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Mirror Mirror on the Wall - Jack Hastie - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Mirror Mirror on the Wall - Jack Hastie - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In his new poetry collection, entitled “ Mirror Mirror on the Wall ”, poet Jack Hastie looks into just such a mirror. What does he see: an earnest pilgrim or a naked ape? The collection is intended to reflect various aspects of his encounter with life: direct observation of Nature; reflections on the craft of writing poetry; the occasional political comment; existential speculation; and an awareness of evil. Jack Hastie is eighty six years old and has been married for fifty six of them. He regularly presents slide shows entitled “From Abu Simbel to Akureyre” which chronicle his adventures. These have been varied: from attempting to conjure Mephistopheles by reciting a Latin incantation while burning a crucifix at dead of night, to being hailed as “God`s answer to a missionary`s prayer,” for his work in Israel. He has encountered the Brocken Spectre and has a star named after him. He has lulled children to sleep with sunny bedtime stories and has figured on Interpol`s wanted list. All the wisdom he has harvested in the course of such a life flickers through his poetry. How does he see himself; pilgrim or ape? As for his religious convictions and his view of Man`s place in Nature – why not buy the book, study the poetry and find out for yourself?

DKK 112.00
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The Strange Death of Constable George Dixon - David E M Murray Gilbertson - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Strange Death of Constable George Dixon - David E M Murray Gilbertson - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The 1950 film The Blue Lamp was an instant box office hit. The main character PC George Dixon was a friendly avuncular copper, diligently working his lonely night beat around Paddington Green. The film was followed by the television series, Dixon of Dock Green which ran on prime-time TV for twenty-one years. To many people at the time, and today, George Dixon was, and is, the archetypal police officer who should be patrolling our streets. Until the late 1960’s, The Blue Lamp was shown to every recruit constable as part of their training. Today, the George Dixon style of policing is viewed by the police establishment, at junior level and by their bosses, as something between an embarrassment and an anachronism. Modern policing, they argue, is about targets and performance, about fast cars and body armour. They do not want to see a return to patrolling beats in all weathers and having face-to-face encounters with the public. But the decline in standards of policing in these islands has now reached a tipping point. The rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer, attitudes to race and civil liberties, and failing leadership, has forced us to look over a precipice. We cannot continue in this way. The only solution is ‘root and branch’ reform

DKK 134.00
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The Old Dragon’s Head - Justin Newland - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Old Dragon’s Head - Justin Newland - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Constructed of stone and packed earth, the Great Wall of 10,000 li protects China’s northern borders from the threat of Mongol incursion. The wall is also home to a supernatural beast: the Old Dragon. The Old Dragon’s Head is the most easterly point of the wall, where it finally meets the sea. In every era, a Dragon Master is born. Endowed with the powers of Heaven, only he can summon the Old Dragon so long as he possess the dragon pearl. It’s the year 1400, and neither the Old Dragon, the dragon pearl, nor the Dragon Master, has been seen for twenty years. Bolin, a young man working on the Old Dragon’s Head, suffers visions of ghosts. Folk believe he has yin-yang eyes and other paranormal gifts.When Bolin’s fief lord, the Prince of Yan, rebels against his nephew, the Jianwen Emperor, a bitter war of succession ensues in which the Mongols hold the balance of power. While the victor might win the battle on earth, China’s Dragon Throne can only be earned with a Mandate from Heaven – and the support of the Old Dragon. Bolin embarks on a journey of self-discovery, mirroring Old China’s endeavour to come of age. When Bolin accepts his destiny as the Dragon Master, Heaven sends a third coming of age – for humanity itself. But are any of them ready for what is rising in the east?

DKK 119.00
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Chronicle of a Telephone Chappie - Peter Charles James - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Chronicle of a Telephone Chappie - Peter Charles James - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

This Chronicle opens a fascinating window revealing life during the Second World War and the decades following it, and how everyone has benefited by developments in technology. Future generations will be interested to learn how ordinary people fared during the twentieth and early twenty-first century. During this period there was so much innovation, which included home ownership, university education, universal medical care, washing machines, central heating, wall-to-wall carpets, high-definition televisions, computers, social media, car ownership and overseas travel. Subsequently many of these became universally available and are now be taken for granted by succeeding generations. During the late 20th century a generation of dedicated telecommunications engineers worldwide, provided the basis for important innovations which enabled world events to be accurately reported at home and across international borders counteracting propaganda and false news from rogue states. This narrative is a compelling invitation for readers to grasp every opportunity that presents itself and exploit the most adventurous life possible. It shows it is never too late to get out of a rut and combat mid-life blues. It is always possible to do something extraordinary, live life to the full and eventually look back on a fulfilled existence.

