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The Ring of the Nibelung - Richard Wagner - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A superb new translation of the libretto to Wagner''s Ring cycle ''Smiling in sorrowI sing of love'' The Ring of the Nibelung , Wagner''s epic cycle of four musical dramas about primal envy, cosmic conflict, the search for glory, spectacular self-sacrifice, redeeming human love and the downfall of gods, revolutionized the nature of opera and conjured up an entire mythological world. It is also one of the greatest texts ever written for the lyric stage, where words are not an adjunct to the music, but an essential part of a transformative experience. John Deathridge''s superb new facing page translation of the Ring libretto conveys the pungency and vitality of Wagner''s words, reflecting the work''s literary power while retaining its sense and dramatic energy. Translated with an introduction and notes by John Deathridge

DKK 155.00

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The Ring of Truth - Roger Scruton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

'' The ideal interpreter of the Ring ... a fascinating and valuable study ... absorbing and convincing'' Sunday Times The Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times. Roger Scruton''s brilliant and passionate exploration of the drama, music, symbolism and philosophy of Wagner''s masterpiece - with its themes of love, death, sacrifice and freedom - shows how, ultimately, it expresses the truth about the human condition. ''Highly original and penetrating ... tremendous'' Tim Blanning, Literary Review ''A rich, historical account ... After reading this book, only the most unadventurous reader would turn down the chance to see Wagner''s masterpiece'' Economist ''A brilliant gallop through the master''s religious, musical and philosophical contexts'' Sue Prideaux, Spectator ''Scruton is one of the finest philosopher-musicians since Schopenhauer'' Jonathan Gaisman, Standpoint

DKK 127.00

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The Ring of the Nibelung - Richard Wagner - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems: the libretto to Wagner''s Ring cycle The scale and grandeur of Wagner''s The Ring of the Nibelung has no precedent and no successor. It preoccupied Wagner for much of his adult life and revolutionized the nature of opera, the orchestra, the demands on singers and on the audience itself. The four operas- The Rhinegold , The Valkyrie , Siegfried and Twilight of the Gods - are complete worlds, conjuring up extraordinary mythological landscapes through sound as much as staging. Wagner wrote the entire libretto before embarking on the music. Discarding the grand choruses and bravura duets central to most operas, he used the largest musical forces in the context often of only a handful of singers on stage. The words were essential: he was telling a story and making an argument in a way that required absolute attention to what was said. The libretto for The Ring lies at the heart of nineteenth century culture. It is in itself a work of power and grandeur and it had an incalculable effect on European and specifically German culture. John Deathridge''s superb new translation, with notes and a fascinating introduction, is essential for anyone who wishes to get to grips with one of the great musical experiences.

DKK 241.00

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Closing the Ring - Winston Churchill - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Winston Churchill''s six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is an enduring, compelling work that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Closing the Ring chronicles the period between June 1943 and July 1944 as the Allies consolidated their gains towards a drive to victory - the fall of Mussolini, Hitler''s ''secret weapon'', the mounting air offensive on Germany, strategies to defeat Japan and the plans for D Day.

DKK 182.00

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The Ring of Bright Water Trilogy - Gavin Maxwell - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''Gavin Maxwell''s trilogy is essential reading'' Sunday Herald Fifty years ago Gavin Maxwell went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he named his home Camusfearna and settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko. Ring of Bright Water chronicles Gavin Maxwell''s first ten years with the otters and touched the hearts of readers the world over, brilliantly evoking life with these playful animals in this natural paradise. Two further volumes followed bringing the story full circle telling of the difficult last years and the final abandonment of the settlement.For the first time the entire trilogy is available in a single narrative in this beautifully presented collection. ''If you like your wildlife, this is a must-read'' Reader Review ''For lovers of otters this is an admirable compilation'' Reader Review ''You will fall in love with Scotland'' Reader Review

