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War Animals - Robin Hutton - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

War Animals - Robin Hutton - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

This book will delight both animal lovers and military buffs! Elizabeth Letts, bestselling author of The Eighty Dollar Champion Meet the forgotten members of the Greatest Generation: the war animals who guarded American coasts against submarine attack, dug out Londoners trapped in bomb wreckage, and carried vital messages under heavy fire on Pacific islands during World War II. They kept up morale, rushed machine gun nests, and even sacrificed themselves picking up live grenades. Now Robin Hutton, the bestselling author of Sgt. Reckless: Americas War Horse, tells the heartwarming stories of the dogs, horses, mules, pigeonsand even one catwho did their bit for the war effort. American and British families volunteered beloved family pets and farm dogs to aid in the war effort; President Roosevelt was among many who bought honorary commissions in the reserves for their pets to raise money to defeat Hitler and Tojo. Many of these gallant animals are recipients of the prestigious Dickin Medal, the Animals Victoria Cross. In War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II youll meet: - Judy, the POW dog who helped her beloved human survive brutal Japanese prison camps - Cher Ami, the pigeon who nearly died delivering a message that saved American troops from death by friendly fire - Beauty, the digging dog who sniffed out Londoners buried in the wreckage of the Blitzalong with pets, including one goldfish still in its bowl! - Olga, the horse who braved shattering glass to do her duty in London bombings - Smoky, the Yorkshire terrier who did parachute jumps, laid communications wire through a pipe so small only she could navigate it, became the first therapy dogand starred on a weekly TV show after the War - Simon, the war cat whose campaign against the Mao Tse Tung of the rat world saved food supplies and his ships crew - Chips, who guarded Roosevelt and Churchill during the Casablanca Conference, and was the only dog to earn a Silver Star for his heroics The shining loyalty and courage of these heroes is a testimony to the enduring bond between us and the animals we love.

DKK 282.00
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Danny's Mom - Elaine Wolf - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Danny's Mom - Elaine Wolf - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Beth Maller returns to her job as a high school guidance counselor shortly after her teenage son, Danny, is killed in a car accident. Beth didn’t want Danny to drive that snowy night, but her husband insisted the roads were safe. Beth blames him for Danny’s death, and she blames herself for allowing fear of confrontation to paralyze her. Now back at work, Beth rails against the everyday injustices she had overlooked until her world cracked open. Her new circumstances cause Beth to become a major player in the moral battles being waged at Meadow Brook High—where homophobia snakes through the halls, administrators cling to don’t-rock-the-boat policies, and mean girls practice bullying as if it were a sport. While Beth struggles to find her “new normal,” she learns to speak out, risking her career, her marriage, and the very life she’s learned to embrace. Danny’s Mom illustrates what really goes on behind the closed doors of our schools, from the perspective of the adults who are charged with keeping our children safe. It is a powerful novel that will appeal to all readers, especially mothers, the millions of adults who work in our schools, and the LGBTQ community.

DKK 182.00
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Frontline General: Douglas MacArthur - Jules Archer - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Frontline General: Douglas MacArthur - Jules Archer - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

At twenty-six, Douglas MacArthur was military aide to President Theodore Roosevelt. His courageous leadership of the Rainbow Division during World War I made him a general. At the same time, his reluctance to heed any authority but his own gained him a reputation of arrogance and insubordination that was to shadow his entire career. As MacArthur helped guide a defeated Japan to democracy, it was remarked that he himself tolerated no democratic questioning of his commands. When he was summoned from Japan to take command of the desperately beleaguered forces in Korea, the conflict between duty and pride brought his career to a dramatic conclusion. With brilliant generalship he saved his army from defeat, only to be removed from his post when he refused to obey the president himself. Douglas MacArthur’s deeds were of heroic proportion, but he is, and will continue to be, one of America’s most controversial figures.

DKK 136.00
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A War of Swallowed Stars - Sangu Mandanna - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A War of Swallowed Stars - Sangu Mandanna - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A prince without his kingdom. A kingdom without its princess. The destruction of the stars themselves. War is destroying the galaxy. Esmae has vanished without a trace. A terrifying, ravenous beast is devouring the stars one by one. Titania is offered a gift that may well be a curse. Alexi, the exiled prince, is asked to pay a heavy price for his mistakes. And far, far away, on a dark, mysterious planet, a sleeping god stirs awake. War or family. Pride or peace. As the end of the world draws ever closer, Esmae and Alexi must decide how far they’ll go to win—and who they’ll sacrifice along the way. Celebrated author Sangu Mandanna promises a gripping conclusion to the Celestial Trilogy in A War of Swallowed Stars .

