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Le Gavroche Cookbook - Michel Roux - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Le Gavroche Cookbook - Michel Roux - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

A slice of culinary history. Classic French from leading London restaurant Le Gavroche, created and run by the Roux family, now in its 50th year.Le Gavroche opened its doors in 1967 under Michel and Albert Roux. Half a century later, the Roux family is a name synonymous with quality French cooking and the highest standard of service. Michel Roux Jr, who has been chef de cuisine at Le Gavroche for over 25 years now, selects 200 of the most popular classic recipes from its kitchens.Michel Roux Jr worked with many of France''s top chefs and as a personal chef to the President of France before taking over at Le Gavroche. This edition of his first book marks the restaurant''s 50th year anniversary, showing how to create the atmosphere and cuisine of Le Gavroche at home, with advice on dining French style and how to select what to drink, from aperitif to sweet wine.

DKK 340.00
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Powers - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Powers - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''Le Guin''s storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be'' EMPIRE ''Told with shimmering lyricism, this coming-of-age saga will leave readers transformed'' BOOKLIST ''Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power'' OBSERVER ''A tour de force'' EVENING STANDARD The final part in the story that started with GIFTS, and the tale of Gry Barre of Roddmant and Orrec Caspro of Caspromant, two children with extraordinary powers.They play a part in VOICES too, the sequel to GIFTS, in which Memer, a girl who has grown up in a captured city, is part of the people''s fight for freedom.And now, in POWERS, we have the conclusion to Ursula Le Guin''s beautifully written, powerful and moving story of the Western Isles, a tale that will leave every reader begging for more.

DKK 141.00
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Tales from Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Tales from Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''One of the most deeply influential of all 20th century fantasy texts'' ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASY ''She is unparalleled in creating fantasy peopled by finely drawn and complex characters'' GUARDIAN ''I''d love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin'' Roddy DoyleThese five superlative, evocative and enchanting stories range from a few hundred years before A Wizard of Earthsea to just before The Other Wind, and feature some of Le Guin''s most popular characters, including the Wizard Ged himself. The stories are rounded off with an essay about Earthsea''s history and people.No Earthsea fan will want to be without this magical collection.

DKK 126.00
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The Unreal and the Real Volume 1 - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Unreal and the Real Volume 1 - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''Le Guin''s storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be'' EMPIRE The Unreal and the Real is a two-volume collection of stories, selected by Ursula Le Guin herself, and spans the spectrum of fiction from realism through magical realism, satire, science fiction, surrealism and fantasy. Volume One, WHERE ON EARTH, focuses on Le Guin''s interest in realism and magical realism and includes 18 of her satirical, political and experimental earthbound stories. Highlights include WORLD FANTASY and HUGO AWARD-winner ''Buffalo Gals, Won''t You Come Out Tonight'', the rarely reprinted satirical short, ''The Lost Children'', JUPITER AWARD-winner, ''The Diary of the Rose'' and the title story of her PULITZER PRIZE finalist collection ''Unlocking the Air''.

DKK 120.00
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Dreams Must Explain Themselves - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Dreams Must Explain Themselves - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Ursula K. Le Guin has won or been nominated for over 200 awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy and SFWA Grand Master Awards. She is the acclaimed author of the Earthsea sequence and The Left Hand of Darkness - which alone would qualify her for literary immortality - as well as a remarkable body of short fiction, including the powerful, Hugo-winning ''The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas'' and the masterpiece of anthropological and environmental SF ''The Word for World is Forest'' - winner of the Hugo Award for best novella. But Ursula Le Guin''s talents do not stop at fiction. Over the course of her extraordinary career, she has penned numerous essays around themes important to her: anthropology, environmentalism, feminism, social justice and literary criticism to name a few. She has responded in detail to criticism of her own work and even reassessed that work in the context of such critiques. This selection of the best of Le Guin''s non-fiction shows an agile mind, an unparalleled imagination and a ferocious passion to argue against injustice. In 2014 Ursula Le Guin was awarded the National Book Foundation''s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and her widely praised acceptance speech is one of the highlights of this volume, which shows that one of modern literature''s most original voices is also one of its purest consciences.

