Crimea (Figes Orlando)(Paperback / softback)

Crimea (Figes Orlando)(Paperback / softback)

The Crimean War one of the fiercest battles in Russia's history, killing nearly a million men and completely redrawing the map of Europe. Bringing to life soldiers in snow-filled trenches, surgeons on the battlefield and the haunted, fanatical figure of Tsar Nicholas himself, this title tells the

Europeans - Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture (Figes Orlando)(Paperback / softback)

Revoluční Rusko 1891-1991 - Orlando Figes

Uznávaný odborník Orlando Figes nezkoumá Říjnovou revoluci jako izolovanou událost, ale jako staletý koloběh násilí s utopickými cíli. Ve vytříbeném a pronikavém díle nabízí nečekaný pohled na známé dění. Ukazuje, že revoluce si uchovávala tytéž idealistické cíle od

Whisperers - Private Life in Stalin's Russia (Figes Orlando)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the inner life of a Russia where everyone was afraid to talk and society spoke in whispers, whether to protect friends and family - or to betray them. In this title, the author tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin's

Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991 - A Pelican Introduction (Figes Orlando)(Paperback / softback)

What caused the Russian Revolution? Did it succeed or fail? Do we still live with its consequences? This book deals with these

The Crimean War: A History (Figes Orlando)(Paperback)

From 'the great storyteller of modern Russian historians' (Financial Times) comes the definitive account of the forgotten war that shaped the modern age. The Charge of the Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale--these are the enduring icons of the Crimean War. Less well-known is that this savage war

Orlando (Woolf Virginia)(Paperback / softback)

Orlando (Woolf Virginia)(Paperback / softback)

Orlando (Woolf Virginia)(Paperback / softback)

Evropané - Orlando Figes

Tři slavné životy a vznik kosmopolitní kultury. Nová kniha renomovaného autora Orlanda Figese strhujícím způsobem líčí kulturní historií Evropy devatenáctého století. Její panoramatický příběh vypráví prostřednictvím propletených životů tří pozoruhodných lidí:

Orlando King (Colegate Isabel)(Paperback / softback)

Orlando the Marmalade Cat: A Camping Holiday (Hale Kathleen)(Paperback / softback)

Includes tales of Orlando the Marmalade

Brit Guide to Orlando 2020 (Verness Simon & Susan)(Paperback / softback)

Orlando (Woolf Virginia)(Paperback / softback)

A 'fantastical biography' inspired by the life of the flamboyant writer Vita-Sackville-West, Orlando is an amusing and eccentric jeu d'esprit, as well as a groundbreaking exploration of gender

Fig Swims the World (Abercrombie Lou)(Paperback / softback)

Nothing Fig does is ever quite enough for her high-flying mother, who every New Year's Day sets Fig an impossible resolution. But this year Fig is setting her own challenge: she's going to swim her way round the world. There's just one tiny problem ... Fig can't

Brit Guide to Orlando 2021 (Veness Simon and Susan)(Paperback / softback)

Orlando (Woolf Virginia)(Paperback / softback)

Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth's court. By the close, he will have transformed into a modern, thirty-six-year-old woman and three centuries will have

Orlando (Woolf Virginia)(Paperback / softback)

Virginia Woolf's seductive, provocative masterpiece is a whirlwind adventure through time, gender and identity. Introduced by Tilda

Orlando (Vintage Classics Woolf Series) (Woolf Virginia)(Paperback / softback)

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HELEN DUNMORE As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth's court. By the close, he will have transformed into a modern, 36-year-old woman and three centuries will

Ladders to Heaven (Shanahan Mike)(Paperback / softback)

A stunning survey of the extraordinary and surprising ways that fig trees have shaped human civilisation and could enrich our

Orlando: Aperture 235 (Aperture)(Paperback)

Guest Edited by Tilda Swinton Virginia Woolf's prescient 1928 novel Orlando tells the story of a young nobleman who, during the era of Queen Elizabeth I, lives for three centuries without aging and mysteriously shifts gender along the way. In 1992, filmmaker Sally Potter released a now-classic

Russia's Military Revival (Renz Bettina)(Paperback)

Russian annexation of Crimea and the subsequent air campaign over Syria took the world by surprise. The capabilities and efficiency of Putin's armed forces during both operations signalled to the world that Russia was back in business as a significant military actor on the international stage. In

Girls in the Wild Fig Tree (Leng'ete Nice)(Paperback)

Absence of Ruins, an PB (Patterson Orlando)(Paperback)