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Dombey and Son - Charles Dickens - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Dombey and Son - Charles Dickens - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''There''s no writing against such power as this - one has no chance'' William Makepeace ThackerayA compelling depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride, Dombey and Son explores the devastating effects of emotional deprivation on a dysfunctional family. Paul Dombey runs his household as he runs his business: coldly, calculatingly and commercially. The only person he cares for is his little son, while his motherless daughter Florence is merely a ''base coin that couldn''t be invested''. As Dombey''s callousness extends to others, including his defiant second wife Edith, he sows the seeds of his own destruction.Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Andrew Sanders

DKK 120.00
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy - Jacob Burckhardt - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy - Jacob Burckhardt - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world in which flourishing individualism and the competition for fame radically transformed science, the arts, and politics. In this landmark work he depicts the Italian city-states of Florence, Venice and Rome as providing the seeds of a new form of society, and traces the rise of the creative individual, from Dante to Michelangelo. A fascinating description of an era of cultural transition, this nineteenth-century masterpiece was to become the most influential interpretation of the Italian Renaissance, and anticipated ideas such as Nietzsche''s concept of the ''Ubermensch'' in its portrayal of an age of genius.

DKK 139.00
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X-Men - Stan Lee - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

X-Men - Stan Lee - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Illustrated throughout, The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents specially curated cartoon anthologies of the world''s greatest superheroes The seeds of a pop-cultural phenomenon were sown with the launch of the first X-Men comic in 1963, at the height of ''the Marvel Revolution'', under the creative team of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. This title is bookended by the first issue, which established a creative formula that continues to inspire contemporary creators, to the later editions still acclaimed for the ground-breaking artwork of Neal Adams.A foreword by Rainbow Rowell and a comprehensive introduction and notes by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of the X-Men and classic Marvel comics. This Penguin Classics black spine paperback features full-colour art.

DKK 239.00
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The Portable Enlightenment Reader - Isaac Kramnick - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Portable Enlightenment Reader - Isaac Kramnick - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry and natural experience, Enlightenment philosophers in Europe and America planted the seeds for modern liberalism, cultural humanism, science and technology, and laissez-faire Capitalism This volume brings together works from this era, with more than 100 selections from a range of sources. It includes examples by Kant, Diderot, Voltaire, Newton, Rousseau, Locke, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, and Paine that demonstrate the pervasive impact of Enlightenment views on philosophy and epistemology as well as on political, social, and economic institutions.

DKK 139.00
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Poor Folk and Other Stories - F. M. Dostoevsky - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Poor Folk and Other Stories - F. M. Dostoevsky - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

With their penetrating psychological insight and their emphasis on human dignity, respect and forgiveness, Dostoyevsky''s early short stories contain the seeds of the themes that came to his major novels. Poor Folk, the author''s first great literary triumph, is the story of a tragic relationship between an impoverished copy clerk and a young seamstress, told through their passionate letters to each other. In The Landlady Dostoyevsky portrays a dreamer hero who is captivated by a curious couple and becomes their lodger. Mr Prokharchin, inspired by a true story, is a sly comedy centring on an eccentric miser, and Polzunkov is a powerful character sketch which, in common with the other tales in this volume, questions the very nature of existence.

DKK 120.00
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The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint Exupery - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint Exupery - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Look at my planet. It is directly above us. But how far away it is! Celebrating the 80th anniversary of one of the most famous stories in the world, a beautiful Puffin paperback edition translated from the original French by Theo Cuffe. The timeless, enchanting story of the little prince who lives on a tiny planet with three volcanoes and a haughty flower, which he must protect from the baobabs, the bad seeds. The rulers of the other planets he visits all suffer from the cares and stupidities of the everyday world. Only the little prince, through his clear, loving eyes, knows that the simplest of things can be of the utmost importance.Translated by T. V. F. Cuffe, and with the original illustrations, the story is complete and unabridged.

