Denmark Memoir

The lives of the Scottish queens, both those who ruled in their own right and the consorts, have largely been neglected in conventional history books. One of the earliest known Scottish queens was none other than the notorious Lady Macbeth. Was she really the wicked woman depicted in Shakespeare's famous play? Was St. Margaret a demure and obedient wife? Rosalind K. Marshall delves into these questions and more in this entertaining, impeccably researched book.

In this book of memories, anecdotes, inspiration and adventure, Tyler von Rebik brings you his life in earnest. From his early life in the South to being a soldier, a bestselling author, an artist, an adventurer, a rabbi, a donor, almost a TV star and finally, a King; this book is filled to the brim with inspiration for the next person. An epic journey, filled with twist and turns, explored and engaged by a modern-day rogue.. Eh, I've Been Around is a intriguingly crafted journey of retrospect and living life to the fullest, even if we don't actually know it at the time.

Born to a violently dysfunctional home in working-class Denmark, Lisbeth Zornig Andersen and her three older brothers were bounced between foster care and state-run institutions, then back again to their chemically dependent mother and sadistic stepfather. For Lisbeth, it was a childhood without perimeters. It was blighted by poverty, sexual abuse, neglect, betrayal, and further victimization by the broken Danish social services system that forced Lisbeth to live where and how it saw fit.

In the early hours of March 2015, the police receive a call from a nurse at a provincial Danish hospital. She suspects her colleague is deliberately killing patients and fears that it has just happened again. Soon, several witnesses reveal that they too suspect the same nurse of poisoning patients; some have been harboring their suspicion for years… so why has no one done anything about it before? And now that those patients’ bodies have long been cremated, where is the evidence?

Kim Wall was a thirty-year-old Swedish freelance journalist with a rising career. Then, in the summer of 2017, she followed a story that led to an eccentric inventor in Copenhagen. Instead of writing the next days headline, she'd become one. As the bizarre events of Kim's murder unfolded, the world watched in shocked disbelief. For Kim's distraught parents, Ingrid and Joachim, it was a devastating personal struggle. In the ensuing months, day by grueling day, they had to come to terms with their loss, process the global media attention, and endure the investigation and trial.

In the early hours of March 2015, the police receive a call from a nurse at a provincial Danish hospital. She suspects her colleague is deliberately killing patients and fears that it has just happened again. Soon, several witnesses reveal that they too suspect the same nurse of poisoning patients; some have been harbouring their suspicion for years... so why has no one done anything about it before? And now that those patients’ bodies have long been cremated, where is the evidence? To this day, the nurse, Christina Aistrup Hansen, maintains her innocence.

Completely revised and updated for 2020, My 48 Years at Sea provides the reader with a fascinating look at the life of a merchant seaman in the 20th century. His adventures include harrowing stories of survival on storm-tossed ships, funny anecdotes of unforgettable characters encountered on his journeys and the rescue of stranded Vietnamese refugees looking for a better life.

28 kendte danskere fortæller ærligt og gribende om deres opvækst under den tyske besættelse af Danmark 1940-1945. Gennem unikke og personlige samtaler tegner de et stykke danmarkshistorie, der ikke tidligere er fortalt, over en af vores lands mest dramatiske perioder. En ny og medrivende krønike om at være barn under besættelsen – samlet for første gang i denne bog. Dronning Margrethe - Jytte Abildstrøm - Ritt Bjerregaard - Merete Cordes - Lone Dybkjær - Uffe Ellemann-Jensen - Christian Eugen-Olsen - Bent Fabricius-Bjerre - Jan Gehl - Morten Grunwald - Preben Harris.

According to one Danish expert, "human testicles are just a natural target" for the piranha-like pacu, which normally eats "nuts, fruit, and small fish".

"Kvinde Kend Din Historie" er en bog til alle, der vil vide mere om kvinder i danmarkshistorien og blive klogere på sig selv. Jo mere vi kan spejle os i fortiden, jo bedre kan vi forstå vores nutid, og samtidig klæder viden os på til at skabe det liv og den fremtid, vi ønsker for os selv og vores børn. "Kvinde Kend Din Historie" portrætteres 50 kvinder, der har levet i Danmark i løbet af de seneste 500 år.