Zbirka: Azijska zgodovina
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Evil Cradling(1993) KEENAN, BRIANBrian Keenan went to Beirut in 1985 for a change of scene from his native Belfast. He became headline news when he was kidnapped by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen and held in the suburbs of Beirut for the next four and a half years.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Hiroshima(2009) HERSEY, JOHNWhen the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, it was the beginning of a terrifying new episode in human history. This title presents the event with an account of six men and women who survivedVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Greek Thought, Arabic Culture(1998) GUTAS, DIMITRIDimitri Gutas provides a stimulating, erudite and well-documented survey of this key movement in the transmission of ancient Greek culture to the Middle Ages.Vezava: Mehka83,99 € -
Jungle Soldier(2010) MOYNAHAN, BRIANThe thrilling true story of a forgotten British hero of World War II.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Samurai William(2003) MILTON, GILESBestselling author Giles Milton takes us on a fascinating Jacobean adventure.Vezava: Mehka19,62 € -
First Emperor(2009) QIAN, SIMA,BRASHIER, K. E. (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF RELIGION (CHINESE) AND HUMANITIES (CHINESE), REED COLLEGE)Sima Qian tells the story of the First Emperor, founder of the Qin dynasty, in whose reign the Great Wall was built and whose tomb was guarded by the famous terracotta warriors excavated in 1974. His account details the ruthless exercise of power but alsoVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Reluctant Communist(2008) JENKINS, CHARLES ROBERT,FREDERICK, JIMTakes the reader behind the North Korean curtain and reveals the inner workings of its isolated society while offering a powerful testament to the human spirit.Vezava: Mehka40,39 € -
Railway Man(1996) LOMAX, ERICDuring the second world war Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships Lomax suffered for years until, withVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
War That Never Was(2012) HART-DAVIS, DUFFFor the very first time, The War That Never Was tells the fascinating story of a secret war fought by British mercenaries in the Yemen in the early 1960s.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein(2017) JOHN NIXONVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Utopia's Discontents(2021) HILLIS, FAITH (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO)Utopia's Discontents provides the first synthetic treatment of the Russian revolutionary emigration before the Revolution. It argues that neighborhoods created by Russian exiles became sites of revolutionary experimentation that offered their residents aVezava: Trda55,11 €
