Wicked City: The Many Cultures of Marseille (Hewitt Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2) (Black Holly)(Pevná vazba)

Writings on Church and Reform (Nicholas of Cusa)(Pevná vazba)

Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464), widely considered the most important original philosopher of the Renaissance, was born in Kues on the Moselle River. A polymath who studied canon law and became a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, he wrote principally on speculative theology, philosophy, and

Nicholas and Alexandra: The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Massie Robert K.)(Pevná vazba)

Shakespearean Arrivals: The Birth of Character (Luke Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

In this distinctive study, Nicholas Luke explores the abiding power of Shakespeare's tragedies by suggesting an innovative new model of his character creation. Rather than treating characters as presupposed beings, Luke shows how they arrive as something more than functional dramatis personae - how

Hillyard - The Man, His Boats, and Their Sailors (Gray Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

David Hillyard built affordable wooden yachts for the masses, from 1906 to the 1960s-about 800 of them, many of which survive. The company he founded survived for more than a century. This is the story of a unique and significant chapter in the story of British

Salzburg: City of Culture (Nowak Hubert)(Pevná vazba)

Now in paperback, Nowak reveals the lesser-known side of Salzburg through stories of those who have lived there over the centuries. Situated in the shadow of the Eastern Alps, Salzburg is known for its majestic baroque architecture, music, cathedrals, gardens. The city grew in power and wealth as

London - Global City of Commerce and Culture (Horne Alastair)(Pevná vazba)

London celebrates the British capital, from its famous landmarks to atmospheric alleyways, from the Shard to London Underground's lost ghost stations, from the parks to the Thames. Presented with captions explaining the story behind each entry, London is a stunning collection of images celebrating

The Best of Me (Sparks Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks's story of love, lost dreams and redemption'Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She'd believed in it once, too, back when she was eighteen.'In the spring of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell

Aperitivo - The Cocktail Culture of Italy (Huff Marisa)(Pevná vazba)

Nicholas Nickleby (Dickens Charles)(Pevná vazba)

After the death of his father, Nicholas Nickleby becomes a schoolteacher in a boys' school in Yorkshire to support his family. There he sees injustices and cruelty and stands up to the schoolmasters to right these wrongs. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form,

Lord of the Isle - The Extravagent Life and Times of Colin Tennant (Lord Glenconner) (Courtney Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

The Wicked King (Black Holly)(Pevná vazba)

My Name Is Prince (St Nicholas Randee)(Pevná vazba)

The ultimate collection of stunning photographs documenting the career of one of the world's greatest superstarsThere has never been or will there ever be an artist like Prince. 'A 5' 3? Mastermind . . . satiated with virtuosity, controversy, stubbornness, and poise . . . His influence on Music

Dublin: The Story of a City (Conlin Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Dublin has taken many forms over the last millennium: first a Scandinavian settlement, linked by kinship to Norway; then a medieval town that formed part of a Norman sphere of influence across Western Europe. By the eighteenth century, it was a 'polite' city of the British Empire, before gaining

Popular Pleasures: An Introduction to the Aesthetics of Popular Visual Culture (Duncum Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Today's many popular aesthetic pleasures have a very long history. Paul Duncum considers the historical critical discourses, and socio-political issues raised by aesthetic pleasures in fifteen thematic chapters. Using illustrative examples from the past, present, and across cultures, he challenges

The Wicked Wit of Princess Margaret (Dolby Karen)(Pevná vazba)

A glorious collection of the life and legendary witty ripostes of the rebellious younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Beautiful, blunt and willful, Princess Margaret never suffered fools gladly and here her life and legendary humour are uniquely

Wicked Wit of Prince Philip (Dolby Karen)(Pevná vazba)

Ignaz Semmelweis and the Vienna School of Medicine (MD Nicholas Kadar)(Pevná vazba)

Based on newly available documents and others translated for the first time, physician Nicholas Kadar sheds important new light on the thinking of the celebrated Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) at the Vienna School of Medicine, where he discovered the cause and prophylaxis of childbed

Cultures and / Of Globalization (Axford Barry)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the ways in which study of culture as the realm of meaning and identity can inform current debates about globalization and thus afford greater understanding of emergent globalities. By drawing on a range of disciplinary and sub-disciplinary expertise from across the social

Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas Alexandre)(Pevná vazba)

On the day of his wedding, Edmond Dantes, master mariner, is arrested in Marseille on trumped-up charges and spirited away to the cellars of the Chateau d'If, an impregnable sea fortress in which he is imprisoned

The Wish (Sparks Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever. 1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on

The Wish (Sparks Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever. 1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on

The Wicked Wit of Ireland (Byrne Myles)(Pevná vazba)

The people of Ireland are renowned worldwide for their wit. This collection combines a pinch of traditional Irish humour, mixed with distinctly modern one-liners, quips and quotes, the Irish mammy, literary feuds, putdowns and epitaphs and much

City of the Dead (Morson Ian)(Pevná vazba)