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The Lady From Zagreb - Philip Kerr - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Lady From Zagreb - Philip Kerr - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''One of the greatest anti-heroes ever written'' LEE CHILD Summer 1942. When Bernie Gunther is ordered to speak at an international police conference, an old acquaintance has a favour to ask. Little does Bernie suspect what this simple surveillance task will provoke... One year later, resurfacing from the hell of the Eastern Front, a superior gives him another task that seems straightforward: locating the father of Dalia Dresner, the rising star of German cinema. Bernie accepts the job. Not that he has much choice - the superior is Goebbels himself. But Dresner''s father hails from Yugoslavia, a country so riven by sectarian horrors that even Bernie''s stomach is turned. Yet even with monsters at home and abroad, one thing alone drives him on from Berlin to Zagreb to Zurich: Bernie Gunther has fallen in love.

DKK 127.00
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The Noble Path - Peter May - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Noble Path - Peter May - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

THE EVIL WRATH Cambodia, 1978: Amid the Khmer Rouge''s crazed genocide, soldier-of-fortune Jack Elliott is given the impossible task of rescuing a family from the regime. THE PAINFUL TRUTH Eighteen-year-old orphan and budding journalist Lisa Robinson has received the impossible news that her father is, in fact, alive. His name is Jack Elliott. THE NOBLE PATH As Jack tracks the hostages and Lisa traces her heritage, each intent on reuniting a family. Yet to succeed, they each must run a dangerous gauntlet of bullets and betrayal.

DKK 113.00
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The Lion of Mistra - James Heneage - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Lion of Mistra - James Heneage - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''One hell of a fine book'' Conn Iggulden ROME NEVER FELL. IT BECAME BYZANTIUM.AS OTTOMAN FORCES INVADE, ONE MAN MUST DEFEND HIS COUNTRY AND FACE HIS OWN PERSONAL DESTINY... A rich tale of clashing empires and trade wars, lost treasure and tempestuous love in an age when the fate of the world hung on the survival of Byzantium, the hinge between east and west. Luke Magoris, a descendant of the princes of England, is a man with a rare talent for war and trade. To him falls the overwhelming task of defending his beloved Mistra against the rampant Ottoman forces.

DKK 119.00
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Knight's Shadow - Sebastien De Castell - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Knight's Shadow - Sebastien De Castell - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Falcio Val Mond has completed the final task given to him by the late King Paelis: he has found the King''s Charoites (well, one at least). But his task isn''t over, and now he, Kest and Brasti must protect the girl from those her want her dead. ''Sebastien, write faster!'' John Gwynne, author of the award-winning series The Faithful and the Fallen That would be simple enough, if it weren''t for the renegade Knights and legendary Dashini assassins, getting in their way, not to mention the Dukes, who are desperate to hold on to their power at any cost, or Trin, the merciless daughter of the ruthless Duke of Rijou and the cruel Duchess of Hervor, who is determined to be Queen of Tristia. Of course, the fact that the heir to the throne is thirteen years old doesn''t help, nor the fact that every day brings Falcio closer to dying from the poison running through his veins.And then there is the Greatcoat''s Lament . . . . '' These books are just joyous - first-rate fiction, first rate adventure, first rate full stop.'' Conn Iggulden, author of The Golden Age series '' I honestly have fallen so in love with this series'' Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Truly a masterpiece of storytelling'' Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

DKK 139.00
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The River of Fire - Patrick Easter - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The River of Fire - Patrick Easter - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

River Surveyor Tom Pascoe of the Marine Police finds the bodies of two men entombed in the crew cabin of a sunken lugger. Suspicion falls on a third member of the crew seen fleeing the scene. He had a known motive for murder. Against the background of a nation at war with Napoleon, Tom Pascoe finds his own life under threat as he digs deeper into the case. He uncovers the existence of French agents whose task is to undermine England''s ability to continue the war. Tom''s job is further complicated by the presence of a new member of the police crew with a shocking secret of his own...

DKK 119.00
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The Rising Tide - Patrick Easter - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Rising Tide - Patrick Easter - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

September 1799. William Pitt is attempting to force through anti-slavery legislation, but many have a vested interest in preventing this change and would go to dangerous lengths to stop it. Meanwhile, Tom Pascoe of the river police is grieving for the woman he loved and looking for solace at the bottom of a bottle. Tom''s drinking has made him increasingly belligerent and unpredictable, so when he is called to investigate a body found in the Thames - that of an MP and a close associate of William Pitt - there''s doubt whether he''s up to the task. But Tom must pull himself together, or be dragged under; Pitt''s life is in his hands.

