Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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Miracles of Life(2008) BALLARD, J. G.J. G. Ballard was, for over fifty years, one of this country's most significant writers. Beginning with the events that inspired his classic novel, ‘Empire of the Sun’, this revelatory autobiography charts the course of his astonishing life.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Search In Secret India(2003) BRUNTON, PAUL'He found many marvelous things...But now and then a man of real spirituality set his feet on the way that finally led him to what he had looked and hoped for.' New York Times Book Review The late Paul Brunton was one of the twentieth century's greatest eVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Night(2006) WIESEL, ELIE,WIESEL, MARIONElie Wiesel was fifteen years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. After the war, Wiesel studied in Paris and later became a journalist. During an interview with the distinguished French writer, Francois Mauriac, he was persVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Arch Conjuror of England(2013) PARRY, GLYNOutlandish alchemist and magician, political intelligencer, apocalyptic prophet, and converser with angels, John Dee (1527 - 1609) was one of the most colourful and controversial figures of the Tudor world. In this book, the author explores Dee's vast arrVezava: Mehka24,70 € -
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Arbella: England's Lost Queen(2004) GRISTWOOD, SARAH'It is Arbella they would proclaim Queen if her mistress should happen to die' Sir William Stanley, 1592Niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter to the great Tudor dynast Bess of Hardwick, Lady Arbella Stuart was brought up in the belief that she woulVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Mrs Jordan's Profession(2012) TOMALIN, CLAIREAcclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora Jordan lived a quite different role off-stage as lover to Prince William, third son of George III. Unmarried, the pair lived in a villa on the Thames and had ten children together until William, undVezava: Mehka32,23 € -
Gentry(2012) NICOLSON, ADAMAdam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families – from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of hisVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music(2010) MCVEAGH, DIANACritically acclaimed biography of one of England's best loved composers, with a full discussion and evaluation of his works.Vezava: Mehka30,88 € -
Ravel(2012) NICHOLS, ROGERA biography of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), by one of the leading scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French music, that is based on a wealth of written and oral evidence, some newly translated and some derived from interviews with the composer'sVezava: Mehka38,00 € -
Little Wilson and Big God(2002) BURGESS, ANTHONYThese are Anthony Burgess's candid confessions: he was seduced at the age of nine by an older woman; Little Wilson and Big God moves from Moss Side to Malaya recalling Burgess's time as an education officer in the tropics, his tempestuous first marriage,Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Summing Up(2001) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETAutobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, The Summing Up, written when Maugham was sixty-four, is an inimitable expression of a personal credo.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Journey into God's Heart(2006) LARCOMBE, JENNIFER REESThis epic autobiography will grip all whose lives have been touched by Jennifer Rees Larcombe, and surprise those who thought they already knew her story.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Kublai Khan(2007) MAN, JOHNUsing China's great wealth, coupled with his shrewd and subtle government, he created an empire that was the greatest since the fall of Rome, and shaped the modern world as we know it today.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Spy Who Loved(2013) MULLEY, CLAREThe remarkable story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville – Churchill's favourite spy, the longest-serving during WW2, and recipient of the George Medal, an OBE and the Croix de Guerre.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
