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Japanese Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook (Learn Japanese with Teach Yourself) - Shin Ichiro Okajima - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Do you want to communicate easily and freely in Japanese? Master Japanese grammar and broaden your vocabulary with your very own Japanese Tutor . This contemporary interactive workbook features 200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary points with clear goals, concise explanations, and real-world tasks. By studying and practicing Japanese grammar you''ll understand how the language really works and be able to speak Japanese with clarity and ease. What will I learn? The Japanese Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook covers a comprehensive range of the most useful and frequent grammar and vocabulary in Japanese. You can follow along unit by unit, or dip in and dip out to address your weak areas. As you progress, you will be introduced to new vocabulary and combine it with the grammar to complete extensive exercises. You will then practice the language through authentic reading and writing practice. You will achieve a solid upper intermediate level* of Japanese grammar. Is this course for me? The Japanese Tutor: Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook can be used as a standalone course or as a complement to any other Japanese course. It offers extensive practice and review of essential grammar points and vocabulary and skills building. The personal tutor element points out exceptions and gives tips to really help you perfect your Japanese. What do I get? This Japanese workbook offers a range of clear and effective learning features: -200 activities across a range of grammar and vocabulary points -Introduces the Japanese scripts - katakana, hiragana and key kanji - throughout -Unique visuals and infographics for extra context and practice -Personal tutor hints and tips to help you to understand language rules and culture points -Learn to learn section offers tips and advice on how to be a good language learner 20 short learning units each contain: -communication goals to guide your studies -grammar explanations with extensive exercises -vocabulary presentations and activities -reading sections to consolidate your learning *This workbook maps from Novice High to Advanced Mid level proficiency of ACTFL (American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages) and from A2 Beginner to B2 Upper Intermediate level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) guidelines. What other courses are available? For further study and practice, see Get Started in Japanese (ISBN 9781444174748) and Complete Japanese: Teach Yourself (9781444103953). Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 75 years .

Japanese Gardens - Derry Moore - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD PHOTOGRAPHY TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR ''A fabulous, bonsai-filled book'' Daily Mail The complement to the BBC2 series, Japanese Gardens : written by the nation''s favourite gardener Monty Don, and beautifully produced with over 200 original photographs from Derry Moore. Traditional Japanese gardens combine aesthetics with ethics in a perfectly curated celebration of nature. A Japanese garden is the natural world made miniature: rocks represent mountains, ponds represent seas. In this personal and lyrical exploration of both the traditional and the modern aspects of Japanese gardening, Monty Don takes a look at the traditions and culture which inform some of the most beautiful gardens from all over Japan, from Kenroku-en to the Zen gardens of Tokyo and the historic beauty of Kyoto .Monty Don and Derry Moore guide us through the history and spectacular seasons of Japanese gardens, from the famous cherry blossom celebration hanami to the autumnal crimson magnificence of momijigari . Monty Don also explores the creative forms uniquely associated with Japanese gardens, from stone-masonry and ikebana to the intricate skill of bonsai . Stunningly photographed by Derry Moore , Japanese Gardens is a fascinating exploration of a unique relationship with gardens. ''An illuminating insight not only into the history and horticulture of some remarkable gardens but also into the Japanese culture and psyche'' Gardens Illustrated ALSO BY MONTY DON & DERRY MOORE PARADISE GARDENS: THE WORLD''S MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAMIC GARDENS As seen on the highly acclaimed BBC2 series, a glorious celebration of the richness of Islamic culture through some of the most beautiful gardens on earth. ''Sun-filled escapism'' Country Life ''Simply breathtaking'' Love it!

Get Started in Japanese Absolute Beginner Course - Helen Gilhooly - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Get started reading, speaking and listening in Japanese. Ideal for complete beginners, this course comprises a book and online audio support.

