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Floating City - Sudhir Venkatesh - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Floating City - Sudhir Venkatesh - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

After his insider''s study of Chicago crack gangs electrified the academy, Columbia University sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh spent a decade immersed in New York''s underbelly, observing the call girls, drug dealers, prostitutes and other strivers that make up this booming underground economy. Amidst the trust-funder cocktail parties, midtown strip clubs, and immigrant-run sex shops, he discovers a surprisingly fluid and dynamic social world - one that can be found in global cities everywhere. Floating City is Venkatesh''s journey through the ''vast invisible continent'' of New York''s underground economy - a thriving yet largely unseen world that exists in parallel to our own.

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Six Records of a Floating Life - Shen Fu - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Six Records of a Floating Life - Shen Fu - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Six Records of a Floating Life (1809) is an extraordinary blend of autobiography, love story and social document written by a man who was educated as a scholar but earned his living as a civil servant and art dealer. In this intimate memoir, Shen Fu recounts the domestic and romantic joys of his marriage to Yün, the beautiful and artistic girl he fell in love with as a child. He also describes other incidents of his life, including how his beloved wife obtained a courtesan for him and reflects on his travels through China. Shen Fu''s exquisite memoir shows six parallel ''layers'' of one man''s life, loves and career, with revealing glimpses into Chinese society of the Ch''ing Dynasty.

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Small Island - Philip Parker - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Small Island - Philip Parker - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Discover the 12 crucial moments in Britain''s past that will answer the greatest questions for our future in this richly insightful and fascinating history ''A richly entertaining canter through the country''s past. Engrossing'' INDEPENDENT ___________What is Britain?Where lie its boundaries?Why are they always changing?Are we a small island or a big idea?What will we look like next?In Small Island: 12 Maps that Explain the History of Britain , Philip Parker answers these and other crucial questions about this country and its peoples. By pondering our intertwined geography and history, he shows how the past has made Britain and how we might yet shape its future.

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Small Move, Big Change - Caroline L. Arnold - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Small Move, Big Change - Caroline L. Arnold - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Small, but smart: a Wall Street guru''s secrets to making change that sticks. ''A rare self-improvement book that actually works'' Adam Grant, bestselling author of Give and Take Every year, we''re determined to achieve our goals: to lose weight, save money or get a promotion. But how often do we follow them through? Science - and real life - shows that this ''big push'' strategy is ultimately designed to fail, with our limited willpower struggling against entrenched routines and autopilot behaviours.In Small Move, Big Change , Wall Street technology guru, Caroline Arnold, introduces micro-resolutions: simple and deceptively effective, they reward us with instant results that have huge, lasting effects that can help you revolutionise your:· Sleep· Fitness· Relationships· Organisation· BudgetingPacked full of real-world examples, this practical guide will help you spot the small moves that will bring the biggest change to your life.

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Journey Through a Small Planet - Emanuel Litvinoff - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Journey Through a Small Planet - Emanuel Litvinoff - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In Journey Through a Small Planet (1972), the writer Emanuel Litvinoff recalls his working-class Jewish childhood in the East End of London: a small cluster of streets right next to the city, but worlds apart in culture and spirit. With vivid intensity Litvinoff describes the overcrowded tenements of Brick Lane and Whitechapel, the smell of pickled herring and onion bread, the rattle of sewing machines and chatter in Yiddish. He also relates stories of his parents, who fled from Russia in 1914, his experiences at school and a brief flirtation with Communism. Unsentimental, vital and almost dream like, this is a masterly evocation of a long-vanished world.

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Small Giants - Bo Burlingham - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Small Giants - Bo Burlingham - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

It''s widely accepted in business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year - but bigger is not necessarily better. In Small Giants , journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside fourteen remarkable privately held companies, from a brewery to a record label, that chose a different path to success. These organizations quietly rejected the pressure of endless growth, deciding to focus more on satisfying business goals - being the best at what they do, creating a stimulating place to work, providing perfect customer service and making important contributions to their communities.But what are the magic ingredients that make these companies unique? Why and how does their approach work in such widely varying industries? And what lessons can we learn from them? A fresh, inspirational guide to business strategy, Small Giants will help any entrepeneur consider new directions to make their company great.

