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Her Secret Service - Claire Hubbard Hall - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Her Secret Service - Claire Hubbard Hall - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''Groundbreaking'' Sunday Times ''Beautifully written and elegiac . . . a masterpiece'' Damien Lewis, Sunday Times bestselling author Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked at the very heart of British secret intelligence - yet their contributions have been all but written out of history. From encoding orders and decrypting enemy messages to penning propaganda and infiltrating organisations, the women of British intelligence played a pivotal role in both the First and Second World Wars. These true custodians of Britain''s military secrets include Kathleen Pettigrew, personal assistant to the Chief of MI6 Stewart Menzies, who late in life declared ''I was Miss Moneypenny, but with more power'', to Jane Archer, the very first female MI5 officer who raised suspicions about the Soviet spy Kim Philby long before he was officially unmasked and Winifred Spink, the first female officer ever sent to Russia in 1916. Drawing on private and previously classified documents, Hubbard-Hall rescues these women from obscurity, bringing their gripping stories to life to provide a definitive account of women''s contributions to the history of the intelligence services. ''A fascinating history of the pivotal role played by women in the British intelligence services. A hugely enjoyable read'' Clare Mulley, author of Agent Zo

DKK 241.00
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In Dark Service - Stephen Hunt - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

In Dark Service - Stephen Hunt - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Carter has been kidnapped. Enslaved. But he''s determined to fight to the end.Jacob is a pacifist. His family destroyed. He''s about to choose the path of violence to reclaim his son.Their world has changed for ever. Between them, they''re going to avenge it. Jacob Carnehan has settled down. He''s living a comfortable, quiet life, obeying the law and minding his own business while raising his son Carter ... on those occasions when he isn''t having to bail him out of one scrape or another. His days of adventure are - thankfully - long behind him.Carter Carnehan is going out of his mind with boredom. He''s bored by his humdrum life, frustrated that his father won''t live a little, and longs for the bright lights and excitement of anywhere-but-here. He''s longing for an opportunity to escape, and test himself against whatever the world has to offer.Carter is going to get his opportunity. He''s caught up in a village fight, kidnapped by slavers and, before he knows it, is swept to another land. A lowly slave, surrounded by technology he doesn''t understand, his wish has come true: it''s him vs. the world. He can try to escape, he can try to lead his fellow slaves, or he can accept the inevitable and try to make the most of the short, brutal existence remaining to him.... unless Jacob gets to him first and, no matter the odds, he intends to. No one kidnaps his son and gets away with it - and if it come to it, he''ll force Kings to help him on his way, he''ll fight, steal, blackmail and betray his friends in the name of bringing Carter home.Wars will be started. Empires will fall. And the Carnehan family will be reunited, one way or another ...

DKK 120.00
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From Darkest Skies - Sam Peters - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

From Darkest Skies - Sam Peters - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

After a five year sabbatical following the tragic death of his wife and fellow agent Alysha, Keon Rause returns to the distant colony world of Magenta to resume service with the Magentan Intelligence Service. With him he brings an artificial recreation of his wife''s personality, a simulacrum built from every digital trace she left behind. She has been constructed with one purpose - to discover the truth behind her own death - but Keon''s relationship with her has grown into something more, something frighteningly dependent, something that verges on love.Cashing in old favours, Keon uses his return to the Service to take on a series of cases that allow him and the artificial Alysha to piece together his wife''s last days. His investigations lead him inexorably along the same paths Alysha followed five years earlier, to a sinister and deadly group with an unhealthy fascination for the unknowable alien Masters; but as the wider world of Magenta is threatened with an imminent crisis, Keon finds himself in a dilemma: do his duty and stand with his team to expose a villainous crime, or sacrifice them all for the truth about his wife?

