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Hella Nation - Evan Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Hella Nation - Evan Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Hella Nation charts Wright''s deeply personal journey, from his stark but sympathetic portrayals of sex workers in Porn Valley to his raw portrait of a Hollywood über-agent turned war documentarian and hero of America''s far right. Along the way he meets runaway teens in Hollywood earning corporate dollars as skateboard pitchmen, radical anarchists plotting the overthrow of capitalism from tree-sits in the Oregon rainforest and young American troops on the hunt for terrorists in the combat zones of the Middle East. His subjects are people for whom The American Dream is either just out of grasp, or something they have chosen to reject altogether.Sometimes frightening, usually profane, and often darkly comic, Hella Nation is Wright''s meticulously observed tour of the jagged edges of all those other Americas hiding in plain sight.

DKK 166.00
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The Bodies - Sam Lloyd - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Bodies - Sam Lloyd - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

How many times would you let your child get away with murder?The new break-out thriller from Sam Lloyd, author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick The Memory Wood . When you look down at your newborn baby, you realise they were right, those smug parents you’ve always rolled your eyes at: you’d do literally anything for your child. To make them happy, keep them safe.So when Joseph Carver wakes one night to find his teenage son Max scrubbing the kitchen, hands wet with blood and panic flooding his voice as he promises it was an accident, he didn’t mean to do it, Joseph does the only thing he can. He helps Max bury the body.Joseph thinks that’s the end of the nightmare. Until he finds Max with stricken eyes and bloody hands once again . . .You’d do anything for your child – even cover up a murder.But how many times? Praise for Sam Lloyd ‘Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent.’ – Daily Mail ‘Remarkable. Stunning prose and compulsive reading. It''s undoubtedly the best thriller I''ve read in a long, long time.’ – Lesley Kara ‘An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller.’ – Shari Lapena ‘Fiendishly clever’ – Sunday Times

DKK 182.00
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Blood and Sand - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Blood and Sand - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

On the June 6, 2004, while on assignment in Riyadh, BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were ambushed by Islamist gunmen. Simon was killed outright. Frank was hit in the shoulder and leg. As he lay in the dust, a figure stood over him and pumped four more bullets into his body at point-blank range... Against all the odds, Frank Gardner survived. Today, although partly paralysed, Frank continues to travel the world, reporting and making documentaries for the BBC. This acclaimed memoir was brought up to date with a new chapter that recounted his return to Saudi Arabia for the first time since he was shot and the story he tells continues to move and inspire, and remains an affirmation of his deep understanding of - and affection for - the Islamic world in these uncertain times.___ ''Gardner tells his remarkable tale well and bravely, with an astonishing lack of anger and enduring love and respect for the Islamic world'' SUNDAY TIMES ''Brave, unsentimental and genuinely inspiring'' EVENING STANDARD ''What makes Gardner''s moving, often humorous, deeply personal story so important is the fact that he has woven into it a brilliantly dispassionate, clear-eyed account of the Islamic world'' SCOTSMAN ''A witty, self-deprecating, inspiring testament'' DAILY TELEGRAPH

DKK 127.00
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Je t'aime a la Folie - Michael Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Je t'aime a la Folie - Michael Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

How do you find the woman of your dreams when you''re nearly forty, living in the middle of nowhere and spectacularly ungifted in the art of seduction? Three years into his solo adventure in rural France, Michael Wright has everything he ever wanted: a ramshackle house, several manly power tools, a cat, a grand piano and a vintage aircraft. Yet the lovelier his life becomes, the lonelier he feels. Three unfulfilled wishes return to haunt him: to grow a perfect potato, to fly a Spitfire and, most of all, to meet his soulmate.Written with honesty, self-deprecating wit and life-affirming passion , Michael Wright''s new memoir reveals how, while his livestock seem bent on reproduction, a solitary man can learn to accept being single . . .Or so he thinks until a bumptious American Labrador and a perilous landing in a light aircraft conspire to offer a glimpse of romance that could turn his whole world upside down.