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Small Worlds - Caleb Azumah Nelson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Small Worlds - Caleb Azumah Nelson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL WINNER OF THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024 Dancing is the one thing that can solve Stephen''s problems.At Church with his family, the shimmer of Black hands raised in praise. With his band, making music speaking not just to their hardships, but their joys. Grooving with his best friend, so close their heads might touch. Dancing alone to his father''s records, uncovering parts of a man he has never truly known. His youth, shame and sacrifice.Stephen has only ever known himself in song. But what becomes of him when the music fades? Set over the course of three summers, from South London to Ghana and back again, SMALL WORLDS is a novel about the worlds we build for ourselves. The worlds we live, dance and love within. ***** ''Caleb Azumah Nelson''s stunning second novel confirms his status as a literary star'' Observer ''Beautiful, unforgettable and all-consuming'' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie '' SMALL WORLDS is a book for everyone . . . an uplifting symphony of a summer read'' Times

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Small Worlds - Caleb Azumah Nelson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Small Worlds - Caleb Azumah Nelson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVEL WINNER OF THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2024 Dancing is the one thing that can solve Stephen''s problems.At Church with his family, the shimmer of Black hands raised in praise. With his band, making music speaking not just to their hardships, but their joys. Grooving with his best friend, so close their heads might touch. Dancing alone to his father''s records, uncovering parts of a man he has never truly known. His youth, shame and sacrifice.Stephen has only ever known himself in song. But what becomes of him when the music fades? Set over the course of three summers, from South London to Ghana and back again, SMALL WORLDS is a novel about the worlds we build for ourselves. The worlds we live, dance and love within. ***** ''Caleb Azumah Nelson''s stunning second novel confirms his status as a literary star'' Observer ''Beautiful, unforgettable and all-consuming'' Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie '' SMALL WORLDS is a book for everyone . . . an uplifting symphony of a summer read'' Times Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023

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A Small Circus - Hans Fallada - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Small Circus - Hans Fallada - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Small Circus is a powerful 1931 portrayal of a German town on the brink of chaos, from bestselling author Hans Fallada (writer of Alone in Berlin ) It is summer, 1929, and in a small German town a storm is brewing. The shabby reporter Tredup leads a precarious existence working for the Pomeranian Chronicle - until he takes some photographs that offer the chance to make a fortune. In Krüger''s bar, the farmers are plotting their revenge on greedy officials. A mysterious travelling salesman from Berlin , Henning, is stirring up trouble - but no one knows why. Meanwhile the Nazis grow stronger and the Communists fight them in the streets. And at the centre of it all, the Mayor, ''Fatty'' Gareis, seeks the easy life even as events spiral beyond his control.As tensions erupt between workers and bosses, town and country, Left and Right, alliances are broken, bribes are taken and plots are hatched, until the tension spills over into violence.''Uncommonly vivid and original'' Robert Musil''Real love and real humanity'' Hermann Hesse''The best account of small-town Germany ... so terribly genuine, it is frightening'' Kurt Tucholsky''This novel''s genius ... lies in Fallada''s ability to reveal ... as well as to analyse the macabre game of musical chairs that was the Weimar Republic. Fallada gives us front-row seats to Germany''s decade-long quest for a sacrificial scapegoat that culminated in the Nazi takeover ... Two years after Alone in Berlin ''s runaway success, A Small Circus continues the Fallada revival that owes so much to the efforts of its translator, the poet Michael Hofmann'' André Naffis-Sahely, Independent ''Fallada creates characters with Dickensian prodigality, each yokel, hack, pig and pen-pusher brought to life in Michael Hofmann''s beautifully judged translation ... a generous, life-affirming treat'' Jake Kerridge, Telegraph ''Michael Hofmann ... comes as close as possible to giving us Fallada''s work in all its coarse, humorous, immediate, tragic glory'' Charlotte Moore, Spectator ''Not for the first time, all praise is due to Michael Hofmann''s art and feel for nuance. His translation catches the many voices - some exasperated, others bewildered, a few downright angry - that make this bold, exuberant and candid narrative sizzle with life and the relentlessly shocking reality of it all'' Irish Times ''Fallada''s own experiences as a regional journalist in north Germany underlie the action, and it is this sense of realism, combined with an ear for dialogue and an acute understanding of human frailty, that make the novel such an authentic portrayal of an imploding era'' Ben Hutchinson, Observer

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Small Gases, Big Effect - Christian Serrer - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Small Gases, Big Effect - Christian Serrer - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The international bestseller that gives you the facts about climate change When students David Nelles and Christian Serrer struggled to find a book that explained the nuts and bolts of climate change in a way that was comprehensive, concise and enjoyable to read, they decided to write it themselves.With meticulous research corroborated by over 100 scientists, Small Gases, Big Effect summarizes all the latest findings on the causes and effects of climate change. Combining clear, thoughtful writing with illuminating graphics, it is a little book that presents complex scientific evidence in a way that everyone will find easy to understand.