Complete Japanese Beginner to Intermediate Book and Audio Course - Helen Gilhooly - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Do you want to develop a solid understanding of Japanese and communicate confidently with others? Through authentic conversations, vocabulary building, grammar explanations and extensive practice and review, Complete Japanese will equip you with the skills you need to use Japanese in a variety of settings and situations, developing your cultural awareness along the way. What will I achieve by the end of the course? By the end of Complete Japanese you will have a solid intermediate-level grounding in the four key skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening - and be able to communicate with confidence and accuracy. Is this course for me? If you want to move confidently from beginner to intermediate level, this is the course for you. It''s perfect for the self-study learner, with a one-to-one tutor, or for the beginner classroom. It can also be used as a refresher course. What do I get? -15 learning units plus verbs reference and word glossary and revision section -Discovery Method - figure out rules and patterns to make the language stick -Teaches the key skills - reading, writing, listening, and speaking -Learn to learn - tips and skills on how to be a better language learner -Culture notes - learn about the people and places of Japan -Outcomes-based learning - focus your studies with clear aims -Authentic listening activities - everyday conversations give you a flavor of real spoken Japanese -Test Yourself - see and track your own progress * Complete Japanese maps from Novice Low to Advanced Low level proficiency of ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) and from A1 Beginner to B1/B2 Upper Intermediate level of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) guidelines. Access the audio for this course for free by downloading it to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming it on library.teachyourself.com. What else can I use to learn Japanese? If you require an absolute Beginner course, you can try our Get Started in Japanese Absolute Beginner course: 9781444174748 Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 85 years.

Short Stories in Japanese for Intermediate Learners - Olly Richards - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners of Japanese. "Olly's top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Japanese for Beginners has been written especially for students from high-beginner to low-intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A1-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when reading. What does this book give you? - Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary - Controlled language at your level to help you progress confidently - Realistic spoken dialogues to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability - Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way - Pleasure! Research shows that if you're enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!' Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including: - A glossary for bolded words in each chapter - Full plot summary - A bilingual word list - Comprehension questions after each chapter. As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying reading, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in Japanese for Beginners will make learning Japanese easy and enjoyable.

Read and write Japanese scripts: Teach yourself - Helen Gilhooly - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Master Japanese scripts with this straightforward guide from Teach Yourself - the No. 1 brand in language learning. Read and write Japanese scripts is a clear step-by-step guide to the written languages, with plenty of examples from real-life texts to show how they work in context and lots of exercises to reinforce your learning. This new edition has an easy-to-read page design.Now fully updated to make your language learning experience fun and interactive. You can still rely on the benefits of a top language teacher and our years of teaching experience, but now with added learning features within the course. Learn effortlessly with new, easy-to-read page design: AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author''s many years of experience.USEFUL VOCABULARYEasy to find and learn, to build a solid foundation for speaking.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book to keep track of your progress.EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGEExtra online articles at: www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of the culture and history of Japan.TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you''ve learnt and how to use it.

Beginners' Japanese - Helen Gilhooly - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Samurai William - Giles Milton - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

In 1611 an astonishing letter arrived at the East India Trading Company in London after a tortuous seven-year journey. Englishman William Adams was one of only twenty-four survivors of a fleet of ships bound for Asia, and he had washed up in the forbidden land of Japan.The traders were even more amazed to learn that, rather than be horrified by this strange country, Adams had fallen in love with the barbaric splendour of Japan - and decided to settle. He had forged a close friendship with the ruthless Shogun, taken a Japanese wife and sired a new, mixed-race family.Adams'' letter fired up the London merchants to plan a new expedition to the Far East, with designs to trade with the Japanese and use Adams'' contacts there to forge new commercial links.SAMURAI WILLIAM brilliantly illuminates a world whose horizons were rapidly expanding eastwards.

