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Extreme Economies - Richard Davies - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Extreme Economies - Richard Davies - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

*Winner of the Enlightened Economist Prize 2019* *Winner of Debut Writer of the Year at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020* *Longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2019* '' Extreme Economies is a revelation - and a must-read.'' Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England To understand how humans react and adapt to economic change we need to study people who live in harsh environments. From death-row prisoners trading in institutions where money is banned to flourishing entrepreneurs in the world''s largest refugee camp, from the unrealised potential of cities like Kinshasa to the hyper-modern economy of Estonia, every life in this book has been hit by a seismic shock, violently broken or changed in some way.In his quest for a purer view of how economies succeed and fail, Richard Davies takes the reader off the beaten path to places where part of the economy has been repressed, removed, destroyed or turbocharged. He tells the personal stories of humans living in these extreme situations, and of the financial infrastructure they create. Far from the familiar stock reports, housing crises, or banking scandals of the financial pages, Extreme Economies reveals the importance of human and social capital, and in so doing tells small stories that shed light on today''s biggest economic questions. ''A highly original approach to understanding what really makes economies tick.'' Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England

DKK 139.00
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Extreme Food - What to eat when your life depends on it... - Bear Grylls - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Extreme Food - What to eat when your life depends on it... - Bear Grylls - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

"There''s no getting away from it; I''ve eaten some pretty extreme things in my time - live tarantulas, raw goat testicles, elephant dung, you name it. In a situation when your life depends on it, you need to put your prejudices aside to keep your stomach filled and your strength up. Whether it''s mastering the art of foraging and cooking up a tasty feast around the campfire or learning about the more extreme end of wild food (ever tried a scorpion kebab?), there''s a lot to learn when it comes to dinner time in the wild. This book will teach you all the necessary skills and techniques to get your teeth into meals you might never have thought of as food in the first place - and, crucially, how to recognise plants and animals that might end up doing you more harm than good.In today''s world, we rarely need to venture beyond the local supermarket and we turn our noses up at the thought of snacking on bugs and grubs. But out in the wild, Mother Nature has provided us with a plentiful supply of nutritious - if not always delicious - food for the taking. And when needs must, we just have to know where to look. Some of it might take you out of your comfort zone. Some of it might turn your stomach. But it''s saved my life more than once. And one day, it might save yours . . . "What readers are saying about Extreme Food :''Enjoyable and informative . . . bon appetit!''''Great gift for outdoor adventurers''''This book could save your life''

DKK 139.00
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Extreme Risk - Chris Hunter - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Extreme Risk - Chris Hunter - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The explosive new non-fiction title from the author of Eight Lives Down .In this edgy, fast-paced and incredibly moving account, Chris Hunter chronicles the remarkable journey of a teenager with few hopes and limited prospects who went on to become one of the most successful counter-terrorism operators in Britain.Hunter depicts his grueling officer training at Sandhurst, and afterwards as a young troop commander in Bosnia. He describes how, as a bomb disposal operator in Northern Ireland and Iraq, he witnessed horrendous acts of terrorism and recounts the methods he employed to outsmart the terrorists who repeatedly tried to target him.Hunter takes us to some of the most perilous places on earth as he and his team relentlessly attempt to track down the world''s leading terrorists and disrupt their networks. A journey that takes us from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to the murky back-streets of Colombia and Israel. Whether he''s protecting members of the Royal Family, responding to the 2005 London suicide bombings or trying to foil Al Qaeda bomb plots, he provides a fascinating, no-holds-barred insight into a fascinating world that has rarely been documented by somebody on the inside.By turns gritty, absorbing, and heart-breaking, this is the portrait of a man prepared to sacrifice everything for his country, but to concede nothing to the terrorists.

