Kumla Bibliotek

Det är januari 1901 dagen efter drottning Victorias död. Hela London bär sorg. På en välkänd kyrkogård i staden har två familjer valt att besöka sina familjegravar som råkar ligga ...

Lucas y Candela se conocen desde niños. Según Candela, lo suyo fue odio a primera vista, pero da la casualidad de que India es la mejor amiga de ambos y están condenados a verse a ...

This classic, early 19th century science fiction masterpiece serves as both a wonderful period presentation of the time as well as a cautionary tale. Called by many a "chilling nov ...

The Path is the story of a group of international travellers who walk the Camino de Santiago, the ancient eight hundred kilometre pilgrimage from the Pyrenees to the remains of the ...

In 2035 Portland, Oregon, a Homicide Detective awakens from a coma with the ability to see into parallel worlds. A Doppelgänger teaches her to stream the soul and memories of her D ...

What's worse than realizing you're a werewolf? Being chased by a monster hunter with a demon eye. Dorian survived being eaten alive, but time is running out to save himself and his ...

"Dracula" is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's atte ...

Twilight meets Divergent. Unbeknownst to 18-year old Isabelle, her dad inserted a vital DNA sequence into her blood that made her resistant to the Immortalus virus, but unlocked ot ...

History and suspense are combined in this Biblical account of Noah's Ark, creating a heart-pounding page-turner that will stay with you long after the flood waters have receded.Den ...

Stella Kaarniston arkeen kuuluvat uusi työpaikka, velka-asunto, ystävät, jumppatunnit ja eläkeikää lähestyvät vanhemmat. Sekä jylhän komea, mutta asiallistakin asiallisempi esimies ...

Arjen kuviot särkyvät, kun Matti kuulee talvella pappilan pehtorilta rautatiestä uudesta keksinnöstä. Liisa käy pappilassa ja ruustinna kertoo lisää rautatiestä.Juhannuksen aikana ...

Kerrotaan että Mallenin suvussa kulkee kirous – ja juuri siltä Barbara Mallenista on vuosien saatossa tuntunut. Kun Barbara perustaa oman perheen ja saa kolmospojat, hän toivoo las ...

Helsinkiin kertoo ylioppilas Antti Ljungbergin matkasta Kuopiosta pääkaupunkiimme opiskelemaan. Nuori Antti huumaantuu uudenlaisesta vapaudestaan ja aikamiehen roolista. Alkumatka ...

Alex har lämnat sin trygga hamn, stallet, djuren och huset i skogen där hon bor, och flyttat in till stan över sommaren. Hennes mamma är sjuk och Alex har lovat att ta hand om henn ...

Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane are “the sort of people that wonderful things happen to.” And the children have yet more adventures ahead of them. Following up on “Five Children and ...

Adolf Verlof runs a sex shop in 1880’s London, but his real profession is even shadier. He’s a so-called “agent provocateur” for the Embassy, whose mission it is to infiltrate and ...

“The girl's reputation as a beauty had marched before her, blowing trumpets. She was the prettiest girl in Davos, as she had been the prettiest in London; and I shared with other n ...

"The Emperor of Portugallia" by Selma Lagerlof was first published in 1914 in Sweden and in 1916 in English. The story is set in Vaermland around 1860 or 1870 and centers on Jan of ...

At the bottom of the dried out Svartsjö lake (Black Lake) lies the Lövdala Parsonage with its stables and outhouses. There resides the good-hearted, widowed Pastor Lyselius and his ...

“Lad: A God” was first published in 1919. It is made up of twelve short-stories, inspired by Terhune’s real-life Rough Collie, Lad. Through his dog’s fictional adventures, Terhune ...

“Kim” is a fabulous adventure story set in India during the British Empire, around the time of the Second Afghan War. It tells the story of the street-wise orphan Kimball O'Hara, a ...

“For some moments distant Vesuvius had beguiled my thoughts from the still more distant mountain of the secret, when suddenly a white girl in a white hood and a long white cloak pa ...

"His Dog" is a story about Link Ferris who finds an injured dog on his way home one evening. He knows nothing about dogs, but nurses it back to health and the two form a bond such ...

A family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, the children discover an ancient and rather grumpy, sand- ...

In this High Victorian detective novel, Dyke Darrel investigates the robbery of the Central Railroad’s midnight express, during which Dyke’s friend Arnold Nicholson, a messenger, w ...