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Mr Darley's Arabian - Christopher Mcgrath - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Mr Darley's Arabian - Christopher Mcgrath - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award In 1704 a bankrupt English merchant sent home the colt he had bought from Bedouin tribesmen near the ruins of Palmyra. Thomas Darley hoped this horse might be the ticket to a new life back in Yorkshire. But he turned out to be far more than that: and although Mr Darley''s Arabian never ran a race, 95% of all thoroughbreds in the world today are descended from him. In this book, for the first time, award-winning racing writer Christopher McGrath traces this extraordinary bloodline through twenty-five generations to our greatest modern racehorse, Frankel.The story of racing is about man''s relationship with horses, and Mr Darley''s Arabian also celebrates the men and women who owned, trained and traded the stallions that extended the dynasty. The great Eclipse, for instance, was bred by the Duke who foiled Bonnie Prince Charlie''s invasion (with militia gathered from Wakefield races) and went on to lead the Jockey Club. But he only became a success once bought and raced by a card-sharp and brothel-keeper - the racecourse has always brought high and low life together. McGrath expertly guides us through three centuries of scandals, adventures and fortunes won and lost: our sporting life offers a fascinating view into our history. With a canvas that extends from the diamond mines of South Africa to the trenches of the Great War, and a cast ranging from Smithfield meat salesmen to the inspiration for Mr Toad, and from legendary jockeys to not one, but two disreputable Princes of Wales (and a very unamused Queen Victoria), Mr Darley''s Arabian shows us the many faces of the sport of kings.

DKK 141.00
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Mr Timothy - Louis Bayard - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Mr Timothy - Louis Bayard - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

A dazzling Dickensian thriller set in a Victorian underworld inspired by Charles Dickens'' A Christmas Carol . It''s the Christmas season, and Tiny Tim is now grown up. No longer the pious child the world thought he was, he has just buried his father and is struggling to shed his financial ties to his benevolent ''Uncle'' Ebenezer by losing himself in London''s dark underbelly. He spends his nights dredging the Thames for dead bodies and the treasures contained in their pockets.One day he comes across a girl''s body, branded with a mysterious ''G''. Then he finds another girl with a similar brand - but she is still alive. Determined to protect Philomela and get to the bottom of the mystery, Tim embarks on an astonishing adventure... ''With its linguistic razzle-dazzle, Mr. Timothy is a mock-Victorian tour de force - a chilling shocker that touches the heart and makes it race'' Wall Street Journal

DKK 113.00
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Dear Mr Murray - David Mcclay - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Dear Mr Murray - David Mcclay - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The publishing house of John Murray was founded in Fleet Street in 1768 and remained a family firm over seven generations. Published to coincide with this ''remarkable achievement'' and in the anniversary year, Dear Mr Murray is a collection of some of the best letters from the hundreds of thousands held in the John Murray Archive. They reveal not only the story of some of the most interesting and influential books in history but also the remarkable friendships - as well as occasional animosities - between author and publisher, as well as readers, editors, printers and illustrators.Despite the incredible number of letters that were retained by the Murray family, some failed to arrive, others were delayed and some barely survived, but longevity added to the reputation and fame of John Murray and a correspondent in Canada who addressed his letter merely to ''John Murray, The World-wide famous Book & Publishing House, London, England'' as early as 1932 could be confident that his letter would arrive.Intended to entertain and inspire, and spanning more than two hundred years, Dear Mr Murray is full of literary history and curiosities: from Charles Darwin''s response to the negative reviews of On the Origin of Species to Adrian Conan Doyle challenging Harold Nicolson to a duel for insulting his father in the press; from David Livingstone''s displeasure at the proposed drawing of a lion to represent his near-death encounter in Missionary Travels to William Makepeace Thackeray apologising for his drunken behaviour; from Byron berating John Murray for being fooled by his girlfriend''s forgery of his signature to the poet James Hogg so desperate for money that he claims he won''t be able to afford a Christmas goose; and from Jane Austen expressing concern about printing delays to Patrick Leigh Fermor beseeching Jock Murray not to visit him until he''d completed A Time of Gifts. Complemented by illustrations and reproductions of letters and envelopes, this is the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere.

