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Union Atlantic - Adam (author) Haslett - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Union Atlantic - Adam (author) Haslett - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Doug Fanning lives an apparently gilded existence. A Gulf war veteran turned banker at the vast investment bank Union Atlantic, he is wealthy, handsome and powerful - the epitome of Wall Street success. Charlotte Graves lives in self-imposed exile deep in the forests of rural Massachusetts, stubbornly refusing to engage with a country she feels to be in morally bankrupt. When Fanning decides to build himself a sprawling mansion adjacent to her home, her isolation is threatened and she determines to evict him from his land and, if she can, his kind from her country. Union Atlantic is a deeply involving novel of the modern world - a world in crisis, where individual humanity is pitted against the global marketplace, and we must decide what, in the end, we value most highly.

DKK 113.00
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And Yet... - Christopher Hitchens - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

And Yet... - Christopher Hitchens - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

A Sunday Times bestseller Christopher Hitchens was an unparalleled, prolific writer, who raised the polemical essay to a new art form, over a lifetime of thinking and debating the defining issues of our times. As an essayist he contributed to the New Statesman , Atlantic Monthly , London Review of Books , TLS and Vanity Fair . Any publication of a volume of Hitchens'' essays was a major event on both sides of the Atlantic. Now comes a volume of Hitchens'' previously uncollected essays, covering the themes that define Hitchens the thinker: literature, religion and politics. These essays remind us, once more, of the fierce, brilliant and trenchant voice of Christopher Hitchens.

DKK 127.00
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Hemispheres - Stephen Baker - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Hemispheres - Stephen Baker - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Yan is a compulsive gambler whose wanderlust leads him on a chain of adventures across the South Atlantic and beyond, in the wake of the Falklands War. But this personal voyage takes a heavy toll on his relationships with wife Kate and teenage son Danny, left abandoned in a run-down pub on the North-East coast of England. Twenty-five years later Yan re-appears, terminally ill and determined to make amends before his death. Despite Danny''s reticence, the two men begin to reconnect through the unlikely medium of birdwatching, as Danny tries to piece together the truth about Yan''s desertion and protracted homecoming.Set against the stark industrial landscapes of the Tees estuary and the wilder shores of the South Atlantic, Hemispheres is an Odyssey for the twenty-first century, a story about fathers and sons, about isolation and human connection, and - ultimately - about the healing power of the natural world.

DKK 113.00
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In Ascension - Martin Macinnes - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

In Ascension - Martin Macinnes - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

LISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE BLACKWELL''S BOOK OF THE YEAR ''Mesmerising'' Sunday Times ''Magnificent'' Guardian ''Monumental'' The Telegraph Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, travelling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic ocean, Leigh joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of the earth''s first life forms - what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our own beginnings.Her discovery leads Leigh to the Mojave desert and an ambitious new space agency. Drawn deeper into the agency''s work, she learns that the Atlantic trench is only one of several related phenomena from across the world, each piece linking up to suggest a pattern beyond human understanding. Leigh knows that to continue working with the agency will mean leaving behind her declining mother and her younger sister, and faces an impossible choice: to remain with her family, or to embark on a journey across the breadth of the cosmos. ''Utterly compelling'' The Times , Books of the Year''Profound and thrilling'' New Statesman , Books of the Year''A far-reaching epic'' Financial Times , Books of the Year

DKK 148.00
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In Ascension - Martin Macinnes - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

In Ascension - Martin Macinnes - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

LISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE BLACKWELL''S BOOK OF THE YEAR ''Mesmerising'' Sunday Times ''Magnificent'' Guardian ''Monumental'' The Telegraph Leigh grew up in Rotterdam, drawn to the waterfront as an escape from her unhappy home life and volatile father. Enchanted by the undersea world of her childhood, she excels in marine biology, travelling the globe to study ancient organisms. When a trench is discovered in the Atlantic ocean, Leigh joins the exploration team, hoping to find evidence of the earth''s first life forms - what she instead finds calls into question everything we know about our own beginnings.Her discovery leads Leigh to the Mojave desert and an ambitious new space agency. Drawn deeper into the agency''s work, she learns that the Atlantic trench is only one of several related phenomena from across the world, each piece linking up to suggest a pattern beyond human understanding. Leigh knows that to continue working with the agency will mean leaving behind her declining mother and her younger sister, and faces an impossible choice: to remain with her family, or to embark on a journey across the breadth of the cosmos. ''Utterly compelling'' The Times , Books of the Year''Profound and thrilling'' New Statesman , Books of the Year''A far-reaching epic'' Financial Times , Books of the Year