DKK 107.00
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The Incredible Book of Outrageous Facts for Kids - Nancy Furstinger - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Incredible Book of Outrageous Facts for Kids - Nancy Furstinger - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Kids love to read astonishing, absurd, and amusing facts such as these and then share them with their families and friends. Amazingly pointless, but verified, factoids will gear kids up to master Jeopardy and win at family trivia nights. Chapters will feature categories with kid-appeal, including animals, sports, planets, dinosaurs, toys, technology, strange foods, superheroes, unusual pets, fashion, movies, weather, and more. Every time kids pick up this book, they’ll learn something new. (Parents also might grab this book as a boredom buster.) Did you know . . . - a blue whale’s tongue weighs nearly 6,000 pounds, about as heavy as an Asian elephant - the world’s first underwater post office operated on the sea floor of the Bahamas in 1939 - pogonophobia is the fear of beards (perhaps spurred by a study showing that beards contain more bacteria than dog fur) (Well, now you do!)

DKK 225.00
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The Illustrated Catalog of Guitars - Nick Freeth - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Illustrated Catalog of Guitars - Nick Freeth - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A must-have for any guitar lover! This book introduces the reader to 250 guitars of all types from the early acoustic archtop designs of the Gibson L-5 in the last 1920s, through the National resonators of the 1930s, the hollow body electric Gibsons of the 1950s, the solid body Fenders of the 1960s, to the exoskeletal carbon and glass fiber of the Parker Fly of the 1990s. Each entry has a clear color photograph of the guitar together with a detail shot featuring a point of particular interest of that instrument along with a description and a technical specification. It is arranged in alphabetical order by maker’s name and coded by the type of guitar. The guitar had a profound influence on many musical forms including blues, bluegrass, country, flamenco, jazz, folk, heavy metal, rock, soul, reggae, and modern pop.

DKK 182.00
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Dark Aeon - Joe Allen - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Dark Aeon - Joe Allen - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Humanity is consumed by relentless transformation Like a thief in the night, artificial intelligence has inserted itself into our lives. It makes important decisions for us every day. Often, we barely notice. As Joe Allen writes in this groundbreaking book, “Transhumanism is the great merger of humankind with the Machine. At this stage in history, it consists of billions using smartphones. Going forward, we’ll be hardwiring our brains to artificial intelligence systems.” The world-famous robot, Sophia, symbolizes a rising techno-religion. She takes her name from the goddess—or Aeon— whose fall from grace is described in the Gnostic Gospels. With an academic background in both science and theology, Allen confronts the paradox of what he calls “good people constructing a digital abomination.” Dark Aeon is nothing less than a cri de coeur for humanity itself. He takes us on a roller coaster ride through history and the emergence of Scientism, and from government-mandated mRNA vaccines to the weird visions of cyborg billionaires like Elon Musk. From Silicon Valley to China, these globalists’ visions of humanity’s future, exposed and described in Dark Aeon , are dire and terrifying. But Joe Allen argues that humanity’s salvation is within our grasp. Only if we refuse to avert our eyes from the impending twilight before us.

DKK 241.00
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The Sudden Disappearance of the Worker Bees - Serge Quadruppani - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Sudden Disappearance of the Worker Bees - Serge Quadruppani - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

On vacation with her husband in an idyllic Italian valley, Police Inspector Simona Tavianello stops at the local beekeeper's shop to buy some honey, where she finds a body lying in the entrance. Simona tries to avoid involvement-she is, after all, off-duty. But when she realizes that the murder weapon is her own gun, what can she do but take charge?The victim was an engineer at the controversial agricultural research center for Sacropiano, a biotechnology company accused of developing pesticides that are making the bees in the region disappear. At the same time Simona found the body, the local beekeepers were nearby organizing a militant sit-in to protest the company's practices. And found on the floor near the corpse was a tract entitled, "The Bee Revolution." Simona Tavianello's investigation gets her caught between the radical environmentalists and the powerful industrialists who are allied with the police. That would be complication enough, but she also needs to deal with the wounded ego of Cacabonda, the local police officer, who is officially in charge of the investigation. With her sharp humor and spot-on observations of current events in Italy, can Tavianello not only solve the murder, but also discover the intriguing reason behind the disappearance of the bees?

