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Somebody said that it couldn't be done... - Charles Lawrence - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Somebody said that it couldn't be done... - Charles Lawrence - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The son of a charismatic and charming proprietor of the best hotel in Newark, I was never much of an academic. After leaving school and agricultural college with a clean record of no qualifications I built my first business cutting grass and demolishing old houses so that by 21 I had twenty blokes working for me. But the real fun started when I discovered the merits of making artificial sports and play surfaces from recycled lorry tyres. Taking as my motto the words “someone said it couldn’t be done” I proved to everyone from bank managers to competitors that if you’ve got the heart and won’t give up you can do it. Well I did and this book aims to tell you how and what I did and what you need to know if you’re going to follow my route and become a successful entrepreneur. One of my earliest ambitions was to have a Rolls Royce by the age of 30 - but if you want to find out whether or not I succeeded you’ll have to buy the book. Lesson one in business!

DKK 192.00
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What Genius Wrote This? - Richard Mcneill - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

What Genius Wrote This? - Richard Mcneill - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A brisk and highly readable account of the author''s adventures in journalism, spanning more than half a century. Richard McNeill grew up in South Africa but his career took him from Johannesburg to New York and London, where he spent 20 years on the Daily Express. “As it turned out, becoming an Editor with a capital E was the best thing that never happened to me,” he writes. Instead he enjoyed a life of “enormous satisfaction” as a reporter, foreign correspondent, sub-editor, feature writer, magazine publisher, editorial consultant and celebrity profiler, while also pursuing his passion for typographical design. Back in South Africa he spent 11 years on the Johannesburg Sunday Times, and later helped produce South Africa’s Daily Sun, the post-apartheid tabloid aimed at the emerging black market, turning it into the country’s biggest-selling daily newspaper. He lives in Lake Michelle, Western Cape.

DKK 136.00
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The Italian Restaurant - David Marris - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Italian Restaurant - David Marris - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Robert Pascall is enjoying working at a highly regarded architectural practice, but with his personal life at a low point, he is enticed by the family he spent time with growing up to leave London and return to Norfolk to work on a major project on their estate. In accepting the project he is required to return to the world of privilege and wealth he grew up surrounded by, but with which he never felt comfortable. The Italian Restaurant offers a secure refuge for him and provides the setting for the events that follow in his personal life, as complex as the relationship that develops with his new employer.

DKK 119.00
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AYA and PAPAYA Find Happiness - Mq - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

AYA and PAPAYA Find Happiness - Mq - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In this heart-warming new book for young readers, MQ shares a beautiful message about the true meaning of happiness. In the book, the sun rises and Aya knows it is time for her to wake up. But this morning something feels different – Aya has lost her happiness. Aya and her best friend, Papaya search high and low. They look inside the wardrobe, under her bed, in the bathtub and even in the garden. But Aya’s happiness is nowhere to be found. Even though they have checked all her favourite places, Aya and Papaya simply cannot find her happiness. It is lost. Lost, that is, until she looks inside and realises it was within her all along.

DKK 117.00
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Theory Test Study & Revision Guide - Graham Chalmers - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Theory Test Study & Revision Guide - Graham Chalmers - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In a vast ocean of information, theory test candidates can often feel like they’re struggling to prepare themselves adequately. Handbooks, websites and the Highway Code all convey plenty of information, but these sources leave students completely on their own when it comes to organising this information into an effective, complete summary to study from. The Theory Test Study & Revision Guide utilises a technique that creates coherent summaries of the vast majority of information relevant to the theory test. Taking the form of ‘study patterns’, each section contains two summaries that encapsulate the essential knowledge for the candidate. Furthermore, the understanding of each topic is enhanced by seeing all of the sub-topics gathered together in a logical and informative manner. Adhering to a methodology that makes it easy to memorise the integral facts, the Theory Test Study & Revision Guide helps learner drivers unlock all the information they have absorbed in order to succeed in the test. This book will directly appeal to and aid those who are studying for their driving theory test.

