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Parallel Thinking - Edward De Bono - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Parallel Thinking - Edward De Bono - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Western thinking is failing because it was not designed to deal with change In this provocative masterpiece of creative thinking, Edward de Bono argues for a game-changing new way to think. For thousands of years we have followed the thinking system designed by the Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, based on analysis and argument. But if we are to flourish in today’s rapidly changing world we need to free our minds of these ‘boxes’ and embrace a more flexible and nimble model. Parallel Thinking is an invaluable insight into the word of creativity; de Bono unveils unique methods of brainstorming and explains preconceived ideas of what creativity involves and is . This book is not about philosophy; it is about the practical (and parallel) thinking required to get things done in an ever-changing world.

DKK 192.00
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Continuum - Portia Da Costa - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Continuum - Portia Da Costa - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

When Joanna Darrell agrees to take a break from an office job that has begun to bore her, she takes her first step into a new continuum of strange experiences. She is introduced to people whose way of life revolves around the giving and receiving of enjoyable punishment, and she becomes intrigued enough to experiment. Drawn in by a chain of coincidences, like Alice in a decadent wonderland, she enters a parallel world of perversity and unusual pleasure.

DKK 161.00
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Master of the Game - Portia Da Costa - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Master of the Game - Portia Da Costa - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Can a student become the master? Uninspired by her mundane office job, Joanna Darrell decides to throw herself into a new way of life that revolves around giving and receiving punishment. Drawn in by a chain of coincidences, like Alice in a decadent wonderland, she enters a parallel world of perversity and unusual pleasure. But can her experimenting really become a way of life? From Portia Da Costa, the Sunday Times bestselling author of In Too Deep and How to Seduce a Billionaire

DKK 127.00
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Lindt Cookbook - Lindt - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Lindt Cookbook - Lindt - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Lindt are the experts in creating luxurious chocolate treats to make every moment magnificent. Discover simple yet blissful recipes using all your favourite Lindt products, including bars, truffles, spreads and pralines, tried and tested by the pioneers in chocolate. With plenty of gluten-free and vegan options too, there is an indulgence for everyone. From Ultimate Chocolate Brownies and Chocolate Orange Cheesecake to Caramel Ice Cream Hot Chocolate and Pistachio Panna Cotta, the Master Chocolatiers have thought of everything with these foolproof recipes using their iconic chocolates. They have featured everyday bakes, family-friendly builds and all-out showstoppers for special celebrations - including a whole chapter of festive creations to last you all year.

DKK 192.00
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The Train Robbers - Piers Paul Read - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Train Robbers - Piers Paul Read - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

On Thursday August 8, 1963, fifteen masked men stopped the night train from Glasgow to London and robbed it of £2,500,000 (the equivalent of £41 million today). It was called the crime of the century, and the thieves were relentlessly pursued by Scotland Yard until half the gang were behind bars serving huge prison terms. But the story did not end there. First one, then another escaped in thrilling style and fled abroad, catching the world''s imagination and making the Train Robbers into folk heroes.Thirteen years later, the gang combined to tell their story, and Piers Paul Read, author of the bestselling Alive , agreed to write it. This is the classic, complete and exclusive story of the twentieth-century''s most audacious crime and its even more sensational aftermath.

DKK 159.00
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Doctor Who: Battlefield - Marc Platt - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Doctor Who: Battlefield - Marc Platt - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A UNIT nuclear convoy, stranded on the shores of Lake Vortigern, becomes the focus of an incursion by knights from a parallel reality. In this other world, technology and magic exist side by side, and the legends of King Arthur are fact. Close to the lake, the sinister Mordred battles against his enemy Ancelyn and summons his mother, the powerful witch Morgaine. Is the Doctor really Merlin? And will he discover what actually happened to King Arthur? But time is running out for everyone as Morgaine takes control of the nuclear weapons and summons the Destroyer – Lord of Darkness and Eater of Worlds… This novel is based on a Doctor Who story which was originally broadcast from 6–27 September 1989. Featuring the Seventh Doctor as played by Sylvester McCoy with his companion Ace

