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The Great British Speeches - Simon Heffer - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Great British Speeches - Simon Heffer - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

50 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in history title that will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of British history. The speechmakers are: King Henry V; Queen Elizabeth I; King Charles I; Oliver Cromwell; Earl of Shelburne; Edmund Burke (3); Charles James Fox (2); William Pitt (2); Warren Hastings; William Wilberforce; R.B. Sheridan; Robert Peel; Charles Grey; Thomas Carlyle; Lord Palmerston; John Bright (2); Benjamin Disraeli; William Gladstone; James Campbell-Bannerman; F.E. Smith; David Lloyd George (2); Stanley Baldwin; King Edward VIII; King George VI; Winston Churchill (4); Aneurin Bevan; Harold Macmillan (2); Hugh Gaitskell (2); Nigel Birch; Harold Wilson; Enoch Powell (2); Michael Foot; Margaret Thatcher (2); Neil Kinnock; Geoffrey Howe; Charles Spencer; Tony Blair.

DKK 141.00
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The Germans and Europe - Peter Millar - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Germans and Europe - Peter Millar - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"An engrossing portrait" Independent Based on a lifetime living in and reporting on Germany and Central Europe, award-winning journalist and author Peter Millar tackles the fascinating and complex story of the people at the heart of our continent.Focussing on nine cities (only six of which are in the Germany of today) he takes us on a zigzag ride back through time via the fall of the Berlin Wall through the horrors of two world wars, the patchwork states of the Middle Ages, to the splendour of Charlemagne and the fall of Rome, with side swipes at everything on the way, from Henry VIII to the Spanish Empire. Included are mini portraits of aspects of German culture from sex and money to food and drink. Not just a book about Germany but about Europe as a whole and how we got where we are today, and where we might be tomorrow. "From the first page you know that Peter Millar knows his territory well, and has found real tales to tell" The Times

DKK 141.00
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World History in Minutes - Tat Wood - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

World History in Minutes - Tat Wood - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

What happened to the Roman Empire? Why was the Magna Carta so important? What led to the First World War? Why did the USSR collapse? World History in Minutes provides succinct answers to these questions - and many more - in 200 simple and accessible essays. From the 100 Years War to the Gulf Wars, and from the wisdom of Aristotle to the Civil Rights movement, this book distils the major events in human history into easily digestible chunks. Each essay is accompanied by an image - or a clear diagram to illustrate complex ideas - and will plug the gaps in your knowledge of the most important eras, movements and events in the history of humankind. World History in Minutes is the perfect introduction to this expansive subject. Contents include: Neanderthals, Babylonians, Attilla the Hun, Abyssinian Empire, Magna Carta, Black Death, Inca, Henry VIII Reformation, Ulster Plantations, Rousseau and the Enlightenment, Declaration of Independence, French Revolution, Tonga Civil War, Universal Suffrage, Spanish Influenza, Great Depression, Pearl Harbour, The Space Age, Civil Rights, Environmentalism, Oligarchs and Tiger Economies.

DKK 141.00
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The Book of Tides - William Thomson - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Book of Tides - William Thomson - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

An idiosyncratic, richly illustrated guide to Britain''s rivers, seas and shores, for everyone who loves the water and the natural world - a Norwegian Wood for Britain''s waters This is a book for those who want to understand better how the waters surrounding us affect our daily lives, how it imperceptibly but crucially shapes our actions, and has shaped our landscape for millenia. It''s for anyone who knows and loves our coast, and who wants to understand, discover, surf, or sail it better.Inspired by his own witnessing of the power of the sea through travelling around Britain''s coastline in a panel van with his young family, William Thomson tells the story of the cycles of the sea. He combines a lyrical, passionate narrative with graphically beautiful renderings of the main forms of water which affect Britain: Rip, Rapids, Swell, Stream, Tide, Wave, Whirlpool, Tsunami. The Book of Tides is a book for all of us who feel the pull of the sea and the tug of the tide.

