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Argumentative Indian(2006) SEN, AMARTYA, FBAIndia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpoints. This title brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary India.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
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Demobbed(2010) ALLPORT, ALANSnapshots of gaiety and celebration are how some people today think of Britain in 1945. This book tells the real story of what happened when millions of ex-servicemen returned home. It draws on their personal letters and diaries to illuminate the darker sVezava: Mehka20,89 €
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Queen(2012) PIMLOTT, BENAn updated edition of Ben Pimlott’s classic biography of the Queen: ‘There is no better biography of Elizabeth II.’ PETER HENNESSY, Independent on SundayVezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Berlin Wall(2009) TAYLOR, FREDERICKThe astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new preface to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the wall.Vezava: Mehka23,82 €
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Afgantsy(2012) BRAITHWAITE, SIR RODRICExamines the Russian experience in that most recent war in Afghanistan (after Alexander's conquests and the many British imperial wars and skirmishes). Largely basing his account on Russian sources and interviews, the author shows the war through the eyesVezava: Mehka18,21 €
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SAS Operation Storm(2012) COLE, ROGER,BELFIELD, RICHARDThe Inside Story of the SAS's most famous battle - nine men against four hundred - told for the first time by the men who were there.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Baltic Facades(2012) PURS, ALDISBaltic Facades presents a new history of the Baltic area, one that dispels the myth of a single, coherent regional identity. Aldis Purs describes the unique character of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, whilst also examining the anxiety that these peoples fVezava: Mehka40,30 €
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Island Wife(2013) FAIRBAIRNS, JUDYA memoir of a woman's life over 45 years on a remote Scottish island - from 19-year-old girl to wife of one to mother of five, hotelier, domestic miracle worker, to empty nester to writer.Vezava: Mehka14,01 €
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National Service(2013) SHINDLER, COLINA groundbreaking look at life as a conscript during Britain's postwar National Service, as told by the men who served. Published to tie in with the 50th anniversary of the end of conscription.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain(2010) O'FARRELL, JOHNInforms and elucidates the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain's story since 1945.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
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Bringing the House Down(2007) PROFUMO, DAVIDThe first ever personal account of the family at the heart of the Profumo AffairVezava: Mehka15,41 €
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Her Brilliant Career(2014) COOKE, RACHELA witty and touching account of ten inspirational figures that makes us reconsider conventional ideas of the fifties woman.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
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Bitter Fruit(2005) SCHLESINGER, STEPHEN,KINZER, STEPHENBitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. This book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the U.S. andVezava: Mehka31,76 €
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Wave(2013) DERANIYAGALA, SONALIA profoundly moving, piercingly frank memoir of grief -- of learning to live with grief -- that begins in Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, when the author lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
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Mandela(2011) SAMPSON, ANTHONYWidely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampson’s remarkable book has been updated with an afterword by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby.Vezava: Mehka26,62 €
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Heinemann Advanced History: Cold War in Europe and Asia(2001) PHILLIPS, STEVEThis series supports the AS and A-Levels starting September 2000. The series provides coverage of all the most popular topics, so you can cover the whole of the specification with up-to-date resources. This text concentrates on the Cold War.Vezava: Mehka66,65 €