DKK 126.00
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Crucible of Secrets - S. G. Maclean - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Crucible of Secrets - S. G. Maclean - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Knowledge is power, and when it gets in the wrong hands it can be lethal. Alchemy and murder combine in a gripping race against time from the CWA award-winning author of The Seeker. ''One of the best writers of historical crime'' The Times Aberdeen, 1631. University librarian Robert Sim takes receipt of a gift of books recently arrived from overseas, mysterious works on alchemy and hermetics - the pursuit of ancient knowledge. By nightfall he has been brutally murdered. His colleague and good friend Alexander Seaton is left with the task of hunting for clues as to his killer''s motive, as well as locating the missing books. What did Sim discover in the package, and what makes these books so dangerous?

DKK 123.00
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School Blues - Daniel Pennac - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

School Blues - Daniel Pennac - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Daniel Pennac has never forgotten what it was like to be a very unsatisfactory student, nor the day one of his teachers saved his life by assigning him the task of writing a novel. This was the moment Pennac realized that no-one has to be a failure for ever.In School Blues, Pennac explores the many facets of schooling: how fear makes children reject education; how children can be captivated by inventive thinking; how consumerism has altered attitudes to learning. Haunted by memories of his own turbulent time in the classroom, Pennac enacts dialogues with his teachers, his parents and his own students, and serves up much more than a bald analysis of how young people are consistently failed by a faltering system. School Blues is not only universally applicable, but it is unquestionably a work of literature in its own right, driven by subtlety, sensitivity and a passion for pedagogy, while embracing the realities of contemporary culture.

DKK 141.00
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Young Beasts at Play - Davide Longo - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Young Beasts at Play - Davide Longo - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"A superior police procedural" Mark Sanderson, The Times Crime Club "Northern Italy''s answer to Inspector Montalbano" Alessandro Baricco September 2008. Commissario Arcadipane arrives at the scene of a macabre discovery: the bones of twelve men and women buried in the countryside near Torino. By the next morning, a task force specialising in mass graves from WWII is already in place. But something doesn''t feel right: one of the femurs shows signs of an operation that couldn''t have taken place before the seventies.Suspecting a cover-up, Arcadipane launches his own investigation, enlisting his old mentor, Corso Bramard, long retired, and Isa, a young officer still haunted by the unexplained death of her father.These mismatched allies ­- one at last at peace, one jaded to the point of breakdown and one under a permanent disciplinary cloud ­- will unveil a cruel political conspiracy that someone wants covered up for the second time. Translated from the Italian by Silvester Mazzarella

DKK 120.00
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Beasts of the Sea - Iida Turpeinen - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Beasts of the Sea - Iida Turpeinen - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

An impeccably researched debut, and an adventure through three centuries of scientific exploration.In 1741, naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller joins the Great Northern Expedition, as captain Vitus Bering and his crewscout out a sea route from Asia to America. Although they never reach the American mainland, they make a unique discovery, now known as Steller's sea cow.In 1859, Hampus Furuhjelm, the Finnish governor of the Russian territory of Alaska, sends his men to seek theskeleton of this massive marine mammal, rumoured to have vanished a hundred years before.In 1952, John Gronvall, a restorer at what is now the Finnish Museum of Natural History, is assigned the task ofrefurbishing the skeleton of Steller's sea cow, long since extinct.Approaching the subject of biodiversity through individual destinies, Beasts of the Sea is a story of grand human ambitions and the urge to resurrect what humankind, in its ignorance, has destroyed.Translated from the Finnish by David Hackston

DKK 159.00
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Five Give Up the Booze - Bruno Vincent - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Five Give Up the Booze - Bruno Vincent - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Enid Blyton''s books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy confront a new challenge: give up the booze. Give up alcohol you say? Why, of course they can! Talk about an easy challenge! Five old friends set about this simple task and find all of a sudden that: the days are longer; they get to see each other for who they really are; the empty laughter of ordinary conversation is so much harder to fake. Yes, they''re saving money and losing weight, but the world itself seems to take on a slow, dreary inevitability. Soon they begin to snap at each other, and then fight - until they begin to wonder, have the Five at last found the challenge that will defeat them? The perfect gift for anyone who has woken up and promised themselves that they will never drink again. Or at least until next weekend.

