The Swede

Author : Robert Karjel
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062339621
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Swede written by Robert Karjel and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Swedish security agent is summoned to interrogate a terror suspect held by the FBI in this sophisticated, fast-paced thriller—but the prisoner isn't the only one with something to hide. At a remote military base in the Indian Ocean, the FBI is trying to get a prisoner to confess. But the detainee, a suspect in an Islamist-inspired terror attack in the United States, refuses to talk. Ernst Grip, a Swedish security officer, has no idea why he's been dispatched to New York City. The FBI agent he meets on arrival, Shauna Friedman, seems to know a little too much about him. And when he arrives at his real destination, the American authorities have just one question: Is their terror suspect a Swedish citizen? In the process of uncovering the prisoner's true identity, Grip discovers the man's ties to a group of other suspects—a ruthless American arms dealer, a Czech hit man, a mysterious nurse from Kansas, and a heartbreakingly naive Pakistani. The closer Grip gets to the truth, the more complicated the deception becomes. Who is real and who is leading a double life? The Swede is a riveting, intense novel about the compromises that people—and nations—make in the name of security and survival. Within this world built on secrets, Grip and Friedman have to learn to trust each other if they hope to stay alive.

Author : R.W. Nichelson
Publisher : Book Venture Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1946492906
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Swede written by R.W. Nichelson and published by Book Venture Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 5th SS was an elite German fighting unit of the fearsome Waffen SS consisting of volunteers from all over Northern Europe. Though they suffered terrible casualties in the bloody combat on the Eastern Front, they were well known for their courage and dedication in battle. This is the story of Hans Gruber and Sven Eriksson, two volunteers from Sweden in the Wiking SS. Their lives, their loves and the horrors of war.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Answer to the Question Why May Not the English Assist the Swede, as Well as the Dutch Do the Dane written by and published by . This book was released on 1658 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alex Epicure
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Swede Who Let Go written by Alex Epicure and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story and travelogue, originally written as a diary meant for the author's daughters to read when they got older, to let them understand that he thought of them and loved them all those days they were apart. The story begins in a desperate situation where the author's children are taken away from him abroad by his ex. He makes the decision to sell and give away all his possessions to be able to rush after them, from Sweden down to Portugal. Without knowing it, the process of letting go starts a cleansing that step by step leads him into insights high and low. The author travels through beautiful landscapes in his trusted survival capsule, a campervan called Beatrice. Surfing glassy waves and skiing big mountains he encounters both adventurers, misfits and freedom fighters. Many in similar predicaments. The story about this epicurean journey has been let to be as it came to the author sitting in his blue campervan, with the experiences, encounters and great surf and ski happening to him only moments before. Maybe, just maybe, his liberation can set you free as it did him. - - - - - - - - - - - - Reviews "In Alex Epicure's strong, heartfelt, revealing but at the same time deeply inspiring and life-affirming book, you are given vivid descriptions of powder-fluffy slopes of the French Alps and challenging surf spots along the Atlantic coast, all while taking part in his ups and downs on this epicurean journey through Europe. His fluent writing let you travel beside him in his trusted campervan called Beatrice, taking part of unexpected encounters, existential reasoning and poetic moments. I can only say that the book invites to read in one go, and I highly recommend it to anyone nurturing dreams of vanlife, or want to take a break from the grey treadmill for a while." / Fredrik Ekblad, Editor in Chief at Österlenmagasinet "A story that is confident with itself and creates a world where you want to be." / Åke Högman, Swedish Author and Journalist "The Book by Alex Epicure, is a highly readable break-up novel. I read it during a hot summer day in August, once I'd started I couldn't stop. I'm a picky book reader. Growing up with books like Jack Kerouac's" On the road "and Robert M. Pirsig's "Zen and the art of riding a motorcycle", my expectations of an unknown debutant were not high. To my surprise the book surpassed my demands by miles, giving exciting perspectives on life. I can not help but recommend everyone to read it." / Lars Magnusson, Editor in Chief at Magasinet Kullaliv

