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Hillsborough Voices(2016) SAMPSON, KEVIN,HILLSBOROUGH JUSTICE CAMPAIGNOn 15 April 1989, the world witnessed one of the worst football disasters in history occur at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. Not only was he there as a fan to witness the horror first-hand, he also helped organise the Hillsborough benefit concert2,98 € -
Nazi Germany(2008)An authoritative and up-to-date history of Nazi Germany, with each chapter written by an internationally acknowledged expert in the field, covering everything from the ideological origins of Nazism, through the history of politics and society in the 'ThirVezava: Mehka60,62 € -
Cretan Runner(2009) PSYCHOUNDAKIS, GEORGEGeorge Psychoundakis was a young shepherd boy who knew the island of Crete intimately when the Nazis invaded by air in 1941. He immediately joined the resistance and took on the crucial job of war-time runner. This book presents an account of George's actVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Dada and Surrealism(2004) HOPKINS, DAVID (, LECTURER IN ART HISTORY AT GLASGOW UNIVERSITY)Explores the range of media employed by both Dada and Surrealism, whilst at the same time establishing the aesthetic differences between the movements. This book also examines the Dadaist obsession with the body-as-mechanism in relation to the SurrealistsVezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Eleni(1997) GAGE, NICHOLASA son's quest to avenge his mother's murder. In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. Eleni is the story of his obsessive and harrowing reconstruction of his mother's life and death and his pursuit of hisVezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Joseph Plunkett(2012) O BROLCHAIN, HONORJoseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916) from Dublin was one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, the designer of the military plan and the youngest signatory of the Proclamation. A recognised poet, he was already dying of TB when, aged 28, he married Grace GiffordVezava: Mehka22,04 € -
Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler(2010) SUTTON, ANTONY CYRILReveals one of the most remarkable but unreported facts of the Second World War: that key Wall Street banks and American businesses supported Hitler's rise to power by financing and trading with Nazi Germany.Vezava: Mehka18,05 € -
Waugh in Abyssinia(2000) WAUGH, EVELYNIn 1935 Italy declared war on Abyssinia and Evelyn Waugh was sent to Addis Ababa to cover the conflict. This title captures the dilemmas and complexities of a feudal society caught up in twentieth-century politics and confrontation.Vezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Another Day of Life(2001) KAPUSCINSKI, RYSZARDIn 1975 Kapuscinski flew into Luanda in Angola, to cover the murderous civil war that had broken out after independence. This book is a record of his experiences there, of a city and a country that seemed, for a prolonged period, to have taken leave of thVezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Who Paid The Piper?(2000) SAUNDERS, FRANCES STONOR'Frances Stonor Saunders has almost single-handedly started off a branch of sub-history; the cultural cold war. Who Paid The Piper? is an extraordinarily good book and I do recommend it to anyone who's remotely interested in the period'- Ian McEwan authorVezava: Mehka20,83 € -
Behind Enemy Lines(2012) BATH, RICHARD,MACPHERSON, SIR TOMMYWith three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a Légion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army. Yet for 65 years the Highlander'sVezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Quick and the Dead(2012) WATERTON, WILLIAM ARTHURFirst published in 1956, but still relevant and thought-provoking today, this book is an absolute revelation on test flying with the British aircraft organisations and manufacturers in the 1950s. Written from the pilot's viewpoint, with refreshing candourVezava: Trda19,45 € -
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Dirty War(1991) DILLON, MARTINIn this enthralling and controversial book, Martin Dillon, author of the bestselling The Shankill Butchers, examines the roles played by the Provisional IRA, the State forces, the Irish Government and the British Army during this troubled period.Vezava: Mehka15,27 € -
Life In Secrets(2006) HELM, SARAHThe definitive account of an absorbing double mystery: the fates of the missing female SOE agents and the truth about the woman who searched for themVezava: Mehka18,05 € -
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Twentieth-Century South Africa(2001) BEINART, WILLIAM (PROFESSOR OF RACE RELATIONS, AFRICAN STUDIES CENTRE AND ST ANTHONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD FELLOW, PROFESSOR OF RACE RELATIONS, AFRICAN STUDIES CENTRE AND ST ANTHONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD FELLOW, ST ANTHONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD)This text examines the forces - both destructive and dynamic - which have shaped 20th-century South Africa. The book draws on the rich and lively tradition of radical history writing on the country and weaves economic and cultural history into the politicVezava: Mehka27,78 €
