wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman
ISBN: 9780393329704 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 542 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Drawing on new primary sources, this biography is the first to detail the influence of British history, literature, and culture--in particular, the ideas of Winston Churchill--on America's thirty-fifth president. For the first time we trace the friendships and forces that led to the White House and shaped Kennedy's actions there. In this intimate portrait of a leader torn between politics and principle, we finally come to know the man Kennedy wanted to be and to understand his long, private struggle to become that man.
Drawing on new primary sources, this biography is the first to detail the influence of British history, literature, and culture--in particular, the id...
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142,99 zł |
Orson Welles: A Biography
ISBN: 9780879101992 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 612 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Here is a first-hand portrait of the flamboyant American genius who became a titanic figure in twentieth century popular culture. Orson Welles revolutionised theatre, terrified a nation of radio listeners, and made cinematic history with Citizen Kane, regarded by many as the greatest American film ever made.
Here is a first-hand portrait of the flamboyant American genius who became a titanic figure in twentieth century popular culture. Orson Welles revolut...
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87,99 zł |
Churchill Defiant: Fighting On: 1945-1955
ISBN: 9780061337604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. New York Times bestselling biographer Barbara Leaming has written a riveting political dramaof the last ten years of Winston Churchill's public life. In Churchill Defiant, Leaming tells the tumultuous behind-the-scenes story of Churchill's refusal to retire after his 1945 electoral defeat, and the bare-knuckled political and personal battles that ensued. Her ground-breaking biography Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman, was the first to detail Churchill's extraordinary influence on Kennedy's thinking. Now in Churchill Defiant,... New York Times bestselling biographer Barbara Leaming has written a riveting political dramaof the last ten years of Winston Churchill's p... |
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70,35 zł |
Mrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years
ISBN: 9780743227490 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. New York Times bestselling author Barbara Leaming answers the question: What was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousand days of the Kennedy presidency? Here for the first time is the full story of the extravagant interplay of sex and politics that constitutes one of modern history's most spectacular dramas. Drawing from recently declassified top-secret material, as well as revelatory eyewitness accounts, Secret Service records, and Jacqueline Kennedy's personal letters, bestselling biographer Barbara Leaming answers the question: what was it like to be Mrs....
New York Times bestselling author Barbara Leaming answers the question: What was it like to be Mrs. John F. Kennedy during the dramatic thousan...
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79,19 zł |
Katharine Hepburn
ISBN: 9780879102937 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Not often is a book about a film star more gripping than anything the star has played on the screen, but Barbara Leaming's biography has that distinction...Katharine Hepburn is Ms. Leaming's penetrating look beyond Ms. Hepburn's acting career and into the forces that shaped such an emblematic figure...Prodigious research has yielded a family history that is both revealing on its own terms and a necessary backdrop to any consideration of Ms. Hepburn's career. -Janet Maslin, The New York Times Book Review
Not often is a book about a film star more gripping than anything the star has played on the screen, but Barbara Leaming's biography has that distinct...
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109,95 zł |
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story
ISBN: 9781250070258 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "An intimate and revealing look at one of the twentieth century's most remarkable--and misunderstood women." --KIRKUS REVIEWS Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onasis: The Untold Story is the first book to document Jackie's thirty-one-year struggle with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here is the woman as she has never been seen before. Barbara Leaming explores the seemingly magical world of Jackie's youth, her fairy-tale marriage to a wealthy and handsome senator and presidential candidate and her astonishing transformation into a deft political wife and unique... "An intimate and revealing look at one of the twentieth century's most remarkable--and misunderstood women." --KIRKUS REVIEWS <... |
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83,59 zł |