DKK 162.00
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Everything is Possible - Mary Wood - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Everything is Possible - Mary Wood - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

*A portion of profits will be donated to relief funds in Ukraine* "When you attack us, you will see our faces, not our backs, but our faces." —Volodymyr Zelensky, hours before Russian Autocrat Vladmir Putin invaded Ukraine “Glory to Ukraine” isn’t a greeting, it’s a calling. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is the unexpected leader of a generation, one whose unwavering strength rallied everyday citizens to defend their homes, take to the streets, and fight for their independence. Everything is Possible is a collection of President Zelensky’s most powerful words of bravery, demand for grit, and declarations for peace. On the pages of this book, you’ll find the unshakable conviction of a leader who stands up not just for his people, but for the future of all people throughout the world. President Zelensky’s fierce sense of duty and steadfast faith in a better tomorrow are reminders that Ukraine’s values are human values. Find humility, strength, and compassion in the guiding force whose full-throated, full-hearted leadership shook the world awake. Glory to the heroes. - Read through nearly 150 moving quotes on courage, unity, and freedom - Find inspiration in the Ukrainian president’s unrelenting force, determination, and decency - Be encouraged by the humanity and resolve that can be found in the darkest of times

DKK 127.00
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1,047 Reasons to Smile - Elizabeth Dutton - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

1,047 Reasons to Smile - Elizabeth Dutton - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Smiling has been shown to relieve stress, boost the immune system, release endorphins, and even make us more attractive. It's the natural drug. Whether it's the sight of baby animals wrestling each other or watching pigeons fight over a Cheeto, there are more than enough funny, silly, and downright weird reasons to put a smile on your face inside this little book of joy, including: When the person in the next lane lets you ahead of them in heavy traffic When you finally get back into your own bed after being away from home You check the calendar on a Friday and realize that Monday is a holidayIn our overworked, overstressed day to day life, it’s difficult to find time to relax and enjoy the simple, little things in life. These simple little things that make us smile keep us going throughout the day and motivate us to carry on when things may seem difficult. With this book, you won’t have to look far to find these simple pleasures. So put down the Xanx and grab yourself a copy of 1,047 Reasons to Smile.

DKK 117.00
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Favorite Sons - Robin Yocum - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Favorite Sons - Robin Yocum - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Narrator of Favorite Sons Hutch Van Buren is fifteen years old, playing sports and searching for arrowheads in a small industrial town in Ohio with his three closest friends when an altercation between the comrades and Petey Sanchez, a troubled seventeen- year-old, leads to Petey’s accidental death. Together, Hutch and his friends become ensnared in a web of secrets and moral dilemmas. A local ne’er-do-well goes to jail for the crime while the boys keep their pact of silence. Each boy shoulders the burden of truth in his own way as each attempts to leave the past behind. Thirty-three years later, in 2004, Van Buren is the prosecuting attorney in Summit County, Ohio, and a candidate for state attorney general when he learns that he and his boyhood friends weren’t the only ones keeping a secret about Petey’s death. A convicted sex offender in need of a favor attempts to blackmail Van Buren in return for his silence. Van Buren must decide between his political career and the duty of the office he has sworn to uphold. With the clock ticking, Van Buren has a week to seek out his boyhood friends and search his soul while he sorts out three decades of deceit he helped create. Favorite Sons is a wonderful, suspenseful novel with nuanced, memorable characters and unpredictable plot twists.

