Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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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: Mehka15,41 € -
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: Mehka18,21 € -
Natasha(2002) FINSTAD, SUZANNEPushed by her domineering, frustrated mother - an alcoholic determined to make her child a star at whatever cost, Natalie grew up fast - lonely and a misfit, uncertain of her identity.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
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 € -
Citizen Quinn(2014) DALY, GAVIN,KEHOE, IANA few years ago, Sean Quinn was ranked among the two hundred richest people in the world, with a personal fortune of some $6 billion. Today he is bust, and his businesses have been taken from him. How did it all happen?Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
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 € -
Reason For Hope(2004) GOODALL, JANE,BERMAN, PHILLIPDrawing on a lifetime of work as one of the world's most renowned scientists, conservationists, and animal rights activists, Jane Goodall has written a unique spiritual autobiography that explores her deepest beliefs about spirituality and moral evolutionVezava: Mehka27,08 € -
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: Mehka18,21 € -
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 € -
Great Philosophers(2013) LAW, STEPHENAvoiding the technical jargon and complex logic associated with most books on philosophy, Law brings the thoughts of these great thinkers, from Confucius and Buddha to Wittgenstein and Sartre, to life.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Happy Depressive: In Pursuit of Personal and Political Happiness(2012) CAMPBELL, ALASTAIRAs the UK government conducts its first happiness survey, Alastair Campbell looks at happiness as a political as well as a personal issue;Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Desert Queen(2005) WALLACH, JANETThe untold story of Gertrude Bell, a woman as vital to the history of the Middle East as her friend and colleague, Lawrence of Arabia.Vezava: Mehka23,82 €
