Zbirka: Biografije: zgodovina, politika in vojaštvo
1955 rezultatov
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Malta's Greater Siege and Adrian Warburton(2016) MCDONALD, PAULJoin Paul McDonald on the search for Adrian Warburton, an esteemed and extensively decorated pilot once termed 'the most valuable' in the RAF.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Growing Up with Ireland(2020) COX, VALERIEOne hundred years of memories from Ireland's 'independence babies' - a compelling story of a changing republicVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Robert the Bruce(2022) CARRADICE, PHILAn honest depiction of one of the great war leaders and statesmen of the Middle Ages.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
Attlee and Churchill(2020) MCKINSTRY, LEOA groundbreaking and revealing portrait of two of the greatest British political leaders by a prize-winning historian.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
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My Hair Is Pink Under This Veil(2022) KHAN, RABINAEngaging and sharply observed, My Hair Is Pink Under This Veil gives a candid insight into the life of a hijab-wearing Muslim woman in modern Britain.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
To Catch A King(2018) SPENCER, CHARLESHow did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history?Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Enemies Within(2019) DAVENPORT-HINES, RICHARDWhat pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands? With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayedVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Churchill and Orwell(2018) RICKS, THOMAS E.Churchill may have played the larger role in Hitler’s defeat, but Orwell’s reckoning with the threat of authoritarian rule in 1984 and Animal Farm defined the stakes of the Cold War and continues to inspire to this day. Their lives are an eloquent testameVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Marlborough(2009) HOLMES, RICHARDBestselling military historian Richard Holmes delivers an expertly written and exhilarating account of the life of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough and Britain's finest soldier, who rose from genteel poverty to lead his country to glory, cementingVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Alaric the Goth(2020) BOIN, DOUGLAS (SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY)The first biography of Alaric to appear in English tells the history of the fourth-and fifth-century Roman Empire through the life of the Goth who attacked it.Vezava: Trda33,75 € -
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 € -
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 € -
Sargent's Women(2018) LUCEY, DONNA M.The fascinating backstories of four women painted by John Singer Sargent come alive in this seductive, multi-layered biography.Vezava: Mehka24,94 € -
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 € -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave(2015) DOUGLASS, FREDERICKAn autobiography of author who was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. He describes his life as a slave - the cruelty he suffered at the hands of plantation owners; his struggles to educate himself in a world where slaves are deliberately kept ignorantVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Lyndon B. Johnson(2005) DALLEK, ROBERTRobert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Now Dallek has condensed his two- volume masterpiece into what is surely the finest one-volume biography of Johnson available.Vezava: Mehka23,82 €
