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The Meaning Of The 21st Century - James Martin - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Meaning Of The 21st Century - James Martin - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

James Martin, one of the world''s most widely respected authorities on the impact of technology on society, argues that we are living at a turning point in human history. ''We are travelling at breakneck speed into an era of extremes - extremes of wealth and poverty, extremes in technology, extremes in globalization. If we are to survive, we must learn how to manage them all.'' Although we face huge challenges and conflicts, Martin argues that it is in the scientific breakthroughs of the new century that we will find new hope. In a clear, penetrating and insightful style he addresses the key questions of our age and proposes an interconnected set of solutions to its problems.

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21st-Century Smallholder - Paul Waddington - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

21st-Century Smallholder - Paul Waddington - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Achieving genuine self-sufficiency of the kind described in John Seymour''s classic guide is sadly beyond the vast reach of the urban majority today. Few have the space, and for those few there are comprehensive guidebooks. But where do the rest of us look for the answers to questions like how much effort does it really take to grow your own food? Is beekeeping difficult? Is solar power really worth the bother?From a small terraced house in the middle of a big city, Paul Waddington has made it his business to find out, and while trying it himself, has created a practical and absorbing guidebook along the way. It includes easy-to-read lists, tables, personal anecdote, and stunning illustrations, and more importantly demystifies the subject with practical tips that get to the heart of the matter to show you how you can enjoy the fulfilling aspects of the smallholding life without the hassle and expense of ''going all the way''. If you want to go back to the land without leaving home, this is the perfect guide.

DKK 159.00
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Time and Time Again - Ben Elton - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Time and Time Again - Ben Elton - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

It’s the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth. No one he has ever known or loved has been born yet. Perhaps now they never will be.Stanton knows that a great and terrible war is coming. A collective suicidal madness that will destroy European civilization and bring misery to millions in the century to come. He knows this because, for him, that century is already history.Somehow he must change that history. He must prevent the war. A war that will begin with a single bullet. But can a single bullet truly corrupt an entire century? And, if so, could another single bullet save it?

DKK 127.00
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The Final Testimony of Raphael Ignatius Phoenix - Paul Sussman - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Final Testimony of Raphael Ignatius Phoenix - Paul Sussman - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

‘My name is Raphael Ignatius Phoenix and I am a hundred years old – or will be in ten days’ time, in the early hours of January 1st, 2000, when I kill myself…’ Raphael Ignatius Phoenix has had enough. Born at the beginning of the 20th century, he is determined to take his own life as the old millennium ends and the new one begins. But before he ends it all, he wants to get his affairs in order and put the record straight. That includes making sense of his own long life – a life that spanned the century. He decides to write it all down and, eschewing the more usual method of pen and paper, begins to record his story on the walls of the isolated castle that is his final home. Beginning with a fateful first adventure with Emily, the childhood friend who would become his constant companion, Raphael remembers the multitude of experiences, the myriad encounters and, of course, the ten murders he committed along the way . . .And so begins one man’s wholly unorthodox account of the twentieth century – or certainly his own riotous, often outrageous, somewhat unreliable and undoubtedly singular interpretation of it.

DKK 168.00
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A Long Strange Trip - Dennis Mcnally - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Long Strange Trip - Dennis Mcnally - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Grateful Dead were one of the most fascinating rock bands and cultural phenomena of the twentieth century. Despite having few mainstream hits, from 1965 to 1995 the Dead blazed an extraordinary incendiary trail across the rock firmament. Exploding from the roots and folk scene of the early 1960s, the Dead went on to provide the soundtrack to the Dionysiac revels of the burgeoning counterculture. Their history is the history of the modern American Revolution in the years of rage and rebellion, which were to change the country forever. Here is the band''s full story. Not just a brilliant rock biography, it forms a compelling portrait of America''s West Coast from the halcyon days of Magic Buses and Merry Pranksters to the corporate dawn of the twenty-first century.

