Senest opdateret 4. april
fra 2002 på forlaget Continuum
ISBN: 0-8264-1323-0
pris: 120 kr – stand: ★★★★★★
Vægt: 450 gram
This work describes the crucial role libraries played in ancient Egypt, Han-dynasty China, the ancient Western Classical world (the great library of Alexandria, which was lost to us in stages over many years), the Baghdad of Harun-al-Rashid, and medieval and Renaissance Europe. It continues with the libraries of colonial America, the Library of Congress, university libraries, and today's large public library system.
Senest opdateret 4. april
fra 2005 på forlaget Penguin Books
ISBN: 0-141-02198-5
pris: 120 kr – stand: ★★★★★★
Vægt: 200 gram
A whimsical linguistic tour of foreign words and phrases that do not have precise English-language equivalents includes such entries as the world's longest-known palindrome, the Dutch rendering of the sound of Rice Krispies cereal, and the Bolivian word that means, "I was rather too drunk last night and it's all their fault." 50,000 first printing.
Senest opdateret 4. april
1. udgave fra 2033 på forlaget Knoff
ISBN: 978-0-0593-53604-9
Kategori: Skønlitteratur
pris: 370 kr – stand: ★★★★★★
Vægt: 1400 gram
A salvage diver plumbs mysterious depths in Cormac McCarthy’s glorious sunset song of a novel It’s the depth of the darkness that spooks Bobby Western, the haunted man at the heart of Cormac McCarthy’s extraordinary new novel. Western works as a salvage diver in the Mexican Gulf, tending to sunken barges and stricken oil rigs. He’s kicking up clouds in the clay-coloured water and pressing further into the unknown with every weighted step. His colleagues are blase but experience has taught him to take care. He asks: “You ever bump into something down there that you didn’t know what it was?” Stella Maris: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the second volume of The Passenger series: Stella Maris is an intimate portrait of grief and longing, as a young woman in a psychiatric facility seeks to understand her own existence. "McCarthy's art is transcendent even as it takes no prisoners, an achievement akin only to the oeuvres of his greatest peers, Toni Morrison and Philip Roth. He will endure." --Oprah Daily "The richest and strongest work of McCarthy's career...An achievement greater than Blood Meridian...or...The Road." --The Atlantic
Senest opdateret 4. april
fra 2002 på forlaget UBC Press
ISBN: 07-7480-861-6
Kategori: Antropologi
pris: 250 kr – stand: ★★★★★★
Vægt: 400 gram
Written by a conservator at the U. of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology, this text examines the complex issues surrounding the preservation of First Nations artifacts. Drawing upon interviews with elders and other members of various First Nations groups, Clavir presents their perspectives on cultural preservation. She also discusses the science and ethics of museum conservation. Black and white photographs of museum workers, artists, and First Nations people accompany the text. Distributed by Raincoast Books. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Senest opdateret 4. april
1. udgave fra 2009 på forlaget Gyldendal
Oplag: 3
ISBN: 9-788702-082135
pris: 140 kr – stand: ★★★★★★
Vægt: 1050 gram
Han har lovet aldrig nogensinde at hypnotisere igen. Nu bryder han sit løfte for at redde liv, og pludselig står hele hans eget liv på spil ...Erik Maria Bark er læge med speciale i at behandle stærkt traumatiserede personer, tidligere også med hypnose. En nat i begyndelsen af december kaldes han til Karolinska Sygehus, hvor en 15-årig dreng ligger hårdt såret - tilsyneladende den eneste overlevende i en familiemassakre i et rækkehus i en forstad til Stockholm.Det viser sig, at der også er en ældre søster. Hende vil man finde, før morderen gør det, og kriminalkommissær Joona Linna beslutter sig for at bruge utraditionelle metoder: Han vil have Bark til at forhøre drengen under hypnose for at få et signalement af morderen. Men da Bark giver efter for politimandens bøn om hjælp, og dermed bryder sit gamle løfte, sættes en skræmmende handlingskæde i gang ...Sammen med Joona Linna må Bark i løbet af nogle nerveopslidende decemberdage i et Stockholm, der er ved at lukke ned i sne og sjap og forskanse sig i julehygge indendørs, konfrontere sig selv med fortrængte kapitler af sin egen historie og med de mørkeste kapitler af sine medmenneskers fortid.Det bliver en intens og chokerende tour de force gennem - i mere en én forstand - øde og kuldslåede egne. I jagten på en forbryder, der tilsyneladende er besat af det stærkeste og mest sårbare menneskelige punkt: relationen mellem forældre og børn.Hypnotisøren er første bind i serien om kriminalkommissær Joona Linna.
