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50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know - Joanne Baker - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know - Joanne Baker - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Joanne Baker introduces and explains the fundamental physical concepts and laws that govern the inner workings of our universe.From Schrodinger''s cat to Einstein''s theory of relativity; energy conservation to the speed of light, 50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important quantum physics concepts in history.

DKK 119.00
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Undertow - Elizabeth Heathcote - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Undertow - Elizabeth Heathcote - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

My husband''s lover. They said her death was a tragic accident. And I believed them . . . until now. Carmen is happily married to Tom, a successful London lawyer and divorcé with three children. She is content to absorb the stresses of being a stepmother to teenagers and the stain of ''second wife''. She knows she''ll always live in the shadow of another woman - not Tom''s first wife Laura, who is resolutely polite and determinedly respectable, but the lover that ended his first marriage: Zena. Zena who was shockingly beautiful. Zena who drowned swimming late one night. But Carmen can overlook her husband''s dead mistress . . . until she starts to suspect that he might have been the person who killed her. '' Absolutely gripping, I raced through Undertow at the speed of knots'' Rosamund Lupton.

DKK 107.00
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A Cold Killing - Anna Smith - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A Cold Killing - Anna Smith - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Crime reporter Rosie Gilmour returns from hiding in Bosnia to a story of a brutal execution. University lecturer Tom Mahoney was shot at point blank range and the killing has all the signs of a hit. But who would want to kill a retired lecturer? Rosie throws herself into the investigation, looking for a witness that has gone missing. A witness that might hold the key to the story. But she has her own reasons to stay hidden. As Rosie digs deeper, she finds the story has connections to the Ministry of Defence and MI6 and Mahoney''s past is darker than anyone could imagine. Rosie''s running out of time to find out the truth, before Mahoney''s killers silence her for good. ''Anna Smith is the real deal . . . Rosie Gilmour is a captivating character who drags the reader along at breakneck speed'' Daily Express

DKK 120.00
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Into the Jaws of Death - Robert Lyman - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Into the Jaws of Death - Robert Lyman - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

It is the night of 28 March 1942. Royal Navy and British commandos are poised to assault the German-held port of Saint-Nazaire in what will be one of the most audacious and daring raids of the Second World War. The plan is simple: to drive an old destroyer, packed with three tons of explosive, at full speed into the outer gate of the Normandie dock. The aim is to destroy the base from which the formidable battleship Tirpitz would be able to devastate the convoys supplying Britain from the United States.  ''Operation Chariot'' was to be dramatically successful, but at a great cost. Fewer than half the men who went on the mission returned. In recognition of their valour, eighty-nine decorations were awarded, including five Victoria Crosses. Into the Jaws of Death is the true story of how the decisive courage of a small group of men changed the course of the war.

DKK 141.00
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The Defector - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Defector - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

'' A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!'' Jack Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the James Reece Terminal List series '' Continuous action, Mach-speed mayhem, sharp intrigue, and well-rounded characters - what more could you want from a thriller?'' Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The 9th Man and the Cotton Malone series Israel, late 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MIG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears. NASA Flight Controller and former US Navy test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground - and is quickly pulled into a dizzying, high-stakes game of spies, lies and a possible high-level defection that plays out across three continents. The prize is beyond value: the secrets of the Soviets'' mythical ''Foxbat'' MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk, and Kaz must tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately, he must invite the fox into the henhouse - bringing the defector into the heart of the United States'' most secret test site - and hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way. For Chris Hadfield''s second heart-stopping thriller, we move from Space to another rich and exciting part of Chris''s CV: his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as an RCAF fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace. Full of insider detail, excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events, The Defector brings us the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat, as told by one of the world''s best fighter pilots. Praise for The Apollo Murders '' A nail-biting Cold War thriller'' James Cameron''An exciting journey to an alternate past'' Andy Weir '' Not to be missed'' Frederick Forsyth '' Explosive'' Gregg Hurwitz '' Exciting, authentic'' Linwood Barclay

