Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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’Tis(2005) MCCOURT, FRANKFrank McCourt continues his life story in the brilliant, bestselling sequel to the million-selling ‘Angela’s Ashes’.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams (Penguin Classics)(1975) SARASHINAA autobiography in which the anonymous writer intersperses personal reflections, anecdotes and lyrical poems with accounts of her travels and descriptions of the Japanese countryside. She illuminates her pilgrimages to temples and mystical dreams in exquiVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Ozu(1977) RICHIE, DONALDYasujiro Ozu, the man whom his kinsmen consider the most Japanese for all film directors, had but one major subject, the Japanese family, and but one major theme, its dissolution. The Japanese family in dissolution figures in every one of his fifty-threeVezava: Mehka46,86 € -
Independent Man(2008) JORDAN, EDDIEThe hugely entertaining, and extremely candid, autobiography of one of the most colourful characters in motor sportVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
World of Christopher Marlowe(2005) RIGGS, PROFESSOR DAVIDDavid Riggs evokes the atmosphere and texture of Marlowe's life, from the stench and poverty of a childhood spent near Canterbury's abattoirs to the fanatical pursuit of classical learning at school.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Bearback(2013) GARROD, DR. PATImagine jacking it all in, packing your life into a 41-litre pannier and riding into the sunset. Bearback is the story of two GPs who did just that, downing stethoscopes to take off on a motorcycle to see the world. For anyone who has considered escapinVezava: Mehka19,56 € -
Our Kate(1993) COOKSON, CATHERINEAn autobiography which presents a story that revolves around the author's mother. It offers an account of living with hardship and poverty as seen through the eyes of a sensitive child and woman.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Silent Gesture(2008) SMITH, TOMMIE,SMITH, DELOIS,STEELE, DAVIDAt the 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith came in first in the 200-meter dash. As they received their medals, he and bronze winner John Carlos each raised a black-gloved fist, creating an indelible image of courage and protest that still resonates forty years laVezava: Mehka39,90 € -
Scandalous Life(1996) LOVELL, MARY S.The biography of Jane Digby, an ‘enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart – and hormones – ruled her head.’ Harpers and QueenVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Yves Klein(2014) BANAI, NUITA new critical biography of iconoclastic and scandalous French artist Yves Klein.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Georgette Heyer Biography(2013) KLOESTER, JENNIFERGeorgette Heyer remains an enduring international bestseller, read and loved by four generations of readers and extolled by today's bestselling authors. Georgette Heyer wrote her first novel, The Black Moth, when she was seventeen in order to amuse her coVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Fisher's Face(2007) MORRIS, JANAdmiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. This book offer an evocation that is both biography and a love letter, an expression of the author's passionate interest in mavericks and outsiders, iVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Daughter Of Persia(1993) FARMAN-FARMAIAN, SATTAREHSattareh Farman Farmaian, the daughter of a once-powerful and wealthy Iranian prince, was raised and educated in the 1920s and 1930s in a Persian harem compound, along with numerous mothers and more than 30 brothers and sisters.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Changeling(2008) OLDFIELD, MIKEBorn without social instincts many people take for granted, brought up in a troubled environment and possessed with an extraordinary musical talent, Mike Oldfield was thrust into the spotlight at the tender age of nineteen.Vezava: Mehka25,22 € -
On Royalty(2007) PAXMAN, JEREMYWhat is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all day? And what does it mean to be one of them? This title looks at our present incumbents to find out just what makes them tick.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
