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This Is It - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

This Is It - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

His girlfriend commands that he marry her. His wife demands him home in time for tea. His blackmailer commandeers half of his secret earnings. Then he gets hit by a bus. All in all, it''s not a good day for Eric. And once he''s on crutches, it becomes impossible to juggle two lives, three women and one vicious gangster. Eric''s double-decker life and triple-tangled lies drive him to a catastrophic collision in Joseph Connolly''s wry and ingeniously plotted black comedy.

DKK 120.00
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Boys and Girls - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Boys and Girls - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Susan wants another husband. Which comes as a shock to the current one. ''But not instead of you, Alan, my sugar - as well as. You see?'' Yet once Susan has brazenly commandeered her boss''s rich, elderly hand, Alan finds himself curiously cherishing the company - sharing wife, whisky and other, odder peccadilloes. Indeed Susan is forced to root out alternative amusements - and with their teenage daughter copying her disintegrating moral code, the complex machinery of their lives soon begins to break down. Joseph Connolly plunges the reader into a tumultuous medley of inner monologues with keen, unabashed relish; exposing marital bedroom and male bonding in this biting, excruciatingly funny observation of men, women and adolescent girls.

DKK 120.00
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Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa - Joseph Farrell - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa - Joseph Farrell - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Shortlised for the Saltire Society Non Fiction Book of the Year Award Almost every adult and child is familiar with his Treasure Island , but few know that Robert Louis Stevenson lived out his last years on an equally remote island, which was squabbled over by colonial powers much as Captain Flint''s treasure was contested by the mongrel crew of the Hispaniola. In 1890 Stevenson settled in Upolu, an island in Samoa, after two years sailing round the South Pacific. He was given a Samoan name and became a fierce critic of the interference of Germany, Britain and the U.S.A. in Samoan affairs - a stance that earned him Oscar Wilde''s sneers, and brought him into conflict with the Colonial Office, who regarded him as a menace and even threatened him with expulsion from the island. Joseph Farrell''s pioneering study of Stevenson''s twilight years stands apart from previous biographies by giving as much weight to the Samoa and the Samoans - their culture, their manners, their history - as to the life and work of the man himself. For it is only by examining the full complexity of Samoa and the political situation it faced as the nineteenth century gave way to the twentieth, that Stevenson''s lasting and generous contribution to its cause can be appreciated.

DKK 139.00
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Stuff - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Stuff - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A successful day for Emily - interior designer and total bitch - is throttling her husband Kevin and tormenting his best friend Raymond to their mutual satisfaction. A good day for Raymond is venting his frustrations on Emily''s fine form and getting a glimpse of her even finer daughter Shelley. A tolerable day for Kevin is just avoiding Emily - until he meets a surprising young woman who sees through his dim wits to the kindly man beneath... Emily''s a maelstrom of malice, but there''s only so far she can push Kevin and Raymond before the storm finally breaks. Stripping the veneer of pretension and civility, Connolly''s thrillingly repulsive characters are unveiled through breathless interior monologue to reveal the genuine and grotesque urges that drive them all into a violent climax.

DKK 120.00
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Style - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Style - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Terence is sick of people making a fuss of Alexander. His looks. His money. His fame.Who wouldn''t resent so successful a son?Even if he is only ten years old.Joseph Connolly''s brilliant new comedy of manners weaves together a domestic tableaux of characters - those with old-fashioned manners, tabloid manners, and no manners at all - in a satire on oedipal envy, neighbourly rivalry and the shameless stupidity of our fame-fuelled society.