DKK 147.00
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The Defector - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Defector - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!'' Jack Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the James Reece Terminal List series ''Continuous action, Mach-speed mayhem, sharp intrigue, and well-rounded characters - what more could you want from a thriller?'' Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The 9th Man and the Cotton Malone series Israel, late 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MIG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears. NASA Flight Controller and former US Navy test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground - and is quickly pulled into a dizzying, high-stakes game of spies, lies and a possible high-level defection that plays out across three continents.The prize is beyond value: the secrets of the Soviets'' mythical ''Foxbat'' MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk, and Kaz must tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately, he must invite the fox into the henhouse - bringing the defector into the heart of the United States'' most secret test site - and hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way.For Chris Hadfield''s second heart-stopping thriller, we move from Space to another rich and exciting part of Chris''s CV: his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as an RCAF fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace. Full of insider detail, excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events, The Defector brings us the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat, as told by one of the world''s best fighter pilots. Praise for The Apollo Murders ''A nail-biting Cold War thriller '' James Cameron''An exciting journey to an alternate past'' Andy Weir ''Not to be missed'' Frederick Forsyth ''Explosive'' Gregg Hurwitz ''Exciting, authentic'' Linwood Barclay

DKK 120.00
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The Defector - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Defector - Chris Hadfield - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

'' A full throttle, adrenaline-laced espionage page-turner . . . Get ready to blast off and enjoy the ride!'' Jack Carr, former Navy SEAL Sniper and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the James Reece Terminal List series '' Continuous action, Mach-speed mayhem, sharp intrigue, and well-rounded characters - what more could you want from a thriller?'' Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The 9th Man and the Cotton Malone series Israel, late 1973. As the Yom Kippur War flares into life, a state-of-the-art Soviet MIG fighter is racing at breakneck speed over the arid scrublands below . . . and promptly disappears. NASA Flight Controller and former US Navy test pilot Kaz Zemeckis watches the scene from the ground - and is quickly pulled into a dizzying, high-stakes game of spies, lies and a possible high-level defection that plays out across three continents. The prize is beyond value: the secrets of the Soviets'' mythical ''Foxbat'' MiG-25, the fastest, highest-flying fighter plane in the world and the key to Cold War air supremacy. But every defection is double-edged with risk, and Kaz must tread a careful line between trust and suspicion. Ultimately, he must invite the fox into the henhouse - bringing the defector into the heart of the United States'' most secret test site - and hope that, with skill and cunning, the game plays out his way. For Chris Hadfield''s second heart-stopping thriller, we move from Space to another rich and exciting part of Chris''s CV: his time as a top test pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy, and as an RCAF fighter pilot intercepting armed Soviet bombers in North American airspace. Full of insider detail, excitement and political intrigue drawn from real events, The Defector brings us the nerve-shredding rush of aerial combat, as told by one of the world''s best fighter pilots. Praise for The Apollo Murders '' A nail-biting Cold War thriller'' James Cameron''An exciting journey to an alternate past'' Andy Weir '' Not to be missed'' Frederick Forsyth '' Explosive'' Gregg Hurwitz '' Exciting, authentic'' Linwood Barclay

DKK 192.00
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Aston Martin - Ben Collins - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Aston Martin - Ben Collins - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

From bestselling author, racer and stunt driver Ben Collins - the man who was The Stig - comes a story of spies, speed and hard-driving genius: a driver's love letter to one of the world's best-loved machines. Aston Martin's first, wickedly fast models were forged at a time when Ferrari's premises at Maranello was nothing but a ploughed field. This book celebrates a century of innovators who kept the fire burning brightly for over a century, from the visionary pioneers Martin and Bamford to modern-day design guru Adrian Newey; from a glamorous web of pre- and post-war spies and racing drivers, to David Brown and the achingly beautiful DB models beloved of Bonds past and present. Ben Collins explores the car with the double-o prefix from a unique perspective behind the wheel, carving through country lanes in his father's V8 Vantage, driving Aston Martins in four James Bond movies and competing against them in the legendary Le Mans 24-hour race. Ultimately, this is a very British success story: of a triumph of engineering that has burned brightly from the Roaring 20s to the 2020s, and an iconic car that never says die.

DKK 127.00
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You Can Run - Trevor Wood - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

You Can Run - Trevor Wood - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

' FAST PACED AND GRIPPING BUT WITH A HEART OF PURE GOLD ' HARRIET TYCE 'BEGINS AT THE SPEED OF A RUNAWAY TRAIN ... PROPULSIVE PAGE-TURNER' VASEEM KHAN ' GO RUBY! WHAT A HERO! ' FIONA ERSKINE It takes a village to save a child in this pulse-pounding standalone thriller from the acclaimed author of The Man on the Street. It wasn't her dad they were after. It was her. Ruby Winter is surprised when her reclusive father invites a stranger into their house. She eavesdrops on their conversation and is alarmed when she hears a fight break out. She dashes into the kitchen to save her dad but the stranger's the one lying on the floor in a pool of blood. Her dad urges her to pack a bag. They must quit their Northumbrian cottage and run. There isn't time to explain why. But as they try to flee her dad is captured. The only people who can help her are the villagers she has shunned her whole life. But, desperate to find her father and to work out who took him and why, she must seek their help. But what if learning the truth means discovering the life she once knew was a lie?

