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Practice of the Presence of God (Hodder Classics) - Brother Lawrence - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Practice of the Presence of God (Hodder Classics) - Brother Lawrence - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

There is not in the world a way of life more sweet, nor more delightful than continual converse with God. Those only who practise it, and savour it, can understand it. It was as a lay monk in a monastery kitchen that Brother Lawrence discovered the delight of a continual awareness of God''s presence. Despite his modest position, Brother Lawrence''s deep joy in his relationship with God led him to counsel numerous people in society, and after his death his wisdom was distilled into the volume THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD. An enduring spiritual classic, it remains an inspiring invitation to all who long for more of God''s presence in their lives.This new edition includes an introduction by the translator that sets Brother Lawrence in the context of his time, and a foreword by Jennifer Rees Larcombe.

DKK 120.00
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Secret Believers - Brother Andrew - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Secret Believers - Brother Andrew - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

What happens when a Muslim, born and brought up in a Muslim family in an Islamic country, converts to Christianity? In this unique book, Brother Andrew describes the personal, cultural, spiritual and life-threatening challenges that they face.Most of the book is written as a thrilling novel, tracing the intertwined lives of a small group of believers in an unnamed Islamic country. The story becomes all the more fascinating as we realise that the stories are all based on the actual experiences of real people Andrew meets on a regular basis. SECRET BELIEVERS is the most topical, eye-opening Christian book of 2007.

DKK 127.00
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Light Force - Al Janssen - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Light Force - Al Janssen - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

When the phenomenal success of GOD''S SMUGGLER made it too dangerous for his contacts in the underground church, Brother Andrew decided he could not return to Eastern Europe. He quietly turned his attention the the Middle East, and for the last thirty-five years he has been serving the Christian Church there, as well as witnessing to Jews and Muslims.His impassioned message is that there is a radical Christian approach to the stalemate of Middle East conflict. Only the gospel of love has the answer, and Christians are called to allow God to use them to demonstrate the example of Jesus.Now available with a fantastic new look to coincide with the B format edition of Brother Andrew''s bestselling SECRET BELIEVERS, LIGHT FORCE brings Brother Andrew''s story right up to date. It is every bit as exciting as GOD''S SMUGGLER, as Andrew has put his life on the line time and again in God''s service.

DKK 127.00
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Monster in the Hollows - Andrew Peterson - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Monster in the Hollows - Andrew Peterson - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby, the Lost Jewels of Anniera, are hiding from Gnag the Nameless in the Green Hollows, one of the few places in the land of Aerwiar not overrun by the Fangs of Dang. But there''s a big problem. Janner''s little brother - heir to the throne of Anniera - has grown a tail. And grey fur. Not to mention two pointed ears and long, dangerous fangs. To the suspicious folk of the Green Hollows, he looks like a monster. But Janner knows better. His brother isn''t as scary as he looks. He''s perfectly harmless. Isn''t he?

DKK 123.00
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The Tiger's Share - Keshava Guha - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Tiger's Share - Keshava Guha - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The fiercest wars are fought between siblings.Tara, a successful Dehli lawyer, is everything her younger brother isn't: dedicated, independent, thriving. When their beloved father retires, he summons them to a meeting. But what he has to say threatens to tear the family apart. Tara's friend Lila has it all: a great job, a lovely home, a beautiful family. But when Lila's father dies unexpectedly, her brother wastes no time in claiming what he thinks is his. Together, Tara and Lila are forced to confront the challenge that their ambition poses to patriarchal Delhi society. Set against a backdrop of ecological collapse and political unrest, The Tiger's Share is both a family and a state-of-the-nation novel unlike anything else in contemporary Indian fiction.

DKK 163.00
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1794: The City Between the Bridges - Niklas Natt Och Dag - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

1794: The City Between the Bridges - Niklas Natt Och Dag - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