DKK 155.00

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Ring of Steel - Alexander Watson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2014 Winner of the 2014 Wolfson History Prize, the 2014 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, the Society for Military History''s 2015 Distinguished Book Award and the 2015 British Army Military Book of the Year For the empires of Germany and Austria-Hungary the Great War - which had begun with such high hopes for a fast, dramatic outcome - rapidly degenerated as invasions of both France and Serbia ended in catastrophe. For four years the fighting now turned into a siege on a quite monstrous scale. Europe became the focus of fighting of a kind previously unimagined. Despite local successes - and an apparent triumph in Russia - Germany and Austria-Hungary were never able to break out of the the Allies'' ring of steel.In Alexander Watson''s compelling new history of the Great War, all the major events of the war are seen from the perspective of Berlin and Vienna. It is fundamentally a history of ordinary people. In 1914 both empires were flooded by genuine mass enthusiasm and their troubled elites were at one with most of the population. But the course of the war put this under impossible strain, with a fatal rupture between an ever more extreme and unrealistic leadership and an exhausted and embittered people. In the end they failed and were overwhelmed by defeat and revolution.

DKK 182.00

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The Saga of the Volsungs - Jesse L. Byock - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The epic Viking Age stories that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien and Wagner''s Ring cycleWritten in thirteenth-century Iceland but based on ancient Norse poetry cycles, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend and sheer human drama. It tells of the cursed treasure of the Rhine, a sword reforged and a magic ring of power, and at its heart are the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer, who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin''s Valkyries. One of the great books of world literature, the saga is an unforgettable tale of princely jealousy, unrequited love, greed, vengeance and the downfall of a dynasty. Translated with an Introduction by Jesse L. Byock

DKK 120.00

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Brazil - John Updike - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Tristao Raposo, a nineteen-year old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an eighteen-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands of Copacabana Neach, and presents her with a ring. Their flight into marriage takes them from urban banality to the farthest reaches of Brazil''s wild west....

DKK 141.00

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Masters of Battle - Terry Brighton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''They should put Montgomery and Patton and Rommel in the same ring and take off the gloves and let ''em go at it'' Bill Mauldin, American GIIn the Second World War, Great Britain, the United States and Germany each had one commander who stood out from the rest: Bernard Montgomery, George Patton and Erwin Rommel. In Masters of Battle , all three are ''put in the same ring'' and allowed to ''go at it'' against a backdrop of the great armoured battles of North Africa, the invasions of Sicily and Italy, the Normandy landings and the push through France and Belgium into Germany.Through the mutual respect of the arch-enemies Monty and Rommel, and the mutual animosity of the allies Monty and Patton, Masters of Battle presents the Second World War as it was experienced by its three most flamboyant, controversial and influential commanders.

DKK 168.00

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The Fight - Norman Mailer - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

From one of the major innovators of New Journalism, Norman Mailer''s The Fight is the real-life story of a clash between two of the world''s greatest boxers, both in and out of the ring, published in Penguin Modern Classics.Norman Mailer''s The Fight focuses on the 1974 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire. Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman''s genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, and ''he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case''. Together the two men made boxing history in an explosive meeting of two great minds, two iron wills and monumental egos.''"If ever a fighter had been able to demonstrate that boxing was a twentieth-century art, it must be Ali", says Norm, and his achievement in this masterly book is of a similar order, demonstrating that writing about sport can also be a twentieth-century art''Geoff Dyer, New Statesman ''Probably no one has written about boxing better than Mailer has'' Guardian

DKK 170.00

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Libra - Don Delillo - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. Friday, November 22, 1963. 12.30 PM. Shots ring out. A president dies. And a nation is plunged into psychosis. Don DeLillo''s extraordinary Libra is a brilliant reimagining of the events and people surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Concentrating on the lives of Lee Harvey Oswald, some rogue former spooks unhappy with Kennedy''s presidency, and Nicholas Branch, a CIA archivist, trying to make sense of or draw inferences from the mass of information after the assassination, Libra presents an unapologeticly provocative picture of America in the second half of the last century.

