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Being a Man - Robert Twigger - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Being a Man - Robert Twigger - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Further adventures in extreme (and not so extreme) sports, from the bestselling author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS. Having learnt Aikido with the Tokyo riot police (ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS) and hunted for the world''s longest snake in the jungles of the Far East (BIG SNAKE), Robert Twigger now turns his attention to other traditionally male pursuits and pastimes (some of which are fairly close to home, some of which are more extreme), and looks at the questions these raise about masculinity and the role of man in modern society. BEING A MAN features Twigger participating in, and writing on: the informal rules and thrill seeking of solo climbing, bullfighting in Spain, the ''illicit pleasure of buying my first gun'', and the rules of survival with a tribe of Naga headhunters - the sort of activities and pursuits often scorned in the modern, interiorised office-based world.

DKK 120.00
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The House of Mitford - Jonathan Guinness - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The House of Mitford - Jonathan Guinness - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The classic story of one of the twentieth century''s most extraordinary families. Among the six daughters and one son born to David, second Lord Redesdale, and his wife Sydney were Nancy, the novelist and historian; Diana, who married fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley; Unity, friend of Hitler; Jessica, who became a communist and then an investigative journalist; and Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire and mistress of Chatsworth. ''The Mitford Girls,'' as John Betjeman called them, were one of the twentieth century''s most controversial families; said to be always either in shrieks of laughter or floods of tears, they were glamorous, romantic and - especially in politics - extreme. Yet the teasing, often bordering on cruelty, the flamboyant contrasts and the violent disagreements, hid a powerful affection, subtle likenesses in character, and a powerful underlying unity.

DKK 166.00
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Ice Hunt - James Rollins - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Ice Hunt - James Rollins - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Trouble stirs beneath the ice...A breathtaking action adventure from the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of MAP OF BONES and THE DOOMSDAY KEY. Buried deep in the polar ice cap, Ice Station Grendel has been abandoned for more than seventy years. The twisted brainchild of the finest minds of the former Soviet Union, it was designed to be inaccessible and virtually invisible. But an American research vessel has inadvertently pulled too close - and something has been sighted moving inside the allegedly deserted facility, something whose survival defies every natural law...And now, as scientists, soldiers, intelligence operatives and unsuspecting civilians are drawn into Grendel''s lethal vortex, the most extreme measures possible will be undertaken to protect its dark mysteries - because the terrible truths submerged under the ice could end human life on Earth.

DKK 139.00
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Never Understood - Jim Reid - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Never Understood - Jim Reid - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

A TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A RESIDENT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 In Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain , William and Jim tell their own story for the very first time: an account of one of Britain''s greatest guitar bands. A wildly funny and improbably moving chronicle of brotherly strife, feedback, riots, drug and alcohol addiction, eternal outsiders and extreme shyness - and a love letter to the Scottish working-class family - Never Understood is a bona-fide classic of rock ''n'' roll literature. ''Here is the story of the Reid brothers'' rollercoaster life. Scream if you want to go faster: they''ll almost certainly oblige'' Ian Rankin ''Entertaining . . . fraught, funny and occasionally farcical'' The Scotsman

DKK 139.00
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Redhanded - Suruthi Bala - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Redhanded - Suruthi Bala - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the UK''s number one true crime podcast, RedHanded ! What is it about killers, cults, and cannibals that capture our imaginations even as they terrify and disturb us? How do we carefully consume these cases and what can they teach us about what makes victims and their murderers our collective responsibility? RedHanded rejects the outdated narrative of killers as monsters and that a victim ''was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.'' Instead, it dissects the stories of killers in a way that challenges perceptions and asks the hard questions about society, gender, poverty, culture, and even our politics.With Bala and Maguire''s trademark humour, research on real-life cases, and unflinching analysis of what makes a criminal, the authors take you through the societal, behavioural, and cultural drivers of the most extreme of human behaviour to find out once and for all: what makes a killer tick?

DKK 182.00
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The Thin Red Line - Julian Spilsbury - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Thin Red Line - Julian Spilsbury - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

A FORGOTTEN VOICES for Victoria''s Redcoats The Crimean War was the first ''modern'' war for the British forces: journalists reported home via the telegraph, a device that also tempted the government to micro-manage the war from the comfort of Whitehall. It is most famous for the charge of the Light Brigade, celebrated in poetry and film as a classic British military disaster. It also gave us ''The Thin Red Line'', when a handful of British infantry saw off a horde of Russian cavalry.It was the first war in which ordinary British soldiers recorded their experiences - and Julian Spilsbury brings their story to life, together with the very different world of their officers and assorted mistresses. The army in the Crimea was a microcosm of Victorian society with all its strengths and weaknesses.