DKK 127.00
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The Quiet Whispers Never Stop - Olivia Fitzsimons - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Quiet Whispers Never Stop - Olivia Fitzsimons - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

AN IRISH EXAMINER BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUTLER LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O''BRIEN AWARD ''Touching and darkly beautiful'' Irish Sunday Independent ''Powerful, uncompromising'' Irish Times ''Utterly absorbing, a novel that keeps you guessing right to the end'' Kit de Waal 1982. Northern Ireland. Nuala Malin is tied to a life she doesn''t want by her daughter Sam and baby son PJ. An affair with a seventeen-year-old boy reminds her of a future she hasn''t given up on, but it can''t last, and when her chance to leave comes, she takes it.1994. If Sam Malin has a god then it is Kurt Cobain. Music is the only thing that brings her peace. She wants a life away from the North and its troubles, away from her da who can''t talk about the past but seems stuck there, waiting for Sam''s mother to return. A mother Sam barely knew.Escape seems out of reach until Sam meets a jagged, magnetic older man, drawn to him in a way she can''t yet comprehend.She falls for him, unable to say no.Sam is more like her mother than she knows.

DKK 120.00
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Sam: Coming soon to Disney Plus as Sam - A Saxon - Samuel Meffire - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Sam: Coming soon to Disney Plus as Sam - A Saxon - Samuel Meffire - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The extraordinary and exciting story of East Germany''s first Black police officer. Samuel Meffire grew up as a Black German in East Germany and, against all odds, became East Germany''s first Black police officer. In the nineties, marked by upheaval and unrest, he was the face of an anti-racism campaign, received invitations to politicians'' receptions, talk shows and numerous media appearances. But as Europe changed, he slipped from being a model policeman into crime himself, eking out his days as a hunted criminal and prisoner. After seven years in prison, Meffire fought his way back to life and once again went to the front lines of social upheaval, but this time not as a police officer, but as a social worker for young people with a serious history of violence, and as a successful indie author of dystopian crime novels.In his memoir, Samuel Meffire gives an intimate insight into his emotional world. In the background and with an almost brutal frankness, he grippingly recounts his life across several continents and, looking back, gives us a fascinating insight into an overlooked period of history.

DKK 146.00
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The Quiet Whispers Never Stop - Olivia Fitzsimons - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Quiet Whispers Never Stop - Olivia Fitzsimons - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BUTLER LITERARY AWARD 2022 ''Powerful'' Irish Times ''Darkly beautiful'' Irish Sunday Independent ''Captivating'' Jan Carson ''Dazzling'' Danielle McLaughlin ''Utterly absorbing'' Kit de Waal ''Brilliantly observed'' Elaine Feeney ''A huge achievement'' Niamh Boyce In 1982, Nuala Malin struggles to stay connected, to her husband, to motherhood, to the smallness of her life in the belly of a place that is built on hate and stagnation. Her daughter Sam and baby son PJ keep her tethered to this life she doesn''t want. She finds unexpected refuge with a seventeen-year-old boy, but this relationship is only temporary, a sticking plaster on a festering wound. It cannot last and when her chance to leave Northern Ireland comes, Nuala takes it.In 1994, Sam Malin plans escape. She longs for a life outside her dysfunctional family, far away from the North and all its troubles, free from her quiet brooding father Patsy, who never talks about her mother, Nuala; a woman Sam barely knew, who abandoned them twelve years ago. She finds solace in music, drugs and her best friend Becca, but most of all in an illicit relationship with a jagged, magnetic older man.She is drawn to him, and he to her, in a way she can''t yet comprehend.Sam is more like her mother than she knows.