DKK 161.00
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Complete Jack The Ripper - Donald Rumbelow - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Complete Jack The Ripper - Donald Rumbelow - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Fully updated and revised, Donald Rumbelow’s classic work is the ultimate examination of the facts, theories, fictions and fascinations surrounding the greatest whodunit in history. The Complete Jack the Ripper lays out all the evidence in the most comprehensive summary ever written about the Ripper. Rumbelow, a former London Metropolitan policeman, and an authority on crime, has subjected every theory – including those that have emerged in recent years – to the same deep scrutiny. He also examines the mythology surrounding the case and provides some fascinating insights into the portrayal of the Ripper on stage and screen and on the printed page. More seriously, he also examines the horrifying parallel crimes of the Düsseldorf Ripper and the Yorkshire Ripper in an attempt to throw further light on the atrocities of Victorian London.

DKK 166.00
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Fitwaffle's No-Bake Baking - Eloise Head - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Fitwaffle's No-Bake Baking - Eloise Head - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

As seen on Blue Peter and This Morning Star baker Fitwaffle brings you 100 delicious recipes that don’t use an oven. Who doesn’t love a no-bake? From cheesecakes, ice cream and truffles to desserts made on the hob, in a microwave and air fryer, not one of these recipes needs you to turn on your oven.You’ll find brand-new recipes using popular flavours, as well as highly-requested fan favourites, lots with fewer than 5 ingredients and one-tin options to save on washing up. There are even no-bake brownies, cookies and cakes, plus 10 savoury recipes – so you’ll find something for everyone.Includes: - Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake - Very Berry Cream Pie - Speculoos Millionaire’s Bars - White Chocolate and Raspberry Cheesecake - Cookie Cups for Two - White Chocolate Cheesecake Truffles - Peanut Caramel Fudge …and so much more!Number One Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024

DKK 211.00
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Fitwaffle's Baked In One - Eloise Head - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Fitwaffle's Baked In One - Eloise Head - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Star baker Fitwaffle brings you 100 easy cakes and bakes that can all be made in the same tin. I''m Eloise - known online as Fitwaffle - and I''ve created 100 delicious recipes that can all be made in a 20cm square tin. I''ve included the most popular bakes and no-bakes from my social media, as well as brand-new ones that I know you''ll love.There are lots of recipes with less than 5 ingredients, such as Chocolate Chip Cookie Magic Bars and Speculoos Cheesecake, as well as show-stopping creations to wow your friends and family, including Unicorn Fudge and my epic Chocolate-Stuffed Brookies. I''ve also created some seasonal bakes for special occasions - but you''ll want to make my Gooey Easter Egg Brownies all year round! Sunday Times bestseller February 2023

DKK 211.00
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Boardwalk Empire - Nelson Johnson - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Boardwalk Empire - Nelson Johnson - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Through most of the 20th century, Atlantic City, New Jersey, was controlled by a powerful partnership of local politicians and racketeers. Funded by payoffs from gambling rooms, bars and brothels, this corrupt alliance reached full bloom during the reign of Enoch ''Nucky'' Johnson - the second of the three bosses to head the Republican machine that dominated city politics and society.In Boardwalk Empire , Nucky Johnson, Louis ''the Commodore'' Kuehnle, Frank ''Hap'' Farley, and Atlantic City itself spring to life in all their garish splendour. Author Nelson Johnson traces ''AC'' from its birth as a quiet seaside health resort, through the corruption, notorious backroom politics and power struggles, to the city''s rebirth as an international entertainment and gambling mecca where anything goes. Boardwalk Empire is the true story that inspired the epic HBO series starring Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt and Kelly Macdonald. ''As good, if not better, than the television series'' Independent

