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Little Englanders - Alwyn Turner - Bog - Profile Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Little Englanders - Alwyn Turner - Bog - Profile Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''For sheer entertainment, this rollicking account of Britain before the Great War is hard to beat, brimming as it is with swindlers, murderers and charlatans, imperialist fantasies and saucy innuendos'' ''History Books of the Year'', The Times''The very best sort of panoramic portrait'' David Kynaston''The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets the record straight, bringing its characters, strains and stresses brilliantly to life'' Simon JenkinsWhen Queen Victoria died in 1901 it was the end of an era. Many later remembered the era that followed as the long afternoon of an empire where the sun never set. Yet the Edwardians knew the country was in a state of flux; the seismic change that they felt would transform modern Britain forever.In Little Englanders, Alwyn Turner reconsiders the Edwardian era as a time of profound social change, bringing their history alive through music halls and male beauty contests, the 1908 Summer Olympics and the real Peaky Blinders. In this colourful, detailed and hugely entertaining social history, Turner shows that, though the golden Victorian age was in the past, the birth of modern Britain was only just beginning.

DKK 134.00
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Phantom Noise - Brian Turner - Bog - Bloodaxe Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Phantom Noise - Brian Turner - Bog - Bloodaxe Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Shortlisted for the 2010 T.S. Eliot Prize Brian Turner''s first book of poems, Here, Bullet , was a harrowing, first-hand account of the Iraq War by a soldier-poet. In Phantom Noise he pumps up the volume as he faces and tries to deal with the traumatic aftermath of war. Flashbacks explode the daily hell of Baghdad into the streets and malls of peaceful California, at the same time sending Turner''s imagination reeling back to Iraq. If he thought he had written all he could of his Iraq experiences in Here, Bullet , he was mistaken, for what he saw and felt there affected him so profoundly that more poems had to be written, years later, from a place of apparent safety. Brian Turner writes a powerful poetry of witness, exceptional for its beauty, honesty and skill. Like Keith Douglas''s poems from the North African desert in the Second World War, Turner''s testament from the war in Iraq offers unflinchingly accurate description but no moral judgement, leaving the reader to draw any conclusions. Repetitive media reports show little of people''s daily experience of the war and occupation. In Phantom Noise , as in Here, Bullet , we see and feel the devastatingly surreal reality of everyday life and death for soldiers and civilians through the eyes of an eloquent writer who served in the US Army for seven years, with a year''s tour of duty in Iraq as an infantry team leader.

DKK 134.00
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The Queen of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner - Bog - Hodder & Stoughton - Plusbog.dk

The Queen of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner - Bog - Hodder & Stoughton - Plusbog.dk

''The Queen''s Thief books awe and inspire me'' Laini Taylor Revenge, but at what price? When Eugenides, the Thief of Eddis, stole Hamiathes''s Gift, the Queen of Attolia lost more than a mythical relic. She lost face.So when Eugenides taunts her by brazenly breaking into her stronghold one more time, she is willing to do anything - even risk her country - to execute the perfect revenge . . . Praise for Megan Whalen Turner ''The Queen''s Thief books awe and inspire me'' Laini Taylor ''Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy'' Leigh Bardugo ''Endlessly entertaining, deeply deceptive, and very, very clever'' Garth Nix ''Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing'' Cassandra Clare ''The world Turner creates is so tangible that not only do I believe in its characters, I almost believe in its gods'' Kristin Cashore ''Megan Whalen Turner is one of my all-time favorite writers . . . impossible to put down'' Holly Black

DKK 112.00
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All In It Together - Alwyn Turner - Bog - Profile Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

All In It Together - Alwyn Turner - Bog - Profile Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''Turner''s seductive blend of political analysis, social reportage and cultural immersion puts him wonderfully at ease with his readers'' David Kynaston''Reading Alwyn Turner''s account of life in the first two decades of the 21st century is a bit like trying to recall a dream from three nights ago ... uncannily familiar, but the details are downright implausible '' Kathryn Hughes, GuardianWeaving politics and popular culture into a mesmerising tapestry, historian Alwyn Turner tells the definitive story of the Blair, Brown and Cameron years. Some details may trigger a laugh of recognition (the spectre of bird flu; the electoral machinations of Robert Kilroy-Silk). Others are so surreal you could be forgiven for blocking them out first time around (did Peter Mandelson really enlist a Candomblé witch doctor to curse Gordon Brown''s press secretary?). The deepest patterns, however, only reveal themselves at a certain distance. Through the Iraq War and the 2008 crash, the rebirth of light entertainment and the rise of the ''problematic'', Turner shows how the crisis in the soul of a nation played out in its daily dramas and nightly distractions.

