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The Hand of Ethelberta - Thomas Hardy - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Hand of Ethelberta - Thomas Hardy - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Adventuress and opportunist, Ethelberta reinvents herself to disguise her humble origins, launching a brilliant career as a society poet in London with her family acting incognito as her servants. Turning the male-dominated literary world to her advantage, she happily exploits the attentions of four very different suitors. Will she bestow her hand upon the richest of them, or on the man she loves? Ethelberta Petherwin, alias Berta Chickerel, moves with easy grace between her multiple identities, cleverly managing a tissue of lies to aid her meteoric rise. In The Hand of Ethelberta (1876), Hardy drew on conventions of popular romances, illustrated weeklies, plays, fashion plates and even his wife''s diary in this comic story of a woman in control of her destiny.

DKK 139.00
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A Dead Hand - Paul Theroux - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Dead Hand - Paul Theroux - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Dead Hand is a dark tale of crime in Calcutta, by Paul Theroux. Jerry Delfont is a travel writer with writer''s block. Lounging in Calcutta one day, he receives a mysterious letter. It comes from an American philanthropist, Mrs Merrill Unger. An Indian friend of her son is in trouble: he woke up in a hotel room with a dead body next to him; he panicked and fled. Mrs Unger would like someone to discreetly look into this matter, to find out the truth. Will Delfont do her the honour? But Jerry is at first more intrigued by the beautiful, beguiling Mrs Unger and her Tantric massages. Yet as he begins investigating the circumstances surrounding the body he wonders what exactly is the nature of her philanthropy . . . A Dead Hand is a dark and twisted narrative of obsession and need from one of our finest writers.''Richly enjoyable, entertaining . . . a satisfyingly tense, almost thrillerish conclusion'' Financial Times ''Genuinely intriguing'' The Times ''Original and enlightening'' Daily Telegraph ''Theroux''s prose is always a pleasure'' Tatler Paul Theroux''s books include Dark Star Safari , Ghost Train to the Eastern Star , Riding the Iron Rooster , The Great Railway Bazaar, The Elephanta Suite , A Dead Hand, The Tao of Travel and The Lower River . The Mosquito Coast and Dr Slaughter have both been made into successful films. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.

DKK 159.00
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The Invisible Hand - Adam Smith - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Invisible Hand - Adam Smith - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Adam Smith’s landmark treatise on the free market paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that competition is the engine of a productive society, and that self-interest will eventually come to enrich the whole community, as if by an ‘invisible hand’. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

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The Hand - Georges Simenon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Hand - Georges Simenon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

'Irresistible... read him at your peril, avoid him at your loss' The Sunday Times A trio of Simenon’s finest psychological novels from the 1960s, including: The Hand, Betty and The Blue RoomAmidst the fury of a relentless snowstorm, the loyalties of two friends are put to the ultimate test, with fatal consequences. In the shadows of 1960s Paris, a woman on the brink of despair is offered a chance at redemption. But as the haunting truth of her past begins to emerge, it threatens to consume her. In a secluded hotel, an adulterous affair spirals into a terrible nightmare that will transform the couple’s lives forever. This new edition brings together Georges Simenon’s most gripping psychological novels from the 1960s, capturing the raw essence of human frailty and resilience during a time of profound social upheaval, and revealing the chilling brilliance of Simenon’s romans durs.

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Head Hand Heart - David Goodhart - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Head Hand Heart - David Goodhart - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 The acclaimed new book from the celebrated author of The Road to Somewhere ''Brilliant, will become a classic'' Daily Telegraph ''Utterly compelling ... one of the most important intellectuals in the country, if not Europe'' Sunday Times The coronavirus pandemic taught us something we ought already to have known: that care workers, supermarket shelf-stackers, delivery drivers and cleaners are doing essential work that keeps us all alive, fed and cared for. Until recently much of this work was regarded as menial by the the same society that now lauds them as ''key workers''. Why are they so undervalued?In this timely and original analysis, David Goodhart divides human aptitudes into three: Head (cognitive), Hand (manual and craft) and Heart (caring, emotional). It''s common sense that a good society needs to recognise the value of all three, but in recent decades they have got badly out of kilter. Cognitive ability has become the gold standard of human esteem. The cognitive class now shapes society largely in its own interests, by prioritizing the knowledge economy, ever-expanding higher education and shaping the very idea of a successful life. To put it bluntly: smart people have become too powerful. Head, Hand, Heart tells the story of the cognitive takeover that has gathered pace over the past forty years. As recently as the 1970s most people left school without qualifications, but now 40 per cent of all jobs are graduate-only. A good society must re-imagine the meaning of skilled work, so that people who work with their hands and hearts are valued alongside workers who manipulate data. Our societies need to spread status more widely, and provide meaning and value for people who cannot, or do not want to, achieve in the classroom and the professions. This is the story of the central struggle for status and dignity in the twenty-first century.