DKK 113.00
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The Conversion - Joseph Olshan - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Conversion - Joseph Olshan - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

One night, two men waving guns and knives break and enter their Paris hotel room, terrorizing Russell and his much older companion, a famous American poet named Edward Cannon. The intruders, not finding what they seemingly expected, leave without further incident. But the baffling, traumatic events overwhelm Cannon who dies in his sleep later that night. Now Russell is left to ponder the meaning of the attack, what to do with the poet''s unfinished, problematic memoir and, perhaps most importantly, how to reconstruct and move forward with his own life.Hearing of the disturbing circumstances of Cannon''s death, an Italian writer, Marina Vezzoli, invites Russell to recuperate at her villa in Tuscany. But what at first seems like a generous invitation slowly reveals itself to be a calculated offer. As Russell''s stay in Italy lengthens, he begins to realize that the people in his life are using or manipulating him, most of all the poet''s New York publishers who, against the dying poet''s wishes, are trying to acquire his unfinished manuscript. Looming over everything is the long and fascinating legacy of Villa Guidi, where during Word War II a Jewish family hid in the subterranean floors, later undergoing a conversion to Catholicism. In an echo of this dramatic history, Russell is forced to undergo a conversion of his own in order to find redemption and meaning in his life.

DKK 130.00
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Hollywood Crows - Joseph Wambaugh - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Hollywood Crows - Joseph Wambaugh - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The cops of Hollywood Station are still over-worked, under-staffed, bound by red tape, hobbled by political correctness, and constantly amazed by what the boulevards can throw at them. Scratch the surface of the ''reel'' Hollywood and you''ll discover the ''real'' Hollywood. Here, Mickey Mouse is a crack addict, Marilyn Monroe is a man and when the moon is full, the neighbourhood gets even weirder. When the legendary Oracle is replaced by Sgt. Jason ''Chickenlips'' Treakle - a politically correct, paper shuffling putz with a shiny shoe fetish - Nate ''Hollywood'' Weiss leaves the mid-watch to become a Crow, or Community Relations Officer (C.R.O.). These are the guys dealing with domestic disputes, busting stalkers, bouncing paparazzi and calming chronic complainers, wannabe cops and loons of all varieties. It should be easy duty - to the other cops it''s ''the sissie beat'' - but being Hollywood, the loons are not in short supply and not everything is at is seems. So when Hollywood Nate and fellow crow Bix Rumstead find themselves caught up with bombshell Margot Aziz, they think they''re just having some fun. To them, Margot is a harmless hill bunny, stuck in the middle of an ugly divorce from a nefarious strip-club-owner. But Margot''s no helpless victim: the femme fatale is setting them up so she can pull off the perfect murder and walk away with her ex-husband''s ill-won fortune. But Margot isn''t the only one with a deadly plan.

DKK 119.00
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England's Lane - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

England's Lane - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE - AS IF THE ROYLE FAMILY WERE WRITTEN BY MARTIN AMIS! ''Vibrant tragicomic slices of cosmopolitan Englishness'' Independent on Sunday ''A rich and compelling drama of life'' Daily Mail ''Connolly has a keen sense of the hushed emotional tenderness of English life and our silent shattering pain'' Sunday Telegraph Jim and Milly. Stan and Jane. Jonathan and Fiona. Winter, 1959. Three married couples: each living in England''s Lane, each with an only child, and each attending to family, and their livelihoods - the ironmonger''s, the sweetshop and the butcher''s. Each of them hiding their lies, disguising sin, coping in the only way they know how.

DKK 119.00
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The No-Show - Beth O'leary - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The No-Show - Beth O'leary - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Three women. Three dates. One missing man... ''Ingenious, heartwarming and romantic'' SOPHIE KINSELLA ''Surprising and deeply satisfying'' EMILY HENRY 8.52 a.m. Siobhan''s looking forward to her date with Joseph. Breakfast on Valentine''s Day surely means something ... so where is he? 2.43 p.m. Miranda''s hoping that a Valentine''s Day lunch with Carter will be the perfect way to celebrate her new job. But why hasn''t he shown up? 6.30 p.m. Joseph Carter agreed to be Jane''s fake boyfriend at a dreaded engagement party tonight. But he''s not here...Meet Joseph Carter. That is, if you can find him. An unexpected love story, The No-Show is an utterly extraordinary tear-jearker of a book, a heart-breaking and joyful novel about dating, and waiting, and the ways love can find us. ''Such a clever, finely woven, sweet and heart-rending story'' BOLU BABALOLA ''A brilliant, multilayered, romantic stunner'' LAUREN HO ''It will break your heart in a million different ways'' LOUISE O''NEILL ''Beth O''Leary at her very best'' LINDSEY KELK