#1 bestseller in Sweden with over 1.5 million copies sold ''Niklas Natt och Dag takes the contemporary Scandinavian crime story and gives it a startlingly gruesome historical twist'' Guardian The year is 1794. A young nobleman, Eric Three Roses, languishes in hospital. Some think he would be just at home in the madhouse across the road. Ridden with guilt, he spends his nights writing down memories of his lost love who died on their wedding night. Her mother also mourns her and when no one listens to her suspicions, she begs the aid of the only person who will listen: Jean Mickel Cardell, the one-armed watchman.Cecil Winge is six months in the ground but when his younger brother Emil seeks out the watchman to retrieve his brother''s missing pocket watch, Cardell enlists his help to discover what really happened at Three Roses'' estate that night. But, unlike his dead brother, the younger Winge is an enigma, and Cardell soon realises that he may be more hindrance than help. And when they discover that a mysterious slave trader has been running Three Roses'' affairs, it is a race against time to discover the truth before it''s too late.In 1794 , the second installment of Niklas Natt och Dag''s historical noir trilogy, we are reunited with Mickel Cardell, Anna Stina Knapp, and the bustling world of late eighteenth century Stockholm from The Wolf and the Watchman . The city is about to see its darkest days yet as veneers crack and the splendour of old gives way to what is hiding in the city''s nooks and crannies.

DKK 120.00
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God's Smuggler - John Sherrill - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

God's Smuggler - John Sherrill - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

With over ten million copies sold, God''s Smuggler has thrilled and inspired readers for more than forty years. It tells the true story of how a young Dutchman risked his life to bring faith and hope to believers behind the Iron Curtain.Now updated with new material from interviews with Brother Andrew, he tells of his adventures as his ministry took him to the Middle East, Africa, China, Israel, Pakistan and other places of great danger and extraordinary opportunities. With new relevance, and at such a poignant time for persecuted Christians, this book is set to inspire a whole new generation of readers.

DKK 126.00
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Judas - Astrid Holleeder - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Judas - Astrid Holleeder - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Willem Holleeder is one of the most notorious criminals in contemporary history. Best known for his involvement in the 1983 kidnapping of Alfred Heineken, CEO and Chairman of Heineken, and his infamous 2006 trial in which he was convicted of extortion, money laundering and membership of a criminal organization, Willem Holleeder captured the attention of the world. What few knew was how Willem had terrorized, extorted and threatened his family for thirty years, just as his alcoholic father - an employee at Heineken - had dominated and mistreated the family for years. Children, sisters, women, in-laws and mother: no one escaped the despotic behaviour of father and son.But Willem''s latest conviction is quickly becoming the trial of the century. Charged for his involvement in multiple assassinations, including that of his former partner and brother-in-law, Willem is finally being put on trial for murder, all due to the shocking and incriminating testimony of his own family. Having spent years as his unwilling consigliere, Willem''s own sister Astrid is finally breaking her silence and going on the record. In this stunning memoir, Astrid finally reveals decades of familial manipulation and fear and her own thrilling experience working as a double cross, preserving enough trust to attain the information that would convict her brother for life.

DKK 139.00
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The Tiger's Share - Keshava Guha - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Tiger's Share - Keshava Guha - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''A stylish and engaging tragi-comedy of manners . . . Keshava Guha is an astute and insightful observer of contemporary India'' Amitav Ghosh, author of THE IBIS TRILOGY ''A waspishly witty eye cast on the war between sisters and brothers in polluted, high-achieving Delhi'' Francis Spufford The fiercest wars are fought between siblings. Tara, a successful Dehli lawyer, is everything her younger brother isn''t: dedicated, independent, thriving. When their beloved father retires, he summons them to a meeting. But what he has to say threatens to tear the family apart. Tara''s friend Lila has it all: a great job, a lovely home, a beautiful family. But when Lila''s father dies unexpectedly, her brother wastes no time in claiming what he thinks is his. Together, Tara and Lila are forced to confront the challenge that their ambition poses to patriarchal Delhi society. Set against a backdrop of ecological collapse and political unrest, The Tiger''s Share is both a family and a state-of-the-nation novel unlike anything else in contemporary Indian fiction. An extraordinary new kind of Indian novel in English, as attuned to life in contemporary New Delhi as to the choices ecological collapse eventually will force upon us all. It''s also the story of two unforgettable families, told with a controlled emotional precision that only intensifies the power of the novel''s shocking conclusion'' Nell Freudenberger, author of THE NEWLYWEDS

DKK 168.00
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The Prodigal God - Timothy Keller - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Prodigal God - Timothy Keller - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

In THE PRODIGAL GOD, New York pastor Timothy Keller uses the story of the prodigal son to shine a light on the central, beautiful message of Jesus: the gospel of grace, hope and salvation.Keller argues that the parable of the prodigal son, while Jesus'' best-known parable, is also his least understood. He introduces the reader to all the characters in this timeless story, showing that it concerns not just a wayward son, but also a judgemental older brother and, most importantly, a loving father. In this challenging and inspiring book, Timothy Keller invites both faithful believers and curious outsiders to come to a new and totally life-changing understanding of the central message of the Christian faith.