How It Was - Janet Ellis - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

'IMMERSIVE, AMAZING, REMARKABLE' MARIAN KEYES'JANET ELLIS WRITES WITH TENDERNESS AND WISDOM' ERIN KELLY'AN ATMOSPHERIC, CLEVER NOVEL THAT WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN' REDMarion Deacon sits by the hospital bed of her dying husband, Michael. Outwardly she is, as she says, an unremarkable old woman. She has long concealed her history - and her feelings - from the casual observer. But as she sits by Michael's bed, she's haunted by memories from almost forty years ago . . . Marion Deacon is a wife and mother, and not particularly good at being either. It's the 1970s and in her small village the Swinging 60s, the wave of feminism, the prospect of an exciting life, have all swerved past her. Reading her teenage daughter's diary, it seems that Sarah is on the threshold of getting everything her mother Marion was denied, and Marion cannot bear it - what she does next has terrible and heart-breaking consequences for the whole family.Janet Ellis writes of the exquisite pain of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, the complexity of family and a mother-daughter relationship that is as memorable as it is utterly believable.'ELLIS WRITES BEAUTIFULLY' DAILY MAIL'AN EMOTIONAL EPIC' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'AFFECTING, ENGAGING AND READABLE' OBSERVER'A TALE OF SILENCES, SECRETS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS' MAIL ON SUNDAY'IMMERSIVE, AMAZING, REMARKABLE' MARIAN KEYES'JANET ELLIS WRITES WITH TENDERNESS AND WISDOM' ERIN KELLY'AN ATMOSPHERIC, CLEVER NOVEL THAT WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN' REDMarion Deacon sits by the hospital bed of her dying husband, Michael. Outwardly she is, as she says, an unremarkable old woman. She has long concealed her history - and her feelings - from the casual observer. But as she sits by Michael's bed, she's haunted by memories from almost forty years ago . . . Marion Deacon is a wife and mother, and not particularly good at being either. It's the 1970s and in her small village the Swinging 60s, the wave of feminism, the prospect of an exciting life, have all swerved past her. Reading her teenage daughter's diary, it seems that Sarah is on the threshold of getting everything her mother Marion was denied, and Marion cannot bear it - what she does next has terrible and heart-breaking consequences for the whole family.Janet Ellis writes of the exquisite pain of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, the complexity of family and a mother-daughter relationship that is as memorable as it is utterly believable.'ELLIS WRITES BEAUTIFULLY' DAILY MAIL'AN EMOTIONAL EPIC' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'AFFECTING, ENGAGING AND READABLE' OBSERVER'A TALE OF SILENCES, SECRETS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS' MAIL ON SUNDAY'ENGROSSING' MIRROR

Lady Joker: Volume 2 - Kaoru Takamura - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''One of the great masterpieces of Japanese crime fiction'' David Peace, author of Tokyo Year Zero One of Japan''s great modern writers, this second half of Lady Joker brings Kaoru Takamura''s breathtaking masterpiece to a gripping conclusion. Five men who meet at a Tokyo racetrack every week carry out a heist. They have kidnapped the CEO of Japan''s largest beer company to extract blood money from the company''s corrupt financiers.Known as Lady Joker, the men make their first attack on the beer company when their demands are not met. As the attacks escalate, the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are exposed, the stakes rise, and bring into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. Some will lose everything, even their lives.Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case that terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines this watershed episode in modern Japanese history. ''A novel that portrays with devastating immensity how those on the dark fringes of society can be consumed by the darkness of their own hearts'' Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police

Why Be Happy? - Scott Haas - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

This beautiful and practical guide to ukeireru, the Japanese principle of acceptance, offers a path to well-being and satisfaction for the anxious and exhausted.Looking for greater peace and satisfaction? Look no further than the Japanese concept of ukeireru, or acceptance. Psychologist Scott Haas offers an elegant, practical, and life-changing look at ways we can reduce anxiety and stress and increase overall well-being. By learning and practicing ukeireru, you can:Profoundly improve your relationships, with a greater focus on listening, finding commonalities, and intuitingFind calm in ritualizing things such as making coffee, drinking tea, and even having a cocktailEmbrace the importance of baths and napsShow respect for self and others, which has a remarkably calming effect on everyoneLearn to listen more than you talkTidy up your life by downsizing experiences and relationships that offer more stress than solaceCultivate practical ways of dealing with anger, fear, and arguments -- the daily tensions that take up so much of our livesBy practicing acceptance, we learn to pause, take in the situation, and then deciding on a course of action that reframes things. Why Be Happy? Discover a place of contentment and peace in this harried world.

Lady Joker: Volume 2 - Kaoru Takamura - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''One of the great masterpieces of Japanese crime fiction'' David Peace, author of Tokyo Year Zero One of Japan''s great modern writers, this second half of Lady Joker brings Kaoru Takamura''s breathtaking masterpiece to a gripping conclusion. Five men who meet at a Tokyo racetrack every week carry out a heist. They have kidnapped the CEO of Japan''s largest beer company to extract blood money from the company''s corrupt financiers.Known as Lady Joker, the men make their first attack on the beer company when their demands are not met. As the attacks escalate, the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are exposed, the stakes rise, and bring into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. Some will lose everything, even their lives.Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case that terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines this watershed episode in modern Japanese history. ''A novel that portrays with devastating immensity how those on the dark fringes of society can be consumed by the darkness of their own hearts'' Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police