DKK 168.00
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The Rising Tide - Sam Lloyd - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Rising Tide - Sam Lloyd - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The new pulse-pounding thriller from the bestselling author of THE MEMORY WOOD.''Beautifully written, incredibly evocative with a real sense of place and of the sea. Heart-stoppingly tense'' Catherine Cooper, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE CHALET ''Fiendishly clever'' Sunday Times ******HOW DID IT COME TO THIS? The news doesn''t strike cleanly, like a guillotine''s blade. Nothing so merciful. This news is a slovenly traveller, dragging its feet, gradually revealing its horrors. And it announces itself first with violence - the urgent hammering of fists on the front door. Life can change in a heartbeat. Lucy has everything she could wish for: a beautiful home high on the clifftops, a devoted husband and two beloved children.Then one morning, time stops. Their family yacht is recovered, abandoned far out at sea. Lucy''s husband is nowhere to be found and as the seconds tick by, she begins to wonder - what if he was the one who took the boat?And if so, where is he now?As a once-in-a-generation storm frustrates the rescue operation, Lucy pieces together what happened onboard. And then she makes a fresh discovery. One that plunges her into a living nightmare . . . Wherever her husband is, he isn''t alone. Because their children are missing, too. ****** Praise for Sam Lloyd: ''Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent.'' Daily Mail ''Stunning prose and compulsive reading.'' Lesley Kara''An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller.'' Shari Lapena''A beautifully written, fast-paced thriller.'' Heat ''A darkly chilling and original novel . . . a series of twists keeps readers captivated until a shocking climax.'' Daily Express ''Brilliant writing, a terrifying story, and characters so real it feels like you know them.'' Samantha Downing''A truly chilling story.'' Woman & Home Sam Lloyd, Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, Winter 2020

DKK 107.00
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Far Horizons - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Far Horizons - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Lost on a remote Sumatran volcano...pursued through a Tokyo backstreet by a Japanese gangster...picnicking with the French Foreign Legion in the Horn of Africa: Frank Gardner''s idea of a holiday is not everyone''s. But ever since his student days, the BBC security correspondent has done some epicly hard travelling in a remarkable number of countries. Drawing on the diaries, sketches and photos he kept during his travels, his immaculately observed accounts of these often strange, sometimes daring, adventures form the backbone of his new book. In June 2004, while on what should have been a routine assignment in Riyadh, his life - never mind his ability to travel the world - was nearly brought to a violent end by Islamist gunmen. Frank survived against all the odds and through force of will, has found himself looking towards far horizons once more. He''s not only been skiing in the Alps, scuba diving in the Red Sea and explored the jungles of Cambodia, he is also reporting once more from far-flung destinations like Afghanistan and Colombia - and this is a man who no longer has the use of his legs... This is Frank Gardner''s compelling, personal account of the myriad adventures that made him the man he was on that fateful day - and of the journeys he''s made since, and how they''ve helped him to become the remarkable and inspiring individual he is today.

DKK 134.00
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Crisis - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Crisis - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''Fast, taut, tense, accurate. A terrific read'' FREDERICK FORSYTH ''Authenticity seeps from every page . . . this is a promising start'' DAILY MAIL Introducing Luke Carlton - ex-Special Boat Service commando, and now under contract to MI6 for some of its most dangerous missions. Sent into the steaming Colombian jungle to investigate the murder of a British intelligence officer, Luke finds himself caught up in the coils of a plot that has terrifying international dimensions. Hunted down, captured, tortured and on the run from one of South America''s most powerful and ruthless drugs cartels and its psychotic leader thirsting for revenge, Luke is in a life-or-death race against time to prevent a disaster on a truly terrifying scale: London is the target, the weapon is diabolical and the means of delivery is ingenious. Drawing on his years of experience reporting on security matters, CRISIS is Frank Gardner''s debut novel. Combining insider knowledge, up-to-the-minute hardware, fly on the wall insights with heart-in-mouth excitement, CRISIS boasts an irresistible, visceral frisson of authenticity: smart, fast-paced and furiously entertaining, here is a thriller for the 21st century. Readers are gripped by Crisis : ***** ''An excellently written page turner, full of intrigue.'' ***** ''It kept me engrossed and on the edge of my seat.'' ***** ''Superb writing style. Gripping story line.'' Luke Carlton returns in Frank Gardner''s third, explosive thriller OUTBREAK. Available for pre-order now.