DKK 241.00
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The Last Word - Elly Griffiths - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Last Word - Elly Griffiths - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ''Cosy crime of a superior order'' Sunday Times Words can be dangerous. Sometimes they kill... Natalka and Edwin are running a detective agency in Shoreham, Sussex. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated, longing for a big juicy investigation to come the agency''s way. Then a murder case turns up. Local writer, Melody Chambers, is found dead and her family are convinced it is murder. Edwin, a big fan of the obit pages, thinks there''s a link to the writer of Melody''s obituary who pre-deceased his subject. The trail leads them to a slightly sinister writers'' retreat. When another writer is found dead, Edwin thinks that the clue lies in the words. Seeking professional help, the amateur investigators turn to their friend, detective Harbinder Kaur, to find that they have stumbled on a plot that is stranger than fiction. The unmissable new novel from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries. ***************************** Praise for The Last Word ''Outstanding and hugely entertaining'' Irish Independent ''Twisty'' Crime Monthly ''The characters show real light and shade and there are ample comedic one-liners'' Belfast Telegraph ''This mystery will have you hooked'' Candis ''Kept me guessing to the end'' Saga A Sunday Times bestseller w/c 01/02/2024

DKK 209.00
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The Last Word - Elly Griffiths - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Last Word - Elly Griffiths - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ''Cosy crime of a superior order'' Sunday Times Words can be dangerous. Sometimes they kill... Natalka and Edwin are running a detective agency in Shoreham, Sussex. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated, longing for a big juicy investigation to come the agency''s way. Then a murder case turns up. Local writer, Melody Chambers, is found dead and her family are convinced it is murder. Edwin, a big fan of the obit pages, thinks there''s a link to the writer of Melody''s obituary who pre-deceased his subject. The trail leads them to a slightly sinister writers'' retreat. When another writer is found dead, Edwin thinks that the clue lies in the words. Seeking professional help, the amateur investigators turn to their friend, detective Harbinder Kaur, to find that they have stumbled on a plot that is stranger than fiction. The unmissable new novel from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries. ***************************** Praise for The Last Word ''Outstanding and hugely entertaining'' Irish Independent ''Twisty'' Crime Monthly ''The characters show real light and shade and there are ample comedic one-liners'' Belfast Telegraph ''This mystery will have you hooked'' Candis ''Kept me guessing to the end'' Saga A Sunday Times bestseller w/c 01/02/2024

DKK 120.00
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Widowland - C J Carey - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Widowland - C J Carey - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''READING THIS TERRIFIC, ORWELLIAN NOVEL YOU ALMOST HOLD YOUR BREATH'' Bel Mooney An alternative history with a strong feminist twist, perfect for fans of Robert Harris'' Fatherland , Christina Dalcher''s Vox and the dystopian novels of Margaret Atwood. ''A TRIUMPH'' Amanda Craig ''CONVINCING AND GRIPPING'' Elizabeth Buchan ''BRILLIANTLY IMAGINED'' Clare Chambers ''TERRIFIC HEROINE'' Adèle Geras ''VIVIDLY IMAGINED'' Nicci French To control the past, they edited history. To control the future, they edited literature. London, 1953, Coronation year - but not the Coronation of Elizabeth II. Thirteen years have passed since a Grand Alliance between Great Britain and Germany was formalized. George VI and his family have been murdered and Edward VIII rules as King. Yet, in practice, all power is vested in Alfred Rosenberg, Britain''s Protector. The role and status of women is Rosenberg''s particular interest. Rose Ransom belongs to the elite caste of women and works at the Ministry of Culture, rewriting literature to correct the views of the past. But now she has been given a special task. Outbreaks of insurgency have been seen across the country; graffiti daubed on public buildings. Disturbingly, the graffiti is made up of lines from forbidden works, subversive words from the voices of women. Suspicion has fallen on Widowland, the run-down slums where childless women over fifty have been banished. These women are known to be mutinous, for they have nothing to lose. Before the Leader arrives for the Coronation ceremony of King Edward and Queen Wallis, Rose must infiltrate Widowland to find the source of this rebellion and ensure that it is quashed. ''THE MOST IMPORTANT FEMINIST NOVEL IN DECADES'' Jane Harris ''A VERY SMART REIMAGINED HISTORY'' Henry Porter ''BRIMMING WITH CRACKLING DETAIL, A GRIPPING THRILLER'' Miranda Carter

