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Augustan Rome 44 BC to AD 14(2012) RICHARDSON, J. S. (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF CLASSICS, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH)Centring on the reign of the emperor Augustus, volume four is pivotal to the series, tracing of the changing shape of the entity that was ancient Rome through its political, cultural and economic history.Vezava: Mehka54,04 € -
Charles Darwin: Voyaging(2003) BROWNE, JANETFew lives of great men offer so much interest - and so many mysteries - as the life of Charles Darwin, the greatest figure of nineteenth-century science, whose ideas are still inspiring discoveries and controversies more than 100 years after his death.Vezava: Mehka39,24 € -
Memoir(2006) MCGAHERN, JOHNA family story, told with restraint and tenderness. This book is a son's unembarrassed tribute to his mother. His memory of walks with her through the narrow lanes to the country schools where she taught and his happiness as she named for him the wild floVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Tolkien and the Great War(2004) GARTH, JOHN* TOLKIEN * Now a major motion picture Acclaimed as ‘the best book about Tolkien’, this award-winning biography explores J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Flame Trees Of Thika(2014) HUXLEY, ELSPETHWhen Elspeth Huxley’s pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Light in the Window(2005) GOULDING, JUNEBut worst of all was that the young women were expected to raise their babies during these three years so that they could then be sold - given up for adoption in exchange for a donation to the nuns. Shocked by the nuns' inhumane treatment of the frighteVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
And Furthermore(2012) DENCH, DAME JUDIUpdated edition of the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling memoir of Britain's best-loved actress, Dame Judi Dench. 'National treasure Judi Dench's collection of anecdotes from her career and family life makes this a sharp-witted memoir' DAILY EXPRESSVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Road to Middle-earth(1992) SHIPPEY, TOMA detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Through Thick and Thin(2011) WAN, GOKWith his infectious energy and charisma, Gok Wan has an incredible gift of making women feel more confident within themselves - but it's not until you read his own inspirational story that you find out where he got that gift from.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Greatest Traitor(2010) MORTIMER, IANThe first biography of the rebel baron who deposed and murdered Edward II. One night in August 1323 a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Crying With Laughter(1994) MONKHOUSE, BOBCrying With Laughter combines heartache with hilarity, sexy showbiz revelations with genuinely moving tales of the hard times, and typically funny jokes with sobering personal reflections, to create a passionate, witty and sparkling account of an extraordVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Iron Lady(2012) CAMPBELL, JOHNTraces the life of Britain's only female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, from her upbringing in Grantham to her unexpected challenge to Edward Heath for leadership of the Conservative party and her eventual removal from power.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Taylor Swift(2014) NEWKEY-BURDEN, CHASThe full story of Taylor Swift’s stratospheric rise to fame; all any dedicated Swifty needs to know about the pop superstar who’s taking over the worldVezava: Mehka16,62 € -
Autobiography of Jack the Ripper(2012) CARNAC, JAMESA memoir that appears to have been written in the 1920s by someone who asserts that he was Jack the Ripper. Given the fact that the author also appear to have knowledge about aspects of the case not in the public arena at the time it could be that this acVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Penguin Classics)(2005) JACOBS, HARRIETA haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina, and her final escape and emancipation, Jacobs' narrative, written between 1853 and 1858 and published in 1861, is one of the most important books ever written documenting the traumVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
In Stitches(2007) EDWARDS, NICKThe true story of an A&E doctor that became a huge word-of-mouth hit.Vezava: Mehka14,01 €