DKK 127.00
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The Ingredients of Love - Nicolas Barreau - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Ingredients of Love - Nicolas Barreau - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The day begins like any other Saturday for beautiful Parisian restaurateur Aurélie Bredin, until she wakes up to find her apartment empty - her boyfriend gone off with another woman. Heartbroken, Aurélie walks the streets of Paris in the rain, finally seeking refuge in a little bookshop in the Île Saint-Louis, where she''s drawn to a novel titled The Smiles of Women by obscure English author Robert Miller. She buys it and takes it home, but when she begins to read she''s astonished: The Smiles of Women can''t possibly be about her restaurant, about her. Except, it is. Flattered and curious to know more, Aurélie attempts to get in touch with the reclusive Mr Miller, but it proves to be a daunting task. His French publishers seem determined to keep his identity secret, and while the Editor-in-Chief André Chabanais is happy to give Aurélie his time, he seems mysteriously unwilling to help her find her author. Is Robert Miller really so shy, or is there something that André isn''t telling Aurélie?

DKK 113.00
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Keane's Company - Iain Gale - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Keane's Company - Iain Gale - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Wonderfully imaginative'' Bernard Cornwell, author of The Last Kingdom. Perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Bernard Cornwell. Meet James Keane of the 27th Foot : an ill-disciplined card sharp and ladies'' man - and one of the finest soldiers of Wellington''s army. Keane''s task, assigned directly by Wellington, is the creation of an intelligence unit operating behind the French lines. He and his company are trusted with the secrets of the generals - and viewed with hostile suspicion by regular troops. In a bid to recruit men with uncommon skills, Keane springs soldiers from military jails and liberates them from their regiments. It''s up to him to form this band of blackguards into an elite unit. Deep in enemy territory, they must negotiate with dangerous guerilla groups and forge new routes for their army if they are to succeed - and survive. Based on the true activities of the first British military intelligence unit, Keane''s Company presents an unusual and fascinating picture of the Peninsular War: a nineteenth-century Dirty Dozen and a worthy companion to Sharpe .

DKK 120.00
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Fake Like Me - Barbara Bourland - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Fake Like Me - Barbara Bourland - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

CAREY LOGAN She was the genius wild child of the New York art scene, and my idol. FAKE I was a no-name painter from the Florida backwater, clawing my way into their world. LIKE When she died, she left a space that couldn''t be filled. Except, maybe, by ME Everything that gets created destroys something else. When a fire rips through her studio and burns the seven enormous paintings for her next exhibition, a young, no-name painter is left with an impossible task: recreate her art in just three months - or ruin her fledgling career. Thirty-four, single and homeless, she desperately secures a place at an exclusive upstate retreat. Brimming with creative history and set on a sparkling black lake, Pine City and its founders - a notorious collective of successful artists - is what she''s idolized all her life. She''s dreamt of the parties, the celebrities, the privilege. What she finds is a ghost of its former self.The recent suicide of founding member Carey Logan haunts everyone, lurking beneath the surface like a shipwreck. And one thought begins to shadow her every move - what really happened to her hero?With a flair for sensational detail and acidic wit, Barbara Bourland delivers a darkly satirical thriller about art, money and identity with a twist so sharp it cuts.

DKK 149.00
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The Conspirators - G W Shaw - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Conspirators - G W Shaw - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Jacob Meaney makes so little money as a translator that his girlfriend has given up on him. Then Eloise, an Australian digital marketer, appears out of the blue, offering him unheard of sums for a couple of weeks'' work.A private plane and helicopter take him to a showcase villa in Carinthia and all the luxury he could ever want. Here he meets the owner of the house Bondarenko. Unwillingly Jacob has become part of an organised crime conspiracy, held captive there by armed guards. His task is to interpret between Hindi, Russian and English during Zoom calls with Nazim, an Indian criminal whose gang have taken over the manufacture and distribution network of the wonder fertility drug that Bondarenko has been selling on the internet. It becomes clear to Jacob that his employer is in far deeper and more dangerously than he realises. The gang''s plan is to take over the entire operation by any means. The villa has become a lethal gilded prison to Jacob and Vlada, the maid who''s a trafficked worker. When Nazim finally strikes which side will Jacob take to survive? Fast-moving, tense, glamorous and witty The Conspirators is G. W. Shaw''s follow-up to Dead Rich (''A great book by a fabulous writer'' Steve Cavanagh) and shows that he''s a master of the gripping international thriller genre.

