Prinsessen Tornerose bliver ved sin dåb ramt af en forbandelse: Når hun fylder femten år, vil hun stikke sig på en ten og falde i en dyb søvn. Kongen forsøger at forhindre det, men profetien går i opfyldelse, og hele slottet falder i søvn sammen med prinsessen. Efter mange år finder en prins vej gennem tjørnehækken til det sovende slot. Han kysser Tornerose, og hun vågner af sin fortryllelse, hvorefter både hun, hoffet og kongeriget vender tilbage til livet. Klassisk eventyr om magi, kærlighed og skæbne i billedbogsform. Type: Hardcover Illustreret børnebogsudgave af eventyret om Tornerose (Sleeping Beauty) efter fortællingen af Charles Perrault. Bogen følger prinsessen, der forbandes til at stikke sig på en ten og falde i en dyb søvn, som kun kan brydes af et ægte kærlighedskys. Teksten er gendigtet i enkel, børnevenlig form og ledsages af store, stemningsfulde illustrationer af Frances
CD album af Roxette med titlen 'Look Sharp'. Det inkluderer sange som 'The Look', 'Dress for Success', 'Sleeping Single', og 'Listen to Your Heart'. Coveret har et design inspireret af en avisforside, og CD'en kommer i en standard plastikhylster med albuminformation trykt på bagsiden.
Two soldiers: one a celebrated military hero and the other a broken veteran living in the gutters of London. Their paths last crossed nearly twenty years ago. Now, amidst a hostage crisis in the Middle East, their lives are about to collide again. And the Strike Back is about to begin. John Porter was involved in a hostage raid in Lebanon in 1989. The raid went disastrously wrong; several Regiment men died. John spared the life of a Lebanese fighter and blames himself for the deaths. Struggling to come to terms with the past, John has hit the bottle and is sleeping rough. Colonel Peregrine Collinson was involved in the same raid. Unbeknownst to his colleagues, it was Peregrine's fault that the mission went wrong. He was awarded a Military Cross and is heralded as a military hero for something he didn't do. After the disastrous raid, the lives of the two men couldn't have been further apa
*NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'An unforgettable story of greed, financial madness and moral decay' Rory Stewart 'Hilarious, shocking and deeply sad — often in the same sentence' Sunday Times 'The Wolf of Wall Street with a moral compass' Irvine Welsh An outrageous, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world - from someone who survived the trading game and then blew it all wide open 'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around? Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London in the shadow of Canary Wharf's skyscrapers, Gary wanted something better. Something a whole lot bigger. Then he won a competition run by a bank: 'The Trading Game'. The prize: a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader in the whole city. A place where you could make more money than
#1 best-selling guide to Southeast Asia* Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on a Shoestring is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, what hidden discoveries await you, and how to optimize your budget for an extended continental trip. Tune into nature everywhere from coral reefs to emerald forests, tap into the region's spirit in ancient cities and temples, and try everything from curry to dim sum; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Southeast Asia and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on a Shoestring Travel Guide: - Colour maps and images throughout - Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests - Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots - Essential info at
What does history really consists of? Centuries of people quietly going about their daily business. And where did all these normal activities take place? At home. Taking a journey around the rooms of his own house, an 1851 Norfolk rectory, the author discovered surprising connections in relation to the history of the way we live. In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everything one of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live. Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily busin
Skuespillere: Placebo Koncert-DVD med det britiske rockband Placebo optaget live i Paris i 2003 foran et stort publikum. Udgivelsen dokumenterer en fuld koncert på bandets “Sleeping With Ghosts”-tour med en mørk, energisk rockæstetik og sort-hvide liveoptagelser. Indeholder sceneoptrædener med bandets kendte numre samt dokumentarisk materiale fra turnéen. Resumé: Livekoncert med Placebo fra Paris 2003. Indeholder en række af bandets største sange fremført foran et stort publikum samt en dokumentarfilm fra Sleeping With Ghosts-touren.
Celebrated by The Times as one of the 50 Greatest Crime Writers, Donna Leon brings Venice to life in the twenty-second Brunetti novel of this bestselling series, where our detective must uncover the mystery. When making routine enquiries into a possible bribery case that could embarrass the mayor - a humiliation Vice-Questore Patta is very keen to avoid - Commissario Brunetti receives a call from his wife, Paola, who is evidently very upset. The middle-aged deaf mute with the mental age of a child who helped out at the Brunetti's dry cleaners has been found dead - an 'accidental' overdose of his mother's sleeping pills - and Paola is distraught by the news. To the neighbourhood he was just the 'boy' who helped out, but nobody knew much about him - not even his name. That a soul could have lived such a joyless life is too much for Paola to bear, and she asks Guido if he can find out what