DKK 117.00
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1941 - Marc Wortman - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

1941 - Marc Wortman - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, America had long been involved in a shadow war. Throughout 1941 , President Roosevelt concocted ingenious ways to come to Winston Churchill''s aid, without breaking the Neutrality Acts. Conducting espionage at home and in South America to root out Nazi sympathizers, and waging undeclared war in the Atlantic, were just some of the tactics with which America battled Hitler in the shadows. President Roosevelt also had to contend with growing isolationism and anti-Semitism as he tried to influence public opinion. While Americans were sympathetic to those being crushed under Axis power, they were unwilling to enter a foreign war. Wortman tells the story through the eyes of the powerful as well as ordinary citizens. Their stories weave throughout the intricate tapestry of events that unfold during the crucial year of 1941.

DKK 127.00
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The Crossing - James Cracknell - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Crossing - James Cracknell - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

''Read this... Two very different men fight, play games and nearly lose their lives.'' The Times When James Cracknell and Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew what awaited them: nearly three thousand miles of empty ocean, stormy weather and colossal physical stress. But their epic journey would become a living hell that tested the strength of every fibre of their being. Forty nine days later James and Ben were the first pair to cross the finishing line.They had pushed themselves physically, psychologically and emotionally to the limit. They had survived without water rations, lost the few clothes they had in a freak wave, capsized, hallucinated, played games, wept, fought, grown beards, nursed blisters and rowed 2,930 miles. They will never be the same again.

DKK 170.00
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The Jamestown Brides - Jennifer Potter - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Jamestown Brides - Jennifer Potter - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

'' Compelling... A real pleasure to read.'' - BBC History Magazine In 1621, fifty-six English women crossed the Atlantic in response to the Virginia Company of London''s call for maids ''young and uncorrupt'' to make wives for the planters of its new colony in Virginia.While the women travelled of their own accord, the company was in effect selling them at a profit for a bride price of 150 lbs of tobacco for each woman sold. The rewards would flow to investors in the near-bankrupt company. But what did the women want from the enterprise? Why did they agree to make the perilous crossing to a wild and dangerous land, where six out of seven European settlers died within their first few years? And what happened to them in the end?

DKK 127.00
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The Capitalist Manifesto - Johan Norberg - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Capitalist Manifesto - Johan Norberg - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

'' This book is an excellent explanation of why capitalism is not just successful, but morally right '' Elon Musk ''A joyful counterblast... packed with vivid examples... decisive'' The Economist ''Compelling... Masterful'' Daily Mail ''A timely reminder of the benefits of free and open trade'' Financial Times A vital exploration of capitalism and the benefits it brings to global society. Marx and Engels were right when they observed in The Communist Manifesto that free markets had in a short time created greater prosperity and more technological innovation than all previous generations combined. A century and a half later, all the evidence shows that capitalism has lifted millions from hunger and poverty. Nonetheless, today''s story about global capitalism, shared by right-wing and left-wing populists - and by large sections of the political and economic establishment - accepts that prosperity has been created, but says it ended up in far too few hands. This in turn has made it popular to talk about the global economy as a geopolitical zero-sum game, where we must fight to control new innovations, introduce trade barriers and renationalize supply chains. More generally, capitalism is also accused of fuelling glaring inequality, populist revolts, climate change and China''s global conquest. In this incisive and passionate investigation, Johan Norberg instead restates the case for capitalism and the vital role played by the free market in today''s uncertain world. Ultimately, he argues that a move away from global capitalism would not only squeeze the growth out of the economy but also deepen an already large social exclusion for the vulnerable - for the world''s poor, it would be a killing blow.

