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Dine biblioteksbøger fortæller mere om dig, end du tror … June Jones arbejder på det lokale bibliotek i Chalcot og kender de faste lånere rigtig godt, men de ved ikke ret meget om hende. Otte år tidligere mistede hun sin mor, og byen mistede dermed sin elskede bibliotekar. Mor og datter delte en stor kærlighed til litteraturen, men den lidt generte June føler ikke, hun kan leve op til landsbyboernes minder og høje tanker om sin mor.Da biblioteket pludselig er lukningstruet, slår en excentrisk gruppe af lokale lånere sig sammen for at redde det. De vil have June med om bord, men hvis de skal lykkes med deres redningsmission, må hun tro på både projektet og sig selv.Tør hun forlade bøgernes trygge favn og begive sig ud i en verden fuld af venskaber, muligheder og kærlighed?Pressen skriver:”En bog, man bliver glad af.”  – Ali Hazelwood”Fantastisk bog. Et must-read for alle bogorme.” – The Sun”En hjertevarm og opløftende fortælling om venlighed, fællesskab og kærlighed, som både fik mig til at le, græde og heppe på karaktererne.” – Clare Pooley”Sampson har skrevet en herlig bog fuld af skønne personligheder. Her får man en historie om helte og skurke, kærlighed og tab, sorg og nyt håb.” – Kirkus”Så god, at du kommer til at læse den i én mundfuld.”   – Library Journal”En fantastisk debut.”   – Woman & Home

Richly illustrated, this title describes Anglo-Saxon monarchs, warlords and their warriors and households in Anglo-Saxon Britain, from the first post-Roman mercenaries to the Norman Conquest.In a country fragmented by Roman withdrawal during the 5th century AD, the employment of Germanic mercenaries by local rulers in Anglo-Saxon Britain was commonplace. These mercenaries became settlers, forcing Romano-British communities into Wales and the West Country. Against a background of spreading Christianity, the struggles of rival British and Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were exploited by the Vikings, but eventually contained by the Anglo-Saxon king, Alfred of Wessex. His descendants unified the country during the 10th century, however, subsequent weak rule saw its 25-year incorporation into a Danish empire before it finally fell to the Norman invasion of 1066. Scholars of the early Church have long known that the term 'Dark Ages' for the 5th to 11th centuries in Britain refers only to a lack of written sources, and gives a false impression of material culture. The Anglo-Saxon warrior elite were equipped with magnificent armour, influenced by the cultures of the late Romans, the Scandinavian Vendel people, the Frankish Merovingians, Carolingians and Ottonians, and also the Vikings. In this volume, co-authors Raffaele D'Amato and Stephen Pollington access their extended knowledge to paint a vivid picture of the kings and warlords of the time with the aid of colour illustrations, rare photos and the latest archaeological research.

A comprehensive, illustrated account of the new generation of advanced tanks to emerge during the last 15 years of the Cold War, showcasing major improvements in armor protection, gunsights, and fire-control systems.Focusing on the technology of the period, author Steven J. Zaloga explains how the demands of a potential Cold War battlefield spurred the development of the 20th century's most advanced tanks. He considers the final versions of the Soviet T-72, T-64, and T-80 and assesses their strengths and weaknesses. He also explores how the failure of the US-German MBT-70 project led to America's development of the M1 Abrams tank, and to Germany's all-new Leopard II. The British development of the Challenger tank is also considered, as is the lesser-known Leclerc tank developed by France, the smallest and lightest of any of the western designs. Featuring superbly detailed new illustrations and many photos, this volume pinpoints the key technology of the era, including turbine engines, APFSDS ammunition, advanced armor and high-tech fire-control systems, and describes how the rival tanks compared in the final stretch of the Cold War arms race.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith meets The Fugitive in this propulsive thriller about a woman in a race against time to clear her name and find her husband’s murderer.