DKK 141.00
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Civilization 21 - John Naughton English - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Civilization 21 - John Naughton English - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Every age and every culture produce their own particular set of ‘False Gods’ and their associated narratives. Each of these ‘False Gods’ is supported by a whole range of sub-mythologies and ideological delusions that seek to justify, rationalise and normalise the worship of the particular ‘False God’. Setting out to identify Seven of the ‘False Gods’ of modernity, Civilization 21 opens a Pandora’s Box of alternative narratives that challenge the evolving norms of twenty-first century mythologies and delusions. From science to individualism, and progressiveness to human exceptionalism, these modernised mythologies and their associated delusions are fundamental to the structures of our perceived realities. All historical civilizations seem to follow a similar pattern; structured to have a beginning, middle and end. While this may not be an iron law of history, there is no guarantee that our First Global Techno-Scientific Civilization will not follow a similar pattern. In this analysis the end could be near, or we could be on the precipice of unprecedented cultural and ethical progress. Only time will tell.

DKK 139.00
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It’s Only a Game - Andrew Christophers - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

It’s Only a Game - Andrew Christophers - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Kids’ football has a wonderfully compelling sub-culture all of its own. The grassroots of the beautiful game are where the hard yards are put in – and where the camaraderie and comic can become interchangeable. Andrew Christophers found himself on the touchline of kids’ football for 25 years. And what a journey those 25 years turned out to be. Funny at times, tragic at others, but never dull or boring. Thrilling, devastating, rewarding, demanding, and above all, just utterly compelling. This book is packed full of stories from the touchline, juxtaposing the significant with the trivial. The sense of belonging, the emotion and the over-investment. The gaffers, the players and personalities. Permission to dream vs heartache and pain. Match reporting, men behaving badly and boys on tour. This is a light-hearted read for anyone with an interest in football or team sports, at whatever level they are played. Re-live the shared values and memorable experiences, and enjoy the ups, downs and all-round entertainment – both on and off the pitch.

DKK 120.00
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Outer Cryo Worlds - Igor Sholoiko - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Outer Cryo Worlds - Igor Sholoiko - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Outer Cryo Worlds is a book about the fascinating world of celestial bodies with cryo, or freezing conditions. For example, with average temperatures about 200 degrees colder than Earth’s, Saturn’s moon Titan is a cryo world, one with astoundingly different sights, textures and physical forces. With such stark differences to the world, we are accustomed to, cryo worlds create a whole new universe for our imaginations, with new sightseeing adventures, sport activity potential and, who knows, maybe even extraterrestrial life. The book familiarises the reader with the concept of outer cryo worlds and their mesmerising nature. With amusing anecdotes about cryogenics and celestial bodies, it helps spark imagination and curiosity to really bring these worlds to life. Based on real facts that we know about Outer Cryo Worlds, the book takes the reader on a vivid imaginary journey of flying with tech-wings in Titan’s atmosphere or swimming in its liquid methane lakes in futuristic suits. It vividly paints the picture of what it''s like to open a bottle of champagne on conquering Olympus Mons on Mars. The book also shares the author’s long-standing fascination with effects low temperatures have on life. It starts with a simple question: what happens to living organisms at low temperatures. Based on what we know about life in the deep waters of Earth, the author speculates what life would look like if it was sparked in oceans that might exist under the ice crusts of Jovian planets moons, inviting the readers on an imaginary mission of replacing tracking buoys attached to a gigantic snailfish-like creature in the abyss of Europa Ocean.

DKK 119.00
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A Surgeon's Lifetime - David Watkin - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A Surgeon's Lifetime - David Watkin - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

‘See one, do one, teach one ’ was the basis of David Watkin’s training as a surgeon in the 1960s. By the time he became a consultant, he had ample experience but had received little supervision. He was determined to improve the experience for his juniors. Later, this led to chairmanship of the national committee responsible for training in general surgery. Not from a medical family and with no experience of serious illness or hospital, David had only decided to study medicine when in the sixth form. After training in Bristol, Leicester, Derby and Sheffield he was appointed a consultant in Leicester. He was then invited to be inaugural clinical sub-dean, in charge of setting up clinical teaching in the new Medical School. Comprising ‘ guts, glands and arteries ’, David relished the broad scope of general surgery, including emergencies. But surgery and the NHS were changing, with technological advances and surgical innovations. When general surgery evolved into specialties, he became a coloproctologist by day, though still a generalist at night. A member of the council of the Association of Surgeons, he was closely involved in these changes. Finally, he was elected president of the Association for 2000-1.