DKK 119.00
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Invasion - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Invasion - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE NEW LUKE CARLTON THRILLER.BBC Security Correspondent FRANK GARDNER'S thrillers are . . . 'Fast, taut, tense, accurate.' FREDERICK FORSYTH'Utterly authentic.' DAILY MAIL'Enthralling, intelligent.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Nerve-shredding.' TONY PARSONS'Heart-in-mouth.' i-NEWSPAPER'Compulsively readable.' RADIO TIMES __________________________________________The world is on high alert. Across the Strait from Taiwan, China’s armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the People’s Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour?Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service has a mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership – an individual in possession of intel that could defuse this fast-escalating situation. A ‘collector’ is sent to meet the spy and, in an anonymous Hong Kong café, the information is handed over. But before the collector can get the data to MI6, she is overpowered, drugged and abducted by persons unknown. Is it the MSS, China’s feared state security agency? Or has another, less predictable player entered the game?As geo-political tensions rise, MI6 field operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious intel she carries. With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs and multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along. Then they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan – a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it’s there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on. . . Drawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and in-depth knowledge of the security services, Frank Gardner has written his most frighteningly real, unnerving and explosive thriller yet. 'Grips from the very first page . . . this is thriller writing of a high order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise to make an enthralling, intelligent read.' Adam LeBor, FINANCIAL TIMES (about Outbreak)

DKK 119.00
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The Sensational Baby Sleep Plan - Alison Scott Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Sensational Baby Sleep Plan - Alison Scott Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Packed with tips, hints and reminders, case studies, at-a-glance charts and a daily journal to help you keep track of your baby''s progress, The Sensational Baby Sleep Plan is a step-by-step, must-have manual to ensure sleep for you and your baby. For over twenty-five years, recognised sleep guru Alison Scott-Wright has been working ''hands-on'' with families, sharing her knowledge with her clients and, most importantly, bringing sleep to thousands of homes. Now she is sharing her expertise with you... ''I was so thankful for this book. It made a HUGE difference.'' -- Giovanna Fletcher ''I wish I had read this book sooner, I tell every new mum about it!'' -- Millie Mackintosh The Sensational Baby Sleep Plan is changing parents'' lives: ***** ''This book is a Godsend . . . simple, supportive and easy to apply.''***** ''Literally changes our lives . . . absolutely invaluable advice.''***** ''This books now allows our little one to enjoy her sleep . . . She is a happy content smiley baby now and so are mummy and daddy!'' ********************************************************************************************* The Sensational Baby Sleep Plan gives parents: * Realistic, easy to follow advice and guidance* Sensible feeding plans that can be tailored to suit the individual* Simple explanations of how to interpret different cries* Useful tips to encourage belief and trust in their parental instincts* Solutions to common issues and problems , as well as in-depth explanations on how to cope with reflux and dietary related colic.* Happy babies that sleep through the night and have structured naps from around 2 months.Baby care consultant Alison Scott-Wright takes the stress and tension out of those early weeks and offers the ultimate plan that will ensure your baby sleeps soundly during the day, and for a full 12 hours during the night from around 8-10 weeks, without the need for night feeds! And for when you''re ready to move on to the next stage in sleep-filled parenting: The Sensational Toddler Sleep Plan !

