Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
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Ship of Dreams(2020) RUSSELL, GARETHWhen the Titanic sank, so did the Edwardian age that created it. In this brilliantly original history, Gareth Russell recasts a tragedy we think we know to explore an era of seismic change.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Book of the British Library(2012) LEAPMAN, MICHAELAs well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. In this highly illustrated book Michael Leapman tells the Library's story, highlighting the most significant anVezava: Trda35,05 € -
New Book of Snobs(2017) TAYLOR, D.J.Thackeray's biographer, D.J. Taylor, updates The Book of Snobs (1848) for the twenty-first century. Waspish, acute and very funny.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Compacts and Cosmetics: Beauty from Victorian Times to the Present Day(2014) MARSH, MADELEINESocial history of women's romance with compacts and cosmetics. Asks why compacts were one of the few acceptable gifts from potential partners. Includes top makes and designers, plus vintage advertising, museums, specialist dealers and auctions.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Cork Burning(2021) LENIHAN, MICHAELDuring 11–12 December 1920 British forces set fire to Cork city. Using eyewitness accounts and illustrated with contemporary images, Cork Burning tells the story of the horrific events. RRP €19.99 £16.99Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Sex and Sexuality in Georgian Britain(2020) RENDELL, MIKEEverything you ever wanted to know about sex during the reigns of Georges I-IV.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
History of Death in 17th Century England(2020) NORMAN, BENDiscover how people died in seventeenth-century England, from succumbing to epidemic disease to being hanged, drawn, and quartered as a traitor to the realm. Learn about what happened to the seventeenth-century corpse immediately after death, including hoVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Julia Velva, A Roman Lady from York(2021) OTTAWAY, PATRICKDescribes Roman York in the second and early 3rd centuries ADVezava: Trda42,06 € -
Found and Lost(2017) GOLD, ALISON LESLIEIn this haunting memoir, Alison gives a luminous account of key moments in her life that brought her to be the writer she is: her early activism; her descent into alcoholism; her recovery; her discovery of the power of writing to give a shape and meaningVezava: Trda23,15 € -
Dead Famous(2021) JENNER, GREG'A joyous romp of a book.' GUARDIAN A witty, rich and surprising history of celebrity by the historical consultant to HORRIBLE HISTORIESVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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Underground(2019) HUNT, WILLFor fans of quirky, obsessive narrative histories, such as Confederates in the Attic and How Things Work, Underground explores the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the subterranean landscape and in the process reengineers our relationshipVezava: Trda23,82 € -
Settlers at the End of Empire(2022) SMITH, JEANBringing together histories of immigration and emigration in the era of decolonisation, Settlers at the end of empire is an essential new study highlighting the connections between the racial politics of migration in the United Kingdom, South Africa and RVezava: Trda129,20 €