DKK 148.00
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Meet Me At Elbow Beach - Colin Bird - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Meet Me At Elbow Beach - Colin Bird - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In 1973, after answering an ad in the Construction News, Colin Bird finds himself flying to the sub-tropical island of Bermuda on a two-year work contract, excited but unsure of what he will find. Colin is blown away by the beauty of the island, with its pristine pink sand beaches and white roofed, pastel-coloured houses set amongst a riot of spectacular flora. With no grinding poverty, he soon realises that Bermuda is as close to paradise as it can possibly get - a view that is only underlined by the high standard of living made possible thanks to generous tax-free salaries. He discovers that there are many other young expat workers on the island, and he settles quickly into his new surroundings, becoming immersed in the frenetic bar, beach, and party scene. With close friendships that will last a lifetime, overactive love lives, and a dedication to the support of the distillery industry – particularly in the production of rum, Meet Me at Elbow Beach is a personal account of the adventures of a group of people in a place that was perfect for indulging in life’s pleasures.

DKK 141.00
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Waves Aligning - Adaora O - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Waves Aligning - Adaora O - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Chinny learned at an early age that with her background and heritage, life does not simply hand you opportunities – especially not when you’re a girl child living in Eastern Nigeria. With only the meagre resources hewed out of her parents’ low-income jobs, the decision to send either Chinny or her male, unenthusiastic sibling to school is inevitable... and defeating. The only bright spot in the tempest of her life is her best friend, Ejiofor. With every scrap of courage and conviction, Chinny faces her life’s storms as she encounters disillusionment and tragic losses, ill health and betrayal, and worse still a foreboding unwanted marriage, with each wave crashing her dreams down. Will she drown in life’s disappointments or can she rise above them to destinations only yet defined in dreams?

DKK 127.00
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New Directions in Dynamical Systems, Automatic Control and Singular Perturbations - John O'reilly - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

New Directions in Dynamical Systems, Automatic Control and Singular Perturbations - John O'reilly - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

With this short book, Professor O''Reilly brings his considerable engineering experience to bear upon three subjects close to his heart: dynamical systems, automatic control and singular perturbations. New results of a fundamental and unifying nature are presented in all three areas. New directions are thereby established. Due care is taken of historical context and motivations. This highly readable book with its compelling physical narrative is divided into two parts, Part 1 and Part 2, for the reader’s convenience. Aimed primarily at engineers, this unusually affordable book should be read by every postgraduate. Part 1 sets out the fundamental conditions that small-signal physically realisable dynamical system models must satisfy. These fundamental conditions are causality and non-singularity. They apply to all small-signal dynamical system models, as for example arise in electrical networks. Another important example is automatic control. Part 1 of this book also re-interprets the classic works of Nyquist and Bode to establish that the uncontrolled system must also not be singular; nor must the controlled system encounter singularity. But Part 1 goes much further. It shows that these fundamental properties, in particular non-singularity, must obtain for all small-signal system models regardless of how many inputs and outputs the system happens to have. So, small-signal automatic control for instance is all of a piece. It is that simple. As for singular perturbations in Part 2, these little fellows simply pop up all over the place, sometimes where you least expect them. New associated low-frequency and high-frequency system transfer-function models are presented with almost insolent ease. Part 2 achieves for the frequency domain what standard singular perturbation theory does for the time domain. Moreover, even the standard nonlinear singularly perturbed system model does not escape scrutiny. Which model to choose? It could be important. Part 2 is an indispensable aid to modellers across the engineering spectrum seeking generic low-frequency and high-frequency models for what they do.

DKK 119.00
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Between Ourselves - Keith Steiner - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Between Ourselves - Keith Steiner - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Stern childhood stricture instructs us not to stare at strangers. In his fascinating new book, Keith Steiner releases you from those long ago remonstrances and licenses you to roam at will over the photographed faces of personages of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. The author makes no distinction between those born high or low, so we can, at will and at leisure, engage in depth with prisoners, with spies, with persons of elegance and with persons of ill repute. The author introduces you to Jane Brown, a Victorian prisoner in Perth General Prison, Scotland, and to John Brown, radical abolitionist of antebellum America, the youthful, nascent poet Emily Dickinson, and to Jennie Hodgers, one of several hundred women estimated to have fought in disguise alongside their male soldier comrades during the American Civil War. Keith Steiner is a well-practised author and commentator on the theory and philosophy of photography and historic photography. His text encounters his subjects in both widescreen and in intimate dialogue.