DKK 159.00
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Horseshoes And Holy Water - Mefo Phillips - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Horseshoes And Holy Water - Mefo Phillips - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The lure of a long-distance ride leads Mefo Phillips to team up with her sister Susie and their spotted Appaloosa horses Leo, a flirt with a passion for Mars Bars, and affectionate, gluttonous Apollo, for a pilgrimage down the medievil Way of St.James from Canterbury to Spain. The lure of a map of European glof courses entices Mefo''s husband Peter to follow them in a rackety old horsebox...Slowed by thunderstorms, vertigo, worn-out horseshoes and a variety of eccentric farmers, it''s boiling midsummer by the time they reach the Castilian plains after a meander across lush springtime France. With 1,700 miles, four mountain ranges, and encounters with galloping goats, nude pilgrims, rampant donkeys and a fountain of red wine behind them , horses and humans are inseparable by the time they reach Santiago and the suddenly daunting prospect of a trundle in the horsebox back to England and a normal life.

DKK 161.00
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Grease Junkie - Edd China - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Grease Junkie - Edd China - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. As you''ll discover in his incomparable memoir, inventor, mechanic, TV presenter and walking tall as the definition of the British eccentric, Edd China sees things differently.An unstoppable enthusiast from an early age, Edd had 35 ongoing car projects while he was at university, not counting the double-decker bus he was living in. Now he''s a man with not only a runaround sofa, but also a road-legal office, shed, bed and bathroom. His first car was a more conventional 1303 Texas yellow Beetle, the start of an ongoing love affair with VW, even though it got him arrested for attempted armed robbery.A human volcano of ideas and the ingenuity to make them happen, Edd is exhilarating company. Join him on his wild, wheeled adventures; see inside his engineering heroics; go behind the scenes on Wheeler Dealers .Climb aboard his giant motorised shopping trolley, and let him take you into his parallel universe of possibility.

DKK 141.00
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A Sense of Freedom - Jimmy Boyle - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A Sense of Freedom - Jimmy Boyle - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Foreword by Irvine Welsh ''My life sentence had actually started the day I left my mother''s womb...'' Jimmy Boyle grew up in Glasgow’s Gorbals. All around him the world was drinking, fighting and thieving. To survive, he too had to fight and steal… Kids’ gangs led to trouble with the police. Approved schools led to Borstal, and Jimmy was on his way to a career in crime. By his twenties he was a hardened villain, sleeping with prostitutes, running shebeens and money-lending rackets. Then they nailed him for murder. The sentence was life – the brutal, degrading eternity of a broken spirit in the prisons of Peterhead and Inverness. Thankfully, Jimmy was able to turn his life around inside the prison walls and eventually released on parole. A Sense of Freedom is a searing indictment of a society that uses prison bars and brutality to destroy a man''s humanity and at the same time an outstanding testament to one man''s ability to survive, to find a new life, a new creativity, and a new alternative.

DKK 166.00
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How To Have A Beautiful Mind - Edward De Bono - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

How To Have A Beautiful Mind - Edward De Bono - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

People spend a fortune on their bodies, their faces, their hair, their clothes. Cosmetics, plastic surgery, diets, gym membership - everyone''s trying to be more attractive. But there''s an easier way to become a beautiful person. It doesn''t have to be physical. No matter how you look, if you have a mind that''s fascinating, creative, exciting - if you''re a good thinker - you can be beautiful.And being attractive doesn''t necessarily come from being intelligent or highly-educated. It isn''t about having a great personality. It''s about using your imagination and expanding your creativity. And it''s when talking with people that we make the greatest impact. A person may be physically beautiful, but when speaking to others a dull or ugly or uncreative mind will definitely turn them off.In clear, practical language, de Bono shows how by applying lateral and parallel thinking skills to your conversation you can improve your mind. By learning how to listen, make a point, and manoeuvre a discussion, you can become creative and more appealing - more beautiful.

DKK 155.00
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How To Have A Beautiful Mind - Edward De Bono - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

How To Have A Beautiful Mind - Edward De Bono - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

People spend a fortune on their bodies, their faces, their hair, their clothes. Cosmetics, plastic surgery, diets, gym membership - everyone''s trying to be more attractive. But there''s an easier way to become a beautiful person. It doesn''t have to be physical. No matter how you look, if you have a mind that''s fascinating, creative, exciting - if you''re a good thinker - you can be beautiful.Being attractive doesn''t necessarily come from being intelligent or highly-educated. It isn''t about having a great personality. It''s about using your imagination and expanding your creativity. And it''s when talking with people that we make the greatest impact. A person may be physically beautiful, but when speaking to others a dull or ugly or uncreative mind will definitely turn them off.In clear, practical language, de Bono shows how applying lateral and parallel thinking skills to your conversations can improve your mind. By learning how to listen, make a point, and manoeuvre a discussion, you can become creative and irresistible.