DKK 126.00
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All Fired Up - Malcolm Castle - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

All Fired Up - Malcolm Castle - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

A unique and gloriously nostalgic account of one eventful year in the fire service for readers who loved books such as CALL THE MIDWIFE and TRUST ME, I''M A VET and the brand new ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL. Nothing about the county fire service was quite what Malcolm expected when he joined the watch in Shrewsbury. As the newest member of the service he was first in line when swans terrorised the high street - and when a flock of owls got stuck on the roof of his local pub. Eighteen years old and more than ready to rush into burning buildings to save fair damsels in distress, young Malcolm soon realised he was more likely to be jumping into slurry pits and rivers to rescue any number of unfortunate animals. But for all the embarrassing situations Malcolm found himself in there were heart-stopping dramas too - and tragic farm and house fires. As he learns on the job and begins to win the respect of the old-timers, Malcolm starts to feel that maybe, one day, he just might make it as a fireman. But first he has to catch the eye of the smiley secretary in the office opposite the station ... Funny, moving and gloriously nostalgic, All Fired Up paints a unique portrait of rural Britain - and shows just how surprising a fireman''s life can be.

DKK 113.00
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MI6 - Gordon Corera - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

MI6 - Gordon Corera - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The secret history of MI6 - from the Cold War to the present day. The British Secret Service has been cloaked in secrecy and shrouded in myth since it was created a hundred years ago. Our understanding of what it is to be a spy has been largely defined by the fictional worlds of James Bond and John le Carre. THE ART OF BETRAYAL provides a unique and unprecedented insight into this secret world and the reality that lies behind the fiction. It tells the story of how the secret service has changed since the end of World War II and by focusing on the people and the relationships that lie at the heart of espionage, revealing the danger, the drama, the intrigue, the moral ambiguities and the occasional comedy that comes with working for British intelligence. From the defining period of the early Cold War through to the modern day, MI6 has undergone a dramatic transformation from a gung-ho, amateurish organisation to its modern, no less controversial, incarnation. Gordon Corera reveals the triumphs and disasters along the way.The grand dramas of the Cold War and after - the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the 11 September 2001 attacks and the Iraq war - are the backdrop for the human stories of the individual spies whose stories form the centrepiece of the narrative. But some of the individuals featured here, in turn, helped shape the course of those events. Corera draws on the first-hand accounts of those who have spied, lied and in some cases nearly died in service of the state. They range from the spymasters to the agents they ran to their sworn enemies. Many of these accounts are based on exclusive interviews and access. From Afghanistan to the Congo, from Moscow to the back streets of London, these are the voices of those who have worked on the front line of Britain''s secret wars. And the truth is often more remarkable than the fiction.

DKK 139.00
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The Royal Butler - Grant Harrold - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Royal Butler - Grant Harrold - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Discover the revelatory royal biography of the year, with stories featuring Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III and many more. From royal expert and royal butler Grant Harrold comes an unforgettable memoir and portrait of a royal household - this charming new biography tells the full story of how a boy who grew up obsessed with the royals ended up at the heart of their household.The relationship between the king and his staff has always been shrouded in mystery, but in this compelling biography, one of Britain''s top royal experts reveals his story for the first time and shares insight and never-before-heard stories about his time in royal service.

DKK 211.00
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The Cassandra Compact - Robert Ludlum - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Cassandra Compact - Robert Ludlum - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

A brilliant Covert-One novel from ''the real Titan of the genre'' GQ Yuri Danko, an officer in the medical division of Russia''s security service, is murdered in a spray of assassin''s bullets. Now Covert-One''s Jon Smith has Danko''s classified papers, and he''s unearthed a terrifying global conspiracy. A Serb terrorist has been despatched from Russia to smuggle hazardous vials of a deadly bacteria into the United States. His mission: to deliver them to an unknown US government agent. Then both men are murdered, and the deadly bacteria is stolen...It''s up to Lt Col. Smith to find the madman who possesses it, before he holds a defenseless world hostage with the power to render the human race extinct.