DKK 141.00
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Clay - Jennifer Lucy Allan - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Clay - Jennifer Lucy Allan - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''Mesmerising . . . this wonderful book opens up a world of wonder'' Jennifer Higgie Clay is baked into our culture: we have been taking handfuls of earth and forming them into their own image since our history began. In Clay: A Human History , Jennifer Lucy Allan navigates the history of humankind and our relationship to making and creativity through our relationship with this enigmatic, ancient material. Born out of a desire to know and understand the spiritual and practical applications of clay in both its micro and macro histories, Clay: A Human History is a hybrid of archaeology, history and lived experience as an amateur potter. ''I have loved learning from every chapter in this beautiful and affecting book'' Vashti Bunyan''It is this freshness of perspective, a new slant on a familiar medium, that makes Clay so compelling'' Crafts Magazine

DKK 139.00
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The Extremes - Christopher Priest - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Extremes - Christopher Priest - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

British-born Teresa Simons returns to England after the death of her husband, an FBI agent, who was killed by an out-of-control gunman while on assignment in Texas. A shocking coincidence has drawn her to the run-down south coast town of Bulverton, where a gunman''s massacre has haunting similarities to the murders in Texas.Desperate to unravel the mystery, Teresa turns to the virtual reality world of Extreme Experience, ExEx, now commercially available since she trained on it in the US. The best and worst of human experience can be found in ExEx, and in the extremes of violence Teresa finds that past and present combine ...Christopher Priest is a genre-leading author of SFF fiction. His novel, THE PRESTIGE, won a number of awards and was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated film directed by Christopher Nolan (TENET, INCEPTION) starring Hugh Jackman (THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, X-MEN), Christian Bale (THE BIG SHORT, BATMAN BEGINS), Michael Caine (THE ITALIAN JOB) and Scarlett Johansson (MARRIAGE STORY, THE AVENGERS).

DKK 228.00
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The Same River Twice - Alice Walker - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Same River Twice - Alice Walker - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The real story behind the making of THE COLOR PURPLE in the author''s own words In the early 1980s, The Color Purple was a runaway success, it had won the Pulitzer Prize and Steven Spielberg was making the book into a film.Yet behind all the critical success, Alice Walker suffered an extreme backlash as she became the object of attacks both personal and political.Her detractors claimed that she hated black men, that her work was injurious to black male and female relationships; and that her ideas about equality were harmful to the black community. Such was the ferocity of these attacks that she left her own community north of San Francisco and sought refuge in Mexico.On a personal level, her mother had suffered a major stroke and now Alice Walker herself fell gravely ill with the extremely debilitating condition, Lyme disease. To add to the trauma, her partner of many years announced he''d been having an affair.In her heartfelt and extremely personal account of this time, Alice Walker describes the experience of watching the film being made as she weathered the controversy surrounding it and came to terms with the changes in her own life.

DKK 113.00
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Never Understood - William Reid - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Never Understood - William Reid - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 For 5 years after they''d swapped sought-after apprenticeships for life on the dole, brothers William and Jim Reid sat up till the early hours in the front room of their parents'' East Kilbride council house, plotting their path to world domination over endless cups of tea, with the music turned down low so as not to wake their sleeping sister. They knew they couldn''t play in the same band because they''d argue too much, so they''d describe their dream ensembles to each other until finally they realised that these two perfect bands were actually the same band, and the name of that band was The Jesus and Mary Chain. The rest was not silence, and picking up those conversations again more than 40 years later, William and Jim tell the full story of one of Britain''s greatest guitar bands for the very first time - a wildly funny and improbably moving chronicle of brotherly strife, feedback, riots, drug and alcohol addiction, eternal outsiders and extreme shyness, that also somehow manages to be a love letter to the Scottish working-class family.

