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  • In a Strange Land

    af Chris Ruffle ...
    In a Strange Land is a collection of joined-up stories for these disjointed times, for the exiled and the out-of-place. Have you ever felt you are not where you should be? Rome's favourite love poet does; he must now entertain a bunch of hairy barbarians. A blood-stained dictator finds himself making breakfast for his nine youngest children in a Novotel. On the Edgware Road a Syrian ... Læs mere

    54,94 kr.

  • The Barter Trade

    A Novel

    af Chris Ruffle ...
    It is 1983 and we are in Beijing. China has just started to re-open to Western trade after the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. A young Englishman finds himself caught in a dilemma: will his desire for a Chinese girl make him willing to source forbidden technology for her father? And will their relationship be used to lure him into espionage? In this part-love story, part-thriller, Chris Ruffle ... Læs mere

    54,94 kr.

  • A Decent Bottle of Wine in China

    af Chris Ruffle ...
    When Yorkshireman Chris Ruffle decided to build a vineyard complete with a Scottish castle in the midst of the countryside in eastern China, he was expecting difficulties, but nothing on the scale he encountered. But build it he did, and the wine is now flowing. A Decent Bottle of Wine in China tells the unique story of an adventurer determined to make his dream come true regardless of what ... Læs mere

    54,94 kr.

  • Lydbog

    In A Strange Land

    Uforkortet

    4 timer 31 min

    Here is a collection of joined-up stories for these disjointed times, for the exiled and the out-of-place. Letters from love poets and blood-stained dictators, memos from corrupt businessmen and out-of-touch courtiers. The action stretches from Chislehurst to the Chagos Islands, from bathos to Billericay. ... Læs mere

    133,63 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

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    The History You Didn't Get Taught At School

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    SPECIAL ELECTION EDITION OF THE BOOK THAT HAS SOLD OVER 100,000 COPIESTwitter hero James Felton brings you the painfully funny history of Britain you were never taught at school, fully illustrated and chronicling 52 of the most ludicrous, weird and downright 'baddie' things we Brits* have done to the world since time immemorial - before conveniently forgetting all about them, of course. Including: ... Læs mere

    149,27 kr.

  • Horrible Histories Special: Rotten Rulers

    af Terry Deary ...
    Serier serie Horrible Histories
    Readers can discover all the foul facts about ROTTEN RULERS, including who gave the job of high priest to a donkey, who choked to death while eating a crow and who celebrated victory by eating his enemy's head. ... Læs mere

    58,28 kr.

  • Horrible Histories Special: Rowdy Revolutions

    af Terry Deary ...
    Serier serie Horrible Histories
    OK - we know that history is horrible. But it's never nastier than in a rowdy revolution, when the perilous people rise up against their rotten rulers! This book gives you the bone-chilling facts behind some of the bloodiest revolutions ever, from France and Russia to China and India. ... Læs mere

    52,49 kr.

  • An Atlas of Extinct Countries

    The Remarkable (and Occasionally Ridiculous) Stories of 48 Nations that Fell off the Map

    af Gideon Defoe ...
    Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated – and timely – history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist.‘Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They’re all equally implausible once you get up close’Countries die. Sometimes it’s murder, sometimes it’s by accident, and sometimes it’s because they were so ... Læs mere

    121,45 kr.

  • The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase

    Stories from the Diplomatic Bag

    The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase is a hilarious new collection of diplomatic tales by Matthew Parris and Andrew BrysonHeard the one about the Spanish Ambassador who arrived in the scorching Saharan desert fully suited and with a mysteriously enormous suitcase? Or the horse they gave Prime Minister John Major in Turkmenistan - which hapless embassy officials had to rescue from the clutches of the ... Læs mere

    77,24 kr.

  • The Speedicut Papers Book 9 (1900–1915)

    Boxing Icebergs

    In this, the final volume of the memoirs of Jasper Speedicut, the old soldier and courtier is deeplyand often hilariouslyinvolved in the 1900 siege of the Peking legations, the death and funeral of Queen Victoria, the final days of Oscar Wilde, the removal to safety of the personal correspondence of the Dowager Empress of Germany, the sinking of RMS Titanic, the start of the First World War, and ... Læs mere

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  • Soldiers

    Great Stories of War and Peace

    af Max Hastings ...
    ‘A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle … Compelling’ Daily Mail ‘An unmissable read’ Sunday TimesSoldiers is a very personal gathering of sparkling, gripping tales by many writers, about men and women who have borne arms, reflecting bestselling historian Max Hastings’s lifetime of studying war. It rings the changes through the centuries, between the ... Læs mere

    239,79 kr.

  • Esprit de Corps

    Sketches from Diplomatic Life

    Imagine if P.G.Wodehouse was a diplomat: Durrell's hilarious foreign office sketches are 'sophisticated funny, but wonderful, and bonkers' ( Joanna Trollope)'A rewarding cocktail based on two parts Wodehouse and one part Saki ... So much fun.' New York Times'Whatever wars there may be and whatever crises, there will still, please heaven, be the diplomatic corps, ... ... Læs mere

    81,25 kr.