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Billy No-Mates - Max Dickins - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Billy No-Mates - Max Dickins - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

''Where have all my friends gone?'' When Max Dickins decided to propose to his girlfriend, he realised there was no one he could call on to be his best man.He quickly learned that he wasn''t the only man struggling with friendships. For decades, countless studies from across the world have confirmed that men have fewer close friends than women - and the problem gets worse the older men get. But what goes wrong? And what can men do about it? Dickins is going to find out.Join Max on his funny and charmingly candid search as he takes a defibrillator to his social life. As he ultimately discovers that if he wants a Best Man, then he needs to be a better man.

DKK 127.00
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Billy No-Mates - Max Dickins - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Billy No-Mates - Max Dickins - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

''Where have all my friends gone?'' When Max Dickins decided to propose to his girlfriend, he realised there was no one he could call on to be his best man. He quickly learned that he wasn''t the only man struggling with friendships. For decades, countless studies from across the world have confirmed that men have fewer close friends than women - and the problem gets worse the older men get. But what goes wrong? And what can men do about it? Dickins is going to find out. His funny and charmingly candid search takes him to the doors of world-leading experts. It forces him to examine the friendships he''s had over the years, and where they have foundered. And, briefly, it sends him to the website ''Rent A Friend'', where he pays someone to hang out with him. But let''s not dwell on that. Join Max as he takes a defibrillator to his social life. As he ultimately discovers that if he wants a Best Man, then he needs to be a better man.

DKK 168.00
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The Doomsday Show - Mark Alpert - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Doomsday Show - Mark Alpert - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

In this action-packed environmental thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Final Theory , a good-hearted climate activist must stop terrorists from assassinating the worst fossil-fuel tycoons. Five climate criminals. One assassination plot. One man caught in the middle. It''s Climate Emergency Week in New York City. Thousands of environmentalists are protesting against the ongoing destruction of the planet. Also here are the five fossil-fuel tycoons and reactionary politicians who were labeled ''The Worst Climate Criminals'' by Max Mirsky, former editor of the Journal of Climatology . When Number Five on the list mysteriously dies as Max confronts him, quickly followed by Number Four, Max becomes the FBI''s prime suspect. Things then go from bad to worse when his daughter is kidnapped. Max can''t sit back and wait for the FBI to solve the case. He must rescue his daughter and discover who the real assassins are. And he must stop the killings before the outrage and backlash destroy all hopes for a climate-change solution. What will happen to Max''s daughter - and all future generations - if he fails?

DKK 225.00
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The Doomsday Show - Mark Alpert - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Doomsday Show - Mark Alpert - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

In this action-packed environmental thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Final Theory , a good-hearted climate activist must stop terrorists from assassinating the worst fossil-fuel tycoons. Five climate criminals. One assassination plot. One man caught in the middle. It''s Climate Emergency Week in New York City. Thousands of environmentalists are protesting against the ongoing destruction of the planet. Also here are the five fossil-fuel tycoons and reactionary politicians who were labeled ''The Worst Climate Criminals'' by Max Mirsky, former editor of the Journal of Climatology . When Number Five on the list mysteriously dies as Max confronts him, quickly followed by Number Four, Max becomes the FBI''s prime suspect. Things then go from bad to worse when his daughter is kidnapped. Max can''t sit back and wait for the FBI to solve the case. He must rescue his daughter and discover who the real assassins are. And he must stop the killings before the outrage and backlash destroy all hopes for a climate-change solution. What will happen to Max''s daughter - and all future generations - if he fails?

DKK 167.00
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False Move - Matt Hilton - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

False Move - Matt Hilton - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

When an ex-cop goes on the run from his employers, his daughter seeks help from an old friend . . . Tess Grey. Ex-cop Aaron Lacey is on the run from Elite Custodian Services, a protection service of ex-military and police - and his current employers - and they will stop at nothing to track him down. His disappearance results in his daughter reaching out to her old schoolfriend, Tess Grey. But when Tess''s mother urges her to turn down helping her friend, Tess begins to question why. Is her mother simply being overprotective, or is there more to her past with Lacey than Tess realises? Why has Lacey gone underground and why are the Elite so determined to catch him?As Tess and her partner Nicolas Villere get involved, they need to figure out who can be trusted and what secrets they are hiding.