Senest opdateret 8. marts
fra 2019-10-29 på forlaget Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 19-8212-025-8
Kategori: Historie:Verden
pris: 170 kr – stand: ★★★★★★
Vægt: 600 gram
Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians. In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore the subjects they’ve come to so intimately know and understand. — David McCullough on John Adams — Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson — Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton — Walter Isaacson on Benjamin Franklin — Doris Kearns Goodwin on Abraham Lincoln — A. Scott Berg on Charles Lindbergh — Taylor Branch on Martin Luther King — Robert Caro on Lyndon B. Johnson — Bob Woodward on Richard Nixon —And many others, including a special conversation with Chief Justice John Roberts Through his popular program The David Rubenstein Show, David Rubenstein has established himself as one of our most thoughtful interviewers. Now, in The American Story, David captures the brilliance of our most esteemed historians, as well as the souls of their subjects. The book features introductions by Rubenstein as well a foreword by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to lead our national library. Richly illustrated with archival images from the Library of Congress, the book is destined to become a classic for serious readers of American history. Through these captivating exchanges, these bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning authors offer fresh insight on pivotal moments from the Founding Era to the late 20th century.
Senest opdateret 7. marts
fra 2008 på forlaget Rosinante&Co.
ISBN: 87-6380-927-3
Kategori: Skønlitteratur
pris: 85 kr – stand: ★★★★★★
Vægt: 300 gram
Golak er første bind i Josefine Ottesens prisbelønnede trilogi Det Døde Land, der skildrer en ung mands desperate kamp for at finde ud af, hvem han er. Jonah har altid været anderledes end alle andre i den lille, isolerede bjergby. Folk omkring ham sætter lydighed, bøn og hårdt arbejde over alt andet, mens de prøver at genskabe et liv, som det så ud, inden verden blev lagt øde. I det døde land omkring byen lever kun de deforme monstre, golakkerne. Deres angreb får forfærdelige følger, og Jonah opdager, at golakkerne ikke står menneskene så fjernt, som landsbyens ældste påstår. Langsomt går det op for ham, at det ikke er den eneste usandhed. Livet både i landsbyen og i hans egen familie bygger på et væv af fortielser, hemmeligheder og løgne. Golak modtog Kulturministeriets forfatterpris for børne- og ungdomsbøger ved udgivelsen i 2008.
Senest opdateret 4. april
ISBN: 87-1190-001-6
Kategori: Samfundsvidenskab
pris: 210 kr – stand: ★★★★★★
Vægt: 700 gram
Yuval Noah Harari udforsker i denne nervepirrende bog 21 aktuelle emner. Han undersøger, hvordan man som kollektiv og som individ kan forstå og håndtere nutidens konstante og forvirrende forandringer. Hvordan kan vi beskytte os mod atomkrig, naturkatastrofer og ny teknologi? Hvad kan vi gøre ved fake news-epidemien eller terrortruslen?12 Bogen “21 ting du bør vide om det 21. århundrede” giver indsigt i de udfordringer og forandringer, vi står over for i dette århundrede. Fra teknologiske fremskridt til globale kriser, Harari udforsker det hele og stiller spørgsmål, der får os til at reflektere over vores tid og vores fremtid.
Senest opdateret 4. april
fra 1993 på forlaget Blackwell
ISBN: 0-631-18465-1
Kategori: Samfund & historie
pris: 120 kr – stand: ★★★★★★
Vægt: 500 gram
In The Structures of History Christopher Lloyd questions whether narration on its own can provide a real understanding of history, and addresses in philosophical and practical terms the fundamental problems of whether it is possible to know and to explain the history of human societies, and if so how these tasks might be approached. The book revolves around an inquiry into the general nature of historical structures, how these have been studied by historians, anthropologists, sociologists and philosophers, and how they relate to events, actions and beliefs. The author draws upon a wide range of reference in the philosophy of history and science, and in the writings of historians and social scientists during the last two centuries. The thrust of his account is against the relativism of such as Rorty, Foucault and Derrida, and for the complex socio-historical realism exemplified in the writings of Geertz, Gellner, Ladurie and Mann. Christopher Lloyd concludes that an objective understanding of the past is not an impossible ambition, and he provides a searching analysis of the framework and methods necessary to its realization.
Senest opdateret 4. april
fra 2014 på forlaget Penguin Books
ISBN: 978-0-241-97006-5
Kategori: Rejsebøger/guides
pris: 120 kr – stand: ★★★★★★
Vægt: 250 gram
The Art of Travel is a philosophical look at the ubiquitous but peculiar activity of travelling ‘for pleasure’, with thoughts on airports, landscapes, museums, holiday romances, photographs, exotic carpets and the contents of hotel mini-bars. The book mixes personal thought with insights drawn from some of the great figures of the past. Unlike existing guidebooks on travel, it dares to ask what the point of travel might be – and modestly suggests how we could learn to be less silently and guiltily miserable on our journeys.
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