DKK 107.00
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The Later Roman Empire - Ammianus Marcellinus - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Later Roman Empire - Ammianus Marcellinus - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus'' own lifetime, covering the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens, and providing eyewitness accounts of significant military events including the Battle of Strasbourg and the Goth''s Revolt. Portraying a time of rapid and dramatic change, Marcellinus describes an Empire exhausted by excessive taxation, corruption, the financial ruin of the middle classes and the progressive decline in the morale of the army. In this magisterial depiction of the closing decades of the Roman Empire, we can see the seeds of events that were to lead to the fall of the city, just twenty years after Marcellinus'' death.

DKK 139.00
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Tamas - Bhisham Sahni - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Tamas - Bhisham Sahni - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Tamas , Bhisham Sahni’s 1973 novel, is a product of the Partition’s devastation. It drew immediate and universal critical acclaim for its poignant and striking retelling of Partition and its bloody aftermath. Tamas is a story about how simmering communal tensions snowball into full-fledged riots that grip villages across the subcontinent. In a city in undivided Punjab, Nathu, a tanner, is bribed to kill a pig. When the animal’s carcass is discovered on the steps of the local mosque the next morning, brewing tensions explode into riots and massacre. A seemingly well planned and executed job by the British plants seeds of mistrust and hatred among those who, until the day before, had been close friends and neighbours. Tamas is a chilling reminder of the consequences of religious intolerance and communal prejudice.

DKK 139.00
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Human, All Too Human - Friedrich Nietzsche - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Human, All Too Human - Friedrich Nietzsche - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Written after Nietzsche had ended his friendship with Richard Wagner and had been forced to leave academic life through ill health, Human, All Too Human (1878) can be read as a monument to his personal crisis. It also marks the point when he matured as a philosopher, rejecting the German romanticism espoused by Wagner and Schopenhauer and instead returning to sources in the French Enlightenment. Here he sets out his unsettling views in a series of 638 stunning aphorisms - assessing subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom to passion, science to vanity and women to youth. This work also contains the seeds of concepts crucial to Nietzsche''s later philosophy, such as the will to power and the need to transcend conventional Christian morality. The result is one of the cornerstones of his life''s work.

DKK 120.00
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X-Men - Stan Lee - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

X-Men - Stan Lee - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Illustrated throughout, The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents specially curated cartoon anthologies of the world''s greatest superheroes The seeds of a pop-cultural phenomenon were sown with the launch of the first X-Men comic in 1963, at the height of ''the Marvel Revolution'', under the creative team of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. This volume includes the first issue, which established a creative formula that continues to inspire contemporary creators, as well as later editions still acclaimed for the ground-breaking artwork of Neal Adams.A foreword by Rainbow Rowell and a comprehensive introduction and notes by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of the X-Men and classic Marvel comics. This Deluxe Hardcover edition features gold foil stamping, gold top stain edges, special endpapers with artwork spotlighting series villains, and full-colour art throughout.

DKK 407.00
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The Cartel - Owen Conlon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Cartel - Owen Conlon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The No.1 Bestseller The definitive account of the rise of the Kinahan gang and the deadly feud that shocked a nation and brought the gang to the edge of destruction. __________February 2016. A daring gun attack in the Regency Hotel brings Dubliner Christy Kinahan and his international criminal cartel to a horrified public''s attention. Kinahan''s son Daniel, the target of the attack, escapes. A trusted henchman dies at the scene. And the deadly rivalry between the Kinahans and the family and associates of the veteran Dublin gangster Gerry Hutch becomes all-out war. It results in a never-before-seen level of international cooperation - including Irish, UK and US police forces - to topple the Kinahan gang. The Cartel offers a unique behind-the-scenes account of how the Kinahan organised crime organisation got so big, and why a local feud sowed the seeds for the gang''s destruction. __________ ''It''s incisive, it''s intriguing, it''s fascinating'' Ryan Tubridy ''Fascinating!'' Keith Ward, FM104

DKK 127.00
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Coming Up for Air - George Orwell - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Coming Up for Air - George Orwell - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