DKK 139.00
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Menopostal: A Brief Guide to Hormonal Sanity - Nadine Abou Zahr - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Menopostal: A Brief Guide to Hormonal Sanity - Nadine Abou Zahr - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Hot flash? Weight gain? Insomnia? Or just an irresistible urge to smash your cup of tea against the wall? Menopostal, a Brief Guide to Hormonal Sanity skilfully deconstructs each menopausal symptom with a blend of sarcasm, humour, and genuine empathy, creating a relatable and comforting narrative for modern women going through menopause. Menopostal is intentionally short, at just over 23,000 words, making it an easy read for women whose attention span and patience may have been affected by menopause. The author’s goal was to make it as accessible as possible, offering readers a fun and light-hearted book they can dip into without necessarily reading cover to cover.

DKK 120.00
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King of the Courts - Tyler Chambers - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

King of the Courts - Tyler Chambers - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

When secrets and lies threaten his perfect record, what happens when Ryan’s secret becomes the biggest threat of all? Ryan Jackson is an up and coming, hot-shot lawyer from Manhattan law firm, Macpherson & Daniels. Currently 29-0 in his legal career, he decides to take on a seemingly straightforward case on behalf of NYC’s biggest sports stars for financial mismanagement against their former super-agent, DeShawn Arlington. Very quickly all is not as it seems, and the case begins to unravel, one witness and plaintiff at a time. With his back against the wall, fighting to save his perfect record, Ryan must think outside the box, and quickly, if he wants to win the case. As the trial comes to a conclusion, he must decide what he values more - his career or his marriage.

DKK 120.00
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Commissar - D. V. Chernov - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Commissar - D. V. Chernov - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In 1918, the nascent Russian Republic is fighting to retain power against domestic and foreign enemies. In Moscow, Anna Sokolova is a young revolutionary who is working for the newly formed CHEKA state security agency to hunt down a British agent Sidney Reilly. At the same time, a young emissary of Wall Street William Arden sets sail from New York on a mission to Russia that is not what it appears to be, and the true purpose of which even he may not yet fully comprehend. Their paths cross in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), and they become unlikely allies. As they navigate the ravages of civil war and the rapidly turning political tide in Russia, Anna must decide the price she is willing to pay to preserve her ideals. Meticulously researched and populated with many historical characters, Commissar explores the little-known period of US and British intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918-22).

DKK 117.00
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Charlie Echo - Andrew Bullas - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Charlie Echo - Andrew Bullas - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Like Aladdin , but with post-traumatic stress, Charlie Echo is a story about wishes – the last wishes of a dying soldier in Normandy in 1944. Verbal wills of this sort are valid if there are two witnesses and the first men on the scene are radio operator Charlie Goodman and his assistant, Sid Saunders. Unfortunately, in the confusion of events that follow, Charlie fails to ascertain the full identity of the dying officer and is invalided back to Blighty plagued by trauma and remorse. Once he has been demobbed also, it falls to Saunders to break the impasse by getting his comrade to repair a radio telephone, just like the one they were using in France. What he doesn''t anticipate is that working on the set will prompt Charlie to not only hear the mystery soldier''s voice again, but to see him too. If not quite the genie in the lamp, it seems like there’s a ghost in the machine and one that’s been transported to his workshop in Leeds. Dismayed to discover that his wishes have not been carried out, the ghost goads Charlie into journeying through post-war Britain in order to fulfil his battlefield promise. Jolting between humour and pathos, it’s a journey that transforms reclusive repair man into unlikely pantomime hero and propels Saunders off in pursuit to play his allotted role in the “show”.

DKK 107.00
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The Raggedy Tiger - Mark Roland Langdale - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Raggedy Tiger - Mark Roland Langdale - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In a lovely manor house in West Sussex, living with her parents and grandparents, exists a girl named Tiger. Tiger is autistic and thinks differently to everyone else and didn’t in fact speak until she was seven, but she is a talented painter and adores tigers (and in fact all animals). Although the manor house is her entire world, her imagination opens everything up so she can even believe she can see the Taj Mahal from her attic bedroom window. Her parents love her – even though they wish she might draw on paper rather than the walls! – but even so, Tiger spends a lot of her days alone in the house and in the garden. And it’s there where Tiger’s world will change forever… One night, she paints a raggedy-looking tiger onto an old red brick garden wall. Under the blue moon, the tiger comes shockingly to life. Immediately bonded, Tiger knows in her soul she has found her first friend and willingly abandons her normal life for an adventure of the wild kind!