DKK 182.00
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The Thief of Time - John Boyne - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Thief of Time - John Boyne - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Matthieu Zela has lived his life well. In fact, he''s lived several lives well. Because Matthew Zela''s life is characterised by one amazing fact: his body stopped ageing before the end of the eighteenth century. Starting in 1758, a young Matthieu flees Paris after witnessing his mother''s brutal murder. His only companions are his younger brother Tomas and one true love, Dominique Sauvet. The story of his life takes us from the French Revolution to 1920s Hollywood, from the Great Exhibition to the Wall Street Crash, and by the end of the twentieth century, Matthieu has been an engineer, a rogue, a movie mogul, a soldier, a financier, a lover to many, a cable TV executive and much more besides.Brilliantly weaving history and personal experience, this is a dazzling story of love, murder, missed chances, treachery - and redemption.

DKK 126.00
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Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE FUNNY AND INSPIRING, MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD, now a major Apple TV+ series starring Brie Larson A Book of the Year for: Guardian, Times, Sunday Times, New York Times, Good House Keeping, Woman & Home, Stylist, TLS Oprah Daily, Newsweek, Mail on Sunday, NPR, India Knight, Hay Festival, Waterstones , Amazon, Books Are My Bag, and many more!''The most charming, life-enhancing novel’ Sunday Times ''Funny , thought-provoking and stylish '' Guardian ‘The best book I''ve read recently. I loved it’ - SARA COX, BBC 2 Between the Covers ‘Everyone needs to read this ’ 5-star reader review___________ A woman ahead of her time.But exactly right for ours Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.But it''s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans, the lonely, brilliant, Nobel-Prize-nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with - of all things - her mind.Like science, life is unpredictable. Forced to leave her job at the institute, Elizabeth Zott soon finds herself the reluctant star of America''s most beloved cooking show, Supper at Six. Elizabeth''s unusual approach to cooking (''Combine one tablespoon acetic acid with a pinch of sodium chloride'') proves revolutionary.But as her following grows, not everyone is happy. Because as it turns out, Elizabeth Zott isn''t just teaching women to cook. She''s daring them to change the status quo. One molecule at a time. __________ A New York Times ‘Top 100 Best Books of the 21st Century’ Reader''s Pick Author of the Year at the British Book AwardsAuthor of the Year, WaterstonesWinner of the Goodreads Choice Best Debut Novel AwardWinner of the Books are My Bag Reader''s Choice AwardWinner of the Books are My Bag Breakthrough Author AwardShortlisted for the HWA Crown Award PRAISE FOR LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY : ''Laugh-out-loud funny and brimming with life, generosity and courage'' Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Homemade God ‘Full of humour, heartbreak and characters who feel like real people’ Red Magazine ‘ Page-turning and highly satisfying’ – Maggie Shipstead, bestselling author of Great Circle ''I loved Lessons in Chemistry and am devastated to have finished it !'' Nigella Lawson''A novel that sparks joy with every page'' Elizabeth Day, bestselling author of Magpie '' Witty and sometimes hilarious ... the Catch-22 of early feminism'' Stephen King‘A beautiful, sharp, funny and dark modern classic . I adored it'' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of All the Colours of the Dark ‘The best book that I have read this year – a funny, warm, unique book’ 5-star reader review‘ Witty , poignant , clever , brilliantly plotted… believe the hype’ 5-star reader review‘ Funny , honest and heart-wrenching this book had me hooked until the end .’ 5-star reader review Lessons in Chemistry has sold over 8 million copies worldwide across all formats, People , January 2025Front cover may vary

DKK 119.00
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The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons - Sam Kean - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Tale of the Duelling Neurosurgeons - Sam Kean - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

For centuries, scientists had only one way to study the brain: wait for misfortune to strike - strokes, seizures, infections, lobotomies, horrendous accidents, phantom limbs, Siamese twins - and see how the victims changed afterwards. In many cases their survival was miraculous, and observers marvelled at the transformations that took place when different parts of the brain were destroyed. Parents suddenly couldn''t recognise their children. Pillars of the community became pathological liars and paedophiles. Some people couldn''t speak but could still sing. Others couldn''t read but could write.The stories of these people laid the foundations of modern neuroscience and, century by century, key cases taught scientists what every last region of the brain did. With lucid explanations and incisive wit, Sam Kean explores the brain''s secret passageways and recounts the forgotten tales of the ordinary individuals whose struggles, resilience and deep humanity made neuroscience possible.

