Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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Elizabeth Gaskell(1999) UGLOW, JENNYElizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester and her wide network of friends, her religious and feminiVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Shelley(2005) HOLMES, RICHARDA fantastic reissue of Richard Holmes’ epic biography of this most enigmatic and intriguing of the Romantic poets. This is simply one of the greatest biographical achievements of recent years.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Coleridge(2005) HOLMES, RICHARDWinner of the 1989 Whitbread Prize for Book of the Year, this is the first volume of Holmes’s seminal two-part examination of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of Britain’s greatest poets.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
I'm Not Really Here(2012) LAKE, PAULEarmarked as an England captain in the making, Paul became a target for top clubs like Manchester United, Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool, but he always stayed loyal to his beloved club, deeming Maine Road the spiritual home at which his destiny lay. But tVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
On Being John McEnroe(2004) ADAMS, TIMRead a fan's eye view of one of tennis's most notorious stars, and an exploration into the idea of sporting obsession.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Over Hill and Dale(2009) PHINN, GERVASE'Miss, who's that funny man at the back of the classroom? So begins school-inspector Gervase Phinn's second year among the frankly spoken pupils and teachers of North Yorkshire - the sight of Gervase with his notebook and pen provokes unexpected reactionsVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Stargazing(2004) HILL, PETERWhen Peter Hill, a student at Dundee College of Art, answered an advert in The Scotsman seeking lighthouse keepers, little did he imagine that within a month he would be living with three men he didn't know in a lighthouse on Pladda, a small remote islandVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Head Over Heels in the Dales(2009) PHINN, GERVASEGervase Phinn thinks he's heard just about everything in his two years as a school inspector, but a surprising enquiry from an angelic six-year-old reminds him never to take children for granted. His marriage to Christine Bentley, finding somewhere idylliVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Up and Down in the Dales(2009) PHINN, GERVASELife for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all over the place. After a routine school inspection - and a rather brutal report - culminates with a teacher being forced into early reVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Heart of the Dales(2009) PHINN, GERVASEAwkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make the author's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult. But, for him, the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children. This title tells his story.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Domestique(2014) WEGELIUS, CHARLY**Winner - Sweetspot Cycling Book of the Year** For 11 years I was a professional cyclist, competing in the hardest and greatest races on Earth. I was the hired help. When my mum dropped me off in a small French town aged 17, I was full of determinationVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Bill Shankly: It's Much More Important Than That(1997) KELLY, STEPHEN F'Football is not just a matter of life and death: it's much more important than that' - Bill ShanklyBill Shankly was without doubt among the greatest football managers of the post-war era and his life story is an inspiring read for anyone interested in thVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Singer's Notebook(2015) BOSTRIDGE, DR IAN, CBE (AUTHOR)Ian Bostridge is one of the outstanding singers of our time. Yet his early career was that of a professional historian, and A Singer's Notebook takes a look at the multifaceted world of classical music through the eyes of someone whose career as a singerVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Harold Larwood(2010) HAMILTON, DUNCANThe first biography of England's finest and most controversial fast bowler.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Portrait of a Turkish Family(2002) ORGA, IFRANA story of Irfan Orga's family's survival.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Spiral Staircase(2005) ARMSTRONG, KARENA raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the world’s great commentators on religion.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Peter Sallis - Summer Wine & Other Stories(2014) SALLIS, PETERPeter Sallis is known to millions as Norman Clegg in the classic BBC series Last of the Summer Wine, and to millions more - whether they realise it or not - as the voice of Wallace in the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit.Vezava: Mehka11,20 € -
Dialogues and Letters (Penguin Classics)(1997) SENECAA selection of dialogues and letters from one of the most influential masters of Latin prose. This text includes "Consolation to Helvia" written to Seneca's mother to soothe the pain of separation, and the dialogues of "On the Shortness of Life", and "OnVezava: Mehka15,41 €