DKK 168.00
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Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize ''Lloyd Jones brings to life the transformative power of fiction . . . This is a beautiful book'' Sunday Times ''You cannot pretend to read a book. Your eyes will give you away. So will your breathing. A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe. The house can catch alight and a reader deep in a book will not look up until the wallpaper is in flames.'' Bougainville, 1991. A small village on a lush tropical island in the South Pacific. Eighty-six days have passed since Matilda''s last day of school as, quietly, war is encroaching from the other end of the island. When the villagers'' safe, predictable lives come to a halt, Bougainville''s children are surprised to find the island''s only white man, a recluse, re-opening the school. Pop Eye, aka Mr Watts, explains he will introduce the children to Mr Dickens. Matilda and the others think a foreigner is coming to the island and prepare a list of much needed items. They are shocked to discover their acquaintance with Mr Dickens will be through Mr Watts'' inspiring reading of Great Expectations . But on an island at war, the power of fiction has dangerous consequences. Imagination and beliefs are challenged by guns. Mister Pip is an unforgettable tale of survival by story; a dazzling piece of writing that lives long in the mind after the last page is finished.

DKK 120.00
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Tennis Whites and Teacakes - Mr. Stephen Games - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Tennis Whites and Teacakes - Mr. Stephen Games - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Tennis Whites and Teacakes brings together the best of Betjeman''s poetry, private letters, journalism and musings to present a fully rounded picture of what he stood for. From his arguments for new steel buildings to his amusement about the etiquette of village teashops, it reveals Betjeman not just as a sentimentalist but as a passionate observer with a wonderful sense of humour and an acute eye.

DKK 127.00
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Trains and Buttered Toast - Mr. Stephen Games - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Trains and Buttered Toast - Mr. Stephen Games - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Eccentric, sentimental and homespun, John Betjeman''s passions were mostly self-taught. He saw his country being devastated by war and progress and he waged a private war to save it. His only weapons were words - the poetry for which he is best known and, even more influential, the radio talks that first made him a phenomenon. From fervent pleas for provincial preservation to humoresques on eccentric vicars and his own personal demons, Betjeman''s talks combined wit, nostalgia and criticism in a way that touched the soul of his listeners from the 1930s to the 1950s. Now collected in book form for the first time, his broadcasts represent one of the most compelling archives of twentieth-century broadcasting, reawakening the modern reader to Betjeman''s unique perspective and the compelling magic of the golden age of wireless.

DKK 126.00
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Reconstruction - Mick Herron - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Reconstruction - Mick Herron - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''Masterful . . . superior entertainment that makes most other novels of suspense appear dull and slow-witted by comparison'' Publishers Weekly What should have been a simple pick-up turns into a day-long nightmare for Bad Sam Chapman. When an operational catastrophe puts a gun in the hands of a young man, who then breaks into South Oxford Nursery School and takes a group of hostages, teacher Louise Kennedy fears the worst. But Jaime Segura isn''t there on a homicidal mission, and he''s just as scared as those whose lives he holds as collateral. As an armed police presence builds outside the school''s gates, Bad Sam Chapman - head of the intelligence service''s internal security force, the Dogs - battles the clock to find out what Jaime is after. But the only person Jaime will talk to is Ben Whistler, an MI6 accountant who worked with Jaime''s lover, Miro. Miro''s gone missing, along with a quarter of a billion pounds allotted for reconstruction work in Iraq. Jaime refuses to believe that Miro is a thief - though he''s always had his secrets. But then, so does Louise, so do the other hostages - and so do some people on the outside, who''d much rather Jaime was silenced.

