Zbirka: Zgodovina: dogodki in teme
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Children's Games in Street and Playground(2008) OPIE, IONA,OPIE, PETERA magnificent survey of over 85 games played by children, largely out of sight of adults, in the 1960s, in the street, playground and wasteland.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Spanish Galleon 1530-1690(2004) KONSTAM, ANGUSDuring the 16th century a new type of sailing vessel emerged, designed to carry the wealth of the Americas to Spain. This book traces the development of the Spanish galleon, and outlines the constructional methods, the ordnance and the crewing needed to pVezava: Mehka20,07 € -
Industry and Empire(1999) HOBSBAWM, E JThis outstanding history describes and accounts for Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the underdevelopedVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Disenchanted Night(1995) SCHIVELBUSCH, WOLFGANGTells the story of the development of artificial light in the nineteenth century. This title reveals the ways that the technology of artificial illumination helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses a range of subject including the political symboli41,93 € -
Bright Young People(2008) TAYLOR, D JThe Bright Young People were one of the most extraordinary youth cults in British history. A pleasure-seeking band of bohemian party-givers and blue-blooded socialites, they romped through the 1920s gossip columns. This book chronicles England's 'lost genVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Bradshaw's Railway Folded Map 1907(2011) BRADSHAW, GEORGEAt the turn of the 20th century the rail network extended to over 23,000 miles, very nearly the circumference of the world - the greatest length it was ever to achieve. Some urban routes had closed and later, hundreds of rural lines and stations succumbed15,43 € -
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Shameful Act(2007) AKCAM, TANERThe definitive history of the 1915 Armenian GenocideVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Images in Spite of All(2012) DIDI-HUBERMAN, GEORGESOf one-and-a-half million photographs related to Nazi concentration camps, only four depict the actual process of mass killing perpetrated at the gas chambers. This book reveals that these photos of Auschwitz, taken clandestinely by one of the Jewish prisVezava: Mehka43,72 € -
Auschwitz And The Allies(2001) GILBERT, DR MARTINWhen Hitler announced that the result of the war in Europe would be 'the complete annihilation of the Jews', he did so in 1942, not only in public, but before an enormous crowd in Berlin.Vezava: Mehka35,05 € -
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Lighthouse Stevensons(2005) BATHURST, BELLAAn exciting new edition of Bella Bathurst’s epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
History of Mary Prince(2000) PRINCE, MARYMary Prince was a freed slave from Bermuda who achieved notoriety when she published her autobiography at a time when abolition debates were raging. This book details the ill-treatment she received by her various owners and her escape to England where sheVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
There's A Riot Going On(2008) DOGGETT, PETER'An extraordinary book...Doggett emerges triumphant. Grab a copy - By Any Means Necessary.' (5 stars)-MojoVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Forgotten Voices of the Somme(2009) LEVINE, JOSHUADrawing on a wealth of material from the vast Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, this book offers insight into life on the front line: from the day-to-day struggle of circumstances to the white heat of battle and the constant threat of injury or death. ItVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
