Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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Memoir(2006) MCGAHERN, JOHNA family story, told with restraint and tenderness. This book is a son's unembarrassed tribute to his mother. His memory of walks with her through the narrow lanes to the country schools where she taught and his happiness as she named for him the wild floVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Charles Darwin: Voyaging(2003) BROWNE, JANETFew lives of great men offer so much interest - and so many mysteries - as the life of Charles Darwin, the greatest figure of nineteenth-century science, whose ideas are still inspiring discoveries and controversies more than 100 years after his death.Vezava: Mehka39,24 € -
Strands(2013) SPRACKLAND, JEANStrands describes a year's worth of walking on the ultimate beach: inter-tidal and constantly turning up revelations: mermaid's purses, lugworms, sea potatoes, messages in bottles, buried cars, beached whales and a perfect cup from a Cunard liner.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Britten(2013) MATTHEWS, DAVID, BSC MB CHB FRCP (LONDON UNIVERSITY)Benjamin Britten was one of the outstanding British composers of 20th century. He shot to international fame with his operas, performed by his own English Opera Group, and a series of extraordinary instrumental works. His music won a central place in theVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Down and Out in Paris and London(2013) ORWELL, GEORGETo be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found himself experiencing just this as he wandered the streets of both capitals in search of a job. This book giVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Bend for Home(2016) HEALY, DERMOTOne day, years after he's moved away from his childhood home in rural Ireland, Dermot Healy returns to care for his ailing mother. his mother, whose stories young Dermot has heard so often that he believes they are his own;Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Shetland Diaries(2011) KING, SIMON, OBEBased on the sucessful BBC series, popular presenter and bestselling author Simon King, reveals the natural splendour of the Shetland Islands.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Lives of the Artists(1987) VASARI, GIORGIOBeginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, this work traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo. It presents great men, and their immortal works. It depicts Michelangelo'Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Sulla(2005) KEAVENEY, ARTHURIn this completely rewritten and updated second edition of his classic biography, the leading authority on the classical world introduces a fresh generation of student, scholars and readers to a pivotal figure of Rome.Vezava: Mehka73,49 € -
Samurai(2012) MAN, JOHNFrom Kurosawa's epic Seven Samurai to the figure of Darth Vader in Star Wars, to Manga comics and video games, the figure of the fighting samurai still inspires us today.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Gangs(2008) KEMP, ROSSRoss Kemp, whose dad was a copper and taught him right from wrong, decided to infiltrate these secret underworld organizations to discover who they are, what makes them tick and what the law is doing to curb their criminal activity. This title tells his sVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Chanel(2012) CHANEY, LISACoco Chanel was many things to many people. Raised in emotional and financial poverty, she became one of the defining figures of the twentieth century. She was mistress to aristocrats, artists and spies. She broke rules of style and decorum, seducing bothVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Red Azalea(2009) MIN, ANCHEEThe acclaimed memoir from the bestselling author of Empress OrchidVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Sextant(2015) BARRIE, DAVIDIn the tradition of Dava Sobel's ‘Longitude’ comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery – an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who usVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Restaurant Babylon(2014) EDWARDS-JONES, IMOGENIn Restaurant Babylon, Imogen Edwards-Jones and her anonymous industry insider lift the lid on all the tricks of the food trade and what really makes this £90 billion a year industry tick.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Hospital Babylon(2012) EDWARDS-JONES, IMOGENIt will take the reader on a journey through the various departments and wards where babies are made, thighs are reduced, noses straightened and spare kidneys are flown in from the Indian subcontinent. We will meet doctors who sleep with nurses. DoctorsVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
My Baby Journal(2012)This brand-new deluxe baby journal encourages parents to chronicle all the important milestones of baby’s first year.37,96 €