DKK 120.00
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The Marriage Game - Sara Desai - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Marriage Game - Sara Desai - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

This battle for an office might just become a battle for their hearts . . . A recommended read from Buzzfeed, PopSugar, Teen Vogue, Oprah Magazine, and Bustle! After her life falls apart, recruitment consultant Layla Patel returns home to her family in San Francisco. Layla''s dad would do anything to see her smile again. With the best intentions in mind, he offers her the office upstairs to start her new business and creates a profile on an online dating site to find her a man. She doesn''t know he''s arranged a series of blind dates until the first one comes knocking on her door . . .As CEO of a corporate downsizing company Sam Mehta is more used to conflict than calm. In search of a quiet new office, he finds the perfect space above a cosy Indian restaurant that smells like home. But when communication goes awry, he''s forced to share his space with the owner''s beautiful yet infuriating daughter Layla, her crazy family, and a parade of hopeful suitors, all of whom threaten to disrupt his carefully ordered life.As they face off in close quarters, the sarcasm and sparks fly. But when the battle for the office becomes a battle of the heart, Sam and Layla have to decide if this is love or just a game.

DKK 112.00
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Nor Will He Sleep - David Ashton - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Nor Will He Sleep - David Ashton - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

BASED ON THE LONG-RUNNING BBC RADIO 4 McLEVY DRAMA SERIES ...WHILE THE STREETS OF LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR JAMES McLEVY ELEGANT AND CONVINCING'' The Times | ''ASHTON IS THE DIRECT HEIR TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'' Brian Cox | ''EXCELLENT'' The Sherlock Holmes Society | ''DRIPPING WITH MELODRAMA AND DERRING-DO'' Herald 1887. The streets of Edinburgh seethe with anarchy as two gangs of students rival each other in wild exploits. After a pitched battle between them, an old woman is found savagely battered to death in Leith Harbour.Enter the Thieftaker - Inspector Jame McLevy. With Constable Mulholland at his side, he scours the low dives of the waterfront and then sees the tendrils of the case spread to more respectable nooks and crannies.When the inspector encounters Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , in the city to bury his deceased father, the two recognise each other as fellow travellers, observers of the dark side of human nature and both hopeless insomniacs.Glimpses of the murderer indicate a slender, androgynous figure with a silver cane, which is used to lethal effect. A dancing killer non unlike Mr Edward Hyde. THE INSPECTOR MCLEVY SERIES 1 - Shadow of the Serpent 2 - Fall from Grace 3 - A Trick of the Light 4 - Nor Will He Sleep

DKK 127.00
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Under the Wide and Starry Sky - Nancy Horan - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Under the Wide and Starry Sky - Nancy Horan - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''FABULOUS'' The Times ''FASCINATING'' New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER At the age of thirty-five, Fanny van de Grift Osbourne leaves her philandering husband in San Francisco and sets sail for Belgium to study art, with her three children and nanny in tow. Not long after her arrival, however, tragedy strikes, and Fanny and her brood repair to a quiet artists'' colony in France where she can recuperate. There she meets Robert Louis Stevenson , ten years her junior, who is instantly smitten with the earthy, independent, and opinionated belle Americaine .A woman ahead of her time, Fanny does not immediately take to the young lawyer who longs to devote his life to literature rather than the law - and who would eventually write such classics as Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . In time, though, she succumbs to Stevenson''s charms, and the two begin a fierce love affair-marked by intense joy and harrowing darkness that spans decades as they travel the world, following their art and their dreams.

DKK 120.00
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A Cursed Place - Peter Hanington - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

A Cursed Place - Peter Hanington - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

