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Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 415 kr
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Bilderberg People explores the hidden mechanisms of influence at work in the private world, and personal interactions, of the transnational power elite. It is not concerned with conspiracy theories; instead it is about certain fundamental forces that shape the world in which we live. These forces, with their power to bring about transitions in emotion and preference within, and beyond, the elite community have potentially profound implications for all of us. Through exclusive interviews with attendees of the most prestigious of all informal transnational networks – Bilderberg – this book provides a unique insight into the networking habits and motivations of the world’s most powerful people. Moreover, it demonstrates that elite consensus is not simply a product of collective common sense among the elite group; rather, it is a consequence of subtle power relationships within the elite circle. These relationships, which are embedded in the very fabric of elite institutions and interactions, result in a particular brand of enlightened thinking within the elite community. This exciting new volume sheds light for the first time on the critical question of who runs the world and why they run it the way they do.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
623 kr
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Bilderberg People explores the hidden mechanisms of influence at work in the private world, and personal interactions, of the transnational power elite. It is not concerned with conspiracy theories; instead it is about certain fundamental forces that shape the world in which we live. These forces, with their power to bring about transitions in emotion and preference within, and beyond, the elite community have potentially profound implications for all of us. Through exclusive interviews with attendees of the most prestigious of all informal transnational networks – Bilderberg – this book provides a unique insight into the networking habits and motivations of the world’s most powerful people. Moreover, it demonstrates that elite consensus is not simply a product of collective common sense among the elite group; rather, it is a consequence of subtle power relationships within the elite circle. These relationships, which are embedded in the very fabric of elite institutions and interactions, result in a particular brand of enlightened thinking within the elite community. This exciting new volume sheds light for the first time on the critical question of who runs the world and why they run it the way they do.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
299 kr
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Recounts the incredible stories of more than 50 archaeological treasures recently found by ordinary people, and which are reshaping our understanding of British history. Britain’s history runs deep – and much of its treasured past lies hidden underfoot. Every day, new discoveries are unearthed not by expert archaeologists but by amateur enthusiasts. Armed with spades and maps, these detectorists, mudlarks and fieldwalkers scour the earth’s surface. What they find is perhaps at first glance unremarkable: fragments of pottery, metal coins, jewellery. But from the pieces emerge stories of how our ancestors lived, traded, ate, played, fought – and died. Beneath Our Feet is a celebration of this growing public involvement in archaeology, and the groundbreaking work of the Portable Antiquities Scheme managed by the British Museum in England and Amgueddfa Cymru in Wales.
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
254 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 2013738 kr
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Bilderberg People explores the hidden mechanisms of influence at work in the private world, and personal interactions, of the transnational power elite. It is not concerned with conspiracy theories; instead it is about certain fundamental forces that shape the world in which we live. These forces, with their power to bring about transitions in emotion and preference within, and beyond, the elite community have potentially profound implications for all of us.
Through exclusive interviews with attendees of the most prestigious of all informal transnational networks – Bilderberg – this book provides a unique insight into the networking habits and motivations of the world’s most powerful people. Moreover, it demonstrates that elite consensus is not simply a product of collective common sense among the elite group; rather, it is a consequence of subtle power relationships within the elite circle. These relationships, which are embedded in the very fabric of elite institutions and interactions, result in a particular brand of enlightened thinking within the elite community.
This exciting new volume sheds light for the first time on the critical question of who runs the world and why they run it the way they do.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2013740 kr
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Bilderberg People explores the hidden mechanisms of influence at work in the private world, and personal interactions, of the transnational power elite. It is not concerned with conspiracy theories; instead it is about certain fundamental forces that shape the world in which we live. These forces, with their power to bring about transitions in emotion and preference within, and beyond, the elite community have potentially profound implications for all of us.
Through exclusive interviews with attendees of the most prestigious of all informal transnational networks – Bilderberg – this book provides a unique insight into the networking habits and motivations of the world’s most powerful people. Moreover, it demonstrates that elite consensus is not simply a product of collective common sense among the elite group; rather, it is a consequence of subtle power relationships within the elite circle. These relationships, which are embedded in the very fabric of elite institutions and interactions, result in a particular brand of enlightened thinking within the elite community.
This exciting new volume sheds light for the first time on the critical question of who runs the world and why they run it the way they do.