DKK 182.00
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The Capitalist Manifesto - Johan Norberg - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Capitalist Manifesto - Johan Norberg - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

'' This book is an excellent explanation of why capitalism is not just successful, but morally right '' Elon Musk ''A joyful counterblast... packed with vivid examples... decisive'' The Economist ''Compelling... Masterful'' Daily Mail ''A timely reminder of the benefits of free and open trade'' Financial Times A vital exploration of capitalism and the benefits it brings to global society. Marx and Engels were right when they observed in The Communist Manifesto that free markets had in a short time created greater prosperity and more technological innovation than all previous generations combined. A century and a half later, all the evidence shows that capitalism has lifted millions from hunger and poverty. Nonetheless, today''s story about global capitalism, shared by right-wing and left-wing populists - and by large sections of the political and economic establishment - accepts that prosperity has been created, but says it ended up in far too few hands. This in turn has made it popular to talk about the global economy as a geopolitical zero-sum game, where we must fight to control new innovations, introduce trade barriers and renationalize supply chains. More generally, capitalism is also accused of fuelling glaring inequality, populist revolts, climate change and China''s global conquest. In this incisive and passionate investigation, Johan Norberg instead restates the case for capitalism and the vital role played by the free market in today''s uncertain world. Ultimately, he argues that a move away from global capitalism would not only squeeze the growth out of the economy but also deepen an already large social exclusion for the vulnerable - for the world''s poor, it would be a killing blow.

DKK 127.00
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The Journey Matters - Jonathan Glancey - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Journey Matters - Jonathan Glancey - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

What was it really like to take the LNER''s Art Deco Coronation streamliner from King''s Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic by the SS Normandie , to fly with Imperial Airways from Southampton to Singapore, to steam from Manhattan to Chicago on board the New York Central''s 20th Century Limited or to dine and sleep aboard the Graf Zeppelin ? In the course of The Journey Matters , Jonathan Glancey travels from the early 1930s to the turn of the century on some of what he considers to be the most truly glamorous and romantic trips he has ever dreamed of or made in real life.Each of the twenty journeys allows him to explore the history of routes taken, and the events - social and political - enveloping them. Each is the story of the machines that made these journeys possible, of those who shaped them and those, too, who travelled on them.

DKK 120.00
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Prepared for the Worst - Christopher Hitchens - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Prepared for the Worst - Christopher Hitchens - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

''I suppose that, if this collection has a point, it is the desire of one individual to see the idea of confrontation kept alive'' -- Christopher Hitchens, Introduction Christopher Hitchens is widely recognized as having been one of the liveliest and most influential of contemporary political analysts. Prepared for the Worst is a collection of the best of his essays of the 1980s published on both sides of the Atlantic. These essays confirmed his reputation as a bold commentator combining intellectual tenacity with mordant wit, whether he was writing about the intrigues of Reagan''s Washington, a popular novel, the work of Tom Paine, the man George Orwell, or reporting (with sympathy as well as toughness) from Beirut or Bombay, Warsaw or Managua. Hitchens writes clearly, from a well-stocked mind, and is free of the cant that affects many political journalists. - Publishers Weekly

DKK 239.00
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The Cornish Rebel - Nicola Pryce - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Cornish Rebel - Nicola Pryce - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Cornwall, 1801. In the wake of her mother''s death, Pandora Woodville is desperate to escape her domineering father and finally return to Cornwall. Posing as a widow, she safely makes it across the Atlantic, bright with the dream of working at her Aunt Harriet''s school for young women. But as Pandora is soon to learn, the school is facing imminent closure after a series of sinister events threatened its reputation. Acclaimed chemist Benedict Aubyn has also recently returned to Cornwall, to take up a new role as Turnpike Trust Surveyor. Pandora''s arrival has been a strange one, so she is grateful when he shows her kindness. As news of the school''s ruin spreads around town, everyone seems to be after her aunt''s estate. Now, Pandora and Aunt Harriet must do everything in their power to save the school, or risk losing everything. However, Pandora has another problem. She''s falling for Benedict. But can she trust him, or is he simply looking after his own interests?