*ONE OF 40 BOOKS FOR SUMMER* ''gripping'' - iNews ''A panoramic thriller ...chockful of vivid characters'' THE SUNDAY TIMES ''An intriguing, timely and unsettling new thriller'' SAM BOURNE ''Catapults you from first word to last... pacy, sinister and timely read'' ALAN JUDD ''Another page-turner from a writer who can take you into gripping worlds, real and virtual.'' MISHAL HUSAIN ''The dark world of private cyber-surveillance crackles off the page - full of jeopardy and suspense.'' ALLAN LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. AND THEY KNOW EVERYTHING . The tech company Public Square believes in '' doing well by doing good'' . It''s built a multi-billion dollar business on this philosophy and by getting to know what people want. They know a lot. But who else can access all that information and what are they planning to do with it? Radio reporter William Carver is an analogue man in a digital world. He isn''t the most tech-savvy reporter, he''s definitely old school, but he needs to learn fast - the people he cares most about are in harm''s way.From the Chilean mines where they dig for raw materials that enable the tech revolution, to the streets of Hong Kong where anti-government protesters are fighting against the Chinese State, to the shiny research laboratories of Silicon Valley where personal data is being mined everyday - A Cursed Place is a gripping thriller set against the global forces that shape our times. ''A true page turner - highly recommended''. TORTOISE

DKK 120.00
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Love from Boy - Donald Sturrock - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Love from Boy - Donald Sturrock - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''Dear Mama, I am having a lovely time here. We play football every day here. The beds have no springs . . .'' So begins the first letter that a nine-year-old Roald Dahl penned to his mother, Sofie Magdalene, under the watchful eye of his boarding-school headmaster. For most of his life, Roald Dahl would continue to write weekly letters to his mother, chronicling his adventures, frustrations and opinions, from the delights of childhood to the excitements of flying as a World War II fighter pilot and the thrill of meeting top politicians and movie stars during his time as a diplomat and spy in Washington. And, unbeknown to Roald, his mother lovingly kept every single one of them.Sofie was, in many ways, Roald''s first reader. It was she who encouraged him to tell stories and nourished his desire to fabricate, exaggerate and entertain. Reading these letters, you can see Roald practicing his craft, developing the dark sense of humour and fantastical imagination that would later produce such timeless tales as The BFG , Matilda , Fantastic Mr Fox and The Witches .The letters in Love from Boy are littered with jokes and madcap observations; sometimes serious, sometimes tender, and often outrageous. To eavesdrop on a son''s letters to his mother is to witness Roald Dahl turning from a boy to a man, and finally becoming a writer.

DKK 127.00
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The Fairy Tellers - Nicholas Jubber - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Fairy Tellers - Nicholas Jubber - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

"The general reader is unlikely to have met Mr. Jubber’s other subjects and may be amazed to learn the degree to which these unsung men and women have shaped the fairy-tale canon, an enthusiastic and enjoyable book— The Wall Street Journal ‘A carnival of a book, rigorously researched and jostling with life’ —Amy Jeffs, author of Storyland Who were the Fairy Tellers? In this far-ranging quest, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber unearths the lives of the dreamers who made our most beloved fairy tales: inventors, thieves, rebels and forgotten geniuses who gave us classic tales such as ‘Cinderella’, ‘Hansel and Gretel’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Baba Yaga’. From the Middle Ages to the birth of modern children’s literature, they include a German apothecary’s daughter, a Syrian youth running away from a career in the souk and a Russian dissident embroiled in a plot to kill the tsar. Following these and other unlikely protagonists, we travel from the steaming cities of Italy and the Levant, under the dark branches of the Black Forest, deep into the tundra of Siberia and across the snowy fells of Lapland. In the process, we discover a fresh perspective on some of our most frequently told stories. Filled with adventure, tragedy and real-world magic, this bewitching book uncovers the stranger lives behind the strangest of tales.