DKK 147.00
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Widowland - C J Carey - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Widowland - C J Carey - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''READING THIS TERRIFIC, ORWELLIAN NOVEL YOU ALMOST HOLD YOUR BREATH'' Bel Mooney An alternative history with a strong feminist twist, perfect for fans of Robert Harris'' Fatherland , Christina Dalcher''s Vox and the dystopian novels of Margaret Atwood. ''A TRIUMPH'' Amanda Craig ''CONVINCING AND GRIPPING'' Elizabeth Buchan ''BRILLIANTLY IMAGINED'' Clare Chambers ''TERRIFIC HEROINE'' Adèle Geras ''VIVIDLY IMAGINED'' Nicci French To control the past, they edited history. To control the future, they edited literature. London, 1953, Coronation year - but not the Coronation of Elizabeth II. Thirteen years have passed since a Grand Alliance between Great Britain and Germany was formalized. George VI and his family have been murdered and Edward VIII rules as King. Yet, in practice, all power is vested in Alfred Rosenberg, Britain''s Protector. The role and status of women is Rosenberg''s particular interest. Rose Ransom belongs to the elite caste of women and works at the Ministry of Culture, rewriting literature to correct the views of the past. But now she has been given a special task. Outbreaks of insurgency have been seen across the country; graffiti daubed on public buildings. Disturbingly, the graffiti is made up of lines from forbidden works, subversive words from the voices of women. Suspicion has fallen on Widowland, the run-down slums where childless women over fifty have been banished. These women are known to be mutinous, for they have nothing to lose.Before the Leader arrives for the Coronation ceremony of King Edward and Queen Wallis, Rose must infiltrate Widowland to find the source of this rebellion and ensure that it is quashed. ''THE MOST IMPORTANT FEMINIST NOVEL IN DECADES'' Jane Harris ''A VERY SMART REIMAGINED HISTORY'' Henry Porter ''BRIMMING WITH CRACKLING DETAIL, A GRIPPING THRILLER'' Miranda Carter

DKK 119.00
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To Siri, With Love - Judith Newman - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

To Siri, With Love - Judith Newman - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Incredibly moving'' Daily Mail '' To Siri with Love is a beautifully honest and illuminating love letter to Gus, your typical atypical nonneurotypical human.'' Jon Stewart ''A moving and witty memoir with a big heart.'' Nigella Lawson ''An uncommonly riotous and moving book [that] will make readers laugh - yes, out loud - before sweeping them, finally, into a soul-spilling high tide . . . Technology''s great promise may in fact be to summon, capture and display our most human qualities, both the darkness and the light, to pave avenues of deepened connections with others.'' New York Times Writer Judith Newman never had any illusions that her family was ''normal''. She and her husband keep separate apartments-his filled with twin grand pianos as befits a former opera singer; hers filled with the clutter and chaos of twin adolescent boys conceived late in life. And one of those boys is Gus, her sweet, complicated, autistic 13-year-old.With refreshing honesty, To Siri With Love chronicles one year in the life of Gus and the family around him -- a family with the same crazy ups and downs as any other. And at the heart of the book lies Gus''s passionate friendship with Siri, Apple''s ''intelligent personal assistant''. Unlike her human counterparts, Siri always has the right answers to Gus''s incessant stream of questions about the intricacies of national rail schedules, or box turtle varieties, and she never runs out of patience. She always makes sure Gus enunciates and even teaches him manners by way of her warm yet polite tone and her programmed insistence on civility.Equal parts funny and touching, this is a book that will make your heart brim, and then break it. Warm, wise and always honest, Judith Newman shows us a new world where artificial intelligence is beginning to meet emotional intelligence -- a world that will shape our children in ways both wonderful and unexpected.

DKK 113.00
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A Winter Grave - Peter May - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A Winter Grave - Peter May - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

It is the year 2051. Warnings of climate catastrophe have been ignored, and vast areas of the planet are under water, or uninhabitably hot. A quarter of the world's population has been displaced by hunger and flooding, and immigration wars are breaking out around the globe as refugees pour into neighboring countries. By contrast, melting ice sheets have brought the Gulf Stream to a halt and northern latitudes, including Scotland, are being hit by snow and ice storms. It is against this backdrop that Addie, a young meteorologist checking a mountain top weather station, discovers the body of a man entombed in ice. The dead man is investigative reporter, George Younger, missing for three months after vanishing during what he claimed was a hill-walking holiday. But Younger was no hill walker, and his discovery on a mountain-top near the Highland village of Kinlochleven, is inexplicable. Cameron Brodie, a veteran Glasgow detective, volunteers to be flown north to investigate Younger's death, but he has more than a murder enquiry on his agenda. He has just been given a devastating medical prognosis by his doctor and knows the time has come to face his estranged daughter who has made her home in the remote Highland village. Arriving during an ice storm, Brodie and pathologist Dr. Sita Roy, find themselves the sole guests at the inappropriately named International Hotel, where Younger's body has been kept refrigerated in a cake cabinet. But evidence uncovered during his autopsy places the lives of both Brodie and Roy in extreme jeopardy. As another storm closes off communications and the possibility of escape, Brodie must face up not only to the ghosts of his past, but to a killer determined to bury forever the chilling secret that George Younger's investigations had threatened to expose. A Winter Grave is Peter May at his page-turning, passionate and provocative best.