DKK 120.00
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Turner - Franny Moyle - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Turner - Franny Moyle - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The man behind the paintings: the extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain''s most admired, misunderstood and celebrated artists J. M. W. Turner is Britain''s most famous landscape painter. Yet beyond his artistic achievements, little is known of the man himself and the events of his life: the tragic committal of his mother to a lunatic asylum, the personal sacrifices he made to effect his stratospheric rise, and the bizarre double life he chose to lead in the last years of his life.A near mythical figure in his own lifetime, Franny Moyle tells the story of the man who was considered visionary at best and ludicrous at worst. A resolute adventurer, he found new ways of revealing Britain to the British, astounding his audience with his invention and intelligence. Set against the backdrop of the finest homes in Britain, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, this is an astonishing portrait of one of the most important figures in Western art and a vivid evocation of Britain and Europe in flux.

DKK 152.00
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Return of the Thief - Megan Whalen Turner - Bog - Hodder & Stoughton - Plusbog.dk

Return of the Thief - Megan Whalen Turner - Bog - Hodder & Stoughton - Plusbog.dk

''Megan Whalen Turner is one of my all-time favorite writers . . . impossible to put down'' Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Cruel Prince Neither accepted nor beloved, Eugenides is the uneasy linchpin of a truce on the Lesser Peninsula, where he has risen to be high king of Attolia, Eddis, and Sounis.As the treacherous Baron Erondites schemes anew and a prophecy appears to foretell the death of the king, the ruthless Mede empire prepares to strike.And only Eugenides, now more cunning than ever, can save them all . . . Praise for Megan Whalen Turner ''The Queen''s Thief books awe and inspire me'' Laini Taylor ''Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy'' Leigh Bardugo ''Endlessly entertaining, deeply deceptive, and very, very clever'' Garth Nix ''Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing'' Cassandra Clare ''The world Turner creates is so tangible that not only do I believe in its characters, I almost believe in its gods'' Kristin Cashore

DKK 127.00
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The Berlin Airlift - Barry Turner - Bog - Icon Books - Plusbog.dk

The Berlin Airlift - Barry Turner - Bog - Icon Books - Plusbog.dk

Acclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history ofthe Cold War''s defining episode.Berlin, 1948 - a divided city in a divided country in adivided Europe. The ruined German capital lay 120 miles insideSoviet-controlled eastern Germany. Stalin wanted the Allies out; the Allieswere determined to stay, but had only three narrow air corridors linking thecity to the West. Stalin was confident he could crush Berlin''s resolve bycutting off food and fuel.In the USA, despite some voices still urging ''Americafirst'', it was believed that a rebuilt Germany was the best insurance againstthe spread of communism across Europe.And so over eleven months from June 1948 to May 1949,British and American aircraft carried out the most ambitious airborne reliefoperation ever mounted, flying over 2 million tons of supplies on almost300,000 flights to save a beleaguered Berlin.With new material from American, British and German archivesand original interviews with veterans, Turner paints a fresh, vivid picture theairlift, whose repercussions - the role of the USA as global leader, Germanascendancy, Russian threat - we are still living with today.

DKK 127.00
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The Confessions of Nat Turner - Nat Turner - Bog - Mint Editions - Plusbog.dk

The Confessions of Nat Turner - Nat Turner - Bog - Mint Editions - Plusbog.dk

The Confessions of Nat Turner (1831) is a historical pamphlet by Nat Turner and Thomas Ruffin Gray. Published shortly after Turner’s execution, The Confessions of Nat Turner is comprised of an interview with the revolutionary in the days leading up to his death, as well as independent research conducted by Gray, an attorney who represented some of the rebels involved. “And on the 12th of May, 1828, I heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had born for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last shall be first.” Known as “The Prophet” by his fellow enslaved people, Nat Turner was an inspiring preacher who planned and executed an insurrection against the white slaveholding class in Southampton County, Virginia in the summer of 1831. Although his rebellion was crushed, leading to the execution and lynching of over a hundred African Americans in the area, his message of liberation lived on, inspiring generations of abolitionists and revolutionaries in opposition to slavery and oppression throughout the United States and the world. This pamphlet, published shortly after his trial and execution, contains a powerful interview conducted by Thomas Ruffin Gray, an attorney who worked on the case and met Turner in the jailhouse where he was held. This edition of The Confessions of Nat Turner is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

