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Paris(2006) JONES, COLINRecreating the ups and downs in the history of Paris and its inhabitants, this book seeks to give a sense of the city as it was lived in and experienced over time. It is intended for habitual Paris obsessives, for first-time visitors, and for those who knVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Wales(2000) MORRIS, JANCelebrates Wales and things Welsh. This study it reflects the bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and varied landscapes, the national character and humour, the historical predicaments and the political condition of this small but extVezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Enlightened Economy(2011) MOKYR, JOELWhy did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? And what explains the huge rise in incomes during the Industrial Revolution - and why did Britain lead the way? This title offers a perspective for understanding Britain's extrVezava: Mehka30,84 € -
Map That Changed the World(2002) WINCHESTER, SIMONHidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life waVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Peninsular War(2003) ESDAILE, CHARLESFor centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had one of the world's great navies to defend it. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and French and British armies marching across it at will. The result was a war which killed overVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Hitler 1936-1945(2001) KERSHAW, IANBeginning with Hitler's startling European successes in the aftermath of the Rhineland occupation, from Czechoslovakia to Poland, this title addresses crucial questions about the unique nature of Nazi radicalism. It explores the Holocaust and the poisonedVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Thief Who Stole My Heart(2021) DEHEJIA, VIDYAThe first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in social contextFrom the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfVezava: Trda107,10 € -
Great Book of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table(2022) MATTHEWS, JOHNThe most famous and influential work of English fantasy ever published, reimagined for a new generation of readers by John Matthews, one of the world’s leading Arthurian experts, and illustrated by internationally acclaimed Tolkien artist, John Howe.Vezava: Trda42,06 € -
Night Song of the Last Tram - A Glasgow Childhood(2006) DOUGLAS, ROBERTIf my father had been killed in North Africa or Italy during the Second World War, I know that for the rest of my life I would have looked at the few photographs of him and mourned our lost relationship. Unfortunately, he survived and came home.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Search For Nefertiti(2005) FLETCHER, JOANN'The biggest discovery since Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon unearthed Tutankhamun in 1922' The Sunday TimesVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Manchu Way(2001) ELLIOTT, MARK C.In 1644, the Manchus, a relatively unknown people inhabiting China's northeastern frontier, overthrew the Ming, Asia's mightiest rulers, and established the Qing dynasty, This book supplies a radically new perspective on the formative period of the modernVezava: Mehka56,55 € -
The Saint Makers(2020) DRAPE, JOENew York Times journalist and bestselling author Joe Drape takes us inside the modern-day process of the making of a saint -- part biography of a wartime adventurer Father Emil Kapaun, part detective story, and part journey of faith.Vezava: Trda29,94 € -
Targeter(2021) BAKOS, NADA,COBURN, DAVID"A revealing and utterly engrossing account" of the world of high-stakes foreign intelligence and her role within the campaign to stop top-tier targets inside Al-Qaida from former CIA analyst Nada Bakos (Joby Warrick)Vezava: Mehka29,33 € -
Eminent Victorians(2009) STRACHEY, LYTTONEminent Victorians is a groundbreaking work of biography that raised the genre to the level of high art. It replaced reverence with scepticism and Strachey's wit, iconoclasm, and narrative skill liberated the biographical enterprise. His portraits of CardVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Prague in Black and Gold(1998) DEMETZ, PETERFrom the Velvet Revolution to the disturbing world of Franz Kafka, from the devastation of the Thirty Years War to the musical elegance of Mozart and Dvorak, Prague is steeped in a wealth of history and culture. This is a history of this city.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Eastern Front 1914-1917(1998) STONE, NORMANAn account of the Russian Front in the First World War. It dispels the myths surrounding a still relatively little-known aspect of the war, showing how inefficiency rather than economic shortage led to Russia's desperate privations and eventual retreat.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Hitler's Pope(2000) CORNWELL, JOHNDiscusses the World War II career of Eugenio Pacelli, the man who was Pope Pius XII. This book shows how in 1933 Hitler became his negotiating partner, an agreement was arranged that granted religious and financial payments to the Catholic Church in exchaVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Africa(1998) READER, JOHNRecreates the panorama of African history, from the primeval cataclysms that formed the continent to the political upheavals facing much of the continent. This book shows how the world's richest assortment of animals and plants has helped - or hindered -Vezava: Mehka26,62 €
