Zbirka: Biografije: zgodovina, politika in vojaštvo
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In the House of the Interpreter(2013) WA THIONG'O, NGUGIWhile Ngugi enjoys scouting trips, chess tournaments and reading about Biggles at the prestigious Alliance School near Nairobi, things are changing at home. He arrives back for his first visit since starting school to find his house razed to the ground anVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Short Residence in Sweden & Memoirs of the Author of 'The Rights of Woman'(1987) WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARY,GODWIN, WILLIAMIncludes a travel book and a biography of its author.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Stalin in Power(1992) TUCKER, ROBERT C."To my mind, the most significant single scholarly contribution made to date, anywhere, to the history of Soviet power."—George F. KennanVezava: Mehka59,86 € -
Ishi in Two Worlds, 50th Anniversary Edition: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America(2011) THEODORA KROEBERVezava: Mehka32,31 € -
Dickens(2002) ACKROYD, PETERThis specially edited shorter edition takes the reader into the life of one of the world's greatest writers. Here, Ackroyd attempts to peel away the mask of a man whose life was outwardly a picture of Victorian rectitude, but whose love life was as compVezava: Mehka29,43 € -
Perfect King(2008) MORTIMER, IANFrom the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, comes the story of King Edward III, who - like Elizabeth and Victoria after him - embodied the values of his age, forged a nation out of war and re-made England. He ordered hVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Two Lives of Charlemagne(2008) EINHARD,NOTKER THE STAMMERERA chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, Charlemagne. It describes his personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts one of the defining moments inVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Strangest Family(2015) HADLOW, JANICEAn intensely moving account of George III’s doomed attempt to create a happy, harmonious family, written with astonishing emotional force by a stunning new history writer.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Sun King(2011) MITFORD, NANCYDuring his reign Louis XIV was the most powerful king in Europe. He presided over a golden age of military and artistic achievement in France, and deployed his charm and talents for spin and intrigue to hold his court and country within his absolute contrVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Guilty Thing(2017) WILSON, FRANCESThe life of Thomas De Quincey – a dynamic and unique biography of the most mysterious member of the Wordsworth circle and the last of the Romantics.Vezava: Mehka30,28 € -
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Map That Changed the World(2002) WINCHESTER, SIMONHidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life waVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Eminent Victorians(2009) STRACHEY, LYTTONEminent Victorians is a groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. It replaced reverence with scepticism and Strachey's wit, iconoclasm, and narrative skill liberated the biographical enterprise. His portraits of CardVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Blood Sisters(2013) GRISTWOOD, SARAHThe true story of the White Queen and more, this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the Wars of the Roses.Vezava: Mehka21,02 €