DKK 120.00
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This Is 64 - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

This Is 64 - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE BOLLINGER SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF ENGLAND''S LANE . ''There''s a lot of brilliantly observed detail... it''s very funny and very sharp'' Michael Palin George is a fashion mad Beatles fan, selfish and cruel. Why his girlfriend Dorothy loves him is a mystery to her and to his best friend Sammy. When George callously chucks her he cannot anticipate that his life, post 1964, will never be the same. And forty-four years later, when George is sixty-four, rich and successful, his past will catch up with him and his family.''Connolly unfolds a rich and compelling drama of life that is anything but everyday'' Daily Mail '' It is Connolly''s skill to get the reader to laugh at what should make you cry or at least wince'' Times Literary Supplement

DKK 119.00
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Jack the Lad and Bloody Mary - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Jack the Lad and Bloody Mary - Joseph Connolly - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

London, 1939.Mary and Jack.In love, unmarried and happy.Until the outbreak of the Second World War. Jackie, ever the lad, is bent on escaping conscription, but the contacts he makes drag him ever deeper into a dangerous criminal underworld. Yet it is Mary who undertakes the most surprising transformation. Despite striving for normality, she must confront a set of choices that will lead to a backstreet abortion and an unexpected vocation. With every tone and cadence of this novel, from wireless to air-raid siren, Connolly conducts with masterful hand and compassionate grace the voices of a once hopeful working class couple - now blitzed, battered and breaking into a desperate new dawn.

DKK 120.00
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The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (riverrun editions) - Joseph Conrad - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (riverrun editions) - Joseph Conrad - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

''Sailing away, he survived at sea, then on foreign land, and then by writing - re-living his life, many times, many ways, in English fiction'' Neil Rennie, from his preface to The Secret Sharer and Other Stories The stories in this selection show the intense influence of Conrad''s many voyages and his varied reading. He was able to dramatize his personal international experiences as he journeyed from Europe to Africa and the East, while absorbing the influence of Stevenson''s adventure romances, and the realism of Flaubert and Maupassant.''An Outpost of Progress'' is a response to what Conrad witnessed in the Congo; ''Youth'' turns to his early days at sea; ''Amy Foster'' explores the strangeness and hostility of England to foreigners; ''The Secret Sharer'' charts his time as a ship''s captain; ''A Smile of Fortune'' returns to the island of Mauritius; and ''The Planter of Malata'' opens in a great colonial city in Australia. Neil Rennie''s preface examines the interweaving of Conrad''s life and work, and the development of his art.

DKK 139.00
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The No-Show - Beth O'leary - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The No-Show - Beth O'leary - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Three women. Three dates. One missing man... *The instant Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller* ''I ngenious, heartwarming and romantic'' SOPHIE KINSELLA ''Surprising and deeply satisfying'' EMILY HENRY 8.52 a.m. Siobhan''s looking forward to her date with Joseph. Breakfast on Valentine''s Day surely means something ... so where is he? 2.43 p.m. Miranda''s hoping that a Valentine''s Day lunch with Carter will be the perfect way to celebrate her new job. But why hasn''t he shown up? 6.30 p.m. Joseph Carter agreed to be Jane''s fake boyfriend at a dreaded engagement party tonight. But he''s not here...Meet Joseph Carter . That is, if you can find him.The No-Show is the brilliantly funny, heart-breaking and joyful new novel from Beth O''Leary about dating, and waiting, and the ways love can find us. An utterly extraordinary tearjerker of a book, this is O''Leary''s most ambitious novel yet. ''The kind of book that leaves an impression on your heart'' HOLLY MILLER ''Such a clever, finely woven, sweet and heart-rending story'' BOLU BABALOLA ''The kind of book you want all your friends to read so that you can talk about it non-stop'' LIZZIE DAMILOLA BLACKBURN ''A brilliant, multilayered, romantic stunner'' LAUREN HO ''Sweepingly romantic, bursting with character, and so, so clever'' GILLIAN McALLISTER ''A superb rom-com with a heart wrenching twist'' DAILY EXPRESS ''Perfect escapism: romantic and uplifting with a twist you won''t see coming'' LUCY DIAMOND ''Charming and delightful!'' LAURA WILLIAMS ''It will break your heart in a million different ways'' LOUISE O''NEILL ''A truly brilliant book'' LUCY VINE ''Fresh and surprising yet still so distinctly Beth O''Leary'' CAROLINE HULSE ''This book will stop-start your heart with plenty of tears and plenty of laughter'' LIA LOUIS ''Fresh, clever, superbly plotted . . . A triumph'' MIKE GAYLE '' Beth O''Leary at her very best '' LINDSEY KELK ''Achingly clever, another fabulous read from Beth O''Leary'' SOPHIE COUSENSA Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller w/c 24/04/2022

