Zbirka: Regionalna in narodna zgodovina
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Gypsies(2020) CRESSY, DAVID (GEORGE III PROFESSOR OF BRITISH HISTORY AND HUMANITIES DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS, GEORGE III PROFESSOR OF BRITISH HISTORY AND HUMANITIES DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY)The story of Gypsies in England, from their first appearance in early Tudor times to the present day. A book that disentangles the rich and sometimes lurid myth from the everyday reality of Gypsy life over more than half a millennium of English history.Vezava: Mehka21,71 € -
Astronomer and the Witch(2015) RUBLACK, ULINKA (PROFESSOR OF EARLY MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)The extraordinary tale of Johannes Kepler, one of the most admired astronomers of all time, and the six long years spent defending his mother from her neighbours' accusations of witchcraft. A story which takes us to the heart of Kepler's changing world.Vezava: Trda33,63 € -
Menagerie(2018) GRIGSON, CAROLINE (UCL INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY, HONORARY PROFESSOR)The story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo. A tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and -- on occasion -- the downright bizarreVezava: Mehka21,71 € -
Life, Extinction, and Rebreeding of Quagga Zebras(2022) HEYWOOD, PETER (BROWN UNIVERSITY, RHODE ISLAND)Quagga zebras that pulled carriages and protected livestock against predators, are the focus of this book that combines history, biology, Bushmen stories, art, and literature. Hunted into extinction for their high-quality leather, their DNA showed rebreedVezava: Mehka73,50 € -
Bold and Dangerous Family(2018) MOOREHEAD, CAROLINEHis opponents – including editors, union representatives, lawyers and judges – were beaten into submission. Caroline Moorehead draws readers into the lives of this remarkable family – their loves, their loyalties, their laughter and their ultimate sacrifiVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
English Exorcist(2022) WALSH, BRENDAN C. (UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA)The English Exorcist presents an intellectual history of John Darrell, a controversial Puritan exorcist in the early modern period. It illustrates that Darrell’s exorcism ministry and demonological works were a catalyst for spiritual reform in the early sVezava: Mehka75,24 € -
Does Scripture Speak for Itself?(2022) HICKS-KEETON, JILL (UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA),CONCANNON, CAVAN (UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA)Examines the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, and how race, money, and institution-building shape fights over the Bible and Christianity in US public life. This book will be essential for readers interested in evangelicalism, the study of the Bible,Vezava: Trda40,97 € -
Little Lindy Is Kidnapped(2022) DOHERTY, THOMASThomas Doherty offers a lively and comprehensive cultural history of the media coverage of the abduction of the child of Charles and Anne Lindbergh and its aftermath. He traces how newspapers, radio, and newsreels reported on what was dubbed the “crime ofVezava: Mehka27,45 € -
Little Lindy Is Kidnapped(2020) DOHERTY, THOMASThomas Doherty offers a lively and comprehensive cultural history of the media coverage of the abduction of the child of Charles and Anne Lindbergh and its aftermath. He traces how newspapers, radio, and newsreels reported on what was dubbed the “crime ofVezava: Trda23,52 € -
Man of Good Hope(2016) STEINBERG, JONNYSerially betrayed by the people who promised to care for him, Asad lived his childhood at a sceptical remove from the adult world, living in a bewildering number of places, from the cosmopolitan streets of inner-city Nairobi to towns deep in the EthiopianVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Return of Great Power Rivalry(2020) KROENIG, MATTHEW (PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT, PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY)Vezava: Trda53,21 € -
21(2020) MOSEBACH, MARTIN"Originally published under the title Die 21: Eine Reise ins Land der Koptischen Martyrer. Copyright A 2018 by Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, Reinbek bei Hamburg, Germany. English translation copyright A 2018 by Alta L. Price. The translation of this work was suppoVezava: Mehka23,15 € -
On a Pedestal(2021) LYTOLLIS, ROGERThis is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
Violent Abuse of Women in 17th and 18th Century Britain(2019) PIMM, GEOFFREYThis work records the many kinds of violent physical and verbal abuse perpetrated against women in Britain and her colonies, both domestically and under the law.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die(2020) GUTMANN, AMY (UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA),MORENO, JONATHAN D. (UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA)An incisive examination of bioethics and American healthcare, and their profound affects on American culture over the last sixty years.Vezava: Mehka23,27 € -
Last Gentleman of the SAS(2016) RANDALL, JOHN,TROW, M JHe wined and dined in nightclubs as part of the generation that lived for each day because they might not see another. This extraordinary true story, partly based on previously unpublished diaries, presents a different slant on that mighty war through tVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Queens(2022) JESTICE, DR PHYLLIS G (CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA)In a world historically dominated by male rulers, the women who have sat on thrones of their own shine out brightly. Some queens and empresses were born to greatness, while others fought their way to power. Illustrated with more than 180 photographs and aVezava: Trda28,03 €