DKK 182.00
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The Other Wind - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Other Wind - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The sixth book of Earthsea in a beautiful hardback edition. Complete the collection with A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan , The Furthest Shore , Tehanu and Tales from Earthsea. With illustrations from Charles Vess ''Le Guin''s words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it'' David Mitchell These five superlative, evocative and enchanting stories range from a few hundred years before A Wizard of Earthsea to just before The Other Wind, and feature some of Le Guin''s most popular characters, including the Wizard Ged himself. The stories are rounded off with an essay about Earthsea''s history and people.No Earthsea fan will want to be without this magical collection. ''[Earthsea is] a memorable exploration of the relationship between life and death'' Magaret Atwood

DKK 155.00
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The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle ''A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again'' THE TIMES ''The book I wish I had written ... It''s so far away from my own imagination, I''d love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin'' Roddy Doyle'' Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power'' OBSERVER The Principle of Simultaneity is a scientific breakthrough which will revolutionize interstellar civilization by making possible instantaneous communication. It is the life work of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the arid anarchist world of Anarres.But Shevek''s work is being stifled by jealous colleagues, so he travels to Anarres''s sister-planet Urras, hoping to find more liberty and tolerance there. But he soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.

DKK 126.00
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The Unreal and the Real Volume 2 - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Unreal and the Real Volume 2 - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''She is unique. She is legend'' THE TIMES ''Le Guin is a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller with the humor and the force of a Twain'' BOSTON GLOBE ''Her stories will pass into legend, to touch many generations to come'' GUARDIAN THE UNREAL AND THE REAL is a two-volume collection of stories, selected by Ursula Le Guin herself, and spans the spectrum of fiction from realism through magical realism, satire, science fiction, surrealism and fantasy.Volume Two, OUTER SPACE, INNER LANDS, showcases Le Guin''s acclaimed stories of the fantastic, originally appearing in publications as varied as AMAZING STORIES, PLAYBOY, the NEW YORKER and OMNI, and contains 20 stories, including modern classics such as the HUGO AWARD-winning ''The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas'', NEBULA-nominee ''Nine Lives''; JAMES TIPTREE, JR MEMORIAL AWARD-winner (and HUGO and NEBULA-nominee) ''The Matter of Seggri''; NEBULA AWARD-winner ''Solitude''; and the secret history ''Sur'', which was nominated for the HUGO AWARD and included in THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES.

DKK 119.00
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The Word for World is Forest - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Word for World is Forest - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

A world of peaceful aliens conquered by bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters. Desperation causes the Athsheans to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. In defending their lives, they endanger the very foundations of their society. Every blow against the invaders is a blow to the core of Athsheans'' culture. And once the killing starts, there is no turning back. Winner of the 1973 Hugo award for Best Novella, and nominated for many others, The Word for World is Forest is part of Le Guin''s ''Hainish Cycle''. It explores a future history of Earth and pacifistic ideals in its depictions of violence, colonialism and resistance. ''A simple story that, like most things Le Guin wrote, packs a powerful emotional and critical punch''- Tordotcom ''Deeply moving and shocking by turns''- Suzanne Reid''Le Guin writes in quiet, straightforward sentences about people who feel they are being torn apart by massive forces in society . . . and who fight courageously to remain whole'' - The New York Times Book Review Welcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction

DKK 119.00
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The Lathe Of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Lathe Of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''Ursula Le Guin was able to reimagine many concepts we take to be natural, shared, and unalterable - gender, utopia, creation, war, family, the city, the country - and reveal the all-too-human constructions at their centre ... Literature will miss her. There''s no one like her'' Zadie Smith ''Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power'' OBSERVER Through his dreams, George Orr can make alternate realities real - but who is controlling him? War rages and global warming wreaks havoc on the quality of life everywhere as seven billion people jostle for living space and food. For George Orr, a mild and unremarkable man, the world is overwhelmingly difficult. But George is different: his dreams can change reality - although he has no means of controlling this extraordinary power.Psychiatrist Dr William Haber offers to help, directing George to dream a world without racism. But as ambition gets the better of ethics, no one can predict the devastating consequences.

