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Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe(2010) ROGERS, DOUGLASIn The Last Resort, journalist Douglas Rogers tells the eye-opening, harrowing and, at times, surprisingly funny story of his parents' struggle for survival in war-torn Zimbabwe.Vezava: Mehka19,62 € -
Ever the Diplomat(2013) COWPER-COLES, SHERARDIn this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Deep Country(2012) ANSELL, NEILThe author spent five years spent alone in a hillside cottage in Wales. He immersed himself in the rugged British landscape, exploring nature's unspoilt wilderness and man's relationship with it. It is the story of what it means to live in a place so remoVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
80 Not Out: My Favourite Cricket Memories(2014) BIRD, DICKIE,BIRD, MR H DHighlights of a career in cricket from Britain's favourite umpire.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too(1999) DIAMOND, JOHNShortly before his 44th birthday, John Diamond received a call from the doctor who had removed a lump from his neck. Mailbag followed Diamond's story of life with, and without, a lump - the humiliations, the ridiculous bits, the funny bits, the tearful biVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Follow My Lead(2011) QUINN, CAROLA story of the transformational power of the relationship between a woman and her dogs, for the 4 out of 10 households in America who keep canines as pets and companionsVezava: Mehka3,80 € -
Against The Wall(1998) YATES, SIMONSimon Yates is 'the one who cut the rope' in Joe Simpson's award-winning account of their epic struggle for survival in Touching the Void. After resting in a nearby town, they return to complete the climb, but Yates knows he still has to face one of life'Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Road to Woodstock(2010) LANG, MICHAELOn the afternoon of August 15, 1969, Richie Havens took the stage at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, welcoming a crowd of several hundred thousand to the green fields of Max Yasgur's farm. Havens was the first act - the legendary festival, years in theVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Mao's Last Dancer(2009) CUNXIN, LIWritten by the author who was raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, this book tells the story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
House in the High Hills(2010) SCOTT, SELINA'I was warned by all those who knew me that to take on a project like this was madness.'At the peak of her fast-paced career, presenter and interviewer Selina Scott bought a house in the Tramuntana hills of Mallorca.Vezava: Mehka28,03 € -
Moment of War(2014) LEE, LAURIEThe author was still a young man when he decided to fight for the Republican cause in Spain's civil war. But though he braved icy, storm-swept mountains alone to contact Republican sympathisers, he was immediately suspected of being a Nationalist spy. ThiVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Bedpans And Bobby Socks(2011) FOX, BARBARA* The charming story of five British nurses on a road trip around America in the 1950sVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Maidens' Trip(2011) SMITH, EMMAThree girls abandon their middle-class comforts for an adventure of a lifetime during the Second World War. A classic and unforgettable tale.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator(2010) LEFEVRE, EDWIN,MARKMAN, JON D.With new commentary and Insights on the life and times of Jesse LivermoreReminiscences of a Stock Operator is the fictionalized biography of perhaps the most famous financial speculator of all time-Jesse Livermore.Vezava: Trda44,86 € -
Wake Up, Mummy(2011) LOWE, ANNAAnd regularly calling out the ambulance, after finding her mother unconscious and covered in vomit. Not only is he violent with her mother, but he also sexually abuses Anna from the age of six - destroying any semblance of normal childhood she had left.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Paw Tracks in the Moonlight(2009) O'CONNOR, DENIS JOHNThe heart-warming story of one man and his cat that has already been a huge local bestseller in Durham.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
There Was a Country(2013) ACHEBE, CHINUAThe defining experience of author's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. A marriage of history, remembrance, poetry and vivid first-hand observation, this title is a work of wisdom and compassion from one of the great voices ofVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Twelve Years a Slave(2012) NORTHUP, SOLOMONBorn a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, DC, in 1841. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. In thVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
One Girl And Her Dogs(2012) GRAY, EMMAA wonderfully romantic memoir from a young shepherdess.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €