Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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Colour Bar(2007) WILLIAMS, SUSANSir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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 € -
Hiding Place(2004) BOOM, CORRIE TEN,SHERRILL, ELIZABETH,SHERRILL, JOHNThe enduring and moving true story of one family's fight against evil in Nazi-occupied Holland.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Devils of Loudun(2005) HUXLEY, ALDOUSA gripping biography by the author of Brave New WorldIn 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Russell(2002) GRAYLING, A. C. (, READER IN PHILOSOPHY, BIRKBECK COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A. C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging viewsVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
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Mandela(2011) SAMPSON, ANTHONYWidely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampson’s remarkable book has been updated with an afterword by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Autobiography(1989) ROBSON, JOHN,MILL, JOHN STUARTAn autobiography of John Stuart Mill (1806-73). This title describes the pressures placed on him by his childhood, the mental breakdown he suffered as a young man, his struggle to understand a world of feelings and emotions far removed from his father's sVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Wave(2013) DERANIYAGALA, SONALIA profoundly moving, piercingly frank memoir of grief -- of learning to live with grief -- that begins in Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, when the author lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
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Mary Queen of Scots(2008) WEIR, ALISONOn the night of 10 February 1567 an explosion devastated the Edinburgh residence of Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. For this reason Elizabeth I had opposed his family's longstanding wish to marry him to Mary Stuart, whVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
King's Mistress, Queen's Servant(2010) BORMAN, TRACYHenrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of King George II. The mark that this enigmatic and largely neglected royal mistress left on the society and culture of early Georgian England was to resonate well beyoVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Antony and Cleopatra(2011) GOLDSWORTHY, ADRIANThe epic story of one of the most famous love affairs in history, by the bestselling author of CAESAR.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Telling Stories(2013) BURGESS, TIMThe Charlatans. Madchester. Britpop. Taking on the world. Here are the highs, the lows, the joys, the agonies, and the stories of what it's like to be in a rock band. This title tells the story of achievement and survival, from London to LA.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
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Mary Ann Cotton(2013) WILSON, DAVIDThis book was the inspiration for the TV drama 'Dark Angel'. Exploding myths that every serial killer is a 'monster', the author draws attention to Mary Ann Cotton's charms, allure, capability, skill and ambition - all of which she used to remain undetectVezava: Mehka37,93 € -
It's Only a Movie(2010) KERMODE, MARKJoin him as he gets lost in Russia on the trail of a low-budget horror flick, gasp as he's shot at in Hollywood while interviewing Bavarian director Werner Herzog, cheer as he gets thrown out of the Cannes film festival for heckling in very bad French, anVezava: Mehka15,41 €