DKK 159.00
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The Memory Wood - Sam Lloyd - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Memory Wood - Sam Lloyd - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE MUST-READ RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK. Chilling, moving and unputdownable, The Memory Wood is a thriller like no other. '' Beautifully told , with two superbly drawn young protagonists, Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent'' Daily Mail ''Superbly creepy , with an unexpected twist'' Guardian '' Brilliant writing, a terrifying story, and characters so real it feels like you know them. If you enjoy dark, twisty thrillers that stay with you, read this book'' Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife ************* Elijah has lived in the Memory Wood for as long as he can remember. It''s the only home he''s ever known. Elissa has only just arrived. And she''ll do everything she can to escape.When Elijah stumbles across thirteen-year-old Elissa, in the woods where her abductor is hiding her, he refuses to alert the police. Because in his twelve years, Elijah has never had a proper friend.And he doesn''t want Elissa to leave.Besides, Elijah knows how this can end. After all, Elissa isn''t the first girl he''s found inside the Memory Wood.As her abductor''s behaviour grows more erratic, chess prodigy Elissa realises that outwitting strange, lonely Elijah is her only hope of survival. Their cat-and-mouse game of deception and betrayal will determine both their fates, and whether either of them will ever leave the Memory Wood . . . ************* Praise for Sam Lloyd: ''An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller'' Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door ''Remarkable. Stunning prose and compulsive reading. It''s undoubtedly the best thriller I''ve read in a long, long time'' Lesley Kara, author of The Rumour ''I haven''t read anything quite this exciting since Room . You think all the stories have been told, then something like this comes along'' Emma Curtis, author of The Night You Left Readers love The Memory Wood ''A very clever psychological thriller. Dark, creepy and intense.'' *****''Deliciously dark... fresh and imaginative .'' *****''The twists and turns in The Memory Wood will astound. This book is undoubtedly the best I''ve read this year .'' *****Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, Winter 2020

DKK 120.00
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The People Watcher - Sam Lloyd - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The People Watcher - Sam Lloyd - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Discover the shiver-inducing, heart-pounding suspense thriller that will keep you up into the early hours - perfect for fans of Alex Michaelides, Helen Fields and Catherine Ryan Howard. '' Propulsive, sinister, gripping'' - ALEX MICHAELIDES, international bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Fear ''Such a brilliant read with such well drawn characters – I loved it'' - NIKKI SMITH, author of The Beach Party ******** ''One thing I''ve learned, these last few weeks, is that small acts of kindness are far less effective than fear...'' She watches them in the dead of night. Hidden in plain sight, Mercy Lake provides what people need. Quietly. In secret. Making lives better. But he is watching too. And he doesn’t want to help anyone - he wants to punish them. And he wants Mercy to join him.Soon, though, their activities draw the attention of the very person Mercy is desperate to avoid. Someone who will go to extreme lengths to make her pay for knowing their secret . . . ******** Readers can''t put down The People Watcher ! '' WOW! So full of suspense. The ending was a shocker!'' * * * * * '' Wow wow wow this book did not disappoint. I read it in 2 sittings . So many twists and turns. I absolutely loved this book - a must read!! '' * * * * * '' Original, creepy and devastatingly clever. I raced through The People Watcher yet didn''t want it to end. Utterly addictive. I loved it! '' Sunday Times bestseller ANDREA MARA'' Oh ... my ... word . The ending was such a shock and left me speechless . I normally see things coming, but not this time!'' * * * * * '' Twisty and dark as the night itself , it is impossible to put down . A triumph.'' - NEIL LANCASTER'' Absorbing and richly detailed , a novel with real heart.'' LISA BALLANTYNE, Richard & Judy book club bestselling author of The Guilty One ''Non-stop drama, full of surprises and twists and turns . I found it thoroughly engaging, something different and one not to be missed. '' * * * * * ''Intriguing characters and a gripping plot - what crime fiction should be! '' * * * * * ''Another cracking thriller from Sam Lloyd.'' * * * * * Sam Lloyd, Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, Winter 2020

