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Last Human - Doug Naylor - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Last Human - Doug Naylor - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Lister gazed out of the porthole and catalogue the series of disasters that had led him to this point in space and time: the bad decisions, the poor career choices, the unreliable friendships that had led him here - on a prison ship bound for the most inhospitable penal colony in the outer cosmos... and all he''d ever wanted was to be a soft metal guitar icon. This is the beginning of the third and eagerly awaited red dwarf novel where Lister starts out by searching for his Doppelganger and ends up having the future of the human race on his shoulders.

DKK 156.00
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Singapore Burning - Colin Smith - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Singapore Burning - Colin Smith - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Churchill''s description of the fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942, after Lt-Gen Percival''s surrender led to over 100,000 British, Australian and Indian troops falling into the hands of the Japanese, was no wartime exaggeration. The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture and death for thousands of allied men and women. With much new material from British, Australian, Indian and Japanese sources, Colin Smith has woven together the full and terrifying story of the fall of Singapore and its aftermath. Here, alongside cowardice and incompetence, are forgotten acts of enormous heroism; treachery yet heart-rending loyalty; Japanese compassion as well as brutality from the bravest and most capricious enemy the British ever had to face.

DKK 168.00
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Sketches from a Hunter's Album - Ivan Turgenev - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Sketches from a Hunter's Album - Ivan Turgenev - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Turgenev''s first major prose work is a series of twenty-five Sketches: the observations and anecdotes of the author during his travels through Russia satisfying his passion for hunting. His album is filled with moving insights into the lives of those he encounters - peasants and landowners, doctors and bailiffs, neglected wives and bereft mothers - each providing a glimpse of love, tragedy, courage and loss, and anticipating Turgenev''s great later works such as First Love and Fathers and Sons. His depiction of the cruelty and arrogance of the ruling classes was considered subversive and led to his arrest and confinement to his estate, but these sketches opened the minds of contemporary readers to the plight of the peasantry and were even said to have led Tsar Alexander II to abolish serfdom.

DKK 141.00
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne - Simon Winchester - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Surgeon of Crowthorne - Simon Winchester - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

An extraordinary tale of madness, genius and obsession, discover the true story of the two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary - and literary history! The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary , begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand of those words. But when the committee insisted on honouring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, a millionaire and American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane . . . charged with murder!_____________________ ''A weird and wonderful story of an eccentric friendship, and a slice of history'' Sunday Times ''What a revelation. Beautifully told and awe-inspiring'' Daily Mail ''Simon Winchester could not have told it better . . . a splendid book'' Economist ''Masterful . . . one of those rare stories that combine human drama and historical significance'' Independent

DKK 127.00
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The Good Bite 3 - Niall Kirkland - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Good Bite 3 - Niall Kirkland - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Good Bite: Easy Every Day is all about minimum effort, maximum flavour.From one pan wonders, to meal prep winners, batch cooked meals for the days you need them most, veggie-led, 10-minute cooks, snacks, delicious desserts and more, Niall Kirland Sunday Times bestselling author of The Good Bite: Meal Prep Manual and The Good Bite Lite: 500-Calorie Feasts harnesses time-saving, easy methods for cooking flavour-filled food every day of the week.

DKK 211.00
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Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb - Francois Rene De Chateaubriand - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb - Francois Rene De Chateaubriand - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19th-century autobiographies - a tumultuous account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb is the greatest and most influential of all French autobiographies - an extraordinary, highly entertaining account of a uniquely adventurous and frenzied life. Chateaubriand gives a superb narrative of the major events of his life - which spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Era and the uneasy period that led up to the Revolution of 1830.

DKK 141.00
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Androcles and the Lion - George Bernard Shaw - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Androcles and the Lion - George Bernard Shaw - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw.Androcles and the Lion is Shaw''s retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requited mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw makes Androcles out to be one of many Christians being led to the Colosseum for torture. Characters in the play exemplify several themes and takes on both modern and supposed early Christianity, including cultural clash between Jesus'' teachings and traditional Roman values.

