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Mother, Brother, Lover - Jarvis Cocker - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Mother, Brother, Lover - Jarvis Cocker - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Jarvis Cocker is widely regarded as one of the most original and memorable lyricists and performers of the last three decades. Here, for the first time, is a selection of sixty-six lyrics, presented with commentary and an introduction by the man himself.In this volume, readers (and Pulp fans) will find such classic Jarvis lyrics as ''Common People'', ''Disco 2000'', ''Babies'', ''This is Hardcore'' and ''Do You Remember the First Time?'' The selection, assembled by the author, reveals a sensibility that is unmistakeably Jarvis: a sometimes visceral, sometimes everyday take on love, relationships and the things we do to each other when the lights get low. Mother, Brother, Lover takes the reader on a thirty-year tour into the life, art and preoccupations of one of the great British artists of the late twentieth century. Shocking, sharp, clever and funny, it is a beautiful collection of lyrics and commentary.

DKK 127.00
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Brother - Matthew Dickman - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Brother - Matthew Dickman - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

A dual-authored volume of poems from the multi-award winning Dickman twins - leading voices in America''s outstanding generation of younger poets. Although the brothers extol differing inspirations (Matthew writes with the ebullience of Frank O''Hara, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, Michael with the control of William Carlos Williams and Emily Dickinson), they are unified by the unflinching, remarkable verse they wrote when their older sibling tragically took his own life. It is these moving, grieving but life-affirming poems that solely comprise this dual-authored volume. Published in an inventive tête-bêche edition, the poems appear head-to-toe, communing in the middle, making Brother a searing but ultimately up-lifting journey of grief, love and family.''Michael''s poems are interior, fragmentary, and austere, often stripped down to single-word lines; they seethe with incipient violence. Matthew''s are effusive, ecstatic, and all-embracing, spilling over with pop-cultural references and exuberant carnality . . . together, the resonance of the work is amplified.'' New Yorker Matthew Dickman is the author of All-American Poem (2008), 50 American Plays (co-written with his twin brother Michael Dickman, 2012), Mayakovsky''s Revolver (2012), Wish You Were Here (2013) and 24 HOURS (2014). He is the recipient of The May Sarton Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Kate Tufts Award from Claremont College and a 2015 Guggenheim award. Matthew Dickman is the Poetry Editor of Tin House magazine. He lives in Portland, Oregon.Michael Dickman is the author of three books of poems, The End of the West (2009), Flies (2011, Winner of the James Laughlin Award), and Green Migraine (2015), as well as a book of plays, 50 American Plays , co-written with his twin brother, Matthew Dickman, in 2012. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey, where he is on the faculty at Princeton University.

DKK 127.00
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My Brother Benjamin - Beth Britten - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

My Brother Benjamin - Beth Britten - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

''People are always asking, ''Aren''t you proud of your famous brother?'' I was, of course, but often wished he was not so famous so that one could see more of this brother who was such a joy to be with. Janet Baker has written that the air crackled when he walked into the room, and she was right...'' The younger of Benjamin Britten''s two sisters, Elizabeth (''Beth'') Britten first published this loving and revealing portrait of their shared childhood in 1986. She evokes the Lowestoft upbringing of the four Britten siblings, their dentist father Robert, and mother Edith, who keenly encouraged the children''s interest in music. She recalls the flat they shared in London while Benjamin studied at the Royal College of Music; and tells of ''The Old Mill at Snape'', Britten''s home/studio after its renovation by Beth''s future father-in-law. Of special interest are Britten''s letters to Beth from America, where he and Peter Pears emigrated in 1939 then became ensconced after war broke out.

DKK 183.00
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When My Brother Was an Aztec - Natalie Diaz - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

When My Brother Was an Aztec - Natalie Diaz - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

FROM THE WINNER OF THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY When My Brother Was an Aztec is a work of courage and invention – one that foregrounds the particularities of family dynamics and individual passion against the backdrop of Western mythologies and a deeply rooted cultural history. Natalie Diaz’s arresting debut explores a brother’s addiction and its devastating effects on a household, while offering a political critique of our nations and their pasts. It acknowledges absences and uncomfortable silences, as well as conjuring vivid voices and presences, from Antigone and Houdini to Huitzilopochtli and Jesus.Stolen cowboy boots, violins on fire; a mariachi band playing in the bathroom, a black bayonet carried between the shoulder blades; the beauty of busted fruit, the sight of hellish visions - Diaz both revels and reveals through her distinctive use of language and imagery, bringing to life every intimate and communal encounter, blooming abundance from scarcity. The result is a wrenching portrayal of sacrifice, want, despair and fortitude that feels truly transformative.