DKK 120.00
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The Frank Business - Olivia Glazebrook - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Frank Business - Olivia Glazebrook - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''A talented, witty writer with a sharp eye for social observation'' Daily Mail After Frank drops down dead in Heathrow Arrivals on Christmas Eve, his estranged daughter Jem is called in to identify the body. When Jem travels back to Frank''s house in France - a house she hasn''t been in since she was a child - she realises that Frank had a son too.Frank has died of a congenital heart defect, a defect he may have passed on to his daughter - or on to his son. Jem must warn her brother, but in finding herself a family she risks ripping another apart. Shrewd, witty and poignant, The Frank Business is a vivid tale of love and other battlefields.

DKK 120.00
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Crime - Ferdinand Von Schirach - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Crime - Ferdinand Von Schirach - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''Mesmerising and utterly absorbing'' New York Times ''A magnificent storyteller'' Der Spiegel A retired small-town doctor takes a garden axe to his cruel wife.A woman laces her brother''s food with barbiturates.Two men steal a priceless Japanese tea bowl with brutal consequences. What drives a person to commit a crime? Our narrator knows that behind every misdeed is a story waiting to be told. In this collection of chilling cases, a nameless lawyer recounts the love, obsession, selfishness and despair that influenced his clients'' irrevocable choices. Drawn from Ferdinand von Schirach''s eminent career as a criminal defence lawyer, Crime blends fiction with real life, each story a revealing, unsettling insight into what may compel a person to act beyond the law.

DKK 120.00
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The Dating Plan - Sara Desai - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Dating Plan - Sara Desai - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Her best friend''s brother. A broken heart. A fake relationship. The laugh-out-loud TikTok sensation you need this summer! Daisy Patel has her life all planned out, and no interest in love. Her family, however, expect a marriage. Liam Murphy is a venture capitalist with something to prove. Until he realises his inheritance is contingent on being married.A fake marriage will get Daisy''s matchmaking relatives off her back and fulfil the terms of his late grandfather''s will. If only he hadn''t broken her tender teenage heart nine years ago . . .Sparks fly when Daisy and Liam go on a series of dates to legitimise their fake relationship. Too late, they realize that this might not be the perfect plan.

DKK 119.00
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When I Ran Away - Ilona Bannister - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

When I Ran Away - Ilona Bannister - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''Smart, brave and often very funny . . . profoundly moving'' Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus T his morning Gigi left her husband and children. Now she''s watching Real Housewives and drinking wine in a crummy hotel room, trying to work out how she got here. When the Twin Towers collapsed, Gigi Stanislawski fled her office building and escaped lower Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry. Among the crying, ash-covered and shoeless passengers, Gigi, unbelievably, found someone she recognised - the guy with pink socks and a British accent - from the coffee shop across from her office. Together she and Harry Harrison make their way to her parents'' house where they watch the television replay the planes crashing for hours, and she waits for the phone call from her younger brother that never comes. And after Harry has shared the worst day of her life, it''s time for him to leave.Ten years later, Gigi, now a single mother consumed with bills and unfulfilled ambitions, bumps into Harry again and this time they fall deeply in love. When they move to London it feels like a chance for the happy ending she never dared to imagine. But it also highlights the differences in their class and cultures, which was something they laughed about until it wasn''t funny anymore; until the traumatic birth of their baby leaves Gigi raw and desperately missing her best friends and her old life in New York.As Gigi grieves for her brother and rages at the unspoken pain of motherhood, she realises she must somehow find a way back - not to the woman she was but to the woman she wants to be. An unforgettable novel about love - for our partners, our children, our mothers, and ourselves - pushed to its outer limits.