Lady Joker: Volume 2 - Kaoru Takamura - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''One of the great masterpieces of Japanese crime fiction'' David Peace, author of Tokyo Year Zero One of Japan''s great modern writers, this second half of Lady Joker brings Kaoru Takamura''s breathtaking masterpiece to a gripping conclusion. Five men who meet at a Tokyo racetrack every week carry out a heist. They have kidnapped the CEO of Japan''s largest beer company to extract blood money from the company''s corrupt financiers.Known as Lady Joker, the men make their first attack on the beer company when their demands are not met. As the attacks escalate, the shady networks linking corporations to syndicates are exposed, the stakes rise, and bring into riveting focus the lives and motivations of the victims, the perpetrators, the heroes and the villains. Some will lose everything, even their lives.Inspired by the real-life Glico-Morinaga kidnapping, an unsolved case that terrorized Japan for two years, Lady Joker reimagines this watershed episode in modern Japanese history. ''A novel that portrays with devastating immensity how those on the dark fringes of society can be consumed by the darkness of their own hearts'' Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police

How It Was - Janet Ellis - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

AS FEATURED ON EMMA KENNEDY''S BOOKSHELF ''IMMERSIVE, AMAZING, REMARKABLE'' MARIAN KEYES ''JANET ELLIS WRITES WITH TENDERNESS AND WISDOM'' ERIN KELLY ''AN ATMOSPHERIC, CLEVER NOVEL THAT WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN'' RED Marion Deacon sits by the hospital bed of her dying husband, Michael. Outwardly she is, as she says, an unremarkable old woman. She has long concealed her history - and her feelings - from the casual observer. But as she sits by Michael''s bed, she''s haunted by memories from almost forty years ago . . . Marion Deacon is a wife and mother, and not particularly good at being either. It''s the 1970s and in her small village the Swinging 60s, the wave of feminism, the prospect of an exciting life, have all swerved past her. Reading her teenage daughter''s diary, it seems that Sarah is on the threshold of getting everything her mother Marion was denied, and Marion cannot bear it - what she does next has terrible and heart-breaking consequences for the whole family.Janet Ellis writes of the exquisite pain of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, the complexity of family and a mother-daughter relationship that is as memorable as it is utterly believable. ''ELLIS WRITES BEAUTIFULLY'' DAILY MAIL ''AN EMOTIONAL EPIC'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ''AFFECTING, ENGAGING AND READABLE'' OBSERVER ''A TALE OF SILENCES, SECRETS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS'' MAIL ON SUNDAY ''ENGROSSING'' MIRROR

How To Be Cool - Will Smith - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

How can you be cool at work, or in bed, or in a bar, or in a restaurant? What is cool when it comes to dating? Calling? Not calling? Standing in their garden with a placard and a megaphone? Coolness is a dark art and takes years of practice. But help is at hand. How To Be Cool is your trusty handbook for ineffable coolness in every eventuality. Award-winning comedian Will Smith is your guide through a world where a nifty quip, a signature drink and an outright lie about how much you like Italian arthouse movies can make you feel like Johnny Depp, rather than John McCririck. Glaring social ineptitude will happily be a thing of the past.

Crime - Ferdinand Von Schirach - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

''Mesmerising and utterly absorbing'' New York Times ''A magnificent storyteller'' Der Spiegel A retired small-town doctor takes a garden axe to his cruel wife.A woman laces her brother''s food with barbiturates.Two men steal a priceless Japanese tea bowl with brutal consequences. What drives a person to commit a crime? Our narrator knows that behind every misdeed is a story waiting to be told. In this collection of chilling cases, a nameless lawyer recounts the love, obsession, selfishness and despair that influenced his clients'' irrevocable choices. Drawn from Ferdinand von Schirach''s eminent career as a criminal defence lawyer, Crime blends fiction with real life, each story a revealing, unsettling insight into what may compel a person to act beyond the law.