DKK 141.00
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The Invention of Science - David Wootton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Invention of Science - David Wootton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

We live in a world made by science. How and when did this happen? This book tells the story of the extraordinary intellectual and cultural revolution that gave birth to modern science, and mounts a major challenge to the prevailing orthodoxy of its history.Before 1492 it was assumed that all significant knowledge was already available; there was no concept of progress; people looked for understanding to the past not the future. This book argues that the discovery of America demonstrated that new knowledge was possible: indeed it introduced the very concept of ''discovery'', and opened the way to the invention of science.The first crucial discovery was Tycho Brahe''s nova of 1572: proof that there could be change in the heavens. The telescope (1610) rendered the old astronomy obsolete. Torricelli''s experiment with the vacuum (1643) led directly to the triumph of the experimental method in the Royal Society of Boyle and Newton. By 1750 Newtonianism was being celebrated throughout Europe.The new science did not consist simply of new discoveries, or new methods. It relied on a new understanding of what knowledge might be, and with this came a new language: discovery, progress, facts, experiments, hypotheses, theories, laws of nature - almost all these terms existed before 1492, but their meanings were radically transformed so they became tools with which to think scientifically. We all now speak this language of science, which was invented during the Scientific Revolution.The new culture had its martyrs (Bruno, Galileo), its heroes (Kepler, Boyle), its propagandists (Voltaire, Diderot), and its patient labourers (Gilbert, Hooke). It led to a new rationalism, killing off alchemy, astrology, and belief in witchcraft. It led to the invention of the steam engine and to the first Industrial Revolution. David Wootton''s landmark book changes our understanding of how this great transformation came about, and of what science is.

DKK 182.00
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Typhoon - Mike Sutton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Typhoon - Mike Sutton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The thrilling account of the Typhoon FGR4s in the war against ISIS, from the RAF Wing Commander who led them into combat ''Adrenaline-fuelled. A rare insight into the high-pressure, high-stakes world of an RAF fighter squadron at war'' JOHN NICHOL________ ''I eased the jet''s nose down and rested my index finger on the trigger. Three seconds to go. Almost 500 knots. The whole airframe pulsed as I started to fire . . .'' Mike Sutton led the RAF''s premier Typhoon squadron into battle against a brutal enemy. Flying the world''s most advanced multi-role combat jet, every mission across the treacherous skies above Syria and Iraq saw him and his team tested to the limit. The threat of being shot down was a fact of life. Every split-second decision meant the difference between life and death. Typhoon brings to life the exhilarating and exacting world of a fighter squadron at war like never before.Strap in, light the burners, and hold on tight . . .________ ''A fabulous insight into the mind of an accomplished fighter pilot and leader as he takes on the biggest challenge of his career'' FLYER ''Gripping, nerve-shredding, captivating, visceral, fascinating'' DAILY MAIL

DKK 141.00
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Khartoum - Michael Asher - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Khartoum - Michael Asher - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The British campaign in the Sudan in Queen Victoria''s reign is an epic tale of adventure more thrilling than any fiction. The story begins with the massacre of the 11,000 strong Hicks Pasha column in 1883. Sent to evacuate the country, British hero General Gordon was surrounded and murdered in Khartoum by an army of dervishes led by the Mahdi. The relief mission arrived 2 days too late. The result was a national scandal that shocked the Queen and led to the fall of the British government. Twelve years later it was the brilliant Herbert Kitchener who struck back. Achieving the impossible he built a railway across the desert to transport his troops to the final devastating confrontation at Omdurman in 1898. Desert explorer and author Michael Asher has reconstructed this classic tale in vivid detail. Having covered every inch of the ground and examined all eyewitness reports, he brings to bear new evidence questioning several accepted aspects of the story. The result is an account that sheds new light on the most riveting tale of honour, courage, revenge and savagery of late Victorian times.