DKK 120.00
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When I Ran Away - Ilona Bannister - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

When I Ran Away - Ilona Bannister - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''A furious and tender exploration of motherhood. It''s a novel about survival - in the immediate sense, but also how you keep hold of yourself in those small every day moments of erasure'' PANDORA SYKES ''Smart, brave and often very funny . . . profoundly moving'' SARAH HAYWOOD, author of The Cactus T his morning Gigi left her husband and children. Now she''s watching Real Housewives and drinking wine in a crummy hotel room, trying to work out how she got here. When the Twin Towers collapsed, Gigi Stanislawski fled her office building and escaped lower Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry. Among the crying, ash-covered and shoeless passengers, Gigi, unbelievably, found someone she recognised - the guy with pink socks and a British accent - from the coffee shop across from her office. Together she and Harry Harrison make their way to her parents'' house where they watch the television replay the planes crashing for hours, and she waits for the phone call from her younger brother that never comes. And after Harry has shared the worst day of her life, it''s time for him to leave.Ten years later, Gigi, now a single mother consumed with bills and unfulfilled ambitions, bumps into Harry again and this time they fall deeply in love. When they move to London it feels like a chance for the happy ending she never dared to imagine. But it also highlights the differences in their class and cultures, which was something they laughed about until it wasn''t funny anymore; until the traumatic birth of their baby leaves Gigi raw and desperately missing her best friends and her old life in New York. As Gigi grieves for her brother and rages at the unspoken pain of motherhood, she realises she must somehow find a way back - not to the woman she was but to the woman she wants to be. An unforgettable novel about love - for our partners, our children, our mothers, and ourselves - pushed to its outer limits.

DKK 149.00
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Wait For Me! - Deborah Devonshire - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Wait For Me! - Deborah Devonshire - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Deborah Devonshire is a natural writer with a knack for the telling phrase and for hitting the nail on the head. She tells the story of her upbringing, lovingly and wittily describing her parents (so memorably fictionalised by her sister Nancy); she talks candidly about her brother and sisters, and their politics (while not being at all political herself), finally setting the record straight. Throughout the book she writes brilliantly about the country and her deep attachment to it and those who live and work in it. As Duchess of Devonshire, Debo played an active role in restoring and overseeing the day-to-day running of the family houses and gardens, and in developing commercial enterprises at Chatsworth. She tells poignantly of the deaths of three of her children, as well as her husband''s battle with alcohol addiction. Wait For Me is enthralling and a total joy, full of the author''s sympathetic wit (which she is not afraid to use on herself).

DKK 139.00
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James Lees-Milne - Michael Bloch - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

James Lees-Milne - Michael Bloch - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

James Lees-Milne (1908-97) - known to friends as Jim - is remembered for his work for the National Trust, rescuing some of England''s greatest architectural treasures, and for the vivid and entertaining diaries which have earned him a reputation as ''the twentieth-century Pepys''. In this long-awaited biography, Michael Bloch portrays a life rich in contradictions, in which an unassuming youth overtook more dazzling contemporaries to emerge as a leading figure in the fields of conservation and letters. It describes Jim''s bisexual love life, his tempestuous marriage to the exotic Alvilde, and his friendship with other fascinating literary figures including John Betjeman, Robert Byron, Rosamond Lehmann, and the Mitford sisters (whose brother Tom had been Jim''s great love at Eton). It depicts a man who was romantically attached to the England of his childhood and felt out of tune with his own times, but who left an enduring legacy through the preservation of country houses and his eloquent chronicling of a dying world.

DKK 155.00
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Filthy Rich Fae - Geneva Lee - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Filthy Rich Fae - Geneva Lee - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

