Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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Kelly Holmes(2008) HOLMES, KELLYKelly Holmes made history when she brought home double gold in the 2004 Olympics, becoming a national hero. This autobiography reveals the times she fought back tears to battle against injury and win gold, and the emotional decision she made to retire froVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Invisible Writing(2005) KOESTLER, ARTHURThe second volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon. Taken together, Arthur Koestler's volumes of autobiography constitute an unrivalled study of a twentieth-century life.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Selected Letters(1982) SEVIGNE, MADAMEDescribes the social and intellectual life of 17th-century France, including gossip about the court of King Louis XIV.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Round-Heeled Woman(2004) JUSKA, JANE'Before I turn 67 - next March - I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like. If you want to talk first, Trollope works for me.' - Small ad in the New York Review of BooksJane Juska placed her ad in the New York Times and the response was overwheVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Memoirs of a Man's Maiden Years(2009) BODY, N. O.The first translation into English of a startling 1907 memoir of a writer who was born a boy, was raised as a girl, and who lived as a man. Who was the real N.O. Body, and why did he go to such lengths to hide not just his name but his Jewish identity?Vezava: Mehka36,58 € -
What I Don't Know About Animals(2012) DISKI, JENNY* From the award-winning writer, following her memoirs, Skating to Antarctica, Stranger on a Train, On Trying to Keep Still - a unique book about animal watching, out now in paperback.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Christopher Isherwood Diaries Volume 1(2011) ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHERIn 1939, Christopher Isherwood and W H Auden emigrated together to the United States. This title describes Isherwood's search for a new life in California; his work as a screenwriter in Hollywood, his pacifism during World War II and his friendships withVezava: Mehka51,62 € -
Africa House(2000) LAMB, CHRISTINAIn the last decades of the British Empire, Stewart Gore-Brown build himself a feudal paradise in Northern Rhodesia; a sprawling country estate modelled on the finest homes of England, complete with uniformed servants, daily muster parades and rose gardensVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Dinner with Mugabe(2009) HOLLAND, HEIDIA portrait of Robert Mugabe, a man whose once brilliant career has ruined Zimbabwe and cast shame on the African continent. It charts Mugabe's gradual self-destruction, and uncovers some of the most respectable international players in the Zimbabwe tragedVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Gentleman In The Parlour(2001) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUXSomerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel, and he recorded the sights and sounds of his wide-ranging journeys with an urbane, wry style all his own.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Letters from the Trenches(2021) WADSWORTH, JACQUELINELetters from the Trenches provides an accessible, unique perspective on the experiences of soldiers and their families for the First World War centenary.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Patrick Leigh Fermor(2013) COOPER, ARTEMISThe authorized biography shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year, the National Book Awards and the Costa Biography AwardVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
What Fresh Lunacy is This?(2014) SELLERS, ROBERTThe authorised biography of Oliver Reed, one of Britain's best loved actors.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Ava Gardner(2010) SERVER, LEEA biography, reissued to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of her death.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Music at Midnight(2014) DRURY, JOHNIntegrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English Language. This book sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times,Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch(1957) MILLER, HENRYIn his great triptych "The Millennium," Bosch used oranges and other fruits to symbolize the delights of Paradise.Vezava: Mehka24,94 €