DKK 182.00
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True Ladies and Proper Gentlemen - - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

True Ladies and Proper Gentlemen - - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Regardless of time period, some things hold true: kindness is timeless. Invasion of privacy; divorce; relationship issues; encounters between people from different places and cultures; new technologies developed at dizzying speeds . . . the hectic pace of life in the late nineteenth century could make the mind reel. Wait a minute?the nineteenth century?Many of the issues people faced in the 1880s and ’90s surprisingly remain problems in today’s modern world, so why not take a peek at some Victorian advice about negotiating life’s dizzying twists and turns? Gathered from period magazines and Hill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms, a book on social conduct originally published in 1891, this volume provides timeless guidance for a myriad of situations, including:The husband’s duty: Give your wife every advantage that it is possible to bestow. Suggestions about shopping: Purchasers should, as far as possible, patronize the merchants of their own town. (Buy local!)Suggestions for travel: Having paid for one ticket, you are entitled to only one seat. It shows selfishness to deposit a large amount of baggage in the surrounding seats and occupy three or four. Unclassified laws of etiquette: Never leave home with unkind words. This advice is accompanied by watercolors and illustrations throughout. Though these are tips originate from nineteenth-century ideas, you’ll find that they certainly do still apply.

DKK 123.00
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Healthy Homemade Dog Treats - Serena Faber Nelson - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Healthy Homemade Dog Treats - Serena Faber Nelson - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Say hello to your beautiful, modern dog treat bible! We know you love your dog. We know you want what’s best for them. But we also know if you’re faced with a dog treat recipe that calls for eight obscure ingredients, requires forty minutes of prep, and still ends up looking a brown, crumbly mess—you’re reaching for that bag of ready-made dog treats faster than we can say “fetch.” Pet lifestyle expert Serena Faber-Nelson puts the fun back into dog treats—with easy, everyday recipes for go-to pet treats you’ll actually be bothered to make (and find yourself using over and over again). These nutritious, delicious, budget friendly, and oh-so-simple-to-make dog treat recipes include: - Tasty Kong stuffers and healthy chews to keep your pup entertained while you go to work - Easy, no-bake bliss balls that pull double duty as training treats - Yummy biscuits that help freshen your doggo’s breath - A whole section devoted to birthdays, holidays, and special occasions, of course - And so much more! With a huge variety of treats to reward, train, and pamper, every recipe is designed to make life easier and sweeter for you and your dog. Packed with mouth-watering images, easy step-by-step instructions, handy hints, allergy alternatives, nutritional info, and more, Homemade Dog Treats is the must-have recipe handbook for every dog owner.

DKK 152.00
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Ghostly Encounters - Jeff Scott Cole - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Ghostly Encounters - Jeff Scott Cole - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Mumbled voices in an empty attic, heavy footsteps on the stairs when all in the house are asleep, darting shadows across a darkened room . . . It should come as no surprise that with the dawn of the digital age, people have turned their new technology toward the mysterious stories they’ve heard or events they’ve personally experienced. Here, in the dusky gloom where traditional science has refused to enter, a new breed of investigator has introduced us to the strange sounds and weird images from these nocturnal adventures. Like most people, Jeff Cole has always been intrigued by aspects of the paranormal?does the human spirit endure after the body dies, and are there such things as ghosts? Though the deeper questions are best left to priests and scholars, his investigations of well- and lesser-known historical sites indicate the existence of a truly inexplicable phenomenon. Ghostly Encounters chronicles Cole’s journey into the world of ghost hunting, other ghost hunting groups he has met, and the team he ultimately joins. Ghostly Encounters also provides a first-person account of the haunted locations explored, historical background and context to these sites, and audio and video clips so the reader can experience some of the startling evidence captured during these investigations.

DKK 180.00
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Saving Washington's Army - Phillip Thomas Tucker - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Saving Washington's Army - Phillip Thomas Tucker - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Learn the little-known history of the forgotten American Revolution Battle of Pell's Point and the heroism of John Glover. General William Howe and the mighty British-Hessian Army possessed the golden opportunity to cut-off, trap, and then destroy General George Washington’s Army before he could retreat north and escape from Harlem Heights, New York, when he landed his army at Pell’s Point north of New York City. Howe’s bold amphibious operation north of Washington’s Army threatened to end the life of the Continental Army and the revolution. However, the brilliant delaying actions of Colonel John Glover and a small force of New England Continental troops saved the day and Washington’s Army by preventing Howe’s advance inland to intercept Washington’s route of retreat to White Plains. Employing brilliant delaying tactics when outnumbered by more than five to one, Glover inflicted heavy losses on the attackers to ensure that Washington’s Army survived to fight another day. Ironically, the Battle of Pell’s Point has been perhaps the most important forgotten battle of the entire American Revolution. In Saving Washington's Army , renowned historian Phillip Thomas Ticker, PhD, recounts the little-known story of the Battle of Pell's Point and the heroism of Colonel John Glover with the care and attention-to-detail for which he is known.