DKK 202.00
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A Simple Plan - Scott Smith - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Simple Plan - Scott Smith - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Every year, on 31 December, Hank and his older brother Jacob make a pilgrimage to their father''s grave. They have never been close - indeed, they have never even liked one another - but they keep this promise, made to their father before he died. This year Jacob''s friend Lou comes with them. As they drive towards the cemetery in Jacob''s truck through the snowbound landscape, a fox runs across the road, and they skid on the ice and crash. Jacob''s dog chases the fox through the deep snow. The three men follow him, beating their way through the drifts, until they come to a valley where they see a small plane, belly down in the snow. In the pilot''s seat is a dead man, his eyes pecked out by the crows. In the back they discover a duffle bag. In the bag is 4.4 million dollars.A Simple Plan is a novel that slowly but surely grips the reader by the throat as it unfolds in an inevitable and doomed spiral of events, through murder, betrayal and mass killing. From its deceptively simple beginning, to its horrific and surprising conclusion, it marks the début of an extraordinary new talent.

DKK 168.00
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We'll Always Have Paris - John Baxter - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

We'll Always Have Paris - John Baxter - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

For more than a century, Americans and Britons have been arriving hopefully in Paris. Most were tourists, but a significant number had other motives, ranging from learning to paint or write, to finding a rich husband; from escaping racism and politics to gaining a sexual education. John Baxter arrived because he had fallen in love with a French woman. All of these people arrived because they were re-making their lives. We''ll Always Have Paris is a personal view of Paris as it appeared to the emotionally and intellectually hungry of the world. It is a guided tour of the people and places associated with the Parisian legend. It includes interviews with painters, film-makers, actresses, writers, poets. There are visits to the cafes of Montparnasse where Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Man Ray hung out. It explores the old brothels - temples of sensuality in 18th century Paris - and an erotic bookshop. Above all, it is John Baxter''s personal history of Europe''s most romantic capital city.

DKK 161.00
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Mistress of My Fate - Hallie Rubenhold - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Mistress of My Fate - Hallie Rubenhold - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Perfect fiction for fans of BBC TV''s hit series BRIDGERTON and HARLOTS ''A remarkable picture of a fascinating age'' Daily Express '' A full-blooded historical'' Independent _____________________ My tale is not for the faint of heart. Born illegitimate in eighteenth-century England, the scandalous Henrietta Lightfoot gives us her version of the truth about her criminal life in this delicious coming-of-age.Fleeing her childhood home for the big city, Henrietta is now swimming in the London underworld of rakes, rogues, sharks, pimps and courtesans - she quickly sees that true liberty is a man''s privilege.What must Henrietta do to survive in a world designed for men?Gripping, twisty, shocking, MISTRESS OF MY FATE illuminates the dark lives of the women written out by the masters of eighteenth-century literature. Vibrant and full-blooded, it is an irresistible picaresque story for our times ''Two parts Lizzie Bennett and Tom Jones''s Sophia Western to one part Moll Flanders'' INDEPENDENT ''Combines extraordinary bawdiness with silky sophistication'' DAILY EXPRESS

DKK 119.00
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The Templar Revelation - Clive Prince - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Templar Revelation - Clive Prince - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In the course of their investigations into Leonardo da Vinci and the Turin Shroud, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince found clues in the work of the great Renaissance artist that pointed to the existence of a secret underground religion. More clues were found in a twentieth-century London church. These were the beginnings of a quest through time and space that led the authors into the mysterious world of secret societies and such bodies as the Freemasons, the Knights Templar and the Cathars and finally back to the ideas and beliefs of the first century AD and a devastating new view of the real character and motives of the founder of Christianity and the roles of John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene. They reveal nothing less than a secret history, preserved through the centuries but encoded in works of art and even in the great Gothic cathedrals, whose revelation could shake the foundations of the Chruch.

