Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
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Tulipmania(2008) GOLDGAR, ANNEIn 1630s, the Netherlands was gripped by tulipmania: a speculative fever unprecedented in scale and, as history would have it, folly. The author lays waste to the legends, revealing that while the 1630s did see a speculative bubble in tulip prices, neitheVezava: Mehka51,32 € -
Butcher, Blacksmith, Acrobat, Sweep(2018) COSSINS, PETERFrom the winner of the Telegraph Sports Book Awards Cycling Book of the Year 2018The first Tour de France in 1903 was a colourful affair full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Atlantic Meeting(2016) MORTON HVIn August 1941 Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt met secretly on HMS Prince of Wales, moored just off the coast of Newfoundland. H. V. Morton was invited to accompany the Prime Minister and his entourage and this is H. V. Morton's account of the tVezava: Trda26,24 € -
Sport History(2021) GEMS, GERALD R.This fundamental text answers the ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ questions; introducing the key principles and practices of sport history, and walking the reader through the fascinating stories, debates, issues, and national and international narratives that conVezava: Mehka39,71 € -
Littlejohn's Lost World(2015) LITTLEJOHN, RICHARDThe author goes in search of his old childhood haunts and instead finds an England changed beyond recognition. This book takes you on a poignant journey to a time and a place we will never see again.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Pie At Night(2016) MACONIE, STUARTFrom the tapas bars of Halifax to the caravan parks of Berwick Upon Tweed, from a Westhoughton bowling green to Manchester’s curry mile, via dog tracks and art galleries, dance floors and high fells, Stuart compares the new and old North, with some surpriVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Pearl Harbor(2018) NELSON, CRAIGThe gripping and definitive account of the Day of Infamy, the attack on Pearl Harbor that led to the United States' entry into the Second World War.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Irish Home Essentials(2022) O CONAILL, SEAMUSSéamus Ó Conaill examines the artifacts of an Irish home, from ash trays on back windowsill to the potpourri gathering dust in the ‘good room’. The list includes many newer objects that make our 21st century homes more Irish as ever!Vezava: Mehka9,27 € -
History of Women in Men's Clothes(2021) SHOPLAND, NORENAUnlike other books on cross-dressing, this is the only one which does not concentrate on fashion, lesbians or transmen, but looks at women across society thereby challenging existing women's history.Vezava: Trda28,04 € -
Project Restart(2020) BERRY, JONFrom the Premier League to the local park, Project Restart looks at how seven clubs from the English game found their way through lockdown and tried to get going again. With a range of voices and comment, the book places football in its new world of furloVezava: Mehka15,44 € -
Orderly Britain(2022) NEWBURN, TIM,WARD, ANDREWBy focusing on such commonplace, prosaic and mundane matters as dog-fouling, swearing, drinking, smoking, nudity, public toilets and parking, Orderly Britain very entertainingly tells us much about social change and, more particularly, about the changingVezava: Trda26,62 € -
Painted Faces(2020) STEWART, SUSANNew B-format paperback - Susan Stewart guides the reader through the bewildering, fascinating and complex story of cosmetics, from the ancient world to the present day.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Real World of Victorian Steampunk(2019) SIMON, WEBB,Explores the fantastic and little-known inventions which underpin the fanciful world of steampunk.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Homecoming(2022) GORING, ROSEMARYIn this book, Rosemary Goring tells the story of Mary’s Scottish years through the often dramatic and atmospheric locations and settings where the events that shaped her life took place and also examines the part Scotland, and its tumultuous court and culVezava: Trda31,36 €