DKK 139.00
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Sea Harrier Over The Falklands - Sharkey Ward - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Sea Harrier Over The Falklands - Sharkey Ward - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The controversial account of what really happened in the south Atlantic skies Sharkey Ward commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Invincible, was senior Sea Harrier adviser to the Command, flew over sixty missions and was awarded DSC. Yet had he followed all his instructions to the letter, Britain might well have lost the Falklands War.His dramatic first-hand story of the air war in the South Atlantic is also an extraordinary, outspoken account of inter-Service rivalries, bureaucratic interference, and dangerous ignorance of the realities of air combat among many senior commanders. As Sharkey Ward reveals, the 801 pilots were fighting not just the enemy, exhaustion, and the hostile weather, but also the prejudice and ignorance of their own side.

DKK 139.00
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Saturday Bloody Saturday - Paul Fletcher - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Saturday Bloody Saturday - Paul Fletcher - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Football manager Charlie Gordon is struggling with one defeat after another at the club he loves. Only a decent Cup run is keeping him in work, but tensions are running close to the surface ahead of the next round: Chelsea away. Footballers fall into two categories: artists or assassins. Soon Charlie is going to find out which players can deliver - and just how much pressure they can all stand.Meanwhile, as the country prepares for a general election, one of the most dangerous political assassinations in the IRA''s history is being planned in London. An active service unit await the critical signal to proceed...Both sides will converge on the capital for a result that will shake everyone''s lives, with consequences far beyond football.

DKK 113.00
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Architects of Annihilation - Gotz Aly - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Architects of Annihilation - Gotz Aly - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

A groundbreaking study of the numerous academics and technocrats without whom Hitler''s crude anti-Semitism could never have been translated into a systematic policy of genocide. ARCHITECTS OF ANNIHILATION follows the activities of the demographers, economists, geographers and planners in the period between the disorderly excesses of the November 1938 pogrom and the fully-effective operation of the gas chambers at Auschwitz in summer 1942. The authors, both journalists and historians, argue that this group of intellectuals, often combining academic, civil service and Party functions, made an indispensable contribution to the planning and execution of the Final Solution. More than that, in the economic and demographic rationale of these experts, the Final Solution was only one element in a far-reaching programme of self-sufficiency which privileged the German Aryan population.

DKK 212.00
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Hostile Skies - David Morgan - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Hostile Skies - David Morgan - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The gripping personal story of a Falklands Fighter Ace. David Morgan, RAF officer and poet, relives his experiences during the Falklands War in this vivid memoir. On secondment to the Royal Navy when the Argentine invasion of the Falklands began and personally credited with shooting down two Argentine Skyhawks as well as enemy helicopters, Morgan was later awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.Here he recounts his involvement in the first British air-strike against Argentine positions around Port Stanley and describes being first on the scene when enemy jets bombed the landing ships SIR TRISTRAM and SIR GALAHAD. Including the author''s heartfelt letters sent back to England to close family and friends, HOSTILE SKIES dramatically recalls what it was really like to fight, live and love during the Falklands War.

DKK 136.00
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The Last Dark - Stephen Donaldson - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The Last Dark - Stephen Donaldson - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The bestselling fantasy series from one of the biggest names in the genre comes to an unforgettable conclusion. This is the final volume of the epic Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - one of the keynote works of modern fantasy.Compelled step by step to actions whose consequences they could neither see nor prevent, Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery have fought for what they love in the magical reality known only as ''the Land''. Now they face their final crisis. Reunited after their separate struggles, they discover in each other their true power - and yet they cannot imagine how to stop the Worm of the World''s End from unmaking Time. Nevertheless they must resist the ruin of all things, giving their last strength in the service of the world''s continuance.

DKK 152.00
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Wycliffe's Wild-Goose Chase - W. J. Burley - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Wycliffe's Wild-Goose Chase - W. J. Burley - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Chief Superintendent Wycliffe comes across evidence on his own doorstep - and it leads him into very deep water . . . Wycliffe''s home overlooks a peaceful, West Country estuary - but even here he can''t get away from crime.When he is taking a Sunday morning walk along the shore, he comes across a service revolver with one chamber recently fired. In recent years Wycliffe has often regretted the fact that his rank cuts him off from the early stages of an investigation, but here he is, in at the very start.The case takes Wycliffe into the world of art robberies and crooked dealers, to a suicide which may be a murder, and a hunt for a missing yacht. As the investigation escalates, Wycliffe begins to wonder exactly where the clues are leading . . .