DKK 127.00
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Aston Martin - Ben Collins - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Aston Martin - Ben Collins - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

An extraordinary story of spies, lies and hard-driving genius, by the man who was The Stig Aston Martin''s story is one of Survival, Ingenuity and Style. Beloved of engineers, speed freaks and spooks - both real and imagined - the car with the double-o prefix has blazed a trail to become one of the world''s best-loved machines. Bestselling author, racer and stunt driver Ben Collins explores this magnificent machine from a unique perspective behind the wheel, carving through country lanes in his father''s V8 Vantage, driving Aston Martins in four James Bond movies and competing against them in the legendary Le Mans 24-hour race. The company''s first, wickedly fast models were forged at a time when Ferrari''s premises at Maranello was nothing but a ploughed field - but this book celebrates a century of characters who created a legend: from the visionary pioneers Martin and Bamford to modern-day genius Adrian Newey; from a glamorous web of pre- and post-war spies and racing drivers, to the achingly beautiful David Brown models beloved of Bonds past and present. Aston Martin is the story of a triumph of innovation and design that has burned brightly from the Roaring 20s to the 2020s, a driver''s love letter to the cars that never say die.

DKK 210.00
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Sleepless - Romy Hausmann - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Sleepless - Romy Hausmann - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

THE MIND-BENDING NEW THRILLER FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DEAR CHILD ''Hausmann''s novel has the feel of a nightmare, unfolding at breakneck speed'' SUNDAY TIMES It''s been years since Nadja Kulka was convicted of a cruel crime. After being released from prison, she''s wanted nothing more than to live a normal life: nice flat, steady job, even a few friends. But when one of those friends, Laura von Hoven - free-spirited beauty and wife of Nadja''s boss - kills her lover and begs Nadja for her help, Nadja can''t seem to be able to refuse.The two women make for a remote house in the woods, the perfect place to bury a body. But their plan quickly falls apart and Nadja finds herself outplayed, a pawn in a bizarre game in which she is both the perfect victim and the perfect murderer . . . Dark secrets past and present collide in this haunting novel of guilt and retribution from the internationally bestselling author of Dear Child. PRAISE FOR ROMY HAUSMANN: ''Chilling'' People Magazine ''[A] tantalizingly disturbing debut . . . As enthralling as it is thought-provoking'' New York Times ''Hausmann is a force to be reckoned with. You can''t stop reading'' David Baldacci ''Deliciously dark'' Alice Feeney ''Very compelling'' Peter James ''Disturbingly good'' Lesley Kara

DKK 113.00
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Aston Martin - Ben Collins - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Aston Martin - Ben Collins - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''This pacy history of a legendary brand is a love letter to an era of gears and gasoline now accelerating towards its twilight'' - Financial Times ''[Told] with a genuine affection ... a glorious tale of British seat-of-the-pants invention'' - Mail on Sunday --------- From bestselling author, racer and stunt driver Ben Collins - the man who was The Stig - comes a story of spies, speed and hard-driving genius: a driver''s love letter to one of the world''s best-loved machines. Aston Martin''s first, wickedly fast models were forged at a time when Ferrari''s premises at Maranello was nothing but a ploughed field. This book celebrates a century of innovators who kept the fire burning brightly for over a century, from the visionary pioneers Martin and Bamford to modern-day design guru Adrian Newey; from a glamorous web of pre- and post-war spies and racing drivers, to David Brown and the achingly beautiful DB models beloved of Bonds past and present.Ben Collins explores the car with the double-o prefix from a unique perspective behind the wheel, carving through country lanes in his father''s V8 Vantage, driving Aston Martins in four James Bond movies and competing against them in the legendary Le Mans 24-hour race.Ultimately, this is a very British success story: of a triumph of engineering that has burned brightly from the Roaring 20s to the 2020s, and an iconic car that never says die.

