Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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Journey into God's Heart(2006) LARCOMBE, JENNIFER REESThis epic autobiography will grip all whose lives have been touched by Jennifer Rees Larcombe, and surprise those who thought they already knew her story.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Summing Up(2001) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETAutobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, The Summing Up, written when Maugham was sixty-four, is an inimitable expression of a personal credo.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Little Wilson and Big God(2002) BURGESS, ANTHONYThese are Anthony Burgess's candid confessions: he was seduced at the age of nine by an older woman; Little Wilson and Big God moves from Moss Side to Malaya recalling Burgess's time as an education officer in the tropics, his tempestuous first marriage,Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Ravel(2012) NICHOLS, ROGERA biography of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), by one of the leading scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French music, that is based on a wealth of written and oral evidence, some newly translated and some derived from interviews with the composer'sVezava: Mehka38,00 € -
Rockers and Rollers(2010) JOHNSON, BRIANCar racer, car collector and all-round car enthusiast, Brian Johnson is an incurable, certifiable petrolhead who can't remember a time when four wheels didn't feature as large in his life as music. This autobiography tells the story of this man with an inVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music(2010) MCVEAGH, DIANACritically acclaimed biography of one of England's best loved composers, with a full discussion and evaluation of his works.Vezava: Mehka30,88 € -
Dorothea's War(2015) CREWDSON, DOROTHEAThe evocative diaries of a young nurse stationed in northern France during the First World War, published for the first time. A rare insight into the great war for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Bonkers(2014) SAUNDERS, JENNIFERA young Dawn French, bluffing her way to each BBC series, shooting Lulu, trading wild faxes with Joanna Lumley, touring India with Ruby Wax and Goldie Hawn. There's cancer, too, when she becomes 'Brave Jen'. But her biggest battle is with the bane of herVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Gentry(2012) NICOLSON, ADAMAdam Nicolson tells the story of England through the history of fourteen gentry families – from the 15th century to the present day. This sparkling work of history reads like a real-life Downton Abbey, as the loves, hatreds and many times of grief of hisVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
When I Left Home(2013) GUY, BUDDY,RITZ, DAVIDThe autobiography of the legend many- including Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and the late Stevie Ray Vaughn- refer to as the greatest blues guitarist of all time, and whose story- which features such greats as Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, and the Rolling StonVezava: Mehka24,22 € -
Mrs Jordan's Profession(2012) TOMALIN, CLAIREAcclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora Jordan lived a quite different role off-stage as lover to Prince William, third son of George III. Unmarried, the pair lived in a villa on the Thames and had ten children together until William, undVezava: Mehka32,23 € -
East and West(1999) PATTEN, CHRISPatten's East and West is a must for anyone who wants to understand the forces that will shape the world of the 21st century.' New York TimesVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Arbella: England's Lost Queen(2004) GRISTWOOD, SARAH'It is Arbella they would proclaim Queen if her mistress should happen to die' Sir William Stanley, 1592Niece to Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter to the great Tudor dynast Bess of Hardwick, Lady Arbella Stuart was brought up in the belief that she woulVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Queen(2012) PIMLOTT, BENAn updated edition of Ben Pimlott’s classic biography of the Queen: ‘There is no better biography of Elizabeth II.’ PETER HENNESSY, Independent on SundayVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
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Twenty Years A-Growing(1983) O'SULLIVAN, MAURICEMaurice O'Sullivan was born on the Great Blasket in 1904, and 'Twenty years A-Growing' tells the story of his youth and of a way of life which belonged to the Middle Ages. He wrote for his own pleasure and for the entertainment of his friends, without anyVezava: Mehka14,01 €
