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Churchill - Geoffrey Best - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Winston Churchill''s inspiring leadership in the Second World War once put him above criticism. In recent years his record has come under attack. This book makes sense of this extraordinary man and his controversial and heroic career. Best brings outChurchill''s strengths and weaknesses, looking past the many received versions of Churchill in a biography that balances the private and the public man and offers a fresh insight into his character.

The Best Minds - Jonathan Rosen - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A PULITZER PRIZE 2024 FINALIST FOR MEMOIR ONE OF BARACK OBAMA''S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF THE GUARDIAN AND PROSPECT''S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, ATLANTIC, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL’S TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR ''Extraordinary... Magisterial... A remarkable meditation on friendship, success, madness and violence that refuses to oversimplify'' Guardian (Book of the Day) ''The darkest of literary triumphs, and the most gripping of unbearable reads'' Telegraph (5 stars) A novelist''s gripping investigation of the forces that led his childhood best friend from academic stardom to the psychiatric hospital where he has lived since killing the woman he loved When the Rosens moved to New Rochelle, New York in 1973, Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor became inseparable. Both children of professors, the boys were best friends and fierce rivals who soon followed each other to Yale University.Michael blazed through Yale in three years, graduating summa cum laude and landing a top-flight consulting job. Then one day, Jonathan received a devastating call: Michael had suffered a psychotic break and was in the locked ward of a psychiatric hospital.Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Michael was still in hospital when he learned he''d been accepted to Yale Law School, and living in a halfway house when he decided, against all odds, to enroll. Still battling delusions, he managed to graduate, and after his triumphant story was featured in The New York Times , sold a memoir for a vast sum. Ron Howard bought film rights, completing the dream for Michael and his tirelessly supportive girlfriend Carrie, and Brad Pitt was set to star. But then Michael, in the grip of psychosis, committed a horrific act that made him a front-page story of an entirely different sort. The Best Minds is Jonathan Rosen''s powerful account of an American tragedy, set in the final decades of the American century, an era that coincided with the emptying out of state mental hospitals. It is a story about the bonds of friendship, the price of delusion and the mystery of identity. Tender, funny, and harrowing by turns, The Best Minds is both a beautifully rendered coming of age story and an indictment of the profound neglect of mental illness in our society.

The Best of Everything - Rona Jaffe - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Rona Jaffe''s frank, scandalous and thrilling 1958 novel, The Best of Everything follows a group of young women as they negotiate office romances, workplace politics, broken engagements, tiny apartments, lecherous bosses, heartbreak and lasting friendship, published in Penguin Modern Classics.New York, 1952: Four young women have come to the city: to find love, to build their careers and to savour the indefinable optimism of the times. Caroline is the college graduate, determined to escape the typing pool and become an editor. April is the beautiful country girl with a penchant for disastrous romances. Aspiring actress Gregg is tangled in a dangerous love affair with a playwright; and divorcée Barbara writes about lipsticks by day and cares alone for her daughter by night. Famously bedtime reading for Mad Men ''s Don Draper, The Best of Everything portrays the lives and passions of these ambitious young women with intelligence, affection, and prose as sharp as a paper cut.Rona Jaffe (1931-2005) was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in the affluent Upper East Side of Manhattan. Jaffe wrote her first book, The Best of Everything , while working as an associate editor at Fawcett Publications in the 1950s. Published in 1958, it was later made into a movie, starring Joan Crawford. During the 1960s she wrote cultural pieces for Cosmopolitan magazine. Jaffe wrote sixteen novels during her career, including the controversial Mazes and Monsters (1981), adapted into a film starring Tom Hanks.If you enjoyed The Best of Everything , you might like John Dos Passos'' Manhattan Transfer , also available in Penguin Modern Classics.''It harks back to a saner time when choosing progress and modernity was as straightforward as ordering dinner - "Two Scotches with water on the side, and two steaks"'' Julie Burchill, author of Ambition ''Decades before Sex and the City , Jaffe recorded the minutiae of women''s lives and broke powerful taboos''Joan Smith, Independent

