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Alan Clark: A Life in his Own Words(2010) CLARK, ALANSome of the most talked about books of recent years, Alan Clark's diaries provide a witty and irreverant insider's account of political life in Britain. Now in one volume.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Hermit in the Himalayas(2003) BRUNTON, PAULBy taking the trouble to discover the deep silence within us we will find the benefits of being linked to an 'infinite power, an infinite wisdom, an infinite goodness'.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Finest Years(2010) HASTINGS, MAX'I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill's time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a result' James HVezava: Mehka21,20 € -
Elsie and Mairi Go to War(2010) ATKINSON, DR DIANEWhen they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a thirty year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in bottle-green Dunhill leathers, and Mairi Chisholm was a brilliant eighteen-year old mechanic, living at home and borrowing tools from her brotVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Elizabeth and Mary(2004) DUNN, JANEThis is the first biography of the fateful relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. It was the defining relationship of their lives, and marked the intersection of the great Tudor and Stuart dynasties, a landmark event in British history.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Hillsborough Voices(2016) SAMPSON, KEVIN,HILLSBOROUGH JUSTICE CAMPAIGNOn 15 April 1989, the world witnessed one of the worst football disasters in history occur at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. Not only was he there as a fan to witness the horror first-hand, he also helped organise the Hillsborough benefit concert21,61 € -
Cretan Runner(2009) PSYCHOUNDAKIS, GEORGEGeorge Psychoundakis was a young shepherd boy who knew the island of Crete intimately when the Nazis invaded by air in 1941. He immediately joined the resistance and took on the crucial job of war-time runner. This book presents an account of George's actVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Captives(2003) COLLEY, LINDALinda Colley uses these tales of ordinary individuals trapped in extraordinary encounters to re-evaluate the character and diversity of the British Empire. She shows how British attitudes to Islam, slavery, race, and American Revolutionaries look differenVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
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: Mehka15,41 € -
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 € -
Parkland: Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy(2013) VINCENT BUGLIOSImovie tie-innVezava: Mehka21,61 € -
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 €