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The Wrong Hand - Jane Jago - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Wrong Hand - Jane Jago - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

We all make mistakes. Moments that change us and the path we are on irrevocably. For Rachel Allen it was the moment that she let her son''s hand slip from hers. For Danny Simpson and Graham Harris it was the moment one of them took it. Seven years ago Danny and Graham were just children themselves, angry, marginalized and unguided. That was, until they committed a crime so heinous that three families were left devastated. They were no longer just boys. They were monsters. Released from juvenile detention, it is time for the boys, now men, to start again; new names, new people. But they can never escape who they are or what they did. And their own families, now notorious; the Allens, destroyed with grief; and the country at large have never been able to forget. They will always be running. They will always be hiding. But are some mistakes too large, the ripples to far reaching, to outrun forever?

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The Left Hand of God - Paul Hoffman - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Left Hand of God - Paul Hoffman - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman is the gripping first instalment in a remarkable trilogy. "Listen. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuary."The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a vast and desolate place - a place without joy or hope. Most of its occupants were taken there as boys and for years have endured the brutal regime of the Lord Redeemers whose cruelty and violence have one singular purpose - to serve in the name of the One True Faith.In one of the Sanctuary''s vast and twisting maze of corridors stands a boy. He is perhaps fourteen or fifteen years old - he is not sure and neither is anyone else. He has long-forgotten his real name, but now they call him Thomas Cale. He is strange and secretive, witty and charming, violent and profoundly bloody-minded. He is so used to the cruelty that he seems immune, but soon he will open the wrong door at the wrong time and witness an act so terrible that he will have to leave this place, or die.His only hope of survival is to escape across the arid Scablands to Memphis, a city the opposite of the Sanctuary in every way: breathtakingly beautiful, infinitely Godless, and deeply corrupt. But the Redeemers want Cale back at any price... not because of the secret he now knows but because of a much more terrifying secret he does not. The Left Hand of God is a must read. It is the first instalment in a gripping trilogy by Paul Hoffman. Imagine if Phillip Pullman''s His Dark Materials met Umberto Eco''s Name of the Rose . Fans of epic heroic fiction will love this series.Praise for Paul Hoffman:''This book gripped me from the first chapter and then dropped me days later, dazed and grinning to myself'' Conn Iggulden ''Tremendous momentum'' Daily Telegraph ''A cult classic . . .'' Daily Express

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Whip Hand - Dick Francis - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Whip Hand - Dick Francis - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time ''Dick Francis keeps you in suspense in every chapter, you are immersed in the story'' 5***** Reader Review ''Really gripping with lots of twists and turns. A fast-paced thriller'' 5***** Reader Review______Ex-jockey Sid Halley works as a private detective, using his racing knowledge to solve crimes that baffle the police.He''s asked to investigate the possible doping of the horses of George Casper - a thoroughbred trainer whose once-successful mounts have been failing spectacularly on the racetrack.At the same time, he learns that a conman has left his ex-wife Jenny facing a jail sentence over a fake charity, while the Jockey Club want him to investigate certain powerful syndicates who may be acting in a ruthless and illegal manner.Quickly, Sid discovers that each of his investigations is entirely unwelcome. But he isn''t put off easily - not even when a threat is made that could change his life.Three dangerous cases, three ways to die - Sid is back on home turf . . . Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense, Whip Hand is just one of the many blockbuster thrillers from legendary crime writer Dick Francis. Praise for Dick Francis: ''The narrative is brisk and gripping and the background researched with care . . . the entire story is a pleasure to relish'' Scotsman ''Dick Francis''s fiction has a secret ingredient - his inimitable knack of grabbing the reader''s attention on page one and holding it tight until the very end'' Sunday Telegraph ''Still the master'' Racing Post ''The master of suspense and intrigue'' Country Life

