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Pedestal - Peter C. Smith - Bog - Crecy Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Pedestal - Peter C. Smith - Bog - Crecy Publishing - Plusbog.dk

In the summer of 1942 one of the main issues in the balance was the fate of Malta. The island was still a bastion of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean and a constant threat to the supply route for the enemy land forces in North Africa. It bravely resisted every onslaught of the Axis powers, but by the middle of 1942, food supplies were desperately short and fuel oil was running low. In August of that year Operation Pedestal was launched, a last attempt to relieve Malta. Fourteen merchant ships were allocated to it and the Royal Navy provided the most powerful force ever to escort a convoy including four aircraft carriers. Operating from bases in Sardinia and Sicily, the Germans and Italians let fly with their shore-based aircraft on an unprecedented scale. The losses on the British side were sever with more than 500 Merchant and Royal Navy sailors and airmen killed. Whilst only five of the fourteen merchant ships reached the sanctuary of Malta''s Grand Harbour, these included the oil tanker Ohio. Its cargo of aviation fuel revitalised the Maltese air offensive against Axis shipping. While costly for the Allies, Operation Pedestal was a strategic victory and justified the decision to hazard so many warships; This is a reissue of a classic account of this engagement, whose outcome was crucial to Allied success in the Mediterranean theatre in World War 2.

DKK 120.00
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On a Pedestal - Roger Lytollis - Bog - Little, Brown Book Group - Plusbog.dk

On a Pedestal - Roger Lytollis - Bog - Little, Brown Book Group - Plusbog.dk

This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren''t. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them. As Roger Lytollis travels Britain he encounters a man at Liverpool''s Beatles statue convinced that Rod Stewart was in the Fab Four. In Edinburgh he walks into a row over Greyfriars Bobby''s nose and in Glasgow learns why the Duke of Wellington wears a traffic cone on his head. London brings a controversial nude statue and some hard truths about racism.Elsewhere, Roger sees people dancing with Eric Morecambe, finds a statue being the backdrop to a marriage proposal and, everywhere he goes, pigeons. Always pigeons . . . On a Pedestal is the first book to examine public statues around the nation. It looks at their emergence into our culture wars; the trend for portraying musicians, sports stars and comedians rather than monarchs, politicians and generals; the amazing tales of many of those commemorated on our streets.It also features interviews with sculptors, including Sir Antony Gormley, telling the stories behind some of our most popular modern statues.Part history book, part travelogue, On a Pedestal brings statues to life. Informative and entertaining, it''s a book that - ultimately - is more about blood than bronze.

DKK 127.00
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Operation Pedestal - Max Hastings - Bog - HarperCollins Publishers - Plusbog.dk

Operation Pedestal - Max Hastings - Bog - HarperCollins Publishers - Plusbog.dk

The Sunday Times bestseller‘One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new book by the incomparable Max Hastings’ DAILY MAILIn August 1942, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis, because its 300,000 people could no longer be fed. Churchill made a personal decision that at all costs, the ‘island fortress’ must be saved. This was not merely a matter of strategy, but of national prestige, when Britain’s fortunes and morale had fallen to their lowest ebb.The largest fleet the Royal Navy committed to any operation of the western war was assembled to escort fourteen fast merchantmen across a thousand of miles of sea defended by six hundred German and Italian aircraft, together with packs of U-boats and torpedo craft. The Mediterranean battles that ensued between 11 and 15 August were the most brutal of Britain’s war at sea, embracing four aircraft-carriers, two battleships, seven cruisers, scores of destroyers and smaller craft. The losses were appalling: defeat seemed to beckon.This is the saga Max Hastings unfolds in his first full length narrative of the Royal Navy, which he believes was the most successful of Britain’s wartime services. As always, he blends the ‘big picture’ of statesmen and admirals with human stories of German U-boat men, Italian torpedo-plane crews, Hurricane pilots, destroyer and merchant-ship captains, ordinary but extraordinary seamen.Operation Pedestal describes catastrophic ship sinkings, including that of the aircraft-carrier Eagle, together with struggles to rescue survivors and salvage stricken ships. Most moving of all is the story of the tanker Ohio, indispensable to Malta’s survival, victim of countless Axis attacks. In the last days of the battle, the ravaged hulk was kept under way only by two destroyers, lashed to her sides. Max Hastings describes this as one of the most extraordinary tales he has ever recounted. Until the very last hours, no participant on either side could tell what would be the outcome of an epic of wartime suspense and courage.

DKK 120.00
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Pippi Langstrømpe går om bord - Astrid Lindgren - Bog - Gyldendal - Plusbog.dk

Pippi Langstrømpe går om bord - Astrid Lindgren - Bog - Gyldendal - Plusbog.dk

Pippi Langstrømpe bor alene i Villa Villekulla med sin hest og sin abe - selv om hun ikke engang er blevet ti år. Hendes mor er nemlig en engel og hendes far, Kaptajn Langstrømpe, er en gang blæst over bord og forsvundet i en storm på havet. Pippi mener, han må være drevet i land på en Sydhavsø. Mens hun venter på, at han skal komme og hente hende, finder hun på alverdens ting sammen med sine venner Tommy og Annika. Hun vil blandt andet gerne med dem på skoleudflugt. Men kan man komme på skoleudflugt hvis man ikke vil gå i skole og lære plutifikation? Pippi Langstrømpe er den anden af de tre bøger, Astrid Lindgren udgav i 1940'erne. I dag er Pippi kendt og elsket af børn i hele verden. De to andre bøger hedder Pippi Langstrømpe går om bord og Pippi Langstrømpe i Sydhavet .