DKK 113.00
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Invasion - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Invasion - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE NEW LUKE CARLTON THRILLER. BBC Security Correspondent FRANK GARDNER''S thrillers are . . . ''Fast, taut, tense, accurate.'' FREDERICK FORSYTH '' U tterly authentic.'' DAILY MAIL ''Enthralling, intelligent.'' FINANCIAL TIMES ''Nerve-shredding.'' TONY PARSONS ''Heart-in-mouth.'' i-NEWSPAPER '' Compulsively readable.'' RADIO TIMES __________________________________________ The world is on high alert. Across the Strait from Taiwan, China’s armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the People’s Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour?Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service has a mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership – an individual in possession of intel that could defuse this fast-escalating situation. A ‘collector’ is sent to meet the spy and, in an anonymous Hong Kong café, the information is handed over. But before the collector can get the data to MI6, she is overpowered, drugged and abducted by persons unknown. Is it the MSS, China’s feared state security agency? Or has another, less predictable player entered the game?As geo-political tensions rise, MI6 field operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious intel she carries. With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs and multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.Then they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan – a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it’s there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on. . . Drawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and in-depth knowledge of the security services, Frank Gardner has written his most frighteningly real, unnerving and explosive thriller yet. ''Grips from the very first page . . . this is thriller writing of a high order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise to make an enthralling, intelligent read.'' Adam LeBor, FINANCIAL TIMES (about Outbreak )

DKK 182.00
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C'est La Folie - Michael Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

C'est La Folie - Michael Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

One day in late summer, Michael Wright gave up his comfortable South London existence and, with only his long-suffering cat for company, set out to begin a new life. His destination was ''La Folie'', a dilapidated 15th century farmhouse in need of love and renovation in the heart of rural France...Inspired by the success of his column in the Daily Telegraph about La Folie, this book is his winningly honest account of his struggle to fulfil a childhood dream and become a Real Man - to make the journey from social townie to rugged, solitary paysan . And in chronicling his enthusiastic attempts at looking after livestock and coming to terms with the concept of living Abroad Alone, the author discovers what it takes to be a man at the beginning of the 21st century, especially if one is short sighted, flat footed and not very good at games.Life-affirming, laugh out loud funny (and boasting more than its fair share of larger-than-life locals, bilingual chickens, diminutive but over-sexed sheep, invisible rodents, manly power tools with unpronounceable names, plus the occasional femmes fatale ), this tale of a new-found life in France with a cat, a piano and an aeroplane, is both an elegy for a world that''s fast disappearing as a hymn to the simple pleasures of being alive.

DKK 141.00
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Generation Kill - Evan Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Generation Kill - Evan Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Generation Kill is about the young men sent to fight their nation''s first open-ended war since Vietnam. Despite the flurry of media images to come of the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, you have never really met any of these people, who serve as front-line troops. For whatever reason, the media simply doesn''t get them. As we all know, news accounts of the last two wars focused almost exclusively on battlefield imagery of high-tech weapons wreaking astounding destruction, comply with analysis from retired army grandees and other experts, punctuated by the odd heart-warming patriotic sound-bite. The troops themselves play a role in the media''s presentation of recent wars rather like extras in The Triumph of the Will. They are everywhere yet somehow invisible. When they speak you get the sense that what they are saying has been carefully scripted. Now Generation Kill tells the soldiers'' story in their own words.The narrative focuses on a platoon of 23 marines, many of them veterans of Afghanistan, whose elite reconnaissance unit spearheaded the blitzkrieg on Iraq. This is the story of young men that have been trained to become ruthless killers. It''s about surviving death. It''s about taking part in a war many questioned before it even began.Evan Wright was the only reporter with First Recon, which operated well ahead of most other forces, usually behind enemy lines. They were among the first marines sent into the fight and one of the last units still engaged on the outskirts of Iraq, even after the city centre fell. Generation Kill is not just a combat chronicle but an inside look at how people fighting in war actually experience it. It is both an action narrative like Black Hawk Down and a detailed portrait of a generation at war along the lines of Band of Brothers. It is not a book you are going to forget in a hurry...