DKK 127.00
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'What I Really Want to Do is PRODUCE...' - Helen De Winter - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

'What I Really Want to Do is PRODUCE...' - Helen De Winter - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

What does a movie producer actually do for a living? Is ''producing'' any more than writing cheques and smoking fat cigars? Helen de Winter, herself an intrepid young producer, discovers a job that requires the combined skills of a wheeler-dealer, a diplomat, a stern but doting parent, and a clinical psychiatrist.The producers of everything from The Lord of the Rings , Bridget Jones''s Diary to The Constant Gardener and My Big Fat Greek Wedding talk to her about:* How do you smell a hit? * How do you raise adequate sums of other peoples'' money to get a film made? * How do you handle feuds, fights, or even fatalities on set? * And what can you do to drag the general public off the street and into cinemas to study the fruits of your labour? The results make enlightening reading, whether your interest lies in movies or money, or whether indeed what you really want to do is produce ...

DKK 169.00
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The Breach - Naomi Wallace - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

The Breach - Naomi Wallace - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

They won''t even know we won this game. Only you and I will know that we Topped Their Love. Love has no limits for the Diggs siblings: there''s nothing that seventeen-year-old Jude won''t do to keep her younger brother Acton safe. Growing up in the turbulence of 1970s America, Jude works nights and weekends to pay the bills, just so that they can stay together with their mother. But when Acton''s troublesome pals form a club in their basement, a foolish game threatens to upend Jude''s plans and derail their lives forever. Jude will do anything to protect her brother, but someone may have to pay the price. As trust and loyalty are put on the line, hindsight proves devastating in Naomi Wallace''s riveting drama. The Breach opened at Hampstead Theatre, London, in May 2022.

DKK 120.00
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The Jollies - Alan Ayckbourn - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

The Jollies - Alan Ayckbourn - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

I mean, what do you do when you suddenly find you''ve got a mother who''s younger than you are? And a kid brother who turns out to be twenty years older than you? Right. You panic. Yes, eleven-year-old Polly has quite a problem. Now the police are after her as well. Not to mention the Social Services. And a very, very big dog . . . Heeeeeelllllp! The Jollies is another magical tale for children from Britain''s most popular and most frequently performed playwright. It premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, in December 2002.

DKK 122.00
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I Will Crash - Rebecca Watson - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

I Will Crash - Rebecca Watson - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

''Profoundly moving, funny and beautifully written.'' Michael Magee ''Completely immersive.'' Natasha Brown ''Exceptional and startling.'' Colin Barrett It wasn’t just the being hurt, it was the endlessness of it, us misfiring without break without end without rest, unable to peacefully be in the same place. It’s been six years since Rosa stopped talking to her brother. And now it’s too late: too late to forgive, too late to make amends. But her brother had tried, hadn’t he? With him gone, Rosa must look back at the years of silence, at everything she has long held as true. As she gathers together the pieces her brother left behind, their shared history curves into a question mark. Who was her brother? What was the other side of the story? ‘A one-of-a-kind storyteller.’ Observer From the acclaimed author of little scratch, this is a moving, powerfully honest novel about how we love, how we grieve and how we forgive.

DKK 119.00
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How Do Meerkats Order Pizza? - Brooke Barker - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

How Do Meerkats Order Pizza? - Brooke Barker - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

''Highly recommended.'' School Reading List '' I couldn’t put the book down as it was so exciting to read.'' Holly, aged 9, Books Up North '' A valuable resource and a joy to read and share.'' Lancashire Post ‘Pleasing and informative.’ Kirkus ''F act-finding fun.'' Science '' Fascinating.'' BookTrust '' Endlessly appealing for reluctant readers.'' Irish Examiner In this uproariously funny and charmingly illustrated book, readers are introduced to incredible animals and the bizarre things human scientists do to understand them. Did you know that crows never forget a face? Or that jaguars have a favourite perfume? Have you ever wondered how to pet a yeti crab? Or whether dogs can tell if you’re smiling? And just what is a burrowing bettong? From crafting fake poo to slurping up bugs with a straw, there’s nothing these amazing scientists won’t do to help us learn more about the animals around us. Packed with fascinating facts, this hilarious book reveals secrets like why roosters crow and how meerkats make decisions as a group – and how humans can better understand the wild creatures we share the planet with.