DKK 120.00
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Against The Law - Peter Wildeblood - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Against The Law - Peter Wildeblood - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''This right which I claim for myself and for all those like me is the right to choose the person whom I love'' Peter Wildeblood In March 1954 Peter Wildeblood, a London journalist, was one of five men charged with homosexual acts in the notorious Montagu case. Wildeblood was sentenced to eighteen months in prison, along with Lord Montagu and Major Michael Pitt-Rivers. The other two men were set free after turning Queen''s Evidence. Against the Law tells the story of Wildeblood''s childhood and schooldays, his war service, his career as a journalist, his arrest, trial and imprisonment, and finally his return to freedom. In its honesty and restraint it is eloquent testimony to the inhumanity of the treatment of gay men in Britain within living memory.

DKK 126.00
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Fools - Pat Cadigan - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Fools - Pat Cadigan - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Warning: Personalities for Sale.All the World''s a role.In a world of brainsuckers and bodysnatchers, you can''t take anything for granted. Not even your own identity.When Marva, a struggling Method actress, wakes up in a hologram pool in an exclusive priv club with fancy new clothes and plenty of money, she knows something is strange. When a memory of a murder starts tugging at her, she knows something is very strange, and that she''d better find out whose life she''s living. Fast.Pursued by assassins from a mysterious Escort Service and renegade mind-pirates of every description, Marva must venture into the seamy Downs to find out who wrote the script of the most difficult role of her career.Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best novel, 1995

DKK 120.00
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Sands of the Arena and Other Stories - Ben Kane - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Sands of the Arena and Other Stories - Ben Kane - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

From Sunday Times Bestselling author Ben Kane comes a collection of short stories: Sands of the Arena Can a wet-behind-the-ears gladiator survive a bloody contest ordered by Emperor Caligula? The Shrine Centurion Tullus discovers that Fate will always hold him in her grip. The Arena Legionary Piso''s much anticipated payday plays out very differently than he expected. Eagles in the East Caught up in a bloody rebellion, Centurion Tullus battles to keep his men alive. Eagles in the Wilderness Bored with retirement, Centurion Tullus takes service with an amber merchant, voyaging to unknown, dangerous lands far beyond the empire. Hannibal: Good Omens History''s most famous general seeks the gods'' approval before his war with Rome. The March Romulus and Tarquinius travel to the ends of the earth, searching for their lost friend Brennus.

DKK 182.00
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Heart of Granite - James Barclay - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Heart of Granite - James Barclay - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The world has become a battleground in a war which no side is winning. But for those determined to retain power, the prolonged stalemate cannot be tolerated so desperate measures must be taken.Max Halloran has no idea. He''s living the brief and glorious life of a hunter-killer pilot. He''s an ace in the air, on his way up through the ranks, in love, and with his family''s every need provided for in thanks for his service, Max has everything . . .. . . right up until he hears something he shouldn''t have, and refuses to let it go. Suddenly he''s risking his life and the lives of all those he cares about for a secret which could expose corruption at the highest levels, and change the course of the war.One man, one brief conversation . . . a whole world of trouble . . .

DKK 112.00
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Hunter Killers - Iain Ballantyne - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Hunter Killers - Iain Ballantyne - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

HUNTER KILLER: a submarine designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes. HUNTER KILLERS will follow the careers of four daring British submarine captains who risked their lives to keep the rest of us safe, their exploits consigned to the shadows until now. Their experiences encompass the span of the Cold War, from voyages in WW2-era submarines under Arctic ice to nuclear-powered espionage missions in Soviet-dominated seas. There are dangerous encounters with Russian spy ships in UK waters and finally, as the communist facade begins to crack, they hold the line against the Kremlin''s oceanic might, playing a leading role in bringing down the Berlin Wall. It is the first time they have spoken out about their covert lives in the submarine service.This is the dramatic untold story of Britain''s most-secret service.