DKK 147.00
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A Woman Much Missed - Valerio Varesi - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A Woman Much Missed - Valerio Varesi - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Italy''s Maigret returns in another smouldering noir from a master of the police procedural "A master storyteller" Barry Forshaw, Independent A few days before Christmas, with Parma gripped by frost and fog, Ghitta Tagliavini, the elderly owner of a guesthouse in the old town centre, is found murdered in her apartment. The case is assigned to Commissario Soneri, but the investigation holds a painful, personal element that sends waves of nostalgia sweeping through him. Tagliavini''s guesthouse is where Soneri met his late wife Ada, and where the young couple spent unforgettable hours in each other''s company. But the present can embitter even the sweetest memories. An old photograph of Ada with another man sends Soneri into a spiral of despondency, ever more so when he realises her death may be linked to Tagliavina''s lucrative sideline as a backstreet abortionist and faith healer. Though Soneri would like nothing more than to be allowed to drop the case, he doggedly persists, uncovering at last, along with the truth behind Tagliavini''s death, rife corruption at Parma''s rotten heart and a raft of ghosts from Italy''s divisive past. Translated from the Italian by Joseph Farrell

DKK 119.00
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Speeches That Changed the World - Quercus - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Speeches That Changed the World - Quercus - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman, placing them in historical context. With over a million copies already sold, this completely revised and updated pocket edition includes speeches by those that have truly shaped the modern world: from Greta Thunberg to Donald Trump, and from Nadia Murad to Oprah Winfrey. A biography of each speaker reveals how they came to stand at the crossroads of history, and each speech is accompanied by an introduction explaining its historical context and how it influenced the momentous events of the day - as well as those that followed. By turns moving and thought-provoking, this new edition reveals a modern world in which freedom of speech remains a powerful agent of change - and gives unique perspectives on key turning points in history. Contents include: Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Jr, Queen Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, George S. Patton, Jr, Malcolm X, Vaclav Havel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Indira Gandhi and Winston Churchill to name a few.

DKK 127.00
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Speeches That Changed the World - Quercus - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Speeches That Changed the World - Quercus - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman, placing them in historical context.With over a million copies already sold, this completely revised and updated pocket edition includes speeches by those that have truly shaped the modern world: from Greta Thunberg to Donald Trump, and from Nadia Murad to Volodymyr Zelenskyy. A biography of each speaker reveals how they came to stand at the crossroads of history, and each speech is accompanied by an introduction explaining its historical context and how it influenced the momentous events of the day - as well as those that followed.By turns moving and thought-provoking, this new edition reveals a modern world in which freedom of speech remains a powerful agent of change - and gives unique perspectives on key turning points in history. Contents include: Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Jr, Queen Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, George S. Patton, Jr, Malcolm X, Vaclav Havel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Indira Gandhi and Winston Churchill to name a few.