DKK 127.00
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The Walpole Orange - Frank Muir - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Walpole Orange - Frank Muir - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

William Grundwick has a problem. As secretary of the Walpole Club he''s duty-bound to arrange whatever function the Events Committee decides is appropriate to celebrate the Club''s 250th birthday. It''s just that what they have decided upon seems to William almost wholly inappropriate; worse still he''s not sure he knows precisely what form such a function should take. And if that isn''t bad enough, the whole business is supposed to be a deep secret, so he can''t even discuss it with his lovely young wife Milly. Milly has her own problems. Is she going off William? His secretiveness is certainly disturbing. And now the Baroque Trio she runs has lost its viola and continuo player - Catriona has decamped to Los Angeles with a session guitarist called Trev.Torn between the demands of the Events Committee, Milly, and an accountant in a diaphanous sari, spied on by a treacherous underporter with a hotline to the tabloids and pressurized by the chairperson of the Golden Horn Ladies Belly-Dancing Ensemble, Catford, the harrassed William has some appallingly difficult decisions to make. The Walpole Orange , astonishingly, is Frank Muir''s first novel. As one might expect from Britain''s leading humorist, it is highly imaginative, wickedly witty and utterly irresistible.

DKK 161.00
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Kentish Lad, A - Frank Muir - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Kentish Lad, A - Frank Muir - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

For more than twenty-five years Frank Muir, in partnership with Denis Norden, produced some of the most sparkling and original comedy ever written for radio and television. On programmes such as My Word! and My Music his distinctive voice became familiar to millions as he displayed an astonishingly well-stocked mind and a genius for ad libbing and outrageous puns. Later, working at the BBC and then at London Weekend Television, he produced some of the best television comedy of the 1960s and 70s. He has written highly successful books for children, and two bestselling anthologies of humour.Frank Muir recalls, in glorious detail, a happy 1920s childhood in the seaside town of Ramsgate, where he was born in his grandmother''s pub in Broadstairs, and in London, where he attended an inexpensive but excellent school of a kind no longer to be found. He remembers his very first joke at the age of six, when he knew that his destiny was to make people laugh. He also knew from an early age that he wanted to write, but it took a childhood illness for him to discover that humour and writing could be combined. The death of his father forced him to leave school at the age of fourteen and work in a factory making carbon paper. Then, at the outbreak of the Second World War, he joined the RAF as an air photographer and his memories of the war years, as might be imagined, are engagingly different from the usual kind. It was during those years, with their rich fund of comic material, that he began his career as scriptwriter and performer. At his demob in 1945 he moved naturally to London and the Windmill Theatre, that remarkable breeding ground of talent where new comedians like Jimmy Edwards and Alfred Marks vied with nude girls for the attention of the audience. In story after story he recalls the lost world of London in the 1940s and early 50s, when the laughter and creative ideas seemed to explode out of post-war shabbiness and austerity. Then came the BBC, the legendary partnership with Denis Norden, and half a century of fulfilling the boyhood ambition of that Kentish lad. ''All I ever wanted to do was to write and amuse people.''

DKK 168.00
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McIlvanney On Boxing - Hugh Mcilvanney - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

McIlvanney On Boxing - Hugh Mcilvanney - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Hugh McIlvanney is a living legend in sports journalism. A regular winner of the fiercely contested UK Sports Writer of the Year award, he also has the unique distinction of being the only sports writer to have been voted Journalist of the Year. He is respected for his incisive commentaries and perceptive analyses of football and racing, but this collection contains the best of his writing on his first great passion, boxing. The book features in-depth analysis of the build-up, climax and aftermath of over 25 showdowns including: Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper (1966) Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali (1971) George Foreman vs. Ken Norton (1974) Eusibio Pedvoza vs. Barry McGuigan (1985) Lloyd Honeyghan vs. Marlon Starling (1989) Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno (1989) An essential read for boxing lovers of all ages with writing so vivid that readers will feel like they have a ringside seat.