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The Trembling Hand - Mathelinda Nabugodi - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Trembling Hand - Mathelinda Nabugodi - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Bracing and essential, a radical reframing of British Romanticism through the lens of Black experience – for fans of David Olusoga, Gretchen Gerzina, Saidiya Hartman and Emma Dabiri Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats – the Romantic poets are titans of English literature, taught and celebrated around the world. Their work is associated with sublime passions, violent stormscapes and a questing search for the inner self. It is rarely associated with the racial politics of the transatlantic slave economy.But these literary icons lived through a period when individual and collective resistance by Black people in Britain and her overseas colonies was making it increasingly difficult – and increasingly costly – to ignore their demands for freedom. A time when popular support for the abolition movement exploded across the country – and was met by a vehement, reactionary campaign from the establishment. A time when white supremacist ideologies were fomented to justify the abuse and exploitation of non-white ''races''. This cultural context is not immediately obvious in the canon of Romantic poetry. But that doesn’t mean it’s not there. The Trembling Hand turns an urgent critical gaze onto six major Romantic authors, examining how their lives and works were entangled with the racist realities of their era. Mathelinda Nabugodi pores over carefully preserved manuscripts, travels to the houses where these writers lived and died, examines the personal objects which survived them: a teacup, a baby rattle, a lock of hair. Amid this archive, she searches for traces of Black figures whose lives crossed paths with the great Romantics. And she grapples with the opposing forces of reverence and horror as her fascination with literary relics collides with feelings of sorrow and rage.

DKK 192.00
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The English Civil War At First Hand - Tristram Hunt - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The English Civil War At First Hand - Tristram Hunt - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Almost a quarter of a million lives were lost as King and Parliament battled for their religious and political ideals in the English Civil War. England was divided between Cavaliers and Roundheads engaged in bitter struggles from Preston to Lostwithiel, Pembroke to York. Armies were on the march, villages were decimated and great dynasties destroyed: fathers and sons, uncles and cousins were pitted against each other in defence of their loyalties. The civil war led to the execution of a king, the beginnings of sectarian division in Ireland, savage clan warfare in Scotland and the roots of English socialism.Tristram Hunt avoids adding to the many, mostly transitory interpretations of the civil war and instead offers a timeless narrative based on the first-hand accounts of those who witnessed these traumatic events. In doing so he brings out the voices of the civil war generation - those who lost sons, who witnessed massacres and who fought for an ideal. In this book we see their motivations, fears and misery as the horror of war overwhelmed them. From Cromwell''s letters to the memoirs of a Roundhead wife the civil war era is brought to life in all its terrible and fascinating glory.

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The Art of Putting - Paul Trevillion - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Art of Putting - Paul Trevillion - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Learn to putt . . . perfectly ''How to never miss a 4ft putt . . . ever. The perfect putting method'' GQ Magazine ________________ Learn how to master the Trevillion Pencil Grip - the foolproof method that has been adopted by the professionals themselves: Fleetwood, Rose, Garcia, Francesco Molinari and Branden Grace are just a few . . . Championships are won and lost on the putting green, and one of the most repeated phrases after a disappointing round of golf is ''If only I''d holed my putts''. But there is a simple way to dramatically improve your ''pressure putt'' performance: The Trevillion Pencil Grip. Renowned sports artist Paul Trevillion is the inventor of the uniquely effective split-hand technique. He describes the pencil grip, which he spent four decades refining, as the ''art'' of putting: you aim at the hole and draw a straight line. As he explains: ''Too often on TV you hear, "he pushed the putt"... but an artist never pushes a pencil.'' In The Art of Putting, Paul Trevillion discusses the evolution of putting methods and reveals the secret of his technique with honesty and humour. Instructive, entertaining, practical, unique and effective, this book is one of the soundest investments any golfer can make to ensure that they never miss a four-foot putt. ''I am so confident in my putter and method that I challenged the top 50 golfers in the world to a $1000,000.00 putting challenge'' Paul Trevillion ''Very few titles are won by golfers who putt badly, no matter how supreme a player''s ball striking is, such prowess will always be undone by a missed three-footer . . . putting is an art rather than a science'' BBC SPORT

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Kinahan Assassins - John Hand - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Kinahan Assassins - John Hand - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER ‘Grim, forensic and often eye-opening … meticulously researched and soberly written’ Sunday Independent ‘A fascinating book’ Pat Kenny, Newstalk---Kinahan Assassins is the extraordinary story of how the killers used by Ireland’s most notorious drug gang, the Kinahan Cartel, were taken down. After an audacious assassination attempt on boss Daniel Kinahan''s life, the Kinahan Cartel recruited an unprecedented number of killers to retaliate against their attackers, the Hutch gang. Kinahan Assassins is the compelling behind-the-scenes account of one man''s thirst for vengeance and how it proved fatal for his organization. Kinahan Assassins has the stories of the men who killed for the cartel - including vulnerable drug addicts, a former British soldier, an MMA fighter and an invisible ''Mr Nobody'' who acted as a cartel quartermaster - as well as those who gave them orders.And it details how, one by one, the hit teams were identified, surveilled and captured by the Irish police. Featuring new and exclusive material – conversations from wiretaps, insights from gardaí at the heart of the operations and interviews with the loved ones of innocents caught in the crossfire – Kinahan Assassins is a startling and gripping read that throws a new light on the war on organized crime.

