Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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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 € -
Cavalier(2008) WORSLEY, LUCYStep behind the scenes of a Stuart household in this lavish, seductive and absorbing history from bestselling historian Lucy Worsley. 'A tour de force.' SUNDAY TIMESWilliam Cavendish, courageous, cultured and passionate about women, embodies the popularVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
David Mitchell: Back Story(2013) MITCHELL, DAVIDDavid Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick-on mVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Island Wife(2013) FAIRBAIRNS, JUDYA memoir of a woman's life over 45 years on a remote Scottish island - from 19-year-old girl to wife of one to mother of five, hotelier, domestic miracle worker, to empty nester to writer.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Nikolai Gogol(2011) NABOKOV, VLADIMIRNikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of thVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Fyodor Dostoevsky(2012) BIRD, ROBERTRobert Bird traces Fyodor Dostoevsky's path from a political revolutionary to one who fought his battles through the printed word. The author describes how Dostoevsky's difficult background contributed to his highly acclaimed novels such as Crime and PuniVezava: Mehka20,89 € -
Edmund Campion: Jesuit and Martyr(2012) WAUGH, EVELYNIn 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty of treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Years later he would be beatified. This title tells Campion's story.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Coronation Everest(2003) MORRIS, JANOffers an intimate evocation of the famous of all mountaineering exploits and the old-fashioned Fleet Street scoop.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Monster(2008) HALL, ALLANOn 28 August 1984, Josef Fritzl drugged his teenage daughter with ether and imprisoned her in an underground bunker. Over the following twenty-four years, he raped and abused her, never letting her or the children she bore him out of the dark, windowlessVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Benn Diaries(2005) BENN, TONYCovering the years 1940-1990, this title presents a record of political life. It includes the most notable events, arguments and personal reflections throughout Benn's long and remarkable career.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Introducing Freud(2007) APPIGNANESI, RICHARD,ZARATE, OSCARDemystifies the facts of Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis. This book tells the story of Freud's life and ideas from his upbringing in 19th-century Vienna, his early medical career and his encounter with cocaine, to the gradual evolution of his theoriesVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Turner(1998) HAMILTON, JAMESThe definitive biography of one of Britain's greatest artists: 'Turner was a phenomenon, a one-man artistic revolution whose energy can be felt through the pages of this inspiring biography.' Daily TelegraphVezava: Mehka21,02 €
