Zbirka: Avtobiografije: splošno
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Island Wife(2013) FAIRBAIRNS, JUDYA memoir of a woman's life over 45 years on a remote Scottish island - from 19-year-old girl to wife of one to mother of five, hotelier, domestic miracle worker, to empty nester to writer.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Grass Arena(2008) HEALY, JOHNJohn Healy, the son of poor Irish immigrants in London, grows up hardened by violence and soon finds himself overwhelmed by alcoholism. He ends up in the grass arena: the parks and streets of the inner city, where beggars, thieves, prostitutes and killersVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
My Paper Chase(2010) EVANS, HAROLD* A moving memoir by a unique character which delivers a penetrating insight into some of the major events in post-war BritainVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Berlin Diaries 1940-45(1999) VASSILTCHIKOV, MARIEThrough Adam Von Trott, for whom she worked in the Information Department of the Foreign Ministry, she became involved in the Resistance and the diaries vividly describe her part in the drama of July 1944 and its appalling aftermath.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
War Child(2010) JAL, EMMANUELThe extraordinary and inspirational story of a young boy soldier in the Sudan People's Liberation Army.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Little Learning(1990) WAUGH, EVELYNThe author's childhood was warm, bright and serene. The Hampstead and Lancing schooldays which followed were sometimes agreeable, but often not. His life at Oxford - which he evokes in Brideshead Revisited - was essentially a catalogue of friendship. ThisVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
You are Therefore I am(2002) KUMAR, SATISHThis book traces the spiritual journey of Satish Kumar?child monk, peace pilgrim, ecological activist and educator. In it he traces the sources of inspiration which formed his understanding of the world as a network of multiple and diverse relationships.Vezava: Mehka23,15 € -
Devil That Danced on the Water(2003) FORNA, AMINATTAAn intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Dear Olivia(2007) CONTINI, MARYIn this fascinating follow-up to the highly successful Dear Francesca, Mary Contini writes to her other daughter, Olivia, to tell the story of her great-grandparents, the humble Italian shepherds who emigrated to Edinburgh and then helped to transform BriVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
John Barleycorn(2009) LONDON, JACKPublished in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical 'A to Z' of drinking shattered London's reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The Call of the Wild.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Hope Against Hope(1999) MANDELSTAM, NADEZHDANadezhda saw it as an opportunity for her husband to mend his shattered life, but it was a trap and he was arrested for the last time. 'My case will never be closed', Osip once said, and it is mostly through the courageous efforts of Nadezhda that his mVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome(2002) JACKSON, LUKEDrawing from his own experiences and gaining information from his teenage brother and sisters, Luke Jackson wrote this enlightening, honest and witty book in an attempt to address difficult topics such as bullying, friendships, when and how to tell othersVezava: Mehka31,69 € -
Tax Man(2007) COCKERILL, BRIANYet despite his appalling record of aggression, Brian is a man who lives by rules and respect - balanced yet unpredictable, he has never used weapons, and those who have used arms against him have barely lived to regret it.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Nella Last's War(2006) LAST, NELLAIn September 1939, housewife and mother Nella Last began a diary whose entries, in their regularity, length and quality, have created a record of the Second World War which is powerful, fascinating and unique. When war broke out, Nella's younger son joineVezava: Mehka12,61 €
