Zbirka: Biografije: splošno
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Inventory of a Life Mislaid(2022) WARNER, MARINAA luminous memoir of post-war childhood, adventure and loss on the banks of the Nile. ‘Wonderful – a brave, inventive, touching distillation of memory and imagination’ JENNY UGLOWVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Dorothea Lange(2011) GORDON, LINDA (NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)Winner of the 2010 Bancroft Prize and finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography: The definitive biography of a heroic chronicler of America's Depression and one of the twentieth century's greatest photographers.Vezava: Mehka32,14 € -
Life of Olaudah Equiano(2000) EQUIANO, OLAUDAHThe journey of an Igbo prince from captivity to freedom and literacy; his enslavement in the New World, service in the Seven Years War, voyages to the Arctic, other adventures.Vezava: Mehka11,90 € -
Generals(2006) URBAN, MARKTells the story of ten exceptional generals who left their mark on Britain, the British Empire, and the world. Some - including the Duke of Wellington, Lord Kitchener and Bernard Montgomery - are names etched in the national mythology.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Who the Hell's In It?(2005) BOGDANOVICH, PETERFrom Peter Bogdanovich - director, screenwriter, actor, and cinema scholar - 25 fascinating portraits of Hollywood's most acclaimed movie actors and actresses: stars whom he has known, admired, and occasionally worked with.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Like a Rolling Stone(2006) MARCUS, GREILIn 1965, one song defined a generation caught the questing spirit of the era and changed the rules of the possible in popular music for all time. This book captures the heady atmosphere of the recording studio in 1965 as witnessed by many clustered aroundVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life(2004) SPAETHLING, PROFESSOR ROBERTWhat was Mozart really like? Wild? Sublime? Responsible? Fun-loving? Bright? Foul-mouthed? Reading these sparkling new translations of Mozart's letters, we learn in his own words that he was all of these and much more. Here is the composer at his most intVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Stanley(2008) JEAL, TIMHenry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. Or so we think: but as Tim Jeal brilliantly shows, the reality of Stanley's life is yet more extraordinary. With new documentary evidence, Jeal explores the very nature of exploration andVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
MBS(2021) HUBBARD, BENA Financial Times Book Best Book of the Year 2020 A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year 2020 The gripping, untold story of how Saudi Arabia's secretive and mercurial new ruler rose to power.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Strongman(2021) ROXBURGH, ANGUS (INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR, UK)The essential political biography of Vladimir Putin.Vezava: Mehka32,06 € -
Escape Artist(2020) MCALEER, JOSEPH (INDEPENDENT HISTORIAN)The life of Harry Perry Robinson--a born adventurer, a master of reinvention, and the ultimate witness to history. From a stint in the gold mines and helping to elect a US president, to the First World War and the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.Vezava: Trda23,76 € -
Mad at the World(2020) SOUDER, WILLIAMA biography of one of America’s most popular and misunderstood authors, John Steinbeck.Vezava: Trda41,58 €