DKK 78.00
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False Move - Matt Hilton - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

False Move - Matt Hilton - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

When an ex-cop goes on the run from his employers, his daughter seeks help from an old friend . . . Tess Grey. Ex-cop Aaron Lacey is on the run from Elite Custodian Services, a protection service of ex-military and police - and his current employers - and they will stop at nothing to track him down. His disappearance results in his daughter reaching out to her old schoolfriend, Tess Grey. But when Tess''s mother urges her to turn down helping her friend, Tess begins to question why. Is her mother simply being overprotective, or is there more to her past with Lacey than Tess realises? Why has Lacey gone underground and why are the Elite so determined to catch him?As Tess and her partner Nicolas Villere get involved, they need to figure out who can be trusted and what secrets they are hiding.

DKK 192.00
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The Memory Keeper - Jackie Kohnstamm - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Memory Keeper - Jackie Kohnstamm - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Max and Mally, two out of millions murdered in the Holocaust, are deported in 1942 from Berlin to Theresienstadt - where they will starve to death.Decades later, in London and on a whim, their granddaughter, Jackie googles their names to find two commemorative stones recently placed outside their old home. The discovery compels her to open a long-closed cupboard of haunting family papers, piece together the story of the family she never knew and find her place in it.With searing prose and meticulous detective work, Jackie Kohnstamm offers a gripping and poignant portrait of an ordinary family and reveals a remarkable story of loss, discovery and memory.

DKK 127.00
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The Automobile Club of Egypt - Alaa Aswany - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Automobile Club of Egypt - Alaa Aswany - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Cairo at the very end of Ottoman rule. Behind the doors of the Automobile Club of Egypt, Egyptian staff attend to the every need of Cairo''s European elite - the way they always have done, it seems.But soon the social upheaval out on the street will break its way through the club''s gilded doors, and its inhabitants above and below stairs must all confront their choices: to live safely without dignity, or to fight for their rights and risk everything.

DKK 126.00
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The Blue Place - Nicola Griffith - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Blue Place - Nicola Griffith - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

''Danger is desperately seductive.'' Aud Torvingen is a rangy six-footer with eyes the colour of cement and a tendency to hurt people who get in her way. Born in Norway, she now lives in the sticky heat of Atlanta-a security consultant gliding between the city''s elegant elite and its sleazy underbelly. One night during a thunderstorm Aud collides with a running woman, and to survive the deadly mix of forgery, drugs, and murder that follows, she must risk losing herself to that cool blue place where violence is bliss.

DKK 119.00
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Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper - Laurie Pepper - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper - Laurie Pepper - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Art Pepper was described as the greatest alto-saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. Straight Life , originally narrated on tape to his wife Laurie, is an explosive work chronicling his work amidst a life dealing with alcoholism, heroin addiction, armed robberies and imprisonment. The result is an autobiography like no other, a masterpiece of the spoken word, shaped into a genuine work of literature.

DKK 166.00
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The Flood - David Hewson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Flood - David Hewson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A dazzling Italian mystery, rich in intrigue and dark secrets, from an internationally bestselling crime writer at the height of his powers. Florence, 1986. A seemingly inexplicable attack on a church fresco of Adam and Eve brings together an unlikely couple: Julia Wellbeloved, an English art student, and Pino Fratelli, a semi-retired detective who longs to be back in the field. Their investigation leads them to the secret society that underpins the city: an elite underworld of excess, violence and desire.Seeped in the culture of Tuscany''s most mysterious city, The Flood takes the reader on a dazzling journey into the darkness in Florence''s past: the night of the great flood in 1966 .