DKK 190.00
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Diary of a DA - Herbert J. Stern - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Diary of a DA - Herbert J. Stern - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In 1961, twenty-five-year-old Herbert Jay Stern, fresh from reserve duty, stood in his green army uniform in a New York County courtroom to be sworn in as an attorney. He could only guess what his life as a prosecuting lawyer would be. A dozen years later, in the wake of the national scandal of Watergate, Stern, draped in black robes now, would take the oath of office as a federal judge. In the years between, the idealistic young Stern would sharpen his skills in the realities of the criminal courts of New York City, to emerge as the lead trial attorney for the Justice Department, charged with breaking the back of organized crime in New Jersey. Stern’s highly charged account of his outright war against powerful state government officials and the mafia takes us deep inside the mechanisms of law and order during a time when assassinations came fast and loose, cities were burning in race riots, and racketeering and graft were so prevalent in the Garden State that its own senator called it a “stench in the nostrils and an offense to the vision of the world.” Before Stern and his equally dedicated colleagues on the “strike force” out of Washington, D.C., are finished, they will have successfully prosecuted the mayors of Jersey City, Newark, and Atlantic City for being on the take; a congressman for conspiracy, tax violations, and perjury; and blackened the eye of organized crime.

DKK 209.00
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The Burn Pits - Joseph Hickman - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Burn Pits - Joseph Hickman - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

“There’s a whole chapter on my son Beau… He was co-located [twice] near these burn pits.” –Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States of America The Agent Orange of the 21st Century … Thousands of American soldiers are returning from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan with severe wounds from chemical war. They are not the victims of ruthless enemy warfare, but of their own military commanders. These soldiers, afflicted with rare cancers and respiratory diseases, were sickened from the smoke and ash swirling out of the “burn pits” where military contractors incinerated mountains of trash, including old stockpiles of mustard and sarin gas, medical waste, and other toxic material. This shocking work, now for the first time in paperback, includes: Illustration of the devastation in one soldier’s intimate story A plea for help Connection between the burn pits and Major Biden’s unfortunate suffering and death The burn pits’ effects on native citizens of Iraq: mothers, fathers, and children Denial from the Department of Defense and others Warning signs that were ignored and much more Based on thousands of government documents, over five hundred in-depth medical case studies, and interviews with more than one thousand veterans and active-duty GIs, The Burn Pits will shock the nation. The book is more than an explosive work of investigative journalism—it is the deeply moving chronicle of the many young men and women who signed up to serve their country in the wake of 9/11, only to return home permanently damaged, the victims of their own armed forces’ criminal negligence.

DKK 176.00
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The Burn Pits - Joseph Hickman - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Burn Pits - Joseph Hickman - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

"There's a whole chapter on my son Beau... He was co-located [twice] near these burn pits."-Joe Biden, former Vice President of the United States of AmericaThe Agent Orange of the 21st Century... Thousands of American soldiers are returning from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan with severe wounds from chemical war. They are not the victims of ruthless enemy warfare, but of their own military commanders. These soldiers, afflicted with rare cancers and respiratory diseases, were sickened from the smoke and ash swirling out of the "burn pits" where military contractors incinerated mountains of trash, including old stockpiles of mustard and sarin gas, medical waste, and other toxic material. This shocking work includes: Illustration of the devastation in one soldier's intimate story A plea for help Connection between the burn pits and Major Biden's unfortunate suffering and death The burn pits' effects on native citizens of Iraq: mothers, fathers, and children Denial from the Department of Defense and others Warning signs that were ignored and much moreBased on thousands of government documents, over five hundred in-depth medical case studies, and interviews with more than one thousand veterans and active-duty GIs, The Burn Pits will shock the nation. The book is more than an explosive work of investigative journalism-it is the deeply moving chronicle of the many young men and women who signed up to serve their country in the wake of 9/11, only to return home permanently damaged, the victims of their own armed forces' criminal negligence.