Europe’s 100 Best Cathedrals - Simon Jenkins - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

READERS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY WILL LOVE THIS BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED BOOK! "Simon Jenkins has provided a feast for both eyes and mind in this sumptuously illustrated guide to Europe''s greatest cathedrals" John Barton, author of A History of the Bible "As ever, Simon Jenkins is here the best sort of guide to some of Europe''s greatest buildings and their settings: well-informed, elegantly opinionated and passionate" Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years __________________________Europe''s cathedrals are magnificent. They outstrip palaces and castles. They are the most sensational group of structures anywhere in the world - which everyone should ''see before they die''. They are also hugely popular, most of them absolutely packed. They are humankind''s greatest creations.In Europe''s 100 Best Cathedrals , Simon Jenkins has travelled the continent - from Chartres to York, Cologne to Florence, Toledo to Moscow and Stockholm to Seville - to illuminate old favourites and highlight new discoveries. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of Europe''s history tells the stories behind these wonders, showing the cathedral''s central role in the European imagination. Readers will be inspired to make their own pilgrimage to all one hundred of them.

England's Thousand Best Churches - Simon Jenkins - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county sections are prefaced by a map locating each church, and lavishly illustrated with colour photos from the Country Life archive. Jenkins contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world. Here, he brings that museum to public attention.

The Best Way to Bury Your Husband - Alexia Casale - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''I loved loved loved this book!'' CHRISTINA RICCI ‘Poignant and funny, dark and searing’ ANDREA MARA ''A darkly comedic story . . . I loved it'' JESSE SUTANTO ''Perfect for those who like feminism with their dead bodies'' JULIE COHEN ''Tense, funny, moving and strangely cosy'' HOLLY BOURNE --- Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . . Sally never meant to cave her husband''s head in with a skillet. Or at least she didn''t until suddenly, she did.But Sally isn''t the only woman in town being pushed to breaking point. When coincidence brings four strangers together, a surprising solidarity is formed.So can they find the best way to bury their husbands - and get away with it? Darkly funny and with a big beating heart, The Best Way to Bury Your Husband is an irresistible page-turner about the power of female friendship.

The Best Way to Bury Your Husband - Alexia Casale - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''I loved loved loved this book!'' CHRISTINA RICCI ‘Poignant and funny, dark and searing’ ANDREA MARA ''A darkly comedic story . . . I loved it'' JESSE SUTANTO ''Perfect for those who like feminism with their dead bodies'' JULIE COHEN ''Tense, funny, moving and strangely cosy'' HOLLY BOURNE --- Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . . Sally never meant to cave her husband''s head in with a skillet. Or at least she didn''t until suddenly, she did.But Sally isn''t the only woman in town being pushed to breaking point. When coincidence brings four strangers together, a surprising solidarity is formed.So can they find the best way to bury their husbands - and get away with it? Darkly funny and with a big beating heart, The Best Way to Bury Your Husband is an irresistible page-turner about the power of female friendship.

The Best Way to Bury Your Husband - Alexia Casale - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''A darkly comedic story . . . I loved it'' JESSE SUTANTO ‘Poignant and funny, dark and searing’ ANDREA MARA ''Perfect for those who like feminism with their dead bodies'' JULIE COHEN ''Tense, funny, moving and strangely cosy'' HOLLY BOURNE --- Four new friends. Four dead bodies. One big problem . . . Sally never meant to cave her husband''s head in with a skillet. Or at least she didn''t until suddenly, she did.But Sally isn''t the only woman in town being pushed to breaking point. When coincidence brings four strangers together, a surprising solidarity is formed.So can they find the best way to bury their husbands - and get away with it? Darkly funny and with a big beating heart, The Best Way to Bury Your Husband combines four very different women, one unexpected friendship and several spades in this irresistible page-turner.

