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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: Mehka14,01 € -
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: Mehka18,21 € -
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: Mehka18,21 € -
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: Mehka15,41 € -
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: Mehka15,41 € -
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: Mehka21,02 € -
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: Mehka15,41 € -
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: Trda19,63 € -
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: Mehka15,41 € -
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: Mehka21,02 € -
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: Mehka29,43 € -
We Now Know(1998) GADDIS, JOHN LEWIS (ROBERT LOVETT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, ROBERT LOVETT PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, YALE UNIVERSITY)Did the Soviet Union want world revolution? Why did the USSR send missiles to Cuba? What made the Cold War last as long as it did? This text presents a comprehensive comparative history of the conflict from its origins, to it most dangerous moment - the CVezava: Mehka104,99 € -
Ajax, The Dutch, The War(2011) KUPER, SIMONThe Holocaust, Dutch football and World War II - from the bestselling author of the award-winning FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY. Updated with a new afterword. 'Passionate and moving' GUARDIANVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives(2012) CADDICK-ADAMS, PROF. PETER, TD, VR, BA (HONS), PHD, FRHISTS, FRGS, KJTwo men came to personify British and German generalship in the Second World War: Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel. They fought a series of extraordinary duels across several theatres of war which established them as two of the greatest captains of theVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Reluctant Communist(2008) JENKINS, CHARLES ROBERT,FREDERICK, JIMTakes the reader behind the North Korean curtain and reveals the inner workings of its isolated society while offering a powerful testament to the human spirit.Vezava: Mehka40,39 €











