughts and the concerned citizen might just be an infamous serial killer. In the haunting world of Shirley Jackson, nothing is as it seems and nowhere is safe, from the city streets to the crumbling country pile, and from the small-town apartment to the dark, dark woods. There’s something sinister in suburbia.”

• The Possibility of Evil
• Louisa, Please Come Home
• Paranoia
• The Honeymoon of Mrs Smith
• The Story We Used to Tell
• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• Jack the Ripper
• The Beautiful Stranger
• All She Said Was Yes
• What a Thought
• The Bus
• Family Treasures
• A Visit
• The Good Wife
• The Man in the Woods
• Home
• The Summer People

 

Förlag:  Penguin Books

Handling: ”Cleanliness is next to enlightenment. In this Japanese bestseller a Buddhist monk explains the traditional meditative techniques that will help cleanse not only your house – but your soul.Live clean. Feel calm. Be happy. We remove dust to sweep away our worldly cares. We live simply and take time to contemplate the self, mindfully living each moment. It’s not just monks that need to live this way. Everyone in today’s busy world needs it.In Japan, cleanliness is next to enlightenment. This bestselling guide by a Zen Buddhist monk draws on ancient traditions to show you how a few simple changes to your daily habits – from your early morning routine to preparingfood, from respecting the objects around you to working together as a team -will not only make your home calmer and cleaner, but will leave you feeling refreshed, happier and more fulfilled.”

Förlag: Modernista

Handling: ”Välkomna till en berättelse om spöken, gömda skatter och marsvin…
Det är Halloween på internatskolan Saint Smithens och eleverna ska sätta upp Shakespeares pjäs Macbeth – men föreställningen råkar ut för den ena katastrofen efter den andra, från en mystisk brand till spöklika varningar.
Är pjäsen förhäxad? Och hur passar Phineas Scrimshaws försvunna guld in i det hela? Bara en superdetektiv som Poppy Pym kan klara av att tackla två mysterier samtidigt ja, med lite hjälp från sina vänner och sin cirkusfamilj förstås!”