DKK 166.00
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Embrace the Chaos - Jason Fox - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Embrace the Chaos - Jason Fox - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Discover how to become the best version of yourself with this game-changing, personal development plan from the star of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins and author of Battle Scars and Life Under Fire. ‘A motivational masterclass with a proven framework for improving every day.'' Aldo Kane Challenge your limits, change your habits and transform your life. In Embrace the Chaos, Special Forces veteran Jason Fox sets out a revolutionary programme of personal challenges designed to help you reboot, disrupt your thinking, and grow your capabilities.Across 52 short chapters of practical advice - battle-tested on elite military operations and extreme expeditions - Foxy mentors you through a series of tasks that will enhance your life.These exercises range from micro-adventures and small habit changes to addressing your routine, cleansing your relationships, setting personal goals and learning new skills.In this life-changing book you’ll find:- A new challenge for every week of the year.- Practical advice and tips.- Physical and creative tasks.- Mentoring guidance through each process. Whether you’re looking for adventure, in need of mental clarity, or seeking military grade productivity, Embrace the Chaos will push you physically and mentally to become the best version of yourself.

DKK 211.00
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Embrace the Chaos - Jason Fox - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Embrace the Chaos - Jason Fox - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Discover how to become the best version of yourself with this game-changing, personal development plan from the star of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins and author of Battle Scars and Life Under Fire. ‘A motivational masterclass with a proven framework for improving every day.'' Aldo Kane Challenge your limits, change your habits and transform your life. In Embrace the Chaos, Special Forces veteran Jason Fox sets out a revolutionary programme of personal challenges designed to help you reboot, disrupt your thinking, and grow your capabilities.Across 52 short chapters of practical advice - battle-tested on elite military operations and extreme expeditions - Foxy mentors you through a series of tasks that will enhance your life.These exercises range from micro-adventures and small habit changes to addressing your routine, cleansing your relationships, setting personal goals and learning new skills.In this life-changing book you’ll find:- A new challenge for every week of the year.- Practical advice and tips.- Physical and creative tasks.- Mentoring guidance through each process. Whether you’re looking for adventure, in need of mental clarity, or seeking military grade productivity, Embrace the Chaos will push you physically and mentally to become the best version of yourself.

DKK 126.00
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Send Them to Hell - Sebastian Williams - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Send Them to Hell - Sebastian Williams - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Send Them to Hell is a horrifying, authentic chronicle of life as lived by foreign inmates over the past two decades in Bangkok''s notorious prison system.Murder, human-rights abuse, drugs, blackmail, extortion, extreme violence, medical maltreatment and unjustifiable death penalties feature as everyday occurrences in the living hells that are Bangkwang and Klong Prem jails. Sebastian Williams has graphically revealed this shocking reality through the eyes of a long-term inmate from the West who endured at first hand the unimaginable, inhuman nightmare that constitutes the Thai penal system.

DKK 141.00
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Run Britain - Nick Butter - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Run Britain - Nick Butter - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In the spring of 2021, as the UK''s latest pandemic lockdowns were lifted, Nick Butter set out from the Eden Project to become the fastest person to cover every mile of Britain''s mainland coastline on foot. Battling the most extreme winds Britain had seen in 100 years, days of torrential rain and the unrelenting hills of Western Scotland and Cornwall, Nick suffered two broken bones and countless injuries, whilst taking on two marathons a day, every day, for 100 days.Covering an extraordinary 5,250 miles, running for over 12 hours a day, struggling to take in the 8,000 daily calories required to fuel his body, Nick battled sleep deprivation and extreme weight loss as he pushed his body and mind to their limit.Supported by close friends and family (including his ever-dependable right-hand man, Andy Swain, whose diary extracts feature in this book), Nick experienced spiralling lows and euphoric highs. As he traversed footpaths, country lanes and busy A roads, he passed through over two thousand coastal communities, buoyed along by supporters cheering from windows, balconies, passing cars and pavements, by school children and fellow runners, and by the stunning sights and sounds of the British coast. Run Britain is Nick''s account of his extraordinary adventure.

