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Fortune and Faith in Old Chicago(2020) COSGROVE, CHARLES H.This well-crafted and engaging biography of Augustus Garrett and his wife, Eliza Clark Garrett, tells two equally compelling stories: an ambitious man's struggle to succeed and the remarkable spiritual journey of a woman attempting to overcome tragedy.Vezava: Trda42,76 € -
Downsizing(2021) WATSON, TOMDownsizing is Tom Watson's honest, frank and inspiring account of how he radically changed the way he ate, lost more than 8 stone and reversed his type 2 diabetes. In the process he has successfully opened up a national conversation about weight loss,Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
What Alexander McQueen Can Teach You About Fashion(2021) FINEL HONIGMAN, ANAWhat Alexander McQueen Can Teach You About Fashion breaks down Alexander McQueen’s life, work and legacy into 36 highly visual lessons. Covering the iconic looks, McQueen's inspiration and the details that define his sartorial tastes.Vezava: Trda18,21 € -
What Coco Chanel Can Teach You About Fashion(2021) YOUNG, CAROLINELaunching a new series, What Coco Chanel Can Teach You About Fashion breaks down Coco Channel's life, work and legacy into 36 highly visual lessons. Covering the iconic looks, Chanel's inspiration and the details that define her sartorial tastes.Vezava: Trda18,21 € -
Rooms of Their Own(2022) JOHNSON, ALEXRooms of Their Own travels around the world, examining the unique spaces in which famous writers created their most notable work.Vezava: Trda28,03 € -
Van Gogh's Finale(2021) BAILEY, MARTINVan Gogh’s Finale is a definitive account of the final days of the artist’s life and the incredible story of what followed.Vezava: Trda40,20 € -
Bite of the Apple(2020) GOODINGS, LENNIE (PUBLISHER, PUBLISHER, VIRAGO PRESS)In this insightful memoir Lennie Goodings takes the reader behind the scenes at Virago, the feminist press that she has led for twenty years. Moving from Virago's early days of independence, through its various commercial incarnations, the author reflectsVezava: Trda29,43 € -
Anecdotes and Antidotes(2020) USAYBI'AH, IBN ABIIbn Abi Usaybi'ah was a Syrian Arab physician of the 13th century who compiled a biographical encyclopedia of notable physicians, and scholars from the Greeks, Romans, Syriacs and Indians including Galen and Avicenna.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Book of Queer Prophets(2021)‘A fascinating and thoughtful exploration of faith in the modern world. If you’re wondering why it matters and how to make sense of it, read on.’ Clare BaldingVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Autumn Journal(2013) MACNEICE, LOUISWritten between August and December 1938, Autumn Journal is still considered one of the most valuable and moving testaments of living through the thirties by a young writer.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Allegorizings(2022) MORRIS, JANPublished one year on from her death, at the age of ninety-four, Jan Morris' Allegorizings is the final despatch from one of the greatest chroniclers of the Twentieth Century.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Hallelujah Junction(2016) ADAMS, JOHNPart memoir and part description of the creative process, this is an absorbing journey through the musical landscape of John Adams, one of today's most admired and frequently performed composers.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Transferred Life of George Eliot(2018) DAVIS, PHILIP (UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL)This new biography of George Eliot is not just the story of her life. It gives an account of what it means to become a novelist, and to think like a novelist. Philip Davis enables you not only to see through George Eliot's eyes, but also feel what it is lVezava: Mehka29,43 € -
My Bondage and My Freedom(2019) DOUGLASS, FREDERICKMy Bondage and My Freedom is the second of Frederick Douglass's full-length autobiographies. An important slave autobiography, it is significant both for what it tells us about slave life and about its author.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Oh, What a Lovely Century(2021) OWEN, RODERIC FENWICKWritten by an upper class travel writer who was born in 1921, this stranger-than-fiction memoir about love, sex, war, tragedy and adventure traverses the whole of 20th century planet earth and features countless celebrities, politicians and royalty.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
Oh, What a Lovely Century(2022) OWEN, RODERIC FENWICKWritten by an upper class travel writer who was born in 1921, this stranger-than-fiction memoir about love, sex, war, tragedy and adventure traverses the whole of 20th century planet earth and features countless celebrities, politicians and royalty.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Great Women's Speeches(2021) RUSSELL, ANNAOver 50 empowering speeches celebrating women in their own words through extracts and commissioned illustrations, spanning throughout history up to the modern day.Vezava: Trda18,21 €
