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The little old lady is back! This time, Martha Andersson and her friends - the League of Pensioners - have left behind their dreary care home in Stockholm and are enjoying the bright lights of Las Vegas. This is their opportunity for a new lease of life and they plan to make the most of it. But before long, they are up to their old tricks and with ingenious tactics, a pair of false teeth and a wheelchair each, they plot to outwit the security system at one of the casinos.

The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules is an incredibly quirky, humorous, and warm-hearted story about growing old disgracefully - and breaking all the rules along the way! 79-year-old Martha Andersson dreams of escaping her care home and robbing a bank. She has no intention of spending the rest of her days in an armchair and is determined to fund her way to a much more exciting lifestyle. Along with her four oldest friends - otherwise known as the League of Pensioners - Martha decides to rebel against all of the rules imposed upon them.

From Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg, the author of the smash hit The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules, comes the third hilarious title in this much-loved series: The Little Old Lady Behaving Badly. Nothing can stop The League of Pensioners, a wily gang of blue-rinsed rebels. They have a plan, and to realize it they are going to need money - lots of money.

After stealing some priceless Russian jewels from the Stockholm Auction House, Martha and her gang flee to the small village of Hemmavid to lie low. But what they find is a village in crisis, so they decide they want to help revive the place. But to do so, the village needs money. In steps the League of Pensioners to arrange events to attract paying tourists. Which all turns out to be a rather delicate – and dramatic – balancing act when you are wanted by the police.

The little old lady is back! This time, Martha Andersson and her friends - the League of Pensioners - have left behind their dreary care home in Stockholm and are enjoying the bright lights of Las Vegas. This is their opportunity for a new lease of life and they plan to make the most of it. But before long, they are up to their old tricks and with ingenious tactics, a pair of false teeth and a wheelchair each, they plot to outwit the security system at one of the casinos.

After stealing some priceless Russian jewels from the Stockholm Auction House, Martha and her gang flee to the small village of Hemmavid to lie low. But what they find is a village in crisis, so they decide they want to help revive the place. But to do so, the village needs money. In steps the League of Pensioners to arrange events to attract paying tourists. Which all turns out to be a rather delicate – and dramatic – balancing act when you are wanted by the police.

Erik Ravhandler er på vej hjem til den blomstrende vikingeby Birka efter et handelstogt, der har varet tre år. Med sig på skibet har han Ansgar – munken, der vil bringe kristendommen til det hedenske Norden. I Birka venter Eriks trolovede Jorunn. Men Eriks skib bliver overfaldet af sørøvere, og det kommer til at ødelægge alle hans planer for fremtiden. Til vikingernes land skildrer kampen mellem dem, der holder sig til de gamle nordiske guder, og tilhængerne af kristendommen. Det er en underholdende, farverig og dramatisk fremstilling af livet i vikingetiden.

Året er 1392. Stedet er Stockholm. Den unge enke Anne Persdotter driver med stor succes Handelshuset, hvor hun tidligere var ansat. Samtidig spreder skraekken sig i byen, som Vitaljebrødrene - de berygtede Østersøpirater - kontrollerer. Og de er ude efter Anne og hendes formue. Det lykkes hende at flygte med sin lille datter, og de slår sig ned i Lübeck, hvor hun oprindeligt kom fra. Hun fortsaetter sin virksomhed, men indser snart, at hun og datteren heller ikke er i sikkerhed her.

I 1390 forlader den svenske kvinde Anne Persdotter og hendes mand, den lybske købmand Claus, Lübeck for at slå sig ned i Stockholm. Under sørejsen synker det laekkende Hansa-skib, og Anna mister sin mand og alt, hvad de ejer. Hun bliver reddet af et par rå fiskere, som bringer hende i land i Stockholms skaergård - et par, som hurtigt viser sig at vaere i ledtog med de berygtede Vitalie-brødre. Disse Østersøpirater planlaegger at overtage Stockholm med hjaelp fra tyskerne.

I boken om vikingarna berättas bland annat om senare års utgrävningar i Ryssland och Ukraina. Dessa har ökat vår kunskap betydligt om hur vikingarna levde. Genom brev skrivna på näver som grävts fram ur jorden vid en flodbank, kan vi urskilja enskilda människoöden, där även kvinnorna träder fram. Vi får även höra om hur människor, som mötte vikingarna upplevde dem. Här berättar de om hur de förvånade sin omvärld med sitt demokratiska styrelsesätt och kvinnans starka ställning.