DKK 168.00
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Never Will I Die - Toby Gutteridge - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Never Will I Die - Toby Gutteridge - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

There''s no pain, no theatrical agony. No screaming, no shouting. The kill shot is catastrophic and conclusive. I slump silently on to my knees and topple forward, head first, into the dirt. The lads have seen enough death to assume mine is instantaneous. The lights are out. That''s him gone. Toby Gutteridge was only 24 when he was shot through the neck while operating behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. He survived despite not breathing for at least 20 minutes. Back in the UK, doctors recommended that his life support machine be switched off, but with the defiant spirit that would define his recovery, Toby pulled through.Now quadriplegic, capable of movement only with his head, Toby has rebuilt his life. His is an extraordinary story of survival against overwhelming odds, and of the power of the human spirit to overcome extreme adversity. Brutally honest and authentic, he builds a compelling picture of the type of person produced by the Special Forces system, and tells of how one split second changed the course of his life forever.Powerful and inspiring, Never Will I Die is a universal story about our search for purpose, and explores what extreme experience teaches us about what truly matters.

DKK 127.00
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How to Stay Alive - Bear Grylls - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

How to Stay Alive - Bear Grylls - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE ADVENTURER IN YOUR LIFE: AN ULTIMATE SURVIVAL GUIDE FROM THE WORLD''S LEADING SURVIVAL EXPERT. ___________ ''A good gift for budding adventurers.'' i paper Do you know how to... Survive a bear attack? Make fire from virtually nothing? Fly a plane in an emergency? Survive in the most extreme conditions? Bear Grylls does. There is barely a terrain he hasn''t conquered or an extreme environment he hasn''t experienced. From his time in 21 SAS, through to his extraordinary expeditions in the toughest corners of each of the seven continents, Bear has accumulated an astonishing wealth of survival knowledge.Now, for the first time, he is putting all his expertise into one book. How To Stay Alive will teach you all of the essential skills you need to survive in the modern world. ___________ What readers are saying about How to Stay Alive : ***** ''I bought this as a gift for a friend and, I have to admit, ended up keeping it.'' ***** ''This book has been a great source of information for the family, it''s great for facts, can''t wait to fly a plane in an emergency.'' ***** ''Genuinely essential - every home should have one!'' ***** ''In any emergency this is the one thing you take when you run! Could be the thing that keeps you alive.''

DKK 123.00
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The Godfather of Kathmandu - John Burdett - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Godfather of Kathmandu - John Burdett - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Thai police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is summoned to investigate the most shocking murder of his career. Solving it could mean a promotion but, still reeling from a personal tragedy, Sonchai is more interested in Tietsin, an exiled Tibetan lama living in Kathmandu.But there are obstacles in Sonchai''s path to enlightenment. Police Colonel Vikorn and Army General Zinna are at war again for control over Bangkok''s network of illegal enterprises - and Tietsin has forty million dollars'' worth of heroin for sale.With his life in increasing danger, Sonchai is put to the extreme test in John Burdett''s most inventive, darkly comic and wickedly entertaining novel yet.

DKK 120.00
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Borderline - Liza Marklund - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Borderline - Liza Marklund - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A mother found. A father lost. In the midst of a Swedish winter, a young mother is found murdered behind her son’s nursery. Halfway across the world, in the sweltering Kenyan heat, a government official is kidnapped. As a journalist, Annika Bengtzon is often on the frontline, witness to the darkness humans are capable of. But this time it’s different. It’s personal.The official held to ransom is her husband and she must meet the extreme demands of his kidnappers if she is to bring him home. And what of the Swedish mother slain in the snow? Until her killer is found, no one is safe…

DKK 168.00
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Gang War - Graham Johnson - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Gang War - Graham Johnson - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''If those pricks want a war, lad, we''ll show what some proper soljas can do.''Dylan, Nogger and their crew ''tax'' rival drug dealers using a red-hot steam iron and celebrate by making videos of themselves raping wannabe WAG s. In their world, guns and knives are as common as mobile phones. But when an innocent three-year-old girl is killed in the crossfire, extreme measures are brought in to combat gang warfare.From burgeoning organised crime to warped celebrity culture, Gang War is an apocalyptic vision of a world in freefall. The gripping debut novel by the bestselling author of Powder Wars is a mind-blowing tale that is all the more shocking because it is inspired by real-life events.

