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Means of Ascent(2019) CARO, ROBERT ACaro’s legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account of power, political genius and the shaping of twentieth-century America. In this second instalment we witness a momentous turniVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Master of the Senate(2019) CARO, ROBERT ACaro shows how Johnson’s brilliance, charm and ruthlessness enabled him to become the youngest and most powerful Majority Leader in history and how he used his incomparable legislative genius – seducing both Northern liberals and Southern conservatives –Vezava: Mehka49,07 € -
Stonehouse(2021) HAYES, JULIANIn November 1974, British MP and former cabinet minister John Stonehouse walked into the sea off a beach in Miami and disappeared, seemingly drowned. This is his extraordinary story.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games .(2021) SO, WESLEY,ADAMS, MICHAEL,BURGESS, GRAHAM,NUNN, DR JOHN,EMMS, JOHNImprove your chess by studying the greatest games of all time, from Adolf Anderssen's 'Immortal Game' to Magnus Carlsen's world championship victories.Vezava: Mehka28,04 € -
When Marilyn Met the Queen(2022) MORGAN, MICHELLEIn July 1956, Marilyn Monroe arrived in London, on honeymoon with her husband Arthur Miller, to make The Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Olivier. It was meant to be a happy time, but it didn't turn out that way.Vezava: Trda33,27 € -
Ace of the Black Cross(2020) UDET, ERNSTClassic and evocative account of a First World War Ace of Aces. Contains a new Introduction by aviation expert RICHARD OVERY which describes, in fascinating detail, the man behind the memoirs.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
First Aga Khan: Memoirs of the 46th Ismaili Imam(2018)A new Persian edition and the first English translation of the memoirs of Muhammad Hasan 'Ali Shah (1804-1881) the first Ismaili Imam to bear the title of Aga Khan.Vezava: Trda78,75 € -
Rumor of War(2017) CAPUTO, PHILIPIn March 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip J Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to fight in Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home - physically wholeVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
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Margaret de Flahaut (1788-1867)(2019) SCARISBRICK, DIANAThe political and social worlds of France, England and Vienna during the period which began with the French Revolution and ended with the Second Empire are engagingly seen through the eyes of a highly intelligent Scotswoman, Margaret Mercer Elphinstone, wVezava: Trda46,33 € -
In The Shadow of Ben Nevis(2016) SYKES, MR IANIn the Shadow of Ben Nevis is the story of Ian 'Spike' Sykes. Already a keen climber as a teenager, he was posted to the RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team, and was involved in some of the most legendary call-outs in Scottish mountain rescue history. The boVezava: Mehka23,09 € -
Distant Snows(2016) HARDING, JOHN G RIn Distant Snows, mountaineer John Harding recollects his worldwide adventures spanning sixty years. He climbed many classic peaks, explored obscure ranges, and pioneered ski mountaineering expeditions in Turkey, Spain and Greece. A must-read for mountainVezava: Trda30,89 € -
Making My Pitch(2019) BORDERS, ILA JANE,ARDELL, JEAN HASTINGSTells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a college baseball scholarship, the first to win a complete men's collegVezava: Mehka29,11 € -
Apostle of Progress(2019) CASTRO, JOSEPH JUSTINExamines the life of Modesto C. Rolland, a revolutionary propagandist and a prominent figure in the development of Mexico, to gain a better understanding of the role engineers played in creating revolution-era policies and the reconstruction of the MexicaVezava: Mehka43,23 €