You made a bargain... Your soul for his - and now, you are mine. Bridgerton meets ACOTAR meets the mafia in this totally addictive slow burn enemies to lovers romantasy by TikTok sensation Geneva Lee. Cate Holloway knows the unspoken rule of New Orleans: avoid the powerful Gage crime family at all costs. Of course, that was before her brother got caught in their chaos. Now Cate has no choice but to confront the dark and forbidding prince of New Orleans himself... and beg for her brother''s life.But Lachlan Gage is as lethal as he is beautiful... and the only currency he''s interested in is her soul . Because Lachlan isn''t just some ruthless criminal. He''s fae. And he has his own secret reasons for binding her to him.Tricked and desperate, Cate is torn between humanity and the breathtaking Otherworld. A place filled with shadows and secrets, with members of each fae court plotting against her just as her captor''s motives for trapping her become more mysterious.And if she can''t break this sinister bargain in the next thirty days, she''ll be bound to the inscrutable yet infuriatingly tempting fae prince and his deadly world... forever. A deliciously dark and totally addictive new romantasy series from the bestselling author of Filthy Rich Vampires , set in the dark and deadly fae world of New Orleans. Perfect for fans of A Touch of Darkness and Sarah J Maas. ''Addictive and impossible to put down, my favourite book of the decade'' No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken '' 10000/5 stars . OH MY GOD . READ THIS RIGHT NOW . This is first time I have ever felt a book give me a feeling close to what SJM''s books did . This was INCREDIBLE . If I can''t read the next one soon I might explode '' &#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088'' Look at me. LOOK AT ME. Stop what you are doing and go buy this right now. you can thank me later '' &#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088'' Holy moly! I could not put this book down . I started this at 10:30pm and finished it at 2:15am! It''s that good'' &#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088'' Wow . Just wow . This book is definitely a top read of 2024. T he plot. The banter. The tension. The mfc. The mmc. The feels . I NEED THE NEXT BOOK. LIKE NOW!!'' &#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088''Definitely got me hooked. If ACOTAR and The Shadowhunter world had a love child, this is that book '' &#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088''This book was incredible . It had me in an absolute chokehold from start to finish . Geneva Lee can honestly do no wrong. My absolute favourite thing about this was the banter. I can''t count how many times I cackled, snorted, wheezed (you get the idea) because of the banter... The tension??? I love me a book with spice, but some good tension can be better, and this was most definitely better. It''s a slooooooow burn, but in some parts, the tension could actually make you blush. It was all just fantastic. The characters, their growth, the plot. I genuinely don''t have a bad thing to say about this book'' &#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088''I LOVED Filthy Rich Fae by Geneva Lee!'' &#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088'' Phenomenal beginning to what I know is going to be an incredible journey! Geneva Lee always writes the most beautiful settings and unique and complex characters. I need MORE! '' &#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088''An absolute must-read book. It features captivating , phenomenal world-building and a deliciously complex Fae character that you''ll hate to love , alongside a powerhouse of a female main character. This is my top read of the year'' &#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088''I happened to just pick this book up for a fun read, but I ended up happily binge-reading the entire thing . It gave Bridgerton meets Dark Fantasy, and loved it'' &#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088&#11088

DKK 119.00
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Quarterlife - Devika Rege - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Quarterlife - Devika Rege - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Bharat Party has come to power after an intensely divisive election. Naren, a jaded Wall Street consultant, is lured home to Mumbai by their promise of '' better days ''. With him is Amanda, eager to escape her New England town by volunteering in a Muslim-majority slum. Inspired by them, Naren''s charismatic brother Rohit sets out to explore his ancestral heritage in the countryside, where he falls in with the fiery young men who drive the Hindu nationalist machine.As they each come to grips with the new India, their journeys coalesce into a riveting milieu characterized by brutal debates and desires as fraught as they are compulsive. The result is an ever-widening chorus that feeds into a festive night when all of Mumbai is on the streets - and the simmering unrest erupts. Quarterlife is as sweeping as it is intimate. With profound empathy and insight, Devika Rege lays bare the roots of political belief in a time of reckoning for democracies worldwide - this is a brilliantly innovative work that tests the limits of what the novel can achieve.

DKK 126.00
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Jungle Nama - Amitav Ghosh - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Jungle Nama - Amitav Ghosh - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''One of the finest writers of his generation'' Financial Times Thousands of islands rise from the rivers'' rich silts,crowned with forests of mangrove, rising on stilts.This is the Sundarban, where great rivers give birth;to a vast jungle that joins Ocean and Earth. Jungle Nama is a beautifully illustrated verse adaptation of a legend from the Sundarbans, the world''s largest mangrove forest. It tells the story of the avaricious rich merchant Dhona, the poor lad Dukhey, and his mother; it is also the story of Dokkhin Rai, a mighty spirit who appears to humans as a tiger, of Bon Bibi, the benign goddess of the forest, and her warrior brother Shah Jongoli. Jungle Nama is the story of an ancient legend with urgent relevance to today''s climate crisis. Its themes of limiting greed, and of preserving the balance between the needs of humans and nature have never been more timely.Written in Amitav Ghosh''s interpretation of the traditional Bengali verse meter, poyar, the poem is coupled with stunning illustrations from internationally renowned artist, Salman Toor.

DKK 139.00
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Pol Pot - Philip Short - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Pol Pot - Philip Short - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Pol Pot was an idealistic, reclusive figure with great charisma and personal charm. He initiated a revolution whose radical egalitarianism exceeded any other in history. But in the process, Cambodia desended into madness and his name became a byword for oppression.In the three-and-a-half years of his rule, more than a million people, a fifth of Cambodia''s population, were executed or died from hunger and disease. A supposedly gentle, carefree land of slumbering temples and smiling peasants became a concentration camp of the mind, a slave state in which absolute obedience was enforced on the ''killing fields''. Why did it happen? How did an idealistic dream of justice and prosperity mutate into one of humanity''s worst nightmares? Philip Short, the biographer of Mao , has spent four years travelling the length of Cambodia, interviewing surviving leaders of Pol Pot''s Khmer Rouge movement and sifting through previously closed archives. Here, the former Khmer Rouge Head of State, Pol''s brother-in-law and scores of lesser figures speak for the first time at length about their beliefs and motives.