DKK 182.00
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Deadland - William Shaw - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Deadland - William Shaw - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

***The bestselling William Shaw returns with a thrilling investigation in the unmissable new series***''One of the great rising talents of UK crime fiction'' PETER JAMES''If you''re not a fan yet, why not?'' VAL MCDERMID''A superb storyteller'' PETER MAY YOU CAN RUN The two boys never fitted in. Seventeen, the worst age, nothing to do but smoke weed; at least they have each other. The day they speed off on a moped with a stolen mobile, they''re ready to celebrate their luck at last. Until their victim comes looking for what''s his - and ready to kill for it. YOU CAN HIDE On the other side of Kent''s wealth divide, DS Alexandra Cupidi faces the strangest murder investigation of her career. A severed limb, hidden inside a modern sculpture in Margate''s Turner Contemporary. No one takes it seriously - not even the artwork''s owners, celebrity dealers who act like they''re above the law. YOU CAN DIE But as Cupidi''s case becomes ever more sinister, as she wrangles with police politics and personal dilemmas, she can''t help worrying about those runaway boys. Seventeen, the same age as her own headstrong daughter. Alone, on the marshes, they''re pawns in someone else''s game. Two worlds are about to collide. Kent and its social divisions are brilliantly captured in Deadland , a crime thriller that''s as ingeniously unguessable as it is moving and powerful.

DKK 120.00
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Float Up, Sing Down - Laird Hunt - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Float Up, Sing Down - Laird Hunt - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

From National Book Award Finalist Laird Hunt, a masterful collection of interwoven stories capturing one summer''s day in Reagan-era Indiana. Candy Wilson has forgotten to buy the paprika. Turner Davis needs to get his zinnias in. Della Dorner told her mother she was going to Milky Freeze, but that''s not where she''s really headed on her new Schwinn five-speed. Float Up, Sing Down is the story of a single day. But in that day, how much teeming life! The residents of this rural town have their routines, their preferences, their joys, grudges, and regrets. The old-timers savor past triumphs, cast back to lives circumscribed and defined by the World Wars, wonder what might have been. Youngsters covet cars, karate moves, kissing; they writhe in the first blushes of love or pain or independence. Gossip is paramount. Lives are entwined. Retired sheriffs climb corn bins and muse on lost love, French teachers throw firecrackers out of barn windows, and teenagers borrow motorcycles to ride the back roads.Each of the fourteen stories of Float Up, Sing Down follows one character''s ''day-in-the-life'' in one of Hunt''s most beloved and enduring landscapes. As the book unfolds these lives echo and glance off of one another with elegance and warmth, a tenderness born of strength. In the tradition of Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Elizabeth Strout, and Edward P. Jones, this is a symphony of souls, a masterful portrait of both loneliness and community by one of our great limners of American experience.

DKK 120.00
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How To Understand E =mc² - Christophe Galfard - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

How To Understand E =mc² - Christophe Galfard - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Do something amazing and learn a new skill thanks to the Little Ways to Live a Big Life books! The beginning of the 20th century heralded a scientific revolution: what a few brilliant minds uncovered about our reality in the first twenty years has shaped the history of our species. And one of them in particular stands out: Einstein, with his celebrated E=mc2.In this remarkable and insightful book, Christophe Galfard describes how E=mc2 is a direct consequence of the Theory of Special Relativity, the theory of how objects move and behave, at speeds close to the speed of light. He considers Einstein''s legacy in the light of the 21st century, with fresh hindsight, and considers its impact on our vision of reality. The reader will discover that far from being just a formula, it is a brand new understanding of the nature of space and time.Some of the greatest scientific breakthroughs in the history of science have been made by geniuses who managed to merge and unite hitherto separated domains of knowledge. Galfard explores two unifications with Einstein''s theories, and looks at the even bigger picture of how E=mc2 has changed our world, and what it entails for the future.Throughout, Galfard takes the reader on an extremely entertaining journey, using simple, jargon-free language to help the reader gain a deeper understanding of science. With humour and patience, he guides us through the world of particles, anti-matter and much more to bring us closer to an ultimate understanding of reality as we understand it today.

DKK 141.00
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Float Up, Sing Down - Laird Hunt - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Float Up, Sing Down - Laird Hunt - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