DKK 139.00
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The Old Slave and the Mastiff - Patrick Chamoiseau - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Old Slave and the Mastiff - Patrick Chamoiseau - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR''S CHOICE AND BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2018 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOKS OF 2018 CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS ''MOST ANTICIPATED FICTION BOOKS OF 2018'' ''(A) beautiful book, by a writer who''s as original as any I''ve read all year'' Sam Sacks , Wall Street Journal ''My favorite Caribbean writer'' Junot Diaz ''A cloudburst of a novel, swift and compressed- but every page pulses, blood-warm. . . . The prose is so electrifying . . . that, on more than one occasion, I found myself stopping to rub my eyes in disbelief'' Parul Seghal, The New York Times ''Haunting, beautiful, and necessary'' Buzzfeed ''Heir of Joyce and Kafka'' Milan Kundera * ** A profoundly unsettling story of a plantation slave''s desperate escape into a rainforest beyond human control, with his master and a ferocious dog on his heels. This flight to freedom takes them on a journey that will transform them all, as the overwhelming physical presence of the forest and its dense primeval wilderness reshapes reality and time itself. In the darkness, the old man grapples with the spirits of all those who have gone before him; the knowledge that the past is always with us, and the injustice that can cry out from beyond the grave. From a Prix Goncourt writer hailed by Milan Kundera as the "heir of Joyce and Kafka," The Old Slave and the Mastiff fearlessly portrays the demonic cruelties of the slave trade and its human costs ­- a wise, loving tribute to the Creole culture of Martinique, and a vividly told journey into the heart of Caribbean history and human endurance.

DKK 152.00
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Stories From the Tenants Downstairs - Sidik Fofana - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Stories From the Tenants Downstairs - Sidik Fofana - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''Sidik Fofana has an acute ear and a perfect eye'' Lorrie Moore, author of Bark ''Every once in a while a new writer comes along and refreshes our notions of what fiction can do . . . Buy this book, and prepare to be blasted by the brilliance inside'' Ben Fountain, author of Beautiful Country Burn Again Banneker Terrace on 129th and Fred Doug ain''t pretty, but it''s home. Home to young and old, folk just trying to get by. Cookouts with beer and wings, summertime with souped-up cars bumpin music. People don''t come here for the bad; they came here to make a good life.It is home to Swan down in 6B, reconnecting with his boy Boons, just out of prison. Home to Mimi in 14D, raising Swan''s child, doing hair on the side. Home to Quanneisha in 21J, longing to leave but it''s where she grew up. Home to Mr Murray in 2E, who has played chess outside on the sidewalk for years. Some of the residents of Banneker have got it together, some can''t make rent or pay bills, some are raising kids, some are hustling on the side, all are living. Stories from the Tenants Downstairs expertly showcases the strengths, struggles and hopes of one Harlem community, a community grappling with the effects of gentrification alongside their own personal challenges. It captures the joy and pain of the human experience and heralds the arrival of a uniquely talented writer.

DKK 155.00
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Stories From the Tenants Downstairs - Sidik Fofana - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Stories From the Tenants Downstairs - Sidik Fofana - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Everybody got a story, everybody got a tale Question is: Is it despair or prevail? ''Bold, funny and gloriously flawed voices of New York . . . a bravura debut'' Observer ''Sidik Fofana has an acute ear and a perfect eye'' Lorrie Moore, author of Bark ''Every once in a while a new writer comes along and refreshes our notions of what fiction can do . . . Buy this book, and prepare to be blasted by the brilliance inside'' Ben Fountain, author of Beautiful Country Burn Again Banneker Terrace on 129th and Fred Doug ain''t pretty, but it''s home. Home to young and old, folk just trying to get by. Cookouts with beer and wings, summertime with souped-up cars bumpin music. People don''t come here for the bad; they came here to make a good life.It is home to Swan down in 6B, reconnecting with his boy Boons, just out of prison. Home to Mimi in 14D, raising Swan''s child, doing hair on the side. Home to Quanneisha in 21J, longing to leave but it''s where she grew up. Home to Mr Murray in 2E, who has played chess outside on the sidewalk for years. Some of the residents of Banneker have got it together, some can''t make rent or pay bills, some are raising kids, some are hustling on the side, all are living. Stories from the Tenants Downstairs expertly showcases the strengths, struggles and hopes of one Harlem community, who are grappling with the effects of gentrification alongside their own personal challenges. It captures the joy and pain of the human experience and heralds the arrival of a uniquely talented writer.

