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Alt om padel - Michael Werge - Bog - Helmin & Sorgenfri - Plusbog.dk

Alt om padel - Michael Werge - Bog - Helmin & Sorgenfri - Plusbog.dk

Alt om padel er en bog om netop dét – ALT om padel. Med udgangspunkt i utallige informative grafikker fører padelentusiastog grafiker Michael Werge dig sikkert gennem alle spillets facetter og uddeler generøst kyndige tips og tricks. Læs alt om: • Banen og reglerne.• Valg af udstyr.• De 16 vigtigste slag.• Taktik og dynamik.• Niveauinddeling og makkersøgning.• Lav dine egne hyggeturneringer.• Skader og forebyggelse.• Padel for børn.• Padelrejser. • Og meget andet! Bogen henvender sig primært til begyndere, nyere spillere og spillere, hvis udviklingskurve er fladet lidt ud og som trænger til at få et es eller to i ærmet. Erfarne spillere kan få deres erfaringer sat i perspektiv og læse om nøglepersoner i sporten og dens udbredelse. Læs den før din modstander!

DKK 234.00
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The Racket - Matt Kennard - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

The Racket - Matt Kennard - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

While working for the Financial Times , investigative journalist Matt Kennard had unbridled access to the crème de la crème of the global elite. From slanging matches with Henry Kissinger to afternoon coffees with the man who captured Che Guevara, Kennard spent four years gathering extraordinarily honest testimony from the horse''s mouth on how the global economic system works away from the convenient myths. It left him with only one conclusion: the world as we know it is run by an exclusive class of American racketeers who operate with virtually unlimited weapons and money, and a reach much too close to home. Owing to the very nature of the Financial Times , however, Kennard was not able to publish these findings as part of his day job. Enter The Racket , now in a fully updated second edition. This tell-all book, reported from all corners of the world, will transform everything you thought you knew about how the world works—and in whose interests. Kennard reports not only from across the United States, but from the United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. In doing so he provides startlingly clear and concrete evidence of unchecked, high-level, interrelated systems of exploitation all over the world. At the same time, through encounters with high-profile opponents of the racket such as Thom Yorke, Damon Albarn, and Gael García Bernal, Kennard offers a glimpse of a developing resistance, which needs to win. Now more relevant than ever, this 2nd edition contains a new preface by the author and a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges.