DKK 152.00
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Pickles' Purrfect Plan - Carolyn Young - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Pickles' Purrfect Plan - Carolyn Young - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Winnie the Witch, Willie the Wizard and Pickles the cat live happily in an old tumbledown cottage in the middle of a wood. That is until one day a wild storm stops them from enjoying their afternoon tea! The cottage needs fixing, but after searching high and low, they cannot find any money to pay for the work to be done. Luckily, Pickles has a cunning plan... Calling upon all of his friends in the wood, the animal, birds, insects, the plants and the flowers all set to work to mend the cottage before daylight - as a surprise for Winnie and Willie. Will they finish on time? With charming illustrations drawn by Jo Blakely, Pickles’ Purrfect Plan helps children aged 5-7 years to read with repetitive rhyme and also teaches a moral message of friendship and helping others. There is also an addition of a blue spider to find on every page which makes the story even more entertaining for younger readers.

DKK 100.00
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Nemesis - Sam Bell - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Nemesis - Sam Bell - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

When Nick de Carteret meets Tselmeg Yusupov he doesn’t know whether to love or hate the Oligarch (soon-to-be President) from Kuikbakhistan. All Nick does know, with the visceral certainty of an abused child desperate for validation, is that he needs to be the best – and rich. Born in the gutter and driven to succeed, Nick left home as a teenager and began the single-minded,uncompromising pursuit of anything and everything which could prove his worth, falling into the world of high finance and low politics. Yusupov had chosen Nick, as an unscrupulous but successful financier, to manage his money profitably, unhindered by moral or legal trivia. The two men are mirror images. Both suffered traumatic childhoods, and so have an irresistible urge to conquer the world, whatever the cost. But as their relationship develops into the most violent extremes, they begin to realise how high that cost could be, and the eternal truth that there is only ever room for one at the top.

DKK 119.00
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African Children in Peril - Brian Waller - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

African Children in Peril - Brian Waller - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Why do millions of African children die before their fifth birthday? In African Children in Peril , Brian Waller takes his enormous experience in working with children and families, both home and overseas, and looks critically and boldly at why enormous numbers of infant children in sub-Saharan Africa die so young. This is a mortality rate of up to thirty times greater than in the West. It hasn’t been an accident of climate or corruption or geography. It has happened because of the West’s systematic subjugation and exploitation of the region over the centuries without regard to how this might impact on the region’s families and very young children. African Children in Peril shows emphatically and meticulously how Britain has been at the centre of this catastrophe involving many millions of child deaths as a consequence of its involvement in the slave trade and its Imperial and colonising history. It goes on to describe both America''s indifference to African children''s health needs and its readiness to profit from the continent at every turn. But there can be hope. Alongside this tragic detailing of research and conclusions, Brian Waller explores Africa’s positive responses to these events and suggests how the West, and particularly the United States and Britain, might now assist African leaders in helping them to make the curse of child malnutrition and early deaths history. The time is now.

DKK 155.00
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Sow the Wind - Chris Burgess - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Sow the Wind - Chris Burgess - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

It is 1637, and religious conflict ebbs and flows across Europe. After decades of peace in England, young men become mercenaries to fight for principle, wealth or adventure. Richard Farrell enlists in the Low Countries, looking for a purpose to his life, and finds love, a career and a series of moral dilemmas. Sir William Brereton, prominent Puritan, and rising star in England’s Parliament, struggles to find God’s task for him in the growing political conflict with the King. Both men have their worlds turned upside down by encounters with the fey and mysterious Marleigh Hume, a woman pursuing a singular goal, to understand the very nature of life itself. At its heart, the At the Edge of Promises series is about purpose and passion – how religion, love, and politics drive the stories of people through the dramatic upheavals of the Civil War. In Sow the Wind , decisions and actions set wheels of fate in motion - wheels of tragedy, vengeance and redemption - with the interwoven stories coming to surprising and dramatic conclusions in the second book in the series, Reap the Whirlwind .

DKK 127.00
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The Secret of Stinky Toad - Faiz Kermani - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Secret of Stinky Toad - Faiz Kermani - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Now run by the wacky and unpredictable Cannonball Bullfrog, the Stagnant Pond music club in Croakopolis is struggling to survive the disappearance of its biggest star – Stinky Toad, the finest amphibian musician to have ever lived. On the other side of the country, former touring musician Twigbobble the frog is valiantly attempting to keep Stinky Toad’s legendary music alive from his new home in a remote swamp. Short of listeners and low on inspiration, things are not going well for Twigbobble, until his guitar playing attracts a young frog named Gravelpants. Eager to learn this mysterious instrument, Gravelpants begins to take lessons from Twigbobble, who soon spots the young frog’s hidden musical talent. Driven by his passion for the guitar, Gravelpants dreams of becoming a professional musician. One day, Twigbobble receives an invitation from his old friend Cannonball Bullfrog to join him in Croakopolis, and so he decides to bring Gravelpants along. Can a wandering musician and his new student help Cannonball Bullfrog to restore the Stagnant Pond to its glory days and uncover the strange secret that lies behind its faded doors?

