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Architect of Prosperity(2017) MONNERY, NEILThis is a book about Sir John Cowperthwaite - the man Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman identified as being behind Hong Kong's remarkable post-war economic transformation. Despite there being some articles about him and effusive obituaries theVezava: Trda40,76 € -
School That Escaped the Nazis(2022) CADBURY, DEBORAHThe extraordinary true story of progressive schoolteacher, Anna Essinger, the woman who defied Hitler, smuggling her school and its pupils from Nazi Germany to the safety of EnglandVezava: Trda28,04 € -
Viking Saint(2022) CARR, JOHNHalf-brother to Harald Hardrada, Olaf was himself a Viking of some repute.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
Machiavelli(2022) BLACK, ROBERTA superb overview of pivotal Renaissance philosopher, writer and historian Machiavelli.Vezava: Trda25,17 € -
Judge in Auschwitz(2021) PRENGER, KEVINUnknown story of a man prepared to stand up to the SS.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
Radical Victorians(2022) HOBSON, JAMESA biography focussed history of the working-class men and women who brought fresh ideas to Victorian British society.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Left to the Mercy of a Rude Stream(2018) GOLDMAN, STANLEY A.A son details the negotiations between a German Jew and the Nazi mass-murderer Heinrich Himmler that allowed for the release of women, including his mother, held in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.Vezava: Trda11,88 € -
Patriot or Traitor(2019) BEER, ANNAA major historical biography: the dramatic, harrowing and contested story of Sir Walter RaleghVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Khalil Maleki(2018) KATOUZIAN, HOMAThe first biography of one of Iran’s most original socialist thinkers and activistsVezava: Trda53,46 € -
Aurangzeb(2017) TRUSCHKE, AUDREYThis brief, accessible biography sheds new light on one of India's most controversial and misunderstood figures, arguing that the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was not a Hindu-hating fanatic but rather a premodern Indian king driven by a thirst for power, pietVezava: Mehka28,26 € -
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden(2022) OATES, JONNYShot through with a captivating warmth and humour, this heart-stoppingly candid memoir reflects on the challenges of balancing idealism and pragmatism, illustrating how lasting change comes from working together rather than standing alone.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Ernest Bevin(2021) ADONIS, ANDREWThe paperback edition of the best-selling political biography.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden(2020) OATES, JONNYThe story of the struggles of an adolescent boy wrestling with his demons amidst the political and personal conflicts of the 1980s and testimony to his startling discovery that wherever you go, you find yourself.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
Alastair Campbell Diaries: Volume 7(2018) CAMPBELL, ALASTAIREagerly anticipated seventh volume from the man at the epicentre of power in the Blair and Brown governments. The next instalment in the best-selling and critically acclaimed series of diaries from Tony Blair's press secretary.Vezava: Trda35,05 € -
Bugsy Siegel(2021) SHNAYERSON, MICHAELThe story of the notorious Jewish gangster who ascended from impoverished beginnings to the glittering Las Vegas stripVezava: Trda34,20 € -
Tangled Souls(2022) DISMORE, JANEThe glittering, poignant and sometimes shocking story of the love affair between two members of the Souls, the group of unconventional aristocrats at the heart of late Victorian societyVezava: Trda28,04 € -
Victor Lustig(2021) SANDFORD, CHRISTOPHERA fresh account of one of history's most notorious con artists by an acclaimed biographerVezava: Trda32,16 €