DKK 185.00
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The Flood - David Hewson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Flood - David Hewson - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A dazzling Italian mystery, rich in intrigue and dark secrets, from an internationally bestselling crime writer at the height of his powers. Florence, 1986. A seemingly inexplicable attack on a church fresco of Adam and Eve brings together an unlikely couple: Julia Wellbeloved, an English art student, and Pino Fratelli, a semi-retired detective who longs to be back in the field. Their investigation leads them to the secret society that underpins the city: an elite underworld of excess, violence and desire.Seeped in the culture of Tuscany''s most mysterious city, The Flood takes the reader on a dazzling journey into the darkness in Florence''s past: the night of the great flood in 1966 .

DKK 280.00
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The Honours - Tim Clare - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Honours - Tim Clare - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

TRUE HONOUR IS ENDLESS. 1935. Norfolk. War is looming in Great Britain and the sprawling country estate of Alderberen Hall is shadowed by suspicion and paranoia. Alderberen''s newest resident, Delphine Venner, is determined to uncover the secrets of the Hall''s elite society, which has taken in her gullible mother and unstable father.As she explores the house and discovers the secret network of hidden passages that thread through the estate, Delphine unearths a world more dark and threatening than she ever imagined. With the help of head gamekeeper Mr Garforth, Delphine must learn the bloody lessons of war and find the soldier within herself in time to battle the deadly forces amassing in the woods . . .

DKK 126.00
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For the Love of Lilah - Nora Roberts - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

For the Love of Lilah - Nora Roberts - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Lilah Calhoun falls in love with a man who harbors scandalous secrets about her family. During a storm off the coast of Maine where her home, the Towers, stands, Lilah Calhoun rescues a mysterious stranger from the turbulent sea. Professor Max Quartermain believes he hallucinated the beautiful mermaid who rescued him from certain death.In the wake of the near tragedy, an undeniable desire grows between them. Lilah is surprised by the intense attraction she feels for the man she saved. She''s never met a man like him before - reserved and intelligent, but with a deep, passionate side she wants to know better. But Lilah knows Max is hiding something - something about the Calhouns that threatens her family''s future and any chance for love between them. This is a first-time regular print hardcover edition of a title previously available as a mass market paperback.

DKK 225.00
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The Bird Room - Chris Killen - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Bird Room - Chris Killen - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Alice is at work. Alice thinks I''m at work. I''m not at work. I''m trying to guess the password to her email account . . . When Will meets Alice, he can''t believe his luck. She''s smart, sexy and, much to Will''s surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence. But true love never came easy and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. The Bird Room is a candid, funny and joyous portrait of love and desire in the modern age.

DKK 104.00
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The Flame - Leonard Cohen - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Flame - Leonard Cohen - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR POETRY The Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics, and hand-drawn self-portraits, The Flame offers an intimate look inside the life and mind of a singular artist.A reckoning with a life lived deeply and passionately, with wit and panache, this collection is a valedictory work.

DKK 168.00
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Underground - Suelette Dreyfus - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Underground - Suelette Dreyfus - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Suelette Dreyfus and her co-author, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, tell the extraordinary true story of the computer underground, and the bizarre lives and crimes of an elite ring of international hackers who took on the establishment.Spanning three continents and a decade of high level infiltration, they created chaos amongst some of the world''s biggest and most powerful organisations, including NASA and the US military. Brilliant and obsessed, many of them found themselves addicted to hacking and phreaking. Some descended into drugs and madness, others ended up in jail.As riveting as the finest detective novel and meticulously researched, Underground follows the hackers through their crimes, their betrayals, the hunt, raids and investigations. It is a gripping tale of the digital underground.

DKK 149.00
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The Burning Land - George Alagiah - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

The Burning Land - George Alagiah - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

''Gripping'' Guardian ''Pacy and stylish'' Jeremy Vine ''It was never meant to be like this. Sabotage, yes. Propaganda, yes. All of that and more - but not this. Not murder.'' South Africa has become a powder keg. Its precious land is being sold off to the highest bidders while the country''s corrupt elite pocket the profits. As the dreams and hopes of its people are threatened, frustration turns to violence. With the shocking murder of one of the country''s bright young hopes, the fuse is well and truly lit.Conflict mediator Lindi and her childhood friend Kagiso find themselves in the heart of the chaos, fighting to save themselves and their country as events are set in motion that no one - least of all they - can control.

