Marta Bartošková Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Icelandic author and activist Andri Snær Magnason's 'Letter to the Future', an extraordinary and moving eulogy for the lost Okjökull glacier, made global news and was shared by millions. Now he attempts to come to terms with the issues we all face in his new book On Time and Water. Magnason writes of the melting glaciers, the rising seas and acidity changes that haven't been seen for 50 million years. These are changes that will affect all life on earth. Taking a path to climate science through ancient myths about sacred cows, stories of ancestors and relatives and interviews with the Dalai Lama, Magnason allows himself to be both personal and scientific. The result is an absorbing mixture of travel, history, science and philosophy.

De tachtigjarige Here zit met een handgranaat, een slof sigaretten en een laptop in haar garage, surft op het web en betaalt haar laatste schulden. Ze heeft besloten dat ze nog voor de kerst gecremeerd wil worden. Terwijl ze wacht tot de oven 1000 graden heeft bereikt, blikt ze terug op een veelbewogen leven dat haar alle hoeken van de Europese geschiedenis liet zien. Een tegendraads meesterwerk vol IJslandse geestigheid.

At a university in Reykjavík, the body of a young German student is discovered, his eyes cut out and strange symbols carved into his chest. Police waste no time in making an arrest, but the victim's family isn't convinced that the right man is in custody. They ask Thóra Gudmundsdóttir, an attorney and single mother of two, to investigate. It isn't long before Thóra and her associate, Matthew Reich, uncover the deceased student's obsession with Iceland's grisly history of torture, execution, and witch hunts. But there are very contemporary horrors hidden in the long, cold shadow of dark traditions. And for two suddenly endangered investigators, nothing is quite what it seems . . . and no one can be trusted.