Zbirka: Socialna in kulturna zgodovina
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Writing a War of Words(2021) MUGGLESTONE, LYNDA (PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH, PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Writing a War of Words is the first investigation of a valuable archive of war-time notebooks documenting changes to the English language on the Home Front. Using unconventional sources, it explores the effect of war on the language of ordinary people, anVezava: Trda61,76 € -
Shakespeare's First Folio(2018) SMITH, EMMA (FELLOW AND TUTOR IN ENGLISH, FELLOW AND TUTOR IN ENGLISH, HERTFORD COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Just a few hundred copies of the 1623 edition of Shakespeare's collected plays exist, making it one of the most sought-after publications in history. Emma Smith explores the First Folio's post-publication life, the stories of individual copies, and the waVezava: Mehka18,91 € -
End of the Road(2022) COOKE, JACKA wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous – and not so famous –Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
End of the Road(2021) COOKE, JACKA wonderfully quixotic, charming and surprisingly uplifting travelogue which sees Jack Cooke, author of the much-loved The Treeclimbers Guide, drive around the British Isles in a clapped-out forty-year old hearse in search of famous – and not so famous –Vezava: Trda24,94 € -
Mahjong(2021) HEINZ, ANNELISE (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON)In Mahjong, Annelise Heinz charts a complex cultural journey as the game's history connects American expatriates in Shanghai, Jazz Age white Americans, urban Chinese Americans in the 1930s, incarcerated Japanese Americans in wartime, Jewish American suburVezava: Trda55,11 € -
Writing in Red(2017) GOLDSTEIN, THOMAS W. (AUTHOR)This book explores how the East German Writers Union became a site for the contestation of writers' roles in GDR society with consequences well beyond the literary community.Vezava: Trda134,77 € -
Oyster Isles(2020) GROVES, BOBBYOyster Isles is a journey around the oysters of the British Isles and Ireland, showing how their story is interwoven into the fabric of our history, culture, nature and people.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Cause(2021) ELLIS, JOSEPH J., PH.D.A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it.Vezava: Trda39,90 € -
Memorials Matter(2019) LADINO, JENNIFER K.Investigates the natural and physical environments of seven diverse National Park Service sites in the American West and how they influence emotions about historical conflict and national identity. Chapters center around the region's diverse inhabitants aVezava: Mehka58,72 € -
Three Tigers, One Mountain(2021) BOOTH, MICHAEL'The next Bill Bryson' New York TimesTwo tigers cannot share the same mountain - Chinese proverbDespite geographical proximity, cultural similarities, and shared status as highly powerful nations, China, Korea and Japan love to hate each other.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Running Sideways(2022) DAVIS, PAULINEThe inspiring story of Pauline Davis, a Bahamian sprinter who fought through poverty, inequality, and racism to compete in five Olympic Games and become the first woman from the Caribbean to win Olympic gold. She would inspire an entire nation and go on tVezava: Trda51,32 € -