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Small Man in a Book - Rob Brydon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Small Man in a Book - Rob Brydon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Rob Brydon tells story of his slow ascent to fame and fortune in Small Man in a Book . A multi-award-winning actor, writer, comedian and presenter known for his warmth, humour and inspired impressions, Rob Brydon has quickly become one of our very favourite entertainers. But there was a time when it looked like all we''d hear of Rob was his gifted voice. Growing up in South Wales, Rob had a passion for radio and soon the Welsh airwaves resounded to his hearty burr. However, these were followed by years of misadventure and struggle, before, in the TV series Marion and Geoff and Gavin and Stacey , Rob at last tickled the nation''s funny bone. The rest, as they say, is history. Or in his case autobiography. Small Man in a Book is Rob Brydon''s funny, heartfelt, honest, sometimes sad, but mainly funny, memoir of how a young man from Wales very, very slowly became an overnight success. Rob Brydon was brought up in Wales, where his career began on radio and as a voiceover artist. After a brief stint working for the Home Shopping Network he co-wrote and performed in his breakthrough show, the darkly funny Human Remains. He has since starred in the immensely popular Gavin and Stacey, Steve Coogan''s partner in The Trip , and was the host of Would I Lie to You? and The Rob Brydon Show. He now lives in London with his wife and five children.

DKK 141.00
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The Small House at Allington - Anthony Trollope - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Small House at Allington - Anthony Trollope - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Engaged to the ambitious and self-serving Adolphus Crosbie, Lily Dale is devastated when he jilts her for the aristocratic Lady Alexandrina. Although crushed by his faithlessness, Lily still believes she is bound to her unworthy former fiancé for life and therefore condemned to remain single after his betrayal. And when a more deserving suitor pays his addresses, she is unable to see past her feelings for Crosbie. Written when Trollope was at the height of his popularity, The Small House at Allington (1864) contains his most admired heroine in Lily Dale - a young woman of independent spirit who nonetheless longs to be loved - and is a moving dramatization of the ways in which personal dilemmas are affected by social pressures.

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Small is the New Big - Seth Godin - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Small is the New Big - Seth Godin - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

As one of today''s most influential business thinkers, Seth Godin has now collected the most provocative short pieces from his pioneering blog. This book also includes his most popular columns from Fast Company magazine and several of the short e-books he has written in the last few years. Includes:Clinging to Your Job Title?The Persistence of Really Bad IdeasThe Seduction of ''Good Enough''Judging a Book by its CoverDo Less Small is the New Big is packed with inspiring ideas: as Godin says in his introduction, ''I''m certain that you''re smart enough to see the stuff you''ve always wanted to do buried deep inside one of these riffs. And I''m betting that once inspired, you''ll actually make something happen.''

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One Small Voice - Santanu Bhattacharya - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

One Small Voice - Santanu Bhattacharya - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL FOR 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS'' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD''A joy to read, a full universe of feeling, an effortless page-turner by a born storyteller '' Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers ''Devastating and intimate , and political and radical all at the same time. Bhattacharya''s storytelling talents are limitless'' Nikesh Shukla ''Exceptional ... you have complete faith that Bhattacharya will take you to all the right places. Heartbreaking and yet so full of hope'' Melody Razak, author of Moth ____________________________________________ India, 1992. The country is ablaze with riots. In Lucknow, ten-year-old Shubhankar witnesses a terrible act of mob violence that will alter the course of his life: one to which his family turn a blind eye.As he approaches adulthood, Shabby focuses on the only path he believes will buy him an escape - good school, good degree, good job, good car. But when he arrives in Mumbai in his twenties, he begins to question whether there might be other roads he could choose. His new friends, Syed and Shruti, are asking the same questions : together, buoyed by the freedom of the big city, they are rewriting their stories.But as the rising tide of nationalism sweeps across the country, and their friendship becomes the rock they all cling to, this new life suddenly seems fragile. And before Shabby can chart his way forward, he must reckon with the ghosts of his past . . . Dazzling and deeply moving, One Small Voice is a novel of modern India: of violence and prejudice, friendship and loyalty, community and tradition, and of a young man coming of age in a country on fire. ____________________________________________ ''A compassionate, many-layered chronicle of trauma and recovery following mob violence in contemporary India, One Small Voice is a wonderful, timely contribution to world literature'' Tsitsi Dangarembga, author of This Mournable Body ''Bhattacharya has the enviable ability to create a cast of characters that feel as real as any person I''ve met. His effortless writing sings on the page, and by the time you get to the end, you''ll wish you didn''t have to leave his mind so soon'' Kasim Ali, author of Good Intentions ''Whilst the plot turns on our capacity for cruelty, Bhattacharya''s book brims with compassion. A novel about the complexities of adulthood, and the shame we all carry, that is both fearless and kind'' Clare Pollard, author of Delphi