DKK 241.00
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The Crisis of Islam - Bernard Lewis - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Crisis of Islam - Bernard Lewis - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The great scholar of Islam directly confronts the events of September 11th and the reasons behind Islamic terrorism in the modern world - a Sunday Times bestseller. President Bush has made it clear that we are engaged in a war against terrorism. But for Osama bin Laden and his followers this is religious war, a war for Islam against infidels, especially the United States, the greatest power in the world of the infidels. In this book Bernard Lewis shows us where the anger and frustration have come from, and the extent to which almost the entire Muslim world is affected by poverty and tyranny.He looks at the influence of extreme Wahhabist doctrines in the Saudi kingdom, where custodianship of Islam''s holy places and the revenues of oil have given worldwide impact to what would otherwise have been an extremist fringe in a marginal country. He looks at American double standards, which have long caused Muslim anger, and tells us the real meaning of `Islamic fundamentalism'', `jihad'' and `fatwa'', and why the peoples of the Middle East are conscious of history in a way most Americans find difficult to understand.

DKK 126.00
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Mine to Possess - Nalini Singh - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Mine to Possess - Nalini Singh - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Nalini Singh pulls away another dark layer of sheer desire, revealing passions unknown, in her latest novel about the world of the Psy. A ghost returns from a leopard changeling''s past, making him question everything - even his base animal instincts ...Clay Bennett is a powerful DarkRiver sentinel, but he grew up in the slums with his human mother, never knowing his changeling father. As a young boy without the bonds of Pack, he tried to stifle his animal nature. He failed ... and committed the most extreme act of violence, killing a man and losing his best friend, Talin, in the bloody aftermath. Everything good in him died the day he was told that she, too, was dead. Talin McKade barely survived a childhood drenched in bloodshed and terror. Now a new nightmare is stalking her life - the street children she works to protect are disappearing and turning up dead. Determined to keep them safe, she unlocks the darkest secret in her heart, and steels herself to ask the help of the strongest man she knows ...Clay lost Talin once. He will not let her go again, his hunger to possess her is a clawing need born of the leopard within. As they race to save the innocent, Clay and Talin must face the violent truths of their past, or risk losing everything that ever mattered to them.

DKK 126.00
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Threads of Empire - Dorothy Armstrong - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Threads of Empire - Dorothy Armstrong - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

A spellbinding look at the history of the world through the stories of twelve carpets Beautiful, sensuous, and enigmatic, great carpets follow power. Emperors, shahs, sultans and samurai crave them as symbols of earthly domination. Shamans and priests desire them to evoke the spiritual realm. The world''s 1% hunger after them as displays of extreme status. And yet these seductive objects are made by poor and illiterate weavers, using the most basic materials and crafts; hedgerow plants for dyes, fibres from domestic animals, and the millennia-old skills of interweaving warps, wefts and knots.In Threads of Empire , Dorothy Armstrong tells the histories of some of the world''s most fascinating carpets, exploring how these textiles came into being then were transformed as they moved across geography and time in the slipstream of the great. She shows why the world''s powerful were drawn to them, but also asks what was happening in the weavers'' lives, and how they were affected by events in the world outside their tent, village or workshop. In its wide-ranging examination of these dazzling objects, from the 5th century BCE contents of the tombs of Scythian chieftains, to the carpets under the boots of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill at the 1945 Yalta Peace Conference, Threads of Empire uncovers a new, hitherto hidden past right beneath our feet.

DKK 291.00
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Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face - Tony Bellew - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Everybody Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Face - Tony Bellew - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER ''Tony is a champion who knows the hardest battle is always with yourself. Everyone who reads this book will find a change to make in their own life '' ANT MIDDLETON **THE PULL-NO-PUNCHES GUIDE TO LIFE** "When your job is to stand in front of a very big man who wants to knock you unconscious, you learn what''s important in life. In the ring there''s nowhere to hide. I was never the biggest or the strongest but I made the most of what I had - I had heart and I had grit and I always put time into the mental game. Now I want to take readers into the ring and help them understand that even though it''s an extreme environment and somewhere they''re unlikely to ever be, there''s plenty they can learn there"Over 12 rounds (chapters), former world champion boxer Tony Bellew will take the reader inside the world of elite boxing to reveal what we can all learn about performance. From what the boxing gym can teach us all about being honest about our strengths and weaknesses to how to hit the canvas and get back up again, this is the closest thing to having a world champion boxer in your corner.

