Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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Henry James(2001) HENRY, JAMESPresents a selection from the author's correspondence with presidents and prime ministers, painters, actresses and bishops, and the writers Robert Louis Stevenson, H G Wells and Edith Wharton. This book features the author's views on his own works, on theVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Smell of Burning(2017) GRANT, COLINHe shows us the famous people with epilepsy like Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc and Vincent van Gogh, the pioneering doctors whose extraordinary breakthroughs finally helped gain an understanding of how the brain works, and, through the tragic tale of his broVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Young Eliot(2016) CRAWFORD, ROBERTEliot wanted no biography written, but this book reveals him in all his vulnerable complexity as student and lover, stink-bomber, banker and philosopher, but most of all as an epoch-shaping poet struggling to make art among personal disasters.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Autobiography Of A Geisha(2004) MASUDA, SAYOSayo Masuda's story is an extraordinary portrait of rural life in japan and an illuminating contrast to the fictionalised lives of glamorous geishas. At the age of sis Masuda's poverty-stricken family sent her to work as a nursemaid.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
2Stoned(2003) LOOG OLDHAM, ANDREWIn 1963, in a south London hotel, Andrew Loog Oldham discovered an unknown rhythm and blues band called the Rolling Stones and became their manager and producer; 2Stoned is the remarkable record of these years, when Oldham's radical strategies transformedVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Girl Alone(2015) GLASS, CATHYAged nine Joss came home from school to discover her father's suicide. She's never gotten over it.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Ted Hughes(2016) BATE, JONATHANSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE ‘Gripping and at times ineffably sad, this book would be poetic even without the poetry. It will be the standard biography of Ted Hughes for a long time to come’ Sunday Times ‘Seldom has theVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Shed That Fed 2 Million Children(2016) MACFARLANE-BARROW, MAGNUSAn updated edition of The Shed That Fed A Million Children first published in 2015. The original book tells the incredible story of how Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, a quiet, unassuming fish farmer from Argyll, Scotland, became the international CVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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 € -
Ross Kemp on Afghanistan(2009) KEMP, ROSSHe has played an East End hardman, an SAS soldier and investigated vicious world gangs. Now Ross Kemp is taking on perhaps his hardest assignment of all - the Taliban. In order to prepare for this ordeal, Ross Kemp trains with the First Battalion Royal AnVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
My Life(2009) CELLINI, BENVENUTOBenvenuto Cellini (1500-71) was a goldsmith and sculptor whose autobiography is one of the most vivid and interesting ever written. In it he describes artistic techniques such as bronze casting as well as a fascinating account of life and intrigue in 16thVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Speak, Memory(2000) NABOKOV, VLADIMIRAn autobiography of Vladimir Nabokov. It presents recollections - of his comfortable childhood and adolescence, of his rich, liberal-minded father, his beautiful mother, an army of relations and family hangers - on and of grand old houses in St PetersburgVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Grey Eminence(2005) HUXLEY, ALDOUSA gripping biography by the author of Brave New WorldThe life of Father Joseph, Cardinal Richelieu's aide, was a shocking paradox. After spending his days directing operations on the battlefield, Father Joseph would pass the night in prayer, or in composiVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
John F. Kennedy(2013) DALLEK, ROBERTA single-volume biography of John F Kennedy that reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy, forever changing the way we think about his life, his presidency and his legacy.Vezava: Mehka28,04 €
