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Road to Valour(2013) MCCONNON, AILI,MCCONNON, ANDRESAn Italian SCHINDLER'S LIST, this is the inspirational story of Gino Bartali, who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian Resistance during the Second World War.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Heart of the Dales(2009) PHINN, GERVASEAwkward teachers, pompous school governors and fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make the author's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult. But, for him, the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children. This title tells his story.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Head Over Heels in the Dales(2009) PHINN, GERVASEGervase Phinn thinks he's heard just about everything in his two years as a school inspector, but a surprising enquiry from an angelic six-year-old reminds him never to take children for granted. His marriage to Christine Bentley, finding somewhere idylliVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Up and Down in the Dales(2009) PHINN, GERVASELife for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all over the place. After a routine school inspection - and a rather brutal report - culminates with a teacher being forced into early reVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Stargazing(2004) HILL, PETERWhen Peter Hill, a student at Dundee College of Art, answered an advert in The Scotsman seeking lighthouse keepers, little did he imagine that within a month he would be living with three men he didn't know in a lighthouse on Pladda, a small remote islandVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Other Side of the Dale(2009) PHINN, GERVASEAs the newly appointed County Inspector of Schools in North Yorkshire, the author reveals in this warm and humorous account, the experiences of his first year in the job - and what an education it was! He quickly learns that he must slow his pace and apprVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Over Hill and Dale(2009) PHINN, GERVASE'Miss, who's that funny man at the back of the classroom? So begins school-inspector Gervase Phinn's second year among the frankly spoken pupils and teachers of North Yorkshire - the sight of Gervase with his notebook and pen provokes unexpected reactionsVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
On Being John McEnroe(2004) ADAMS, TIMRead a fan's eye view of one of tennis's most notorious stars, and an exploration into the idea of sporting obsession.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
For the Love of a Son(2011) SASSON, JEANFrom the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Second Chance(2013) TODD, MARKThe London 2012 Olympic medalist on his stunning comeback - fully updated for the paperback.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Cupboard Under the Stairs(2013) MASON, PAULHe would keep Paul locked up and naked in a tiny cupboard under the stairs of their home before sexually abusing him. The cupboard became a horrific prison where fear and terror filled his every moment. The Cupboard Under the Stairs is a story of abuseVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
I'm Not Really Here(2012) LAKE, PAULEarmarked as an England captain in the making, Paul became a target for top clubs like Manchester United, Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool, but he always stayed loyal to his beloved club, deeming Maine Road the spiritual home at which his destiny lay. But tVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Daddy's Little Secret(2011) DAVIS, TINA'I hated the thought of his child growing inside me...but at least I'd soon have somebody to love and, finally, somebody to love me back.'Tina has never had a stable upbringing.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Coleridge(2005) HOLMES, RICHARDTimely reissue of the second volume of Holmes’s classic biographies of one of the greatest Romantic poets.Vezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Coleridge(2005) HOLMES, RICHARDWinner of the 1989 Whitbread Prize for Book of the Year, this is the first volume of Holmes’s seminal two-part examination of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of Britain’s greatest poets.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Shelley(2005) HOLMES, RICHARDA fantastic reissue of Richard Holmes’ epic biography of this most enigmatic and intriguing of the Romantic poets. This is simply one of the greatest biographical achievements of recent years.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Elizabeth Gaskell(1999) UGLOW, JENNYElizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester and her wide network of friends, her religious and feminiVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Education of a British-Protected Child(2011) ACHEBE, CHINUAGives us a portrait of growing up in colonial Nigeria and inhabiting its 'middle ground', interrogating both the author's happy memories of reading English adventure stories in secondary school and also the harsher truths of colonial rule.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Sussex Women(2007) KRAMER, ANNEverybody knows about Virginia and Vanessa, but did you realise that Sussex is the birthplace, home or workplace for many inspiring, intriguing and formidable women; from royal mistresses to pioneering women doctors and from educators and philanthropistsVezava: Trda12,61 €