DKK 120.00
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Fake Like Me - Barbara Bourland - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Fake Like Me - Barbara Bourland - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

CAREY LOGAN She was the genius wild child of the New York art scene, and my idol. FAKE I was a no-name painter from the Florida backwater, clawing my way into their world. LIKE When she died, she left a space that couldn''t be filled. Except, maybe, by ME Everything that gets created destroys something else. When a fire rips through her studio and burns the seven enormous paintings for her next exhibition, a young, no-name painter is left with an impossible task: recreate her art in just three months - or ruin her fledgling career. Thirty-four, single and homeless, she desperately secures a place at an exclusive upstate retreat. Brimming with creative history and set on a sparkling black lake, Pine City and its founders - a notorious collective of successful artists - is what she''s idolized all her life. She''s dreamt of the parties, the celebrities, the privilege. What she finds is a ghost of its former self.The recent suicide of founding member Carey Logan haunts everyone, lurking beneath the surface like a shipwreck. And one thought begins to shadow her every move - what really happened to her hero?With a flair for sensational detail and acidic wit, Barbara Bourland delivers a darkly satirical thriller about art, money and identity with a twist so sharp it cuts.

DKK 127.00
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The Office of Gardens and Ponds - Didier Decoin - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Office of Gardens and Ponds - Didier Decoin - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The village of Shimae is thrown into turmoil when master carp-catcher Katsuro suddenly drowns in the murky waters of the Kusagawa river. Who now will carry the precious cargo of carp to the imperial palace and preserve the crucial patronage that everyone in the village depends upon?Step forward Miyuki, Katsuro''s grief-struck widow and the only remaining person in the village who knows anything about carp. She alone can undertake the long, perilous journey to the imperial palace, balancing the heavy baskets of fish on a pole across her shoulders, and ensure her village''s future.So Miyuki sets off. Along her way she will encounter a host of remarkable characters, from prostitutes and innkeepers, to warlords and priests with evil in mind. She will endure ambushes and disaster, for the villagers are not the only people fixated on the fate of the eight magnificent carp. But when she reaches the Office of Gardens and Ponds, Miyuki discovers that the trials of her journey are far from over. For in the Office of Gardens and Ponds, nothing is quite as it seems, and beneath its veneer of refinement and ritual, there is an impenetrable barrier of politics and snobbery that Miyuki must overcome if she is to return to Shimae.

DKK 127.00
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Wearing The Lion - John Wiswell - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Wearing The Lion - John Wiswell - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

God. Hero. Idol. Monster. Murderer. The story of Hercules is one of the most famous ever told. But what if it''s wrong ? Locus and Nebula Award-winning author John Wiswell brings his gentle, human storytelling to the most infamous of stories and discovers the heart inside us all. Furious with Zeus for once again siring a child with a mortal woman, Hera finds herself redirecting all her fury at the baby himself, Heracles, an innocent named in her honour. As Heracles grows into a man - an unfathomably strong, loving man - he thanks Hera for all the blessings he feels she''s seen fit to bestow upon him.In a moment of misdirected rage, however, Hera sends a fury to kill Heracles'' family. Heracles sets out on an epic quest to discover the name of the god who set their murders in motion. Desperate to keep him busy until she can come up with a solution, Hera sets Heracles a series of tests, as impossible as they are deadly: the Nemean lion, the hydra, the Stymphalian birds, the Aegean stables . . .But Heracles'' innate kindness, along with his determination to discover the identity of the god who cost him everything he loves, carries him through each task. As his legend grows, so does Hera''s desperation. A novel of friendship, of found family, of kindness and of legend, this is the story of Hercules as it has never been told before.

DKK 192.00
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Wearing The Lion - John Wiswell - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Wearing The Lion - John Wiswell - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

God. Hero. Idol. Monster. Murderer. The story of Hercules is one of the most famous ever told. But what if it''s wrong ? Locus and Nebula Award-winning author John Wiswell brings his gentle, human storytelling to the most infamous of stories and discovers the heart inside us all. Furious with Zeus for once again siring a child with a mortal woman, Hera finds herself redirecting all her fury at the baby himself, Heracles, an innocent named in her honour. As Heracles grows into a man - an unfathomably strong, loving man - he thanks Hera for all the blessings he feels she''s seen fit to bestow upon him.In a moment of misdirected rage, however, Hera sends a fury to kill Heracles'' family. Heracles sets out on an epic quest to discover the name of the god who set their murders in motion. Desperate to keep him busy until she can come up with a solution, Hera sets Heracles a series of tests, as impossible as they are deadly: the Nemean lion, the hydra, the Stymphalian birds, the Aegean stables . . .But Heracles'' innate kindness, along with his determination to discover the identity of the god who cost him everything he loves, carries him through each task. As his legend grows, so does Hera''s desperation. A novel of friendship, of found family, of kindness and of legend, this is the story of Hercules as it has never been told before.

