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  • af Peter Robinson
    149,95 - 249,95 kr.

  • - Life as a Maple Leafs Fan
    af Peter Robinson
    218,95 kr.

    Being a Toronto Maple Leafs fan requires a leap of faith every year, girding against inevitable disappointment. Hope and Heartbreak in Toronto tells what that's like, how it got to be that way, and what the future holds for all who worship the Blue and White.

  • - A Novel
    af Peter Robinson
    285,95 kr.

  • af Peter Robinson
    1.162,95 kr.

    Sexual Violence and Literary Art addresses the complicity of representation in what is represented, and its creative transformations, by re-examining classic poetic, dramatic and fictional texts by men in light of women's philosophical, theoretical and critical responses to them.

  • - A Novel
    af Peter Robinson
    178,95 - 298,95 kr.

    Peter Robinson, the acclaimed author of the bestselling series Stephen King calls the best now on the market, returns with a gripping, emotionally charged mystery in which the revered detective Alan Banks must find the truth about a murder with possible racial overtonesand save a friend from ruin. In Eastvale, a young Middle Eastern boy is found dead, his body stuffed into a wheelie bin on the East Side Estate. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team know they must tread carefully to solve this sensitive case, but tensions rise when they learn that the victim was stabbed somewhere else and dumped. Who is the boy, and where did he come from?Then, in a decayed area of Eastvale scheduled for redevelopment, a heroin addict is found dead.Was this just another tragic overdose, or something darker?To prevent tensions from reaching a boiling point, Banks must find answers quickly. Yet just when he needs to be at his sharpest, the seasoned detective finds himself distracted by a close friends increasingly precarious situation. Banks needs a breakand gets one when he finds a connection to a real estate developer who could be the key to finding the truth. With so many loose ends dangling, there is one thing Banks is sure ofsolving the case will come at a terrible cost.

  • af Peter Robinson
    96,95 - 100,95 kr.

    The Summer That Never Was is the thirteenth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from Aftermath.A skeleton has been unearthed. Soon the body is identified, and the horrific discovery hits the headlines. Fourteen-year-old Graham Marshall went missing during his paper round in 1965. The police found no trace of him. His disappearance left his family shattered, and his best friend, Alan Banks, full of guilt. That friend has now become Chief Inspector Alan Banks, and he is determined to bring justice for Graham. But he soon realizes that in this case, the boundary between victim and perpetrator, between law-guardian and law-breaker, is becoming more and more blurred.

  • af Peter Robinson
    96,95 kr.

    Playing With Fire is the fourteenth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from The Summer That Never Was.In the early hours of a cold January morning, two narrow boats catch fire on the dead-end stretch of the Eastvale canal. When signs of accelerant are found at the scene, DCI Banks and DI Annie Cabbot are summoned. But by the time they arrive, only the smouldering wreckage is left, and human remains have been found on both boats. The evidence points towards a deliberate attack. But who was the intended victim? Was it Tina, the sixteen-year-old who had been living a drug-fuelled existence with her boyfriend? Or was it Tom, the mysterious, lonely artist? As Banks makes his enquiries, it appears that a number of people are acting suspiciously: the interfering 'lock-keeper', Tina's cold-hearted step-father, the wily local art dealer, even Tina's boyfriend . . . Then the arsonist strikes again, and Banks's powers of investigation are tested to the limit . . .

  • af Peter Robinson
    96,95 kr.

    Strange Affair is the fifteenth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series which became the major British ITV drama DCI Banks, following on from Playing With Fire.When Alan Banks receives a disturbing message from his brother, Roy, he abandons the peaceful Yorkshire Dales for the bright lights of London, to seek him out. But Roy seems to have vanished into thin air. Meanwhile, DI Annie Cabbot is called to a quiet stretch of road just outside Eastvale, where a young woman has been found dead in her car. In the victim's pocket, scribbled on a slip of paper, police discover Banks' name and address. Living in Roy's empty South Kensington house, Banks finds himself digging into the life of the brother he never really knew, nor even liked. And as he begins to uncover a few troubling surprises, the two cases become sinisterly entwined . . . 'The Banks novels are, simply put, the best series now on the market' - Stephen King

  • - Issues in Telecommunication and Data Services
    af Peter Robinson
    1.649,95 kr.

  • af Peter Robinson
    98,95 kr.