DKK 113.00
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Slow-Tech - Andrew Price - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Slow-Tech - Andrew Price - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

A sailor crossing the Atlantic in a small yacht would want to minimize excess baggage. But it would be unthinkable not to carry more fresh water than seemed necessary, to survive unexpected calms or storms. Yet the imperative of profit, especially over the last century, has driven modernity towards ''lean, mean'' strategies in every area of life; squeezing waste out of commercial, technological and environmental systems may make money in the short term, but is our highly geared, highly strung way of life sustainable? Andrew Price, sailor, explorer and environmental scientist at the University of Warwick argues that in the long-term, spare capacity actually pays. From the destruction of New Orleans to the loss of the world''s fish-stocks and intractable problems such as MRSA, Slow-Tech demonstrates how the reckless pursuit of efficiency and cost-effectiveness frequently backfires. It makes the case for robustness as an equally important measure of performance in fields as diverse as healthcare, military operations and engineering.Unexpected and counter-intuitive yet convincing and timely, Slow-Tech offers an alternative vision for life in the twenty-first century - a rounded vision of balance and robustness that would be healthier for the planet - and healthier for us.

DKK 190.00
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The Art of Meditation - Matthieu Ricard - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The Art of Meditation - Matthieu Ricard - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

A Sunday Times bestseller, this new paperback is an elegant and inspiring short guide to the art of meditation: another instant classic from the bestselling author of Happiness . Wherever he goes, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard is asked to explain what meditation is, how it is done and what it can achieve. In this authoritative and inspiring book, he sets out to answer these questions. Matthieu Ricard shows that practising meditation can change our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. He talks us through its theory, spirituality and practical aspects of deep contemplation and illustrates each stage of his teaching with examples. Through his experience as a monk, his close reading of sacred texts and his deep knowledge of the Buddhist masters, Matthieu Ricard reveals the significant benefits that meditation - based on selfless love and compassion - can bring to each of us.

DKK 127.00
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Zero-Sum World - Gideon (author) Rachman - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Zero-Sum World - Gideon (author) Rachman - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

The economic crisis that struck the world in 2008 has drastically altered the logic of international relations. Globalisation no longer benefits all the world''s superpowers and they face an array of global problems that are causing division between nations. A win-win world is giving way to a zero-sum world.Zero-sum logic, in which one country''s gain looks like another''s loss, has prevented the world from reaching an agreement to fight climate change and threatens to create a global economic stalemate. These new tensions are intensified by the emergence of dangerous political and economic problems that risk provoking wars, environmental catastrophe and ever-deeper debilitating economic crises.This timely and important book argues that international politics is about become much more volatile - and sets out what can be done to break away from the crippling logic of a zero-sum world.

DKK 130.00
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Launch Code - Michael (author) Ridpath - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Launch Code - Michael (author) Ridpath - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

''Hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking, Launch Code brings to mind the classic thrillers of Alister Maclean and Jack Higgins. A well-crafted ingenious mystery, tightly plotted, compelling and contemporary, this could well be Michael Ridpath''s best novel yet.'' - Stav Sherez, author of the Carrigan & Miller series 1983 : Three hundred feet beneath the Atlantic, submarine Lieutenant Bill Guth receives the order he''s been dreading: a full nuclear strike against the USSR. Crisis is soon averted, but in the chaos that follows, one crew member ends up dead... 2019 : Bill''s annual family gathering is interrupted when a historian turns up, eager to uncover the truth about the near-apocalyptic Cold War incident. Bill refuses to answer, but that night the man is brutally murdered.What happened all those years ago? How much is Bill to blame for events in the past? And who will stop at nothing to keep the secrets of 1983 where they belong?'' Deadly state secrets and deadlier family secrets - perfectly crafted, scrupulously researched Launch Code weaves an ingeniously dark and tangled web that will keep you gripped and guessing to the very end. Ridpath is one of the best thriller writers around.'' - Craig Russell, author of The Devil Aspect

