282 resultater (0,28383 sekunder)

Vis alle filtre

Mærke

Vis alle

Butik

Pris (EUR)

Nulstil filter

Produkter
Fra
Butikker

Grasshopper - Barbara Vine - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Grasshopper - Barbara Vine - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Grasshopper is an enthralling, chilling novel by the bestselling queen of crime Barbara Vine''They have sent me here because of what happened on the pylon''When Clodagh Brown writes these words at the age of nineteen, she believes that she is leaving behind the traumatic events of her youth. But Clodagh soon learns that you can never entirely escape your past.In the aftermath of the incident on the pylon - a gargantuan electrified grasshopper - Clodagh goes off to university, moves into a basement flat arranged by her unsympathetic family, and finds freedom trekking across London''s rooftops with a gang of neighborhood misfits. As she begins a thrilling relationship with a fellow climber, however, both Clodagh and the reader are haunted by the memory of the pylon and of the terrible thing that happened there - and by the eerie sense that another tragedy is just a footfall away. Grasshopper is a modern crime masterpiece that will have you gripped from the first page to the last. If you enjoy the novels of P.D. James, Ian Rankin and Scott Turow, you will love this book.''The Rendell/ Vine partnership has for years been producing consistently better work than most Booker winners put together'' Ian Rankin''A superb and original writer'' Amanda Craig, Express Barbara Vine is the pen-name of Ruth Rendell. She has written fifteen novels using this pseudonym, including A Fatal Inversion and King Solomon''s Carpet which both won the Crime Writers'' Association Gold Dagger Award. Her other books include: A Dark Adapted Eye ; The House of Stairs ; Gallowglass ; Asta''s Book ; No Night Is Too Long ; In the Time of His Prosperity ; The Brimstone Wedding ; The Chimney Sweeper''s Boy ; Grasshopper ; The Blood Doctor ; The Minotaur ; The Birthday Present and The Child''s Child .

DKK 182.00
1

The Grasshopper - Bernard Suits - Bog - Broadview Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Grasshopper - Bernard Suits - Bog - Broadview Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. “Nonsense,” said the sensible Bernard Suits: “playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles.” The short book Suits wrote demonstrating precisely that is as playful as it is insightful, as stimulating as it is delightful. Through the jocular voice of Aesop''s Grasshopper, a “shiftless but thoughtful practitioner of applied entomology,” Suits not only argues that games can be meaningfully defined; he also suggests that playing games is a central part of the ideal of human existence, and so games belong at the heart of any vision of Utopia. This new edition of The Grasshopper includes illustrations from Frank Newfeld created for the book’s original publication, as well as an introduction by Thomas Hurka and a new appendix on the meaning of ‘play.’

DKK 351.00
1

The Iron Grasshopper - Salim Barakat - Bog - Seagull Books London Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Iron Grasshopper - Salim Barakat - Bog - Seagull Books London Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Through vivid vignettes and lyrical prose, The Iron Grasshopper transcends memoir, immersing readers in the poignant and turbulent realities of a Kurdish childhood in mid-twentieth-century Syria. Kurdish-Syrian poet and novelist Salim Barakat, one of the most distinctive writers in contemporary Arabic literature, has mesmerized the Arab literary scene since his first volume of poetry appeared in 1972. Now, his unique memoir—first published in 1980—is finally available in English translation. In The Iron Grasshopper, Barakat offers a poignant and evocative portrayal of his childhood. Set against the backdrop of the mid-twentieth century, Barakat’s memoir recounts his formative years in a small town near the Taurus Mountains. Through a series of vivid and often unsettling vignettes, he captures the turbulence and wonder of growing up in a landscape marked by political upheaval, cultural conflicts, and personal discovery. Barakat’s story intertwines childhood innocence with the harsh realities of violence and discrimination against Kurds, shaping his relationship with his homeland, the Arabic language, and his identity as a writer. The memoir’s rich prose and lyrical reflections invite readers into Barakat’s inner world, where the boundaries between past and present blur, and the simplicity of childhood is juxtaposed with profound existential musings.

DKK 199.00
1

Landscape Performance Modeling Using Rhino and Grasshopper - Phillip Zawarus - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Landscape Performance Modeling Using Rhino and Grasshopper - Phillip Zawarus - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

This is a guidebook for landscape architects to learn the fundamental practices and use of the computational software Rhino 3D and the plugin Grasshopper for parametric modeling, landscape inventory, and performative analysis. This process visually connects intangible and abstract information with physical and spatial relationships to signify the impact ecological, climate, and cultural factors have on landscape performance and decision making. Each chapter begins with a summary of the performance method and its application in different projects, outlining the expected goals from industry standard equations and operations. Chapters cover parametric modeling scripts to measure ecosystem services of stormwater management, erosion control, tree benefits, outdoor comfort, accessibility, and many others. Using photographs, tables, and parametric scripts to create qualitative and quantitative representations of landscape performance and ecosystem services, readers will learn to communicate the impact and significance of their outputs. This book will be beneficial to educators, students, and professionals interested in using computational modeling as a performance assessment and graphic visualization tool.