DKK 202.00
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The Racket - Conor Niland - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Racket - Conor Niland - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER ''Well worth a read if you want the inside track on life on the lower rungs of the tennis circuit. Warts and all.'' Judy Murray '' A s elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It’s Kitchen Confidential for tennis.'' Ed Caesar ''A really wonderful read ... Conor Niland has delivered an all-timer for tennis and sports journalism'' Ashlee Vance ''Conor Niland may only have managed a career-high ranking of 129 – only ? that is some achievement in itself! – but The Racket, his account of how he managed this, is up there with the best half-dozen books on tennis ever written.'' Geoff Dyer ‘Genuinely such a brilliant book, a brilliant read’ Ciarán Murphy, Second Captains Podcast ‘One of the best Irish sports books of the last decade’ Kieran Shannon, Irish Examiner ''If it''s not a contender for Sports Book of the Year, the world has gone mad.'' Fionn Davenport, Off The Ball ---- When Conor Niland was 16, he got the chance to hit with Serena Williams at Nick Bollettieri''s famed tennis academy. Conor, the Irish junior number one, was feeling a bit homesick. Serena, also 16, already owned her own house beside the academy.Conor Niland knows what it''s like when Roger Federer walks into the dressing room ( ''Ciao, bonjour, hello!'' ), and he has had the exquisitely terrible experience of facing Novak Djokovic in the world''s biggest tennis stadium - while suffering from food poisoning. But he never reached the very top. The Racket is the story of pro tennis''s 99%: the players who roam the globe in hope of climbing the rankings and squeaking into the Grand Slam tournaments. It brings us into a world where a few dozen super-rich players - travelling with coaches and physios - share a stage with lonely touring pros whose earnings barely cover their expenses. Painting a vivid picture of the social dynamics on tour, the economics of the game, and the shadows cast by gambling and doping, The Racket is a witty and revealing underdog''s memoir and a unique look inside a fascinating hidden world. ---- ''Blending a passion for his chosen sport with a realistic study of the traumas of the tour, The Racket offers a brilliant insight from Ireland’s greatest ever tennis player.’ John Boyne ''This will rightly join the list of The Best Irish Sports Books Ever Written. A superb insight into professional tennis from the ground up'' Paul Howard ''I ate this book up ... reveals the sacrifices, commitment and decidedly unglamorous side of life on the tennis circuit'' Sinead Moriarty ‘Unsparing in his depiction of the drudgery of tennis’ Mike Jakeman, The Spectator ‘Compelling’ Tennis365.com ''Brilliant book, I inhaled it'' Jonathan Drennan, Sydney Morning Herald ''Devoured it in a day ... I''ve read many tennis autobiographies: this is one of the very best'' Charles Arthur, Journalist ''Sure to become a must read of the tennis literature canon'' Paul Perry, author and academic ‘Witty and insightful … an homage to the game he clearly still loves’ Anna Carey, Irish Times ‘Honest and droll"’ Laura Slattery, Irish Times ''A brilliant, unvarnished look at a brutal sporting life.'' Michael Foley, The Sunday Times'' His funny, sometimes painful, memoir, is a brilliant insider''s look at the brutally competitive world of tennis as well as a meditation on moments missed by inches.'' Sunday Independent'' A crushing reminder of the grist from which sporting greatness emerges'' The Economist ‘A visceral, melancholy and often self-lacerating book … History is usually written by the winners, but this intelligent, unvarnished, emotionally draining memoir shows why an also-ran’s perspective can be just as valuable’ Andrew Lynch, The Business Post ''A brutally honest assessment of his career and the effort it took to take him to the margins of the world’s elite.'' Tom Lyons, The Currency ‘An excellent book’ Denis Hurley, Irish Farmers Journal'' A searingly honest account of the real world of tennis’ Irish Country Living

DKK 190.00
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The Racket - Conor Niland - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Racket - Conor Niland - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER '' A s elegant and powerful as a Federer backhand ... It’s Kitchen Confidential for tennis.'' Ed Caesar ''Well worth a read if you want the inside track on life on the lower rungs of the tennis circuit. Warts and all.'' Judy Murray ---- When Conor Niland was 16, he was chosen to hit with Serena Williams at Nick Bollettieri''s famed tennis academy. Conor, the Irish junior number one, was feeling a bit homesick. Serena, also 16, already owned her own house beside the academy.Conor Niland knows what it''s like when Roger Federer walks into the dressing room ( ''Ciao, bonjour, hello!'' ), and he has had the exquisitely terrible experience of facing Novak Djokovic in the world''s biggest tennis stadium - while suffering from food poisoning. But he never reached the very top. The Racket is the story of pro tennis''s 99%: the players who roam the globe in hope of climbing the rankings and squeaking into the Grand Slam tournaments. It brings us into a world where a few dozen super-rich players - travelling with coaches and physios - share a stage with lonely touring pros whose earnings barely cover their expenses. Painting a vivid picture of the social dynamics on tour, the economics of the game, and the shadows cast by gambling and doping, The Racket is a witty and revealing underdog''s memoir and a unique look inside a fascinating hidden world. ---- ''Conor Niland may only have managed a career-high ranking of 129 – only ? that is some achievement in itself! – but The Racket, his account of how he managed this, is up there with the best half-dozen books on tennis ever written.'' Geoff Dyer ''Blending a passion for his chosen sport with a realistic study of the traumas of the tour, The Racket offers a brilliant insight from Ireland’s greatest ever tennis player.’ John Boyne ''A brilliant, unvarnished look at a brutal sporting life.'' Michael Foley, Sunday Times ‘One of the best Irish sports books of the last decade’ Kieran Shannon, Irish Examiner ''This will rightly join the list of The Best Irish Sports Books Ever Written. A superb insight into professional tennis from the ground up'' Paul Howard ''I ate this book up ... reveals the sacrifices, commitment and decidedly unglamorous side of life on the tennis circuit'' Sinéad Moriarty ''A really wonderful read ... Conor Niland has delivered an all-timer for tennis and sports journalism'' Ashlee Vance ‘Genuinely such a brilliant book, a brilliant read’ Ciarán Murphy, Second Captains ‘Unsparing in his depiction of the drudgery of tennis’ Mike Jakeman, Spectator ‘Compelling’ Tennis365.com ''Brilliant book, I inhaled it'' Jonathan Drennan, Sydney Morning Herald ''Devoured it in a day ... I''ve read many tennis autobiographies: this is one of the very best'' Charles Arthur ''If it''s not a contender for Sports Book of the Year, the world has gone mad.'' Fionn Davenport, Off The Ball ''Sure to become a must read of the tennis literature canon'' Paul Perry ‘Witty and insightful … an homage to the game he clearly still loves’ Anna Carey, Irish Times ‘Honest and droll’ Laura Slattery, Irish Times '' His funny, sometimes painful, memoir, is a brilliant insider''s look at the brutally competitive world of tennis as well as a meditation on moments missed by inches.'' Sunday Independent'' A crushing reminder of the grist from which sporting greatness emerges'' The Economist ‘A visceral, melancholy and often self-lacerating book … History is usually written by the winners, but this intelligent, unvarnished, emotionally draining memoir shows why an also-ran’s perspective can be just as valuable’ Andrew Lynch, The Business Post ''A brutally honest assessment of his career and the effort it took to take him to the margins of the world’s elite.'' Tom Lyons, The Currency ‘An excellent book’ Denis Hurley, Irish Farmers Journal'' A searingly honest account of the real world of tennis’ Irish Country Living