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The Hand - Georges Simenon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Hand - Georges Simenon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A new translation of George Simenon''s taut, devastating psychological novel set in American suburbia. The inspiration for the new play by award-winning playwright David Hare. ''I had begun, God knows why, tearing a corner off of everyday truth, begun seeing myself in another kind of mirror, and now the whole of the old, more or less comfortable truth was falling to pieces'' Confident and successful, New York advertising executive Ray Sanders takes what he wants from life. When he goes missing in a snow storm in Connecticut one evening, his closest friend begins to reassess his loyalties, gambling Ray''s fate and his own future.''The romans durs are extraordinary: tough, bleak, offhandedly violent, suffused with guilt and bitterness, redolent of place . . . utterly unsentimental, frightening in the pitilessness of their gaze, yet wonderfully entertaining'' John Banville''One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories'' Guardian ''A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness'' Independen

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Kinahan Assassins - John Hand - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Kinahan Assassins - John Hand - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER ‘Grim, forensic and often eye-opening … meticulously researched and soberly written’ Sunday Independent ‘A fascinating book’ Pat Kenny, Newstalk---Kinahan Assassins is the extraordinary story of how the killers used by Ireland’s most notorious drug gang, the Kinahan Cartel, were taken down. After an audacious assassination attempt on boss Daniel Kinahan''s life, the Kinahan Cartel recruited an unprecedented number of killers to retaliate against their attackers, the Hutch gang. Kinahan Assassins is the compelling behind-the-scenes account of one man''s thirst for vengeance and how it proved fatal for his organization. Kinahan Assassins has the stories of the men who killed for the cartel - including vulnerable drug addicts, a former British soldier, an MMA fighter and an invisible ''Mr Nobody'' who acted as a cartel quartermaster - as well as those who gave them orders.And it details how, one by one, the hit teams were identified, surveilled and captured by the Irish police. Featuring new and exclusive material – conversations from wiretaps, insights from gardaí at the heart of the operations and interviews with the loved ones of innocents caught in the crossfire – Kinahan Assassins is a startling and gripping read that throws a new light on the war on organized crime.

DKK 127.00
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The Gangster - Justin Scott - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Gangster - Justin Scott - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Join Private Detective Isaac Bell as he navigates the seedy back alleys of New York, in the ninth book in the action-packed series from Sunday Times bestseller Clive Cussler. Crime, corruption and murder. . . a vicious organisation is terrorising the city and only one man can stop them. The Black Hand Strikes 1906, New York City. Italian gangsters calling themselves the Black Hand terrorize citizens in a menacing spree of kidnapping, extortion and arson. Who dares stop them? Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special ''Black Hand Squad'' - but with each gangster caught a new one appears on the street. Are these new recruits or other criminals imitating the Black Hand? Where are these men coming from? Murder is just the beginning . . . Then the killings start. Each victim is a man more powerful than the last. Bell is convinced that he''s facing a murderous organization hell bent on bringing the city to its knees. But that''s before he discovers their ultimate target - the most powerful man in the country: the President of the United States . . . ''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily Mail ''The Adventure King'' Sunday Express ''Nobody does it better... nobody !'' Stephen Coonts ''Just about the best storyteller in the business'' New York Post

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Collected Stories - Vladimir Nabokov - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Collected Stories - Vladimir Nabokov - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A man at his desk is interrupted by the appearance of a woodland elf in his room; the piano maestro Bachmann ends his career; a barber shaves the face of a man who once tortured him; a shy dreamer makes a deal with the Devil. In these sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy, Nabokov displays an astonishing range of inventiveness, with dazzling sleight of hand, fantastical fairy tales, intellectual games and enchanting glimpses into lives of ambiguity and loss.The collection displays Nabokov''s astonishing range of technical and formal inventiveness: the dazzling sleight of hand, fanciful fairy tales, ingenious puzzles, enchanting vignettes and haunting melancholic narratives full of disturbing ambiguities.

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The Forests of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Forests of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Forest House tells of an era of upheaval and change. The Roman grip on their empire was slackening; the Druidic Order - far stronger that the tiny Christian sect - was itself in turmoil. Caught in the centre of the conflict is a young British girl of druidic family, chosen to be a priestess, and a roman tribune, ambitious for power but - as the son of a British mother - torn between two cultures. This is a dramatic, illuminating tale of rebellion and religion.