DKK 152.00
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Chasing the Dragon - Justina Robson - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Chasing the Dragon - Justina Robson - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Lila Black returns in the fourth volume of high-octane, high-magic, high-tech adventures.For ten years now mankind has lived in Otopia - our world, but our world changed. Ever since the Quantum Bomb our dimension and realms of faerie, demonia, of the elementals and of death have been intermingled. We live alongside creatures from our myths, dreams and nightmares.Lila Black, half-robot, all attitude works for Otopia''s secret service. In love with a half-elf, half-demon, and carrying the spirit of another elf inside her, her life is quite complicated enough already. But other complications, other loves, other fears, other deaths wait just around the next dimensional corner.This is bright, fast moving and accessible SF that mixes in fantasy and a cool cult-lit sensibility to create a series that will appeal to all fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Peter Hamilton alike.

DKK 175.00
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Corner House Girls - Lilian Harry - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Corner House Girls - Lilian Harry - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

The first in the Corner House series, set in a Lyons Corner House in London on the brink of the Second World War. When cousins Jo and Phyl decide to become Lyons Corner House waitresses, or ''Nippies'', as they are known for their speedy service, they have no idea how their lives are about to change. They are whisked from family life in Woolwich to digs in London; they are transported from a factory and a grocer''s shop to the wonderful dining rooms of Lyons, Marble Arch, and they swap their old overalls for the smart uniforms of the Corner House girls. Jo and Phyl settle in and make friends with both waitresses and customers. There are boyfriends, lovers and fiancés, friendship and romance, but as the Second World War becomes increasingly imminent, the future of these men and women seems more and more uncertain.

DKK 119.00
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Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

''Ben Aaronovitch''s masterfully crafted world of magic, ghosts and gruesome crimes gives the late, great Terry Pratchett a run for his money'' The Sun ''Great, great fun'' Simon Mayo, Radio 2 This 10th anniversary special edition contains four masterful illustrations, a brand-new map, an illuminating introduction from author Ben Aaronovitch and stunning illustrated endpapers. My name is Peter Grant, and I used to be a probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service, and to everyone else as the Filth.My story really begins when I tried to take a witness statement from a man who was already dead . . . Since its publication in 2011, Rivers of London has grown into an international phenomenon. Embark on your journey to a magical London with this special edition, the perfect escape from the real world to a place you''ll never forget.

DKK 241.00
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Our War - Christopher Somerville - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Our War - Christopher Somerville - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Never heard before real stories of soldiers who fought in WW2 ''Extraordinary ...If they had not made our war their war also, victory might not have come in 1945'' DAILY TELEGRAPH In this powerful and moving narrative, Christopher Somerville skilfully links personal testimonies to present an epic which embraces comedy and tragedy, pride and degradation, close comradeship and stark racial prejudice, devotion to the benign Mother Country and a burning desire to see the back of her. Many of the veterans had never previously talked of their experiences, even to close loved ones. They cover such topics as attitudes to Britain before and after the war, why Commonwealth citizens offered to fight, and how some volunteers were inspired by their wartime service while others were thoroughly disillusioned. The result is a rare and faithful memoir to the five million Commonwealth citizens who fought for the Allies and the 170,000 who died or went missing.

DKK 127.00
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Le Gavroche Cookbook - Michel Roux - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

Le Gavroche Cookbook - Michel Roux - Bog - Orion Publishing Co - Plusbog.dk

A slice of culinary history. Classic French from leading London restaurant Le Gavroche, created and run by the Roux family, now in its 50th year.Le Gavroche opened its doors in 1967 under Michel and Albert Roux. Half a century later, the Roux family is a name synonymous with quality French cooking and the highest standard of service. Michel Roux Jr, who has been chef de cuisine at Le Gavroche for over 25 years now, selects 200 of the most popular classic recipes from its kitchens.Michel Roux Jr worked with many of France''s top chefs and as a personal chef to the President of France before taking over at Le Gavroche. This edition of his first book marks the restaurant''s 50th year anniversary, showing how to create the atmosphere and cuisine of Le Gavroche at home, with advice on dining French style and how to select what to drink, from aperitif to sweet wine.

DKK 340.00
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