Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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Devil That Danced on the Water(2003) FORNA, AMINATTAAn intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Burton on Burton(2006) BURTON, TIMThis updated and fully illustrated new edition of the definitive Burton interview book casts light on Burton's Burband childhood, his early work at Disney, the recurrent themes and stunning designs of his movies, and the creative obsessions that fuel themVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Colour Bar(2007) WILLIAMS, SUSANSir Seretse Khama, the first President of Botswana and heir to the kingship of the Bangwato people, brought independence and prosperity to his nation after colonial rule. But for six long years from 1950, Seretse had been forced into exile in England, banVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Frank Skinner on the Road(2009) SKINNER, FRANKIn this new volume of memoirs, Frank Skinner describes his experience of going back on the road doing stand-up again, after many years spent working mainly on television.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
History of Mary Prince(2000) PRINCE, MARYMary Prince was a freed slave from Bermuda who achieved notoriety when she published her autobiography at a time when abolition debates were raging. This book details the ill-treatment she received by her various owners and her escape to England where sheVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Mistress Of Charlecote(2002) FAIRFAX-LUCY, A.A delightful memoir of Mary Elizabeth Lucy and her life at Charlecote.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Bookseller Of Kabul(2004) SEIERSTAD, ASNE* The international bestseller: 'An intimate portrait of Afghani people quite unlike any other ... a compelling read' Christina Lamb, SUNDAY TIMESVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Diary of Samuel Pepys: A Selection(2003) PEPYS, SAMUELThe 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London. This book offers an eyewitness account along with lively descriptions of the author's socializing, hisVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Jane Austen(2012) TOMALIN, CLAIREA title that involves us so deeply that Austen's final illness and death come almost as a personal tragedy to the reader. It presents Austen as remarkably clever; sensitive, but sentimental; tough, yet observant; guarded; and a woman with the devil of a gVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Sea Room(2002) NICOLSON, ADAMHave you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands? Thirty years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Black by Design(2012) BLACK, PAULINEBorn in 1953 to Anglo-Jewish/Nigerian parents, Pauline Black was subsequently adopted by a white, working class family in Romford. Never quite at home there, she escaped her small town background and discovered a different way of life - making music. ThisVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
African Love Story(2013) SHELDRICK, DAME DAPHNETells the story from Africa's greatest living conservationist. This book covers a typical day for the author that involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers; finding homes for orphan elephants, all the while campaigning the ever-present threat of poacVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Catherine of Aragon(2011) TREMLETT, GILESCatherine of Aragon has always suffered in comparison to the heir - providing Jane Seymour or the eroticism of Anne Boleyn. But when Henry VIII married Catherine, she was an auburn-haired beauty with a passion she had inherited from her parents, IsabellaVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Praeterita(2012) RUSKIN, JOHNPraeterita is the autobiography of John Ruskin (1819-1900), art critic and social commentator and one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth century. An elegy for lost places and people, Praeterita recounts Ruskin's childhood, and his travels aVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Cypress Tree(2012) MOHAMMADI, KAMINThe story of three generations of Iranian women - Kamin, her mother and her grandmother - which portrays the history of twentieth century IranVezava: Mehka18,21 €