DKK 139.00
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The Life of Stuff - Susannah Walker - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Life of Stuff - Susannah Walker - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Shortlisted for the James Tait Black biography prize 2019 ''A moving memoir.'' Sunday Times ''Gripped me from the first page.'' Clover Stroud, author of My Wild and Sleepless Nights ''A gripping read... a riveting piece of writing.'' Radio 4 __________ What do our possessions say about us? Why do we project such meaning onto them? What becomes of the things we leave behind? Only after her mother''s death does Susannah Walker discover how much of a hoarder she had become. Over the following months, Susannah has to sort through a dilapidated house filled to the brim with rubbish and treasures - filling bag after bag with possessions. But what she''s really in search of is a woman she''d never really known or understood in life. This is her last chance to piece together her mother''s story and make sense of their troubled relationship. What emerges from the mess of scattered papers, discarded photographs and an extraordinary amount of stuff is the history of a sad and fractured family, haunted by dead children, divorce and alcohol. The Life of Stuff is a deeply personal exploration of mourning and the shoring up of possessions against the losses and griefs of life, which also raises universal questions about what makes us the people we are.__________ ''Compelling and moving.'' Ruth Hogan ''An excellent memoir.'' Cathy Rentzenbrink

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Vanish - Tess Gerritsen - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Vanish - Tess Gerritsen - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

IT'S GORY, IT'S GRIPPING, IT'S GERRITSEN. A Rizzoli & Isles bestseller. STARE DEATH IN THE FACE 'If you're home alone, do not risk even the first sentence. Once you've started reading this book, putting it down is not an option' Mo Hayder Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles unzips a body bag and gets the fright of her life. The corpse opens its eyes. The woman is rushed to hospital, where she murders a guard and siezes hostages, including a heavily pregnant Detective Jane Rizzoli. No one knows who this woman is, or what she wants. Only Jane, trapped with the madwoman, can solve the mystery. If she survives the night . . .

DKK 119.00
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Holy Fools - Joanne Harris - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Holy Fools - Joanne Harris - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

By the bestselling author of Chocolat, international multi-million copy seller Joanne Harris , comes a passionate story of love, nuns and witches, set in 17th-century France. Perfect for fans of Victoria Hislop, Fiona Valpy, Maggie O''Farrell and Rachel Joyce. ''Truly sensational... This is a wonderful novel. It draws you in from the very first page'' -- SUNDAY EXPRESS ''Hugely enjoyable... Both consoling and wise'' -- New Statesman ''With this bold, inventive book, Harris confirms her position as one of Britain''s most popular novelists'' -- DAILY MAIL ''Stunned, but in a good way'' -- ***** Reader review ''Absorbing'' -- ***** Reader review ''Keeps you hooked from the start'' -- ***** Reader review ''Fabulous'' -- ***** Reader review ''A great page-turner'' -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************************************************* In seventeenth-century France against a backdrop of witch trials, regicide and religious frenzy, Juliette , one-time actress and rope-dancer, seeks refuge with her young daughter in a remote abbey and reinvents herself as Soeur Auguste .Until a new Abbess is appointed, bringing with her a ghost from Juliette''s past - a man she has every reason to fear.

DKK 166.00
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Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes - David Hall - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Fred Dibnah's Victorian Heroes - David Hall - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Fred Dibnah was a man born out of his time. His era should have been the ''magnificent age of British engineering'' - the nineteenth century - and his heroes were the great industrial engineers of the period whose prolific innovations and dedicated work ethic inspired a national mood of optimism and captured the hearts of the British public. Fred Dibnah''s Victorian Heroes tells the stories of some of these men - including George and Robert Stephenson, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Joseph Whitworth - and what it was that made them such inspirational figures to Fred. What were their backgrounds? Where did their drive and vision come from? What sort of people were they at work and at home? And what was their contribution to the history of industry and engineering? Most of them - like Fred - were colourful, larger-than-life characters for whom no challenge was too great. Taking these fascinating characters as inspiration, Fred Dibnah''s Victorian Heroes gets to the very heart of what allowed nineteenth-century Britannia to rule the waves . . .