DKK 161.00
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Racket Boy - Philip George - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Racket Boy - Philip George - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Do you marvel at people who seemingly have it all only to drop everything for life in a remote village? Have you wondered about leaving your roots for migration to the unknown? ‘Fit only for climbing coconut trees.’ The mockery invented by Philip’s father because he was badminton-mad and useless (said father) at all else, lingered with him through school in Malaysia. It travelled with him on an Aeroflot to England in 1970, aged 18, functioning on adrenaline. It stuck through his navigation of parochial middle England – washing backsides in a mental hospital, law practice, sports, and professional and personal relationships. Toughened by an Indian father and a Chinese coach, lifted by a messiah-like Englishman and grounded by a Labrador soulmate, Racket Boy – Where’s My Country , explores Philip’s life over six decades. From being ordered by the British government to leave England, accosted in Bombay, mugged in Barcelona to horse-trading with a petro giant in Ecuador and thrilling in a World Cup in military-ruled Argentina, to list just a few. Philip is now a spectator in the hills of Tuscany, more than just fit to be climbing coconut trees!

DKK 155.00
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Racket Rumors - Kyle Jackson - Bog - Jolly Fish Press - Plusbog.dk

Racket Rumors - Kyle Jackson - Bog - Jolly Fish Press - Plusbog.dk

Mac loves uncovering stories, but ever since the arrival of new student Roe Danner, there''s one story he just can''t figure out. The introverted tennis prodigy may make herself known on the court, but off the court, she''s a total mystery. And before long, Roe''s playing starts sparking rumors too. Even though she''s right-handed, she plays with her left. And instead of sticking to the baseline, she charges the net. She even replaces her state-of-the-art graphite racket with an old wooden one. It''s up to Mac to discover the truth behind Roe''s odd antics. If he can do that, he might be able to stop the rumors and help bring Roe the fan support she needs. Stewart “Mac” McKenzie is THE sports expert at Coyote Canyon Middle School. While he scores big on the court with his wheelchair basketball team, his love for all sports is equally epic. There isn’t a stat he doesn’t know, a player’s name he doesn’t recognize, a big game he hasn’t seen.