DKK 127.00

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The Prophecy - Chris Kuzneski - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Jonathon Payne and David Jones are back in the fray in the latest page-turner from Chris Kuzneski, international bestselling author of The Lost Throne, Sword of God, and Sign of the Cross .When the prophetic writings of sixteenth-century visionary Nostradamus begin to ring alarmingly true, Payne and Jones find themselves in a life-or-death race across the world to stop those who would use the French seer''s predictions for their own dark purposes.With the breathless pace that has found Chris Kuzneski millions of fans around the globe, The Prophecy is a must-have adventure thriller.

DKK 134.00

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Tales from the Underworld - Hans Fallada - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Darkly funny, searingly honest short stories from Hans Fallada, author of bestselling Alone in Berlin In these stories, criminals lament how hard it is to scrape a living by breaking and entering; families measure their daily struggles in marks and pfennigs; a convict makes a desperate leap from a moving train; a ring - and with it a marriage - is lost in a basket of potatoes.Here, as in his novels, Fallada is by turns tough, darkly funny, streetwise and effortlessly engaging, writing with acute feeling about ordinary lives shaped by forces larger than themselves: addiction, love, money.

DKK 120.00

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Electric Arches - Eve Ewing - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Blending stark realism with the surreal and fantastic, Eve L. Ewing''s narrative takes us from the streets of Chicago to an unspecified future, deftly navigating the boundaries of space, time, and reality. Ewing imagines familiar figures in magical circumstances, and identifies everyday objects - hair moisturizer, a spiral notebook - as precious icons.Her visual art is spare, playful and poignant: a cereal-box decoder ring that allows the wearer to understand what Black girls are saying; a teacher''s angry, subversive message scrawled on the chalkboard. Electric Arches invites fresh conversations about race, gender, the city, identity and the joy and pain of growing up.

DKK 120.00

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Babette's Feast and Other Stories - Isak Dinesen - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

These five rich, witty and magical stories from the author of Out of Africa include one of her most well known tales, ‘Babette’s Feast’, which was made into the classic film. It tells the story of a French cook working in a puritanical Norwegian community, who treats her employers to the decadent feast of a lifetime. There is also a real-life Prospero and his Ariel in ‘Tempests’, a mysterious pearl-fisher in ‘The Diver’ and a brief, tragic encounter in ‘The Ring’. All the stories have a mystic, fairy-tale quality, linked by themes of angels, the sea, dreams and fate. They were among the last to be written by Isak Dinesen, and show her as a master of short fiction.

DKK 120.00

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The Prose Edda - Jesse L. Byock - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythology Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival. In prose interspersed with powerful verse, the Edda shows the gods'' tragic realization that the future holds one final cataclysmic battle, Ragnarok, when the world will be destroyed. These tales have proved to be among the most influential of all myths and legends, inspiring works such as Wagner''s Ring Cycle and Tolkien''s The Lord of the Rings .Translated with an Introduction and notes by JESSE BYOCK

DKK 120.00

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The Skeleton's Holiday - Leonora Carrington - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''Ring for your maid, and when she comes in we''ll pounce upon her and tear off her face. I''ll wear her face tonight instead of mine. ''These dreamlike, carnivalesque fables by one of the leading lights of the Surrealist movement are masterpieces of invention and grand-guignol humour.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York''s underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

DKK 73.00

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Pop Goes the Weasel - Albert Jack - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

I n Pop Goes the Weasel , Albert Jack explores the strange and fascinating histories behind the nursery rhymes we thought we knew, showing that their real meanings are far from innocent. Who were Mary Quite Contrary and Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson? And if Ring a Ring a Roses isn''t about catching the plague, then what is it really about? This ingenious book delves into the hidden meanings of the nursery rhymes and songs we all know so well and discovers all kinds of strange tales ranging from Viking raids to firewalking and from political rebellion to slaves being smuggled to freedom.From the grim true story behind ''Oranges and Lemons'' to the deadly secrets of Mary Quite Contrary''s garden, and from how Lucy Locket lost more than her pocket to why Humpty Dumpty wasn''t egg-shaped at all, Pop Goes the Weasel is a compendium of surprising stories you won''t be able to resist passing on to everyone you know.''An irresistible treasure-trove'' Daily Mirror ''Most of us can still recite the words to nursery rhymes we learned as children, but how many know the real meanings behind our most familiar verses? Albert Jack reveals hidden histories of cannons, courtesans and vengeful queens'' Guardian ''The history behind nursery rhymes is not only highly specific but often splendidly grim'' The Times Albert Jack has become something of a publishing phenomenon, clocking up hundreds of thousands of sales with his series of bestselling adventures tracing the fantastic stories behind everyday phrases ( Red Herrings and White Elephants ), the world''s great mysteries ( Loch Ness Monsters and Raining Frogs ) and nursery rhymes ( Pop Goes the Weasel ).