    Cold is the Grave is the eleventh novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, which became the major British ITV drama DCI Banks.Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has reached a turning point. With his wife now living with another man in London and his career in the doldrums thanks to Chief Constable Riddle, it is time to ring the changes. Perhaps a move to the National Crime Squad? Perhaps a second chance with Sandra? But then late one night he is summoned to Riddle's house - and his plans take a surprising new turn. For the Chief Constable's sixteen-year-old daughter Emily has run away and for once Riddle wants Banks to use his unorthodox methods to find her without fuss.Continue the bestselling series with Aftermath.

  • af Peter Robinson
    96,95 - 100,95 kr.

    In A Dry Season is the tenth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from Dead Right.During a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End - hidden from view for over forty years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet is a magical playground . . . until he unearths a human skeleton. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is given the impossible task of identifying the victim - a woman who lived in a place that no longer exists, whose former residents are scattered to the winds. Anyone else might throw in the towel but DCI Banks is determined to uncover the murky past buried beneath a flood of time . . .In A Dry Season is followed by the eleventh book in this Yorkshire-based crime series, Cold is the Grave.

  • - Poems by Peter Robinson, Paintings by David Inshaw
    af Peter Robinson
    156,95 kr.

    Inspired by a visit to the painter's studio, Bonjour Mr Inshaw is a homage by the poet Peter Robinson to David Inshaw. The book presents paintings and poems on facing pages, celebrating the centuries-old ekphrastic tradition of dialogue between the arts of poetry and painting.

  • - 11 Stories
    af Peter Robinson
    118,95 kr.

    Nine short stories by poet and translator Peter Robinson

  • - The Making of an MBA
    af Peter Robinson
    293,95 kr.

    Based on the daily diary Peter Robinson kept at Stanford Business School, and peppered with a cast of unforgettable characters and situations, Snapshots from Hell answers the perennial question "What is business school really like?" as it recounts the author's own precarious, exhilarating and sleepless quest for the coveted MBA degree.

  • - DCI Banks 26
    af Peter Robinson
    96,95 kr.

    The new Alan Banks crime novel sees Det Superintendent Banks confronting a very contemporary crime, with international connections, in his Yorkshire town.

  • af Peter Robinson
    96,95 kr.

    'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong.' - Stephen King.Innocent Graves is the eighth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from Dry Bones That Dream.A MURDERED GIRL. DARK SECRETS. DEADLIER LIES.One foggy night, Deborah Harrison is found lying in the churchyard behind St Mary's, Eastvale. She has been strangled with the strap of her own school satchel. But Deborah was no typical sixteen-year-old. Her father was a powerful financier who moved in the highest echelons of industry, defence and classified information. And Deborah, it seemed, enjoyed keeping secrets of her own . . . With his colleague Detective Constable Susan Gay, Inspector Alan Banks encounters many suspects, guilty of crimes large and small, in his search for the killer. And as he does so, plenty of sordid secrets and some lethal lies begin to emerge . . .The Inspector Banks series became the British ITV drama DCI Banks. Innocent Graves is followed by the ninth book in this Yorkshire-based crime series, Dead Right.

  • af Peter Robinson
    128,95 kr.

    The narrator wanders around Reading, the town where he has settled, musing on the town and the issues facing us all.

  • af Peter Robinson
    304,95 kr.

    This volume gathers carefully chosen texts from Peter Robinson's nine books of poetry, to which is added a newly completed tenth collection. They include early experiments in northern social realism, dialogues with Italian poetry, and encounters with Japan, all in relation to the vicissitudes of his home country, and a much-revisited Liverpool.

  • af Peter Robinson
    106,95 kr.

    'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' Stephen KingDry Bones That Dream is the seventh novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from Wednesday's Child.A CONTRACT KILLING. A SECRET PAST. BANKS IS PUSHED TO HIS LIMIT.2.47 a.m. Chief Inspector Alan Banks sees the body of Keith Rothwell for the first time. Only hours earlier two masked men had walked the mild-mannered accountant out of his farmhouse to the barn. They then clinically executed him with a shotgun. Clearly this is a professional hit - but Keith was hardly the sort of person to make deadly enemies. Or was he? The police investigation soon raises more questions than answers. The more Banks scratches the surface, the more he wonders what lies beneath the veneer of the apparently happy Rothwell family. And when his old sparring partner Detective Superintendent Richard Burgess arrives from Scotland Yard, the case takes yet another unexpected twist . . .Dry Bones That Dream is followed by the eighth book in this Yorkshire-based crime series, Innocent Graves.