DKK 120.00
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The Sloth Investor - R P Stevens - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Sloth Investor - R P Stevens - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Step aside bull and bear, the humble sloth is the BEST animal to characterise successful investing. From Mr. Sloth, the host of the Sloth Investor podcast, comes The Sloth Investor , a book catering to beginner investors, young and old, seeking to take advantage of the greatest wealth creation machine of all time. The Sloth Investor provides an evidence-based framework for those looking to increase their wealth in a simple, yet powerful manner. Underpinned by his 5 bedrock principles ( S implicity, L ow Fees, O wn the World, T ime, H eadstrong) Mr. Sloth shows you how to construct a simple, low-fee, globally diversified portfolio. The Sloth Investor shines a spotlight on investors past and present that have shaped Mr. Sloth’s approach to investing money. Crammed full of actionable takeaways that are distilled into easily understandable chapters, Mr. Sloth expands on the evidence for an inactive, less is more, ‘sloth-like’ approach to investing. The humble sloth is the investing spirit animal that you didn’t learn about at school. Now, here’s your opportunity!

DKK 141.00
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The Real Maisy - Nicky J. Mason - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Real Maisy - Nicky J. Mason - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Life isn’t easy when you don’t fit the mould. Maisy Fowler knows all about not fitting in – it’s happened all her life. She can’t hold down a job, she feels inadequate socialising, and she’s constantly saying and doing things that come across as rude and selfish. So when, after being fired again, someone defecates on the roof of her ex-boss’s car, she immediately gets the blame. Maisy cannot believe people would think so low of her and in a desperate need to change her image, she applies for a volunteer position in the Scottish Highlands, helping people in pain. Maisy envisions doing yoga, meditating and really being at one with nature. What she doesn’t imagine is, living in a cowshed in the middle of a field, where she’s pretty certain a cross between a frog and a lion is outside her unlocked door at night, waiting to eat her. Can sexy farmer Davie Marshall help her through the cold, hard nights? Two minor details though; he hates everything she stands for, and she loves everything he is not.

DKK 127.00
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Stepping into the Sun - Mark Heidenstam - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Stepping into the Sun - Mark Heidenstam - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Philip Hart, a fortysomething Norfolk school teacher, has sought solace in drink as he sees his life start to unravel. He suspects, with good reason, he is about to lose out on a promotion to a younger colleague who is assumed to be sleeping with his wife. And one night, driving home drunk from a village pub, he knocks down and kills an old man fleeing from a nearby mental hospital.To avoid blame Hart hides the body in a roadside culvert, but guilt forces him to learn the identity and background of his victim, so he can make some kind of amends. On a visit to the mental hospital he discovers clues to a decades-old mystery somehow involving the inmate, prompting him to sever all ties with his previously cloistered existence. Adopting the role of Percival, the holy fool of legend charged with finding a redeeming relic, Hart’s journey takes him very far from Norfolk, into Sweden’s sub-arctic wilderness and to one of the continent’s forbidden places. And also back to that darkest of times, when the world was at war and aflame. But if the man he killed had been driven mad by his part in creating this mystery, so Hart is in danger of becoming just as deranged. He has gone beyond needing simply to atone for a single death. He is now on a mission to rekindle what in his increasing obsession he believes is nothing less than the light of the world.

DKK 120.00
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Failed Redemption - R A Jordan - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Failed Redemption - R A Jordan - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

John England has settled in the penthouse of Peters Tower, the tower block of fifty apartments that his wife’s family had built. Now living with his partner Fiona since the tragic death of his wife and children, John receives millions of pounds of inheritance. When the financial crisis hit in 2008, Sandra Wall, the MD of Walls Holdings, was under severe pressure to repay the bank. She borrowed three million from Michael Fitzallen, who gained access to half the rental income from the block as well as having a half share. In the present, John England has been the subject of numerous attempts to recover the three million pounds from different factions associated with Michael Fitzallen. Michael himself has been sent to prison for murdering Sandra, and if he is there for more than ten years, the money will be forfeit. And he’s willing to go to imaginative lengths to recover his money… As John and Fiona lay low on a private motor yacht in the Mediterranean and the Spanish Secret Police get involved, can John escape this cycle of constant threat and death?

DKK 120.00
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