Nine lives

Kniha je predaná.
Môžete si ale zadať požiadavku na knihu

Spisovateľ: Dalrymple William
Vydavateľ: Bloomsbury
Rok vydania: 2009
Stav knihy:
Katalogové číslo: N808

Kategória v ktorej je kniha zaradená:

Cudzojazyčná / Anglická

A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day... v angličtine, obal, tvrdá väzba, 285 strán

V kategórii Anglická ďalej doporučujeme

The serpent in the garden

Spisovatel: Janet Gleeson, Bantam Books 2004
Katalogové číslo: I7878

Astley, Bentnick´s country house, is famous for its verdant gardens designed by the master landscape artist Capability Brown, and Joshua learns that his patrons are avid horticulturalists. Sabine Mercier, who has lived in the Indies, is an expert in growing pineapples, the fruit of choice at the grandest dinner parties and an inspiration to artists and craftsmen...410 strán, brožovaná

Stav knihy:

kúpiť€1,90 (2 732 Kč)
Pre Vás: €1,81 (2 595 Kč)

Aircraft carrier - the majestic weapon

Spisovatel: Macintyre Donald, Ballantine books 1968
Katalogové číslo: N4180

The aircraft carrier, in 1939 mistrusted not only by the more conservative type of naval officer - the majority perhaps of the senior ranks - but by those many fanatics of air power who believed that the shore based aeroplane had made all navies redundant, became, in the course of the war, the dominating factor in naval operations... v angličtine, brožovaná, 160 strán