The Best Minds of My Generation - Allen Ginsberg - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A unique history of the Beats, in the words of the movement''s most central member, Allen Ginsberg, based on a seminal series of his lectures In 1977, twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem ''Howl'', Allen Ginsberg decided it was time to teach a course on the literary history of the Beat Generation - partly to preserve his own memories of those years. The Best Minds of My Generation presents the best of these candid, intimate and illuminating lectures, revealing Kerouac, Burroughs and the rest of the Beats as Ginsberg knew them: friends, confidantes, literary mentors and fellow visionaries in a group who started a revolution.''Marvellous ... spellbinding ... preserving intact the story of the literary movement Ginsberg led, promoted and never ceased to embody'' The New York Times Book Review ''An awesome exhaustive feat ... fascinatingly readable'' Sunday Times ''Astonishingly intimate ... Full of penetrating insight and fascinating literary gossip, the book is a major contribution to the core Beat canon ... situates the Beats in cultural history in a way that no other exploration of their work does'' San Francisco Chronicle

Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations - Simon Jenkins - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Discover the architectural gems that are Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations in this Sunday Times top 10 bestseller'This is a cracker . . . a beautiful book' Chris EvansIt is the scene for our hopeful beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless experiences of coming and going, meeting, greeting and parting. It is an institution with its own rituals and priests, and a long-neglected aspect of Britain's architecture. And yet so little do we look at the railway station. Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of Great Britain, from Waterloo to Wemyss Bay, Betws-y-Coed to Beverley, to select his hundred best railway stations. Blending his usual insight and authority with his personal reflections and experiences - including his founding the Railway Heritage Trust - the foremost expert on our national heritage deftly reveals the history, geography, design and significance of each of these glories. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of our social history shows the station's role in the national imagination; champions the engineers, architects and rival companies that made them possible; and tells the story behind the triumphs and follies of these very British creations. These are the marvellous, often undersung places that link our nation, celebrated like never before. 'However spectacular the book's photographs, it's the author's prowess as a phrase-maker that keeps you turning the pages' The Times'An uplifting exploration of our social history' Guardian

Our Last Best Chance - King Of Jordan Abdullah Ii - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

HRH King Abdullah was schooled in America and at Sandhurst and was heading for a life as a career soldier, when his father fell ill and he unexpectedly inherited the throne of Jordan. Fiercely loyal to his country but possessing an outsider''s perspective on the political difficulties of the region, King Abdullah has since spent every effort to better Jordan - improving their economy, education and rights for women - and find security for his people and their neighbours. In this seminal work, he puts forward what may be our best chance yet for the most important issue in the region - Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Dress Your Best Life - Dawnn Karen - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

How you dress matters. What you wear affects your mood, how you feel about yourself and how others think about you. As an Ivy League educated therapist, publicist, former model and fashion designer, Dawnn Karen is an authority on the use of clothing to express identity and boost mood. Karen has spent years studying the relationship between attire and attitude, and her clients range from high-powered executives and politicians, to new parents and people who have recently experienced a major life change or trauma. Drawing on her research and work with clients, Karen will teach you how to: · dress to enhance your mood · avoid the ''I have nothing to wear'' feeling · take the stress out of getting ready · project confidence at work · repurpose the wardrobe you already have Packed with practical tips and cutting-edge advice, Dress Your Best Life will empower you to make the right clothing choices for you. The first and definitive guide to fashion psychology, this book will ensure you leave the house feeling calmer, happier and more confident.

The Best of Adam Sharp - Graeme Simsion - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE NEW ROMANTIC COMEDY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ROSIE PROJECT. Will he risk it all for a second chance at first love? ''After twenty-two years without any contact at all, Angelina Brown, my Great Lost Love, decides to change the world and emails Hi . . .'' Adam Sharp met the love of his life on the other side of the world. He was playing in a bar in Australia when Angelina requested a song. It was the start of a relationship he''s never forgotten - but not every duet ends on a high note.Two decades later and half a world away, Adam is stunned by Angelina''s message. He thought he was happy. He thought he had everything. Now all he can think about is her.Adam has sung about second chances - but does he believe in them? And is he prepared to risk everything to find out if they ever come true? ''A very enjoyable read. Highly recommended'' Closer ''With very real characters, an engaging plot and plenty of wit, this is a joy'' Heat ''We love The Rosie Project author Graeme Simsion''s The Best of Adam Sharp'' Sun on Sunday