DKK 155.00
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Wrath of Poseidon - Clive Cussler - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Wrath of Poseidon - Clive Cussler - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE LATEST INSTALMENT IN THE FARGO ADVENTURES FROM BESTSELLING GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE CLIVE CUSSLER WHO WILL DISCOVER THE LOST RICHES OF CROESUS? ________ Treasure hunters Remi and Sam Fargo are in Washington, DC looking for the final clue in a puzzle more than a decade old - a dangerous mystery which originally led to their teaming up. For ten years ago, a chance meeting that threw Remi and Sam together led to the pair diving together for ancient sunken wrecks off the Greek coast.But when a secretive billionaire decided he didn''t want anyone diving in the seas near his operations, the pair found themselves in deep trouble. Only now, returning ten years later, do they finally understand who and what they were up against.For with the lost riches of Croesus lying somewhere in these waters, their formidable enemy won''t be giving up easily. Suddenly, finding the treasure becomes less important than making it home alive . . .________ Praise for Clive Cussler ''The Adventure King'' Sunday Express ''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily Mail ''Nobody does it better . . . nobody!'' Stephen Coonts ''Just about the best in the business'' New York Post

DKK 107.00
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Prince of Fire - Daniel Silva - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Prince of Fire - Daniel Silva - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

On a bright morning in Rome, a terrible explosion rips a hole in the Israeli embassy. Moments later, four gunmen cut down survivors as they stagger from the burning building. Gabriel Allon is hastily recalled to Israel and drawn once more into the heart of the secret service he''d hoped to leave behind. For the blast has led to a disturbing revelation: a dossier that strips away Allon''s secrets and lays bare his history. A dossier that had fallen into terrorist hands . . .

DKK 127.00
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Wake - Rebecca Hall - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Wake - Rebecca Hall - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''A must-read graphic history. . . an inspired and inspiring defence of heroic women whose struggles could be fuel for a more just future'' Guardian ''Not only a riveting tale of Black women''s leadership of slave revolts but an equally dramatic story of the engaged scholarship that enabled its discovery'' Angela Y. Davis Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the passage across the Atlantic. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. And then they were erased from history.In Wake Rebecca Hall, a historian, a granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of slavery, tells their story. With in-depth archival research and a measured use of historical imagination, she constructs the likely pasts of women rebels who fought for freedom on slave ships bound to America, as well as the stories of women who led slave revolts in Colonial New York. Beneath both is Hall''s own tale: of a life lived in the shadow of slavery and its consequences.Strikingly illustrated in black and white, Wake explores both a personal and a global legacy. Part graphic novel, part memoir, it is a powerful reminder that while the past is gone, we still live in its wake.

DKK 141.00
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Wake - Rebecca Hall - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Wake - Rebecca Hall - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''A must-read graphic history. . . an inspired and inspiring defence of heroic women whose struggles could be fuel for a more just future'' Guardian ''Not only a riveting tale of Black women''s leadership of slave revolts but an equally dramatic story of the engaged scholarship that enabled its discovery'' Angela Y. Davis Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the passage across the Atlantic. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. And then they were erased from history.In Wake Rebecca Hall, a historian, a granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of slavery, tells their story. With in-depth archival research and a measured use of historical imagination, she constructs the likely pasts of women rebels who fought for freedom on slave ships bound to America, as well as the stories of women who led slave revolts in Colonial New York. Beneath both is Hall''s own tale: of a life lived in the shadow of slavery and its consequences.Strikingly illustrated in black and white, Wake explores both a personal and a global legacy. Part graphic novel, part memoir, it is a powerful reminder that while the past is gone, we still live in its wake.

DKK 192.00
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The Origins of Totalitarianism - Hannah Arendt - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Origins of Totalitarianism - Hannah Arendt - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times'' Washington Post Hannah Arendt''s chilling analysis of the conditions that led to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes is a warning from history about the fragility of freedom, exploring how propaganda, scapegoats, terror and political isolation all aided the slide towards total domination. ''A non-fiction bookend to Nineteen Eighty-Four '' The New York Times ''The political theorist who wrote about the Nazis and the ''banality of evil'' has become a surprise bestseller'' Guardian

DKK 119.00
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An Imperial Possession - David Mattingly - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

An Imperial Possession - David Mattingly - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Part of the Penguin History of Britain series, An Imperial Possession is the first major narrative history of Roman Britain for a generation. David Mattingly draws on a wealth of new findings and knowledge to cut through the myths and misunderstandings that so commonly surround our beliefs about this period. From the rebellious chiefs and druids who led native British resistance, to the experiences of the Roman military leaders in this remote, dangerous outpost of Europe, this book explores the reality of life in occupied Britain within the context of the shifting fortunes of the Roman Empire.