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Inscribed Vervels
A corpus and discussion of late medieval and Renaissance hawking rings found in Britain
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
389 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2007
173 kr
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196 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 200764 kr
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For anyone who has ever wondered whether they have lived before, the story of Hori,
an Ancient Egyptian priest who lived some 3,500 years ago in Ancient Egypt, at Karnak,
Thebes, is inspiring.
The possibility of reincarnation, of communication beyond the grave in some kind of time travel is riveting enough.
Hori has been Re-Born. Read through his Tales of Long Ago, Pharaohs, Battles, Murders and Intrigue; of Gods Magic and Love.
The purpose of this book aims to dispel any fear the reader may have of ''passing over''
and to allow everyone to take an enlightened approach into ''Past Lives''. as you follow in the footsteps of Hori where Past and Present meet through time.
Häftad, Engelska
202 kr
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Häftad, Engelska
209 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 202169 kr
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When Neve Gregory wakes up on a beach with no idea how she got there she cannot imagine the challenges that lie ahead. In an adventure that is out of this world and witch will see her battle to find her way home. Soon, Neve is using skills that she never knew that she had and will be pushed to the limits to be able to survive. Where will she end up? How did she get to the beach?Grab on tight for a ride that will take you to different places and back again?
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
209 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2021
223 kr
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Sir Giles Palmer, head of a respected City finance house appears to have a suspiciously close connection to the pornographic movie industry in which the innocent stars are killed. Heather Morgan who works in Palmer's London office is puzzled by Palmer's frequent trips to Hollywood. At a Christmas party in the London office of Palmer Associates, Heather's fiance is found murdered and she becomes the prime suspect. When the senior detective investigating the case is suspended from duty Heather's situation looks bleak.
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
198 kr
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As Allied squadrons arrive to liberate Corsica from the grip of the Nazis, Bill Cottrell, an undercover British officer, finds himself betrayed and captured by career criminal turned Gestapo officer, Felix Muller who is embroiled in a getaway plan involving a fortune in stolen diamonds.Fifty years later, after returning to Corsica to relive old memories, Bill discovers that the ghosts of the past might not be dead. Old soldiers, the Corsican Mafia, an American millionaire and locals with scores to settle are hunting the diamonds in a murderous knot of intrigue and violence.It's the job of Detective Sergeant Philippa Cottrell and the Corsican police to find the killers and what happened to the diamonds.
E-bok
Engelska, 202517 kr
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In May 1941, Twenty-one-year-old sailor Tobias Keller sails aboard the most powerful battleship ever launched by Germany. What begins in pride and awe soon descends into terror as Bismarck is hunted across the Atlantic, shattered in battle, and dragged toward her fate.Through fire, steel, and freezing seas, Tobias survives the sinking—only to face captivity, loss, and the long reckoning of memory. Bismarck is a haunting, intimate tale of war at sea, brotherhood under fire, and the fragile cost of survival when legends sink and men are left behind.
E-bok
Engelska, 202517 kr
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Crete, 1941.A sun-scorched island becomes the crucible where elite German paratroopers are dropped into a nightmare of gunfire, chaos, and desperate survival. For Gefreiter Lukas Weber, the jump over Maleme is the beginning of a battle that will tear his unit apart, test every shred of courage he possesses, and leave him questioning the very meaning of victory.From the slaughter in the olive groves to the brutal night assaults against unbroken New Zealand defenders, Weber and his comrades claw their way through terror, exhaustion, and loss as the fate of the entire invasion hinges on a single airfield. When the line finally breaks and Crete falls, the survivors are not hailed as heroes—they are tools, spent and bloodied, sent on toward a new darkness rising in the East.Raw, visceral, and unflinching, The Falling Shadows is a soldier's-eye descent into airborne warfare at its most violent. A story of comradeship, sacrifice, and the haunting cost of a victory won too dearly—where every step forward leads only deeper into the storm.