DKK 127.00
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Let's Do It - Bob Stanley - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Let's Do It - Bob Stanley - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

The prequel to Bob Stanley''s universally acclaimed Yeah Yeah Yeah , Let''s Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell the definitive story of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties. ''An absolute landmark/joy/gossip-fest/door to Narnia: the history of pop music before rock''n''roll. Fascinating. I can''t recommend it enough.'' CAITLIN MORAN ''An encyclopaedic introduction to the fascinating and often forgotten creators of Anglo-American hit music in the first half of the Twentieth Century.'' NEIL TENNANT ''A perfect guidebook, filled with smart thinking and the kind of communicable enthusiasm that sends you rushing to the nearest streaming service, eager to hear what all the fuss was about.'' ALEXIS PETRIDIS, GUARDIAN Pop music didn''t begin with the Beatles in 1963, or with Elvis in 1956, or even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949. There was a pre-history that went back to the first recorded music, right back to the turn of the century . . . Who were the earliest record stars, and were they in any meaningful way ''pop stars''? Who were the likes of George Gershwin writing songs for? Why did swing, the hit sound for a decade or more, become almost invisible after the Second World War?The prequel to Bob Stanley’s Yeah Yeah Yeah , Let’s Do It is the first book to tell the definitive story of the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record at the end of the nineteenth century to the beginnings of rock and the modern pop age. Taking in superstars such as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra alongside the unheralded songwriters and arrangers behind some of our most enduring songs, Stanley paints an aural portrait of pop music’s formative years in stunning clarity, uncovering the silver threads and golden needles that bind the form together.Bringing the eclectic, evolving world of early pop to life – from ragtime, blues and jazz to Broadway, country, crooning and beyond – Let’s Do It is essential reading for all music lovers.''Stanley has provided something invaluable to the growing numbers who get their music via streaming services: a guide to pop’s back pages, where artists mostly remembered in sepia tones are brought into vivid colour by the author’s enthusiastic sense of discovery.'' BILLY BRAGG, NEW STATESMAN ''Inspired.'' THE TIMES ''Remarkable.'' CLASSIC ROCK ''Exhilarating.'' CAUGHT BY THE RIVER ''Essential.'' DAILY TELEGRAPH ''A joyous read.'' THE ECONOMIST ''Wholly entertaining.'' MOJO ''Enthralling.'' DAILY MAIL ''Great fun.'' LITERARY REVIEW '' Colossal .'' UNCUT ''A joy.'' RECORD COLLECTOR ''A triumph.'' LOUD & QUIET

DKK 190.00
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Let's Do It - Bob Stanley - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Let's Do It - Bob Stanley - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

The prequel to Bob Stanley''s universally acclaimed Yeah Yeah Yeah , Let''s Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell the definitive story of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties. ''An absolute landmark/joy/gossip-fest/door to Narnia: the history of pop music before rock''n''roll. Fascinating. I can''t recommend it enough.'' CAITLIN MORAN ''An encyclopaedic introduction to the fascinating and often forgotten creators of Anglo-American hit music in the first half of the Twentieth Century.'' NEIL TENNANT ''A perfect guidebook, filled with smart thinking and the kind of communicable enthusiasm that sends you rushing to the nearest streaming service, eager to hear what all the fuss was about.'' ALEXIS PETRIDIS, GUARDIAN Pop music didn''t begin with the Beatles in 1963, or with Elvis in 1956, or even with the first seven-inch singles in 1949. There was a pre-history that went back to the first recorded music, right back to the turn of the century . . . Who were the earliest record stars, and were they in any meaningful way ''pop stars''? Who were the likes of George Gershwin writing songs for? Why did swing, the hit sound for a decade or more, become almost invisible after the Second World War?The prequel to Bob Stanley’s Yeah Yeah Yeah , Let’s Do It is the first book to tell the definitive story of the birth of pop, from the invention of the 78 rpm record at the end of the nineteenth century to the beginnings of rock and the modern pop age. Taking in superstars such as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra alongside the unheralded songwriters and arrangers behind some of our most enduring songs, Stanley paints an aural portrait of pop music’s formative years in stunning clarity, uncovering the silver threads and golden needles that bind the form together.Bringing the eclectic, evolving world of early pop to life – from ragtime, blues and jazz to Broadway, country, crooning and beyond – Let’s Do It is essential reading for all music lovers.''Stanley has provided something invaluable to the growing numbers who get their music via streaming services: a guide to pop’s back pages, where artists mostly remembered in sepia tones are brought into vivid colour by the author’s enthusiastic sense of discovery.'' BILLY BRAGG, NEW STATESMAN ''Inspired.'' THE TIMES ''Remarkable.'' CLASSIC ROCK ''Exhilarating.'' CAUGHT BY THE RIVER ''Essential.'' DAILY TELEGRAPH ''A joyous read.'' THE ECONOMIST ''Wholly entertaining.'' MOJO ''Enthralling.'' DAILY MAIL ''Great fun.'' LITERARY REVIEW '' Colossal .'' UNCUT ''A joy.'' RECORD COLLECTOR ''A triumph.'' LOUD & QUIET