George Orwell''s paean to the end of an idyllic era in British history, Coming Up for Air is a poignant account of one man''s attempt to recapture childhood innocence as war looms on the horizon.George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary life. He fears modern times - since, in 1939, the Second World War is imminent - foreseeing food queues, soldiers, secret police and tyranny. So he decides to escape to the world of his childhood, to the village he remembers as a rural haven of peace and tranquillity. But his return journey to Lower Binfield may bring only a more complete disillusionment ...''Very funny, as well as invigoratingly realistic ... Nineteen Eighty-Four is here in embryo. So is Animal Farm ... not many novels carry the seeds of two classics as well as being richly readable themselves''John Carey, Sunday Times

DKK 113.00
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Root to Stem - Alex Laird - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Root to Stem - Alex Laird - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''Root to Stem is a seasonal and holistic approach to health that puts plants, herbs and nature at the heart of how we live and eat. It is a new kind of guide that links individual health to our communities and the planet''s health to sustain us all. ''This perfect companion to the seasons, this book will show you how to take greater control over your own health and well-being, treat everyday ailments, and ensure the sustainability of the planet through discovering how to forage, grow, or shop for plant- and herb-based foods and products. Including: Detox in the spring with sorrel, cleavers and nettles. Harvest summer lime leaf shoots to soothe digestive upsets and feed gut microbes. Bake a Lammas loaf to celebrate the autumnal equinox. Boost your winter immunity with red berries, purple potatoes and rosehips. Root-to-stem eating encourages you to use every edible part of plant, including the leaves, skin, seeds and stalks.Travelling through the four seasons, expert medical herbalist Alex Laird shares the natural ingredients that are available on your doorstep, simple delicious recipes and easy-to-make herbal remedies.

DKK 127.00
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Ghost Wars - Steve Coll - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Ghost Wars - Steve Coll - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer PrizeThe explosive, New York Times bestselling first-hand account of America''s secret history in Afghanistan Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle East, accessed previously classified government files and interviewed senior US officials and foreign spymasters. Here he gives the full inside story of the CIA''s covert funding of an Islamic jihad against Soviet forces in Afghanistan, explores how this sowed the seeds of bn Laden''s rise, traces how he built his global network and brings to life the dramatic battles within the US government over national security. Above all, he lays bare American intelligence''s continual failure to grasp the rising threat of terrrorism in the years leading to 9/11 - and its devastating consequences. ''Riveting ... the finest historical narrative so far on the origins of al Qaeda in the post-Soviet rubble of Afghanistan ... provides fresh details and helps explain the motivations behind many crucial decisions'' The New York Times Book Review ''A remarkable book ... the CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events'' New York Review of Books

DKK 182.00
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Bismarck's War - Rachel Chrastil - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Bismarck's War - Rachel Chrastil - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''Superb on the human consequences of war, ravishing in its evocations of wartime life'' The Times ''Compassionate and thought-provoking history'' Daily Telegraph Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the Prussian army had devastated its opponents, captured Napoleon III and wrecked all assumptions about Europe''s pecking order. Other countries looked on in helpless amazement. Pushing aside further French resistance, a new German Empire was proclaimed (as a deliberate humiliation) in the Palace of Versailles, leaving the French to face civil war in Paris, reparations and the loss of Alsace and Lorraine. Bismarck''s War tells the story of one of the most shocking reversals of fortune in modern European history. The culmination of a globally violent decade, the Franco-Prussian War was deliberately engineered by Bismarck, both to destroy French power and to unite Germany. It could not have worked better, but it also had lurking inside it the poisonous seeds of all the disasters that would ravage the twentieth century.Drawing on a remarkable variety of sources, Chrastil''s book explores the military, technological, political and social events of the war, its human cost and the way that the sheer ferocity of war, however successful, has profound consequences for both victors and victims.

