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The 33 - Jonathan Franklin - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The 33 - Jonathan Franklin - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

On 12 October 2010 the world''s attention was fixed on a remote copper mine in the Atacama desert in Chile. Final preparations were underway for a daring rescue to bring to an end the longest underground entrapment in human history.69 days earlier, 33 men were midway through a routine shift, deep in the San Jose mine. They stopped for lunch at the tiny safety shelter, 688 meters below the surface. Ten minutes later they heard an almighty crack and a deep rumbling sound. Clouds of dust and debris poured down on the choking men. The bombardment lasted for five hours. When it finally cleared the men discovered they were trapped under tonnes of collapsed rock.17 days after the collapse, a drill finally reached them. They sent a note back to the surface: ''We are well inside the shelter, the 33''. Building on the exclusive access he was given by the rescue team, and dozens of hours of interviews with the miners themselves, Jonathan Franklin takes us deep into the collapsed mine with the men, and behind the scenes of the rescue effort to bring them back to life. For 17 days, hope slowly turned to desperation and then resignation as the miners prepared themselves for a slow agonising death. When a drill finally got through to the men, they still had over seven weeks to wait until they were freed. What those men experienced in the claustrophobic dark of the mine, how their families kept faith, and the unprecedented scale of the rescue make this an unforgettable story of how hope overcame fear,ingenuity triumphed over adversity and how 33 trapped men and the rescuers dedicated to saving them created a miracle in the desert.

DKK 159.00
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33 Meditations on Death - David Jarrett - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

33 Meditations on Death - David Jarrett - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

AS FEATURED ON BBC RADIO 4 ''Start the Week'' : ''very moving - brilliant and profound'' "Brilliant - a grimly humorous yet humane account of the realities of growing old in the modern age." - Henry Marsh "A remarkably likeable guide to a grisly subject ... daunting, yet ultimately life-affirming" - Independent What is a good death? How would you choose to live your last few months? How do we best care for the rising tide of very elderly? This unusual and important book is a series of reflections on death in all its forms: the science of it, the medicine, the tragedy and the comedy. Dr David Jarrett draws on family stories and case histories from his thirty years of treating the old, demented and frail to try to find his own understanding of the end. Profound, provocative, strangely funny and astonishingly compelling, it is an impassioned plea that we start talking frankly and openly about death. He writes about all the conversations that we, our parents, our children, the medical community, our government and society as a whole should be having. And it is a call to arms for us to make radical changes to our perspective on ''the seventh age of man''.-More praise for 33 Meditations on Death : "This book will stay with you." - Derren Brown "Bursting with empathy, common sense and humour." - Professor Dame Sue Black

DKK 127.00
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Purgatory - Ken Bruen - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Purgatory - Ken Bruen - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Someone is scraping the scum off the streets of Galway, and they want Jack Taylor to get involved. A drug pusher, a rapist, a loan shark, all targeted in what look like vigilante attacks. And the killer is writing to Jack, signing their name: C-33.Jack has had enough. He doesn’t need the money, and doesn’t want to get involved. But when his friend Stewart gets drawn in, it seems he isn’t been given a choice. In the meantime, Jack is being courted by Reardon, a charismatic billionaire intent on buying up much of Galway, and begins a tentative relationship with Reardon’s PR director, Kelly. Caught between heaven and hell, there’s only one path for Jack Taylor to take: Purgatory.

DKK 159.00
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Beyond Recall - Robert Goddard - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Beyond Recall - Robert Goddard - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Estranged from his family for most of his adult life, Chris Napier is persuaded to return home for his niece''s wedding. At the reception, he is shocked to recognise a dishevelled intruder as his childhood friend Nicky Lanyon, whose presence is a chilling reminder of a murder and subsequent trial that Chris has tried hard to forget.When Nicky hangs himself, Chris is compelled to revisit the tragic events of 34 years ago, and the apparent justice that was served. But as present day mysteries begin to shadow his footsteps into the past, his search for the truth soon becomes a desperate struggle for his own survival.