Why Losing Your Job Could be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You - Eleanor Tweddell - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

"For those whose jobs have been a victim of the economic impact of the pandemic, it is a timely reminder not only to stay determined, but hopeful." - Financial Times ''This book reminded me why an ending - especially an unexpected one - can be the best kind of beginning'' Viv Groskop, author of Lift As You Climb ''This book will help you escape the valleys of rejection bound for the peaks of opportunity'' Bruce Daisley, bestselling author of The Joy of Work ''So much more than a user guide to life after redundancy, it''s an inspiring lesson on how to deal with the knocks of everyday life; written with humour, empathy and honesty'' Debbie Hewitt MBE, Chair, Visa Europe Why Losing Your Job Could be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You is a compassionate guide that will inform and engage anyone who is facing redundancy or job loss; with deeply inspiring case studies and clear and brilliantly accessible, practical advice for getting back on course with your life and career. Learn how to:-Navigate feelings of anger, guilt and shame-Search for new beginnings-Overcome analysis paralysis-Progress with small stepsEleanor Tweddell''s five-step plan will support you through the early stages of shock, through to building up the skills, self-confidence and motivation to thrive after redundancy; whether that is in your previous sector or something new.

The Best Catholics in the World - Derek Scally - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Number One Bestseller Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2021 ''A great achievement . . . Brilliant, engaging and essential'' Colm Tóibín ''At once intimate and epic, this is a landmark book'' Fintan O''Toole When Dubliner Derek Scally goes to Christmas Eve Mass on a visit home from Berlin, he finds more memories than congregants in the church where he was once an altar boy. Not for the first time, the collapse of the Catholic Church in Ireland brings to mind the fall of another powerful ideology - East German communism. While Germans are engaging earnestly with their past, Scally sees nothing comparable going on in his native land. So he embarks on a quest to unravel the tight hold the Church had on the Irish.He travels the length and breadth of Ireland and across Europe, going to Masses, novenas, shrines and seminaries, talking to those who have abandoned the Church and those who have held on, to survivors and campaigners, to writers, historians, psychologists and many more. And he has probing and revealing encounters with Vatican officials, priests and religious along the way. The Best Catholics in the World is the remarkable result of his three-year journey. With wit, wisdom and compassion Scally gives voice and definition to the murky and difficult questions that face a society coming to terms with its troubling past. It is both a lively personal odyssey and a resonant and gripping work of reporting that is a major contribution to the story of Ireland. ''Reflective, textured, insightful and original ... rich with history, interrogation and emotional intelligence'' Diarmaid Ferriter, Irish Times ''An unblinking look at the collapse of the Church and Catholic deference in Ireland. Excellent and timely'' John Banville, The Sunday Times ''Engaging and incisive'' Caelainn Hogan, author of Republic of Shame ''Remarkable ... Essential reading for anyone concerned about history and forgetting'' Michael Harding ''Fair-minded ... thoughtful'' Melanie McDonagh, The Times ''Very pacey and entertaining ... and it changed how I regard Ireland and our history for good. Fantastic'' Oliver Callan ''Original, thought-provoking and very engaging'' Marie Collins ''A provocative insight into a time that many would rather forget'' John Boyne ''Challenging'' Mary McAleese ''Explores this subject in a way that I''ve never seen before'' Hugh Linehan, Irish Times

Baking School - Justin Gellatly - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The perfect gift for the baker in your life! From sourdough bread and pizza recipes to croissants and doughnuts, ''tis the season for baking. Best known for Justin''s world-famous doughnuts, the Bread Ahead Bakery in Borough Market is also home to their Bakery School, where thousands have learned to make sourdough, croissants, Swedish ryebread, pizza and much more. Now, using this book, you can too, from the comfort of your own home. Divided by country, including English , French , Italian and Nordic , there are chapters on sourdough , gluten-free baking , flatbreads and - of course - doughnuts . Learn everything you need to know to make Justin''s famed ''pillows of joy'', from the classic vanilla custard to salted honeycomb.Fun, practical and designed to take you from beginner to artisan, Baking School will fill your heart and home with the glorious smell of homemade bread.____________________________PRAISE FOR BREAD, CAKE, DOUGHNUT, PUDDING :''When you need a wise , witty presence when your loaf has gone over to the Dark Side, Gellatly is your Yoda '' Guardian ''This book is as good for slavering over as it is to cook from '' Nigella Lawson'' Best of the batch . . . Gellatly''s sourdough is without peer in London'' Independent

