Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
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Fall of Public Man(2003) SENNETT, RICHARDAre we now so self-absorbed that we take little interest in the world beyond our own lives? Or has public life left no place for individuals to participate? This title examines the growing imbalance between private and public experience, and asks what canVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Untold History of the Potato(2009) READER, JOHNThe story of one of the world's most important crops From the gold potatoes at the Sun Temple in Cuzco, Peru, the muddy ones in Ireland and those grown in China for McDonald's chips, the story of the spud is both satisfying and fascinating.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
1920s Scrapbook(2008) OPIE, ROBERTCaptures the mood of a radical decade in Great Britain in over 1000 colour images - illustrating why this decade became know as the 'roaring twenties'.Vezava: Trda23,09 € -
Short History of Slavery(2007) WALVIN, JAMESPresents an account of the Atlantic slave trade which helps us to understand the rise and fall of one of the most shameful chapters in British history.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
World History(2001) PONTING, CLIVEConventional accounts of world history tend to focus on the rise of Western civilisation and concentrate on the story of ancient Greece, the Roman empire and the expansion of Europe. Only towards the end of the story does Europe come slowly to dominate thVezava: Mehka35,05 € -
Writing Local History(2007) BECKETT, JOHNThis book describes the development of local history in England from its origins in the Middle Ages to its practise in the early twenty-first century. It looks also at how local history is related to archaeology, landscape, and family history. -- .Vezava: Mehka24,70 € -
Bicycle: The History(2006) HERLIHY, DAVID V.Presents the history of the bicycle, an invention that precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. This book recounts a story replete with disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities. It shows us why the bicycle captured the puVezava: Mehka52,28 € -
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1950s Childhood: Spangles, Tiddlywinks and The Clitheroe Kid(2013) TAIT, DEREKA book recalling what it was like to be a child in the 1950s, including home life, school days, music and fashions.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Brief Lives(2011) JOHNSON, PAULPresents author's experience of a complex variety of people who have contributed to our political, spiritual and cultural life.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
London(2012) ACKROYD, PETERAn abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd's magisterial biography of the city of London. Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcaster, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey - historical, geographical and imaginative - through the city of London.Vezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Intimate History of Humanity(1995) ZELDIN, THEODOREa constant companion' Bill Bailey'Extraordinary and beautiful...the most exciting and ambitious work of non-fiction I have read in more than a decade' The Daily TelegraphThis extraordinarily wide-ranging study looks at the dilemmas of life today and showsVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Thin Paths(2012) BLACKBURN, JULIAShortlisted for the 2011 Costa Biography Award and the 2012 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize Julia Blackburn and her husband moved to a little house in the mountains of northern Italy in 1999.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Glasgow(2010) BURROWES, JOHNThe role of the Glasgow detective made Mark McManus one of Scotland's first international TV stars, and Mark's own life story makes equally compelling reading. Before Billy Connolly, Glasgow's greatest-ever comedian was Lex McLean.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Real Gorbals Story(2007) MACFARLANE, COLINColin MacFarlane was born in Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of "No Mean City", the novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's deprived district. The author witnessed the last days of old Gorbals as street boy as a regeneratiVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Bankside(2013) BRANDON, DAVID,BROOKE, ALANThe story of historic district on the south bank of the Thames and beyond - the original playground of Londoners, complete with inns, bear pits, brothels and theatres.Vezava: Mehka28,04 €