DKK 139.00
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Evita: The Woman With The Whip - Mary Main - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Evita: The Woman With The Whip - Mary Main - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Maria Eva Duarte de Peron was born in poverty in 1919 and died of cancer in 1952, at the age of 33, the richest and most powerful woman in Argentina. Her story is one of the most fantastic in history. Driven by a compelling ambition, she made her way to Buenos Aires and set about becoming an actress. In a very short time she had climbed to the top of Argentina''s military-social ladder until at last she met Colonel Juan Peron -and her climb took a new direction.Here is the story of ''Evita'' and how her rise to power became an almost unbelievable account of intrigue, bloodshed, and pure chicanery. Her multimillion-dollar tour of Europe; her setting up of the Eva Peron Foundation whereby she cornered the market on clothes, toys, books, groceries, imported drugs, medical equipment, and housing; her impassioned campaign speeches; her shameless flaunting of jewels and clothes in the very faces of her worshipping ''shirtless ones'' - these are but a few of the facets of her incredible career that are described in detail.There was a fatal fascination about Eva Peron that remains, even after her death - an aura of evil that has become a legend.

DKK 161.00
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You have a friend in 10A - Maggie Shipstead - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

You have a friend in 10A - Maggie Shipstead - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND 2022 WOMEN''S FICTION PRIZE-SHORTLISTED GREAT CIRCLE ''The same chilling brilliance of Daphne du Maurier''s most unsettling short fiction '' FINANCIAL TIMES '' Has an innate charm of its own. Beautifully realised'' DAILY MAIL ''It''s a rare writer who can create a world as convincingly over a few pages as in a 600-page novel; Shipstead''s fluency in both forms is testament to the skill she modestly casts as a work in progress '' Stephanie Merritt, GUARDIAN '' Maggie Shipstead combines cinematic scope with a poet''s attention to detail '' THE TIMES A collection of sparkling award-winning stories from Maggie Shipstead, epic storyteller and astonishing chronicler of the daring and the damaged. Diving into eclectic and vivid settings, from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll, and illuminating a cast of unforgettable characters, Shipstead traverses the ordinary and extraordinary with cunning, compassion, and wit.Meet the silent cowgirl and horse wrangler escaping an ugly home life, only to fall into a decade-long triangle of unrequited love; a male novelist who is just reckoning with his own pretentiousness as his debut novel goes to print; a honeymoon couple''s time in the hills of Romania builds into a moment of shattering tragedy. In the title story, a famous child actress breaks away from a religious cult, as she tells - with brittle candour - her tale of childhood damage and the dark side of fame. Exuding both tenderness and bite, Shipstead exposes complicated truths in this dazzling collection sealing her reputation as an astonishingly versatile master of fiction. --------------------- ''Shipstead is a writer who can vividly summon whatever she chooses, taking the reader deep inside the world she creates'' FINANCIAL TIMES '' Shipstead observes people beautifully'' THE TIMES

DKK 168.00
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You have a friend in 10A - Maggie Shipstead - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

You have a friend in 10A - Maggie Shipstead - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND 2022 WOMEN''S FICTION PRIZE-SHORTLISTED GREAT CIRCLE ''The same chilling brilliance of Daphne du Maurier''s most unsettling short fiction '' FINANCIAL TIMES '' Has an innate charm of its own. Beautifully realised'' DAILY MAIL ''It''s a rare writer who can create a world as convincingly over a few pages as in a 600-page novel; Shipstead''s fluency in both forms is testament to the skill she modestly casts as a work in progress '' Stephanie Merritt, GUARDIAN '' Maggie Shipstead combines cinematic scope with a poet''s attention to detail '' THE TIMES A collection of sparkling award-winning stories from Maggie Shipstead, epic storyteller and astonishing chronicler of the daring and the damaged. Diving into eclectic and vivid settings, from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll, and illuminating a cast of unforgettable characters, Shipstead traverses the ordinary and extraordinary with cunning, compassion, and wit.Meet the silent cowgirl and horse wrangler escaping an ugly home life, only to fall into a decade-long triangle of unrequited love; a male novelist who is just reckoning with his own pretentiousness as his debut novel goes to print; a honeymoon couple''s time in the hills of Romania builds into a moment of shattering tragedy. In the title story, a famous child actress breaks away from a religious cult, as she tells - with brittle candour - her tale of childhood damage and the dark side of fame. Exuding both tenderness and bite, Shipstead exposes complicated truths in this dazzling collection sealing her reputation as an astonishingly versatile master of fiction. --------------------- ''Shipstead is a writer who can vividly summon whatever she chooses, taking the reader deep inside the world she creates'' FINANCIAL TIMES '' Shipstead observes people beautifully'' THE TIMES

