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Operation Mayhem(2015) HEANEY, MC, STEVE,LEWIS, DAMIENSergeant Steve Heaney tells the explosive true story of the epic operation that helped to bring to an end the Sierra Leone Civil War and earned him the Military Cross. 'Captures the confusion, black humour, raw courage and sheer exhilaration of combat bVezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Racism and the Making of Gay Rights - A Sexologist, His Student, and the Empire of Queer Love(2022) LAURIE MARHOEFERVezava: Mehka41,33 € -
Pope and the Pill(2021) GEIRINGER, DAVIDThis book uses original oral history material and secretive Vatican papers to explore the sexual and religious experiences of Catholic women in post-war England. It offers a fresh perspective on the idea that ‘sex killed God’, reframing dominant approacheVezava: Mehka43,07 € -
Gender and Punishment in Ireland(2022) BLACK, LYNSEYIn the decades after Irish independence, 292 women were prosecuted for murder, facing the threat of conviction and death sentencing. Within a rising atmosphere of hostility to women, moral rigidity, sexual repression and Catholic Church control, this bookVezava: Trda108,77 € -
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Miami(2019) DIDION, JOANA surprising portrait of the pastel city, a masterly study of Cuban immigration and exile, and a sly account of vile moments in the Cold War from one of the most significant writers of the modern era.Vezava: Mehka15,27 € -
When the River Ice Flows, I Will Come Home(2020) MILLER, ELISA BRODINSKYA captivating memoir that bridges the past with the present, as we learn about the author’s grandparents' drives to escape the Jewish worlds of Tsarist Russia, her immigrant parents' hopes for their marriage in America, and now her turn to reach for meaniVezava: Mehka37,79 € -
Chinese Hordes and Human Waves(2014) PARRITT, BRIGADIER BRIAN, CBE CNA rare and gripping memoir of the too often neglected but fiercely fought Korean War. Examines the causes, wider events and implications of the War.Vezava: Mehka18,05 € -
I Don't Believe It!(2021) CAWTHORNE, NIGELDelightful peeves from Victorian Britain to the Second World War, gathered together as an alternative history of Britain through moans and grumbles.Vezava: Mehka14,92 € -
Memories After My Death(2012) LAPID, YAIRJoseph 'Tommy' Lapid (1931-2008) survived the horrors of the Holocaust to become Israel's notorious yet beloved 'big mouth': a journalist, playwright, TV star, and finally deputy prime minister and leader of the anti-Orthodox movement. His is a very persoVezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Reflections of Alan Turing(2022) TURING, DERMOTA new perspective on Alan Turing, his family and his legacy - written by his nephewVezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Little Girl's War(2012) APPLETON, WENDYFrom the London Blitz to Burnley as an evacuee: the wartime experiences of Wendy Appleton.Vezava: Mehka13,88 € -
Illicit and Unnatural Practices(2020) DAVIDSON, ROGERUsing a wide range of prosecution and trial records, along with more recent newspaper coverage of court proceedings, this book furnishes a fascinating insight into the relationship between the law, sex, and society in modern Scotland.Vezava: Mehka34,33 € -
Escape Artist(2022) FREEDLAND, JONATHANThe astonishing, forgotten story of the hero who escaped from Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the Holocaust.Vezava: Trda27,79 € -
Major & Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide Somme(2016)New full colour, excellent value guide from the unrivalled Battlefield touring experts. The book will help you discover how to find an ancestor's resting place or memorial. Many current battlefield guides refer to it as 'The Bible'.Vezava: Mehka23,61 € -
Chinese Photobook(2016) WASSINKLUNDGREN,ZHENG, GU,LUM, RAYMOND,LUNDGREN, RUBEN,H. TUNG, STEPHANIE,BADGER, GERRYChina has a fascinating history of photobook publishing, and The Chinese Photobook reveals for the first time the richness and diversity of this heritage. This now available in a smaller size, more accessibly priced hardcover edition, volume is based on aVezava: Trda68,91 € -
Toronto, the Belfast of Canada(2015) SMYTH, WILLIAM J.Toronto, the Belfast of Canada explores the intolerant origins of today’s cosmopolitan city.Vezava: Trda81,41 € -
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