DKK 382.00
1

The Arthritic Grasshopper: Collected Stories, 1934-1944 - Gisele Prassinos - Bog - Wakefield Press - Plusbog.dk

The Arthritic Grasshopper: Collected Stories, 1934-1944 - Gisele Prassinos - Bog - Wakefield Press - Plusbog.dk

First discovered, celebrated and published by the Surrealists at the age of 14 (they declared her the “new Alice”), Gisèle Prassinos quickly found herself established in the literary world as a fount of automatic tales freighted with transgressive humor and a pervading sense of threatened feminine identity. “Gisèle Prassinos’ tone is unique,” claimed André Breton, “all the poets are jealous of it. Swift lowers his eyes, Sade shuts his candy box.” The Arthritic Grasshopper and Other Tales gathers together all of her literary prose from 1934 to 1944, an assortment of anxious dream tales drawn from journals and plaquettes, introduced and illustrated by such admirers as Paul Éluard, Man Ray and Hans Bellmer. The 72 stories include such longer, novella-length tales as “Sondue,” “The Executioner” and “The Dream.” Gisèle Prassinos (1920–2015) was born in Istanbul of a Greek father and an Italian mother. One summer day at the age of 13 and in a fit of boredom, she began to compose short absurdist vignettes, filling up pages of paper with tales of sarcastic stains, arrogant hair and liquid frogs. Her first collection was published in 1935, with a preface by Paul Éluard and a frontispiece portrait by Man Ray. With World War II, Prassinos stopped publishing, but in 1954 she returned to literature with a series of novels and stories still imbued with a Surrealist sensibility.

DKK 165.00
1

The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr Punch - Neil Gaiman - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr Punch - Neil Gaiman - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - Plusbog.dk

Written by New York Times bestselling novelist Neil Gaiman, with otherworldly illustrations by artist Dave McKean, MR PUNCH – 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION is the new deluxe cut of this landmark graphic novel. A young boy stumbles across a Punch and Judy show at the pier and enters a world of extraordinary magic.With disturbing mysteries and half-truths uncontrollably unravelling, this boy is forced to deal with his family''s secrets of violence, betrayal and guilt in this dark fable of childhood and growing up.By the bestselling author and illustrator pairing behind the Sandman series and children’s classics The Graveyard Book and Coraline , The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr Punch is woven together with Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s trademark eerie elegance and supernatural thrills. In addition to its new cover, each page of this unmissable 20th anniversary edition has been remastered and a gallery of uncanny, sensational original artwork by Dave McKean has been included for the first time.

DKK 168.00
1

The Kwaidan of the Lady of Tamiya - James S. De Banneville - Bog - Kegan Paul - Plusbog.dk

The Kwaidan of the Lady of Tamiya - James S. De Banneville - Bog - Kegan Paul - Plusbog.dk

First published in 2001. Kwaidan are what Lafcadio Hearn calls ''stories and studies of strange things'' - eerie tales which convey the enduring mystery of traditional Japanese culture and the world of the samurai. In this volume, de Benneville''s rendition of the Yotsuya Kwaidan of Shunkintei Ryuo paints a picture of life in the capital city of Edo among the samurai of the highest class, jostling for power at the court of the Shogun. At the heart of the story is the Lady of Tamiya, a daughter of the samurai who is sold by her brutal husband into the floating world of brothels, from which she escapes only in death. Thereafter, the Lady is avenged as mis-forutune relentlessly overtakes all who betrayed her, and she is still remembered today in a Tokyo shrine popular with women who seek her protection. More than any history, kwaidan reveal the inner morality of the samurai code.

DKK 168.00
1

The Comical Doctrine - Rosalind Selby - Bog - Send The Light - Plusbog.dk

The Comical Doctrine - Rosalind Selby - Bog - Send The Light - Plusbog.dk

AIDS is the biggest public health problem the world has ever faced. Yet with all the available information many of us know little about it. There are thousands of books websites and professional documents about AIDS but it takes time to search them to find the simple facts and information that dispel the myths about this pandemic. Motivated by the obvious need for a manageable tool Dale Hanson Bourke has compiled the essential information in a simple and straightforward way explaining medical and political issues in everyday language.Answering the questions the ldquo;averagerdquo; person asks about this topic the book is a valuable tool for personal information or group study.Features new government guidelines on testing for AIDS make this topic ldquo;realrdquo; for everyone charts photos and graphs in full color make information visually accessible simple question and answer format doesnrsquo;t overwhelm reader with facts a ldquo;Dummyrsquo;srdquo; guide to AIDS contains valuable upt

DKK 270.00
1