Britain by the Book - Oliver Tearle - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

What caused Dickens to leap out of bed one night and walk 30 miles from London to Kent?How did a small town on the Welsh borders become the second-hand bookshop capital of the world?Why did a jellyfish persuade Evelyn Waugh to abandon his suicide attempt in North Wales? A multitude of curious questions are answered in Britain by the Book , a fascinating travelogue with a literary theme, taking in unusual writers'' haunts and the surprising places that inspired some of our favourite fictional locations. We''ll learn why Thomas Hardy was buried twice, how a librarian in Manchester invented the thesaurus as a means of coping with depression, and why Agatha Christie was investigated by MI5 during the Second World War. The map of Britain that emerges is one dotted with interesting literary stories and bookish curiosities.

Lady Joker: Volume 1 - Kaoru Takamura - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

* THE JAPANESE CRIME CLASSIC - ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD* ''One of the great masterpieces of Japanese crime fiction and one of the must-read books of this or any year'' David Peace Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep disaffection with their lives, but together they represent the social struggles and griefs of post-War Japan: a poorly socialized genius stuck working as a welder; a demoted detective with a chip on his shoulder; a Zainichi Korean banker sick of being ostracized for his ethnicity; a struggling single dad of a teenage girl with Down syndrome. The fifth man bringing them all together is an elderly drugstore owner grieving his grandson, who died in suspicious circumstances.Intent on revenge against a society that values corporate behemoths more than human life, the five conspirators decide to carry out a heist: kidnap the CEO of Japan''s largest beer conglomerate and extract blood money from the company''s corrupt financiers.Inspired by the unsolved true-crime kidnapping case perpetrated by "the Monster with 21 Faces," Lady Joker has become a cultural touchstone since its 1997 publication, acknowledged as the magnum opus by one of Japan''s literary masters. ''A novel that portrays with devastating immensity how those on the dark fringes of society can be consumed by the darkness of their own hearts'' Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police ''Takamura''s prismatic heist novel offers a broad indictment of capitalist society'' New York Times '' Lady Joker is a work you get immersed in, like a sprawling 19th century novel or a TV series like The Wir e'' NPR

Hot Springs Drive - Lindsay Hunter - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Today, she walks in on her husband and best friend having an affair. Tomorrow, her body is found. Seven years ago, Theresa and Jackie meet in a maternity ward. Sleep-deprived new mothers; instant friends. Then they become neighbours on Hot Springs Drive - a nice street in a nice neighbourhood, filled with flower boxes and emerald lawns. The story ends like this: in the depths of a sweltering heatwave, Theresa discovers that her husband and Jackie are having an affair. The next day, Theresa's body is found. The truth lies somewhere between the picket fences and pink blossoms, where friendships twist into tragic jealousies and barbecues hide bed hopping and bloodshed. By summer's end, the residents of Hot Springs Drive will never be the same... An unputdownable, unmissable, vicious blade of a novel that peels back the fragile veneer of two suburban families and the deadly secrets roiling between them.

Lady Joker: Volume 1 - Kaoru Takamura - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

* THE JAPANESE CRIME CLASSIC - ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD* ''One of the great masterpieces of Japanese crime fiction and one of the must-read books of this or any year'' David Peace Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep disaffection with their lives, but together they represent the social struggles and griefs of post-War Japan: a poorly socialized genius stuck working as a welder; a demoted detective with a chip on his shoulder; a Zainichi Korean banker sick of being ostracized for his ethnicity; a struggling single dad of a teenage girl with Down''s syndrome. The fifth man bringing them all together is an elderly drugstore owner grieving his grandson, who has died in suspicious circumstances.Intent on revenge against a society that values corporate behemoths more than human life, the five conspirators decide to carry out a heist: kidnap the CEO of Japan''s largest beer conglomerate and extract blood money from the company''s corrupt financiers.Inspired by the unsolved true-crime kidnapping case perpetrated by "the Monster with 21 Faces," Lady Joker has become a cultural touchstone since its 1997 publication, acknowledged as the magnum opus by one of Japan''s literary masters, twice adapted for film and TV and often taught in high school and college classrooms. ''A novel that portrays with devastating immensity how those on the dark fringes of society can be consumed by the darkness of their own hearts'' Yoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police ''Takamura''s prismatic heist novel offers a broad indictment of capitalist society'' New York Times '' Lady Joker is a work you get immersed in, like a sprawling 19th century novel or a TV series like The Wir e'' NPR

Couples - Lauren Mackenzie - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

Eva looked out the attic window of their charming guest house and watched the sun rise. She thought she might be sick. Splayed on the lawn below was Frank, apparently out cold. Her husband snored in the bed behind her. She loved Shay, of course she did, but right now the only person she wanted to think about was Conor. She didn''t want to think about Bea or Lizzie or what Lizzie might have got up to with Shay.Frank''s 48th birthday had given the three couples an excuse for a much needed night away from children, nagging bills and ailing parents. The drink flowed, life in Dublin with all its stress felt a long way away. When Frank proposed they swap partners, it felt deliciously, irresistibly reckless. One night. No obligations. No expectations. All the women had to do was text a man of their choice.The only rule? No falling in love.It was a night that some of them couldn''t remember. And others couldn''t forget.