DKK 139.00
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Hornblower and the Crisis - C. S. Forester - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Hornblower and the Crisis - C. S. Forester - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Horatio Hornblower Tale of the Sea In the final instalment of the Horatio Hornblower series we visit some lesser known adventures across our hero''s long career, including Napoleon''s plans to invade England . . . 1805 and Horatio Hornblower is in possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte after a vicious hand-to-hand encounter with a French brig. The admiralty rewards Hornblower by sending him on a dangerous espionage mission that will light the powder trail leading to the battle of Trafalgar . . . Hornblower and the Crisis was unfinished at the time of Forester''s death, but the author left notes - included here - telling us how the tale would end. Also included are two further stories - Hornblower and the Widow McCool and The Last Encounter - that tell of Hornblower as a very young and very old man, respectively.This is the eleventh and final book chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester''s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.''The true master of the genre'' Boris Johnson

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Autumn - Ali Smith - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Autumn - Ali Smith - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2017 A once-in-a-generation series, Ali Smith''s Seasonal quartet is a tour-de-force about love, time, art, politics, and how we live now. ''Undoubtedly Smith at her best. Puckish, yet elegant; angry, but comforting'' The Times Daniel is a century old. Elisabeth, born in 1984, has her eye on the future. The United Kingdom is in pieces, divided by a historic once-in-a-generation summer. Love is won, love is lost. Hope is hand in hand with hopelessness. The seasons roll round, as ever . . . Discover all four instalments: Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. Ali Smith''s new novel, Companion piece, is available now. ***** ONE OF THE GUARDIAN''S BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ''Undoubtedly Smith at her best. Puckish, yet elegant; angry, but comforting'' The Times ''Bold and brilliant'' Observer ''Terrific, extraordinary, playful . . . There is an awful lot to lift the soul'' Daily Mail

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Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.

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Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.

DKK 107.00
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Fierce Elegy - Peter Gizzi - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Fierce Elegy - Peter Gizzi - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

WINNER OF THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZE 2024The powerful new collection from legendary American poet Peter Gizzi, reckoning with the transformative power of elegy through poems of lament and love ‘I am awestruck, dumbfounded … a masterwork’ Ocean Vuong ''Transcendent ... He identifies the thing we''re all searching for'' The New Yorker In Fierce Elegy , Peter Gizzi contends with a decade of grief, and learns to transform a broken heart into new strength. These are poems of loss; of love; of the strangeness of being a self amid the fury of the world; and of our ongoing closeness with the dead. They are soaring yet grounded, vulnerable and brave. Ears attuned, grip assured. Mind free.

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You Shall Know Our Velocity - Dave Eggers - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

You Shall Know Our Velocity - Dave Eggers - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

You Shall Know Our Velocity is a compelling and thought-provoking novel by award-winning Dave Eggers Will and Hand are burdened by $38,000 and the memory of their friend Jack. Taking a week out of their lives, they decide to travel around the world to give the money away. They can''t really say why they''re doing it, just that it needs to be done. Perhaps it''s something to do with Jack''s death - perhaps they''ll find the reason later. But as their plans are frustrated, twisted and altered at every step and the natives prove far from grateful to their benefactors, Will and Hand find that the world is an infinitely bigger, more surreal and exhilarating place than they ever realised. In fact, it''s somewhere to get lost in . . .''Dave Eggers has become J. D. Salinger, Ken Kesey and Jack Kerouac rolled into one'' The Times ''Endearing, funny . . . the prose is high on energy and Eggers'' talents make it worth the trip'' Guardian

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Trust Me - Lesley Pearse - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Trust Me - Lesley Pearse - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Lose yourself in this powerful historical novel based on a real life tragedy from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse For one girl, betrayal goes hand in hand with trust . . . When their father tragically kills their mother, Dulcie and her sister are sent to an orphanage. Told that a ''better life'' awaits them in another country, they are shipped off to Australia.But the promises made turn out to be lies.And it seems to Dulcie that everyone who ever said ''trust me'' somehow betrayed that trust. So when she finds a kindred spirit in Ross, another orphanage survivor, hope swells in her heart. But can she ever get over the past betrayals and learn to trust again? And can she fight not only for herself, but also for her sister? Praise for Lesley Pearse: ''With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best'' Daily Mail ''Lose yourself in this epic saga'' Bella ''An emotional and moving epic you won''t forget in a hurry'' Woman''s Weekly

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