The Swede
The Swede

Author: Maureen Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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From USA Today Bestselling Author Maureen Smith comes a sizzling interracial romance series featuring four sexy-as-sin hockey stars who lose their hearts on the road to winning the Stanley Cup... THE SWEDE 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. 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? DENVER REBELS SERIES Wicked Games--Book #1 The Swede--Book #2 ***These are full-length interracial romance novels featuring BW/WM couples. The books contain adult language and explicit sex. Intended for mature audiences only.*** Praise for the Contemporary Romance Novels of Maureen Smith "Smith is a master crafter of sensually robust, endearing, and page-turning romantic fiction"--USA Today on Inferno "...a spicy boy-meets-girl tale that will keep you turning the pages...Make sure you wear flame-proof gloves!"--Romantic Times on Whatever You Like "A highly entertaining story with elements of comedy, cooking, intense sexual chemistry and hot romance"--Romantic Times on Recipe for Temptation

Tillie the Terrible Swede
Tillie the Terrible Swede

Author: Sue Stauffacher

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published: 2012-11-28

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0307982483

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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.

Swede Hollow
Swede Hollow

Author: Ola Larsmo

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 2019-10-01

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1452956901

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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.

Swede
Swede

Author: Robert G. Masin

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2009-07-15

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1440144346

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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.

The Swede Who Let Go
The Swede Who Let Go

Author: Alex Epicure

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-11-29

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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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

The Panic Attack Recovery Book
The Panic Attack Recovery Book

Author: Shirley Swede

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2000-09-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0451200438

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Now sufferers can attack panic--before it attacks them. This seven-step, drug-free program--written jointly by a physician and a recovered sufferer--explains what goes on in the body when panic disorder strikes, and how it can be controlled. With behavioral techniques, fitness and nutrition plans, and inspiring, encouraging true stories, this book brings new hope to people with panic disorder, agoraphobia, and other anxiety-related conditions.

American Pastoral
American Pastoral

Author: Philip Roth

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 9780676538694

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An ordinary man finds that his life has been made extraordinary by the catastrophic intrusion of history when, in 1968 his adored daughter plants a bomb that kills a stranger, hurling her father out of the longed-for American pastoral and into the indigenous American berserk.

Lagom
Lagom

Author: Steffi Knowles-Dellner

Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing

Published: 2017-10-05

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1787132021

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Lagom: n. just the right amount, balanced, harmonious. This beautiful, fresh cookbook offers genuine insight into how Swedes eat and cook – with recipes that fit around the seasons, occasions, times of day, and appetite. Eating and cooking in tune with 'lagom' means embracing food that is good for body and soul, unfussy, delicious and sustaining, and all in harmony. The Swedes understand that balance is everything – that you crave comforting food when a bitter wind is howling outside, that refreshing, lighter meals suit hot, hazy days, that a mid-morning bun is good for morale, and that a long, sociable lunch with friends and family on a Sunday is the most rewarding way to end the weekend. There is a time and place for every kind of food, and when everything is in equilibrium, you will be content and satisfied. Steffi Knowles-Dellner is a Swedish food stylist and blogger who will introduce you to the unique Swedish concepts that encapsulate lagom, in this her debut book. From the well-known smörgåsbord table of open sandwiches, and Fredags mys ("cosy Fridays") when hunkering down on a cosy sofa and tucking into tacos is a must, all the way to the irresistible idea of lördagsgodis – a single day for eating sweets to satisfy even the sweetest tooth.

Wicked Games
Wicked Games

Author: Maureen Smith

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 9781980683193

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From USA Today Bestselling Author Maureen Smith comes a sizzling interracial romance series featuring four sexy-as-sin hockey stars who lose their hearts on the road to winning the Stanley Cup... WICKED GAMES College recruiter Nadia Warner has sworn off jocks for good. So when her sports reporter brother drags her out to a hockey practice, the last thing she's looking for is romance. But when she locks gazes with hockey superstar Reid Holden, all bets are off.... Reid is the resident bad boy of the Denver Rebels. On the ice, he delivers bone-crushing hits that often land him in the penalty box. Off the ice, he has a reputation for snubbing reporters, partying hard and breaking hearts. No woman has ever been able to crack his tough shell...until Nadia comes along. When their eyes meet, the electricity between them is hot enough to melt the ice beneath Reid's feet. In exchange for giving Nadia's brother a quote for his column, Reid wants an introduction to Nadia. But that's just the beginning....