#1 "New York Times "bestselling author Philippa Gregory teams with two eminent historians to explore the extraordinary true stories of three women largely forgotten by history. In this groundbreaking work, Philippa Gregory and her fellow historians describe the real lives of the heroines of her Cous[...]

This book stems from the results of an interdisciplinary European Union supported research project, WreckProtect, which investigated the decay and preservation of wooden shipwrecks under water in the Baltic Sea. It is not limited to the decay of wrecks in the Baltic alone and is aimed at all stakeho[...]

Røverfortelling, skjebnedrama, gangsterhistorie og kjærlighetsroman - Shantaram har det alt sammen, og er en eksistensiell tour de force av den helt sjeldne sorten. Hovedpersonen og fortelleren Lin, er på rømmen fra en langtidsdom, og søker tilflukt i Bombays slumstrøk, der han oppretter en im[...]

Having escaped an Australian maximum security prison, a disillusioned man loses himself in the slums of Bombay, where he works for a drug kingpin, smuggles arms for a crime lord, and forges bonds with fellow exiles.[...]

I början av 1980-talet begick australiensaren Gregory David Roberts en rad väpnade rån för att bekosta sitt heroinmissbruk. Han åkte fast men lyckades rymma från ett av Australiens mest välbevakade fängelser. På falskt pass tog han sig sedan till Indien och anonymiteten i den myllrande milj[...]

Nuori australialaismies pakenee vankilasta Bombayhin 80-luvun alussa. Väärennetyssä passissa lukee nimi "Lindsay". Tuntemattomassa miljoonakaupungissa Lin palkkaa itselleen oppaan, joka tutustuttaa hänet perinteiseen intialaiseen kyläelämään ja opettaa marathin kielen. Uudelleen nimetty Shan[...]