DKK 120.00
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The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the timeless and beloved A Wizard of Earthsea - ''...reads like the retelling of a tale first told centuries ago'' (David Mitchell) - comes this complete omnibus edition of the entire Earthsea chronicles, including over fifty illustrations illuminating Le Guin''s vision of her classic saga. Contains the short story, ''The Daughter of Odren'', published in print for the first time, and her last story ''Firelight''. Ursula K. Le Guin''s Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature-they have received prestigious accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike.Now for the first time ever, they''re all together in one volume-including the early short stories, Le Guin''s "Earthsea Revisioned" Oxford lecture, and new Earthsea stories, never before printed. With a new introduction by Le Guin herself, this essential edition will also include over fifty illustrations by renowned artist Charles Vess, specially commissioned and selected by Le Guin, to bring her refined vision of Earthsea and its people to life in a totally new way. Stories include: ''A Wizard of Earthsea'', ''The Tombs of Atuan'', ''The Farthest Shore'', ''Tehanu'', ''Tales From Earthsea'', ''The Other Wind'', ''The Rule of Names'', ''The Word of Unbinding'', ''The Daughter of Odren'', and ''Earthsea Revisioned: A Lecture at Oxford University'' With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings -but also unlike anything but themselves-this edition is perfect for those new to the world of Earthsea, as well as those who are well-acquainted with its enchanting magic: to know Earthsea is to love it.- 1,008 pages- 56 illustrations (including seven lavishly coloured plate sections)- maps of Earthsea- stunningly beautiful endpapers- Six novels- 4 short stories- An essay

DKK 306.00
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The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

One of the very best must-read novels of all time - with a new introduction by Roddy Doyle ''A well told tale signifying a good deal; one to be read again and again'' THE TIMES ''The book I wish I had written ... It''s so far away from my own imagination, I''d love to sit at my desk one day and discover that I could think and write like Ursula Le Guin'' Roddy Doyle'' Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power'' OBSERVER ''There was a wall. It did not look important - even a child could climb it. But the idea was real. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on...''Shevek is brilliant scientist who is attempting to find a new theory of time - but there are those who are jealous of his work, and will do anything to block him. So he leaves his homeland, hoping to find a place of more liberty and tolerance. Initially feted, Shevek soon finds himself being used as a pawn in a deadly political game.With powerful themes of freedom, society and the natural world''s influence on competition and co-operation, THE DISPOSSESSED is a true classic of the 20th century.

DKK 127.00
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Five Ways to Forgiveness - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Five Ways to Forgiveness - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Set in the same universe as The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed , these five linked stories follow far-future human colonies living in the distant solar system. Here is the complete suite of five linked stories from Ursula K. Le Guin''s acclaimed Hainish series, which tells the history of the Ekumen, the galactic confederation of human colonies founded by the planet Hain. First published as Four Ways to Forgiveness, and now joined by a fifth story, the tales focus on the twin planets Werel and Yeowe - two worlds whose peoples, long known as "owners" and "assets," together face an uncertain future after civil war and revolution. A retired science teacher must make peace with her new neighbour, a disgraced revolutionary leader. A female official from the Ekumen arrives to survey the situation on Werel and struggles against its rigidly patriarchal culture. The coming of age of Havzhiva, an Ekumen ambassador to Yeowe, is Le Guin''s most sustained description of the Ur-planet Hain. Rakam, born an asset on Werel, must twice escape from slavery to freedom. And a charismatic Hainish embassy worker, who appears in two of the four original stories, returns for a tale of his own. ''As good as any contemporary at creating worlds, imaginary or our own'' TIME Magazine

DKK 119.00
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The Lathe Of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Lathe Of Heaven - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''Her worlds have a magic sheen . . . She moulds them into dimensions we can only just sense. She is unique. She is legend'' THE TIMES ''Le Guin is a writer of phenomenal power'' OBSERVER George Orr is a mild and unremarkable man who finds the world a less than pleasant place to live: seven billion people jostle for living space and food. But George dreams dreams which do in fact change reality - and he has no means of controlling this extraordinary power.Psychiatrist Dr William Haber offers to help. At first sceptical of George''s powers, he comes to astonished belief. When he allows ambition to get the better of ethics, George finds himself caught up in a situation of alarming peril.

