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Dry Spell(2001) CHAMBERS, CLAREIn 1976, four students took a trip to the desert. Now the repercussions of the fateful summer are coming back to haunt them. As for Nina, she's having enough trouble with her son, James. But when Hugo, long-forgotten agent of misfortune, threatens to payVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Cod(1999) KURLANSKY, MARK'Who would ever think that a book on cod would make a compulsive read? In a story that brings world history and human passions into captivating focus, he shows how the most profitable fish in history is today faced with extinction.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Wonderful Life(2000) GOULD, STEPHEN JAYIn this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale might tell us about evolution and the nature of history. The Darwinian theory of evolution is a well-known, well-explored area.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Humphry Repton(2014) MAYER, LAURAHumphry Repton (1752-1818) ambitiously styled himself Capability Brown's successor: the century's next great improver of landed property. This book traces Repton's landscape designs from Picturesque wildernesses like Blaise Castle to the progressive GardeVezava: Mehka13,89 € -
British Railways in the 1970s and ’80s(2013) MORSE, GREGGuides us through a world of Traveller's Fare, concrete concourses and peak-capped porters, a difficult period that began with the aftershock of Beeching but ended with BR becoming the first nationalised passenger network in the world to make a profit.Vezava: Mehka13,89 € -
Jaguar(2012) ROBSON, GRAHAMSir William Lyons enjoyed a seemingly unstoppable rise to fame and fortune in the motor industry, and the Jaguar brand that he introduced became world-famous. This title explores the history of the Jaguar Company and its many classic marques.Vezava: Mehka13,89 € -
Coin Finds in Britain(2013) CUDDEFORD, MICHAELProvides a catalogue of commonly encountered coins, dating from ancient times until the modern day, explaining their historical context, how they might have come to be lost and where they may be found today.Vezava: Mehka13,89 € -
Tube(2012) GREEN, OLIVERFrom Norman Foster's remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London's tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings.Vezava: Trda15,43 € -
Ancient Woodland(2013) ROTHERHAM, IANFrom medieval times, woodlands were managed commodities with hotly contested resources: conflicting demands from landowners, and local and national wood-based industries have left their marks on today's woodland, this title explains various uses of BritisVezava: Mehka13,89 € -
Arts and Crafts Garden(2013) RUTHERFORD, SARAHExplores the winding paths and meticulously shaped hedges, the gazebos and gateways, the formal terraces and the billowing border plantings that characterised the Arts and Crafts garden, and directs readers and gardeners to where they can visit and be insVezava: Mehka13,89 € -
River Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland(2022) SCHNEIDAU, LISATraditional folk tales, including history, folklore and nature observations about the rivers, streams and lakes of Britain and IrelandVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Mini(2013) BARDSLEY, GILLIANThe Mini, now an emblem of the Swinging Sixties, was in fact the product of an age of austerity and shortage, a simple design intended to make motoring more accessible and affordable for the average family. This title tells the Mini's story.Vezava: Mehka12,34 € -
British Motorcycles of the 1940s and ‘50s(2010) WALKER, MICKThe British industry was exhorted to 'export or die', and until well into the 1950s the majority of the British bikes were sold abroad. During this period, the industry continued to develop various exciting machines. This book tells the story of the BritiVezava: Mehka13,89 € -
Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950(2012) DOWNING, SARAH JANEThe source of tremendous power and focus of incredible devotion, throughout history notions of beauty have been integral to social life. Each age has had its own standards: a gleaming white brow during the Renaissance, the black eyebrows considered charmiVezava: Mehka13,89 € -
British Army Cap Badges of the First World War(2010) DOYLE, PROFESSOR PETER,FOSTER, CHRISVezava: Mehka23,15 € -
Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden(2011) MAYER, LAURAThe name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a parVezava: Mehka13,89 €
