Zbirka: Zgodovina 20. stoletja
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Inferno(2012) LOWE, KEITHIn the last days of July 1943, British and American planes dropped 9,000 tons of bombs with the intention of erasing the German city from the map. The resultant firestorm burned for a month and left 40,000 civilians dead.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Oleander, Jacaranda(2006) LIVELY, PENELOPEAn autobiography is about growing up in Egypt. It is also an investigation into childhood perception in which the author uses herself and her memories as an insight into how children see and know. It is a look at Egypt up to, and including, World War II fVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Burma Campaign(2011) MCLYNN, FRANKA vivid, brutal and enthralling account of the Burma Campaign – one of the most punishing and hard-fought military adventures of World War Two. The Burma Campaign was one of the most punishing and protracted military adventures of World War Two.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Call Of The Litany Bird(2011) GIBBS, SUSANA compelling personal account of living through the atrocities as Rhodesia became Zimbabwe, whilst bringing up a family on a farm amidst the chaos.Vezava: Trda29,93 € -
My Life(2005) CLINTON, PRESIDENT BILLPresident Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid self-portrait of a world leader who decided in early life to devote his intellectual and political gifts, and his extraordinary capacity for hard work, to serving the people of America and the entiVezava: Mehka30,83 € -
Spy Who Loved(2013) MULLEY, CLAREThe remarkable story of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville – Churchill's favourite spy, the longest-serving during WW2, and recipient of the George Medal, an OBE and the Croix de Guerre.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Cash Nexus(2002) FERGUSON, NIALLShows that a nation's success largely depends on the way it manages its money. But where do money and politics meet? From 1700 to the present day, the author offers an analysis of the evolution of today's economic and political landscape.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942(2013) STILLE, MARK (AUTHOR)A highly illustrated account of the series of naval battles around the embattled island of Guadalcanal in late 1942.Vezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Demobbed(2010) ALLPORT, ALANSnapshots of gaiety and celebration are how some people today think of Britain in 1945. This book tells the real story of what happened when millions of ex-servicemen returned home. It draws on their personal letters and diaries to illuminate the darker sVezava: Mehka20,89 € -
War on our Doorstep(2012) SALISBURY, HARRIET,THE MUSEUM OF LONDON GROUPLondon's East Enders are known for being a tough, humorous and lively lot. The old East End communities were gone forever. Told by the residents themselves, The War on Our Doorstep is an eye-opening, moving and laugh-out-loud depiction of the history ofVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Forgotten Voices of Burma(2010) THOMPSON, JULIANFrom the end of 1941 to 1945 a pivotal but often overlooked conflict was being fought in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War 2 - the Burma Campaign. In 1941 the Allies fought in a disastrous retreat across Burma against the Japanese - an enemy morVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Queen(2012) PIMLOTT, BENAn updated edition of Ben Pimlott’s classic biography of the Queen: ‘There is no better biography of Elizabeth II.’ PETER HENNESSY, Independent on SundayVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Beware of Small States(2011) HIRST, DAVIDTo understand Lebanon's history is to understand the history of the entire region - and, with the rise of Hizbullah, it has come to assume a disproportionate, dangerous power of its own.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Dogs and Demons(2002) KERR, ALEXThe decades of Western adulation for the Japanese "economic miracle" failed to notice a key point - that in pursuit of this miracle, the Japanese had turned their country into a concrete shambles. This book describes the dazzling nature of Japanese culturVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
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Berlin Wall(2009) TAYLOR, FREDERICKThe astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new preface to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the wall.Vezava: Mehka23,82 €