DKK 162.00
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The Little Black Book of Lawyer's Wisdom - - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The Little Black Book of Lawyer's Wisdom - - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

A handsome handbook of legal wisdom past and present, for students, prosecutors, partners, and litigators-Voltaire and Rousseau, Jefferson and Lincoln, Holmes and Ginsburg, and much more. To be a lawyer or a politician or a judge, one must dedicate their lives to serving the public good. For anyone considering a career in law or anyone interested in philosophy, politics, and/or government, herein you will find an entertaining and educational collection of legal wisdom from some of history's greatest thinkers. The road to justice is not always easy. It is fraught with conflict, scandal, adversity, and sleepless nights. It is a noble and necessary pursuit as society continues to progress and seek equality for all. Chapters include:Some Premises of the LawSociety, the Individual, and the LawThe Machinery of the LawThe Practice of LawLaw, Money, and PowerJustice and InjusticeCases and JudgmentsFreedom and CensorshipCrime and PunishmentAt the Expense of Lawyers: Quips, Jokes, and Scandalous SayingsWords from renowned lawyers, judges, authors, politicians, philosophers, and preachers make up this diverse assortment of over two hundred memorable, bite-sized quotations about justice, philosophy, crime, the life of a lawyer, landmark cases, and more. "Let all laws by clear, uniform, and precise; to interpret laws is almost always to corrupt them." -Voltaire"If in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer." -President Abraham Lincoln"The first duty of society is justice." -Alexander Hamilton"A system of justice is the richer for diversity of background and experience." -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

DKK 136.00
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Antonia, the Horse Whisperer - Elisabeth Zoeller - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Antonia, the Horse Whisperer - Elisabeth Zoeller - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Antonia must try to tame the wild gelding at the Rosenburg Riding Stables in the first book of this exciting new series! Antonia Rosenburg has always dreamed of winning the top riding competitions. But now that her faithful horse, Snow White, has become lame, Antonia’s dreams are squelched. How will she ever be able to compete without her trusty friend? Meanwhile, Rosenburg Riding Stables is receiving a new addition. A famous French jockey wants to board his prize gelding, Elfin Dance, at the stable, and Antonia finds herself overcome with joy and excitement. She immediately forms a deep connection with Elfin Dance, but no one else at the stable can get near him; he bucks them, runs away, and is generally cranky around anyone but Antonia. And while Antonia is fully capable of looking after Elfin Dance, will the famous Frenchman allow an eleven-year-old girl to care for his prize horse? Will Antonia be able to provide love for both him and her beloved Snow White? When the jockey turns up unexpectedly to check on his horse after a particularly heavy storm, will everything come unraveled with the horse’s training, or can Antonia save the day? This is a friendship between girl and horse beautifully told by Elisabeth Zöller and Brigitte Kolloch, featuring color illustrations by Betina Gotzen-Beek, Antonia, the Horse Whisperer highlights a classic first love for many girls and sets the stage for a new horse series for young readers.

DKK 93.00
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1967 - Victor Brooks - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

1967 - Victor Brooks - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Blazing hot meets icy cool in a momentous year in US historyOn New Year’s Day in 1967, the 200 million Americans who lived in the United States were about to experience a fascinating, exciting, and sometimes bewildering twelve months that for many formed an iconic portion of their lives. Despite the fact that the coming year produced no Black Friday, Pearl Harbor, or 9/11 attack, the nation still underwent dramatic changes in everything from support for the Vietnam War to approval of candidates for the 1968 presidential election to attitudes toward sex with strangers and what constitutes the status quo. Almost without significant forewarning, Americans in 1967 witnessed a simultaneous cooling of Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union while the war in Vietnam exploded into a white-hot conflict that inflicted nearly two hundred American battle deaths a week. Meanwhile, young people at home were alternately listening to the ?cool” sound of the Beatle’s new ?Sgt. Pepper” album and Jim Morrison’s plea to get ever higher in ?Light my Fire.” On television an emotional, passionate James T. Kirk shared an Enterprise bridge with the cool and logical Mr. Spock. Victor Brooks explores what happened?and in some cases, did not happen?to these two hundred million Americans in a national roller coaster ride that was the year 1967. He chronicles a society that proportionally had far more young people than was the case five decades later, with a widely publicized generation gap that produced more arguments, tension, and anguish between young and old Americans than any 21st century counterpart. 1967 is a fascinating, wide-ranging exploration including topics ranging from the first Super Bowl, the beginning of the 1968 presidential campaign, the social impact of the ?Summer of Love” in San Francisco, and the American combat experience in an expanding war in Vietnam. The book represents a reunion of sorts for Baby Boomers as well as a guidebook for younger readers on how their elders coped with one of the definitive years of a pivotal decade.