DKK 127.00

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Some Kind of Wonderful - Giovanna Fletcher - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Curl up with the irresistibly funny and uplifting Sunday Times bestseller from the No. 1 bestseller and Queen of the Castle, Giovanna Fletcher THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''A fun read with a big dose of girl power'' SUN ________ When the love of your life says you''re not The One . . . what next? After celebrating a decade together, everyone thinks Lizzy and Ian are about to get engaged. Including Lizzy.That is, until a romantic escape to Dubai leaves Lizzy with no ring, no fiancé and no future.Lizzy is heartbroken - but through the tears, she sees an opportunity . . .To find out what she''s been missing while playing Ian''s ''better half''.To rediscover the girl she was before. And, in the meantime, to have a little fun . . . ________ ''Her funniest, freshest and best yet'' Heat ''Engaging, witty and heartbreaking'' i ''A must-read'' Closer

DKK 120.00

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Moses Ascending - Sam Selvon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Moses thinks he''s got it made. Originally a poor Caribbean immigrant, he is now the proud landlord of a ramshackle house in Shepherd''s Bush, London. He has visions of being master of his own domain, writing his memoirs while his trusty sidekick and handyman, Bob, does all the work. But Moses'' problems are far from over...Soon a Black Power group take over the basement, headed by the indomitable - but very sexy - Brenda, and an illegal people-smuggling ring is discovered upstairs. Not to mention harassment from racist police, sheep-slaughtering in the back yard and a Black Panther (the human kind) on the loose.Will Moses'' elaborately constructed castle in the air be demolished by these unruly forces?Following the fortunes of characters from Selvon''s The Lonely Londoners , Moses Ascending is a hilarious and telling depiction of 1970s Britain.

DKK 119.00

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The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays - W. B. Yeats - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

A murderer becomes the toast of the village as his charm negates his crime. A young countess saves her tenants from starvation, but only by selling her soul to the Devil. The sleepy parish of Nyadnanave sees a vision of a cockerel that dares the inhabitants to break the shackles of Church and State. All these plays were met with moral outrage and rioting in their native Ireland.Yeats''s ''The Countess Cathleen'' (1892), J. M. Synge''s ''The Playboy of the Western World'' (1907) and O''Casey''s ''Cock-a-doodle Dandy'' (1949) emerged from a period of traumatic change for Ireland. While the plays bear witness to the immmense social upheavals of the turn of the twentieth century, they also represent a new age of Irish drama that rose from the turmoil, and their lessons ring true to this day.

DKK 141.00

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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Geirmund’s Saga - Matthew J. Kirby - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Discover the epic adventure of legendary viking Geirmund Hel-hide in this new novel set in the world of Assassin''s Creed Valhalla. Norway, Mid-9th century. The Viking attacks and invasions are shattering England''s kingdoms. Born into a royal lineage of Norwegian kings, Geirmund Hel-hide sets out for adventure to prove his worth as a Viking and a warrior.A perilous journey across the sea brings him into contact with a being out of myth and grants him a mysterious ring that promises both great power and bitter betrayal. As Geirmund rises in the ranks of King Guthrum''s legendary army, he will have to use all his cunning to face the many dangers of a land ravaged by war . . . Fighting alongside his band of loyal warriors, his path will soon lead him into a conflict as old as the gods themselves.