Borough Market: The Knowledge provides stories, skills and expert advice from the market's traders, plus over 80 exciting recipes from award-winning food writer Angela Clutton that will help you make the most of their exceptional produce. With stunning atmospheric photography, this is the definitive guide to shopping and cooking for every kitchen.Find intriguing in-depth features and unmissable Q&As with traders, along with visual step-by-step guides to preparing ingredients and lists of interesting seasonal produce. Moving through meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, dairy, bakery and store-cupboard ingredients, each chapter shares a collection of tantalising recipes that will teach you how to make the most of your produce, inspired by the incredible seasonal offerings from Borough Market traders.Recipes include Fishmonger's pie with fish crackling; Baked gammon with Market preserve glaze; Parsnip gnocchi and smoked garlic butter; Walnut and pomegranate baby aubergines with saffron quinoa; Brown bread Victoria sponge with orange and saffron curd; Chocolate olive oil cake with figs and hazelnuts.Come away feeling confident and excited to use your newfound understanding of ingredients, armed with the market traders' unrivalled expertise and delightful seasonal recipes.'Borough Market: The Knowledge is a treasure trove of culinary wisdom and inspiration that captures on paper the magic and the bustle of Borough Market. Its pages are brimming with exquisite produce, recipes, stories and practical tips that will transform the way you shop and cook for the better. This is a book that makes me long to cook (and to eat!).' - Skye McAlpine, author and creator of the blog From My Dining Table

THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the writer who knew her family best'Compelling . . . Fascinating' DAILY MAIL'The writer who got closest to the human truth about our long-serving senior royals' THE TIMES'The book overflows with nuggets of insider knowledge' TELEGRAPHPaints a unique picture of the remarkable woman who reigned for seven decades. Fascinating insights' HELLO!__________Gyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968, when he was twenty.Over the next fifty years he met her many times, both at public and at private events. Through his friendship with the Duke of Edinburgh, he was given privileged access to Elizabeth II.He kept a record of all those encounters, and his conversations with the Queen over the years, his meetings with her family and friends, and his observations of her at close quarters are what make this very personal account of her extraordinary life uniquely fascinating.From her childhood in the 1920s to the era of Harry and Meghan in the 2020s, from her war years at Windsor Castle to her death at Balmoral, this is both a record of a tumultuous century of royal history and a truly intimate portrait of a remarkable woman.__________Praise for Gyles Brandreth's bestselling royal writing:'Beautifully written book. I have read many other books about Philip but this is the best' DAILY EXPRESS'Brilliant, totally inspiring . . . It's a joy to read a book that comes from a perspective of fondness' KIRSTIE ALLSOPP, THE TIMES'As a sparkling celebration of Prince Philip, the book will be hard to beat' TELEGRAPH'So readable and refreshing even after the millions of words that have been written about Prince Philip in the past couple of weeks' THE TIMES 'Brilliant . . . There is so much in this book you won't find anywhere else' LORRAINE

“Without any doubt, London is one of the best cities in the world for modern architecture. But it is also one of the biggest cities in the world, and it does not make a display of its best things. A visitor looking for new buildings in the City and the West End might well be justified in turning away with a shudder. Yet delightful things may be waiting for him in Lewisham or St. Albans.” —Ian Nairn, from the foreword As one of the few architectural critics to eschew purely aesthetic modes of analysis, Ian Nairn’s timeless books on modern urban cities have been hailed as some of the most significant writing about contemporary Britain, while also being praised as alternative “guidebooks” for curious travelers. First published in 1964, Modern Buildings in London celebrates the character of buildings that were immediately recognizable as “modern” in 1964, many of which were not part of the well-known landscape of London but instead were gems that Nairn stumbled across.Written “by a layman for laymen,” Nairn’s take on modern design includes classic London buildings such as the Barbican, the former BBC Television Centre, and the Penguin Pool at Regent’s Park Zoo, as well as schools, old timber yards, ambulance stations, car parks, and even care homes.