DKK 166.00
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A Summer of Murder - Oliver Bottini - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A Summer of Murder - Oliver Bottini - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The second of the Black Forest Investigations - "Its plot bristles with invention" Guardian It has been a long dry summer in the Black Forest idyll of Kirchzarten. When the local fire brigade is called to a burning farm shed, a volunteer is killed as a weapons cache beneath it explodes. The small community is shocked to the core. Louise Bonì, back with Freiburg Kripo after a period of withdrawal, is assigned to the task force dealing with the case.The meagre evidence they gather points to a possible connection with German neo-Nazis or illegal arms dealers from the former Yugoslavia, but the appearance of secret service agents marking out the forest suggests more is at stake. Acting as her partner in the case is Thomas Ilic, whose allegiances are as conflicted as Bonì''s. Who is in fact working for whom? In the most challenging case of her career - and one that puts her in mortal danger - Bonì must to overcome the ghosts of her past that continue to haunt her. Oliver Bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction; the Rhine borderlands of the Black Forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteries. Praise for ZEN AND THE ART OF MURDER - now shortlisted for the CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER: "Surprising and genuinely shocking" Joan Smith, Sunday Times "Gripping" Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler "An atmospheric, original story that will keep you hooked to the final heart-rending revelations" Crime Review Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch

DKK 127.00
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Fire on All Sides - James Rhodes - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Fire on All Sides - James Rhodes - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

For many of us who suffer from depression or anxiety, the simple act of endurance, of having to appear ''normal'', is a daunting, painful and heroic task. Getting out of bed, packing the kids off to school, showing up for work, preparing dinner... These can be astonishing achievements when it sometimes takes a superhuman effort simply to stand upright. How do you keep going? How do you do what you do, day in, day out, conforming to people''s idea of you and functioning in the way society expects you to, when all you want to do is disappear and hide?In Fire On All Sides , Rhodes attempts to find how to make the unbearable bearable in the most exposing circumstances imaginable. As he embarks on a gruelling five-month concert tour, performing in front of thousands of people, the tortuous voices in his mind his constant companions, he has no choice but to face these wild, mad ramblings head on. Luckily, there is the music. There is always the music. Bach, Chopin, Beethoven - they are his holy grail, his mechanism for survival. Just.This is an important, urgent book. It''s about going through your day feeling like you can''t find a way out of the crazy, it''s about not setting the happiness bar too high, it''s about accepting the messy imperfection that is life.Rhodes explodes the myths surrounding depression, anxiety and stress - the plagues of our society - into a million pieces, then sticks them back together again with his characteristic thought-provoking, laser sharp and humorous style. The really good news? It''s going to be OK. Just.

DKK 119.00
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The Office of Gardens and Ponds - Didier Decoin - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Office of Gardens and Ponds - Didier Decoin - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A mesmerising fable with a difference, set in Japan over 1000 years ago For readers of Alessandro Baricco''s Silk , Patrick Süskind''s Perfume and Takashi Hiraide''s The Guest Cat. The village of Shimae is thrown into turmoil when master carp-catcher Katsuro suddenly drowns in the murky waters of the Kusagawa river. Who now will carry the precious cargo of carp to the Imperial Palace and preserve the crucial patronage that everyone in the village depends upon?Step forward Miyuki, Katsuro''s grief-struck widow and the only remaining person in the village who knows anything about carp. She alone can undertake the long, perilous journey to the Imperial Palace, balancing the heavy baskets of fish on a pole across her shoulders, and ensure her village''s future.So Miyuki sets off. Along her way she will encounter a host of remarkable characters, from prostitutes and innkeepers, to warlords and priests with evil in mind. She will endure ambushes and disaster, for the villagers are not the only people fixated on the fate of the eight magnificent carp. But when she reaches the Office of Gardens and Ponds, Miyuki discovers that the trials of her journey are far from over. For in the Imperial City, nothing is quite as it seems, and beneath a veneer of refinement and ritual, there is an impenetrable barrier of politics and snobbery that Miyuki must overcome if she is to return to Shimae.