DKK 120.00
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Tales from Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Tales from Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The fifth book of Earthsea in a beautiful hardback edition. Complete the collection with A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan , The Furthest Shore and Tehanu. With illustrations from Charles Vess ''Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it'' David Mitchell These five superlative, evocative and enchanting stories range from a few hundred years before A Wizard of Earthsea to just before The Other Wind, and feature some of Le Guin''s most popular characters, including the Wizard Ged himself. The stories are rounded off with an essay about Earthsea''s history and people.No Earthsea fan will want to be without this magical collection. ''[Earthsea is] a memorable exploration of the relationship between life and death. . . Ged, its hero, must face his shadow self before it devours him. Only then will he become whole. In the process, he must contend with the wisdom of dragons: ambiguous and not our wisdom, but wisdom nonetheless'' Magaret Atwood

DKK 155.00
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The Farthest Shore - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Farthest Shore - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

'' A Wizard of Earthsea reads like the retelling of a tale first told centuries ago, and whose twists and turns have been handed down through generations of storytellers. It is timeless. . . . Le Guin''s words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it'' David Mitchell, author of CLOUD ATLAS The third book of Earthsea in a beautiful hardback edition. Complete the collection with A Wizard of Earthsea , The Tombs of Atuan and Tehanu. With illustrations from Charles VessDarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk - Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord - embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad''s young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss. Together they will sail to the farthest reaches of their world - even beyond the realm of death - as they seek to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it. ''Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it'' David Mitchell

DKK 155.00
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Worlds of Exile and Illusion - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Worlds of Exile and Illusion - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

From the multi-award-winning author of The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea sequence comes this single-volume omnibus of the first three Hainish novels.Intergalactic war reaches Fomalhaut II in Rocannon''s World .Born out of season, a precocious young girl visits the alien city of the farborns and the false-men in Planet of Exile. In City of Illusions a stranger wandering in the forest people''s woods is found and his health restored; now the fate of two worlds rests in this stranger''s hands . . . The three novels contained in this volume are the books that launched Ursula K. Le Guin''s glittering career, and are set in the same universe as her Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classics The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed .

DKK 123.00
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The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

A literary masterpiece from one of the great writers of our time: ''Ursula Le Guin is a chemist of the heart'' David Mitchell''Love doesn''t just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new'' Two people, until recently strangers, find themselves on a long, tortuous and dangerous journey across the ice. One is an outcast, forced to leave his beloved homeland; the other is fleeing from a different kind of persecution. What they have in common is curiosity, about others and themselves, and an almost unshakeable belief that the world can be a better place. As they journey for over 800 miles, across the harshest, most inhospitable landscape, they discover the true meaning of friendship, and of love.

DKK 126.00
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The Other Side - Jennifer Higgie - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Other Side - Jennifer Higgie - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''Endlessly intriguing . . . I was enchanted'' - DAILY TELEGRAPH ''Illuminating in every sense of the word'' - John Higgs In an illuminating blend of memoir and art history, The Other Side explores the lives and work of a group of extraordinary women artists. From the twelfth-century mystic Hildegard of Bingen and the nineteenth-century spiritualist Georgiana Houghton to the pioneering Hilma af Klint, these women all - in their own unique ways - shared the same goal: to communicate with, and learn from, other dimensions. Weaving in and out of their myriad lives, Jennifer Higgie considers the solace of ritual, the gender exclusions of art history, the contemporary relevance of myth, the boom in alternative ways of understanding the world and the impact of spiritualism on feminism and contemporary art.

DKK 141.00
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Lavinia - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Lavinia - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

An exceptional combination of history and mythology - ''an intriguing, luxuriously realised novel'' FINANCIAL TIMES ''Subtly moving, playful...a novel that brought me to tears more than once. Lavinia is a delightful heroine'' GUARDIAN ''Like Spartan Helen, I caused a war. She caused hers by letting men who wanted her take her. I caused mine because I wouldn''t be given, wouldn''t be taken, but chose my man and my fate. The man was famous, the fate obscure; not a bad balance.''Lavinia is the daughter of the King of Latium, a victorious warrior who loves peace; she is her father''s closest companion. Now of an age to wed, Lavinia''s mother favours her own kinsman, King Turnus of Rutulia, handsome, heroic, everything a young girl should want. Instead, Lavinia dreams of mighty Aeneas, a man she has heard of only from a ghost of a poet, who comes to her in the gods'' holy place and tells her of her future, and Aeneas'' past...If she refuses to wed Turnus, Lavinia knows she will start a war - but her fate was set the moment the poet appeared to her in a dream and told her of the adventurer who fled fallen Troy, holding his son''s hand and carrying his father on his back...