DKK 149.00
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference - Greta Thunberg - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference - Greta Thunberg - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. No One is Too Small to Make a Difference collects Greta Thunberg''s history-making speeches, from addresses at climate rallies around the world audiences at the UN, the World Economic Forum, and the British Parliament. Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference - Greta Thunberg - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference - Greta Thunberg - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A new expanded and illustrated edition of the history-making speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation ''We are the change and change is coming'' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. A year later, she was joined in her strike by over seven million people around the world. This is the record of a game-changing year in the fight against the climate crisis. Collecting the speeches that sparked a global movement, and iconic images of those who made it happen, No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference is a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel. Our future depends upon it. With new speeches from Vienna, Paris, New York and Montreal

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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference - Greta Thunberg - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference - Greta Thunberg - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation ''Everything needs to change. And it has to start today'' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. Her actions ended up sparking a global movement for action against the climate crisis, inspiring millions of pupils to go on strike for our planet, forcing governments to listen, and earning her a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.This book brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time. Collecting her speeches that have made history across Europe, from the UN to mass street protests, No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference is a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel. Our future depends upon it.

DKK 79.00
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A Small Town in Ukraine - Bernard Wasserstein - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A Small Town in Ukraine - Bernard Wasserstein - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''A fine and deeply affecting work of history and memoir'' Philippe Sands Decades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family originated: Krakowiec ( Krah-KOV-yets ). In this book he recounts its dramatic and traumatic history. ''I want to observe and understand how some of the great forces that determined the shape of our times affected ordinary people.'' The result is an exceptional, often moving book.Wasserstein traces the arc of history across centuries of religious and political conflict, as armies of Cossacks, Turks, Swedes and Muscovites rampaged through the region. In the Age of Enlightenment, the Polish magnate Ignacy Cetner built his palace at Krakowiec and, with his vivacious daughter, Princess Anna, created an arcadia of refinement and serenity. Under the Habsburg emperors after 1772, Krakowiec developed into a typical shtetl , with a jostling population of Poles, Ukrainians and Jews.In 1914, disaster struck. ''Seven years of terror and carnage'' left a legacy of ferocious national antagonisms. During the Second World War the Jews were murdered in circumstances harrowingly described by Wasserstein. After the war the Poles were expelled and the town dwindled into a border outpost. Today, the storm of history once again rains down on Krakowiec as refugees flee for their lives from Ukraine to Poland.At the beginning and end of the book we encounter Wasserstein''s own family, especially his grandfather Berl. In their lives and the many others Wasserstein has rediscovered, the people of Krakowiec become a prism through which we can feel the shocking immediacy of history. Original in conception and brilliantly achieved, A Small Town in Ukraine is a masterpiece of recovery and insight.

DKK 141.00
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Sold Out - James Rickards - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Sold Out - James Rickards - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Empty shelves, petrol station queues and energy shortages: crises more familiar to those who lived through the 1960s and 1970s have now become a reality for many as global shipping times are squeezed, containers lie unopened at docks and supply shortages push up inflation, increasing the cost of consumer goods from milk to cars to building materials.In Sold Out , James Rickards explains why the shelves are empty, who broke the supply chain and why shortages will persist. He breaks down the history and structure of business around the world to offer readers a behind-the-scenes look at what''s really going on, and what they can do to mitigate the worst of what''s to come.Drawing on his financial expertise, he explains that consumers and investors need to be nimble to come through this unprecedented turn of events in good shape. Luckily, Rickards is on hand to provide the tools readers need to look ahead, monitor key trends and insulate against risks.

