Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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Dictators(2005) OVERY, RICHARDHalf a century after their deaths, the dictatorships of Stalin and Hitler still cast a long and terrible shadow over the modern world. They were the most destructive and lethal regimes in history, murdering millions. They fought the largest and costliestVezava: Mehka30,84 € -
Garden in the Clouds(2011) WOODWARD, ANTONYWinner of the National Trust Outdoor Book of the Year 2011The story of one man’s unlikely quest to create out of a mountainous Welsh landscape a garden fit for inclusion in the prestigious Yellow Book – the ‘Gardens of England and Wales Open for Charity’Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Houdini's Box(2002) PHILLIPS, ADAMThis text explores the lives of four different escape artists: a little girl playing her own wayward version of hide and seek; Harry Houdini who electrifies the world through a series of escapes; a man always in flight from women; and Emily Dickinson whoVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Sid Vicious(2008) PARKER, ALANThe last word on Sid Vicious - the world's most iconic punk figureVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Ludwig Wittgenstein(1991) MONK, RAYIn this biography of Wittgenstein, the author interleaves the philosophical and emotional aspects of his subject's life.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Dewey(2009) MYRON, VICKIWith over a million copies already sold this is the bestselling story of how one adorable and lovably roguish library cat touched the lives of everyone he came into contact with.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Midnight Express(2008) HAYES, BILLY,HOFFER, WILLIAMA true story of capture and incarceration; danger and degradation; hope and survival.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
My James(2013) BULGER, RALPH,DUNN, ROSIEA powerful and moving account of his son's murder and his fight for justice by Ralph Bulger.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Songs of Blood and Sword(2011) BHUTTO, FATIMATells the story of a family of rich feudal landlords - the proud descendents of a warrior caste - who became powerbrokers in Karachi, Pakistan.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Gerald Durrell(2000) BOTTING, DOUGLASThe authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged seventy in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo he’d dreamed of as a small boy and pioneered the captive breeding of animals for conservation.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
I Left My Tent in San Francisco(2012) KENNEDY, EMMAThis never happened to Jack Kerouac. A startlingly honest and ridiculously funny book, I Left My Tent in San Francisco tells the miraculous story of how the hapless pair made it back alive to tell the disastrous tale.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Woman In Berlin(2011) AUTHOR, ANONYMOUSA startling account of a German survivor of the Second World War: 'One of the most extraordinary and moving books I have ever read' Antonia FraserVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Road From Coorain(1992) CONWAY, JILL KERThe Road From Coorain is the beautifully written narrative of Jill Ker Conway's journey from girlhood on an isolated sheep-farm in the grasslands of Australia to her departure for America (and eventually the presidency of Smith College).Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Fates Worse Than Death(2013) VONNEGUT, KURTThis is the second volume of Vonnegut’s autobiographical writings – a collage of his own life story, snipped up and stuck down alongside his views on everything from suicidal depression to the future of the planet and Andrew Lloyd Webber. this rare glimpsVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now(1995) ANGELOU, DR MAYA* Succinct pieces of prose - unique lessons in living from one of our best-loved writers, Maya AngelouVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Parcel Arrived Safely(2000) CRAWFORD, MICHAELBoth in his private life and his work as a successful actor and TV comedian, he begins a lifetime's habit of pratfalls that he would later turn to good use in the character of Frank Spencer in smash hit 1970s TV comedy show Some Mothers Do`Ave 'Em.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