DKK 120.00
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A River Called Time - Courttia Newland - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A River Called Time - Courttia Newland - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE A monumental speculative fiction story of love, loyalty, politics and conscience set in parallel Londons The Ark was built to save the lives of the many, but rapidly became a refuge for the elite, the entrance closed without warning. Years later, Markriss Denny is one of the select few granted entry. He carries with him a closely guarded secret: the ability of his spirit to leave his body and transcend the known world.But once in, he learns of another who carries the same power, and their existence could spell catastrophe for humanity. Denny is forced into a desperate race to understand his abilities, and in doing so uncovers the truth about the Ark, himself and the people he thought he once knew.

DKK 113.00
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Glasgow Girls - Jude Burkhauser - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Glasgow Girls - Jude Burkhauser - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

At the turn of the 20th century, Glasgow was the centre for an avant-garde movement of art and design innovation in Europe, which we now refer to as The Glasgow Style. While the "Glasgow Boys" group of painters has been widely written about, their female contemporaries have received far less attention. In this work, the editor redresses this imbalance, bringing together research from 18 scholars on the work of an astonishing number of female artists from this period.

DKK 439.00
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These Heavy Black Bones - Rebecca Achieng Ajulu Bushell - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

These Heavy Black Bones - Rebecca Achieng Ajulu Bushell - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS'' CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE ''Poetic, candid and utterly compelling'' - FREYA BROMLEY''Absolutely remarkable'' - LYNN BARBER''Reads with the tension of a thriller, illuminating the world of elite sport'' - CATHY RENTZENBRINK''An embodied water odyssey'' - LIDIA YUKNAVITCH This is not a story about making history. Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell was once a double British Champion and the first Black woman ever to swim for Great Britain. As her body and mind are sharpened through gruelling training, press scrutiny and the harshness of adolescence, Rebecca charts her career''s ascent and her singular love of the water, before explaining why she walked away from it all.A compulsive and unforgettable study of intensity, These Heavy Black Bones meditates on Blackness, identity and the ecstasy of peak physical performance, and lays bare the pressures within the swimming world.

DKK 182.00
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Trying Not to Try - Edward Slingerland - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Trying Not to Try - Edward Slingerland - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

A Guardian Best Book of 2014A 2014 Brain Pickings Best Book on Psychology, Philosophy, and How to Live Meaningfully Why is it hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Or be charming and relaxed on a first date? What is it about a comedian whose jokes fall flat or an athlete who chokes? What if, contrary to what we have long been told, spontaneity - not striving - is the answer to success? Through stories of mythical creatures and drunken cart riders, jazz musicians and Japanese motorcycle gangs, Slingerland effortlessly blends Eastern thought and cutting-edge science to show us how we can embody a spontaneous way of being and live more fulfilling lives.

DKK 123.00
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Sidewalk Saint - Phillip Depoy - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Sidewalk Saint - Phillip Depoy - Bog - Canongate Books - Plusbog.dk

Amateur sleuth and Child Protective Officer Foggy Moscowitz must find a missing girl with a special gift in this latest noir mystery set in Florida. Florida, 1976 . Foggy Moscowitz knows he''s having a bad night when he wakes to find a gun pressed to his face. Nelson Roan has busted out of his prison cell and broken into Foggy''s house, demanding Foggy finds his eleven-year-old daughter, Etta. But as Foggy searches for Etta, it seems her father is not the only person who wants her found: Canadian mobsters, crazy New York Irishmen, the FBI and even the Seminole elite are all on her trail. But why?Etta has a special gift - and she knows something that certain people would go to any lengths to make sure stays buried in her memory. As Foggy helps Etta to reveal what she knows, he uncovers a sinister plot with tentacles that stretch further and higher than he could ever have imagined . . .

DKK 242.00
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