Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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Olive Season(2012) DRINKWATER, CAROLSecond in the bestselling Olive Farm story from the bestselling author of THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER'She writes so well you can almost smell the sun-baked countryside' BELLANOW A MAJOR NEW TV SERIES: CAROL DRINKWATER'S SECRET PROVENCEVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Road Of Lost Innocence(2009) MAM, SOMALYThe true story of an orphaned Cambodian girl who spent her childhood in slavery and prostitution and now combats trafficking. Somaly Mam has a strong international profile and supporters include Hillary Clinton, the Queen of Spain and Angelina Jolie.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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Island Nurse(2012) MACLEOD, MARY J.Life on the remote island of Papavray in the 1970s was a world away from the author's urban existence in the south of England. And this peaceful environment was just what she was looking for. This title offers an account of community life on a small islanVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Olive Route(2007) DRINKWATER, CAROLIn the terrific bestselling olive series by writer and actress Carol Drinkwater, bestselling author of THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER'She writes so well you can almost smell the sun-baked countryside' BELLAVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
On A Chinese Screen(2000) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETMaugham spent the winter months of 1919 travelling fifteen hundred miles up the Yangtze river. Maugham keenly observes, and gently ridicules, their dogged and oblivious persistence with the life they know.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Charles Bukowski(2012) CALONNE, DAVID STEPHENExamines Bukowski’s writings, colourful life and the desperate conditions of his lifestyle. This book explores the effect the writer’s hybrid identity had on the themes and content of his work. It catalogues and dissects the many versions of Bukowski creaVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Woodbrook(1994) THOMSON, DAVIDWoodbrook is a rare house that gives its name to a small, rural area in Ireland, not far from the old port of Sligo. He stayed for ten years. This memoir, acknowledged as a masterpiece, grew out of two great loves - for Woodbrook and for Phoebe, his pupVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Commander(2013) TAYLOR, STEPHENEdward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quickVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Dancing to the Precipice(2010) MOOREHEAD, CAROLINECaroline Moorehead's richly novelistic biography sets Lucy and her dairies in their wider context, illuminating a remarkable period of history. Dancing to the Precipice was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2009.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Testimony(2005) SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI'A terrifying and unhappy book...' The GuardianThis astounding self-portrait covering the whole of Shostakovich's life (1906-1975) was prepared in collaboration with the distinguished Soviet musicologist Solomon Volkov.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Krays: A Violent Business(2011) FRY, COLINTwins Ron and Reg Kray were without doubt the most powerful, violent and deadly gangsters that London has ever known. They ran protection rackets, clubs and casinos, as well as fraudulent 'long firms'. They blackmailed, intimidated and killed. This titleVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Angel At My Table(2010) FRAME, JANETThe acclaimed autobiography of one of New Zealand's best-loved writers. Introduced by Jane Campion, who made it into a prize-winning film.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
There Was a Country(2013) ACHEBE, CHINUAThe defining experience of author's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. A marriage of history, remembrance, poetry and vivid first-hand observation, this title is a work of wisdom and compassion from one of the great voices ofVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Twelve Years a Slave(2012) NORTHUP, SOLOMONBorn a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. In thVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Tintin: Herge and His Creation(2011) THOMPSON, HARRY,THOMPSON, HARRYA fascinating and witty account of the life of Tintin, his creator, and the phenomenon that they became.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Anyone Who Had a Heart(2014) BACHARACH, BURTThe autobiography of one of the most significant and beloved of songwriters, writer of fifty-two UK Top 40 hits from 'Walk On By' to 'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head'.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