E-bok
Engelska, 202517 kr
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Daniel McLeod never expected to leave the quiet streets of England for the sweltering jungles of Vietnam, but the desire for a new start carried him halfway around the world to Australia, — and fate took him further to the battle fields of Vietnam. Thrust into the chaos of war, he finds himself fighting beside Australian soldiers at Fire Support Base Coral, where the night erupts into a maelstrom of explosions, fear, and desperate courage. Surviving the siege only drags him deeper into the conflict, leading him into the suffocating dark of enemy tunnel systems where every corner hides death and every breath feels stolen.From the mud and terror of close-quarters combat to the fleeting escape of Bangkok's neon-lit nights, Daniel's journey is one of transformation — from a young man seeking purpose to a soldier confronting the brutal reality of survival. Torn between two worlds, he carries the weight of England in his heart, Australia at his side, and the scars of Vietnam etched into his soul.A gripping story of identity, brotherhood, and the long road home from war.
E-bok
Engelska17 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 202517 kr
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The Battle of the Atlantic rages, and survival rides on fragile steel hulls crossing storm-lashed seas.Captain Alistair Cunningham commands HMS Valiant, a British destroyer tasked with shielding convoys from the German wolfpacks that stalk the depths. Each night brings fresh terror—torpedoes in the dark, flares that light the ocean with fire, and the cries of sailors cast into freezing waters.Beneath the waves, Korvettenkapitän Erik Brandt leads U-456, a hunter bound by duty to sink the very ships Cunningham must protect. In the crushing depths, his men endure hunger, fear, and the thunder of depth charges as they prowl the convoy lanes.Told through both perspectives, Grey Seas of Sorrow is a visceral story of endurance and sacrifice, where predator and prey blur, and the grey Atlantic consumes all.
E-bok
Engelska, 202517 kr
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From the mud of France to the burning sands of North Africa, one man's war is fought not just in steel, but in spirit.Sergeant Peter Brown is a tanker — a soldier of iron and resolve — who lands in France in 1939 with the British Expeditionary Force. In his Matilda II, he faces the chaos of the German Blitzkrieg, the desperate stand at Arras, and the haunting retreat to Dunkirk. Amid fire and ruin, Brown learns that survival demands more than armour — it demands sacrifice.But war does not end in the Channel's waters. Redeployed to the searing deserts of Libya and Egypt, Brown and the remnants of his old crew fight on against Rommel's relentless Afrika Korps. Through the choking heat and shifting dunes, in machines that break as often as they save, the men of the desert war forge a brotherhood born of courage and loss.When the new Grant tanks arrive, heavier and deadlier, Brown leads a fresh crew into the battles that will decide the fate of North Africa — Gazala, Alam Halfa, and El Alamein. Yet even as victory looms, he knows that no machine can shield the heart from what war demands.Told through Brown's eyes with stark realism and deep humanity, Beneath the Armour is a sweeping, emotive journey through the great tank battles of the Second World War — where duty, friendship, and the ghosts of fallen comrades weigh heavier than any steel.
E-bok
Engelska, 202518 kr
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In the dying light of Imperial Russia, one man bears witness to the birth of a new and broken world.From the frozen plains of the Volga to the blood-soaked ramparts of Port Arthur, young Mikhail Sokolov is thrust into the Tsar's war with Japan—filled with apathy and a desire to survive this latest hardship placed upon him by an uncaring empire Mikhail strives to survive. Amid the chaos of the Russo-Japanese War he realises the enemy is not only across the battlefield, but within: corruption, cruelty, and the hollow promises of glory.Returning home after a period of captivity in Japan Mikhail witnesses a country fractured by hunger and unrest, he struggles to rebuild a life as revolution stirs beneath the surface. As the First World War erupts and Russia's foundations crumble, he again is thrust into war where he witnesses comrades fall, cities burn, and an empire devour itself from within.Ashes of the Empire is a sweeping historical novel of courage, loss, and endurance — the story of one man's journey through war and upheaval to the silent moment when history itself changes course.In the end, Mikhail survives — but the world he knew does not.
E-bok
Engelska, 202517 kr
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In the ashes of a dying empire, one soldier's journey becomes the heartbeat of a world being violently reborn.From the frozen ruins of the Eastern Front to the shattered streets of Berlin, Alexei Petrov endures the brutal final months of the Second World War. He fights through forests, trenches, and city blocks torn to pieces, losing comrades, innocence, and pieces of himself with every step westward. As the Red Army closes in on the Third Reich, Alexei is drawn into the ferocious, room-to-room struggle for Berlin—a battle where survival is measured in metres and seconds.But when Hitler's death triggers Germany's surrender, the guns fall silent, leaving Alexei face-to-face not with triumph, but with the haunting stillness that follows unimaginable chaos. Amid the ruins of the Reichstag and the remnants of an empire built on destruction, he must reckon with what he has survived… and what it has turned him into.A sweeping, emotional, and unflinching tale of war's final fury and its lingering shadows—one man's fight to endure when the world he knew has burned away.