DKK 126.00
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The Music Shop - Rachel Joyce - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Music Shop - Rachel Joyce - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

From the author of the world-wide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: '' A beautiful novel, a tonic for the soul and a complete joy to read.'' Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep . 1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it''s vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need.Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann.Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ... ''Hits all the right notes...a love story that''s as much about the silences between words as what is said - the spaces between people that can be filled with mystery, confusion and misunderstanding as well as hope." Observer PRE-ORDER RACHEL JOYCE''S NEW NOVEL, THE HOMEMADE GOD, NOW.

DKK 120.00
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In the Shadow of Papillon - John Tilsley - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In the Shadow of Papillon - John Tilsley - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Following the collapse of his business and the loss of his home, Frank Kane made a catastrophic decision. In desperation, he agreed to smuggle cocaine out of Venezuela. Almost inevitably, he and his girlfriend, Sam, were caught.The price they paid was a ten-year sentence in the hell of the overcrowded Venezuelan prison system, notorious for corruption and abuse, and rife with weapons and gangs. At one point, Frank was held in the remote El Dorado prison, better known for being the one-time home of Henri Charrière, or Papillon. He witnessed countless murders as gang leaders fought for power, and he had to become as ruthless as his fellow inmates in order to survive. In an attempt to dull the reality of the horrendous conditions, he succumbed to drugs.After enduring years of systematic beatings by the guards and attempts on his life by inmates, Frank suffered more than one breakdown. He lost over four stone and was riddled with disease, but somehow he found the strength within himself to survive and was eventually released in 2004 after serving over seven years of his sentence. During the long walk back from hell, Frank decided to tell his story.

DKK 159.00
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The Bodies - Sam Lloyd - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Bodies - Sam Lloyd - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

When you look down at your newborn baby, you realise they were right, those smug parents you’ve always rolled your eyes at: you’d do literally anything for your child. To make them happy, keep them safe.So when Joseph Carver wakes one night to find his teenage son Max scrubbing the kitchen, hands wet with blood and panic flooding his voice as he promises it was an accident, he didn’t mean to do it, Joseph does the only thing he can. He helps Max bury the body.Joseph thinks that’s the end of the nightmare. Until he finds Max with stricken eyes and bloody hands once again . . .You’d do anything for your child – even cover up a murder.But would you do it twice?

DKK 119.00
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The End of October - Lawrence Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The End of October - Lawrence Wright - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A DEADLY VIRUS. QUARANTINE. A WORLD IN LOCKDOWN. THE THRILLER THAT PREDICTED IT ALL. THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ''Flies thrillingly, eerily close to reality '' Guardian ''This page-turner ... is riveting and spookily anticipates much that has unfolded in reality'' Sunday Times A race-against-time thriller, as one man must find the origin and cure for a new killer virus that has brought the world to its knees. At an internment camp in Indonesia, forty-seven people are pronounced dead with a mysterious fever. When Dr Henry Parsons - microbiologist and epidemiologist - travels there on behalf of the World Health Organization to investigate, what he finds will soon have staggering repercussions across the globe.As international tensions rise and governments enforce unprecedented measures, Henry finds himself in a race against time to track the source and find a cure - before it''s too late . . .***WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:''If you have a desire to really understand what is going on in the world right now, this is a novel that you cannot afford to miss!''''Well-written and fast-paced. Most of all utterly, scarily, believable.''

DKK 113.00
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Zermatt - Frank Schaeffer - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Zermatt - Frank Schaeffer - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Calvin Becker''s strict fundamentalist upbringing means he''s never seen a film, watched television or danced. He even has to hide his five second-hand copies of Mad magazine in the attic. Now he and his family - his embarrassingly devout missionary parents and his sisters, the tyrannical 18 year-old Janet and the angelic Rachael - are on their modest annual skiing holiday in Switzerland. For the Beckers, the Hotel Riffelberg had always provided a safe haven from the jazz-loving sinners who congregate further down the mountain in Zermatt, but this is 1966, the year of peace, love and the Beatles, and the world is changing. As is the irrepressible Calvin...In his innocent 14 year-old body the hormones are raging, awakening a volcanic sexualcuriosity and he willingly succumbs to the ample charms of Eva, the young waitress who introduces him to ecstasies beyond his wildest dreams. But then Calvin''s mother catches him supposedly in the act and things start to go awry, triggering a climactic end to his childhood (and the family holiday).