DKK 161.00
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Teacher, Teacher! - Jack Sheffield - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Teacher, Teacher! - Jack Sheffield - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

It''s 1977 and Jack Sheffield is appointed headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. So begins Jack''s eventful journey through the school year and his attempts to overcome the many problems that face him as a young and inexperienced headmaster.The many colourful chapters include Ruby the 20 stone caretaker with an acute spelling problem, a secretary who worships Margaret Thatcher, a villager who grows giant carrots, a barmaid/parent who requests sex lessons, and a five-year-old boy whose language is colourful in the extreme. And then there''s also beautiful, bright Beth Henderson, who is irresistibly attractive to the young headmaster...Warm, funny and nostalgic, Teacher, Teacher is a delightful read that is guaranteed to make you feel better, whatever kind of day you''ve had.

DKK 134.00
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The Global Warming Survival Kit - Brian Clegg - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Global Warming Survival Kit - Brian Clegg - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Climate change is upon us. Make no mistake: disasters such as Hurricane Katrina are the tip of a rapidly melting iceberg. While we must still press our governments to take action to mitigate the most extreme effects of global warming, it is now beyond doubt that prevention will not be enough. We clearly need to plan for the worst. But good advice is hard to come by - until now. The Global Warming Survival Kit includes: - Where to live to minimize the impact of climate change. - How to get drinkable water when the taps run dry. - What to eat to stay alive in town and country. - Essential survival equipment to keep ready. We can all hope that the worst scenario won''t happen - but it''s easier to be secure in that hope if you are well prepared.

DKK 159.00
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Submission - Marthe Blau - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Submission - Marthe Blau - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

You''ll want to scream, but you''ll be gagged. You''ll want to cry, but you''ll be blindfolded. You''ll want to run away, but you''ll be tied up. You''ll have no way of begging me, I''ll do what I want with you. Sexual obsession, domination and extreme lust – Submission is the story of a young married Parisian lawyer who is drawn into a sado-masochistic relationship. A handsome stranger she meets in the courts issues her with a series of instructions which she finds herself compelled to follow. As the violence of their encounters escalates, it becomes a dangerous addiction that she can''t break. But how far can she go and how much of her life will she risk in the process? Based on the author''s own experiences, this astonishing book sent shockwaves through the French establishment.

DKK 159.00
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A Piece Of Cake - Cupcake Brown - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Piece Of Cake - Cupcake Brown - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''Phenomenal woman'' The Oprah Magazine ''Dazzles you with the amazing change that is possible in one lifetime.'' Washington Post - This is the heart-wrenching true story of a girl named Cupcake Brown. Orphan, runaway, addict, all before she was twenty. That''s when things got really interesting... Cupcake was just eleven years old when, orphaned, she entered the child welfare system. Moved from one disastrous placement to the next, like so many, she was neglected and sexually abused.She fed her appetite for drink and drugs by selling the only thing she had. Her body. Before long she had stumbled head first into a world of gangs and extreme violence. After one crack binge she woke up behind a dumpster. Half-dressed and more than half-dead, she knew she had a choice. Change her life or die.Brutally frank and startlingly funny, A Piece of Cake is the remarkable true story of a resilient spirit who triumphed over the very worst that life could throw at her.

DKK 127.00
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Bird Of Paradise - Sarah Gristwood - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Bird Of Paradise - Sarah Gristwood - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Few women''s lives have described such an arc as that of Mary Robinson. She began her career as an actress, became a royal mistress and possible blackmailer, and ended it just two decades later as a Romantic poet and early feminist thinker of note. She was painted by Gainsborough and Reynolds, and satirized by political cartoonists. Born in Bristol in 1758, she married at 15. But Mary had barely made her curtsey to society before discovering that Robinson was little better than a conman. She went with him to debtors'' prison, where she wrote her first book of verse. Encouraged by Sheridan and Garrick, who admired her beauty, she went on the stage, where she was seen by the 17-year-old Prince of Wales, and they embarked on a widely satirized liaison. Mary had made her mark in fashionable Georgian society and this, over the next two momentous decades, was where she contrived to stay.This vivid and accessible biography explores Georgian England during a period of extreme political, social and cultural upheaval through the life of this remarkable woman.