DKK 192.00
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Speeches That Changed the World - Quercus - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Speeches That Changed the World - Quercus - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman, placing them in historical context.With over a million copies already sold, this completely revised and updated pocket edition includes speeches by those that have truly shaped the modern world: from Greta Thunberg to Donald Trump, and from Nadia Murad to Oprah Winfrey. A biography of each speaker reveals how they came to stand at the crossroads of history, and each speech is accompanied by an introduction explaining its historical context and how it influenced the momentous events of the day - as well as those that followed.By turns moving and thought-provoking, this new edition reveals a modern world in which freedom of speech remains a powerful agent of change - and gives unique perspectives on key turning points in history. Contents include: Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Jr, Queen Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, George S. Patton, Jr, Malcolm X, Vaclav Havel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Indira Gandhi and Winston Churchill to name a few.

DKK 192.00
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World War II in Minutes - R. G. Grant - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

World War II in Minutes - R. G. Grant - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Clear, concise yet comprehensive, World War II in Minutes is the quickest way to understand the greatest conflict in human history. From its causes to its aftermath, this book details in 200 mini-essays every key event of the war, including the rise of Hitler, the Dunkirk evacuation, The Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, Midway and Iwo Jima, the sieges of Leningrad and Stalingrad, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, D-Day and the fall of Berlin, and much much more.Covers all aspects of World War II: origins and politics; major battles; great leaders; weapons and technology; civilian life and atrocities; turning points and surrenders; and the reverberations of the war through history. Illustrated with 200 contemporary photographs, images and maps.Includes entries on: The Path to War; The Versailles Treaty; The Spanish Civil War; Mussolini and the rise of Fascism; Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, FDR and Joseph Stalin; The Sino-Japanese War; The Blitz; U-boat warfare and Enigma; The Desert War; Operation Barbarossa; The Battle of Moscow; Resistance and collaboration; The Final Solution; Colditz; Coral Sea and Guadalcanal; The Dambusters; The bombing of Dresden; Alamein; Kursk; Montgomery, Zhukov, Rommel and Eisenhower; Operation Overlord; The liberation of Paris; The battle of the Bulge; The Yalta Conference, The Berlin bunker; The battle for Okinawa; Kamikazes; The atomic bomb; Casualties of war; War crimes trials and The Cold War.

DKK 127.00
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The Hungry and the Fat - Timur Vermes - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Hungry and the Fat - Timur Vermes - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Germany has imposed an upper limit on the number of asylum seekers, and Europe''s borders are closed. Beyond the Sahara, huge camps have been built for millions of people who have no choice but to wait. They have been waiting so long that they could have walked to Europe by now... if it didn''t spell certain death. When German model and TV star Nadeche Hackenbusch visits the largest of the camps with a camera crew, young refugee Lionel recognizes a unique opportunity: to use the media attention to organize 150,000 refugees to set off on a march to Europe. The viewing ratings are off the scale! and advertising money pours in. But Germany''s politicians only look away helplessly. As the convoy moves closer, through Jordan and Syria and into Turkey, interior minister Joseph Leubl faces his greatest challenge yet and two urgent questions: What do we do now? And what kind of country do we want to live in?Giving readers exactly what they loved about Look Who''s Back , this new book is explosive, radical and full of Timur''s trademark wit. Timur pulls no punches and aims directly where it hurts the most. This book that will have enthusiastic fans and bitter opponents. But we can promise that it will leave no one indifferent.

DKK 113.00
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Ada's Realm - Sharon Dodua Otoo - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Ada's Realm - Sharon Dodua Otoo - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"Soaring, spellbinding, utterly epic" MUSA OKWONGA "A time-travelling wonder of a read" PATERSON JOSEPH "A work of fierce imagination" NII AYIKWEI PARKES WHERE IS ADA? In a small village in West Africa, in what will one day become Ghana, Ada gives birth again, and again the baby does not live. As she grieves the loss of her child, Portuguese traders become the first white men to arrive in the village, an event that will bear terrible repercussions for Ada and her kin. WHEN IS ADA? Centuries later, Ada will become the mathematical genius Ada Lovelace; Ada, a prisoner forced into prostitution in a Nazi concentration camp; and Ada, a young, pregnant Ghanaian woman with a new British passport who arrives in Berlin in 2019 for a fresh start. WHO IS ADA? Ada is not one woman, but many, and she is all women - she revolves in orbits, looping from one century and from one place to the next. And so, she experiences the hardship but also the joy of womanhood: she is a victim, she offers resistance, and she fights for her independence. This long-awaited debut from Sharon Dodua Otoo paints an astonishing picture of femininity, resilience and struggle with deep empathy and humour, with vivid language and infinite imagination. "An impressive and highly original work, brimming over with energy" TLS " Ada''s Realm pushes boundaries . . . More power to her pen!" MARGARET BUSBY "Thrillingly, astonishingly original." R. O. KWON "A rule-shattering novel" Kirkus Reviews Translated from the German by Jon Cho-Polizzi

