Zbirka: Biografije: zgodovina, politika in vojaštvo
1955 rezultatov
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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 € -
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 € -
Washington at the Plow(2021) RAGSDALE, BRUCE A.George Washington spent most of his time farming, often employing experimental methods. Washington saw slave-powered scientific agriculture as the key to the nation’s prosperity. Bruce Ragsdale argues that it was slave labor’s inefficiency as much as itsVezava: Trda42,91 € -
Alan Turing's Manchester(2022) SWINTON, JONATHANTuring's involvement in the world's first computer and his life in ManchesterVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness(2021) BROWN, AUSTIN CHANNINGA REESE'S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up as a Black woman in America.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Etta Lemon(2021) BOASE, TESSAEtta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds is the story of a pioneering conservationist who led the campaign against the slaughter of wild birds for extravagantly feathered hats and coaxed the world to care for birds.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Enoch Powell(2022) CORTHORN, PAUL (READER IN MODERN BRITISH HISTORY, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST)Best known for his notorious 'Rivers of Blood' speech in 1968 and his outspoken opposition to immigration, Enoch Powell was one of the most controversial figures in British political life in the second half of the twentieth century and a formative influenVezava: Mehka25,22 € -
