Zbirka: Zgodovina: dogodki in teme
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Auschwitz Kommandant(2010) CHERISH, BARBARA UHe was tried in the `Auschwitz Trial’ at Krakow, found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and executed in January 1948.Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Anne Frank Remembered(2009) GIES, MIEPReissued in the year of Miep Gies' 100th birthday, this international bestseller includes a brand-new afterword by the author.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Honourable Company(1993) KEAY, JOHNDuring 200 years the East India Company grew from an association of Elizabethan tradesmen into a powerful organization. As a commercial enterprise it came to control half the world's trade and as a political entity it administered an empire. This book looVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Daughters Of Arabia(2004) SASSON, JEANReaders of Princess Sultana's extraordinary biography Princess were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Scotland's Hidden Harlots and Heroines: Women's Role in Scottish Society From 1690-1969(2014) HARROWER-GRAY, ANNIEDiscover Scottish women's history, from the 1690s to the 1960s. This colourful book tells the stories of a host of unusual characters from witches to bodysnatchers; aristocrats to female Jacobites; as well as revealing what life was once like for ordinaryVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Blood, Iron and Gold(2010) WOLMAR, CHRISTIANChristian Wolmar's biggest paperback yet. Blood, Iron and Gold tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's railways and how the railways changed the world. 'Full of wondrous curiosities... This authoritative and highly readabVezava: Mehka35,05 € -
Coronation Everest(2003) MORRIS, JANOffers an intimate evocation of the famous of all mountaineering exploits and the old-fashioned Fleet Street scoop.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860(2010) PEARCE, CATHRYN J.Highly Commended in Class 6 - Non-Fiction: History and Creative Arts of the Holyer an Gof Awards 2011Shows how the image of Cornish wreckers as villains deliberately luring ships on to the rocks is a myth.Vezava: Trda38,61 € -
Consider the Fork(2013) WILSON, BEEExplores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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Tudors(2013) GUY, JOHN (FELLOW OF CLARE COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE)In this revised and updated edition of The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction, John Guy offers a compelling and authoritative guide to all aspects of the Tudor period. From politics, religion, and economics, to gender, art, and culture, this is a fascinatiVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Careless People(2014) CHURCHWELL, SARAHA fascinating look at the autumn of 1922, when F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda returned to New York and the seeds for The Great Gatsby were sownVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Lords of the Horizons(1999) GOODWIN, JASON‘Perhaps the most readable history ever written’ Time OutLords of the Horizons charts the Ottoman Empire's swirling epic history; dramatic — detailed and alive — a journey, and a world all in one. The Ottoman Empire has long exerted a strong pull on WesVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Untold History of Ramen(2014) SOLT, GEORGEA rich, salty, and steaming bowl of noodle soup, ramen Offers an account of geopolitics and industrialization in Japan. It traces the meteoric rise of ramen from humble fuel for the working poor to international icon of Japanese culture.Vezava: Mehka48,47 € -
Citizens(2004) SCHAMA, SIMONOffers a social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution. This title provides an impression of the currents and contradictions which made up this terrible sequence of events.Vezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Ten Days That Shook the World(2007) REED, JOHNPresents an account of the Russian revolution. This book describes the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power.Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
