Zbirka: Britanska in irska zgodovina
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London Thames Path(2022) FATHERS, DAVIDLondon Thames Path is a newly updated and richly illustrated guide to the London section of the Thames Path.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland(2021) GRIBBEN, CRAWFORD (PROFESSOR OF EARLY MODERN BRITISH HISTORY, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST)The Irish experience of Christianity has never been simple or uncomplicated. Here, Crawford Gribben describes the ancient emergence, long dominance, sudden division, and recent decline of Ireland's most important religion, as a way of telling the historyVezava: Trda45,54 € -
SOE: The Scientific Secrets(2009) BOYCE, FREDRIC,EVERETT, DOUGLASThe history of Special Operations Executive (SOE) seems to spring a never-ending run of surprises, and here are some more. SOE: The Scientific Secrets is a revelation about the tools that allowed the murky world of spying and spies to operate during wartiVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Beauty of Living(2022) ROSENBLITT, J. ALISON (REGENT'S PARK COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)An incisive biography of E.E. Cummings’ early life, including his First World War ambulance service and subsequent imprisonment, inspirations for his inventive poetryVezava: Mehka29,93 € -
Colin Ward and the Art of Everyday Anarchy(2022) SCOTT-BROWN, SOPHIE (UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA, UK)Colin Ward and the Art of Everyday Anarchy is the first full account of Ward’s life and work. Drawing on unseen archival sources, as well as oral interviews, it excavates the worlds and words of his anarchist thought, illuminating his methods, and chartinVezava: Mehka74,12 € -
London's West End(2020) MCWILLIAM, ROHAN (PROFESSOR OF MODERN BRITISH HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF MODERN BRITISH HISTORY, ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE)The first history of the West End of London, showing how the nineteenth-century growth of theatres, opera houses, galleries, restaurants, department stores, casinos, exhibition centres, night clubs, street life, and the sex industry shaped modern cultureVezava: Trda76,02 € -
White Fury(2018) PETLEY, CHRISTER (SENIOR LECTURER IN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON)The story of the struggle over slavery in the British empire -- as told through the rich, expressive, and frequently shocking letters of one of the wealthiest British slaveholders ever to have lived.Vezava: Trda38,54 € -
Me, Me, Me(2019) LAWRENCE, JON (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER)In today's world, many believe that everyday life has become selfish and atomised--that individuals live only to consume. Jon Lawrence argues that they are wrong, and that whilst community has changed, it is far from dead. It is time to embrace new communVezava: Trda45,54 € -
Imposteress Rabbit Breeder(2020) HARVEY, KAREN (PROFESSOR OF CULTURAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM)In September 1726, Mary Toft was found to have given birth to seventeen rabbits in Godalming, Surrey. The case caused a sensation and was reported widely in newspapers, popular pamphlets, poems and caricatures.Vezava: Trda30,83 € -
Mr and Mrs Disraeli(2016) HAY, DAISYDrawing on the couple's love letters and Mary Anne's own formidable archives, Daisy Hay reveals the heady mix of romance and power that fuelled their influence - and chronicles how the Disraelis crafted their unconventional marriage into an enduring loveVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Great Exhibition, 1851(2017)An invaluable compendium of sources relating to the Great Exhibition -- .Vezava: Mehka35,63 € -
Victims of Fashion(2021) COWIE, HELEN LOUISE (UNIVERSITY OF YORK)Helen Cowie examines the role of animal commodities in Victorian Britain. Focusing on six animal products – feathers, sealskin, ivory, alpaca wool, animal perfumes and exotic pets – she traces their rise and fall in popularity and assesses the humanitariaVezava: Trda68,43 € -
Generations of Reason(2022) RICHARDS, JOAN L.An intimate, accessible history of British intellectual development across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, through the story of one familyVezava: Trda66,53 € -
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes(2016) NICHOLSON, VIRGINIATells the story of women in the 1950s: a time before the Pill, when divorce spelled scandal and two-piece swimsuits caused mass alarm. This book reconstructs the real 1950s, through the eyes of those who lived it. It takes you back in time to when our graVezava: Mehka29,43 € -
County House Secrets(2019) BINNEY, RUTHWith a foreword by Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey who concludes that: `This is the world that Ruth Binney has brought so wonderfully to life in her book'.Vezava: Trda21,02 € -
No Ordinary Women(2015) MCCOOLE, SINEADExtended and enhanced, with New Introduction by Author. Spies, snipers, couriers, gun-runners, medics – women played a major role in the fight for Ireland's freedom. This book vividly recreates the characters, personalities and courage of Ireland's revoVezava: Mehka32,78 € -
Patrick Pearse(2016) O'DONNELL, RUANOn 24 April 1916, as President of the Provisional Government, Patrick Pearse appeared under the GPO Grand Portico on Dublin’s O’Connell Street and read aloud the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Nine days later, he was the first of the rebel leaders toVezava: Mehka22,80 € -
Ring of Stone Circles(2022) ABBOTT, STAN LAn exploration into our Neolithic past through the history, legends and lore of Cumbria’s prolific array of standing stones.Vezava: Mehka14,01 €
