Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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Bob Thompson(2021)A rich reconsideration of a short-lived but visionary voice in twentieth-century American painting and his enduring relevanceVezava: Trda71,29 € -
Club(2020) DAMROSCH, LEOPrize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of “the Club,” a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernVezava: Mehka24,70 € -
Republic of Imagination(2015) NAFISI, AZARTaking her cue from a challenge thrown to her at a reading, the author energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us today. She tells the story of a country where the villains are conformity, and orthodoxy and the only passport tVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Borges and the Literary Marketplace(2021) BENEDICT, NORA C.A fascinating history of Jorge Luis Borges’s efforts to revolutionize and revitalize literature in Latin AmericaVezava: Trda29,41 € -
Lords of the Earth – An Incredible but True Story from the Stone–Age Hell of Papua`s Jungle(2008) RICHARDSON, DONWhen Stan Dale, missionary to Irian Jaya, entered the Yali cannibalistic community, he found people living in terror of their women-hating, child-despising gods. This classic tale of faithful determination will enlarge your perception of God at work in thVezava: Mehka19,62 € -
KP: The Autobiography(2015) PIETERSEN, KEVIN, MBEThe incredible, bestselling autobiography of England's most colourful cricketer.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Walter Rothschild(2008) ROTHSCHILD, MIRIAMBorn into one of the wealthiest families, Walter Rothschild became the best known zoologist of his day - and one of Britain's great eccentrics. Walter's life traversed the fields of politics and finance, as well as zoology, and was packed with achievementVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Hesse(2018) DECKER, GUNNARAgainst Nazi dictatorship,the disillusionment of Weimar, and Christian austerity, Hermann Hesse’s stories inspired a nonconformist yearning for universal values to supplant fanaticism in all its guises. He reenters our world through Gunnar Decker’s biograVezava: Trda54,05 € -
Now Peru Is Mine(2016) LLAMOJHA MITMA, MANUEL,HEILMAN, JAYMIE PATRICIANow Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru'sVezava: Mehka29,93 € -
Dancer in Wartime(2012) LYNNE, GILLIANLondon during Blitz was a time of hardship, heroism and hope. For the author - a budding ballerina - it was also a time of great change as she was evacuated from war-torn London to a crumbling mansion, where dance classes took place in faded ballroom. ThiVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Priscilla(2014) SHAKESPEARE, NICHOLASFor Priscilla, pre-war Paris was an exciting carousel of suitors, soirees and heartbreak, and eventually a lavish wedding to a French aristocrat. But the arrival of the Nazi tanks signalled the end of life as a Vicomtesse, and the beginning of a precariouVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Tudor(2014) DE LISLE, LEANDASunday Times bestsellerSelected as one of The Times' Best Books about The TudorsA Telegraph Book of the YearA History Today Book of the YearA BBC History Magazine Book of the YearThe Tudors are a national obsession;Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Play It Again(2014) RUSBRIDGER, ALANIn the midst of this he carved out twenty minutes’ practice a day – even if that meant practising in a Libyan hotel in the middle of a revolution as well as gaining insights and advice from an array of legendary pianists, theorists, historians and neuroscVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
I Put a Spell on You(2015) BURNSIDE, JOHNBeginning with memories of a brutal murder, this book takes you through a series of uncanny encounters with 'lost girls', with brilliant digressions on murder ballads, voodoo, acid and insomnia.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Agatha Christie(2017) MORGAN, JANETJanet Morgan’s definitive and authorised biography of Agatha Christie, with a new retrospective foreword by the author.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Bloody Brilliant Women(2019) NEWMAN, CATHY‘A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing’ Caitlin Moran ‘Newman is a brilliant writer’ Observer A fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in school but didn’t.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
For the Record(2020) CAMERON, DAVID‘The political memoir of the decade’ Sunday Times The #1 Sunday Times BestsellerVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
British Way of War(2021) LAMBERT, ANDREWHow a strategist's ideas were catastrophically ignored in 1914—but shaped Britain’s success in the Second World War and beyondVezava: Trda47,52 €
