The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, Hardcover - Peter Sis

Reducere. A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER"I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side--the Communist side--of the Iron Curtain." Through annotated il...

Reducere. With a masterful mix of comic timing and disarming poignancy, Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin offers a memoir of growing up in Cold War Russia. Dram...

Reducere. Take a journey into the borderland of the red empire, during an ideological battle that saw the world ripped in half. Dare to step into communist C...

Reducere. Burning with desire to share the value of freedom, Antonina takes you from her plight in communist Bulgaria to the free shores of America. Followin...

Publisher: UCL PressAuthor(s): Miklos PetiIllustration(s): 8 Illustrations, black and whiteCollection: Literature and TranslationPublication date: ...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Malgorzata (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois...

Reducere. Behind the Red Curtain, a Memoir is a true-life account told in the voice of a growing teenager. In this harrowing tale of coping and survival, the...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Royal Opera HouseIllustration(s): 40 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 40Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, WydawnictwoAuthor(s): Graeme KirkpatrickNumber of pages: 234Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 169 x 240 x 15Co...

Reducere. Behind The Curtain: Volume 2Please note, this is Volume 2December 1968 saw a landmark court case in the appropriately named township of Credit Rive...

Reducere. Matt loves fire trucks, and one morning when he wakes up, he is a fire truck--right down to his hoses, hooks, and laddersHis wheels and sirens coul...

Reducere. *"Sis delivers an encomium to summer, to the power of learning, and to that beloved, creamy-cold treat." --Kirkus, starred review Savor summer anyt...

Reducere. A native of Queens, N.Y., Maestro Weibel was never in doubt about the avenue his future career would take. His talent and love for musical expressi...

Reducere. In the not so distant future, as the planet burns, the nation reels from the effects of a pandemic, Truth is on the brink of extinction, and the la...

Reducere. Trucks that dig.Trucks that haul.Trucks that lift.Trucks that push.Trucks everywhere

Was the 1960s really that great time of liberation, joyful experimentation and celebration of youth? For this wide-ranging and eye-opening survey o...

The moving and beautiful illustrated life story of aviator, pioneer, war hero, and author of the much-loved children's book The Little Prince, Anto...

If you have limited outdoor space and would like to grow your food, this practical illustrated guide will help you transform previously plant-free ...

The first of three in a series of Ginsberg's unpublished travel journals A travel guide through one of the best minds of the Beat Generation--disti...

Reducere. Told against the backdrop of the American landscape of the late '80s to the mid-'90s, Growing Up Dead is the story of Peter Conners's journey from ...

Reducere. This book is unique in that it not only discusses the internal decay and the external disasters which threaten the life of American people (in fact...

A passionately romantic and sexy novel from Beth Kery - fulfilling your every fantasy.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Steven J. ZalogaIllustration(s): Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8pp of colour illustratio...

'A book so full of steel and compassion that it stands glitteringly apart' Rachel CuskMilena is a Red Princess living in a Soviet Satellite state i...

Reducere. Velvet Meets the Iron Curtain is a true story of an unexpected revolution of the heart.This autobiography tells a story of a man born behind the Ir...

Reducere. Behind the Magic Curtain: Secrets, Spies, and Unsung White Allies of Birmingham's Civil Rights Days is a remarkable look at a historic city enmeshe...

This book aims to understand the predicaments of 'left behind places' and the scale of the policy challenge of 'levelling up' their economic prospe...

This volume shows not only how authenticity came to define a variety of social contexts, but also how it helped to lay the groundwork for the neoli...

Reducere. While the world was reading one story, God was writing another. In 1977, amidst the bitterly cold days of the frigid Cold War, a young couple respo...

Thurbon recalls his epic journey through China. "An achievement of great and lasting brilliance", Patrick Leigh Fermor

National Book Award Finalist TIME Magazine's #1 Nonfiction Book of 2012A New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2012Best Nonf...

At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin a...

Alfred Bunn published these memoirs of his theatrical career in 1840. His account is written with a verve which makes it very readable, and provide...

Alfred Bunn published these memoirs of his theatrical career in 1840. His account is written with a verve which makes it very readable, and provide...

DescriptionOne of the start-up world's most in-demand executive coaches--hailed as the "CEO Whisperer" (Gimlet Media)--reveals why radical self-inq...

Reducere. Conquered, Not Defeated: Growing Up in Denmark During the German Occupation of World War II, Paperback

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Neely never knew a world without limits. There was always a boundary, always a line she couldn't cross. She heard her parents speak about life befo...

Soon after moving to West Berlin for his US diplomat father's work, Harry Rogers witnesses the shooting of a boy trying to escape into the West ove...