DKK 242.00
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Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature - Oliver Padel - Bog - University of Wales Press - Plusbog.dk

Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature - Oliver Padel - Bog - University of Wales Press - Plusbog.dk

Although the legends of Arthur have been popular throughout Europe from the Middle Ages on, the earliest references to Arthur are actually found in Welsh literature, beginning with the Welsh-Latin Historia Brittonum , which dates from the ninth century. In Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature , O. J. Padel provides a survey of medieval Welsh literary references to Arthur and emphasizes their importance to Arthurian studies as a whole. Padel considers texts from different genres alongside one another, from the folk legends associated with magic and animals to those portraying Arthur as literary hero, soldier, and defender of country and faith. Other figures associated with Arthur, such as Cai, Bedwyr, and Gwenhwyfar, are also discussed.

DKK 209.00
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The Russiagate Racket - Aaron Mate - Bog - OR Books - Plusbog.dk

The Russiagate Racket - Aaron Mate - Bog - OR Books - Plusbog.dk

“This penetrating study asks whether the actual evidence concerning alleged Russian interference in the US elections of 2016 justifies the enormous hue and cry it has elicited … A highly instructive inquiry into our current malaise.” — Noam Chomsky Cold War, Hot War upends conventional thinking about the defining story of the Trump era—the supposed threat of Russia to American democracy —and offers revelatory insight about the U.S. political and media culture in which it arose. Drawing on his writing for The Nation, Real Clear Investigations, The Grayzone, and original reporting for this book, journalist Aaron Mate offers a rigorous, and mordantly entertaining account of how and why supposed Russian interference in US elections became what Mother Jones described as "the biggest scandal in American history." Russiagate reporting is a densely populated field. But, unlike other accounts, this book sidesteps the inflammatory speculation shared by Democrat and Republican talking points. Instead, Mate raises two questions that no major work has previously addressed: Do the facts about Russiagate match what we have been led to believe? And, if not, why has it become one of the biggest news stories of recent years? Russiagate, Mate argues, is not a genuine "scandal" based on the merits, but a kind of Privilege Protection Racket : a product of the interests—and entrenched dysfunctions— of those in power. This is not some reverse conspiracy theory of "Deep State" subterfuge. Cold War, Hot War brilliantly exposes the way the Russiagate phenomenon reflects the common elite interests of both liberals and conservative. In short, Russiagate is a pathology of the privileged.

DKK 310.00
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California Snatch Racket - James R Smith - Bog - Linden Publishing Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

California Snatch Racket - James R Smith - Bog - Linden Publishing Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Bringing a dark and forgotten era into vivid life, this fascinating history explores a booming criminal enterprise that was spawned in California in the 1920s and 1930s. Exposing a spree of kidnappings referred to as the "snatch racket," true accounts of the crimes and the unfortunate victims are revealed. Driven by greed, desperation, or sheer stupidity, this detailed discussion explains that the ransom artists preyed indiscriminately on Hollywood socialites, wealthy heiresses, and even the poor -- while each new disappearance brought new headlines and sales to the newspaper companies. Illustrating the manner in which even the simplest capers would often run tragically awry, 15 bizarre and often ironic tales are presented, including how a modern city rose to lynch a pair of kidnappers, the college kids who chose to imitate Leopold and Loeb, and the famed evangelist who faked her own abduction to cover up an affair. Early forensic techniques are described, including the first documented call tracing using a bevy of operators in a phone chain, as well as the birth of the modern symbiotic relationship between the news media and high-profile crime, demonstrating how the sensationalism of personal tragedy became a source for increased media sales.