DKK 141.00
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One Last Goodbye - Kay Gilderdale - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

One Last Goodbye - Kay Gilderdale - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Watching her child die is the hardest thing a mother can ever do. But for Kay Gilderdale, saying a final goodbye to her only daughter Lynn was exceptionally painful: she''d played a part in her death.Lynn was just 14 when she was struck down by the crippling disease ME, leaving her paralysed and in constant agony. Over the next 17 years, she became desperate to escape her miserable existence, even begging her mum to help her die. So, one night, when Kay found Lynn attempting suicide, she was forced to make an impossible decision. Continue watching her child suffer or help her end the pain?Eventually, fighting her every instinct, Kay helped her precious daughter take a fatal overdose. But while Lynn was finally free, her mother faced a fresh agony - a possible lifetime behind bars. The highly controversial trial that followed opened a fierce public debate on assisted suicide. Is it murder or mercy?Here, in her heartbreaking story, Kay reveals the harrowing truth behind the headlines and the desperate lengths a mother will go to for the love of a child.

DKK 159.00
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The Pie At Night - Stuart Maconie - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Pie At Night - Stuart Maconie - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Factory, mine and mill. Industry, toil and grime. Its manufacturing roots mean we still see the North of England as a hardworking place. But, more than possibly anywhere else, the North has always known how to get dressed up, take itself out on the town and have a good time. After all, working and playing hard is its specialty, and Stuart Maconie is in search of what, exactly, this entails what it tells us about the North today. Following tip offs and rumour, Stuart takes trip to forgotten corners and locals’ haunts. From the tapas bars of Halifax to the caravan parks of Berwick Upon Tweed, from a Westhoughton bowling green to Manchester’s curry mile, via dog tracks and art galleries, dance floors and high fells, Stuart compares the new and old North, with some surprising results. The Pie at Night could be seen as a companion to the bestselling Pies and Prejudice , but it is not a sequel. After all, this is a new decade and the North is changing faster than ever. This is a revealing and digressive journey and a State of the North address, delivered from barstool, terrace, dress circle and hillside.

DKK 166.00
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Brothers in War - Michael Walsh - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Brothers in War - Michael Walsh - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Brothers in War is the immensely powerful and deeply tragic story of the Beechey brothers, and how they paid the ultimate price for King and country. All eight went to fight in the Great War on such far-flung battlefields as France, Flanders, East Africa and Gallipoli. Only three would return alive. Even amid the carnage of the trenches, it was a family trauma almost without parallel. Their wives and sweethearts were left bereft, their widowed mother Amy devastated. It is a tragedy that has remained forgotten and unmarked for nearly 90 years. Until now.Kept in a small brown case handed down by the brothers'' youngest sister, Edie, were hundreds of letters sent home from the front by the Beechey boys: scraps of paper scribbled on in the firing line, heartfelt messages written from a deathbed, exasperated correspondences detailing the absurdities of life in the trenches. From it all emerges the remarkable tale of the lost brothers.Tragic and moving, poetic in its intensity, Brothers in War reveals first-hand the catastrophe that was the Great War; all told through one family forced to sacrifice everything.