DKK 136.00
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Why Empires Fall - John Rapley - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Why Empires Fall - John Rapley - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

What can the fall of Rome teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist, both experts in their field, investigate Over the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium, history reversed. Faced with economic stagnation and internal political division, the West has found itself in rapid decline.This is not the first time the global order has witnessed such a dramatic rise and fall. The Roman Empire followed a similar arc from dizzying power to disintegration - a fact that is more than a strange historical coincidence. In Why Empires Fall , historian Peter Heather and political economist John Rapley use this Roman past to think anew about the contemporary West, its state of crisis, and what paths we could take out of it.In this exceptional, transformative intervention, Heather and Rapley explore the uncanny parallels - and productive differences - between the two cases, moving beyond the familiar tropes of invading barbarians and civilizational decay to learn new lessons from ancient history. From 399 to 1999, the life cycles of empires, they argue, sow the seeds of their inevitable destruction. The era of western global domination has reached its end - so what comes next?

DKK 123.00
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Bismarck's War - Rachel Chrastil - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Bismarck's War - Rachel Chrastil - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''Compassionate and thought-provoking history'' Daily Telegraph ''Superb on the human consequences of war, ravishing in its evocations of wartime life'' The Times ''Fresh and compelling ... a tour-de-force'' David A. Bell Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the Prussian army had devastated its opponents, captured Napoleon III and wrecked all assumptions about Europe''s pecking order. Other countries looked on in helpless amazement. Pushing aside further French resistance, a new German Empire was proclaimed (as a deliberate humiliation) in the Palace of Versailles, leaving the French to face civil war in Paris, reparations and the loss of Alsace and Lorraine. Bismarck''s War tells the story of one of the most shocking reversals of fortune in modern European history. The culmination of a globally violent decade, the Franco-Prussian War was deliberately engineered by Bismarck, both to destroy French power and to unite Germany. It could not have worked better, but it also had lurking inside it the poisonous seeds of all the disasters that would ravage the twentieth century.Drawing on a remarkable variety of sources, Chrastil''s book explores the military, technological, political and social events of the war, its human cost and the way that the sheer ferocity of war, however successful, has profound consequences for both victors and victims.

DKK 242.00
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The Georgics: A Poem of the Land - Virgil - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Georgics: A Poem of the Land - Virgil - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

One of the greatest poems of the classical world Virgil''s Georgics is a glorious celebration of the eternal beauty of the natural world, now brought vividly to life in a powerful new translation. "Georgic" means "to work the earth," and this poetic guide to country living combines practical wisdom on tending the land with exuberant fantasy and eulogies to the rhythms of nature. It describes hills strewn with wild berries in ''vine-spread autumn''; recommends watching the stars to determine the right time to plant seeds; and gives guidance on making wine and keeping bees. Yet the Georgics also tells of angry gods, bloody battles and a natural world fraught with danger from storms, pests and plagues. Expansive in its scope, lush in its language, this extraordinary work is at once a reflection on the cycles of life, death and rebirth, an argument for the nobility of labour and an impassioned reflection on the Roman Empire of Virgil''s times. Kimberly Johnson''s lyrical verse translation captures all the rich beauty and abundant imagery of the original, re-creating this ancient masterpiece for our times.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

DKK 141.00
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The Art of War - Tzu Sun - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Art of War - Tzu Sun - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

For more than 2,000 years, Sun Tzu''s The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business or in relationships. Now, in this crisp, accessible new translation, John Minford brings this seminal work to life for today''s readers. A lively, learned introduction, chronologies and suggested further reading are among the valuable apparatus included in this authoritative volume. Even those readers familiar with The Art of War will experience it anew, finding it more fascinating - and more chilling - than ever.Little is known about Sun Tzu (544-496 B.C.) and his life during the Warring States period after the decline of the Zhou dysnasty, but his classic, The Art of War , has been one of the central works of Chinese literature for 2500 years.John Minford studied Chinese at Oxford and at the Australian National University and has taught in China, Hong Kong, and New Zealand. He edited (with Geremie Barme) Seeds of Fire: Chinese Voices of Conscience and (with Joseph S. M. Lau) Chinese Classical Literature: An Anthology of Translations . He has translated numerous works from the Chinese, including the last two volumes of the Penguin Classics edition of Cao Xueqin''s eighteenth-century novel The Story of the Stone and the martial-arts fiction of the contemporary Hong Kong novelist Louis Cha.

DKK 155.00
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