DKK 168.00
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Stories From the Tenants Downstairs - Sidik Fofana - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Stories From the Tenants Downstairs - Sidik Fofana - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Everybody got a story, everybody got a tale Question is: Is it despair or prevail? ''Outstanding'' New York Times Book Review ''Sidik Fofana has an acute ear and a perfect eye'' Lorrie Moore, author of Bark ''Every once in a while a new writer comes along and refreshes our notions of what fiction can do . . . Buy this book, and prepare to be blasted by the brilliance inside'' Ben Fountain, author of Beautiful Country Burn Again Banneker Terrace on 129th and Fred Doug ain''t pretty, but it''s home. Home to young and old, folk just trying to get by. Cookouts with beer and wings, summertime with souped-up cars bumpin music. People don''t come here for the bad; they came here to make a good life.It is home to Swan down in 6B, reconnecting with his boy Boons, just out of prison. Home to Mimi in 14D, raising Swan''s child, doing hair on the side. Home to Quanneisha in 21J, longing to leave but it''s where she grew up. Home to Mr Murray in 2E, who has played chess outside on the sidewalk for years. Some of the residents of Banneker have got it together, some can''t make rent or pay bills, some are raising kids, some are hustling on the side, all are living. Stories from the Tenants Downstairs expertly showcases the strengths, struggles and hopes of one Harlem community, who are grappling with the effects of gentrification alongside their own personal challenges. It captures the joy and pain of the human experience and heralds the arrival of a uniquely talented writer.

DKK 120.00
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A Cursed Place - Peter Hanington - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

A Cursed Place - Peter Hanington - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

*ONE OF 40 BOOKS FOR SUMMER* ''gripping'' - iNews ''A panoramic thriller ...chockful of vivid characters.'' - THE SUNDAY TIMES ''An intriguing, timely and unsettling new thriller'' - SAM BOURNE''Exhilarating and beautiful'' - AMOL RAJAN ''Catapults you from first word to last... pacy, sinister and timely read.'' - ALAN JUDD ''Another page-turner from a writer who can take you into gripping worlds, real and virtual.'' MISHAL HUSAIN ''A terrific thriller - vivid, quick-witted and dynamic, crackling with energy, dread and rage as it crosses continents and digs down into the human heart.'' - NICCI GERRARD ''The dark world of private cyber-surveillance crackles off the page - full of jeopardy and suspense.'' - ALLAN LITTLE ''A vividly written thriller of ruthless tech entrepreneurs exploiting their surveillance powers and morally compromised journalists feeling their way in the dark towards the truth.'' - RORY CELLAN-JONES ''Carver is a marvellous creation.'' - MIKE RIPLEY, SHOTS MAG KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. AND THEY KNOW EVERYTHING . The tech company Public Square believes in '' doing well by doing good'' . It''s built a multi-billion dollar business on this philosophy and by getting to know what people want. They know a lot. But who else can access all that information and what are they planning to do with it? Reporter William Carver is an analogue man in a digital world. He isn''t the most tech-savvy reporter, he''s definitely old school, but he needs to learn fast - the people he cares most about are in harm''s way.From the Chilean mines where they dig for raw materials that enable the tech revolution, to the streets of Hong Kong where anti-government protesters are fighting against the Chinese State, to the shiny research laboratories of Silicon Valley where personal data is being mined everyday - A Cursed Place is a gripping thriller set against the global forces that shape our times. ''A true page turner - highly recommended''. TORTOISE

