Kumla Bibliotek

Mitä tapahtui kauniille morsiamelle?Kun emäntä Hilja Hyvönen istuu keikkuvassa linja-autossa, linjuriin astelee tuntematon kaunotar. Emäntä Hyvösen poika on morsianta vailla, ja ni ...

Polttavan ajankohtainen romaani nettideittailun pimeästä puolestaTaija ja hänen kansanedustajamiehensä Tommi viettävät näennäisen onnellista perhe-elämää. Kulissit kuitenkin horjuv ...

Kiehtova romaani menneen ajan Ruotsista.Eletään 1800-lukua. Rouva Elise Frank elää arkista elämää paitsi perheenäitinä, myös aviovaimona. Elise ei kuitenkaan täysin arvosta laamann ...

"En ainakaan minä tiedä parempaa neuvoa, Baarvig, kuin että laskemme lapsemme oppimaan vapauttaan käyttämään." Tohtori ja rouva Baarvig elävät lapsilleen, jotka vaativat vanhemmilt ...

Koskettava kertomus menneisyyden sekaantumisesta nykyhetkeen – ripauksella maagista realismia.Nuori Vilma työskentelee hoitajana vanhustenhoitoyksikössä. Hänellä on tapana laittaa ...

‘Maud and Other Poems’ is a collection of eight poems, including the famous ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade.’ Through his works, Tennyson explores a range of subjects, such as lov ...

Koskettavia novelleja elämän merkittävistä hetkistä.Pienellä pojalla on meneillään erityinen vuosi. Hän on liian vanha moniin leikkeihin, mutta ei kuitenkaan kaikkiin. Hän saa silm ...

Lumoava ja lohduttava satu aikuisille. Enkelimummi on vanha nainen, jota kaikki Ruusukylän asukkaat rakastavat. Hän asuu viiden kyyhkynsä kanssa, ja hänet tunnetaan viisaudestaan. ...

"Pengar ja, det är då en välsignad ting som kan hjälpa en ur eländighet och bedrövelse. Men att pengar skulle göra allting lätt när man har det så illa ställt att man inte äger ett ...

Sally Carrol, living in Tarleton, isn’t your typical Southern belle.Bored with provincial life, she jumps at the chance to visit her fiancée’s family, in the North. However, when s ...

Samuel Meredith is one of those men who just seems to rub people the wrong way. Selfish, arrogant, and supremely ignorant, it seems the only way for him to learn is with a punch to ...

It’s December 29th, 1919, and Perry Parkhurst has a plan.Tired of his lengthy engagement to Betty Medill, he's armed with a marriage license and a proposal. However, when things do ...

Set in the Swiss Alps, ‘The Inn’ could almost be the template for ‘The Shining,’ starring Jack Nicholson. When winter sets in, the owners of the eponymous inn decide to go see the ...

‘The Lees of Happiness’ is a romantic tale that will make you question what true love really is. A newlywed young woman and her author husband begin married life in a home of their ...

On the face of it, Evelyn Piper has it all: a loving husband, a devoted daughter, and a secure lifestyle. However, she is also the owner of a cut-glass bowl given to her in anger b ...

Considered one of the author's greatest short stories, ‘Winter Dreams’ tells the tale of young Dexter Green as he desperately tries to become rich and climb the social ladder in or ...

Alcohol abuse is one of societies great levellers.It does not matter whether you are a prince or a peasant, when the demon drink controls you, you are the same.That is the message ...

A confession to a Catholic Priest leads to a terrifying judgement that Rudolph Miller had not foreseen.Originally intended as a prologue to Fitzgerald’s masterpiece ‘The Great Gats ...

Referencing Victor Hugo, author of ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame,’ ‘Châli’ is an equally tragic love story. Admiral de la Vallée tells of the time he was sent to Central India, as p ...

Set during the First World War, ‘My Adventures, A German Spy in Britain’ is a collection of short stories narrated by secret agent, Heine.While he might have been sent to London by ...

Jim Mathers recently got married to Jaqueline, and with a baby on the way, every penny they earn is now more important than ever. However, Jim has a kind heart and has a hard time ...

Mr Chell is a very wealthy man. However, even his money cannot buy him a sense of humour. When he receives a letter demanding thousands of pounds to prevent his imminent kidnap, he ...

A salutary tale, ‘The Baby Party’ focuses on John and Edith Andros. John is at odds with himself over his attitude towards his daughter, Ede. On one hand, he’s glad that life will ...

The ninth instalment in the ‘Sanders of the River’ series, ´Sandi the King-Maker´ provides a fitting end for our eponymous hero.When a missionary and his daughter go missing in Afr ...

Uppslukande historisk roman om en ung kvinnas kamp för överlevnad  Florens, 1550-tal. Lucrezia de Medici, en av storhertigens döttrar, är tillfreds med sin tillbakadragna tillvaro ...