DKK 175.00
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Lost to the World - Shahbaz Taseer - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Lost to the World - Shahbaz Taseer - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In late August of 2011, Shahbaz Taseer was driving to his office in Lahore, Pakistan when he was dragged from his car at gunpoint and kidnapped by members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a Taliban-affiliated terrorist group.Just seven months earlier, his father, Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab Province, had been shot dead by his guard for speaking out against Pakistan''s blasphemy laws.For almost five years Shahbaz was held captive, moved ever-deeper into the lawless Hindu Kush, frequently tortured and forced to endure extreme cruelty, his fate resting on his kidnappers'' impossible demands and the uneasy alliances between his captors and the Taliban and ISIS. Lost to the World is the remarkable true story of Taseer''s time in captivity, and of his astonishing escape. It is a story of extraordinary faith, bravery and sorrow, with moments of kindness and humour offering a hopeful light in the dark years of his imprisonment. By turns immensely personal and surprisingly universal, Shahbaz Taseer''s story is a testament to the enduring power of the human spirit.

DKK 127.00
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The Secret Footballer: What Goes on Tour - The Secret Footballer - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Secret Footballer: What Goes on Tour - The Secret Footballer - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Since his first book was published in 2012, The Secret Footballer has been able to take the reader behind the scenes of footballers'' lives like no other player has been able, or will ever be able, to do. Anonymity has been a potent weapon in revealing the real world of football stars, and five years on, he has now penned the work that all his fellow professionals have been urging him to do from the start, The Secret Footballer: What Goes on Tour . And it isn''t going to stay on tour any more...From Marbella and Ibiza to Dubai and Las Vegas, The Secret Footballer lays bare the worst, most embarrassing and most hilarious excesses of these fit and mostly fickle young men whose million-pound salaries, to use his own words, ''open up a host of recreational opportunities''. Fuelled by rampaging desires for sex, drugs, booze and rock''n''roll, these footballers think up ever more extreme ways of splashing the cash, and needless to say, it doesn''t always end well...

DKK 120.00
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The Heat of the Moment - Dr Sabrina Cohen Hatton - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Heat of the Moment - Dr Sabrina Cohen Hatton - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''An inspirational memoir from an extraordinary woman . . . A humbling, jaw-dropping read'' Viv Groskop ''This book will change the way you think. Forever'' Cosmopolitan Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton has been a firefighter for eighteen years. She decides which of her colleagues rush into a burning building and how they confront the blaze. She makes the call to evacuate if she believes the options have been exhausted or that the situation has escalated beyond hope.Taking us to the very heart of firefighting, she immerses us in this extraordinary world; from scenes of devastation and crisis, through triumphs of bravery, to the quieter moments when she questions herself. Revealing her own story for the very first time, she recounts her years spent sleeping rough and her passion for a career that allows her to rescue others as she was never rescued herself.This book is the result of everything she has learnt about how we respond in our most extreme moments. ''This book challenges assumptions about who firefighters are, and about what women can do'' The Guardian

DKK 126.00
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Death's Head: Maximum Offence (Death's Head 2) - David Gunn - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Death's Head: Maximum Offence (Death's Head 2) - David Gunn - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Aux have been dropped on a far-flung planet called Hekati, only it''s in Uplift space and not really a planet at all. As for their mission, it''s so damn secret that General Jaxx hasn''t even told Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg what it''s about. It appears a citizen of the United Free, an empire not only more vast than Octo V''s but far more technologically advanced, has gone missing on this artificial world and it''s up to Sven and the Aux to find the poor soul. But Hekati is a realm where nothing is quite as it seems and no one can be trusted. Smelling a rat, Sven is so not happy - and when he''s not happy is when bad things start to happen - and the body count starts to rise...The devil-may-care not-quite 100% human mercenary soldier-cum-killing machine Tveskoeg and the Death''s Head squad are back: cue more extreme violence, a mega death toll, dirty sex, fiendish plot twists and explosive, non-stop action!