DKK 127.00

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The Meaning of Sunglasses - Hadley Freeman - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

In this funny, chic and wise book, award-winning fashion writer Hadley Freeman separates the nonsense from the fabulous and shows that falling in love with an It bag doesn''t mean you have the IQ of an It girl. Ever the entertaining guide, Hadley shows how to wear shorts without looking like an extra in Hamlet , what to spend money on, and what not to, and why only harpists should wear velvet. And most of all, she shows that you don''t need to be thin, young, tall or rich to enjoy fashion, you just need a sense of humour. If you''ve ever lusted after an improbably priced key ring, wondered why there''s a large chunk of fashion that girls get but boys don''t, got into an exuberant state at a party and left your ''clutch'' bag in the ladies or spent fruitless hours worrying about what to wear on a date, this is the book for you.

DKK 161.00

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The Greatest Love Story of All Time - Lucy Robinson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

''The new Marian Keyes . . . romantic and laugh-out-loud hilarious'' Cosmopolitan Fran''s turning 30 and life is good. She''s somehow bagged herself a Very Posh Job and her outlandishly handsome and talented boyfriend Michael is taking her to the Ritz, with something that looks suspiciously like a ring box in his pocket. But by the end of the evening Fran is sobbing in bed with a bottle of cheap brandy and one of Michael''s old socks. EVERYTHING has gone wrong and she doesn''t know what to do. But then her friends come up with a plan, and so begins the greatest love story of all time . . . Fans of Sophie Kinsella, Rosie Walsh and Mhairi McFarlane will love this heartwarming, romantic and funny novel filled with twists and turns. ''An absolute must-read'' Huffington Post ''Refreshingly playful'' Red ''Many novels claim to be laugh-out-loud funny, but this debut actually is . . . Prepare for public-transport belly laughs'' Glamour

DKK 168.00

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Clive Cussler's The Sea Wolves - Jack Du Brul - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Can one detective stop a war being lost just as it starts? August, 1914, the eve of WWI, and in New York the Van Dorn Detective Agency is supervising the loading of a final shipment of rifles bound for Britain. When Chief Investigator Isaac Bell discovers a hidden radio transmitter, he realises it will broadcast the exact location of the merchant ship to waiting German U-boats.This ship is saved - but two others have already departed.In a desperate race against time, Bell sets out to foil these acts of sabotage. Yet even if he succeeds, he knows he must hunt down the saboteur. Little does he realise that a sophisticated German spy ring is operating out of New York City''s docks - and they''ve a secret that could determine the outcome of the war . . . Praise for Clive Cussler: ''The Adventure King'' Sunday Express ''Just about the best in the business'' New York Post ''Cussler is hard to beat'' Daily Mail

DKK 113.00

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The Ring of the Nibelung - Richard Wagner - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Ring of Truth - Roger Scruton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Ring of the Nibelung - Richard Wagner - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Closing the Ring - Winston Churchill - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Ring of Bright Water Trilogy - Gavin Maxwell - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Ring of Steel - Alexander Watson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Saga of the Volsungs - Jesse L. Byock - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Brazil - John Updike - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Masters of Battle - Terry Brighton - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Fight - Norman Mailer - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Libra - Don Delillo - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Prophecy - Chris Kuzneski - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Tales from the Underworld - Hans Fallada - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Electric Arches - Eve Ewing - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Babette's Feast and Other Stories - Isak Dinesen - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Prose Edda - Jesse L. Byock - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Skeleton's Holiday - Leonora Carrington - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Pop Goes the Weasel - Albert Jack - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Some Kind of Wonderful - Giovanna Fletcher - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Moses Ascending - Sam Selvon - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Playboy of the Western World and Two Other Irish Plays - W. B. Yeats - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Geirmund’s Saga - Matthew J. Kirby - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Meaning of Sunglasses - Hadley Freeman - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Greatest Love Story of All Time - Lucy Robinson - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Clive Cussler's The Sea Wolves - Jack Du Brul - Bog - Penguin Books Ltd - Plusbog.dk

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