DON'T RUN, Whatever You Do - Peter Allison - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

The Okavango Delta, Botswana: a lush wetland in the middle of the Kalahari desert. Aged 19, Peter Allison thought he would visit for a short holiday before going home to get a ''proper job''. But Peter fell in love with southern Africa and its wildlife and before long had risen to become a top safari guide.In Don''t Run, Whatever You Do , you''ll hear outrageous-but-true tales from the most exciting safaris. You''ll find out when an elephant is really going to charge, what different monkey calls mean and what do in a face off with lions. Sometimes the tourists are even wilder than the animals, from the half-naked missing member of the British royal family to the Japanese amateur photographer who ignores all the rules to get the perfect shot. Don''t Run, Whatever You Do is a glimpse of what the life of an expert safari guide is really like.

NIV Bible for Journalling and Verse-Mapping - New International Version - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

This NIV Journalling Bible, with a cover inspired by the Japanese ceramic art form, kintsugi , is a beautifully presented Bible for you to treasure. The New International Version of the Scriptures is printed in clear, easy-to-read 9PT British Text on thicker than usual Bible paper, with a five centimetre blank margin on every page, giving you lots of extra room for notes, reflections, illustrations or Bible studies. A 32-page concordance can be found at the back. The Bible text is interspersed with 32 pages introducing the art of verse-mapping. This Bible study method encourages you to prayerfully choose a verse, compare it with other translations, study the context, including the history and characters mentioned, and then reflect and allow the Spirit to guide you in application. There are also verses to colour in, with lots of space around them for you to add your own illustrations, and many other pages with creative prompts for Bible journalling.

Surviving - Bev Gooden - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

One Saturday morning, Beverly Gooden is woken by her husband shoving her off the bed. She makes to flee, but he catches her, his sudden anger inexplicable. No words are exchanged. He begins to strangle her - as he has done many times before .With unflinching vulnerability, Gooden outlines in painstaking detail what she had to do to walk away from violence and control, and how others can use her experiences to escape their own abuse, from skimming the grocery money, to squirreling away personal belongings, to navigating a domestic violence shelter. She offers strategies for overcoming the barriers survivors often face, such as money, housing, overcritical social circles, or, most powerfully: love. Uniquely compassionate when it comes to the heartbreak of still loving one''s abuser, Gooden shares how she transformed and extended this love outward, using her story to encourage others to choose themselves. The voice and fire behind #WhyIStayed, Bev Gooden is exceptionally positioned to explore the many reasons victims stay in abusive relationships, and how they can muster the resources and motivation to leave. Surviving is unlike any other memoir of survivorship, given its nuance, compassion, and candour. Above all, it is an exquisitely powerful testament to Gooden''s healing, survivorship, and dedication to helping others do the same.

On This Day in History - Dan Snow - Bog - John Murray Press - Plusbog.dk

On which day was history''s shortest war waged and won (in roughly 40 minutes)? How was Napoleon bested by a group of rabbits in 1807? Why did a dispute about beer in an Oxford pub lead to over 100 deaths and 470 years of penance? Why in 1752 did Britain go to bed on 2nd September and wake up on the 14th? How did a women''s march in 1917 set off the Russian Revolution? On This Day in History brings to life a key event that happened on each day of the year.From the most important British battle that you''ve never heard of (20 May 685) to the first meeting of Lennon and McCartney (6 July 1957), and from why Julius Caesar should have been wary of the Ides of March (15 March 44BC) to the day Jeanne de Clisson became a pirate and single-handedly declared war on the King of France (2 August 1343), history is full of unlikely heroes and fascinating turning points.In this book Dan Snow shows us how each day offers a different and unexpected insight into our past. And story by gripping story, this year grows into a vivid, very human history of the world.