DKK 132.00
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Every Living Thing - Jason Roberts - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Every Living Thing - Jason Roberts - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

WINNER OF THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY An Economist book of the year 2024. The dramatic, globe-spanning and meticulously-researched story of two scientific rivals and their race to survey all life. In the 18th century, two men dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Their approaches could not have been more different. Carl Linnaeus, a pious Swedish doctor with a huckster''s flair, believed that life belonged in tidy, static categories. Georges-Louis de Buffon, an aristocratic polymath and keeper of France''s royal garden, viewed life as a dynamic, ever-changing swirl of complexities. Both began believing their work to be difficult, but not impossible--how could the planet possibly hold more than a few thousand species? Stunned by life''s diversity, both fell far short of their goal. But in the process they articulated starkly divergent views on nature, on humanity''s role in shaping the fate of our planet, and on humanity itself. The rivalry between these two unique, driven individuals created reverberations that still echo today. Linnaeus, with the help of acolyte explorers he called "apostles" (only half of whom returned alive), gave the world such concepts as mammal , primate and homo sapiens --but he also denied species change and promulgated racist pseudo-science. Buffon coined the term reproduction , formulated early prototypes of evolution and genetics, and argued passionately against prejudice. It was a clash that, during their lifetimes, Buffon seemed to be winning. But their posthumous fates would take a very different turn. With elegant, propulsive prose grounded in more than a decade of research, bestselling author Jason Roberts tells an unforgettable true-life tale of intertwined lives and enduring legacies, tracing an arc of insight and discovery that extends across three centuries into the present day.

DKK 241.00
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Every Living Thing - Jason Roberts - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Every Living Thing - Jason Roberts - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The dramatic, globe-spanning and meticulously-researched story of two scientific rivals and their race to survey all life. In the 18th century, two men dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Their approaches could not have been more different. Carl Linnaeus, a pious Swedish doctor with a huckster''s flair, believed that life belonged in tidy, static categories. Georges-Louis de Buffon, an aristocratic polymath and keeper of France''s royal garden, viewed life as a dynamic, ever-changing swirl of complexities. Both began believing their work to be difficult, but not impossible--how could the planet possibly hold more than a few thousand species? Stunned by life''s diversity, both fell far short of their goal. But in the process they articulated starkly divergent views on nature, on humanity''s role in shaping the fate of our planet, and on humanity itself. The rivalry between these two unique, driven individuals created reverberations that still echo today. Linnaeus, with the help of acolyte explorers he called "apostles" (only half of whom returned alive), gave the world such concepts as mammal , primate and homo sapiens --but he also denied species change and promulgated racist pseudo-science. Buffon coined the term reproduction , formulated early prototypes of evolution and genetics, and argued passionately against prejudice. It was a clash that, during their lifetimes, Buffon seemed to be winning. But their posthumous fates would take a very different turn. With elegant, propulsive prose grounded in more than a decade of research, bestselling author Jason Roberts tells an unforgettable true-life tale of intertwined lives and enduring legacies, tracing an arc of insight and discovery that extends across three centuries into the present day.

DKK 139.00
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Injury Time - Duncan Hamilton - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Injury Time - Duncan Hamilton - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''One of the best football books I''ve ever read.'' John Motson on Provided You Don''t Kiss Me ''Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed by that attitude. I can assure you it''s much more important than that'' - Bill Shankly What Shankly said isn''t even half-true. In fact, it''s bollocks. Football isn''t the be-all and end-all of everything. If nothing else, I know that much. As a player, Thom Callaghan was defined by the winning goal he scored in an FA Cup final. The goal wasn''t the blessing he imagined it would be. His whole career was defined by that brief moment of glory.With his playing days over, Callaghan, still a local hero, is tempted back to his old club as caretaker manager. His task to rescue it from relegation. He''s got the job solely on the recommendation of his former boss and mentor Frank Mallory, now desperately ill and responsible for the team''s precipitous decline.Callaghan is pitched into the Premier League during the last months of the 1996-1997 season, where - among reputations more gilded than his own - he finds himself pitted against the likes of Alex Ferguson''s Manchester United, chasing their fourth title in five years, and also one of the newest recruits to the English game, Arsene Wenger.Can Callaghan save his club from what seems the inevitability of the drop? Does Mallory - eccentric, inspirational and manipulative - even want him to succeed? What if the prize of a personal triumph isn''t worth it in the end? Injury Time is the first novel from the multiple award-winning sportswriter Duncan Hamilton.

DKK 120.00
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