Året er 2120 og London ligger i ruiner. Den unge Prins Alfred har aldrig kendtet liv uden for slottet. Men da mystiske hændelser trænger gennem murerne og indtager korridorerne i nattens mulm og mørke, bliver han trukket ind i en verden af mysterier, eventyr og uhyrer. Og da hans mor, Dronningen, bliver slæbt afsted til Tower of London, må Alfred skrue op for sit mod og kæmpe for at redde hende, sig selv og hele byen. Vær med, når bestsellerforfatter David Walliams udfolder sit mest tryllebindende eventyr til dato.

En verden i krig - Én kvinde vil risikere alt - En anden vil afsløre hendes historie 1940: Da øen Guernsey invaderes af nazisterne, er to søstre fast besluttet på at gøre oprør på enhver tænkelig måde. Men da de bliver tvunget til at tage imod en tysk soldat, er de chokerede over at finde et kendt ansigt på deres dørtrin – en barndomsven, som nu er blevet deres fjende. 2016: To generationer senere vender Lucy tilbage til Guernsey efter en fjern kusines død. Mens hun gør det gamle familiehus klar til salg, opdager Lucy en kasse med håndskrevne sedler, hvor ét ord skiller sig ud: modstand. Lucys søgen efter forfatteren vil afsløre historien om en glemt søster, der forsvandt fra øen en nat for aldrig at blive set igen.

Join Sarah Beeny on her journey to live more simply in her unmissable Sunday Times bestselling memoir

Bardskull is the record of three journeys made by Martin Shaw, the celebrated storyteller and interpreter of myth, in the year before he turned fifty. It is unlike anything he has written before. This is not a book about myth or narrative: rather, it is a sequence of incantations, a series of battles. Each of the three journeys sees Shaw walk alone into a Dartmoor forest and wait. What arrive are stories - fragments of myth that he has carried within him for decades: the deep history of Dartmoor itself; the lives of distant family members; Arthurian legend; and tales from India, Persia, Lapland, the Caucasus and Siberia. But these stories and their tellers don't arrive as the bearers of solace or easy wisdom. As with all quests, Shaw is entering a domain of traps and tests. Bardskull can be read as a fable, as memoir, as auto-fiction or as an attempt to undomesticate myth. It is a magnificent, unclassifiable work of the imagination.

THE LOVE STORY THAT WILL KEEP YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT''A beautifully observed, tender love story. A bit like Normal People. I devoured it'' JOJO MOYES''If you love really gentle, beautiful and very cleverly written love stories, then this is the book for you'' FEARNE COTTON''A passionate, page-turning debut'' DAILY MAIL__________Will and Rosie meet as teenagers.They''re opposites in every way. She overthinks everything; he is her twin brother''s wild and unpredictable friend. But over secret walks home and late-night phone calls, they become closer - destined to be one another''s great love story.Until, one day, tragedy strikes, and their future together is shattered.But as the years roll on, Will and Rosie can''t help but find their way back to each other. Time and again, they come close to rekindling what might have been.What do you do when the one person you should forget is the one you just can''t let go?__________''So gorgeously harrowing and romantic'' CATHERINE NEWMAN''Evocative, intoxicating and impossible to put down'' BOBBY PALMER, author of ISAAC AND THE EGG''Deeply romantic. Reminded me of just how all-consuming first love can be'' LAURA BARNETT author of THE VERSIONS OF US''Spellbinding, beautiful, lyrical and tender. A dazzling debut. I loved every word and was left longing for more'' ROSIE WALSH, author of THE MAN WHO DIDN''T CALL'A classic love story in every sense' MARY BETH KEANE author of ASK AGAIN, YES''Kept me up all night! It''s everything I want from a love story'' KATE SAWYER

&i>Big Little Lies &/i>meets &i>Broadchurch&/i> in a dark and gripping crime thriller about revenge, greed, ambition and the true cost of friendship. For all those who enjoy Lisa Jewell, Liane Moriarty, Lucy Foley and Louise Candlish.

