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Eleni(1997) GAGE, NICHOLASA son's quest to avenge his mother's murder. In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. Eleni is the story of his obsessive and harrowing reconstruction of his mother's life and death and his pursuit of hisVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Waugh in Abyssinia(2000) WAUGH, EVELYNIn 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Another Day of Life(2001) KAPUSCINSKI, RYSZARDIn 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence. This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of thVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Aethelstan(2012) FOOT, SARAHIn this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written.Vezava: Mehka31,59 € -
Behind Enemy Lines(2012) BATH, RICHARD,MACPHERSON, SIR TOMMYWith three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Légion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army. Yet for 65 years the Highlander'sVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Ghetto Diary(2003) KORCZAK, JANUSZJanusz Korczak devoted himself to the care of orphans in the Warsaw Ghetto after the Nazi occupation of Poland. This volume constitutes his grimly inspiring ghetto diary, and is accompanied by a new introduction by Betty Jean Lifton, the author of a biogrVezava: Mehka30,40 € -
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Reach for the Sky(2009) BRICKHILL, PAULThe bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer, the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Letters from Mexico(2001) CORTES, HERNANWritten over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, Hernan Cortes's letters provide a narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. The two introductions set tVezava: Mehka46,33 € -
Augustine(2001) CHADWICK, HENRY (FORMERLY REGIUS PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF DIVINITY, FORMERLY REGIUS PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF DIVINITY, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)By his writings, the surviving bulk of which exceeds that of any other ancient author, Augustine came to influence not only his contemporaries but also the West since his time. This Very Short Introduction traces the development of Augustine's thought, diVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Life In Secrets(2006) HELM, SARAHThe definitive account of an absorbing double mystery: the fates of the missing female SOE agents and the truth about the woman who searched for themVezava: Mehka21,02 €