DKK 166.00
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Modern Ballroom Dancing - Victor Silvester - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Modern Ballroom Dancing - Victor Silvester - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Ballroom dancing is back. In universities, town halls, bars, clubs and leisure centres across the UK there are hundreds of thousands of people learning to dance. Strictly Come Dancing attracted millions of viewers and was one of the BBC''s most successful new series of recent times. This new edition of Victor Silvester''s classic book Modern Ballroom Dancing comes at just the right moment to capitalise on this renaissance. Fully updated and featuring brand new photographs of some of the world''s hottest dancing talent, it covers all the most popular ballroom dances, from the four classics that should form the basis of any dancer''s repertoire - Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep and Tango to the great Latin American dances that are so popular - Rumba, Samba, Cha-Cha-Cha and Paso Doble, and Rock ''n'' Roll. The clear, comprehensive notes and diagrams on each dance are invaluable to beginners, more advanced students and teachers alike. The book also features sections on the history of dance, showing how modern dances originated and developed, and how they have been influenced by world dance. Perfect for those dancing for fun and for those aiming for competitive performance, Modern Ballroom Dancing will be indispensable to a whole new generation of dancers.

DKK 192.00
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The Secrets of Aga Cakes - Lucy Young - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Secrets of Aga Cakes - Lucy Young - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

This is the first ever cake book for Aga owners, all the lovely things cooks want to make but often find tricky to get right in the Aga. With 100 Aga recipes for large cakes, cupcakes, buns, muffins and traybakes, ranging from the classic to the contemporary, this baking book is perfect for both the keen cake baker and the complete beginner. There are ideas for celebration cakes, or simply fast cakes for the busy person, and even recipes that children will enjoy making themselves.Includes:Simple cakes: quick and easy traybakes, Swiss rolls, all-in-one cakes - ideal for beginnersChocolate cakes: anything and everything chocolate, brownies, chocolate roulade, death-by-chocolate - sumptuous delights that are equally good served as teatime cakes or dinner-party dessertsTraditional cakes: Victoria sandwich, Christmas cake, Simnel cake, Dundee cake, parkin, teabread, scones, plus old English regional classicsBaking with kids: fairy cakes, drop scones, Welsh cakes, flapjacks, cookies, fork biscuits - quick, easy and fun to makeCupcakes: beautiful little iced gems in a variety of colours and flavoursCoffee-shop cakes: to sup with a cappuccino, muffins, flavoured shortbread, banana loaf, gingerbreadThe healthy option: fruit bars, oatcakes, carrot cake, courgette buns, wholewheat cake, fat-free cakes - remove some of the guilt from cake baking!All recipes have Aga and conventional instructions. There is also advice about baking equipment and useful tips throughout, making cake baking in the Aga absolutely foolproof!

DKK 247.00
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Bellies and Bullseyes - Sid Waddell - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Bellies and Bullseyes - Sid Waddell - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Bellies and Bullseyes is simply the greatest account there will ever be about the sport of darts - as told by one of its most legendary characters - Sid Waddell. It mixes Sid''s own personal journey from the coalfields of the North East with the entire history of the sport. What is revealed is a hilarious yet epic Darts Babylon, covering every significant event and every character to walk the oche from Eric ''The Crafty Cockney'' Bristow to Phil ''The Power'' Taylor.In words as ripe as his commentaries, Sid brings an authentic whiff of fags, hard drink, hot tungsten and moist polyester to the whole cabaret. Sid has been friend and confidante to most of darts'' stars over the years as well as being instrumental in the game''s progress himself. Nobody is equipped to tell the story quite like he is. From the early days of hustling in bars and the 1960s money-race pub competitions that spawned the likes of John Lowe and Leighton Rees, to ITV''s brilliantly daft The Indoor League and the glory days of BBC''s coverage; from the bling of Bobby George and the belly of Jocky Wilson to the awesome professionalism of Phil Taylor; from smoky Northern working men''s clubs to the Houses of Parliament; this is the complete, incredible story of darts.

