Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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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 € -
Somewhere To Lay My Head(2007) DOUGLAS, ROBERTThe next chapter in Robert Douglas's remarkable life story picks up from the bestselling NIGHT SONG OF THE LAST TRAM but can be read on its ownVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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 € -
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 € -
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 € -
Alfred the Great(2006) POLLARD, JUSTINIn an era darkened by the terror of the Viking invasions, England's first and greatest king was a beacon of light.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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 € -
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 € -
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 € -
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 € -
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 € -
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 € -
Franz Liszt(1988) WALKER, ALANThe first volume in Alan Walker's magisterial biography of Franz Liszt.Vezava: Mehka40,97 € -
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands(2005) SEACOLE, MARYWritten in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole travelled widely before eventually arriving in London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with raVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Nathaniel's Nutmeg(2000) MILTON, GILESThe extraordinary adventure-filled story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth centuryVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Thin(2007) BOWMAN, GRACEBright, popular, pretty and successful, Grace Bowman had the world at her feet. So what drove her to starve herself nearly to death at the age of 18? And what, more importantly, made her stop? Offering an account of life with anorexia nervosa, this memoirVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
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 € -
Chekhov(2005) BARTLETT, ROSAMUNDA cogent and insightful biography of one of the great Russian writers.Vezava: Mehka21,02 €