DKK 138.00
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'I Wish I Had Your Wings' - Angus Mansfield - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

'I Wish I Had Your Wings' - Angus Mansfield - Bog - The History Press Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In August 1942, British launched Operation Pedestal in an attempt to deliver supplies to the stricken island of Malta, an Allied base which had been under Axis blockade for months. From 9–15 August a convoy of some 50 ships ran the gauntlet of Axis bombers, submarines, E-boats and minefields. Of the original fourteen merchant vessels, only five reached Malta Grand Harbour. In The Spitfire Pilot and the Sea Captain, Angus Mansfield relates the experiences of two men involved in Pedestal, Captain David Macfarlane of MV Melbourne Star and his nephew David Mejor, one of the Spitfire pilots who fought to protect the convoy. Told using their log books, letters and papers, this is the story of one family’s contribution to a relief operation that cost over 400 Allied lives, but which has gone down in history as one of the most important British strategic victories of the Second World War.

DKK 141.00
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Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense., Vol. 10 (light novel) - Yuumikan - Bog - Little, Brown & Company - Plusbog.dk

Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense., Vol. 10 (light novel) - Yuumikan - Bog - Little, Brown & Company - Plusbog.dk

It''s been a while since Maple and Sally enjoyed some adventures with just the two of them. The girls head out to search for a secret dungeon in the sky. They discover some amazing scenery and even take commemorative photos, but then Maple comes across a girl with lightning-based skills. Apparently, she''s the guild master of an up-andcoming new guild and intends to knock Maple Tree off their pedestal!

DKK 147.00
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Horace and Harriet: Every Dog Has Its Day - Clare Elsom - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Horace and Harriet: Every Dog Has Its Day - Clare Elsom - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Lord Commander Horatio Frederick Wallington Nincompoop Maximus Pimpleberry the Third (or Horace, for short) has been a statue on a plinth in Princes Park for hundreds of years. But now he''s friends with Harriet and every time he leaves his pedestal he''s ready for all sorts of adventures. When Harriet starts a holiday job, Horace is inspired to find his own gainful employment, with hilarious results. Packed with splendiferous pictures this is a rollicking read for children of five and up.

DKK 91.00
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Kaptajn Skumskæg og tømmerflådens hemmelighed - Toke Lotz - Bog - CARLSEN - Plusbog.dk

Kaptajn Skumskæg og tømmerflådens hemmelighed - Toke Lotz - Bog - CARLSEN - Plusbog.dk

Kaptajn Skumskæg vil være den farligste sørøver på de 13 verdenshave. Det har hun lige råbt til hele sin besætning om bord på Skumskuden. Så de er helt klar til angreb, da der bliver råbte: "Skib i sigte!" Men det er ikke et skib. Det er en tømmerflåde. Og om bord er en mand, der hedder Anders. Og han gemmer på en hemmelighed, der sagtens kan overrumple en hel skude med sørøvere. Fra ca. 5 år

DKK 92.00
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Horace and Harriet: Friends, Romans, Statues! - Clare Elsom - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Horace and Harriet: Friends, Romans, Statues! - Clare Elsom - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Lord Commander Horatio Frederick Wallington Nincompoop Maximus Pimpleberry the Third (or Horace, for short) has been a statue on a plinth in Princes Park for hundreds of years. But now he''s friends with Harriet and every time he leaves his pedestal he''s ready for all sorts of adventures. This time the two meet up in Rome where Horace poses as a gladiator, impresses as a statue, and is reunited with a long-lost relative. Packed with splendiferous pictures this is a rollicking read for children of five and up.

DKK 90.00
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Livet i Søværnet - Peter Bogason - Bog - Snorres Forlag - Plusbog.dk

Livet i Søværnet - Peter Bogason - Bog - Snorres Forlag - Plusbog.dk

Livet i Søværnet fortæller historier fra anden halvdel af 1900-tallet om livet om bord på Søværnets skibe, fra orlogskutter til fregat, og lidt fra nogle af landtjenestestederne. Der er historier, der primært er fortalt af de menige, ‘svendene’ på skibene. Men der er også uddrag af interviews fra en etnologisk undersøgelse af Søværnet fra midten af 1980erne, aldrig tidligere offentliggjort.Var der overhovedet nogen fritid til søs? Hvad skete der, når skibene gik i havn, og besætningen gik på jagt efter øl (gerne gratis) og det andet køn? Blev der revolution, da Søværnet fik kvindelige gaster om bord? Den, der ikke kender noget til forholdene til søs, får en indføring i skibsorganisationen med en minestryger som eksempel. Bogen er rigt illustreret.

DKK 99.00
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The Shadow Wife - Diane Chamberlain - Bog - HarperCollins Publishers - Plusbog.dk

The Shadow Wife - Diane Chamberlain - Bog - HarperCollins Publishers - Plusbog.dk

What would you do if faced with an impossible choice?The emotional family drama for fans of Amanda Prowse and Jodi PicoultYour best friend has suffered a devastating brain injury – she’s a shadow of her former self. Alone and grieving, you turn to the only other person who understands your pain. Her husband. What started out as comfort between friends has become something more… One illicit night of desperate, engulfing passion. When Joelle discovers she’s carrying Liam’s child she’s torn between grief and unexpected joy. But how can she share her secret?The perfect memory of Mara stands on a pedestal between them, casting a shadow over the new life in their grasp…Tell him and face a lifetime of guilt. Lie and deny your unborn baby a father. Joelle has a choice – but can she live with it?

DKK 127.00
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