Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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Evil Cradling(1993) KEENAN, BRIANBrian Keenan went to Beirut in 1985 for a change of scene from his native Belfast. He became headline news when he was kidnapped by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen and held in the suburbs of Beirut for the next four and a half years.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Goodbye to All That(2000) GRAVES, ROBERTIn 1929 the author went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This book is an account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his timeVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Roger Casement(2013) MITCHELL, ANGUSA fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Ultimately, he was hanged in Pentonville prison on the 3 August—two years to the day after BrVezava: Mehka25,65 € -
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Countryfile: Adam's Farm(2011) HENSON, ADAMIn 2001, Adam Henson was chosen from 3,500 applicants to become a presenter on Countryfile. Adam's agricultural knowledge and open manner soon made him a popular figure and in 2009, he began to present a weekly report from his own farm in the Cotswolds. TVezava: Trda33,27 € -
My Guru and His Disciple(2013) ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHERWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SIMON CALLOWIn 1939, as Europe approaches war, Isherwood, an instinctive pacifist, travels west to California, seeking a new set of beliefs to replace the failed Leftism of the thirties.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Hitler and Stalin(1998) BULLOCK, ALANAlan Bullock’s bestselling and monumental masterpiece, now in a revised Second EditionVezava: Mehka35,05 € -
Islandman(1977) O'CROHAN, TOMASTomas O'Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1856 and died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish. He shared to the full the perilous life of a primitive community, yet possessed a shrewd and humorous detachment that enabled him to obVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill(2011) ENRIGHT, DOMINIQUEThis enchanting collection brings together hundreds of Winston Churchill's wittiest remarks, as a record of all that was best about this endearing, conceited, talented and wildly funny Englishman.Vezava: Trda14,01 € -
Eichmann(2005) CESARANI, DR DAVIDHe explains how new research demonstrates that the massive ethnic cleansing Eichmann conducted in argues controversially that Eichmann was not necessarily predisposed to mass murder, exploring the remarkable, largely unknown period in Eichmann's career whVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Wartime Women(2009)A unique document offering unrivalled insight into women's minds and lives during the Second World War.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Jungle Soldier(2010) MOYNAHAN, BRIANThe thrilling true story of a forgotten British hero of World War II.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Samurai William(2003) MILTON, GILESBestselling author Giles Milton takes us on a fascinating Jacobean adventure.Vezava: Mehka19,62 € -
Railway Man(2014) LOMAX, ERICDuring the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form normal relationships, Lomax suffered for years until, withVezava: Mehka16,62 €