DKK 241.00
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What Would Boudicca Do? - Beth Coates - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

What Would Boudicca Do? - Beth Coates - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Tired of your boss bropropriating your ideas and presenting them as his own? Wondering if the pursuit of having it all has in fact resulted in having not very much? It is time to start channelling the spiky superwomen of history to conquer today. It is time to turn to women like Frida Kahlo and Josephine Baker, Hypatia and Cleopatra, Coco Chanel and Empress Cixi. In this irreverent guide they will help you figure out how to dispatch a loverat, back yourself, kill it at work and trounce FoMo. With original illustrations by Bijou Karman, What Would Boudicca Do? will make you fired-up and ready for anything.

DKK 139.00
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Everything We Do is Music - Elizabeth Alker - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Everything We Do is Music - Elizabeth Alker - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

The worlds of pop and rock owe a much greater debt to the classical canon than we realise. A direct and fascinating lineage draws from the experimentalism of Pierre Henry to The Beatles’ ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’, from Stockhausen to Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ and from Bruckner to Sonic Youth via Glenn Branca. In Everything We Do is Music , Elizabeth Alker highlights the innovators of classical music and their fans and collaborators in pop who challenged the notion that such musical worlds were mutually exclusive. Alker shines a light on the rich tapestry that exists between their borders through exclusive interviews with Sir Paul McCartney, Steve Reich, La Monte Young, Nils Frahm, The Blessed Madonna, Jonny Greenwood, Soweto Kinch and Jean-Michel Jarre among others.

DKK 192.00
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When I Am Playing With My Cat, How Do I Know She Is Not Playing With Me? - Saul Frampton - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

When I Am Playing With My Cat, How Do I Know She Is Not Playing With Me? - Saul Frampton - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

In the year 1570, at the age of thirty-seven, Michel de Montaigne gave up his job as a magistrate and retired to his château to brood on his own private grief - the deaths of his best friends, his father, his brother, and most recently his first-born child.But finding his mind agitated rather than settled by this idleness, Montaigne began to write, giving birth to the Essays - short prose explorations of an amazing variety of topics. And gradually, over the course of his writing Montaigne began to turn his back upon his stoical pessimism, and engage in a new philosophy of life, in which living is to be embraced in all its sensory, exuberant vitality - the smell of his doublet, the pleasures of friendship, the intelligence of his cat and the flavour of his wine. Saul Frampton offers a celebration of perhaps the most joyful and yet profound of all Renaissance writers, whose work went on to have a huge impact on Shakespeare, and whose writings offer a user''s guide to existence even to the present day.

DKK 136.00
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Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Big Brother is watching you . . . Under the all-seeing eye of Big Brother, Winston Smith spends his days in the Ministry of Truth, rewriting the past for the Party. Despite constant surveillance and the ever-present threat of repression, he starts to inwardly question the regime. A note from a colleague – ‘I love you’ – marks the beginning of a secret affair that breaks all the rules. But what will happen when they are found out?This classic dystopian novel is a vision of life under a totalitarian regime, where every thought or action could bring the Thought Police to the door . . .Now with a stunningly sinister cover by Nathan Burton.

DKK 113.00
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A Land More Kind Than Home - Wiley Cash - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

A Land More Kind Than Home - Wiley Cash - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

STAR PICK IN THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB WINNER OF THE CWA JOHN CREASEY NEW BLOOD DAGGER, FROM THE AUTHOR OF WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME ''Bold, daring, graceful and engrossing.'' BOBBIE ANN MASON ____________ They said Pastor Chamblis was a good man. They said he could perform miracles, heal the sick - like my brother Stump ... But I know what I saw and it wasn''t no miracle. Only Jess really knows what happened to his mute brother, but scared and on the run, can he live to reveal the evil truth behind the charismatic Pastor? ''Mesmerising. . . an intensely felt and beautifully told story.'' New York Times Book Review

DKK 120.00
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The Rose of Tibet - Lionel Davidson - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

The Rose of Tibet - Lionel Davidson - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

From the bestselling author of Kolymsky Heights ''I devoured it.'' Anthony Horowitz With an introduction by Anthony Horowitz A filmmaker is reported dead near Mount Everest. His brother, Charles Houston, is convinced he''s alive and is determined to find him. It''s a dangerous expedition. He travels from India to the forbidden land of Tibet. In the Yamdring monastery, he discovers an emerald treasure guarded by a woman with a deadly secret. But the Chinese army is coming...''I hadn''t realised how much I had missed the genuine adventure story until I read The Rose of Tibet .'' Graham Greene''Thrilling . . . a perilous journey across Tibet in search of a missing brother.'' Jake Kerridge, Telegraph

