Zbirka: Regionalna in narodna zgodovina
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Beach Huts and Bathing Machines(2009) FERRY, KATHRYNBehind the enduring popularity of beach huts lies a story of classic British eccentricity. This work offers a view of the classic British seaside holiday through the history of beach huts and bathing machines, revealing how the changing fashions in societVezava: Mehka13,89 € -
Forgotten Fruits(2009) STOCKS, CHRISTOPHERIn Forgotten Fruits, Christopher Stocks tells the fascinating - often rather bizarre - stories behind Britain's rich heritage of fruit and vegetables.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Man Who Outshone The Sun King(2009) DRAZIN, CHARLES*In 1664, the musketeer D'Artagnan rode beside a heavily-armoured carriage as it rumbled slowly southwards from Paris, carrying his great friend Nicolas Foucquet to internal exile and life imprisonment in the fortress of Pignerol.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
OCR A Level History A2: Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992(2009) PATERSON, DAVID,WILLOUGHBY, DOUG,WILLOUGHBY, SUSANMatched to specification with specific exam support, this title features planning support with inspirational lesson ideas. It includes accessible, engaging resources to help students achieve their potential. An 'Exam Cafe' provides students with a motivatVezava: Mehka53,53 € -
Gambling Man(2010) UGLOW, JENNYCharles II was thirty when he crossed the Channel in fine May weather in 1660. His Restoration was greeted with maypoles and bonfires, like spring after long years of Cromwell's rule. This title is a portrait of Charles II, exploring his elusive nature thVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Decline And Fall Of The British Empire(2008) BRENDON, PIERSNo empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. Within a generation this mighty structure collapsed, often amid bloodshed, leaving behind a scatter of sea-girt dependencies and a ghost of an empire, the Commonwealth, overshadowed by ImpVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Diamonds, Gold and War(2008) MEREDITH, MARTINAn epic, sweeping history of the making of South Africa by the bestselling and acclaimed author of The State of Africa.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
3 Para(2008) BISHOP, PATRICKAfghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy who keep on coming. Until now, the full story of what happened there has not been told. This is it.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
My Life(2007) TROTSKY, LEONThis priceless historical document features firsthand accounts from top levels of leadership in the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917, chronicling the struggle to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat.Vezava: Mehka29,43 € -
Penguin Dictionary of British Surnames(2009) TITFORD, JOHNA guide to the surnames that offers an insight into the place of origin, the occupations - and even the personality traits - of our ancestors. It is suitable for those intrigued by the story of their name and by the history of their family.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
William and Mary(2008) KISTE, JOHN VAN DERMary (1662-94), daughter of James, Duke of York, heir to the English throne, married William (1650-1702), son of William II of Orange (1626-50), Stadtholder of the Dutch republic, who was eleven years older than her. This dual biography deals with both thVezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Dancing into Battle(2007) FOULKES, NICHOLASThe social backdrop, vividly described, to one of the greatest battles in European history, Waterloo 1815.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Unfree French(2007) VINEN, RICHARDIn the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks all that changed as the French and their British allies were crushed and eight million people fled their homVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Alfred the Great(2006) POLLARD, JUSTINIn an era darkened by the terror of the Viking invasions, England's first and greatest king was a beacon of light.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Hollow Crown(2006) RUBIN, MIRIThere is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain's history than the later middle ages. This account brings the reader a long lost world, a strange, Catholic, rural country of monks, peasants, knights and merchants, almost perpetually at war, but coVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Origins of the Final Solution(2005) BROWNING, CHRISTOPHEROffers an analysis of the descent of the Nazi persecution of the Jews into mass murder. Arguing that genocide was not a preconceived plan, this book explains how the decision to murder the Jews en masse emerged in stages and by a process of elimination thVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands(2005) SEACOLE, MARYWritten in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War. Seacole travelled widely before eventually arriving in London, where her offer to volunteer as a nurse in the war met with raVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Easter Rising(2000) KOSTICK, CONOR,COLLINS, LORCANDefying all the odds 1600 men, women and children went out on 24 April, Easter Monday, 1916 to fight for an independent Ireland. Vividly illustrated, this book takes you through the battle-torn streets of Dublin.Vezava: Mehka14,25 € -
Nathaniel's Nutmeg(2000) MILTON, GILESThe extraordinary adventure-filled story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth centuryVezava: Mehka21,02 €