DKK 161.00
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Ultimatum - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Ultimatum - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

‘It grips like a python from the first page, squeezing the breath out of the reader’ DAILY MAIL ‘Outstanding’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Breathless action’ THE TIMES Hidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . . They are acting on the orders of a renegade cell within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose objective is to transform their country into a nuclear-armed nation, and so seal its domination of the Middle East.Britain’s intelligence agencies know something is up. Someone on the inside is ready to hand over information - but the rendezvous with SIS officer Luke Carlton goes bloodily wrong . . . Then MI6 sees an opportunity to recruit an individual with unique access to the IRGC hardliners. Luke is chosen to reel them in. Going into Iran undercover is dangerous enough, but then there’s a killing and a kidnapping and the British government is presented with a shocking ultimatum. With time running out, it seems only Luke can stop a cataclysmic new war in the Gulf . . . ________ Readers love Ultimatum : ***** ‘An action-packed thriller . . . very authentic’ ***** ‘A real page turner . . . thrilling adventure’ ***** ‘Gripping page turner that keeps you glued to the story’

DKK 119.00
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Outbreak - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Outbreak - Frank Gardner - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** The explosive new thriller featuring MI6 operative Luke Carlton on his most terrifying mission yet. Deep within the Arctic Circle, three scientists from the UK''s Arctic Research Station trudge through a blizzard in search of shelter. They see a cabin ahead. It appears abandoned. No lights. No snowmobile outside. But as they push open the door, the smell hits them. Rank and foetid: there''s something bad inside. Then movement. A man lies slumped, his face disfigured by livid pustules. Blood runs from his nostrils; his chest glistens blackly. The team''s medic, Dr Sheila Mackenzie, pushes forward to examine him when the convulsions start. Blood, bile and mucus spray into the air. The doctor knows it''s too late - she''s been contaminated . . . Within hours, a full-scale operation to contain this contagion is underway. Samples are rushed to the laboratories at Porton Down on high alert. What they discover changes everything. Supported by phone and data intercepts, British Intelligence reaches a terrifying conclusion: that Russia has been developing a new generation of bio-weapons. Dispatched to investigate, MI6''s Luke Carlton finds himself on a serpentine trail of lies and deception. From a mysterious factory in Lithuania, via arrest and imprisonment, and ultimately back to Britain, he discovers that they''ve been looking in the wrong place all along . . . Readers are raving about Outbreak ***** ''A fast-paced espionage thriller with a timely premise''***** ''A sharp and fast-paced thriller''***** ''A great read for fans old and new''***** ''One of the best thrillers of 2021''

DKK 119.00
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Jigsaw - Campbell Armstrong - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Jigsaw - Campbell Armstrong - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

On a bitter winter evening, during rush hour, a bomb explodes in a crowded train in the London underground. More than a hundred people are horrifically and senselessly slaughtered. In the absence of any terrorist claims come distressing unanswerable questions: Who planted the device? And why?A few hours later in a Mayfair flat a young prostitute is murdered and an enigmatic message written in blood is left in her room... It is addressed to Frank Pagan, counter-terrorist specialist, who has been shunted aside by the political infighting at Special Branch, but is now brought back from exile to investigate the most terrifying case of his career.Pagan, who moves in his own mysterious ways, who flaunts the rule-book and follows his own instincts, is plunged into a darkening puzzle more sinister than a bomb in an underground tunnel. He finds himself pitted against two old adversaries: the deranged terrorist Carlotta, a woman whose appetite for blood is matched only by Pagan''s hunger for justice - and the ghost of Jig, his most famous antagonist, whose death has given birth to new demons.

DKK 168.00
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