DKK 98.00
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Turner - Alexander Adams - Bog - Prestel - Plusbog.dk

Turner - Alexander Adams - Bog - Prestel - Plusbog.dk

Filled with brilliant reproductions and engaging texts reflecting the latest scholarship, this portable and attractively priced volume is the perfect introduction to one of the most important pioneers of modernism in Britain and beyond. Joseph Mallord William Turner is considered a trailblazer of modernism in Europe. More than almost any other artist in the first half of the nineteenth century, he succeeded in making atmosphere and color the defining elements of his paintings. His world-famous landscapes, seascapes and vedute bear witness to his virtuoso use of light; the figurative seems to dissolve in favor of mood. This book cements Turner''s reputation as a role model for the Impressionists and a forerunner of abstraction.An introductory essay sheds light on Turner''s life and work within a historical context, while selected paintings and watercolors are examined in detail.

DKK 126.00
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Small Fires - Ronnie Turner - Bog - Orenda Books - Plusbog.dk

Small Fires - Ronnie Turner - Bog - Orenda Books - Plusbog.dk

Suspected of murdering their parents, sisters Lily and Della flee to a strange, unnamed island in Scotland, and their arrival puts in motion a horrifying series of events… Literary suspense meets folk horror in 2025’s most original, mesmerising modern gothic masterpiece… ‘A deeply unsettling and thought-provoking tale of survival and storytelling, mixing elements of gothic and folk horror with literary suspense. Beautifully woven and eerily atmospheric’ Anna Mazzola ‘Rarely will you meet a story as unsettling, nor one as bewitchingly told. With its roots snaking into folk horror, Small Fires plays with the contemporary gothic vibe reminiscent of Midsommar and The Wicker Man … I challenge you to pick it up and when you do, to put it down’ Janice Hallett ‘Ronnie Turner has a way of weaving words into a spell – the darkest of spells. Mesmerising, sinister … this modern folklore gothic will chill you to the bone’ Essie Fox ‘Crackles with menace and authenticity. Kept me up late and crept into my dreams’ Sarah Hilary ____________________________________ Evil runs through this cursed island And these wicked sisters are about to make it burn... When sisters Lily and Della Pedley are persecuted for the shocking murder of their parents, they flee from their home in Cornwall to a remote and unnamed island in Scotland – an island known for its strange happenings, but far away from the whispers and prying eyes of strangers. Lily is terrified of what her sister will might do next, and she soon realises that they have arrived at a place where nothing is as it seems. A bitterness runs through the land like poison, and the stories told by the islanders seem to be far more than folklore. Della settles in too easily, the island folk drawn to her strangeness, but Lily is plagued by odd and unsettling dreams, and as an annual festival draws nigh, she discovers that she has far more to fear than she could ever have imagined. Or does she…? Chilling, atmospheric and utterly hypnotic, Small Fires is a contemporary gothic novel that examines possession, generational trauma, female rage, and the perilous bonds of family – an unsettling reminder that the stories we tell can be deadly… Midsommar meets Midnight Mass in a folk horror, modern gothic masterpiece. ____________________________________ ‘Clever, dark, and visceral … a vivid tale that will stay with me for a very long time’ Jo Jakeman ‘A story that grips you by the throat, and slowly unravels. Haunting and lyrical, Turner weaves folklore and myth through the pages like a poisonous ribbon. A book that will linger, long after you finish reading’ Rachel Greenlaw ‘A furious female folk horror with a brilliant twist … terrifyingly dark’ Emily Barr ‘A twisted, creepy and unsettling gothic tale set in one of the most sinister places I’ve ever encountered. I absolutely loved it’ Roz Watkins Praise for Ronnie Turner’s So Pretty ‘Like Stephen King on crack … the most accomplished book I’ve read this year. Dark, gothic as hell, and genuinely scary’ M W Craven ‘Beautifully written and a real page-turner' C J Cooke 'Dark, lyrical and intriguing' Fiona Cummins 'Eerily atmospheric, with brilliant characterisation … really gets under your skin' Culturefly ‘An utterly chilling psychological horror of modern-day witchcraft, possession, murder and madness’ Essie Fox ‘Compelling and dark – draws you in from the very first page’ Heather Darwent ‘Twisted, toxic and deeply dark, this gives off Needful Things vibes – and that ending is just *perfect*’ Lisa Hall ‘This book sucks you in from the first spine-tingling chapter and weaves a dark, twisted and compelling sense of foreboding' Claire Allan

DKK 119.00
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