E-bok
Engelska, 202517 kr
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Beneath the Banner of Autumn Leaves is a sweeping, deeply human tale of courage, loss, and awakening in the crucible of China's darkest hour.In Part I – When the White Sun Fades, young officer Chen Jun marches to war with unwavering faith in the Republic. But amid the ruins of villages and the cries of the innocent, his devotion is tested. Betrayed by corrupt leaders and surrounded by the suffering of his people, he begins to see that heroism and loyalty are fragile things — easily twisted by power and pride.In Part II – Beneath the Red Horizon, disillusionment gives way to resolve. Torn between duty and conscience, Chen joins the Eighth Route Army, fighting not for glory but for the survival of ordinary men and women. As the war drags on and the old order crumbles, he discovers that true patriotism lies not in banners or slogans, but in compassion and sacrifice.From the ashes of war and betrayal rises a story of transformation — of one soldier's journey from blind loyalty to a quiet, defiant hope for a new China.
E-bok
Engelska, 202518 kr
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In the age of sail, when empire and honour rode upon the wind, two young men stand on opposite sides of history.Lieutenant Jonathan Hale, serving aboard HMS Victory under Lord Nelson, knows the weight of command and the price of courage. From the tense calm off Cape Trafalgar to the thunder of broadsides that shake the sea itself, he must lead, endure, and find meaning amid the firestorm that will define a generation.Across the battle line, Midshipman Étienne Marchand of the French Navy fights beneath the shattered flags of Napoleon's fleet. Trained in duty, driven by pride, he faces the ruin of his comrades and the death of ideals in the smoke-choked decks of the Bucentaure.As the guns of Trafalgar roar and fleets burn, both men are bound by the same sea—their fates intertwined in a single day of glory and grief.Sweeping, visceral, and deeply human, Tides of Glory brings to life the courage, fear, and brotherhood of those who fought beneath the sails of war. It is a story of loss and endurance, of two nations colliding—and the men who found their souls amidst the wreckage.
E-bok
Engelska18 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 202517 kr
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The summer of 1940 burns across England's skies. As the Luftwaffe launches its relentless assault, young RAF pilot Jack Carter rises each dawn to meet the enemy over the Channel and the white cliffs of Dover. Through dogfights, loss, and fleeting triumphs, he grapples with the cost of courage and the fading line between duty and survival.From the chaos of the 'Phoney War' in France, to the escape at Dunkirk, to the inferno above London, Wings Over the Channel captures the spirit, sacrifice, and endurance of those who stood alone when the fate of a nation hung in the balance.
E-bok
Engelska, 202517 kr
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Commissioned in 1915, HMS Warspite was the most powerful battleship of her age. From the thunder of the First World War creating a name for herself at the battle of Jutland and the mine-choked waters of the Dardanelles, then through sun-bleached decks and sweltering boiler rooms of the uneasy interwar period serving as the Fleet Flagship in the Mediterranean, and then following on to the brutal firestorms of the Second World War at Narvik, Crete, Salerno, and Normandy. This sequence of interlinked vignettes follows the men who served aboard Britain's most decorated battleship—the only one to fight in both world wars.Told through the eyes of stokers, signalmen, clerks, and officers, this is a deeply human story of war and waiting, restraint and readiness. Again and again, across decisive moments of two global conflicts, ship and crew are tested—and each time they answer the call with professionalism, endurance, and resolve.HMS Warspite is not merely the story of a ship, but a testament to what a nation can summon when it is called upon to stand firm and fight for what it believes is right.
E-bok
Engelska, 202517 kr
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Coal Dust tells the story of a Yorkshire mining family caught in the grip of the 1984–85 miners' strike. As pits close and communities fracture, Alan Broadhurst and his family struggle with hunger, divided loyalties, and the heavy cost of conviction. From bitter picket lines to quiet moments of love and resilience at home, this is a story of endurance, sacrifice, and the bonds that survive even when the work is gone.