Zbirka: Zgodovina: dogodki in teme
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Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All(2009) THOMPSON, CHRISTINAA book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounterVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
How We Lived Then(2002) LONGMATE, NORMANAlthough nearly 90% of the population of Great Britain remained civilians throughout the war, or for a large part of it, their story has so far largely gone untold.Vezava: Mehka39,24 € -
In Bed with the Tudors(2013) LICENCE, AMYWhat went on behind closed doors in the Tudor Court? Comprehensive coverage of all the major Tudors: Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Prince Arthur, Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr,Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Classless Society(2014) TURNER, ALWYN W.The first popular history of a decade that is yet to be defined or anatomised as the 1960s or 1970s have been, A Classless Society goes in search of a Britain still reeling from the conflicts of the Thatcher years.Vezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Spanish Holocaust(2013) PRESTON, PAULSelected as the Sunday Times History Book of the Year for 2012, this is a meticulous work of scholarship from the foremost historian of 20th-century Spain.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave(2009) DOUGLASS, FREDERICKFrederick Douglass's Narrative recounts his life as a slave in Maryland and escape to freedom in 1838. An important slave autobiography, it is significant both for what it tells us about slave life and about its author. It is here reprinted with contexualVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
World That Never Was(2011) BUTTERWORTH, ALEXThe last years of the nineteenth century saw the birth of a new phenomenon: international terrorism. Alex Butterworth interweaves group biography, cultural history and meticulous detective work to create a revelatory account of the age.Vezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Sextant(2015) BARRIE, DAVIDIn the tradition of Dava Sobel's ‘Longitude’ comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery – an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who usVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Strange Laws Of Old England(2013) CAWTHORNE, NIGELAn entertaining tour of the wilder shores of the British legal systemVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Penguin Social History of Britain(1990) PORTER, ROYA portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include - diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Empire(2002) HOWE, STEPHEN (, TUTOR IN POLITICS AT RUSKIN COLLEGE, OXFORD)Although the great historic imperial systems have collapsed during the past, their legacies shape almost every aspect of life on a global scale. What has replaced the old territorial empires in world politics? Do the United States and its allies - the forVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Restoration London(2004) PICARD, LIZAFrom poverty to pets, medicine to magic, slang to sex and from wallpaper to women's rights - a glorious portrait of life in London from 1660-70, by the bestselling author of Elizabeth's London.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition(1995) BURG, B. R.Investigates the social and sexual world of these sea roversVezava: Mehka44,89 € -
Stranger in the House(2009) SUMMERS, JULIEA moving and revealing insight into the real experiences of women welcoming home their menfolk from the Second World WarVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Dr Johnson's London(2004) PICARD, LIZAThe everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, by the author of the bestselling Elizabeth's London.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Georgian and Regency Houses Explained(2007) YORKE, TREVORA guide to the houses of the 18th and early 19th century, their exteriors, interiors and style. The book explains various aspects of the Georgian and Regency house and provides a comprehensive guide to the houses of this period.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Shakespeare's London(2011) PORTER, STEPHENEveryday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Light in the Window(2005) GOULDING, JUNEBut worst of all was that the young women were expected to raise their babies during these three years so that they could then be sold - given up for adoption in exchange for a donation to the nuns. Shocked by the nuns' inhumane treatment of the frighteVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Life and Death of St. Kilda(2011) STEEL, TOMThe extraordinary story of the UK’s most gruelling and spectacularly beautiful islands. Tom Steel’s acclaimed portrait of the St Kildan’s lives is now updated in this reissued edition.Vezava: Mehka18,21 €