DKK 182.00
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Most Secret War - R.v. Jones - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Most Secret War - R.v. Jones - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Reginald Jones was nothing less than a genius. And his appointment to the Intelligence Section of Britain''s Air Ministry in 1939 led to some of the most astonishing scientific and technological breakthroughs of the Second World War.In Most Secret War he details how Britain stealthily stole the war from under the Germans'' noses by outsmarting their intelligence at every turn. He tells of the ''battle of the beams''; detecting and defeating flying bombs; using chaff to confuse radar; and many other ingenious ideas and devices.Jones was the man with the plan to save Britain and his story makes for riveting reading.

DKK 168.00
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Triumph and Tragedy - Winston Churchill - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Triumph and Tragedy - Winston Churchill - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Winston Churchill''s six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is an enduring, compelling work that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Triumph and Tragedy recounts the dramatic months as the War drew to a close - the Normandy landings, the liberation of Western Europe, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the surrender of Germany and Japan.

DKK 182.00
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The Achilles Trap - Steve Coll - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Achilles Trap - Steve Coll - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power and geopolitics that led to America's disastrous war with Iraq and, for the first time, details America's fundamental miscalculations during its ruinous, decades-long relationship with Saddam Hussein. Beginning with Saddam's rise to power in 1979 and the birth of Iraq's secret nuclear weapons programme, Steve Coll traces Saddam's motives through understanding his inner circle. He brings to life the diplomats, scientists, family members and generals who had no choice but to defer to their leader - a leader directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, as well as the torture or imprisonment of many more. This was a man whose reasoning was impossible to reduce to a simple explanation, and the CIA and successive presidential administrations failed to grasp critical nuances in his paranoia, resentments and inconsistencies - even when the stakes were incredibly high. Using unpublished and underreported sources, interviews with surviving participants, and Saddam's own transcripts and audio files, The Achilles Trap is a remarkable picture of a dictator who was convinced the world was out to get him and acted accordingly. A work of great historical significance, it is the definitive account of how corruptions of power, lies of diplomacy and vanity - on both sides - led to avoidable errors of statecraft: ones that would enact immeasurable human suffering and forever change our political landscape.

DKK 155.00
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After You - Natascha Mcelhone - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

After You - Natascha Mcelhone - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Natascha McElhone was away filming in LA, with her two sons and pregnant with her third child when she received news that her beloved husband, Martin, had died suddenly of a heart attack.Unable to accept this devastating loss, she began writing letters to her husband, telling him how she felt, and how she and her children were adapting to life without him. The result is After You , a triumphant testament to the resilience of the human spirit. It is a profoundly moving tribute to Natascha McElhone''s three sons, whose appetite for life led the author through her darkest moments, and to their remarkable father.

DKK 141.00
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A History of My Times - Xenophon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A History of My Times - Xenophon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Xenophon''s History recounts nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Continuing the story of the Peloponnesian War at the point where Thucydides finished his magisterial history, this is a fascinating chronicle of the conflicts that ultimately led to the decline of Greece, and the wars with both Thebes and the might of Persia. An Athenian by birth, Xenophon became a firm supporter of the Spartan cause, and fought against the Athenians in the battle of Coronea. Combining history and memoir, this is a brilliant account of the triumphs and failures of city-states, and a portrait of Greece at a time of crisis.

DKK 139.00
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More Than You'll Ever Know - Katie Gutierrez - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

More Than You'll Ever Know - Katie Gutierrez - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Lore Rivera was married to two men at once. She led a secret double life - until one man shot the other.That''s the story the world knows.But true-crime writer Cassie Bowman wants to know more - about the mysterious woman at the heart of it all, and about what really happened the night of that tragic murder. How did Lore lead two lives? How did it feel when it all came crashing down?After years of hiding, Lore is finally ready to tell her story. But as her tragic tale unfolds, will either woman be ready for the consequences when the long-buried truth comes to light?

DKK 120.00
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