DKK 113.00
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Dory Fantasmagory and the Real True Friend - Abby Hanlon - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Dory Fantasmagory and the Real True Friend - Abby Hanlon - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

A Real True Friend: An actual kid everyone can see but who wants to play with you anyway. Dory''s so excited for her first day at school. Her big brother and sister warn her that if she wants to fit in she ought to leave her imaginary friend, Mary, at home – or better yet, her whole imagination! But being boring is just about as far from being Dory as you can get. And on her very first day she meets someone new, and wonderful - a little girl whose imagination and style are just about as wild as her own! Now all she has to do is convince her siblings that she’s not making it all up . . .

DKK 107.00
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Why do women write more letters than they post? - Darian Leader - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Why do women write more letters than they post? - Darian Leader - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Why do men tend to keep love letters in files along with their other correspondence, whereas women keep them with their clothes? And if a letter is written but not posted, at whom is it really directed? As psychoanalyst Darian Leader shows, such questions go to the heart of sexual desire, which is never addressed to our flesh and blood companion, but always to something beyond him or her. In an engaging, at times startling, enquiry into the fundamental loneliness of each sex, Leader asks why relationships frequently run aground on the trivial question, ''What are you thinking?'' If a man chooses as his partner a woman unlike his mother, why does he try to make her behave towards him exactly as his mother did, when he was a boy? And why might a woman decide not to spend the night with a man, after one glimpse of his apartment?

DKK 126.00
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The Heart of Robin Hood - David Farr - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

The Heart of Robin Hood - David Farr - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

The notorious Robin Hood and his band of outlaws steal from the rich, creating a fearsome reputation amongst those who dare to travel through the mighty forest of Sherwood. But they do not share their spoils with the poor and are unloved by the people, who must also pay unfair taxes to the evil Prince John as he plots to steal his brother''s crown. In this time of chaos and fear, it is down to Marion to boldly protect the poor and convince Robin that he must listen to his heart if they are to save the country. The Heart of Robin Hood , David Farr''s spirited new version of the great English legend, was premiered by the RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in November 2011.

DKK 139.00
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Bad Panda - Swapna Haddow - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Bad Panda - Swapna Haddow - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Are you sick of being utterly adorable? Tired of being cuddled and hugged? Fed up of having your head confused for your bottom because you just so happen to be SOOOOPER-DOOOOOPER fluffy? Lin: If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you’re in the right book. Everyone thinks that Lin is the cutest panda in the world. So much so that they ship her off to the local zoo, away from her beloved brother, to be ogled at by the masses. But Lin HATES being cute, and now she will do everything in her power to prove that she’s the baddest, meanest, most un-cute animal in the zoo…Laugh-yourself-out-of-bed hilarious, the first in a new series from the creators of DAVE PIGEON.

DKK 106.00
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Invisible Friends - Alan Ayckbourn - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Invisible Friends - Alan Ayckbourn - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

Alan Ayckbourn''s play is about a very ordinary teenager called Lucy. With her father glued to the cowboys on the telly, her mother preoccupied with neighbourly gossip and her brother enclosed in his ear-phones, no one wants to know about her place in the school swimming team. So Lucy revives her childhood fantasy friend, Zara, setting a place for her at the very ordinary tea table. This time Zara materializes, bringing with her an idealized father and brother, and showing Lucy how to make her real family vanish. The moral of this cautionary tale is carefully spelt out - that when you get what you want it''s not what you wanted - as Lucy''s dream family turns out to be a nightmare. The play is supposedly for children of seven upwards, but there''s a message here for parents, too, about listening to kids.

DKK 148.00
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The Outside Child - Nina Bawden - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

The Outside Child - Nina Bawden - Bog - Faber & Faber - Plusbog.dk

''I am an outside child. That is what Plato Jones calls me.'' Jane Tucker is thirteen years old when she discovers she has a half-brother and sister, a revelation which promises to bring both excitement and succour to her ordinary life.But obstacles lie in her path when, for unknown reasons, she is prevented from meeting them. Aided by her friend Plato, Jane tracks down her brother and sister to their home in the East End of London. There she finds still more surprises lie in store for her.Can Jane at last be part of a ''proper'' family, or must she always remain the outside child?This is the story of a girl and her family and the secrets they keep from one another. Both funny and poignant, The Outside Child is a beautifully drawn study of adolescence from one of Britain''s most skilled writers for children.

DKK 140.00
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