Zbirka: Biografije in resnične zgodbe
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Greene On Capri(2001) HAZZARD, SHIRLEY* The subtle portrait of a great but difficult man on the legendary island of Capri by the renowned author of THE TRANSIT OF VENUSVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Working with the Curlew(2003) ROBINSON, TREVORWorking with the Curlew is an intimate and evocative account of an era before factory farming, when farmers worked closely with nature and the rhythm of the seasons, a smallholding could sustain a family, and there were enough small farms for a shepherd tVezava: Mehka14,17 € -
Chekhov(2005) BARTLETT, ROSAMUNDA cogent and insightful biography of one of the great Russian writers.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Passage To Juneau(2000) RABAN, JONATHANA modern classic of travel writing, Passage to Juneau is a dual narrative, the story of Raban's own journey from Seattle to Juneau, as well as the same voyage taken by Captain George Vancouver.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Nathaniel's Nutmeg(2000) MILTON, GILESThe extraordinary adventure-filled story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth centuryVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Nairn in Darkness and Light(1988) THOMSON, DAVIDSet in the 1920s, this marvellously sensitive autobiography recreates the varied community of Nairn, with its fishermen and townsfolk, its crofters and its prosperous upper-middle-classes.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Perfect Distance(2005) BUTCHER, PATThe definitive, fully authorised story of the record-breaking rivalry between London Olympics organiser Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, published to coincide with the 2012 games.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Behind Closed Doors(2006) TOMLIN, JENNYThe number one bestselling, heartbreaking childhood memoir of abuse and true story of the triumph of the human spirit.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Margrave Of The Marshes(2006) RAVENSCROFT, ALEXANDRA,RAVENSCROFT, FLORENCE,PEEL, JOHN,RAVENSCROFT, JOHN,RAVENSCROFT, SHEILA,RAVENSCROFT, THOMAS,RAVENSCROFT, WILLIAMThrough nigh-on forty years of laconic brilliance on Radio 1, a musical taste which defined a culture and his wildly popular Radio 4 show, Home Truths, John Peel reached out to an audience that was as diverse as his record collection.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Body Parts(2008) LEE, HERMIONECompares the relation of biography to fiction and history and explores several writers' lives in connection with their works. This book incorporates different ways in which biographies, memoirs, diaries and autobiographies can be discussed.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Climbing the Mango Trees(2006) JAFFREY, MADHURPresents Madhur Jaffrey's memoir of her childhood in India. With recipes drawn from memories of dinners, lunches, breakfasts, weddings, and picnics, moving effortlessly from the lamb meatballs of Moghul emperors to the tamarind chutneys of the streets, thVezava: Mehka28,03 € -
New Shostakovich(2006) MACDONALD, IANIan MacDonald's The New Shostakovich presents the case for the dissident view, arguing passionately that the meaning of the composer's music cannot be fully appreciated without a knowledge of the terrible times he and his fellow artists lived through undeVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
For Bread Alone(2006) CHOUKRI, MOHAMED,BOWLES, PAULDriven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed's family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But things are no better there. Eight of his siblings die of malnutrition and neglect, and one is killed by his father in a fit of rage. This is aVezava: Mehka15,43 € -
Pocket with a Hole(2006) BULLOCK, BRENDAReflecting Birmingham in the 1940s and 1950s, this work tells of the games played then in the streets: hopscotch, queenie, marbles, skipping, roller skating. It takes us back to school life during and after the war, to what it was like to be sick before tVezava: Mehka16,91 € -
In God's Name(2007) YALLOP, DAVIDThe revised new edition of the searing investigation into the murder of Pope John Paul I that has sold over 6 million copies.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Doc Holliday(2007) ROBERTS, GARY L.He was a dentist from the South believed to have gone west because of tuberculosis, a man who went on to become a gambler, a faro dealer, and one of the most feared (and fearless) gunfighters of his time--a close friend of Wyatt Earp and a key participantVezava: Mehka26,64 €
