Zbirka: Biografije: književnost
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Imperfect Life of T. S. Eliot(2012) GORDON, LYNDALLThe most authoritative life of Eliot ever written, acclaimed biographer Lyndall Gordon brings into focus a flawed yet brilliant man.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
For Your Eyes Only(2009) MACINTYRE, BENThe official book on Ian Fleming and James Bond by the bestselling author of Agent ZigzagVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Last Englishman(2013) ROGERS, BYRONJ. L. Carr was the most English of Englishmen: headmaster of a Northamptonshire school, cricket enthusiast and campaigner for the conservation of country churches. But he was also the author of half a dozen utterly unique novels.Vezava: Mehka25,23 € -
Brontes(2010) BARKER, JULIET* Abacus reissue of Juliet Barker's unrivalled biography of the Bronte sisters, revised for this editionVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
C S Lewis(2013) DURIEZ, COLIN (READER)An accessible biography of C S Lewis, his life and the friendships that shaped him.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
World of Christopher Marlowe(2005) RIGGS, PROFESSOR DAVIDDavid Riggs evokes the atmosphere and texture of Marlowe's life, from the stench and poverty of a childhood spent near Canterbury's abattoirs to the fanatical pursuit of classical learning at school.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Georgette Heyer Biography(2013) KLOESTER, JENNIFERGeorgette Heyer remains an enduring international bestseller, read and loved by four generations of readers and extolled by today's bestselling authors. Georgette Heyer wrote her first novel, The Black Moth, when she was seventeen in order to amuse her coVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
The Life of Milarepa (Penguin Classics)(2011) HERUKA, TSANGNYONTells the story of the Tibetan people. This title offers an introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. It presents a quest for purification and buddhahood in a single lifetime, tracing the path of a great sinner who became a great saint.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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: Mehka18,21 € -
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: Mehka23,82 € -
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 € -
Tolkien and the Great War(2004) GARTH, JOHN* TOLKIEN * Now a major motion picture Acclaimed as ‘the best book about Tolkien’, this award-winning biography explores J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
In the Blood(2007) MOTION, SIR ANDREW'A wonderful read.' Irish Times'Sad, gripping and powerful.' Margaret Drabble'Superbly clear, intimate and evocative.' New York TimesFrom the former poet laureate, Andrew Motion, In the Blood is an unforgettable evocation of family, school and country lifVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Performing Flea(2014) WODEHOUSE, P.G.In this series of letters to William Townend, a fellow-writer and friend since their schooldays at Dulwich College, Wodehouse discusses in some detail his literary outlook, writing methods and constant hunt for new plots.Vezava: Trda21,03 € -
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake(2013) QUINDLEN, ANNAIn Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, New York Times bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen shares the events of her own life to illuminate our own. From childhood memories to manic motherhood to middle age, Quindlen tells life as she hasVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Kurt Vonnegut: Letters(2014) VONNEGUT, KURTThis collection of Vonnegut’s letters is the autobiography he never wrote – from the letter he posted home upon being freed from a German POW camp, to notes of advice to his children: ‘Don’t let anybody tell you that smoking and boozing are bad for you.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Shakespeare(1996) BURGESS, ANTHONYAmong Shakespeare's many biographers none brings to his subject more passion and feeling for the creative act than Anthony Burgess. His portrait of the age builds upon an almost personal tenderness for Shakespeare and his contemporaries (especially Ben JoVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Cold Cream(2009) MOUNT, FERDINANDA pitch-perfect memoir, brilliantly funny, wise and moving, of family, friends and political life over the last sixty yearsVezava: Mehka18,21 €
