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I "Navn ukendt" (1965), Finn Søeborgs mest gakkede roman, møder vi manden, der mirakuløst overlever et flystyrt. Da han vågner har han mistet sin hukommelse, og han hvirvles, nu identitetsløs, ind i en række absurde forviklinger, der involverer militæret, det hemmelige politi, kongen og...

We have been here before. The king of Saudi Arabia had warned the Americans repeatedly: if you do not treat us with respect, we will cut off your oil. For years, nobody believed him. On 5 October 1973, he made good on his threat. The consequences were immediate. In America, fuel rationing and a...

The epic true story of George Mallory and Edmund Hillary and the quest to be the first to conquer Everest. A captivating story of adventure, daring, despair and triumph from Australia's favourite storyteller. Last century, two men, thirty years apart, set out to become the first to conquer the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. On the night of 26 September 1983, a Soviet officer watched his screen report five American missiles heading for Moscow. He had minutes to decide. You have probably never heard his name, and that is exactly the point. History is usually told through...

¿CUÁNTAS DE LAS GRANDES HISTORIAS, PERSONAJES Y SÍMBOLOS QUE CREEMOS UNIVERSALES TIENEN, EN REALIDAD, UN INESPERADO VÍNCULO CON ESPAÑA? ¿Y SI ESPAÑA HUBIERA INSPIRADO AL MUNDO MUCHO MÁS DE LO QUE CREEMOS? Javier Rubio Donzé, uno de los divulgadores históricos más reconocidos de...

In the aftermath of Louis XIV's death, France teetered on the edge of bankruptcy. The nation's coffers were empty, its credit destroyed, and its future uncertain. Into this desperate situation stepped an extraordinary figure: John Law mathematician, gambler, financial theorist, and perhaps the...

Ole Nikolajsen hedder den midaldrende, let blakkede journalist, der har slidt sig fra den jyske hede til det mondæne København. Da han møder sin modsætning, den forfinede og kompromisløst ærlige Karl-Werner Bühler, tvinges han ind i en nervepirrende spionsag, der fører helt tilbage til...

I trebindsværket ”Verden i flammer” følger man ligesom i den foregående trilogi, ”Europa i flammer”, familien Henry: Kommandørkaptajnen Victor, kaldet Pug, hans kone, Rhoda, og sønnerne Warren og Byron, den første bataljonschef, den anden sekondløjtnant og gift med den jødiske...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Drift off to sleep while your mind wanders through the strangest, most surprising true stories behind everyday objects and inventions. From the accidental discovery of super glue to the Norwegian myth of the paper clip, from Queen Victoria's white...

From the moment he ran away from school before his 13th birthday, Frank Hurley carved a path as one of the greatest adventurers of all time. A visionary photographer and filmmaker, Hurley journeyed to the farthest corners of the earth, capturing images of people and places few had ever seen. Time and again he risked his life, in both peace and war, to take pictures that would astonish the world. Hurley traversed every continent. He made five perilous expeditions to Antarctica, sharing a hut with Douglas Mawson and a tent with Ernest Shackleton.

From Vietnam to the global battle against communism – spies, secrets and the story of the CIA under Lyndon B. Johnson The utterly gripping, award-winning drama Central Intelligence returns, revealing further inside stories of the CIA and featuring an all-star cast. Told from the perspective of...

A sweeping, resonant, revelatory history of how the expropriation of property made the modern world, by a brilliant young historian Expropriation – the forced transfer of property rights – is usually associated with dictators, unstable countries, and violent revolution. But in fact, it has...

Bloomsbury presents Estocada by Graham Hurley, read by Andrew Cullum. 'Historical fiction of a high order' The Times To avoid war across Europe, a killing strike is needed. 1937. Flying for the infamous Condor Legion over the battlefields of Spain's civil war, Merz has been able to unleash the...

Bloomsbury presents Malaya and Singapore 1941-42: The fall of Britain’s empire in the East, by Mark Stille, read by Kris Dyer. The complete story of the Imperial Japanese Army's stunning victory over the British forces during World War II For the British Empire it was a military disaster, but...

From the moment he ran away from school before his 13th birthday, Frank Hurley carved a path as one of the greatest adventurers of all time. A visionary photographer and filmmaker, Hurley journeyed to the farthest corners of the earth, capturing images of people and places few had ever seen. Time and again he risked his life, in both peace and war, to take pictures that would astonish the world. Hurley traversed every continent. He made five perilous expeditions to Antarctica, sharing a hut with Douglas Mawson and a tent with Ernest Shackleton.

What happens when two mortal enemies decide to collaborate? In August 1939, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin shocked the world by signing a pact that defied ideology, morality, and reason. Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, sworn adversaries, agreed to divide Eastern Europe, silence their armies...