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Vegetius(1996)The only Latin art of war to survive, Vegetius’ Epitome was for long a part of the medieval prince’s military education. The core of his proposals, the maintenance of a professional standing army, was revolutionary for medieval Europe, while his theory ofVezava: Mehka65,65 € -
Nobody Knows My Name(1991) BALDWIN, JAMESContains essays that describe what it means to be black in America. This book describes the tragedies that are inflicted by racial segregation and presents a poignant account of the author's first journey to 'the Old Country', the Southern states.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Vagrant Mood(2001) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETThe Vagrant Mood is a brilliantly varied and colourful collection of essays. From Kant to Raymond Chandler; from the legend of Zurbaran to the art of the detective story; from Burke to Augustus Hare, Somerset Maugham brings his inimitable mastery of the iVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
As If(2011) MORRISON, BLAKEBlake Morrison's insightful, celebrated and genre-defining book about the Bulger case.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Georgics: A Poem of the Land(2010) VIRGIL'Georgic' means 'to work the earth'. This poetic guide to country living combines practical wisdom on tending the land with fantasy and eulogies to the rhythms of nature. It describes hills strewn with wild berries in 'vine-spread autumn', and gives guidaVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Body Parts(2008) LEE, HERMIONECompares the relation of biography to fiction and history and explores several writers' lives in connection with their works. This book incorporates different ways in which biographies, memoirs, diaries and autobiographies can be discussed.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Lady's Life In The Rocky Mountains(1982) BIRD, ISABELLA L.'This book is an unputdownable record of a truly astounding journey' Dervla Murphy, Irish TimesVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
In My Garden(2010) LLOYD, CHRISTOPHERChristopher Lloyd has been writing a weekly column in "Country Life" since 1963. His prose is exciting; his knowledge is vast; his ideas are provocative, and what is the true test of a writer who has transcended his medium, he makes you laugh out loud. ThVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Language Myths(1998) BAUER, LAURIEA collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. It discusses topics on some of the popular myths about language: the media are ruining English; children can't speak or write properly anymore; and, America is ruining the English lanVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Oxford Book of Essays(2008)The essay is one of the richest, most imaginative, and most eloquent literary form. This anthology contains some 140 essays by all the leading exponents of the genre.Vezava: Mehka21,71 € -
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Natural History of Selborne(1977) WHITE, GILBERTA collection of Gilbert White's letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home. This title presents an evocation of the lives of the flora anVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Dylan Thomas Omnibus(2014) THOMAS, DYLANAll Dylan Thomas' major works gathered together and featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
London's Overthrow(2012) MIEVILLE, CHINAA lyrical, poweful polemic about London today, from Occupy and the August 2011 riots through to the Jubilee and the Olympics.Vezava: Mehka12,34 € -
Donne Poems And Prose(1995) DONNE, JOHNThe major seventeenth-century English poet between Shakespeare and Milton, Donne is chiefly celebrated as a love poet. All these genres are represented in this volume, together with a selection from his prayers, letters and sermons, presenting a completeVezava: Trda16,82 €