DKK 120.00
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Marina Abramovic - Katya Tylevich - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Marina Abramovic - Katya Tylevich - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The definitive guide to the life and work of Marina Abramovic, the world's most famous performance artist. Combining brand-new interviews, never-before-seen images and fascinating ephemera, this book is a testament to the extraordinary life and work of one of our most courageous and groundbreaking artists, and is published to coincide with the opening of Abramovic's Royal Academy exhibition - the first major show by a female artist in the Academy's 255-year history. Agreeing to answer any question that was posed, Abramovic embarked on 17 months of candid interviews conducted by her friend and confidante, Katya Tylevich. The result is a monolithic retrospective that takes us from the humble beginnings of a shy child sitting at the back of the class, to fearless pioneer, conquering and subverting the art world with boundary-pushing performances, and concluding with her most profound personal experience to date. Over 600 images from Abramovic's personal archives set these captivating memories alight, creating a fascinating, visual landscape and demonstrating the inextricably intertwined nature of her life and work. A breathtakingly intimate journey, we are led across deserts, oceans and cities to explore extreme highs and lows, all the while marvelling at how Abramovic approaches every success and setback with her signature humour and wit. Never shying away from the truth, no stone is left unturned, and Abramovic's fearlessness imbues every page.

DKK 785.00
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Riding in the Zone Rouge - Tom Isitt - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Riding in the Zone Rouge - Tom Isitt - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''An evocatively thoughtful wider history of the race, the war and the peace'' GUARDIAN ''Occasionally funny and regularly poignant, brilliantly focused in its research . . . His drive, wit and curiosity inform Zone Rouge . . . gently profound and genuinely moving'' HERALD The Circuit des Champs de Bataille (the Tour of the Battlefields) was held in 1919, less than six months after the end of the First World War. It covered 2,000 kilometres and was raced in appalling conditions across the battlefields of the Western Front, otherwise known as the Zone Rouge. The race was so tough that only 21 riders finished, and it was never staged again.With one of the most demanding routes ever to feature in a bicycle race, and plagued by appalling weather conditions, the Circuit des Champs de Bataille was beyond gruelling, but today its extraordinary story is largely forgotten. Many of the riders came to the event straight from the army and had to ride 18-hour stages through sleet and snow across the battlefields on which they had fought, and lost friends and family, only a few months before. But in addition to the hellish conditions there were moments of high comedy, even farce.The rediscovered story of the Circuit des Champs de Bataille is an epic tale of human endurance, suffering and triumph over extreme adversity.

DKK 126.00
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Lessons I've Learned - Davina Mccall - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Lessons I've Learned - Davina Mccall - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

"I am a work in progress. There are times when I feel in control and like I know what I''m doing...and there are times (quite a few)(actually lots) when I''ve got no idea whats going on, where to turn, what to do, how to behave, and those are the times I''ve sought help! I have been helped by some extraordinary people. I''ve been supported and counselled through my recovery from drugs and alcohol. I''ve been hypnotised to get me through going to the bottom of the sea in a sub (life at the extreme). I''ve read a squibillion (that''s a lot) of fantastic self help books and I have shared and shared with the greatest girlfriends and family of all time. These nuggets of wisdom have at times literally kept me going, so I thought I''d pay it forward and share them with you."Presenter, wife, mother, fundraiser, fitness inspiration and now bestselling author,is there nothing Davina McCall cannot do? But success didn''t come easy for Davina, and she has faced many challenges along the way. In this long-awaited book, she shares all the tips and wisdom she has picked up on her ''work-in-progress'' journey.Written in the accessible, easy-going and humorous way that Davina has become famous and loved for, Lessons I''ve Learned will motivate readers to reach their goals, find happiness and fulfillment, and feel more confident.

DKK 119.00
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Istanbul - Bettany Hughes - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Istanbul - Bettany Hughes - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''Life-filled and life-affirming history, steeped in romance and written with verve'' GUARDIAN ''Richly entertaining and impeccably researched'' Peter FrankopanIstanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical fact. From the Qu''ran to Shakespeare, this city with three names - Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between the East and West, it has served as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin and Ottoman Empires. For much of its history it was known simply as The City, but, as Bettany Hughes reveals, Istanbul is not just a city, but a story. In this epic new biography, Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world''s greatest cities. As the longest-lived political entity in Europe, over the last 6,000 years Istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities and cultures all gathering around the core. At the latest count archaeologists have measured forty-two human habitation layers. Phoenicians, Genoese, Venetians, Jews, Vikings, Azeris all called a patch of this earth their home. Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of Istanbul is visceral, immediate and scholarly narrative history at its finest.