DKK 126.00
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Ada's Realm - Sharon Dodua Otoo - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Ada's Realm - Sharon Dodua Otoo - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"Set to be one of the best books of 2023" GQ Magazine "Soaring, spellbinding, utterly epic" MUSA OKWONGA "A time-travelling wonder of a read" PATERSON JOSEPH WHERE IS ADA? In a small village in West Africa, in what will one day become Ghana, Ada gives birth again, and again the baby does not live. As she grieves the loss of her child, Portuguese traders become the first white men to arrive in the village, an event that will bear terrible repercussions for Ada and her kin. WHEN IS ADA? Centuries later, Ada will become the mathematical genius Ada Lovelace; Ada, a prisoner forced into prostitution in a Nazi concentration camp; and Ada, a young, pregnant Ghanaian woman with a new British passport who arrives in Berlin in 2019 for a fresh start. WHO IS ADA? Ada is not one woman, but many, and she is all women - she revolves in orbits, looping from one century and from one place to the next. And so, she experiences the hardship but also the joy of womanhood: she is a victim, she offers resistance, and she fights for her independence. This long-awaited debut from Sharon Dodua Otoo paints an astonishing picture of femininity, resilience and struggle with deep empathy and humour, with vivid language and infinite imagination. "An impressive and highly original work, brimming over with energy" TLS " Ada''s Realm pushes boundaries . . . More power to her pen!" MARGARET BUSBY "Thrillingly, astonishingly original." R. O. KWON "A work of fierce imagination" NII AYIKWEI PARKES "A rule-shattering novel" Kirkus Reviews Translated from the German by Jon Cho-Polizzi

DKK 160.00
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Designing Knitted Textiles - Florence Spurling - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Designing Knitted Textiles - Florence Spurling - Bog - Quercus Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Designing Knitted Textiles guides readers through the fundamental skills of machine knitting, while encouraging them to be creative and experimental. It takes a contemporary approach, exploring the countless possibilities of machine-knitted textiles within multiple fashion contexts. Part 1 offers a practical introduction to the subject, with step-by-steps and detailed information on tools, stitch types, fibers and techniques. Part 2 covers color, pattern, texture, structure and embellishment, highlighting a range of designs from traditional styles such as Fair Isle to the most intricate lace or unusual 3D effects. Finally, Part 3 delves into the construction elements needed to create garments and accessories. Praise for Designing Knitted Textiles from academic reviewers: ''Perfect for beginners'' knitwear course, to get a rounded understanding of the machine and capabilities''. – GEMMA MARSH, SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN ''It covers a wide range of single bed machine knitting techniques and includes inspirational images of knitted samples and garments. The book features technical information explaining how to knit many of the stitches, with clear diagrams and useful tips and hints. I will be recommending this book to all levels, as it has something to offer even the more experienced final year student''. DR VIKKI HAFFENDEN – UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON ''This is a very clear a concise approach to machine knitting and design''. JOSEPH PESCATORE – NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE ''The book is beautifully written with a lot of excellent illustrations. The pictures of knitted designs are inspiring and relevant to contemporary fashion. An overall excellent book''. NICOLAS CHAMPROUX – HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ''This book has great illustrations and clear, easy-to-read text. There is a wide breadth of knowledge and a variety of techniques represented, and the tips are succinct and helpful. Equally appreciated are the many sources of knitwear inspiration''. MEGHAN KELLY – THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

DKK 340.00
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