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Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Confined to a nursing home and about to turn 100, Allan Karlsson, who has a larger-than-life back story as an explosives expert, climbs out of the window in his slippers and embarks on an unforgettable adventure involving thugs, a murderous elephant and a very friendly hot dog stand operator.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a hot air balloon ride ends with a sea landing and an unexpected rescue from a North Korean ship, one hundred-year-old Allan Karlsson and his sidekick Julius find themselves in the middle of a diplomatic crisis of epic proportions.
It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but theyre not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Put to work at five years old and orphaned at ten, she quickly learns that the world expects nothing more from her than to die young, be it from drugs, alcohol, or just plain despair. But Nombeko has grander plans. She learns to read and write, and at just fifteen, using her cunning and fearlessness, she makes it out of Soweto with millions of smuggled diamonds in her...
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
vii, 372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Victor Alderheim has a lot to answer for. Not only has he heartlessly tricked his young ex-wife, Jenny, out of her art gallery inheritance, but he has also abandoned his son, Kevin, to die in the middle of the Kenyan savanna. It doesn't occur to Victor that Kevin might be rescued and adopted by a Maasai medicine man, or that he might be expected to undergo the rituals expected of all new Maasai warriors--which have him running back to Stockholm as...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
299 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Anders, a former hitman, starts a business venture with an ex-vicar and a hotel receptionist that will make them all a fortune, but when Anders finds religion, his new found faith starts ruining their plans.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
When Allan lands in a nursing home, he refuses to celebrate his 100th birthday and instead escapes out a window to embark on a journey that involves a suitcase of cash and a gang of criminals. Flashbacks reveal that Allan played a key role in 20th century history when he was pals with U.S. presidents and Russian tyrants.