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Sailing Alone - Richard J. King - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Sailing Alone - Richard J. King - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

**Shortlisted for the Maritime Foundation Award for Best Book 2024** ''An exceptional book. Sailing Alone belongs on the very small shelf of the true classics of the sea'' Peter Nichols, author of Sea Change and A Voyage for Madmen ''Colourful and inventive'' The Times Sailing on a boat by yourself out at sea and out of sight of land can be exhilarating or terrifying, compelling or tedious - sometimes it can be all of these things just in one morning. It is an adventure at odds with our normal, sociable lives, carried out floating on a medium wholly inimical to our existence. But the deep ocean is also a remarkable place on which to think.Richard King''s enormously engaging and curious new book is about the debt we owe to solo sailors: women and men, young and old, who have set out alone. Spending weeks and months alone, slowly, quietly and close to the ocean surface is to create the world''s largest laboratory: an endlessly changing, capricious and startling place in which to observe oneself, the weather, the stars and myriad sea creatures, from the tiniest to the most massive and threatening.This is a book for anyone who is fascinated by sailing, solitude and the vast seas that cover so much of our planet.

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All The Wicked - Catelyn Wilson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

All The Wicked - Catelyn Wilson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Eager to find the answers she can’t locate in the shelves of Ravenswood library, Andy Emmerson visits Jae in the underworld. Only, it is empty of the Gods that once ruled it and inexplicable clues start to appear directing them to The Order. Together they must travel to Eidolon University where they will investigate The Order and unlock its secrets. Soon they are catapulted into a world of old magic, dangerous rituals, and demonic activity. A world they thought they’d left behind at Ravenswood. If they fail to discover The Order, and the school’s secrets, humanity will fall to the fires of hell.

DKK 119.00
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Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Evelyn Waugh''s hilarious debut novel, with an introduction by Barbara Cooke Sent down from Oxford in outrageous circumstances, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, rascals and fools, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and Captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot Beste-Chetwynde, floating on a scented breeze. As the farce unfolds and the young run riot, no one is safe, least of all Paul.''His first, most perfect novel ... ruthlessly comic'' John Mortimer, Guardian

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One Small Voice - Santanu Bhattacharya - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

One Small Voice - Santanu Bhattacharya - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS'' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BOWKER VOLCANO PRIZEAN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT OF THE YEAR''One of the best debuts this year'' Guardian ''An intoxicating portrait of modern India ... Terrific'' Daily Mail ''Hugely engaging, written with verve, intelligence and compassion'' Irish Times ____________________________________________ India, 1992. The country is ablaze with riots. In Lucknow, ten-year-old Shubhankar witnesses a terrible act of mob violence that will alter the course of his life: one to which his family turn a blind eye.As he approaches adulthood, Shabby focuses on the only path he believes will buy him an escape - good school, good degree, good job, good car. But when he arrives in Mumbai in his twenties, he begins to question whether there might be other roads he could choose. His new friends, Syed and Shruti, are asking the same questions : together, buoyed by the freedom of the big city, they are rewriting their stories.But as the rising tide of nationalism sweeps across the country, and their friendship becomes the rock they all cling to, this new life suddenly seems fragile. And before Shabby can chart his way forward, he must reckon with the ghosts of his past . . . ____________________________________________ ''A joy to read, a full universe of feeling, an effortless page-turner by a born storyteller '' Max Porter, author of Grief is the Thing with Feathers ''Devastating and intimate , and political and radical all at the same time. Bhattacharya''s storytelling talents are limitless'' Nikesh Shukla ''A wonderful, timely contribution to world literature'' Tsitsi Dangarembga, author of This Mournable Body

DKK 120.00
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The Temple-goers - Aatish Taseer - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Temple-goers - Aatish Taseer - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA AWARD FOR FIRST NOVEL 2010A controversial No.1 bestseller in India, The Temple-goers introduces us to a sensational new story-telling talent - and a shocking new side of Indian society. It tells the story of two young men from very different sides of the tracks: one cast adrift in a world of fashion parties, media moguls and designer labels, the other who reveals to him the city''s hidden and squalid underbelly. But when a body is found floating in the canal and one of them is accused of the murder, some deeply unsettling truths begin to emerge, exposing their friendship and the dark and troubled heart of the city in which they live...

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