DKK 190.00
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Daughters of The Labyrinth - Ruth Padel - Bog - Little, Brown Book Group - Plusbog.dk

Daughters of The Labyrinth - Ruth Padel - Bog - Little, Brown Book Group - Plusbog.dk

''An immersive novel, steeped in the history and folklore of Crete: transporting, historically informative story-telling'' Sunday Times ''A moving, superbly written exploration of a family with dark secrets. Crete itself becomes one of the main characters in the story'' Irish Times , Best Books 2021 ---------- This was my home. This harbour and sea. These golden alleys. But the town I grew up in has disappeared. Ri is a successful international artist who has worked in London all her life. When her English husband dies she turns to her Greek roots on Crete, island of mass tourism and ancient myth, only to discover they are not what she thought. As Brexit looms in the UK, and Greece grapples with austerity and the refugee crisis, she finds under the surface of her home not only proud memories of resisting foreign occupation but a secret, darker history. As an artist, she has lived by seeing and observing. Now she discovers how much she has not seen, and finds within herself the ghost of someone she never even heard of. Unearthing her parents'' stories transforms Ri''s relationships to her family and country, her identity and her art.Lyrical, unsettling and evocative, Daughters of the Labyrinth explores the power of buried memory and the grip of the past on the present, and questions how well we can ever know our own family. ---------- '' Daughters of the Labyrinth is a novel about a daughter''s passionate quest for the truth about what happened to her parents in Crete during the German occupation. It is also a sumptuous and sensuous evocation of Crete itself, its landscape and culture. Ruth Padel''s brings a poet''s eye to this world of great physical beauty and gnarled legacy'' Colm Tóibín

DKK 182.00
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This Man is Dangerous - Peter Cheyney - Bog - The Murder Room - Plusbog.dk

This Man is Dangerous - Peter Cheyney - Bog - The Murder Room - Plusbog.dk

In the first of the Lemmy Caution series, a group of organised gangsters are operating a ''snatch'' racket, laying a plan - worked out in the minutest detail - to kidnap the daughter of an American millionaire while she is in England. And their plot must not only account for the actual luring of the victim into the snare and the collection of the ransom money, but also evade interference from the English police and rival gangs.

DKK 209.00
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The Noisy Jungle Book - Axel Scheffler - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

The Noisy Jungle Book - Axel Scheffler - Bog - Pan Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

Little ones will love joining in with all the noisy jungle fun! A munching giraffe, a roaring lion and a snuffling aardvark are just some of the animals making a racket down in the Noisy Jungle! With ten sounds to press, lots to spot and count and a rhyming story to share. The Noisy Jungle Book is a gorgeous gift book young children will return to time and time again, with fantastic artwork from Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo .Discover more noisy animal adventures with The Noisy Farm Book .

DKK 155.00
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Three Minus Two - Donald Mackenzie - Bog - The Murder Room - Plusbog.dk

Three Minus Two - Donald Mackenzie - Bog - The Murder Room - Plusbog.dk

Journalist Hamish Hunter finds himself in possession of a film on which the fate of several people and the relations between two countries - Poland and Great Britain - depend. But who can he trust? His girlfriend, Wanda, daughter of a déraciné Polish count, whose loyalties are more complex than they seem? An old friend in the intelligence racket? The authorities? Soon Hunter finds himself in desperation, hounded on all sides, and in a climax of nerve-racking suspense it becomes finally clear that no on is on any side but their own.

DKK 198.00
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The Price Of Freedom - Mary Jane Staples - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Price Of Freedom - Mary Jane Staples - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

South London in the 1930s ...and Mrs Hilda Jones is fed up with her dull husband. She thought marrying would liven him up, but after twenty-five years he''s just as boring as the day she married him , and now she wants to lead her own life. Her newly-married daughter, Olive, is shocked, but Hilda is adamant. Meanwhile, a heavy East End gang has moved into the area from Shoreditch, and has established a lucrative protection racket, bringing drama and anxiety to this closely-knit neighbourhood.

DKK 161.00
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Where The Serpent Lives - Ruth Padel - Bog - Little, Brown Book Group - Plusbog.dk

Where The Serpent Lives - Ruth Padel - Bog - Little, Brown Book Group - Plusbog.dk

A family in crisis - and the wider world of wildlife in crisis too. Rosamund, unable to communicate with her philandering husband or teenage son, alienated from her zoologist father, feels cut off also from the jungle world of her Indian childhood. What if she goes back into it? Rustling with animals of which most humans are unaware, set in London, ancient Devon woodland and the endangered forests of India, this is a eye-opening foray into love, terror and the place of wild nature in human lives.

DKK 228.00
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