From National Book Award Finalist Laird Hunt, a masterful collection of interwoven stories capturing one summer''s day in Reagan-era Indiana. Candy Wilson has forgotten to buy the paprika. Turner Davis needs to get his zinnias in. Della Dorner told her mother she was going to Milky Freeze, but that''s not where she''s really headed on her new Schwinn five-speed. Float Up, Sing Down is the story of a single day. But in that day, how much teeming life! The residents of this rural town have their routines, their preferences, their joys, grudges, and regrets. The old-timers savor past triumphs, cast back to lives circumscribed and defined by the World Wars, wonder what might have been. Youngsters covet cars, karate moves, kissing; they writhe in the first blushes of love or pain or independence. Gossip is paramount. Lives are entwined. Retired sheriffs climb corn bins and muse on lost love, French teachers throw firecrackers out of barn windows, and teenagers borrow motorcycles to ride the back roads.Each of the fourteen stories of Float Up, Sing Down follows one character''s ''day-in-the-life'' in one of Hunt''s most beloved and enduring landscapes. As the book unfolds these lives echo and glance off of one another with elegance and warmth, a tenderness born of strength. In the tradition of Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Elizabeth Strout, and Edward P. Jones, this is a symphony of souls, a masterful portrait of both loneliness and community by one of our great limners of American experience.

DKK 182.00
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Breverton's Nautical Curiosities - Terry Breverton - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Breverton's Nautical Curiosities - Terry Breverton - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A compendium of fascinating information about the great waters that cover two-thirds of our Earth and the men and women that sailed them. Breverton''s Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, the focus of this book is on the unusual, the overlooked or the downright extraordinary. Someone most of us do not know, Admiral William Brown, is given equal coverage to Admiral Nelson. Without Admiral Brown releasing Garibaldi, modern Italy might not exist. And without the barely known genius John Ericsson designing the Monitor, the Confederacy might have won the American Civil War. Readers will be stimulated to read more about the remarkable men - explorers, admirals and trawlermen - who have shaped our world. The sea has had a remarkable effect upon our language. We hear the terms ''steer clear of'', ''hit the deck'', ''don''t rock the boat'', ''to harbour a grudge'' and the like, and give little thought to them. In the pages of this book, the reader will find the origin of ''bumpkin'', a ''brace of shakes'', ''born with a silver spoon'', ''booby prize'', ''to take on board'', ''above board'', ''bombed'' (in the sense of being drunk), the ''blues'', ''blind-side'', ''blind drunk'', ''the pot calling the kettle black'', ''reach the bitter end'', ''wasters'', ''ahoy'', ''all at sea'', ''to keep aloof'', ''piss-artist'', ''taken aback'', ''barbecue'''' and ''bamboozle''. Other colourful terms, which have passed out of common usage, such as ''bring one''s arse to anchor'' (sit down), ''belly timber'' (food) and ''bog orange'' (potato) are also included, as well as important pirate haunts, technical terms, famous battles, maritime inventors and ship speed records.

DKK 182.00
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Iron War - Matt Fitzgerald - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Iron War - Matt Fitzgerald - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2012. On October 14, 1989, driven by one of the most intense and lasting two-man rivalries in any sport, a pair of generational talents at the height of their powers ran a race that redefined human limits. The battle between Dave Scott and Mark Allen at the 13th Hawaii Ironman stands as one of the most dramatic stories in the history of athletics. The two greatest athletes of triathlon''s pioneering generation raced side by side, literally, for eight straight hours at breakneck speed before Allen finally tore away from his longtime nemesis with less than two miles left in the 140.6-mile event. His margin of victory was a scant 58 seconds. So intense was the drama, the race came to be known as ''Iron War'' - the single most awe-inspiring sporting event ever witnessed. More than a compelling story, Iron War is a fascinating exploration of how Scott and Allen pushed themselves and each other - and what it takes for anyone to break through perceived limits. Much as Christopher McDougall added depth to Born to Run by tying in new research on the evolutionary origins of humans as runners, Iron War shows how new discoveries in neuroscience explain how some elite athletes are able to literally will their bodies to do things that should be beyond their capacities. The book weaves an examination of the anatomy of mental toughness into a gripping tale of athletic adventure. With its emotional and intellectual depth, Iron War is a captivating and thought-provoking portrait of the human will..