Author : Ola Larsmo
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452956901
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swede Hollow written by Ola Larsmo and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting family saga immersed in the gritty, dark side of Swedish immigrant life in America in the early twentieth century When Gustaf and Anna Klar and their three children leave Sweden for New York in 1897, they take with them a terrible secret and a longing for a new life. But their dream of starting over is nearly crushed at the outset: a fire devastates Ellis Island just as they arrive, and then the relentlessly harsh conditions and lack of work in the city make it impossible for Gustaf to support his family. An unexpected gift allows the Klars to make one more desperate move, this time to the Midwest and a place called Swede Hollow. Their new home is a cluster of rough-hewn shacks in a deep, wooded ravine on the edge of St. Paul, Minnesota. The Irish, Italian, and Swedish immigrants who live here are a hardscrabble lot usually absent from the familiar stories of Swedish American history. The men hire on as poorly paid day laborers for the Great Northern or Northern Pacific railroads or work at the nearby brewery, and the women clean houses, work at laundries, or sew clothing in stifling factories. Outsiders malign Swede Hollow as unsanitary and rife with disease, but the Klar family and their neighbors persevere in this neglected corner of the city—and consider it home. Extensively researched and beautifully written, Ola Larsmo’s award-winning novel vividly portrays a family and a community determined to survive. There are hardships, indignities, accidents, and harrowing encounters, but also acts of loyalty and kindness and moments of joy. This haunting story of a real place echoes the larger challenges of immigration in the twentieth century and today.

Author : Maureen Smith
Publisher : Maureen Smith
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Swede written by Maureen Smith and published by Maureen Smith. This book was released on 2024-03-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Can't Fight Fate... Scarlett Warner has three passions: singing, drumming, and hockey. She's already living her dream as frontwoman of an indie rock band. And then she meets NHL superstar Viggo Sandström, her favorite player and secret fantasy. She wanted him from the very first moment she saw him. How could she not? He's six feet five inches of Scandinavian scrumptiousness, all rock-hard muscles and searing intensity. He's a scoring machine on the ice, driven to win at all costs. Nicknamed "The Sandstorm," he crashes his way into her heart, demolishing her defenses. Every look, every smile, every touch sets her heart pounding like a kick drum. He makes her body sing, and she can't get enough. He's got a few demons to work through, but so does she. Does that make them the perfect match? Or will they end up derailing each other's dreams? All Scarlett knows is that she needs him like nothing she's ever needed before. It should send her running in the other direction. But there's no running from The Swede....

Author : Sue Stauffacher
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0307982483
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tillie the Terrible Swede written by Sue Stauffacher and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Tillie Anderson came to America, all she had was a needle. So she got herself a job in a tailor shop and waited for a dream to find her. One day, a man sped by on a bicycle. She was told "bicycles aren't for ladies," but from then on, Tillie dreamed of riding—not graceful figure eights, but speedy, scorching, racy riding! And she knew that couldn't be done in a fancy lady's dress. . . . With arduous training and her (shocking!) new clothes, Tillie became the women's bicycle-riding champion of the world. Sue Stauffacher's lively text and Sarah McMenemy's charming illustrations capture the energy of America's bicycle craze and tell the story of one woman who wouldn't let society's expectations stop her from achieving her dream.

Author : Vernon G. Hedner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780966138313
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Swede written by Vernon G. Hedner and published by . This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert G. Masin
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1440144346
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swede written by Robert G. Masin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swede is a memoir to a great father who happened to be a humble, legendary New Jersey athlete. It is also a visit back to a storied time and place, Newarks historic Weequahic section. Swede covers the life of Seymour Swede Masin: his growing up in Newark, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants; his marrying out of the faith, temporarily breaking his parents hearts; his fascinating competitors and contemporaries; numerous anecdotes that best define him; the saga of Newarks Weequahic High School, past and present; and Swedes final years battling Alzheimers Disease. Of special note is the attention he received after serving as an inspiration for Philip Roths main character, Seymour Swede Levov, in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, American Pastoral. There was something very special about him, especially some of his fascinating contradictions: strong yet gentle; frugal yet generous; individualistic yet a great team player; a worry wart yet with a great sense of humor. For Robert Masin, this was the father he was so fortunate to have known, admired, and loved. This memoir will allow people a glimpse of the Seymour "Swede" Masin he idolized.

Author : George Swede
Publisher : High/Coo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780913719992
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Almost Unseen written by George Swede and published by High/Coo Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: