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31Making History , Stephen Fry (2004)
Michael Young is convinced his brilliant history thesis will win him a doctorate, a pleasant academic post, a venerable academic publisher and his beloved girlfriend Jane. A historian should know… 887 руб32The House of Viktor&Rolf , Caroline Evans (2008)
Famed for their high-concept catwalk shows and extravagant collections, the radical Dutch design duo Viktor&Rolf have taken the fashion world by storm over the last 15 years. This sumptuously… 4428 руб33Henry the Seventh , James Gairdner (1889)
1889. The English historian Gairdner's valuable and painstaking contributions to English history relate chiefly to the reigns of Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII. He begins his biography of… 1308 руб34Count Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV , Francis Parkman (1900)
1900. Parkman, American historian, studied and wrote about the history of Canada and the early Northwest. Parkman writes in the preface that the events recounted in this book group themselves in the… 1318 руб35Sashenka , Simon Montefiore (2009)
Winter, 1916. In St Petersburg, snow is falling in a country on the brink of revolution. Beautiful and headstrong, Sashenka Zeitlin is just sixteen. As her mother parties with Rasputin and her… 937 руб36Before She Met Me , Julian Barnes (2009)
Graham Hendrick, an historian, has left his wife Barbara for the vivacious Ann, and is more than pleased with his new life. Until, that is, the day he discovers Ann's celluloid past as a mediocre… 796 руб37Baudolino , Umberto Eco (2003)
It is April 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the Fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino… 887 руб38The Tenth Chamber , Glenn Cooper (2010)
Abbey of Ruac, rural France: A medieval script is discovered hidden behind an antique bookcase. Badly damaged, it is sent to Paris for restoration, and there literary historian Hugo Pineau begins to… 583 руб39Man Who Sold the World , Peter Doggett (2011)
No artist offered a more incisive and accurate portrait of the troubled landscape of the 1970s than David Bowie. Through his multi-faceted and inventive work, he encapsulated many of the social… 1275 руб40Leonardo Da Vinci , Karen Ballard (2007)
The story of Leonardo da Vinci's life and works, for children whose reading ability and confidence allows them to tackle longer and more complex stories. This book vividly describes the life of da… 532 руб