DKK 120.00
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Insight into Piece - Kevin Raftery - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Insight into Piece - Kevin Raftery - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Crafted entirely by the author (not a ghost writer), Insight into Piece by Kevin Raftery is an interesting, original and sharp-witted collection of articles, with a few unusual short stories thrown in for good measure. Comprising a variety of styles and genres encompassing local, national and international themes, the pieces appeal to all age groups and range from the factual, the psychological, the political, the insightful, the social and the critical. Written over a seven-year period (2011-2018) barring one or two exceptions, Kevin expertly focuses the critical spotlight on the institutions that govern us, simultaneously recording important socio-historical facts of the time, sometimes controversially. All the events catalogued proffer an entertaining twist to reading proceedings. This includes the fascinating fly on wall Inside O’Connor series which documents real life in rehab for those predisposed to addiction problems. Covering topics including human nature, disability, travel, addiction and mental health, Insight into Piece contains over 140 articles each written in Kevin’s ‘unheard’ but distinct narrative voice.

DKK 107.00
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Banking - Ghana and Biafra to Bermuda - Calum Johnston - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Banking - Ghana and Biafra to Bermuda - Calum Johnston - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Calum Johnston commenced his banking career in Scotland, at the age of seventeen, at a time when the duties of a ‘boy’ in the bank included sweeping the floor and mixing the powder to make ink for the counter ink wells. In this volume he recounts banking practices long since forgotten. Remarkably, the author became a bank manager in the Gold Coast at the age of twenty-one. After moving to Nigeria he experienced the Biafra civil war during which he was arrested at gun point and interrogated more than once, having previously evacuated his family and other bank wives and children to the safety of Lagos. After joining a Canadian bank, the author worked on Wall Street, established the bank’s first office in Hong Kong, managed branches in Malaysia and Jamaica and was responsible for lending throughout the Caribbean and Canada. For eleven years he was responsible for his bank’s operations in over forty countries. After retiring Johnston was appointed President and CEO of a bank in Bermuda where he and his team produced outstanding results. He finished his working life in St. Maarten in the Caribbean

DKK 130.00
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Last Days in Berlin - Mark Harris - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Last Days in Berlin - Mark Harris - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Londoner Steve, a retired professional and published fiction author in his early sixties, is on a creative journey in Berlin. Being Jewish, he harbours some ambivalence about a city he has visited many times, and even before the Berlin Wall came down, though Steve has always sought to understand its intriguingly complex and enigmatic character. With his wife’s blessing, he resides alone in a rented apartment in his favoured leafy and trendy neighbourhood of Prenzlauer Berg. Steve feels that he now is getting to grips with the German capital’s postmodern zeitgeist, revealing itself against the still echoing vibes of a turbulent 20th century history. His aim is to complete the first draft of a contemporary novel set in this enterprising, cosmopolitan, easygoing, even indulgent metropolis. But he would never have anticipated embarking on a parallel journey, a voyage of self-discovery – with two fellow passengers, two women, neither of them his wife – that could end in tragedy... Last Days in Berlin offers a unique perspective of Berlin through the eyes of a man whose own personal dilemmas seem to mirror the city’s own uncertainties.

DKK 107.00
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Airthief - Michael Kearns - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Airthief - Michael Kearns - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In 1989, Spitfire JK187 and its pilot’s remains are discovered in a bog in southern England. Former WW2 test pilot Peter Thorpe becomes drawn into the recovery, while being troubled by returning memories of a failed mission in 1942 – to the concern of his wife, herself a wartime Spitfire delivery pilot. Thorpe becomes increasingly fixated on confronting his past, endeavouring to write a book about this two-man mission to steal Germany’s superior fighter plane, the Focke-Wulf 190. Meanwhile, in Berlin, as the infamous Wall is being dismantled, Johanna Schreib comes across one of her grandfather’s wartime photographs of an FW.190 – a clue to his hidden past. The emotionally fragile Johanna has a need to know more, but Erich Schreib refuses to cooperate. Airthief interweaves Thorpe’s struggle with his fragmenting mind and Johanna’s quest to uncover her family secrets. From opposite sides of the Channel, they stitch this history together, and as the revelations threaten to engulf both families, Johanna journeys to England to uncover the truth – ultimately bringing the two old foes together and laying to rest the ghost of Spitfire JK187.

DKK 132.00
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Failed Redemption - R A Jordan - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

