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Augustine(2001) CHADWICK, HENRY (FORMERLY REGIUS PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF DIVINITY, FORMERLY REGIUS PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF DIVINITY, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)By his writings, the surviving bulk of which exceeds that of any other ancient author, Augustine came to influence not only his contemporaries but also the West since his time. This Very Short Introduction traces the development of Augustine's thought, diVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Paul(2001) SANDERS, E. P. (ARTS AND SCIENCES PROFESSOR OF RELIGION, ARTS AND SCIENCES PROFESSOR OF RELIGION, DUKE UNIVERSITY, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA)Paul is the most powerful human personality in the history of the Church. A missionary, theologian, and religious genius, in his epistles he laid the foundations on which later Christian theology was built.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
General(2014) ERRACHIDI, AHMED,SLOVO, GILLIANOn 11 September 2001, in a café in London, Ahmed Errachidi watched as the twin towers collapsed.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Life In Secrets(2006) HELM, SARAHThe definitive account of an absorbing double mystery: the fates of the missing female SOE agents and the truth about the woman who searched for themVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Darwin(2001) HOWARD, JONATHAN (PROFESSOR OF CELL GENETICS, INSTITUTE OF GENETICS, PROFESSOR OF CELL GENETICS, INSTITUTE OF GENETICS, UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE, GERMANY)Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Analysing Darwin's major insights and arguments, this work reasserts the importance of his work for the dVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Emperor Of Scent(2004) BURR, CHANDLERIn the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell, aVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Blood-Dark Track(2009) O’NEILL, JOSEPHA fascinating family memoir from Joseph O'Neill, author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted and Richard & Judy pick, ‘Netherland’.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Richard III(2011) ROSS, CHARLESAn account of the life of Richard III. It studies the context of his violent age and addresses issues such as: why and how Richard Plantagenet usurped the throne; the belief that he ordered the murder of the princes in the Tower; and the events leading toVezava: Mehka41,58 € -
Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives(2012) CADDICK-ADAMS, PROF. PETER, TD, VR, BA (HONS), PHD, FRHISTS, FRGS, KJTwo men came to personify British and German generalship in the Second World War: Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel. They fought a series of extraordinary duels across several theatres of war which established them as two of the greatest captains of theVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Reluctant Communist(2008) JENKINS, CHARLES ROBERT,FREDERICK, JIMTakes the reader behind the North Korean curtain and reveals the inner workings of its isolated society while offering a powerful testament to the human spirit.Vezava: Mehka40,39 € -
John F. Kennedy(2013) DALLEK, ROBERTA single-volume biography of John F Kennedy that reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy, forever changing the way we think about his life, his presidency and his legacy.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Richard I(2002) GILLINGHAM, JOHNAn account of Richard the Lionheart's reign. John Gillingham scrutinizes the king's fluctuating reputation over the centuries and portrays him as neither a feckless knight-errant nor a neglectful king, but a masterful and businesslike ruler. This paperbacVezava: Mehka41,58 €