DKK 152.00
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The House of Broken Angels - Luis Alberto Urrea - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The House of Broken Angels - Luis Alberto Urrea - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining'' New York Times ''All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death.'' In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel''s half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life.Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighbourhood, the revellers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home.Teeming with brilliance and humor, authentic at every turn, The House of Broken Angels is Luis Alberto Urrea at his best, and cements his reputation as a storyteller of the first rank.

DKK 120.00
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This Is Not A Drill - Paul Carter - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

This Is Not A Drill - Paul Carter - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The outrageous sequel to Don''t Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs (She Thinks I''m a Piano Player in a Whorehouse) brings more great stories from the far side of civilization - hilarious, full of humour, colourful characters and dramatic action! Just another glorious day in the oilfield for Paul Carter! He''s stuck in the middle of the Russian sea on a rig staffed by a crew from Azerbaijan. The choppers are older than him and can only fly by line of sight, turning back regularly due to the weather which gets particuarly interesting when they are past the point of no return with half there fuel gone and they are committed to finding the rig in a fog that''s thicker than a Big Brother housemate. The closest thing to a hotel for miles around is the Asylum, a former soviet mental institution that now houses offshore personnel en-route to the rig, where his room mates are Vodka Bob - who drinks Guinness for breakfast when he''s not on the rig - Sick Boy, who snores like a pit bull being hot-waxed and Sealbasher. In his inimitable style Paul Carter regales us with his colourful adventures from the front line of thee oil industry and the far side of civilization!

DKK 120.00
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The Gatsby Gambit - Claire Anderson Wheeler - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Gatsby Gambit - Claire Anderson Wheeler - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The world''s most beloved literary characters. The gilded opulence of the Roaring Twenties. A murder that scandalises high society. And a clever young woman of unusual persistence... Be ready to re-think the world of Gatsby. 1922: You are cordially invited to summer at the Gatsby Mansion in West Egg, with the most illustrious - and the deadliest - guest list. Freshly twenty-one and sporting a daring new bob, Greta Gatsby - younger sister to the infamous Jay - is finally free of finishing school. An idyllic summer stretches ahead of her at the Gatsby Mansion, the jewel of West Egg.But when Greta arrives at the secluded white-stone estate bathed in the late-afternoon light, she finds she isn''t the only visitor. Jay is hosting an intimate gathering of New York''s fashionable set: Daisy and Tom Buchanan, along with his brother Edgar, Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker. That evening, the guests enjoy a candelabra-lit dinner party. That night, they dance to the lilt of the gramophone. The next morning, one of them is missing.Murder has come to West Egg, the warm breeze tainted by scandal, betrayal and secrets. Turning sleuth isn''t how Greta meant to spend her summer - but what choice does she have when one of them could be next? A deliciously unputdownable whonunnit perfect for fans of The Christie Affair and Miss Austen Investigates.

DKK 159.00
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Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Multi-Million Copy International Bestseller Released in 2010 as a major motion picture starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Sarah''s Key is perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and All the Light We Cannot See . ''A remarkable novel. Like Sophie''s Choice , it''s a book that impresses itself upon one''s heart and soul forever'' Naomi Ragen, author of The Saturday Wife Paris, July 1942. Sarah, a ten-year-old Jewish girl, is arrested by the French police in the middle of the night, along with her mother and father. Desperate to protect her younger brother, she locks him in a cupboard and promises to come back for him as soon as she can. Paris, May 2002. Julia Jarmond, an American journalist, is asked to write about the 60th anniversary of the Vel'' d''Hiv'' roundup - the infamous day in 1942 when French police rounded up thousands of Jewish men, women and children, in order to send them to concentration camps. Sarah''s Key is the poignant story of two families, forever linked and haunted by one of the darkest days in France''s past. In this emotionally intense, page-turning novel, Tatiana de Rosnay reveals the guilt brought on by long-buried secrets and the damage that the truth can inflict when they finally come unravelled.

DKK 120.00
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