Zbirka: Zgodovina: dogodki in teme
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Truth and Truthfulness(2004) WILLIAMS, BERNARDExplores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more than we might imagine. This book identifies two basic virtues of truth, accuracy and sincerity. It describes different psychological and social forms that these virtues have taken and asksVezava: Mehka56,55 € -
Plimsoll Sensation(2007) JONES, NICOLETTEThe story of a Victorian philanthropist who reformed shipping laws, saved thousands of sailors' lives and became a national hero.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Pirates Of Barbary(2011) TINNISWOOD, ADRIANDrawing on material, from furious royal proclamations to the private letters of pirates and their victims, as well as Islamic accounts, this title provides perspectives of the corsairs and an insight into what it meant to sacrifice all you have for a lifeVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
History of Everyday Life in Medieval Scotland(2011)This book examines the ordinary, routine, daily behaviour, experiences and beliefs of people in Scotland from the earliest times to 1600.Vezava: Mehka49,42 € -
Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain(2008) PATERSON, MICHAELFrom the Great Exhibition to Dickensian slums, the triumph of empire to the anxiety of revolt - Victorian Britain was an age of paradoxes.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Confessions Of A Failed Southern Lady(2006) KING, FLORENCE* A side-splitting story of growing up different in the Old South.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Commer Story(2002) CARVERHILL, GEOFFThis title charts the evolution and history of one of Britain's principal commercial vehicle manufacturers. Commer underwent several name changes as it acquired, and was acquired by, several other companies. whilst creating some of the world's most innovaVezava: Trda46,26 € -
Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade(2014) SHUMWAY, REBECCA (CUSTOMER)Examines the history of the Fante people of southern Ghana during the transatlantic slave trade, 1700 to 1807.Vezava: Mehka58,55 € -
1940s Childhood(2014) MARSH, JAMESA nostalgic look at life growing up in the 1940sVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
History of Contemporary Italy(1990) GINSBORG, PAULContemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain - the countries have roughly the same extent, population size and GNP - and yet they are fantastically different. This book presents an account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past decades. IVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Boys of Summer(2013) KAHN, ROGERThis is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded.Vezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Scandalous Life(1996) LOVELL, MARY S.The biography of Jane Digby, an ‘enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart – and hormones – ruled her head.’ Harpers and QueenVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
On Royalty(2007) PAXMAN, JEREMYWhat is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all day? And what does it mean to be one of them? This title looks at our present incumbents to find out just what makes them tick.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
