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Million Bullets(2009) FERGUSSON, JAMESHere, in their own words and for the first time, are the young veterans of Herrick 4. Controversial, fascinating and occasionally downright terrifying, A Million Bullets analyses the sorry slide into war in Helmand and asks this most troubling question: cVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Somme(2013) MACDONALD, LYNThe year 1916 was one of the great turning-points in British history: as the youthful hopes of a generation were crushed in a desperate struggle to survive, and traditional attitudes to authority were destroyed for ever. On paper, few battles have ever beVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Train in Winter(2012) MOOREHEAD, CAROLINEOn an icy dawn morning in Paris in January 1943, a group of 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention camps and sent on a train to Auschwitz - the only train, in the four years of German occupation, to take women of the resistaVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Afgantsy(2012) BRAITHWAITE, SIR RODRICExamines the Russian experience in that most recent war in Afghanistan (after Alexander's conquests and the many British imperial wars and skirmishes). Largely basing his account on Russian sources and interviews, the author shows the war through the eyesVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Hawkwood(2005) STONOR SAUNDERS, FRANCESThe hugely acclaimed, best-selling life of Hawkwood, one of the outstanding figures of English and European history. John Hawkwood was an Essex man who became the greatest mercenary in an age when soldiers of fortune flourished - an age that also witneVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Dam Busters(2013) HOLLAND, JAMESThe night of May 16th, 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, each with a huge 9,000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland,Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Exploration Fawcett(2010) FAWCETT, COL. PERCYA lost city called 'Z'; lethal jungles; death-filled rivers: the last trip of a legendary explorer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones.Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
SAS Operation Storm(2012) COLE, ROGER,BELFIELD, RICHARDThe Inside Story of the SAS's most famous battle - nine men against four hundred - told for the first time by the men who were there.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Baltic Facades(2012) PURS, ALDISBaltic Facades presents a new history of the Baltic area, one that dispels the myth of a single, coherent regional identity. Aldis Purs describes the unique character of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, whilst also examining the anxiety that these peoples fVezava: Mehka27,97 € -
Island Wife(2013) FAIRBAIRNS, JUDYA memoir of a woman's life over 45 years on a remote Scottish island - from 19-year-old girl to wife of one to mother of five, hotelier, domestic miracle worker, to empty nester to writer.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Under Another Sky(2014) HIGGINS, CHARLOTTEWhat does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? This book traces these tales by setting out to discover the remains of Roman Britain for herselfVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Cavalier(2008) WORSLEY, LUCYStep behind the scenes of a Stuart household in this lavish, seductive and absorbing history from bestselling historian Lucy Worsley. 'A tour de force.' SUNDAY TIMESWilliam Cavendish, courageous, cultured and passionate about women, embodies the popularVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
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: Mehka19,62 €












