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Ways Of Escape(1999) GREENE, GRAHAMWith superb skill and feeling, Graham Greene retraces the experiences and encounters of his extraordinary life. as if seeking out danger, Greene travelled to Haiti during the nightmare rule of Papa Doc, Vietnam in the last days of the French, Kenya duringVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
2Stoned(2003) LOOG OLDHAM, ANDREWIn 1963, in a south London hotel, Andrew Loog Oldham discovered an unknown rhythm and blues band called the Rolling Stones and became their manager and producer; 2Stoned is the remarkable record of these years, when Oldham's radical strategies transformedVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Autobiography Of A Geisha(2004) MASUDA, SAYOSayo Masuda's story is an extraordinary portrait of rural life in japan and an illuminating contrast to the fictionalised lives of glamorous geishas. At the age of sis Masuda's poverty-stricken family sent her to work as a nursemaid.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Straight(2007) GEORGE, BOYTold with George's trademark wit, honesty and insight, this book reveals the story, reappraising his rise to stardom and all the madness that followed. George talks about his solo singing career, his initiation into the dance music scene, and his role asVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters(2013) WODEHOUSE, P.G.'Wodehouse said letters make "a wonderful oblique form for an autobiography," and Sophie Ratcliffe's expertly edited collection amply proves the point.'SpectatorOne of the funniest and most admired writers of the twentieth century, P.Vezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Young Eliot(2016) CRAWFORD, ROBERTEliot wanted no biography written, but this book reveals him in all his vulnerable complexity as student and lover, stink-bomber, banker and philosopher, but most of all as an epoch-shaping poet struggling to make art among personal disasters.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev(2014) MORRISON, SIMONFirst enraptured by the young pianist and rising star, Serge Prokofiev, during a courtship in Brooklyn, then abandoned by him in Moscow, Lina survived one of the darkest periods in Soviet history – enduring eight years in the Gulag after she received thatVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Smell of Burning(2017) GRANT, COLINHe shows us the famous people with epilepsy like Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc and Vincent van Gogh, the pioneering doctors whose extraordinary breakthroughs finally helped gain an understanding of how the brain works, and, through the tragic tale of his broVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Lyndon B. Johnson(2005) DALLEK, ROBERTRobert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Now Dallek has condensed his two- volume masterpiece into what is surely the finest one-volume biography of Johnson available.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Blood Horses(2015) SULLIVAN, JOHN JEREMIAHOne evening late in his life, veteran sportswriter Mike Sullivan was asked by his son what he remembered best from his three decades in the press box.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Subversive Simone Weil(2021) ZARETSKY, ROBERTDistinguished literary biographer Robert Zaretsky upends our thinking on Simone Weil, bringing us a woman and a philosopher who is complicated and challenging, while remaining incredibly relevant.Vezava: Trda36,12 € -
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus(2018) QURESHI, NABEELA NYT Bestseller, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by former Muslim Nabeel Qureshi provides an intimate window into American Muslim life, describing how a passionate pursuit of Islam led him to Christ through friendship, apologetics, dreams and visions.Vezava: Mehka25,22 €