DKK 120.00
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Tehanu - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Tehanu - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The fourth book of Earthsea in a beautiful hardback edition. Complete the collection with A Wizard of Earthsea , The Tombs of Atuan and The Furthest Shore. With illustrations from Charles Vess In this fourth novel in the Earthsea series, we rejoin the young priestess the Tenar and powerful wizard Ged. Years before, they had helped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Together, they shared an adventure like no other. Tenar has since embraced the simple pleasures of an ordinary life, while Ged mourns the powers lost to him through no choice of his own. Now the two must join forces again and help another in need-the physically, emotionally scarred child whose own destiny has yet to be revealed.... ''Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it'' David Mitchell

DKK 152.00
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Orsinia - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Orsinia - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''A tour de force'' EVENING STANDARD ''She is unique. She is legend'' THE TIMES Among the less-traveled mountains and plains of Central Europe, a little east of Austria perhaps and north of Slovenia, lies the old kingdom of Orsinia. A land of forests and quiet farmlands and towns, with its capital city Krasnoy on the broad Molsen River, Orsinia has always found itself, like all the countries of Europe, subject to forces beyond its borders. Yet, cast as they are in the shadow of tyrannies both Western and Eastern, the lives and dreams of its free people are no less important than the great arguments of Europe''s emperors and dictators.Here then are those lives: in tales of romance and blood-lust, hope and fear, freedom and tyranny, passion and despair. Tales of love, of life and of death and - amidst the great 19th-century rise of liberalism and nationalism - a tale of revolution against the might of the Hapsburg Empire.This is Orsinia and these are her stories.

DKK 230.00
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Voices - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Voices - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Memer is a child of rape; when the Alds took the beautiful city of Ansul, they descecrated or destroyed everything of beauty. The Waylord they imprisoned and tortured for years until finally he is freed to return to his home. Though crippled, he is not destroyed. His life still has purpose. Memer is the daughter of his House, the daughter of his heart.The Alds, a people who love war, cannot and will not read: they believe that in words lie demons that will destroy the world. All the city''s libraries, the great treasure trove of knowledge of ages past, are burned, except for those few volumes secreted inthe Waylord''s hidden room.But times are changing. Gry Barre of Roddmant and Orrec Caspro of Caspromant have arrived in the city. Orrec is a story-teller, the most famous of all: he has the gift of making. His wife Gry''s gift is that of calling; she walks with a halflion who both frightens and fascinates the Alds.This is Memer''s story, and Gry''s and Orrec''s, and it is the story of a conquered people craving freedom.

DKK 127.00
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Lavinia - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Lavinia - Ursula K. Le Guin - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

She chose love. The price she paid was war. A stunning combination of history and mythology - ''an intriguing, luxuriously realised novel'' FINANCIAL TIMES READERS on LAVINIA: ''Utterly compelling'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Clever twist'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Super'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Like Spartan Helen, I caused a war. She caused hers by letting men who wanted her take her. I caused mine because I wouldn''t be given, wouldn''t be taken, but chose my man and my fate''Lavinia is the daughter of the King of Latium, a victorious warrior who loves peace; she is her father''s closest companion. Now of an age to wed, Lavinia''s mother favours her own kinsman, handsome, heroic, everything a young girl should want. Instead, Lavinia dreams of mighty Aeneas, a man she has heard of only from a ghost of a poet, who comes to her in the gods'' holy place and tells her of her future, and Aeneas'' past... If she refuses to wed her mother''s choice, Lavinia knows she will start a war... ''Subtly moving, playful...a novel that brought me to tears more than once. Lavinia is a delightful heroine'' GUARDIAN

DKK 127.00
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