Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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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 € -
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: Mehka17,81 € -
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: Mehka14,01 € -
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 € -
Henry VII(1999) CHRIMES, S. B.A study of the life and reign of Henry VII. S.B. Chrimes explores the circumstances surrounding Henry's acquisition of the throne, examines the personnel and machinery of government, and surveys the king's social, political and economic policies, law enfoVezava: Mehka41,58 € -
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: Mehka28,03 € -
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 € -
Blood-Dark Track(2009) O’NEILL, JOSEPHA fascinating family memoir from Joseph O'Neill, author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted and Richard & Judy pick, ‘Netherland’.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
White Rabbit(2000) MARSHALL, BRUCEThe harrowing, and inspiring, story of the capture of one of Britain's top SOE agents in World War Two, his refusal to crack under the most horrific torture, and his final imprisonment in a concentration camp.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Emperor Of Scent(2004) BURR, CHANDLERIn the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, aVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Darwin(2001) HOWARD, JONATHAN (PROFESSOR OF CELL GENETICS, INSTITUTE OF GENETICS, PROFESSOR OF CELL GENETICS, INSTITUTE OF GENETICS, UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE, GERMANY)Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Analysing Darwin's major insights and arguments, this work reasserts the importance of his work for the dVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Life In Secrets(2006) HELM, SARAHThe definitive account of an absorbing double mystery: the fates of the missing female SOE agents and the truth about the woman who searched for themVezava: Mehka21,02 €