The Best Minds - Jonathan Rosen - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Beginner's Guide to Reality - Jim Baggott - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Beginner''s Guide to Reality is an introduction to philosophy for people who don''t read philosophy. Jim Baggott''s sources range from Aristotle to The Matrix. He examines the major developments in Western philosophical thought on the nature of reality, at each of three levels - social, perceptual and physical. (Do money, colour, or photons exist?) The book systematically investigates these levels, peeling away the assumptions we make about those parts of reality that we take for granted.

An Introduction to English Poetry - James Fenton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

James Fenton''s An Introduction to English Poetry offers a master class for both the reader and writer of poetry. Simply and elegantly written and discussing the work of poets as wide ranging as W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake, it covers all varieties of poetic practice in English.''It is hard to imagine a beginner who could not learn from [this book]. If you know a young poet, give them this'' The Times Literary Supplement

The Penguin Sudoku Challenge - David J. Bodycombe - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Welcome to The Penguin Sudoku Challenge: with 1 sudoku puzzle for every day of the year 2 challenge you in every way on 3 different levels - beginner, moderate and fist-clenchingly tricky. Perfect 4 sharpening your brain and honing your logic, sudoku will give you a 5 star brain (if they don''t hit you for 6). In 7th heaven when you complete them, you''ll 8 giving up on any of these - but those 9 by nines won''t complete themselves... Good luck!

The Best of Richard Matheson - Richard Matheson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Among the greats of twentieth century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Matheson revolutionized horror by taking it out of Gothic castles and strange cosmos and into the darkened streets and suburbs we recognize as our own. He infuses tales of the fantastic and supernatural with dark explorations of human nature, delving deep into the universal dread of feeling alone and threatened in a dangerous world.

Selected Poems - Rainer Maria Rilke - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Hailed as the greatest modern lyrical poet of Germany, Rainer Maria Rilke’s genius lies in his passion for perfection, artistic integrity and ‘willingness to remain a perpetual beginner’. The verse contained in this selection ranges from the objective, naturalistic descriptions of his earliest works to the increasingly effusive outpourings of half-religious ecstasy and anguish that characterize his later poems and culminates in the overwhelmingly personal vision of the famous ‘Duino Elegies’ and ‘The Sonnets to Orpheus’, in which his most intense experiences of living and being find their noblest expression.

More than a Best Friend - Emma R. Alban - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''Gives us all the top tier wit, spice, and swoons.... One to watch!'' Evie Dunmore -----Love is more than just a game for two. It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street.Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she’s inherited her penchant for drinking too much and dancing ‘til dawn.Beth and Gwen are enchanted with each other on sight. And it doesn’t take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme: rather than join the husband hunt, they should set up Gwen’s father and Beth’s newly-widowed mother.They had a fling years ago, after all… Can Beth and Gwen find a way to defy convention and be together? And will their parents find love along the way too? A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton you never knew you needed!

The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''I will not read it; I should never sleep again'' A doctor performs an experiment on a young woman that goes horribly wrong, and a series of increasingly strange events follow: sinister woodland rituals, disappearances, suicides... Viewed as immoral and decadent on first publication in 1894, Machen''s weird tale has since established itself as a classic of its genre and has been described by Stephen King as ''one of the best horror stories ever written. Maybe the best in the English language''. The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers'' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

The Little Mermaid - Read it yourself with Ladybird - - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Little Mermaid desperately wishes to be human. What happens when the sea witch grants her wish? Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird''s best-selling reading series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools. The Little Mermaid is a Level 4 Read it yourself book, ideal for children who are ready to read longer stories with a wider vocabulary and are keen to start reading independently.