DKK 166.00
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An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain - John O'farrell - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain - John O'farrell - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Following his hugely popular account of the previous 2000 years, John O''Farrell now comes bang up to date with a hilarious modern history asking ''How the hell did we end up here?'' An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain informs, elucidates and laughs at all the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain''s story since 1945; leaving the Twenty-First Century reader feeling fantastically smug for having the benefit of hindsight.

DKK 126.00
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The Loves Of Catrin - Iris Gower - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Loves Of Catrin - Iris Gower - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Loves of Catrin tells the story of Catrin Owen whose life began in the grim world of a Welsh copper town in the nineteenth century. Born and bred in the poverty-striken streets that sprawled round the smelting works, Catrin dreams of escaping from the smoke and grime and hardship that engulf her life. But Catrin''s future will be with the man she marries - and she inspires the love of two men - Dylan Morgan from her own background - and John Richards, a well-bred gentleman.

DKK 161.00
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Party Games - Jo (author) Carnegie - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Party Games - Jo (author) Carnegie - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''More essential than suncream in your beach bag this summer . . . Sexy, glamorous and fun'' HEAT FOR THE PERFECT LIFE . . . YOU MAY HAVE TO BREAK SOME RULES I’m Vanessa Powell. People think they know me because I’m famous. They think I’ve got the world at my feet and the husband every woman wants to marry. But fame can be a lonely place and the perfect marriage can be even lonelier. Now someone’s come into my life who makes me feel alive. For the first time ever, I’m thinking about what I really want. No matter what the consequences. Funny, sexy and full of romance and drama, this is a fabulous read for fans of Catherine Alliott, Lucy Diamond and Veronica Henry.

DKK 168.00
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Great Flying Stories - Frederick Forsyth - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Great Flying Stories - Frederick Forsyth - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

PREPARE FOR TAKE-OFF ON THE FLIGHT OF A LIFETIME!Frederick Forsyth, himself author of The Shepherd, one of the greatest flying stories of the century, has selected a magnificent collection of fictional tales by some truly distinguished talents. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Roald Dahl and Edgar Allen Poe are among the unexpected writers in this thrilling anthology. Others - H.E.Bates, Len Deighton, Captain W.E.Johns, H.G.Wells and J.G.Ballard - have, more predictably, penned timeless stories of the air. There is science fiction too, mystery, horror, even detective fiction, in this, the ultimate flying collection.

DKK 126.00
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Speaking For Themselves - Mary Soames - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Speaking For Themselves - Mary Soames - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The fascinating, insightful and often moving correspondence between Sir Winston and Lady Clementine Churchill extends from their early days of innocent courtship in 1908 to Winston Churchill''s death in 1965.The letters serve not only as a chronicle of their personal achievements and tragedies over the years, but also as a political and social history. In their own words, Winston and Clementine recount some of the most momentous events of the twentieth century: the sinking of the Titanic, the abdication of King Edward VIII, the downfall of governments, the Depression, and two world wars. Here are harrowing first-hand accounts from the battlefields of 1915, reflections on political triumphs and upsets, as well as domestic minutiae, foreign travel, revelations of social scandals and, above all, words of mutual support and encouragement that span the career of one of Britain''s most revered statesmen. Speaking for Themselves is not only an important historical document, it is a love story and an intimate, charming and often surprising insight into one of the century''s most successful marriages.Mary Soames is perfectly placed to select and comment upon this vast collection of letters. And in her introduction and notes she complements the letters with explanatory notes, biographical details and her own personal recollections.

