Bøger af Torben Riise

A precocious young man from a rural area in Idaho quickly rises to become a successful business man in the biofuel industry, but the road to success and the glamours life that follows is paved with dubious partnerships and fraudulent, nefarious transactions.Eventually, the authorities look into the company but cannot put a finger on the problem, and the business keeps expanding and becomes one of the largest in the industry. But when information about improper business practices seems to be leaking, the atmosphere among the partners goes from great to testy to corrosive - and eventually deadly.Everyone is spying and is being spied on in a cat-and-mouse game of age-old methods and cutting edge technology, and it takes a complicated sting operation to force a dramatic confrontation. The ensuing manhunt ends in a deadly climax.Intertwining actions and some unlikely relations between the characters are richly described from the first to the last page in this fast moving story.

A political candidate is murdered. Despite evidence from eyewitnesses, DNA testing, and the retrieval of the murder weapon, the police is without a lead in the case for most of a year - until a completely unexpected observation is made. That starts an accelerating cat-and-mouse game that takes place both in the real world and in the digital world and culminates when the murderer is trapped in a digital cobweb.

Knowledge is power!Dementia is an incurable and irreversible disease that develops slowly until it manifests itself decades later. It impacts 1 in 6 women and 1 in 10 men over the age of 50! If you get it, there is no way back. It can be debilitating and impact all aspect of your life. The Dementia Handbook is about knowledge - knowledge about what people can do to minimize the risk of getting the disease and perhaps avoid it entirely - or, if you already have it, knowledge about what you can do to get the best possible life as the disease develops. The Handbook covers a wide variety of issues in a down-to-Earth, practical way. The articles are based upon the latest scientific and medical information presented in a way any layperson can understand. Every person from about the age of 50, regardless of health, should acquire the knowledge this book offers.

In a time when we focus more and more on differences between people than on all the things we have in common, a debate about our values, customs, and culture is critical. In fact, learning about and appreciating the diversity among people is, as emphasized in this book, a condition for tolerance, which is the foundation of healthy societies.Facts blends with fiction in this audacious journey into the minds of five of the world's greatest thinkers as the reader embarks on a tour of the ideas that are as relevant today as ever. Their discussions are prompted by a 21st Century, young woman.This book is written for young people as well as any person who deals with young people . . . and that's pretty much all of us.

Demens er en uhelbredelig sygdom, som langsomt forværres. Den starter i 40/50-års alderen men viser sig normalt først 20 år senere. Man ved med andre ord ikke, om demens er ved at udvikle sig, før det er for sent.Denne bog behandler de ting, den enkelte kan gøre for at mindske risikoen for at få sygdommen - eller gøre symptomerne mildere, hvis man allerede har den. Bogen indeholder uvurderlige informationer for alle personer, som er omkring 50 år eller ældre - uanset deres nuværende helbredstilstand.

Viden er magt!Hvis vi vil tage kontrol over vores liv og de udfordringer vi møder, kræver det, at vi har den nødvendige viden til at gøre det. Det gælder i høj grad inden for et felt som demens.Fakta: (1) Demens er en alvorligt svækkende, uhelbredelig sygdom; (2) demens udvikler sig langsomt og kan starte så tidligt som i 40-50 års alderen; og (3) demensførst manifesterer sig meget senere i livet. Med andre ord: Demens kan være under udvikling længe før vi ved af det, og når vi får diagnosen, er der ingen vej tilbage. På den baggrund er alt, hvad man kan gøre for at forsinke starten eller muligvis helt forhindre sygdommen, af uvurderlig værdi.Det er her, viden kommer ind ...- Viden om hvad den berørte person, hans/hendes familie, venner, og kolleger samt plejepersonale kan gøre for at få det bedste ud af situationen, og frem for alt - Viden om hvad en person, der ikke har sygdommen, kan gøre for at forbedre chancerne for at undgå den i fremtiden.Med dette formål er håndbogen dedikeret til de mange mennesker, som ønsker let adgang til viden om en bred vifte af emner om demens.