DKK 173.00
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The Real Toy Story - Eric Clark - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Real Toy Story - Eric Clark - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Toys - from teddy bears to Barbie dolls to train sets - define our image of childhood innocence. But the truth is that toys represent a $21 billion a year industry, and with so much money at stake, the toy business is anything but child''s play.In The Real Toy Story , investigative journalist Eric Clark exposes the startling truths behind Britain''s favourite toys. Drawing on interviews with over 200 industry insiders, Clark names and shames the corporations spending millions on research into the best way to manipulate their target audience while manufacturing products in China under virtual slave labour conditions.In a world of cut-throat competition and cold-blooded marketing, toy companies are increasingly willing to sacrifice our children in the rush for profits. And as more children forsake cuddly play things for Ipods and cell phones, companies are using even more extreme tactics- unashamedly using sex and violence to sell dolls and action men to children as young as three - to make sure that their toy is the one that children want to have. The Real Toy Story is essential reading for the millions of adults who care about the toys they choose for the children in their lives.

DKK 156.00
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Sprout Mask Replica - Robert Rankin - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Sprout Mask Replica - Robert Rankin - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

His great-great grandfather died at the Battle of Little Big Horn. He wasn''t with Custer though. He was holding a sprout-bake and tent meeting in the field next door and went over to complain about the noise. His great-grandfather (also a sprout farmer and man of the cloth) always wore weighted shoes while in the pulpit, to avoid any embarrassing levitations during moments of extreme rapture. His grandfather (lay precher, large sideburns, taste for sprouts) spoke only in rhyming couplets (to please the ghost of his dead wife) and owned a pig called Belshazzar that dined exclusively upon the aforementioned vegetables and did strange things on the back parlour wall. His father (an elder in the Sacred Order of the Golden Sprout) practised body-modification in an attempt to win a bet with his brother (a monk) that he could shin up the inside of a drainpipe.And there was him. And he was weird. Can this be Robert Rankin''s autobiography? He swears that it isn''t, but as a self-confessed teller of tall tales, whoever is going to believe him?

DKK 161.00
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Beastly Fury - Richard Sanders - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Beastly Fury - Richard Sanders - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

"Footeballe is nothinge but beastlie furie and extreme violence", wrote Thomas Elyot in 1531. Nearly five hundred years later, the game may still seem furious and violent, but it has also become the most popular sport on the planet.This is the story of how the modern, professional, spectator sport of football was born in Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century. It''s a tale of testosterone-filled public schoolboys, eccentric mill-owners and bolshy miners, and of why we play football the way we do. Who invented heading? Why do we have an offside law? And why are foreigners so much better than us at the game we invented?Based on exhaustive research, Beastly Fury picks apart the complex processes which forged the modern game, turning accepted wisdom on its head. It''s a story which is strangely familiar - of grasping players, corrupt clubs and autocratic officials. It''s a tale of brutality, but at times too, of surprising artistry. Above all it''s a story of how football, uniquely among the sports of that era, became what it is today - the people''s game.

DKK 159.00
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Beach Babylon - Imogen Edwards Jones - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Beach Babylon - Imogen Edwards Jones - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

How does it feel to live and work in the world''s most beautiful and luxurious tropical island resort, surrounded by white sandy beaches and aquamarine seas? How does it feel to be in the lap of luxury when you''re thousands of miles from anywhere else? And when the guests are some of the richest and most demanding people in the world, where do you find the energy every day to smile, smile and smile again? Beach Babylon takes you behind the scenes at a five-star tropical island resort. Do all the stories which take place behind the closed doors of the exclusive spa have happy endings? What do the world''s richest people expect from room service during their fortnight in paradise? What does the windsurfing instructor do to keep sane after hours?In the bestselling tradition of her previous Babylon books, Imogen Edwards-Jones investigates the rivalries and alliances between the staff at a resort where pandering to the guests'' most extravagant whims is de rigueur . With a cast of millionaires, celebrities, hangers-on and prostitutes, Beach Babylon takes you to a world where extreme luxury is the norm and where excess somehow isn''t always enough...

DKK 141.00
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