DKK 136.00
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Married to the Black Widow - Rob Parkes - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Married to the Black Widow - Rob Parkes - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

SHORTLISTED FOR BEST NEW AUTHOR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2024 * AS FEATURED ON CHANNEL 4''s 24 HOURS IN POLICE CUSTODY *'' Not many people know how much their life is worth. I do. '' The value of my life, or more specifically the cost of ending it, can be measured on a sliding scale based on method, reliability and efficiency. Fifteen thousand pounds would buy you plausible deniability and a brick across the back of the head from a London-based professional hitman. Or, if you''re on a budget, five grand for "some nutter" to come down from Glasgow. ''Rob and his now ex-wife, Victoria, met at university. Their relationship started off happily, they moved to Falmouth in Cornwall before getting married. However, it quickly descended into a nightmare marriage of psychological manipulation, coercive control and emotional abuse - all from the woman who was supposed to love him.Rob''s life was gradually destroyed as Victoria extended a web of lies around him, manipulating, suffocating and isolating him from the outside world. It was only through his baby daughter, Grace, that he found the courage to leave Victoria. But even then, Rob could never really escape, and Victoria continued to haunt and torment his life. In fact, her actions became more and more extreme, culminating in approaches to several different men with requests to help her murder Rob.As featured in Channel 4''s 24 Hours in Police Custody, Married to the Black Widow is both a bone-chilling, real-life, psychological thriller and a powerful and honest true story of a father''s unrelenting battle for freedom and justice.

DKK 173.00
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Married to the Black Widow - Rob Parkes - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Married to the Black Widow - Rob Parkes - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

WINNER OF BEST NEW AUTHOR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2024*AS FEATURED ON CHANNEL 4''s 24 HOURS IN POLICE CUSTODY *'' Not many people know how much their life is worth. I do. '' The value of my life, or more specifically the cost of ending it, can be measured on a sliding scale based on method, reliability and efficiency. Fifteen thousand pounds would buy you plausible deniability and a brick across the back of the head from a London-based professional hitman. Or, if you''re on a budget, five grand for "some nutter" to come down from Glasgow. ''Rob and his now ex-wife, Victoria, met at university. Their relationship started off happily, they married and moved to Falmouth in Cornwall. However, it quickly descended into a nightmare marriage of psychological manipulation, coercive control and emotional abuse - all from the woman who was supposed to love him.Rob''s life was gradually destroyed as Victoria extended a web of lies around him, manipulating, suffocating and isolating him from the outside world. It was only through his baby daughter, Grace, that he found the courage to leave Victoria. But even then, Rob could never really escape, and Victoria continued to haunt and torment his life. In fact, her actions became more and more extreme, culminating in approaches to at least six different men with requests to help her murder Rob.As featured in Channel 4''s 24 Hours in Police Custody, Married to the Black Widow is both a bone-chilling, real-life, psychological thriller and a powerful and honest true story of a father''s unrelenting battle for freedom and justice.

DKK 127.00
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White Tears Brown Scars - Ruby Hamad - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

White Tears Brown Scars - Ruby Hamad - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''P owerful and provocative'' - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author of the Sunday Times bestselling How to be an Antiracist '' A MUST read for any white women who consider themselves "feminist"'' - Scarlett Curtis, author of the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don''t Wear Pink ''An explosive and revelatory argument for deconstructing and confronting the entrenched notions of white supremacy and superiority that still reign today.'' - Mireille Harper ''How is it that we have been so conditioned to privilege the emotional comfort of white people?''White tears possess a potency that is rarely acknowledged or commented upon, but they have long been used as a dangerous and insidious tool against people of colour, weaponised in order to invoke sympathy and divert blame. Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep ''ownership'' of their slaves, through centuries of colonialism, when women offered a soft face for brutal tactics, to the modern workplace, in which tears serve as a defense to counter accusations of bias and micro-aggressions, White Tears/Brown Scars tells a charged story of white women''s active participation in campaigns of oppression. It offers a long-overdue validation of the experiences of women of colour and an urgent call-to-arms in the need for true intersectionality.With rigour and precision, Hamad builds a powerful argument about the legacy of white superiority that we are socialised within, a reality that we must all apprehend in order to fight.