  • - DCI Banks 25
    af Peter Robinson
    146,95 kr.

  • af Peter Robinson
    96,95 kr.

    The Hanging Valley is the fourth novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from A Necessary End.A faceless corpse is discovered in a tranquil, hidden valley below the village of Swainshead. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks arrives, he finds that no-one is willing to talk. Banks's frustration only grows when the identity of the body is revealed. For it seems that his latest case may be connected with an unsolved murder in the same area five years ago. Among the silent suspects are the Collier brothers, the wealthiest and most powerful family in the area. When they start using their influence to slow down the investigation, Banks finds himself in a race against time . . .The Hanging Valley is followed by the fifth book in this Yorkshire-based crime series, Past Reason Hated.

  • af Peter Robinson
    96,95 kr.

    'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong.' - Stephen King.A Necessary End is the third novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from A Dedicated Man.Peace destroyed. Lives in ruin. Banks must race to find the killer . . .Everyday life in Eastvale is shattered when a policeman is stabbed to death after an anti-nuclear demonstration turns violent. Superintendent 'Dirty Dick' Burgess, Banks's nemesis, descends with vengeful fury on those he deems responsible.Inspector Banks is uneasy about Burgess's mishandling of the case, but despite being warned off he puts his career in jeopardy to continue his search for the truth, knowing if he is to keep his job, he must beat Burgess to the killer . . . A Necessary End is followed in the Inspector Banks series by The Hanging Valley.

  • af Peter Robinson
    96,95 kr.

    'The Alan Banks mystery-suspense novels are the best series on the market. Try one and tell me I'm wrong' - Stephen King.A Dedicated Man is the second novel in Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series, following on from Gallows View.A dead body. Hidden secrets. Banks will find the truth.The brutally murdered body of a supposedly well-liked local historian is found half-buried under a dry stone wall. But who would kill such a thoughtful, dedicated man?Young Sally Lumb, locked in her lover's arms on the night of the murder, tries to find the killer herself. But her good-intentions only leads to more danger. And when Chief Inspector Alan Banks is called to investigate and soon discovers that disturbing secrets lie behind the seemingly untroubled facade . . . A Dedicated Man is followed in the Inspector Banks series by A Necessary End.

  • - DCI Banks 24
    af Peter Robinson
    96,95 kr.

    The thrilling twenty-fourth instalment in Peter Robinson's Number One bestselling Banks Series.

  • - A Transformative Opportunity for Sub-Saharan Africa
    af Peter Robinson, Gary Mcmahon, Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee, mfl.
    383,95 kr.

  • af Peter Robinson
    164,95 kr.

    Peter Robinson's new collection, The Returning Sky, carefully sequences the poems written over the four years from the time he left Japan and returned to England, through the global financial crisis, and into our current austerity culture.

  • af Peter Robinson
    153,95 kr.

    In Buried Music, Peter Robinson continues his work of discovering poetry in everyday, anywhere places. It is as if, as Roy Fisher intuited, 'he carries a listening device, alert for the moments when the tectonic plates of mental experience slide quietly one beneath another to create paradoxes and complexities that call for poems to be made.'

  • - Selected Aphorisms
    af Peter Robinson
    177,95 kr.

    While the Western world was declaring war on an abstraction, the author had been drawing up peace terms with a host of them. What came from them were promptly anthologized in "The Boodaxe Book of Poetry Quotations". This work features extended reflections that look out on the world and see a wounded head bandaged in clouds.

  • af Peter Robinson
    167,95 kr.

    Explores the difficulties associated with having your heart in Europe and your life in Japan, across the shadowy terrains of a world grown decidedly more at risk, dangerous, and violent. This work contains poetry that celebrates all it can by means of the poet's rhythm, dexterity, and eye for the energized processes of landscape and atmosphere.

  • - Conversations on the Art
    af Peter Robinson
    153,95 kr.

    Talks about poetry and sexual violence, the balkanization of the art and ways to resist it, and techniques of poetry and how they engage with the circumstances of life. This book, made up of twelve interviews, also talks of the connections between the author's own poetry, literary criticism, translations, aphoristic writings, and ancillary work.

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