DKK 139.00
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The Art of Cycling - James Hibbard - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Art of Cycling - James Hibbard - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''An exceptional read'' - Paul Kimmage, author of Rough Ride A meditative love letter to the sport of cycling, THE ART OF CYCLING traces the journey of a former professional racer regaining his love for the sport and shows how cycling can shed new light on age-old questions of selfhood, meaning, and purpose.Interweaving cycling, philosophy, and personal narrative, THE ART OF CYCLING provides readers with a deep understanding into the highs and lows of being an elite athlete, the limits of approaching any sporting pursuit from a strictly rational perspective, and how the philosophical and often counterintuitive lessons derived from sport can be applied to other areas of life.Accessible to everyone from the hardened racer to the casual fan, THE ART OF CYCLING engages the history of thought through the lens of cycling to undermine much of what is typically thought of as "intellectual", breathing new vitality into life, and countering society''s obsession with progress and drive towards the abstract, detached, and virtual.''Cycling is an extended form of thinking and The Art of Cycling is a dazzling trip on both counts. Taking a racing line between Descartes and Nietzsche, Moser and Merckx, James Hibbard dismantles what it means to be a cyclist and puts it together again in thought-provoking ways - and, like a Zen master or cyclist in the mountains, achieves moments of transcendence''Max Leonard, author of Higher Calling ''When you "draft" in cycling, you tuck yourself behind a lead rider and let him or her take the wind and pull you along. This is what one gets to do in reading Hibbard''s The Art of Cycling - draft off a strong writer and thinker through a meditation on a very basic, but incredibly beautiful, method of going from here to there at high speed. Drafting can be dangerous if the lead rider is unsteady, but Hibbard proves a reliable guide. The Art of Cycling is worth the ride.''John Kaag, author of Hiking with Nietzsche

DKK 139.00
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One Long and Beautiful Summer - Duncan Hamilton - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

One Long and Beautiful Summer - Duncan Hamilton - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

*A MULTIPLE AWARD-WINNING SPORTS WRITER* ''Hamilton''s book is a marvel . . . I''m not sure he could write a dull sentence if he tried'' Spectator One of Duncan Hamilton''s favourite writers on cricket, Edmund Blunden, wrote how he felt going to watch a game: ''You arrive early, earlier even than you meant . . . and you feel a little guilty at the thought of the day you propose to give up to sheer luxury''.Following Neville Cardus''s assertion that ''there can be no summer in this land without cricket'', Hamilton plotted the games he would see in 2019 and write down reflectively on some of the cricket that blessed his own sight. It would be captured in the context of the coming season in case subsequent summers and the imminent arrival of The Hundred made that impossible. He would write in the belief that after this season the game might never be quite the same again.He visits Welbeck Colliery Cricket Club to see Nottinghamshire play Hampshire at the tiny ground of Sookholme, gifted to the club by a local philanthropist who takes money on the gate; his village team at Menston in Yorkshire; the county ground at Hove; watches Ben Stokes''s heroics at Headingley, marvels at Jofra Archer''s gift of speed in a Second XI fixture for Sussex against Gloucestershire in front of 74 people and three well-behaved dogs; and realises when he reaches the last afternoon of the final county match of the season at Taunton, ''How blessed I am to have been born here. How I never want to live anywhere else. How much I love cricket.'' One Long and Beautiful Summer forms a companion volume to Hamilton''s 2009 classic, A Last English Summer . It is sports writing at its most accomplished and evocative, confirming his reputation as the finest contemporary chronicler of the game.

DKK 127.00
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Glossy - Nina Sophia Miralles - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Glossy - Nina Sophia Miralles - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Dame Anna Wintour might be one of the best-known and most successful journalists on the planet. But it wasn''t always like that. When she started out on Vogue she was often so miserable she had to phone her husband for help. This is just one of countless fascinating titbits in this zippy story of dizzying fortune, out-of this-world fashion, ingenuity, passion, sex and power.And, this being fashion, some intense bitchiness too. Started as a gossip magazine for snobbish New Yorkers in 1892, Vogue is now one of the most recognisable brands in the world. Spanning London, New York and Paris, this is a high-speed, fun read full of fascinating though not always likeable people.'' Daily Mail Glossy is a story of more than a magazine. It is a story of passion and power, dizzying fortune and out-of-this-world fashion, of ingenuity and opportunism, frivolity and malice. This is the definitive story of Vogue. Vogue magazine started, like so many great things do, in the spare room of someone''s house. But unlike other such makeshift projects that flare up then fizzle away, Vogue burnt itself onto our cultural consciousness. Today, 128 years later, Vogue spans 22 countries, has an international print readership upwards of 12 million and nets over 67 million monthly online users. Uncontested market leader for a century, it is one of the most recognisable brands in the world and a multi-million dollar money-making machine. It is not just a fashion magazine, it is the establishment. But what - and more importantly who - made Vogue such an enduring success? Glossy will answer this question and more by tracing the previously untold history of the magazine, from its inception as a New York gossip rag, to the sleek, corporate behemoth we know now. This will be a biography of Vogue in every sense of the word, taking the reader through three centuries, two world wars, plunging failures and blinding successes, as it charts the story of the magazine and those who ran it.

DKK 141.00
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