DKK 241.00
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Sinatra - Anthony Summers - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Sinatra - Anthony Summers - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In 1941, at age twenty-five, Sinatra told a friend, ''I''m going to be the best singer in the world''. Two years on, the bobbysoxers were already weeping and screaming for him in their thousands. Half a century on Bono defined him as ''the Big Bang of popular music''. ''To hell with the calendar,'' a music critic wrote before his death in 1998, ''The day Frank Sinatra dies, the twentieth century is over.''There have been many books about Sinatra, but the last comprehensive biography was Kitty Kelly''s HIS WAY, published in 1986. it has taken renowned biographer Anthony Summers years to research this new biography, which promises to be the definitive story of a musical and film career spanning six decades. In this massively documented book, meticulous investigation is coupled with sensitivity to examine every aspect of Sinatra''s life, public and private, from his obscure beginnings in an immigrant neighborhood in Jersey City to his twilight years as a living legend in Palm Springs. It tells the human story of an American icon who was irresistible to women and who was plagued throughout his life by scandal and hints of links with the Mafia. In this book, Summers finally uncovers the whole truth.

DKK 173.00
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Almost Like A Whale - Steve Jones - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Almost Like A Whale - Steve Jones - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In his new book, Steve Jones takes on the challenge of going back to the book of the millennium, Charles Darwin''s The Origin of Species. Before The Origin, biology was a set of unconnected facts. Darwin made it into a science, linked by the theory of evolution, the grammar of the living world.It reveals ties between cancer and the genetics of fish, between brewing and inherited disease, between the sex lives of crocodiles and the politics of Brazil. Darwin used the biology of the nineteenth century to prove his case. Now, that science has been revolutionized and his case can be reargued using the twentieth century''s astonishing advances.From AIDS to dinosaurs, from conservation to cloned sheep, bursting with anecdotes, jokes and irresistible facts, Almost Like a Whale is a popular account of the science that makes biology make sense. It will catch the millennial mood and tell all those for whom Darwin is merely a familiar name what he really meant. It exposes the Darwinian delusions which try (and fail) to explain human behaviour in evolutionary terms, and, while giving an up-to-date account of our own past, shows how humans are the first species to step beyond the constraints of biology.

DKK 155.00
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The Dragon Syndicates - Martin Booth - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Dragon Syndicates - Martin Booth - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

It is not unreasonable to believe that potentially the greatest threat to world civil order...comes from Chinese international criminal syndicates and gangs otherwise collectively referred to as the Triads'' FBI briefing reportTriad societies are today the most widespread and ruthless criminal group in the history of the world, posing the most important criminal threat to world stability that has ever existed. Just as the Mafia are organised as ''families'', so the Triads are organised as ''brotherhoods'', often along clan lines. They are in essence over 2,000 years old. The father of modern China, Sun Yat-sen, was a Triad society member, creating and financing the great Republic of China through the degenerate trade of opium, which has now become the multi-million dollar heroin industry. Martin Booth''s remarkable study encompasses not only the more ''traditional'' localised crime - prostitution, theft, racketeering - but also their more repercussive activities on a global scale: the drugs trade, money laundering, stock market manipulation and insider dealing, computer hacking, international prostitution, infiltration of media assets, art smuggling, and much more.Today the Triads are poised to achieve what no organised crime gang has ever dared dream of - a complete, international criminal network, exclusively Chinese, almost impossible to infiltrate and with its fingers on the world''s pulse through its own banking networks, legal affairs and political protection. Today, it would appear the Triads are ready to make the next century a Chinese century...seemingly, nothing can stop them.The Dragon Syndicates tells the full, incredible story of the Triads - their evolution over two millennia, their rituals and mythologies, their role in shaping this century, and the criminal history and lives of the main players. Sources within the UN claim the Triads pose the greatest criminal threat the world has ever known - after reading Martin Booth''s authoritative, dynamic, superbly written and riveting new study, you''ll understand why...

DKK 175.00
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