DKK 120.00
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Dalo: The Autobiography - Anthony Daly - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Dalo: The Autobiography - Anthony Daly - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Anthony Daly was the most successful captain in the history of Clare hurling, leading the county to two All-Irelands and three Munster titles. Regarded as an inspirational figure by his fellow players, Daly’s innate leadership and character prompted the Clare players, just three years after he had finished his playing career, to pursue him as manager at the age of just 34. During his three years in charge, he took Clare to the cusp of two All-Ireland finals, agonisingly losing the 2005 and 2006 semi-finals to the eventual winners, Cork and Kilkenny. It was that kind of ambition and drive to succeed which attracted Dublin hurling to Daly. Taking over the county in 2009, he led Dublin, in 2011, to their first National League title in 72 years and, in 2013, their first Leinster title in 52 years, before he retired as manager in September 2014. Dalo takes us from the early days growing up in Clarecastle through the early part of his career with Clare, the golden years and the extension into management, punctuated with intense and revealing stories from the dressing-room. Interlaced with drama, tragedy, his love of other pursuits, and his immense wit, Anthony Daly’s autobiography offers a compelling insight into a unique personality in modern Irish sport.

DKK 166.00
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The Labyrinth of Osiris - Paul Sussman - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Labyrinth of Osiris - Paul Sussman - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

AN ANCIENT MYSTERY HAS ALREADY TAKEN TWO LIVES... HOW MANY MORE WILL IT CLAIM? The bestselling, pulse-pounding archaeological thriller by bestselling author Paul Sussman is a must-read for fans of Dan Brown, Clive Cussler and Wilbur Smith. ''A genuinely exciting read from a world-class storyteller...a beautifully-observed thriller.'' - FINANCIAL TIMES ''Captivating, intelligent and notably well-written... Sussman''s thrillers have been translated into 33 languages and have sold over 2 million copies worldwide. This, his final book, deserves to be even more successful.'' - DAILY MAIL ''Stylish writing and deep research.'' - GUARDIAN ''Sussman knew how to keep a complex plot bowling along while constantly ratcheting up the tension...this is top-drawer popular fiction and is sure to become an even bigger bestseller than his three other novels.'' - MAIL ON SUNDAY ***********************************************************************************A journalist is murdered in Jerusalem''s Armenian Cathedral and Detective Arieh Ben-Roi is spoilt for leads. But one seems out of place - an apparent link to a decades-old missing persons case in Egypt . Baffled, Ben-Roi turns for help to his old friend and sparring partner, Inspector Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor Police .Although struggling with personal tragedy and immersed in a case of his own - mysterious well poisonings in the Eastern Desert - Khalifa agrees to do some digging. What he discovers will change both men''s lives for ever.As their investigations intertwine, the detectives are drawn ever deeper into a sinister web of violence, abuse, corporate malpractice and international terrorism . And at its heart lies a three thousand year-old mystery that has already taken two lives, and will soon be claiming more...

DKK 155.00
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God is Dead - Andy Mcgrath - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

God is Dead - Andy Mcgrath - Bog - Transworld Publishers Ltd - Plusbog.dk

•SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2022••A SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES AND THE GUARDIAN•The remarkable untold story of the mercurial cycling prodigy Frank Vandenbroucke, written by William Hill award-winning author Andy McGrath. They called him God. For his grace on a bicycle, for his divine talent, for his heavenly looks. Frank Vandenbroucke had it all, and in the late Nineties he raced with dazzling speed and lived even faster.The Belgian won several of cycling''s most illustrious races, including Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Paris-Nice and Ghent-Wevelgem. He was a mix of poise and panache who enthralled a generation of cycling fans. Off the bike, he only had one enemy - himself. Vandenbroucke dabbled in nocturnal party sessions mixing sleeping pills and alcohol and regularly fell out with team managers. By 1999 his team had suspended him and this proved to be the start of a long, eventful fall from grace. Depression, a drug ban, addiction, car crashes, divorce and countless court appearances subsumed his life. He threatened his wife with a gun. He tried to commit suicide twice. And when police found performance-enhancing drugs at his house, Vandenbroucke said they were for his dog.It seemed he had finally learned from his mistakes. Then, on 12 October 2009, aged just 34, Vandenbroucke was found dead in a hotel room in Senegal.Guided by exclusive contributions from his family, friends and team-mates, William Hill award-winning author Andy McGrath lays bare Vandenbroucke''s chaotic, complicated life and times. God is Dead is the remarkable biography of this mercurial cycling prodigy.

DKK 127.00
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