Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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William Wilberforce(2007) BELMONTE, KEVINHere is the true story of how British statesman and reformer William Wilberforce overcame great obstacles to help end the slave trade in England two centuries ago. The movie Amazing Grace brings this story to life, and this book is the inspiring, definitiVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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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 € -
Finding Peggy(1994) HENDERSON, MEGMeg Henderson was part of a large family, and when the tenement block in which they lived collapsed they had to move to the notorious Blackhill district where religious sectarianism and gang warfare were part of daily life.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
First Muslim(2014) HAZLETON, LESLEYThe extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited - and remade.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Real Jane Austen(2014) BYRNE, PAULAWho was the real Jane Austen? Overturning the traditional portrait of the author as conventional and genteel, bestseller Paula Byrne's landmark biography reveals the real woman behind the books.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Sylvia Townsend Warner(2015) HARMAN, CLAIREThe poet Sylvia Townsend Warner rose to sudden fame with the publication of her classic feminist novel Lolly Willowes in 1926, but never became a conventional member of London literary life, pursuing instead a long writing career in her own individualistiVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Testament of Youth(2014) BRITTAIN, VERAA British woman recalls coming of age during World War I in this unforgettable true story of young love and how to make sense of the darkest times. THE TESTAMENT OF YOUTH is a classic memoir that became a major motion pictureVezava: Trda28,04 € -
A Life Like Other People's(2010) BENNETT, ALAN,BENNETT, ALAN,BENNETT, ALANAlan Bennett's A Life Like Other People's is a poignant family memoir offering a portrait of his parents' marriage and recalling his Leeds childhood, Christmases with Grandma Peel, and the lives, loves and deaths of his unforgettable aunties Kathleen andVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Footballer: My Story(2013) SMITH, KELLYAll Kelly Smith ever wanted to be was a footballer.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Endgame(2012) BRADY, FRANKThe fascinating biography that for the first time captures the complete, remarkable arc of Bobby Fischer's life.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Empire Made Me(2004) BICKERS, ROBERTShanghai in the wake of the First World War was one of the world's most dynamic, brutal and exciting cities. Threatened from within by communist workers and governed by desperate British-dominated administration, Shanghai was mesmerising and terrible. IntVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Reluctant Restaurateur(2003) SKIRVING, IMOGENThis is the story of one woman's unwitting transformation of her Nottinghamshire family home into one of the most successful private hotels in Britain today. Imogen Skirving recalls her unusual childhood and how, after inheriting Langar Hall, mounting oveVezava: Mehka21,54 € -
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls(2014) SEDARIS, DAVIDA new roundup of personal essays from the No. 1 bestselling writer named by Time as America's Favourite Humorist.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Paris to the Moon(2008) GOPNIK, ADAMAdam Gopnik's memoir of five years as an American family man in ParisVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Pocketful of Holes and Dreams(2011) PEARCE, JEFFLittle Jeff Pearce grew up in a post-war Liverpool slum. His father lived the life of an affluent gentleman whilst his mother was forced to steal bread to feed her starving children. Life was tough and from the moment Jeff could walk he learned to go doorVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Thousand Days In Tuscany(2005) DE BLASI, MARLENAA lush evocation of Tuscan life and food by the author of A THOUSAND DAYS IN VENICE.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Marilyn(2012) MAILER, NORMAN'Genius' The New York TimesIn 1973, Norman Mailer published Marilyn, his celebrated in-depth account of the life of Marilyn Monroe, as a glossy, fully illustrated coffee-table tome.Vezava: Mehka26,62 €
