Örebro bibliotek

‘The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo’ is a collection of fourteen short stories for children by renowned ‘Oz’ author L. Frank Baum. The stories focus on the adve ...

Published posthumously in 1919, ‘The Magic of Oz’ is the thirteenth book in the Oz series by author L. Frank Baum. Familiar characters Dorothy, the Wizard and the Cowardly Lion reu ...

‘Tales and Fantasies’ is a short story collection by much-loved Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Published posthumously in 1905, the collection included the farcical ‘The Mi ...

Jules Verne’s ‘Off on a Comet’ is a science-fiction adventure first published in 1877. After a comet collides with planet earth, several inhabitants of earth are unknowingly carrie ...

First published in 1874, ‘The Temptation of Saint Anthony’ is a novel which French author Gustave Flaubert worked on throughout his life. Inspired by the painting of the same name ...

‘The Doom of the Griffiths’ is a haunting short story by the acclaimed Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. A long-forgotten curse was placed upon the Griffiths family by the last n ...

Suspicious King Leontes of Sicily accuses his pregnant wife Hermione of having an affair with his best friend, Polixenes, the King of Bohemia. Enraged at the alleged betrayal, he ...

‘The Bell in the Fog, and Other Stories’ is a supernatural short story collection from famous American author Gertrude Atherton. The collection focusses on the dark side of human n ...

Eletään 2080-lukua. Suomi ja koko läntinen Eurooppa on joutunut valloittajan kynsien alle. Vanhaa Suomea ei enää ole. Naiset eivät saa liikkua kodin ulkopuolella, ja Suomen koulutu ...

Det är samling vid den Gamles tält. Tältet som är störst i lägret, tillverkat av kreaturskinn och rest på stänger av berglandsträ, är platsen där viktiga beslut fattas. Åhörarna si ...

Landet nära tidens rand har fått en ny invånare. Äntligen har det blivit dags för Petra att flytta ihop med sin älskade jimbug, och numera rönnman, Lhan. Det fanns de som motsatte ...

Ett mystiskt mord på en rönnkvinna gäckar Rands Högsta Råd. Hon har dödats med hjälp av en ondskefull trollkonst och misstankarna riktas genast mot demonen Ramgor. Problemet är bar ...

När studenten Petra Bravo vaknar mitt i natten är hon säker på att hon fortfarande drömmer. För vem skulle inte tro det när det hänger en starkt lysande reva i luften? Hennes nyfik ...

Eld. Vatten. Vind. Metall. Jord. Blixt. Djur. Trä. Tid. Världen är uppdelad i nio element. Alla tonåringar måste göra ett val, vilket element vill de tillhöra? När valet väl är gjo ...

"To have a Cricket on the Hearth, is the luckiest thing in all the world!"... Or is it?On the hearth in the home of the Peerybingle family sits a little cricket who acts as their p ...

Unusual for an Anthony Trollope novel, ‘The Fixed Period’ is a story set in the future – in 1980. It is based in the fictional land of Britannula, where a group of young New Zealan ...

Zanoni on mies, jolla on erityislaatuisia voimia. Hän on myös kuolematon – mutta vain niin pitkään kunnes ei rakastu. Vuosisatojen ajan hän on pystynyt vastustamaan rakkautta. Kun ...

Cirkeln är bruten och människorna har höjt sin egen ras till den överlägsna. Och enda.När Kajla av trejarfolket är barn blir hon tillsammans med hela sin by förvisad till vildmarke ...

Can you imagine surviving a war, then getting offered to marry the king’s daughter and then having to accept to be buried together with her when she dies? It sounds quite unbelieva ...

A mother had twelve sons but she was so poor that she could not find a way to take care of them all. Her oldest one was Peter. He headed out in the world seeking bread for his fami ...

A mother raised three daughters who she did not love equally. The youngest girl, the fairest of them all, was loathed by her mother. She would often send the little girl to the for ...

Does being rich mean being generous as well? What do you think? The wealthy man in our story realizes at the end of his days that he has been cruel and indifferent and wants to rig ...

"The Ear of Corn" is one of those tales by Brothers Grimm which will teach you a lesson and will make you appreciate what you have. We should not take things for granted, let it be ...

Can a spindle, a shuttle and a needle decide an ordinary girl’s fate? Can she become a princess by weaving her path with a pure heart? Will the prince follow the golden thread of l ...

A rich family takes care of one little poor boy. You would expect the boy to lead happy and carefree life. However this is not how our story goes. The boy’s days are full of starva ...