Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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Secret Life of Oscar Wilde(2004) MCKENNA, NEILDeals with Oscar's astonishing erotic odyssey through Victorian London's sexual underworld. Oscar Wilde emerges as a man driven personally and creatively by his powerful desires for sex with men, in this book, the author argues that Oscar's Wilde's life aVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Call Of The Litany Bird(2011) GIBBS, SUSANA compelling personal account of living through the atrocities as Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, whilst bringing up a family on a farm amidst the chaos.Vezava: Trda29,93 € -
Islamist(2007) HUSAIN, EDWhen I was sixteen I became an Islamic fundamentalist. Five years later, after much emotional turmoil, I rejected fundamentalist teachings and returned to normal life and my family. This book tells the story of British Islamic fundamentalism, told by a foVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Livingstone(2013) JEAL, TIMAn extensively revised edition of Tim Jeal's classic biography published to mark the bicentenary of the great explorerVezava: Mehka29,33 € -
Beautiful(2011) PIPER, KATIEYoung and beautiful, she was well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model. But then she met Daniel Lynch on Facebook and her world quickly turned into a nightmare ... After being held captive and brutally raped by her new boyfriend, KatVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Silver Spitfire(2014) NEIL, WG CDR TOMA brilliantly vivid Second World War memoir by one of 'the Few' Spitfire fighter pilots.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Oleander, Jacaranda(2006) LIVELY, PENELOPEAn autobiography is about growing up in Egypt. It is also an investigation into childhood perception in which the author uses herself and her memories as an insight into how children see and know. It is a look at Egypt up to, and including, World War II fVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Moon's a Balloon(1994) NIVEN, DAVIDTakes readers back to the author's childhood days, his humiliating expulsion from school and to his army years and wartime service. This book shows how after the war he returned to America and there came his Hollywood success in films such as "Wuthering HVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Augustus John(2011) HOLROYD, MICHAELThis 1997 revised and updated biography of the celebrated artist, using the mass of new material which has come to light since Holroyd's two-volume first edition in the mid 1970s, reveals the complete story of John and his circle, from one of our great biVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Bright Shining Lie(1998) SHEEHAN, NEILLt Colonel John Paul Vann went to Vietnam in 1962, but soon became appalled by the slaughter, leaking his pessimistic assessments to the US press corps in Saigon. Neil Sheehan was among them, and became fascinated by the angry Vann, befriended him, and foVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
William Morris: A Life for Our Time(2010) MACCARTHY, FIONASince his death in 1896, William Morris has come to be regarded as one of the giants of the Victorian era. The author has managed to encompass all the different facets of Morris' complex character, shedding light on his immense creative powers as artist aVezava: Mehka51,62 € -
High Sobriety(2013) STARK, JILLIncludes stories such as 'Laminex and Mirrors', 'Cross-Country', and 'Ashes'.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
