Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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William Armstrong(2012) HEALD, HENRIETTAWilliam Armstrong: Magician of the North is the first full-scale biography of this extraordinary man. He was a visionary inventor, scientist, engineer and businessman who bestrode the 19th-century world, bringing global renown to his great Elswick Works oVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
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I Didn’t Do It For You(2005) WRONG, MICHELAOne small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa's best espresso and worst rail service. Michela Wrong brilliantlyVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Fatty Batter(2008) SIMKINS, MICHAELA fat boy with a passion for sweets and a loathing for games, the young Michael Simkins finds in cricket a sport where size doesn't necessarily matter and a full-blown obsession is born.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Dante in Love(2014) WILSON, A. N. (AUTHOR)A. N. Wilson is one of the most popular and bestselling historians and biographers writing in Britain today and in Dante In Love he brings to life one of the western canon's most enigmatic figures.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Lessons From the Edge(2021) KANE, ALDOAldo Kane is an adventurer and World Record Holder with over 20 years' experience working in some of the most extreme, remote and inhospitable places on the planet; Lessons From The Edge will show readers that with the right mindset, you can get through aVezava: Trda28,04 € -
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: Mehka15,41 € -
Spilling the Beans(2008) WRIGHT, CLARISSA DICKSONThe number one bestselling, no holds barred autobiography of one of the nations best-loved cookswhose lifehas led her from wealth and privilege to alcoholism, bankruptcy and eventually fame in Two Fat LadiesVezava: 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: Mehka15,41 € -
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 € -
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: Mehka15,41 € -
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: Mehka15,41 € -
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: Mehka15,41 €