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

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

DKK 120.00
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Dynamo Memory - Paul Archer - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Dynamo Memory - Paul Archer - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A compelling collection of poems that are evocative, poignant and insightful. Sharply-focused scenes from Japan and Spain are set against memories of an English childhood. Eloquently written in an engaging style that will appeal to a wide range of readers. The dynamo that powers these poems is memory. Scenes from Japan and Spain are finely detailed with a fresh perspective. The lemons in “Lemons on the Lemon Tree” are ‘ not the lemons money can buy ’, not pristine, but coarse and wild like ‘ rough outlaws ’, while the sun in “Summer in Mallorca” is not one seen in a holiday brochure but ‘ sheers off dimensions/and desiccates the orange trees ’ leaves’. In Japan, cherry blossom viewing turns into a saké drinking party with ‘white petals/red faces’ under trees that like ‘ can-can dancers/reveal their blossom’s lace ’, and in a tranquil garden we lose our senses ‘ in the carp’s stealth/circling upon itself/within its absences ’. The same keen eye is turned on memories from the distant past, from a family day by the sea becoming a battle against the elements “ the wade out and the brave/breath, then the plunge into steely cold ’ in “Goring-by-Sea”, to the football team photograph in the “The First Eleven” with the goalie ‘ who let in/more goals than we ever got close to scoring ’ proudly clutching the ball. A memory of cycling home from school on a winter evening, pedalling hard to turn the bike’s dynamo, becomes in the title poem of Dynamo Memory a metaphor for capturing elusive memories in words: ‘ If I pause the light glimmers down./The harder I push the more the lamp shines .’

DKK 120.00
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I Would Have Done the Job for Nothing - J S Forrest C. Eng. Mimeche - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

I Would Have Done the Job for Nothing - J S Forrest C. Eng. Mimeche - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

An entertaining railway memoir covering the Diesel modernisation. Aspects of railway and locomotive operations are explained clearly with detailed examples. Will appeal to readers with a specialised interest in Railway technology, engineering and history. I Would Have Done the Job for Nothing is a fly on the wall account detailing behind the scenes events of running a railway, including the odd occasion when the fly got swatted. It covers life in a busy locomotive works at Crewe during the age of steam and how the authors’ career developed and led to his moving from the Wirral to the East Midlands to work in the Derby Locomotive Drawing Office. He later transferred to the Headquarters at Derby just as the Diesel rail car modernisation began. Working for this new team they identified and resolved many issues of the new diesel locomotives. Many of the facts within this book may never have been told first hand, and although some were almost hilarious, others could have been far more serious and ultimately dangerous to the public if they have not been dealt with. The book aims to detail the attraction of engineering and the highs and lows of the job itself. It will appeal to readers with a specialised interest in locomotives, railway engineering and history.

DKK 165.00
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Ante's Inferno - Griselda Heppel - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Ante's Inferno - Griselda Heppel - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Twelve year-old Ante (Antonia) Alganesh has a problem. It’s lunchbreak and Florence’s gang are after her. Desperate for a place to hide, she climbs the forbidden staircase to the old organ loft, where a hundred years ago a boy tumbled to his death. No one will think of looking for her there... Except Florence. Petrified, Ante watches her enemy approach, leaning on the rotten hand-rail. She shouts a warning, but it’s too late. There’s a crash – and a boy appears from nowhere, just as a door opens in the wall behind them. All three find themselves in a tunnel leading to a river bank where people queue to be rowed across by a filthy old ferryman…Forced to bury their differences, Ante and Florence accompany the strange boy, Gil, on a journey he should have taken 100 years ago through the Underworld. Making their way past the Shopping Maul and Multivice Complex, attacked by Cerberus, Harpies, Furies and the Minotaur, all this is bad enough: far worse is the doubt gnawing at Ante’s heart...Ante’s Inferno is a gripping combination of fantasy, Greek mythology and adventure, for children aged 9-12 years old. Author Griselda is inspired by C. S. Lewis and Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth. Ante''s Inferno won the Children''s award in the People''s Book Prize 2013, and the Silver award in the 9-12 year-old category of the Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards 2012.

DKK 136.00
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Ante's Inferno - Griselda Heppel - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Ante's Inferno - Griselda Heppel - Bog - Troubador Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Twelve year-old Ante (Antonia) Alganesh has a problem. It’s lunchbreak and Florence’s gang are after her. Desperate for a place to hide, she climbs the forbidden staircase to the old organ loft, where a hundred years ago a boy tumbled to his death. No one will think of looking for her there... Except Florence. Petrified, Ante watches her enemy approach, leaning on the rotten hand-rail. She shouts a warning, but it’s too late. There’s a crash – and a boy appears from nowhere, just as a door opens in the wall behind them. All three find themselves in a tunnel leading to a river bank where people queue to be rowed across by a filthy old ferryman…Forced to bury their differences, Ante and Florence accompany the strange boy, Gil, on a journey he should have taken 100 years ago through the Underworld. Making their way past the Shopping Maul and Multivice Complex, attacked by Cerberus, Harpies, Furies and the Minotaur, all this is bad enough: far worse is the doubt gnawing at Ante’s heart...Ante’s Inferno is a gripping combination of fantasy, Greek mythology and adventure, for children aged 9-12 years old. Author Griselda is inspired by C. S. Lewis and Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth. Ante''s Inferno won the Children''s award in the People''s Book Prize 2013, and the Silver award in the 9-12 year-old category of the Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards 2012.

DKK 120.00
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