DKK 168.00
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Making ADHD Make Sense: A Guided Journal - Alex Partridge - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Making ADHD Make Sense: A Guided Journal - Alex Partridge - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Praise for NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE: ''Insightful and compassionate. This will help a lot of people'' Matt Haig ''One of the most complete and moving accounts I''ve ever read... On behalf of all of us who grope toward understanding, thank you, Mr Partridge; thank you, thank you, thank you.'' Edward Hallowell, MD ''Alex is rich, successful and an entertaining and concise communicator. Alex is also very ADHD. You want to read this book for all these reasons. It helps that it is short.'' Kate Spicer ''Truly life changing. The perfect antidote for shame'' Samantha Hiew PhD, founder of ADHD Girls ''A powerhouse of a book. Deeply validating'' Rich and Roxanne Pink (ADHD Love) This elegant hardcover guided journal is a compassionate, wise interactive companion to Now It All Makes Sense , the bestselling guide to living with an ADHD diagnosis from the host of ADHD Chatter, Alex Partridge. In Now It All Makes Sense , Alex Partridge ignited an outpouring of support and recognition from readers who saw themselves in his vulnerabilities, and his journey from shame to strength. Just as in his acclaimed podcast, ADHD Chatter, Alex is wonderful at distilling the essence of what it is to live with ADHD, from parenting with (and for) ADHD, to managing your mental health, your finances and even your shopping list, in a uniquely relatable and unashamedly honest way.This guided journal, for use daily, regularly, or when you remember (!) uses prompts and exercises to help you feel your way towards a place of understanding and self-acceptance. It gives practical takeaways as well as psychological insights, based not only on Alex''s lived experience, but also on the expertise of the very many clinicians and experts he has interviewed. Designed to encourage ongoing writing and reflection on your strengths as well as your struggles, this beautifully designed journal will sit alongside you at every step of the journey to remind you that you are not broken, and you were always enough.

DKK 166.00
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The Arab of the Future - Riad Sattouf - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Arab of the Future - Riad Sattouf - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

VOLUME 1 IN THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CHILDHOOD The Arab of the Future tells the unforgettable story of Riad Sattouf''s childhood, spent in the shadows of three dictators - Muammar Gaddafi, Hafez al-Assad, and his father. A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR | AN OBSERVER GRAPHIC BOOK OF THE YEAR | A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS'' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR ''I tore through it... The most enjoyable graphic novel I''ve read in a while'' Zadie Smith ''I joyously recommend this book to you'' Mark Haddon ''Riad Sattouf is one of the great creators of our time'' Alain De Botton ''Beautifully-written and drawn, witty, sad, fascinating... Brilliant'' Simon Sebag MontefioreIn a striking, virtuoso graphic style that captures both the immediacy of childhood and the fervour of political idealism, Riad Sattouf recounts his nomadic childhood growing up in rural France, Gaddafi''s Libya, and Assad''s Syria - but always under the roof of his father, a Syrian Pan-Arabist who drags his family along in his pursuit of grandiose dreams for the Arab nation.Riad, delicate and wide-eyed, follows in the trail of his mismatched parents: his mother, a bookish French student, is as modest as his father is flamboyant. Venturing first to the Great Socialist People''s Libyan Arab State and then joining the family tribe in Homs, Syria, they hold fast to the vision of the paradise that always lies just around the corner. And hold they do, though food is scarce, children kill dogs for sport, and with locks banned, the Sattoufs come home one day to discover another family occupying their apartment. The ultimate outsider, Riad, with his flowing blond hair, is called the ultimate insult... Jewish. And in no time at all, his father has come up with yet another grand plan, moving from building a new people to building his own great palace.Brimming with life and dark humour, The Arab of the Future reveals the truth and texture of one eccentric family in an absurd Middle East, and also introduces a master cartoonist in a work destined to stand alongside Maus and Persepolis . Translated by Sam Taylor. ''ENGROSSING'' New York Times ''A PAGE TURNER'' Guardian ''MARVELLOUS... BEGS TO BE READ IN ONE LONG SITTING'' Herald ''AN OBJECT OF CONSENSUAL RAPTURE'' New Yorker ''ONE OF THE GREATEST CARTOONISTS OF HIS GENERATION'' Le Monde

DKK 192.00
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