Charmerende hit-serie om folk og fæ i den lille engelske by Cockleberry Bay, Devon.Tiden er ved at være inde til, at Rosa lader en anden overtage sin lille butik på hjørnet i Cockleberry Bay. Hun bestyrer en café, som går strygende, og hun er klar til at stifte familie. Men Rosas velgører stillede i sin tid en vigtig betingelse, da hun overtog butikken: Den må under ingen omstændigheder sælges, men kun gives videre til en, der virkelig fortjener den. Rosa aner ikke sine levende råd. Hvordan skal hun tage sådan en stor beslutning? Snart begynder fremmede med tvivlsomme motiver at dukke op i byen, og da gamle familiehemmeligheder ser dagens lys, sætter det skub i en række begivenheder, der vil ændre Rosas liv for altid. NICOLA MAY er forfatter til tolv romaner inden for romantic comedy-genren og er blevet kaldt Englands 'usynlige bestsellerforfatter'. Huset på hjørnet i Cockleberry Bay har solgt over 250.000 eksemplarer i England og var Amazon UK's tredjemest solgte skønlitterære bog i 2019.

Superspændende krimiserie fra Joy Ellis, en af Englands mest læste krimiforfattere.Ny krimiserie, der foregår i området The Fens, et stort marskområde i det østlige England, med en kvindelig kriminalkommisær i hovedrollen. Kriminalkommissær Nikki Galena er lidt af en enspænder og ikke nogen nem person at arbejde sammen med. Men hun er en god efterforsker og slår ekstremt hårdt ned på al narkokriminalitet. Nogle gange næsten for hårdt, men det er der en særlig grund til: Efter at en ung pige døde i Nikkis arme efter at have taget stoffer, er Nikki klar til at gå langt for at rydde byen for det afskum, der sælger stoffer til de unge mennesker i byen. Og det er ikke den eneste traumatiske hændelse i fortiden, der plager Nikki.Vicekriminalkommissær Joseph Easter, der har en fortid som jægersoldat, er blevet midlertidigt overflyttet til stationen i Greenborough. Også Joseph kæmper med skygger i fortiden, men griber sine dæmoner noget anderledes an end Nikki og er blevet en overkorrekt strisser, som kollegaerne ser skævt til. Sjovt nok arbejder de to enspændertyper overraskende godt sammen, og hvad der starter som et midlertidigt arrangement, ser ud til at kunne blive til et rigtig godt makkerskab. Shortlistet ved British Book Awards 20214,6 stjerner i gennemsnit på Amazon Kåret til Audible Debut Crime Author of the Year 2018 JOY ELLIS har størstedelen af sit liv boet i og omkring London. Da hun under finanskrisen blev nødt til at lukke sin blomsterforretning, fik hun arbejde i en boghandel, og omgivet af bøger fik hun lyst til selv at begynde at skrive. Hendes første bog var Crime on the Fens (2010), og siden da har hun skrevet over tyve bøger og solgt over tre millioner bøger på engelsk. Joy Ellis bor nu i en lille by i området The Fens nord for Cambridge, et stort fladt marskområde, kendt for sine hyggelige småbyer og den tætte tåge, der har det med ofte at lægge sig over landskabet.

'A 20th century literary classic!' This was best-selling novelist Rachel Hore's reaction when asked to introduce Gertrude Trevelyan's 1937 novel Two Thousand Million Man-Power. Utterly forgotten for over 80 years, neither the book nor its author are mentioned in any history of 20th century English literature. Yet Trevelyan is arguably the finest novelist of the generation to follow Virginia Woolf and Two Thousand Million Man-Power is among her greatest achievements. It is a masterly piece of social realism that traces the lives of a young London couple set against a background of rapid technological, ideological and political change, and satirizes contemporary bourgeois life and its fashionable interwar belief in endless progress.Beginning on New Year's Eve, 1919, Two Thousand Million Man-Power follows Katherine and Robert, as university graduates, through almost 20 years of British history. Starting as idealistic radicals, they become comfortable middle-class consumers, only to then be plunged into unemployment and poverty when the stock market crashes. Trevelyan's portrait of life in the 1920s and 1930s is as fierce and gripping as George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier. Two Thousand Million Man-Power continues the mission of Recovered Books series to rescue exceptional books long unavailable to today's readers.