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FØRSTEDAMER er fortællingen om kvinderne i Det Hvide Hus. De har fulgt amerikanske præsidenter gennem omvæltninger, krige, kriser og beslutninger, der forandrede verden. Men kvinderne har ofte stået i skyggen af deres mænd. Hvad har de selv udrettet og betydet for USA?Bogen giver et interessant indblik i livet og rollen som førstedame, der har eksisteret siden USA’s første præsident blev indsat i 1789. Med tiden har kvinderne fået større og større betydning i det politiske spil og den dramatiske kamp om magten.Forfatterne stiller skarpt på ti førstedamer, der i særlig grad har sat deres aftryk: Edith Wilson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama og Melania Trump.
MED MENNESKESMUGLERE i Agadez. På tomandshånd med Bashar al-Assad i en villa i Damaskus. I centrum af et sønderskudt Mosul, få timer efter byen blev revet ud af Islamisk Stats greb. Til bryllupsfest i det svært tilgængelige Nordkorea. I hælene på de amerikanere, der løftede Donald Trump ind i Det Hvide Hus. Med tapre drenge i Aleppos udbombede gader. På jagt efter den russiske folkestemning. Og midt i optøjer i Jerusalem. RASMUS TANTHOLDT rejser ind i verdenshistorien, mens den bliver til. Han opsøger krige og konflikter for at fortælle om de kvinder, mænd og børn, der står midt i dem. Den journalistiske ambition, både i hans mangeårige virke som udenrigskorrespondent for TV 2 og i hans bøger, er at gå til alt og alle med åbne øjne og give plads til forskelligartede stemmer, især dem, vi ikke hører så ofte.
Han fik hele verden til at håbe. Han fik os alle sammen til at sige ‘Yes, We Can!’ Og han påtog sig opgaven at lede Amerika gennem en af de værste økonomiske kriser i historien. Barack Obama var i den grad håbets præsident. Men blev det ved håbet og de fantastiske taler eller leverede han den politiske vare? I denne bog ser en række danske politikere, kulturpersonligheder, akademikere og journalister nærmere på Obamas otte år ved magten og den politiske arv, han efterlod sig her ti år efter han blevet taget i ed som USA’s første sorte præsident. Blandt bidragyderne er blandt andre er Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Matilde Kimer, Mogens Lykketoft, Huxi Bach, Connie Hedegaard, Martin Lidegaard og Lotte Mejlhede.
A thrilling first-hand account of the Afghan War against the Taliban from the perspective of local women
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Beskrivelser fra Arnborgs gårde, deres historie, deres ejere. Her er hvad jeg har fundet og skrevet om gårdene i Arnborg og omegn. En stor tak til alle, der har bidraget med oplysninger til gårdenes historier. Endvidere har jeg mine oplysninger fra kirkebøger, Hammerum Herreds folketællinger, skøder fra Rigsarkivets matrikelsider, DIS Danmark, Landsarkivet i Viborg og Lokalarkivet i Herning. Alle årstal ved overtagelse er fra tinglyste skøder.
A gripping, twisty new thriller from the bestselling author of The Ice Beneath Her, perfect for fans of Will Dean's Dark Pines. A case as cold as the season. A profiler who can't remember. A killer ready to strike again. Psychological profiler Hanne Lagerlind-Schön and her partner, investigator Peter Lindgren are invited to the small, sleepy industrial town of Ormberg to investigate a cold case: ten years earlier a five-year-old girl's remains were found in a cairn near the town. But when a recurring memory problem resurfaces, Hanne struggles to keep track of the case. She begins keeping a diary, noting down everything she is likely to forget to keep up appearances so she doesn't lose her job. When the body of a woman is found at the cairn and one of Hanne's shoes is found nearby covered in the victim's blood, can Hanne's diary hold the key to what happened? How does this new murder connect to their old one? How can you put together what happened when the pieces keep fading away?
For Fans of Jo Nesbø, Stieg Larsson, and Henning Mankell, a Gripping Nordic Thriller That Was a Bestseller in Denmark After the death of her industrialist father, Elizabeth Caspersen finds a compromising DVD in his safe: it seems to show two people being hunted to their death in a gruesome, well-organized manhunt. Michael Sander, a private investigator and security consultant, is hired to find out who the victims are and why Caspersen was involved. Meanwhile, police investigator Lene Jensen is investigating the death of a decorated war veteran found hanged on his wedding night. Having recently come into money, the man appears to have been driven to suicide, but the question is, why? As the ...
WHOLE GRAINS AND HEALTH The updated guide to whole grains and their integral role in nutritional health In an increasingly health-conscious society, the potential benefits of whole grain products are of paramount importance to manufacturers, dieticians, and consumers alike. Whole Grains and Health covers all aspects of this crucial topic, presenting a data-driven study of whole grains’ functional components, associated biomarkers and overall impact upon human health. Now in its second edition, the text has been revised and expanded to include six new chapters and groundbreaking new data. This essential guide features: Summaries of large research projects on the health effects of whole grai...
The Second World War is long over but its legacy continues to tear a town - and a young boy's life - apart. Knud is growing up in Falster, a small Danish town in the 1960s. The war is over but the Germans are still hated and Knud has a German mother. Bullied and persecuted at school, he retreats into the eccentric world of his family's history - but he can't escape the fact that, for him, his parents, and his paternal grandparents, the war is still being fought. Depicting a town and a family devastated by prejudice, Nothing But Fear is written with empathy and venom in equal measure.