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Ma, I've Reached for the Moon an I'm Hittin the Stars(2013) LONG, MARTHAAfter a failed suicide attempt and recovery in the mad house, Martha is heading for France to be reunited with the one true love of her life. Father Ralph Fitzgerald rescued her from the streets when she was sixteen and was the first person to show MartVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Four Hedges(2010) LEIGHTON, CLAREClare Leighton was one of the finest engravers of the twentieth century. This is the story of the garden she carved from meadowland deep in the Chiltern Hills in the 1930s.Vezava: Mehka19,63 € -
Cold(2014) FIENNES, RANULPHBritain's most famous explorer and bestselling author's new book on extreme cold.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
These Poor Hands(2002) COOMBES, B. L.Presents, in a documentary style, the working life of the miner as well as the author's experiences in the lock-outs of 1921 and 1926. This title intends to offer an account of the lives of miners and their families, and carries a sincere moral charge inVezava: Mehka18,28 € -
Everest - The First Ascent(2014) TUCKEY, HARRIETA doctor and physiologist, Griffith Pugh revolutionised almost every aspect of British high-altitude mountaineering, transforming the climbers' attitude to oxygen, the clothes they wore, their equipment, fluid intake and acclimatisation. Yet, far from recVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Scent of Dried Roses(2009) LOTT, TIMAn exploration of the author's parents' lives, his mother's inexplicable suicide in her late fifties and his own bouts of depression. It conjures up the pebble-dashed home of his childhood and the landscape of postwar suburban England. It tells a story ofVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
In The Footsteps Of Adam(2001) HEYERDAHL, THOR* Epic memoir by one of the greatest explorers of our time, the Norwegian-born Thor Heyerdahl.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Nelson: A Dream of Glory(2012) SUGDEN, DR JOHNNelson: A Dream of Glory is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched account ever written of Horatio Nelson's rise to international fame. Giving us the private as well as the public man, it combines ground-breaking scholarship with a brilliantly vVezava: Mehka49,07 € -
Ben Ainslie: Close to the Wind(2012) AINSLIE, BENKnife-edge decisions, adrenalin rushes, extreme weather, bitter rivalries, heart-stopping races – they are all in a day’s work for Ben Ainslie.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
House In Corfu(2002) TENNANT, EMMAA House in Corfu is the story of one of the most beautiful places on earth, still astonishingly unspoilt, on the west coast of Corfu. Full of colour and contrast, A House in Corfu shows the huge changes in island life since the time of the building of theVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Ripening Sun(2004) ATKINSON, PATRICIAWhat follows is a remarkable story of struggle and transformation whereby her tiny 4 hectare plot has become a major estate of 21 hectares, where her Clos d'Yvigne wines have won awards and been adopted by wine merchants throughout the world and where sheVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Blaze of Obscurity(2010) JAMES, CLIVENow the beloved host of Clive James on TV, this fifth and final instalment of his memoirs sees Clive James reflect on his adventures in television.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Apathy for the Devil(2011) KENT, NICKAs a 20-something college dropout Nick Kent's first five interviews as a young writer were with the MC5, Captain Beefheart, The Grateful Dead, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. Along with Charles Shaar Murray and Ian MacDonald he would go on to define and establishVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Killing Time(1996) FEYERABEND, PAULFinished only weeks before his death in 1994, this autobiography traces the trajectory that led Feyerabend him from an isolated, lower-middle-class childhood in Vienna to the height of international academic success as one of this century's most influentiVezava: Mehka39,92 € -
Interventions(2013) ANNAN, KOFIProvides a view of global diplomacy during one of the most tumultuous periods in UN history. This title shows readers a world where solutions are available, if we have the will and courage to see them through.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