DKK 180.00
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Prevention RD's Cooking and Baking with Almond Flour - Nicole Morrissey - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Prevention RD's Cooking and Baking with Almond Flour - Nicole Morrissey - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

As a registered dietitian, diabetes educator, and blogger, Nicole Morrissey has created a wide variety of recipes for all types of people and their diets. Her goal has always been to provide her clients and fans of her blog with light recipes and meal plans that will help them feel energized and healthy. Having worked with almond flour in her own kitchen, and having the credentials and knowledge to tout its impressive health benefits, Morrissey provides gluten-free recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and between-meal snacks in Prevention RD’s Cooking and Baking with Almond Flour. Recipes include: Honey-almond granola clusters Sesame and almond crusted salmon with cilantro chimichurri Pan-seared cod with dill aioli Green beans almondine Cranberry pumpkin bread Meyer lemon?raspberry cupcakes Key lime pie bites And more!Similar to her first cookbook, Prevention RD’s Everyday Healthy Cooking, Morrissey includes Cook’s Comments, Fun Facts, and Nutrition Notes that teach readers how to adjust portion sizes, make heavy recipes ?light,” and convert recipes for non-gluten-free friends. In addition, each recipe includes nutrition information including the amounts of calories, carbohydrates, and fats. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

DKK 180.00
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Fusion Fly Tying - Greg Senyo - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Fusion Fly Tying - Greg Senyo - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Thorough and complete how-to guide for fusion fly tyingShares essential techniques with clear instructionsWritten by Greg Senyo, an expert on tying your own flies Do you want to learn more efficient and effective methods for fusion fly tying? Are you wondering which types of synthetic fly work best for which fish and where? If so, this guide is for you. Fusion Fly Tying highlights 35 of Senyo's signature and tried-and-true steelhead flies used throughout North America. They are suitable for many types of fish, including Atlantic salmon, bass, and trout. Fusion Fish Tying includes step-by-step and high resolution photography that is current and easily applied. Over the past seven years, Greg Senyo built a massive customer base with his company Steelhead Alley Outfitters. The supply of Steelhead Alley Outfitter's resources doesn't quite match the demand. To address this, Senyo wrote Fusion Fly Tying. This book will teach the reader how to work with synthetic materials, especially shanks, fish skulls and fish masks, heavy wire, new age flash, and synthetic hackles and hair. It smoothly combines classic techniques with modern technology to make fishing more enjoyable and efficient. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis - Gareth Porter - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis - Gareth Porter - Bog - Skyhorse Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Why did the CIA overthrow Iran's democratically elected government? And why has the United States treated Iran as one of its biggest enemies for four decades? Is the Trump administration’s “Maximum Pressure” campaign working, or will it precipitate a war with Iran? In The CIA Insider's Guide to Iran: from CIA Coup to the Brink of War , former CIA Officer John C. Kiriakou and investigative journalist and historian Gareth Porter explain how and why the United States and Iran have been either at war or threatening such a war for most of the forty years since Islamic Republic of Iran was established. The authors delve below the surface explanations for the forty-year history of extreme U.S. hostility toward Iran to blow up one official U.S. narrative after another about Iran and U.S. policy. Against the background of Iran’s encounters with heavy-handed British and Russian imperialist control over its resources, this book shows how the U.S. began its encounter with Iran by clearly siding with British imperialism against Iranian aspirations for control over its oil in its 1953 overthrow of the Mossadegh government, then proceeded to actively support the Saddam Hussein regime’s horrific chemical war against Iran. The book shows how a parade of politically-motivated false narratives have taken U.S. Iran policy progressively farther from reality for three decades and have now brought the United States to the brink of war with Iran. It explains how Donald Trump’s trashing of the nuclear deal with Iran and seeking to cut off Iran’s oil exports creates a very high risk of such a war, demanding major public debate about changing course. The CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis also includes appendices with key official documents on U.S. policy toward Iran, with particular emphasis on the major official statements of the Trump administration’s “Maximum Pressure” strategy.

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