DKK 209.00
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Tell Me Everything - Laura Kay - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Tell Me Everything - Laura Kay - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Glorious, hilarious and life affirming . . . I absolutely loved it'' EMMA HUGHES, author of No Such Thing As Perfect ''A captivating read from a truly exciting talent'' JUSTIN MYERS, author of The Fake-Up Would you entrust your life choices to someone hell-bent on avoiding theirs? Natasha has everything under control, at least that''s what her clients think. As a therapist, she has all the answers but when it comes to her personal life, she seriously needs to start taking her own advice.Still living with her ex-girlfriend, Natasha''s messy love life is made up of dates and one-night stands. After all, why would you commit to one person, when there is an endless stream of people waiting for you to swipe right? Besides, people always leave.But when Margot arrives on the scene, everything changes. Flailing between mending long broken relationships and starting new ones, Natasha''s walking the line between self-actualisation and self-destruction... With denial no longer an option, it is time for Natasha to take control of her own happiness. Hear what everyone''s saying about Tell Me Everything ! ''Another absolute BANGER from Laura Kay!! . . . Truly such a brilliant read'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review ''Truly joyful and uplifting . . . this is a big-hearted story about what really matters in life: friends, family and love'' Lucy Diamond, author of Anything Could Happen ''A emotional, beautiful, and gorgeous queer read!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review ''Hilarious, tender and romantic . . . with characters you''ll wish were real and an ending that will leave you fully uplifted'' Cressida McLaughlin, author of The Staycation ''Has Laura Kay''s trademark blend of comedy, lump-in-throat moments and plenty of tension . . . this book is upbeat but not fluffy, moving but never maudlin'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review ''Laura Kay''s writing is so warm and open-hearted, but also has a dry wit that makes you snort with delighted recognition'' Lily Lindon, author of Double Booked ''No one is writing funny, contemporary fiction with lesbian leads better than Laura . . . give a copy to your crush, the one-that-got-away, or the ex you''re a little bit too close to'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review Love Tell Me Everything ? Then read Laura Kay''s heartwarming new romcom, Making It, available now!

DKK 168.00
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Tell Me Everything - Laura Kay - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Tell Me Everything - Laura Kay - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Glorious, hilarious and life affirming . . . I absolutely loved it'' EMMA HUGHES, author of No Such Thing As Perfect ''A captivating read from a truly exciting talent'' JUSTIN MYERS, author of The Fake-Up Would you entrust your life choices to someone hell-bent on avoiding theirs? Natasha has everything under control, at least that''s what her clients think. As a therapist, she has all the answers but when it comes to her personal life, she seriously needs to start taking her own advice.Still living with her ex-girlfriend, Natasha''s messy love life is made up of dates and one-night stands. After all, why would you commit to one person, when there is an endless stream of people waiting for you to swipe right? Besides, people always leave.But when Margot arrives on the scene, everything changes. Flailing between mending long broken relationships and starting new ones, Natasha''s walking the line between self-actualisation and self-destruction... With denial no longer an option, it is time for Natasha to take control of her own happiness. Hear what everyone''s saying about Tell Me Everything ! ''Another absolute BANGER from Laura Kay!! . . . Truly such a brilliant read'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review ''Truly joyful and uplifting . . . this is a big-hearted story about what really matters in life: friends, family and love'' Lucy Diamond, author of Anything Could Happen ''A emotional, beautiful, and gorgeous queer read!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review ''Hilarious, tender and romantic . . . with characters you''ll wish were real and an ending that will leave you fully uplifted'' Cressida McLaughlin, author of The Staycation ''Has Laura Kay''s trademark blend of comedy, lump-in-throat moments and plenty of tension . . . this book is upbeat but not fluffy, moving but never maudlin'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review ''Laura Kay''s writing is so warm and open-hearted, but also has a dry wit that makes you snort with delighted recognition'' Lily Lindon, author of Double Booked ''No one is writing funny, contemporary fiction with lesbian leads better than Laura . . . give a copy to your crush, the one-that-got-away, or the ex you''re a little bit too close to'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review Love Tell Me Everything ? Then read Laura Kay''s new heartwarming romcom, Making It, available to pre-order now!

DKK 127.00
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