Welcome to Guards! Guards!, the eighth book in Terry Pratchett’s legendary Discworld series. Long believed extinct, a superb specimen of draco nobilis ("noble dragon" for those who don't understand italics) has appeared in Discworld's greatest city. Not only does this unwelcome visitor have a nasty habit of charbroiling everything in its path, in rather short order it is crowned King (it is a noble dragon, after all...). How did it get there? How is the Unique and Supreme Lodge of the Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night involved? Can the Ankh-Morpork City Watch restore order – and the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork to power? Magic, mayhem, and a marauding dragon...who could ask for anything more?

Herman Koppelius tror kun på én gud, Kaffeguden; koffeinskaperen som holder landsbyen våken. Han og de andre kaffereligiøse i Kapselton venter spent på neste leveranse fra Den legendariske handelsmannen, profeten som forsyner landsbyene i kongeriket med kaffe – men denne tårsdagen er profeten borte. Nervøse Herman må plutselig bevege seg langt ut av komfortsonen og forsøke å spore opp profeten og redde landsbyen. Hemmeligheter vil bli avslørt, espressoens styrke vil bli testet, og noen må visst også bekjempe tusenvis av tekultister.

In Fascholand begibt sich Canberk Köktürk auf eine autobiographisch-investigative Reise durch ein Deutschland, das nicht nur Menschen mit Migrationsgeschichte das Fürchten lehrt. Seine erzählerisch angelegte Ermittlungsakte untersucht subjektiv und temporeich die Lage der Nation. Hass und Hetze, Rechtsruck und Rassismus vergiften das Land und treiben es an den Abgrund. Köktürk sammelt Indizien, spricht mit Betroffenen und trägt Wissen von zusammen. Sein launiger und mit beißendem Humor getränkter Ton hilft zu verstehen, wie gefährlich die Lage geworden Unser Land inszeniert sich als wehrhafte Demokratie, setzt aber den strukturellen Problemen und der Radikalisierung im politischen Diskurs nichts entgegen. Ein rasanter und rasend wichtiger Text, der trotz der düsteren Diagnose Spaß zu lesen macht. »Mit einer Mischung aus wunderschöner Sprache und perfider Vulgarität (die der guten Sorte) packt dich Fascholand und nimmt dich mit auf eine entlarvende Reise – ganz große Literatur.«    TAHSIM DURGUN »Canberk Köktürk nimmt uns mit auf eine persönliche, investigative Spurensuche durch ein Land, das seine Probleme leugnet. Fascholand ist wütend, scharf und bitterkomisch – eine Warnung und ein Aufruf zugleich.«    MADELEINE ALIZADEH aka DariaDaria »Jeder Mensch in Deutschland mit Migrationsgeschichte kennt diesen Krimi bereits. Wir alle haben ermittelt – mal widerwillig, mal verzweifelt. Aber keiner so scharfzüngig und unterhaltsam wie Canberk.«TARKAN BAGCI »Dies ist zum Glück keines dieser vor Betroffenheit und Selbstmitleid triefenden Bücher über Rassismus. Canberk schafft es, das, was wir alle eigentlich schon zu wissen glauben, so in Worte zu fassen, dass ich beim Lesen ausrief ›Ja, Mann, genau so!‹ Manchmal musste ich auch schlucken, laut und hart. Und genau das macht dieses Buch so wahnsinnig stark!« JASMINA KUHNKE »Canbi fragt mich seit Wochen, ob ich was zu Fascholand schreibe. Aber ich hab leider keine Zeit, weil ich Anti-AfD-Content machen muss. Vertraue ihm da aber, Antifaschismus kann er.« TÜLIN SEZGIN aka Conny from the Block

A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family--and a new love--changes the course of her life. As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she's used to being alone and she follows the rules...with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos pretending to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously. But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and...Jamie. The handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House would do anything to protect the children, and as far as he's concerned, a stranger like Mika is a threat. An irritatingly appealing threat. As Mika begins to find her place at Nowhere House, the thought of belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn't the only danger in the world, and when a threat comes knocking at their door, Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect a found family she didn't know she was looking for....

Herman Koppelius tror kun på én gud, Kaffeguden; koffeinskaperen som holder landsbyen våken. Han og de andre kaffereligiøse i Kapselton venter spent på neste leveranse fra Den legendariske handelsmannen, profeten som forsyner landsbyene i kongeriket med kaffe – men denne tårsdagen er profeten borte. Nervøse Herman må plutselig bevege seg langt ut av komfortsonen og forsøke å spore opp profeten og redde landsbyen. Hemmeligheter vil bli avslørt, espressoens styrke vil bli testet, og noen må visst også bekjempe tusenvis av tekultister.

C. C. Tsai is one of Asia’s most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chinese classics have sold more than 40 million copies in over twenty languages. In The Ways of Zen, he has created an entertaining and enlightening masterpiece from the rich collections of the Zen Buddhist tradition, bringing classic stories to life in delightful language and vividly detailed comic illustrations. Combining all the stories previously published in Tsai’s Wisdom of the Zen Masters and Zen Speaks, this is the artist’s largest collection of selections from the most important and famous Zen texts. The story of the illiterate wood-peddler Huineng, who improbably rises to become the most famous Zen patriarch, is joined by others that trace the development of the five major sects of Zen Buddhism through other masters such as Mazu, Linji, and Yunmen. A shattered antique, a blind man carrying a lantern, sutras set on fire, a cow jumping through a window—each story leads the reader to reflect on fundamental Buddhist ideas. The Ways of Zen also features the original Chinese text in side columns on each page, enriching the book for readers and students of Chinese without distracting from the English-language cartoons. Filled with memorable anecdotes and disarming wisdom, The Ways of Zen is a perfect introduction to Zen Buddhism and an essential addition to any Zen collection.

Dödsklockan ljuder genom skogen. Muntra och upphetsade lyssnar älgjägarna till de grovmälda slagen. Men den här gången låter de illavarslande. Jaktlaget fryser och väntar. Man vet inte vems minuter den räknar, vet bara att ingen skall komma levande ut som står bakom dödsklockans ljudskärm.Dödsklockan är en mästerlig roman. Med suggestiv detaljskärpa, människokännedom och språkligt djup trappar Kerstin Ekman upp spänningen och jägarnas älgfrossa växer till något betydligt mer skrämmande.