DKK 113.00
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To Sea and Back - Richard Shelton - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

To Sea and Back - Richard Shelton - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Combining natural history with beguiling autobiographical and historical narrative, To Sea and Back is a dazzling portrait of a fish whose story is closely intertwined with our own. ''Indispensable and powerful... To Sea and Back mingles history with biography and science... Shelton writes with a poet''s ear... A writer to be prized.''-- Tom Adair, Scotsman The Atlantic salmon is an extraordinary and mysterious fish. In To Sea and Back , Richard Shelton combines memoir and deep scientific knowledge to reveal, from the salmon''s point of view, both the riverine and marine worlds in which it lives. He explores this iconic fish''s journey to reach its feeding grounds in the northern oceans before making the return over thousands of miles to the burns of its birth to reproduce. Along the way, Shelton describes the feats of exploration that gave us our first real understanding of the oceans, and shows how this iconic fish is a vital indicator of the health of our rivers and oceans. Above all, To Sea and Back is the story of Richard Shelton''s lifelong passion for the sea and his attempt to solve the perennial enigmas of the salmon''s secret life.

DKK 175.00
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Wings Over Water - Jonathan Glancey - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Wings Over Water - Jonathan Glancey - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy was a series of glamorous air contests, popularly known as races, that captivated both sides of the Atlantic. While there were many other aviation competitions, the Schneider proved to be, after a rocky start, by far the most memorable attracting a hugely popular and glamorous following whether Trophy races were held in Monaco, the Venice Lido, the Solent or Chesapeake Bay.The Schneider Trophy was a focus not just of remarkable aircraft, derring-do pilots and swooning public attention, but also of fierce rivalries between the competitors: Britain, France, Italy and the United States. It gripped the imaginations of pioneering manufacturers and two of the world''s finest aircraft designers ­- Reginald Mitchell and Mario Castoldi - who worked feverishly hard to outdo one another. Perhaps inevitably, the dynamism of rival engineering and politics led to the most potent military fighters of World War Two with Reginald Mitchell''s record-breaking Supermarine seaplanes morphing, one way or another, into the Spitfire. Wings Over Water not only tells the story of the Schneider Trophy afresh but also examines the backdrop and legacy of these legendary air races, which became a driver and celebration of speed and engineering prowess for both sea and ground-based aircraft. It is an exhilarating tale of raw adventure, public excitement, engineering genius and the fortunes of flying boats and seaplanes.

DKK 120.00
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Fracture - Philipp (author) Blom - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

Fracture - Philipp (author) Blom - Bog - Atlantic Books - Plusbog.dk

When the Great War ended in 1918, the West was broken. Religious faith, patriotism and the belief in human progress had all been called into question by the mass carnage experienced by both sides. Shell shocked and traumatized, the West faced a world it no longer recognized: the old order had collapsed, replaced by an age of machines. The world hurtled forward on gears and crankshafts, and terrifying new ideologies arose from the wreckage of past belief. In Fracture , critically acclaimed historian Philipp Blom argues that in the aftermath of the First World War, citizens of the West directed their energies inwards, launching into hedonistic, aesthetic and intellectual adventures of self-discovery. It was a period of both bitter disillusionment and visionary progress. From Surrealism to Oswald Spengler''s The Decline of the West ; from Fritz Lang''s Metropolis to theoretical physics, and from Art Deco to Jazz and the Charleston dance, artists, scientists and philosophers grappled with the question of how to live and what to believe in a broken age. Morbid symptoms emerged simultaneously from the decay of the First World War: progress and innovation were everywhere met with increasing racism and xenophobia. America closed its borders to European refugees and turned away from the desperate poverty caused by the Great Depression. On both sides of the Atlantic, disenchanted voters flocked to Communism and fascism, forming political parties based on violence and revenge that presaged the horror of a new World War. Vividly recreating this era of unparalleled ambition, artistry and innovation, Blom captures the seismic shifts that defined the interwar period and continue to shape our world today.

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