DKK 168.00
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Nobody Knows Me Worse Than I Do - Noahfinnce - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Nobody Knows Me Worse Than I Do - Noahfinnce - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

YouTuber and pop punk musician, Noahfinnce, reflects on his journey of self-discovery with candour and humour, guiding the reader through tackling tough times, and how to be authentically yourself in the world today - both online and offline. Hey underachievers! Get ready to embrace the wild, weird world of you. Join NOAHFINNCE on a hilarious and heartfelt trip through life's ups and downs in his interactive, debut book Nobody Knows Me Worse Than I Do. In this kind-of-a-guide, written by a 25-year-old man child who's changed genders twice, changed sexualities three times, and has never had a \"real job\", Noah tries to help you find YOU (while he tries to find himself too). Because what he lacks in formal qualifications, he sure makes up for in experiences. Noah shares his own personal stories about being himself in a world of trends, labels, and judgement. He meets all the roles he plays and shows how they work together to make up this thing we call 'me'. There are plenty of prompts to work through your own stuff too. Consider this parallel play with a pop-punk edge. You can absorb bits, pick out the parts that connect with you, or reflect on your own life and discard the rest as if it was never written. It's totally up to you.

DKK 166.00
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Pilgrims - Paul Mcdermott - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Pilgrims - Paul Mcdermott - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

It was Autumn when Paul McDermott stood on the doorstep of a house that would exert a pull on him years after he closed the door for the final time. He was nervous, and totally unprepared to meet the woman he had agreed to visit. Val lived in this house, in a small military town; she was 74 and had been diagnosed with cancer. Though bewildered and frightened underneath, she appeared simply as a small, wrinkled, elderly woman with a mischievous awareness and a penetrating stare. So began Paul''s series of regular visits to Val over a number of years. As he sat and listened to her talk in her front lounge, or struggled ineptly with the tasks she set him, Val opened up her world: the secrets and memories and lessons of her life that were soon to be extinguished and perhaps forgotten. Gradually, as she came to terms with her past - and also with her future - she took on an effortless clarity and peace that brought her into a supremely human focus. And, at the same time, Paul''s own perceptions were challenged in a way he would never have believed when he first arrived at her door. Somehow they created something profound and very precious between them. Full of a surprising warmth, mixed with courage and humour, this remarkable story is deeply life-affirming, not only for the two central characters on their parallel journey - but also for us all.

DKK 168.00
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Inge's War - Svenja O'donnell - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Inge's War - Svenja O'donnell - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''A lyrical, engrossing and essential read'' - Sathnam Sanghera ''A superbly nuanced reclamation of history and family secrets'' - Brian Van Reet, author of Spoils What does it mean to be on the wrong side of history? Svenja O''Donnell’s beautiful, aloof grandmother Inge never spoke about the past. All her family knew was that she had grown up in a city that no longer exists on any map: Königsberg in East Prussia, a footnote in history, a place that almost no one has heard of today. But when Svenja impulsively visits this windswept Baltic city, something unlocks in Inge and, finally, she begins to tell her story.It begins in the secret jazz bars of Hitler’s Berlin. It is a story of passionate first love, betrayal, terror, flight, starvation and violence. As Svenja teases out the threads of her grandmother’s life, retracing her steps all over Europe, she realises that there is suffering here on a scale that she had never dreamt of. And finally, she uncovers a desperately tragic secret that her grandmother has been keeping for sixty years. Inge''s War listens to the voices that are often missing from our historical narrative – those of women caught up on the wrong side of history. It is a book about memory and heritage that interrogates the legacy passed down by those who survive. It also poses the questions: who do we allow to tell their story? What do we mean by family? And what will we do in order to survive?

DKK 161.00
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Duty - Robert Gates - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Duty - Robert Gates - Bog - Ebury Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''As I look back, there is a parallel theme to my years at war: love. By that I mean the love - there is no other word for it - I came to feel for the troops, and the overwhelming sense of personal responsibility I developed for them. So much so that it would shape some of my most significant decisions and positions.''When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty.Robert Gates was US Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011 serving under both George Bush and Barack Obama. Before that he was Director of the CIA. This is his candid and revealing account of US military engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan, where Gates oversaw the controversial ‘surge’ of US troops in both countries. As well as this, he also provides commentary on the situations in Syria, Iran, Israel and North Korea and details behind the scenes meetings with Bush, Cheney, Rice, Obama and other major political figures.Mr. Gates is the only Secretary of Defense to serve under both a Republican and a Democratic president, and in Duty he provides an unsparing, full accounting of his tenure.

DKK 211.00
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