Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
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Stopping Places(2004) EVANS, SIMONKent, the "Garden of England", was also the market garden for its giant neighbour, London.Vezava: Mehka26,72 € -
Twenty Chickens for a Saddle(2009) SCOTT, ROBYN'Beautifully written, acutely observed This is a wonderful memoir of an exotic childhood and a striking portrait of one of the world's most beguiling countries. A gem of a book.' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITHVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Ghost Map(2008) JOHNSON, STEVENTells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead - who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge,Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Even on Days when it Rains(2008) O'DONNELL, JULIAIrish singing star Daniel O'Donnell's mother, Julia, grew up on a remote island off the northwest coast of Ireland, going barefoot and doing hard labour as as child during the poverty-stricken 1920s. The hard work continued through her teenage years asVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950(2012) DOWNING, SARAH JANEThe source of tremendous power and focus of incredible devotion, throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life. Each age has had its own standards: a gleaming white brow during the Renaissance, the black eyebrows considered charmiVezava: Mehka13,89 € -
Globe(2016) ARNOLD, CATHARINEA fascinating portrait of life in Shakespeare's London, seen from the theatrical perspective, by popular historian, Catharine Arnold.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
1930s Scrapbook(1998) OPIE, ROBERTA scrapbook of images from the 1930s that overflows with nostalgia for those who remember that extraordinary era.Vezava: Trda23,09 € -
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Too Much to Know(2011) BLAIR, ANN M.Examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the Islamic world and China, focusing on the organization, composition, and reception of Latin reference books in print in early modern Europe.Vezava: Mehka41,82 € -
Coin Finds in Britain(2013) CUDDEFORD, MICHAELProvides a catalogue of commonly encountered coins, dating from ancient times until the modern day, explaining their historical context, how they might have come to be lost and where they may be found today.Vezava: Mehka13,89 € -
Cosmetics and Perfumes in the Roman World(2007) STEWART, SUSANPresents a survey of the perception and reality of the use of cosmetics and perfumes under the Roman Empire. This work, a companion to "Roman Clothing and Fashion" draws on literary, non-literary, visual and archaeological evidence to show, among other thVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Cambodia's Curse(2012) BRINKLEY, JOELA Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist "cuts a clear narrative path through the bewildering, cynical politics and violent social life of one of the world's most brutalized and hard-up countries." (Foreign Affairs)Vezava: Mehka27,08 € -
Island in Time(2010) MAK, GEERTIn this book Geert Mak returns to the small Frisian village of his childhood, Jorwert (pop. Jowert has more in common with an English village than with Amsterdam, and it's moving story of neighbours and their efforts to preserve their long established wayVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Ace Cafe Then and Now(2022)During the 1960s swarms of motorcyclists roamed along London's North Circular Road in nightly "burn ups". Their pit stop was the Ace Cafe at Stonebridge Park. This is their story as told by the boys who raced and the policemen who chased, woven against aVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland(2011)This book examines the ordinary, routine, daily behaviour, experiences and beliefs of people in Scotland from the earliest times to 1600.Vezava: Mehka49,42 € -
Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain(2008) PATERSON, MICHAELFrom the Great Exhibition to Dickensian slums, the triumph of empire to the anxiety of revolt - Victorian Britain was an age of paradoxes.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
