Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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Dust Diaries(2005) SHEERS, OWENWhen Owen Sheers discovers a book in his father's study he stumbles upon the life of an obscure relative: Arthur Cripps, lyric poet and maverick missionary to Rhodesia.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Catherine Parr(2011) NORTON, ELIZABETHWife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Anne of Cleves(2010) NORTON, ELIZABETHThe first major biography of Henry VIII least favourite wife - but the one who outlived them all.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
George Eliot(2008) UGLOW, JENNY* A fascinating insight into the contradictions between Eliot's private life and her writingsVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Last Royal Rebel(2017) KEAY, ANNAA brilliant history of Britain from the Civil War to the Glorious Revolution, told through the extraordinarily dramatic life and violent death of the Duke of Monmouth - reformer, romantic, rebel...Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Decline & Fall(2011) MULLIN, CHRISOffers an account of a New Labour backbencher. This title features the diaries that provide a snapshot of life in the Westminster village.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Hattie(2008) MERRIMAN, ANDYThe first and authorised biography of one of the heroines of post-war British comedy, on radio, film and TV.Vezava: Mehka23,83 € -
Rose For Winter(2003) LEE, LAURIEHe found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry-the pride in poverty, the gypsy intensity in vivid whitewashed slums, the cult of the bullfight, the exultation inVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Sky Burial(2005) XINRANAs a young girl in China Xinran heard a rumour about a soldier in Tibet who had been brutally fed to the vultures in a ritual known as a sky burial: the tale frightened and fascinated her.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
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Goodbye to All That(2011) GRAVES, ROBERTTells the story of the author's experiences as a young officer in the First World War. This title describes life in the trenches and how the dehumanizing horrors he witnessed left him shell-shocked.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Country Of My Skull(1999) KROG, ANTJIEAntije Krog's full account of the Commission's work using the testimonies of the oppressed and oppressors alike is a harrowing and haunting book in which the voices of ordinary people shape the course of history. WINNER OF SOUTH AFRICA'S SUNDAY TIMES ALVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Alfred(2013) VAN DER KISTE, JOHNAlfred, Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Admiral of the Fleet, was the second son of Queen Victoria. At 18 he was elected King of Greece, but not allowed to accept the crown. While touring Australia in 1868 he narrowly escaped assassination. HiVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Desperate Romantics(2009) MOYLE, FRANNYIn conjunction with a major series for BBC2, the scandalous saga of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.Vezava: Mehka19,62 € -
Still Me(1999) REEVE, CHRISTOPHERThrough his leading role in the three Superman films, Christopher Reeve became so closely identified with the superhero that he wasn't just seen as the actor who played Superman, he was Superman.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Lost In Translation(2008) HOFFMAN, EVAA memoir that evokes with deep feeling the sense of uprootendess and exile created by this disruption, something which has been the experience of tens of thousands of people this century. It tells the story of Jewish post-war experience and the tragediesVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Blue Tattoo(2011) MIFFLIN, MARGOTIn 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. The Blue Tattoo tells the harrowing story of this forgotten heroiVezava: Mehka28,26 €
