Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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Red Sky at Sunrise(2014) LEE, LAURIEPresents a sequence of early recollections, beginning with the dazzling lights and sounds of my first footings on earth in a steep Cotswold valley some three miles long.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
All Made Up(2012) GALLOWAY, JANICEOne of our greatest contemporary authors writes about sex, school and adolescence in 1970s small-town Scotland.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
I Was Told There'd Be Cake(2008) CROSLEY, SLOANESloane Crosley's essays talk about the experience of being young and living in New York. Sparkling, witty, urbane, her book soared straight to the top of the US best-seller lists. Prepare to be amused and delighted and to laugh out loud.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Under a Mackerel Sky(2014) STEIN, RICKBut ever-present was the unpredicatible mood of his bipolar father, with Rick frequently the focus of his anger and sadness. When Rick was 18 his father killed himself.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
At the Loch of the Green Corrie(2011) GREIG, ANDREWA fishing trip honoring a dying man's wish becomes a meditation on life, nature and friendship, a literary biography and a celebration of the beauty of the Highlands of Scotland.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Man Who Went Into the West(2007) ROGERS, BYRONByron Rogers’ biography of Wales’ s national poet and vicar, R.S. Thomas has been hailed as a ‘ masterpiece’ , even as a work of ‘ genius’ , by reviewers from Craig Brown to the ArchVezava: Mehka25,23 € -
Swing Low(2013) TOEWS, MIRIAMOne morning Mel Toews put on his coat and hat and walked out of town, prepared to die. But it is also a funny, winsome evocation of country life: growing up on farm, courting a wife, becoming a teacher, and rearing a happy, strong family in the midstVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Edward Carson OC(2019) MARJORIBANKSSir Sydney Kentridge QC comments: ‘The author’s accounts of Carson’s cases make riveting reading for lawyers and general readers alike.’ This is the story of the life of Edward Carson up to 1910, with a strong emphasis on his career as an advocate.Vezava: Mehka30,88 € -
Shadowlands: The True Story of C S Lewis and Joy Davidman(2013) SIBLEY, BRIANAn updated edition of this modern classic, SHADOWLANDS tells the tragic love story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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Autobiography of a Super-tramp(2013) DAVIES, W. H.The pen of W. H. Davies, super-tramp and writer, reveals a fascinating picture of a vast, bustling continent intent on its own affairs and of a Britain on the cusp of change between old certainties and an uneasy future.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Child Of The Jungle(2012) KUEGLER, SABINEAn extraordinary first-person account of a childhood spent in the jungleVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Lit(2010) KARR, MARYThe long awaited sequel to the beloved and bestselling ‘The Liars’ Club’ and ‘Cherry’ – a memoir about a self-professed ‘blackbelt sinner’s’ descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness, and her astonishing resurrection.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Street Boys(2008) PRITCHARD, TIMThe shocking, powerful true story of the lives of 7 young kids, marred by guns, gangs and violence on one of Britain’s toughest estates.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918(1968) KLEE, PAULIncludes the recollections of the author's childhood in Bern, his relations with his family and such friends as Kandinsky, Marc, Macke, and many others, his observations on nature and people, his trips to Italy and Tunisia, and his military service. This45,16 € -
Auctioneer's Lot(2006) SERRELL, PHILIPHeartwarming tales of a life in antiques from the star of BBC TV's Bargain HuntVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Torch In My Ear(2011) CANETTI, ELIASThe second part of the Nobel Prize winner's classic autobiography, reissued by Granta in a stunning new paperback edition.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Lady's Maid(2011) HARRISON, ROSINA'I was able to get on well with everyone below stairs and above, or so I thought until I began working for Lady Astor...' In 1929, Yorkshire lass Rosina Harrison became personal maid to Lady Astor: the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat anVezava: Mehka21,02 €