DKK 120.00
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The Unforgetting - Rose Black - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Unforgetting - Rose Black - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

A spellbinding historical novel of obsession, the lure of fame, and the power of illusion, perfect for fans of The Binding, Bone China and The Lost Ones The lure of fame Sold by her father to a ''Professor of Ghosts'', Lily Bell dreams of a career on the Victorian stage. But Erasmus Salt is promising his audience not mere theatre, but a glimpse of the spirit world. And Lily is to be his ghost. The power of illusion Obsessed with perfection, Erasmus goes to extreme lengths to ensure his illusion is complete. When Lily finds her own obituary in the paper, and then her own headstone in the cemetery, she realises that she is trapped. The danger of obsession But Erasmus is haunted by more than one betrayal - and as the curtain falls, Lily''s fate is soon to become even darker... *** Readers are entranced by The Unforgetting . . . ''This haunting Victorian novel weaves a spellbinding web of deluded dreams and dark deceptions '' Essie Fox '' Evocative and atmospheric , The Unforgetting is a macabre tale of dark obsessions and deadly ambitions, where nothing is quite what it seems'' Anita Frank , author of The Lost Ones '' This Victorian gothic fantasy . . . drips with menace '' Daily Mail ''A sinister, fast-paced gothic tale '' Caitlin Davies, author of Daisy Belle ''This is dark, gothic historical fiction at its best . A tale of obsession, control, illusion and mystery in the Victorian era. Beautifully written, chilling and haunting '' The Bookwormery''This is a book of magic, of women''s strength , of the power of love . . . a splendid and brilliantly paced novel'' Northern Reader Blog''A story of obsession and haunting illusions that will leave the reader chilled to the bone . . . this book entraps you [and] bewitches you '' Bunny''s Pause Blog''From the very first pages, Black''s novel grabs our attention, drawing us into a beautifully evoked, sensory world . . . highly recommended '' The Literary Shed

DKK 112.00
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Clay - Jennifer Lucy Allan - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Clay - Jennifer Lucy Allan - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''Clay contains infinite possibilities in its transmutations, evidenced on the shelves of our homes, our galleries and museums. Every time we make something with clay, we engage with the timelines that are in the material itself, whether it was dug from a clifftop, riverbed or pit. In firing what we make, we bestow the material with function, meaning, or feeling, and anchor its form in a human present... Objects made from clay contain marks of our existence that collectively tell the story of human history more completely than any other material. There is a reason there are so many pots in museums: because fired clay is one of the most effective keepers of stories we have.'' This book is a love letter to clay, the material that is at the beginning, middle and end of all of our lives; that contains within it the eternal, the elemental, and the everyday.People have been taking handfuls of earth and forming them into their own image since human history began. Human forms are found everywhere there was a ceramic tradition, and there is a ceramic tradition everywhere there was human activity. The clay these figures are made from was formed in deep geological time. It is the material that God, cast as the potter, uses to form Adam in Genesis. Tomb paintings in Egypt show the god Khnum at a potter''s wheel, throwing a human. Humans first recorded our own history on clay tablets, the shape of the characters influenced by the clay itself. The first love poem was inscribed in a clay tablet, from a Sumerian bride to her king more than 4000 years ago. Born out of a desire to know and understand the mysteries of this material, the spiritual and practical applications of clay in both its micro and macro histories, Clay: A Human History is a book of wonder and insight, a hybrid of archaeology, history and lived experience as an amateur potter.

DKK 192.00
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Roadside Picnic - Arkady Strugatsky - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Roadside Picnic - Arkady Strugatsky - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Strugatsky brothers'' poignant and introspective novel of first contact that inspired the classic film Stalker Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits who are compelled by some unknown force to venture illegally into the Zone and, in spite of the extreme danger, collect the mysterious artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the Zone and the thriving black market in the alien products. Even the nature of his daughter has been determined by the Zone. And it is for her that Red makes his last, tragic foray into the hazardous and hostile depths. Readers can''t stop thinking about Roadside Picnic: ''A story of a horrific yet fascinating place, a story of an ordinary and unlikable man just trying to get by, a philosophical interlude on humanity and its significance or lack thereof , of greed and wonder, and the fever dream of the soul scream. It still speaks to me '' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''Such an intriguing setting for me, such an unusual take on alien interaction '' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''It is a thought-provoking, hard-to-put down masterpiece , most probably the best introduction to Soviet science fiction. A must read for any sci-fi fan'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''A fantastic and creative exploration of what first contact might be like'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''The tone of the book is akin to that of some noir works, dark, gritty, getting darker and grittier as the tale wears on . . . Like many great books, the meaning of the ending is left up to the reader'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''A beautifully depressive and wonderfully atmospheric science fiction novel about life on Earth after an alien "Visitation" that leaves humans with more questions than answers . . . Once I started reading it today, I couldn''t stop. The story captured my heart and held my attention'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''This is the sort of book that you read and then immediately feel the need to lend it to someone you know so that they can experience and enjoy it themselves . . . I was truly astonished -by both the poignancy and the deceptive(?) simplicity of this relatively short novel'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

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