70% Scandaluri regale - Michael Farquhar ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.46/5 (23) Scandaluri regale. Povesti socante despre regi, regine, tari, papi si imparati De la mama cicalitoare a lui Nero pana la Ecaterina cea Mare, cu a ei colectie de &bdquoarmasari&rdquo (si nu este vorba despre cai), autorul realizeaza o privire plina de farmec asupra celor mai scandaloase fapte regale despre care, cu siguranta, cititorul nu a aflat niciodata la orele de istorie. Dinamica, indrazneata, uneori perfida, ca multe dintre capetele incoronate prezentate, Scandaluri regale ne dezvaluie cele mai odioase comportamente de care au dat dovada monarhii de-a lungul timpului. De la Roma antica pana la Anglia edwardiana, de la incaperile fastuoase ale Palatului Versailles pana la cele mai intunecate colturi ale inchisorii Bastilia, marii suverani ai Europei au &bdquoexcelat&rdquo in relatii pline de cruzime cu propriii copii, in rivalitati ucigatoare, in pofte trupesti patologice si in alte lucruri nedemne de pozitia lor. Intr-un stil provocator, Farquhar spala in public nu numai rufele regalitatii europene, dar si ale imparatilor si papilor... Un asemenea sir de tablouri savuroase atrage cititorii si este perfect pentru o lectura reconfortanta. - Publishers Weekly Avand ca surse cronici, tratate de istorie, carti de diplomatie ale vremii, dar tinand cont si de detaliile picante ale unor zvonuri, autorul construieste o imagine a capetelor incoronate paradoxala pentru publicul larg, interesanta pentru pasionati, cunoscuta pentru specialisti, dar nu mai putin fascinanta pentru oricare dintre aceste categorii. - Simona Preda Verifica stoc
Camera Girl ♡ 30 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 A moving and inspiring memoir of Doreen Spooner. Struggling to hold her head high through the disintegration of her family through alcoholism, she began a
An Ordinary Soldier ♡ 29 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 On 11th September 2006 - exactly five years after the attacks on the Twin Towers - a modern day Rorke's Drift was played out in
My Thoughts Be Bloody ♡ 18 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 'My Thoughts Be Bloody' by Nora Titone is an engrossing and meticulously researched account that delves deep into the tumultuous history of the Booth family,
A book of secrets ♡ 27 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 The author shares the stories of unknown women who played significant roles in the lives of prominent figures, including a mistress shared by the second
Maeve's Times ♡ 27 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 'As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to hear what they were saying at the next table in a restaurant, I
Mistress and Maid (Jiaohong ji)by Meng Chengshun ♡ 19 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 In 1993, an astonishing discovery was made at a tomb in Guodian in Hubei province (east central China). Written on strips of bamboo that have
Arnold Schwarzenegger ♡ 16 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Arnold Schwarzenegger - un culturist devenit mogul imobiliar care a transformat o serie neînvinsă la concursul Mr Olympia într-o carieră cinematografică uluitoare și opt...
Aaronsohn's Maps ♡ 27 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 Aaron Aaronsohn was one of the most extraordinary figures in the early struggle to create a homeland for the Jewish people. Brought to Palestine at
Nothing Else to Fear ♡ 19 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 David Ellis and his family were missionaries in Indonesia, where they were frequently the target of anti-Western violence. In the many terrifying - and sometimes
Invisible ♡ 21 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 'She was brilliant, ambitious, and unafraid to break barriers. As the only member of a squad of twenty high-powered lawyers who was not a white
Emissaries of Satan ♡ 28 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 Michael Ross. Kenneth Bianchi. John Scripps. These are truly the servants of hell, three savage killers without a shred of soul between them. Michael Ross
Brief Lives: Gustave Flaubert ♡ 20 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Serving as a perfect introduction to this well-known French writer, Flaubert scholar Meryl Tyers’ work covers the remarkable life of the renowned author of Madame
Banksy ♡ 20 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 For someone who shuns the limelight so completely that he conceals his name, never shows his face and gives interviews only by email, Banksy is
Targeter ♡ 22 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 A revealing and utterly engrossing account' (Joby Warrick) of the world of high-stakes foreign intelligence and her role within the campaign to stop top-tier targets
Touch and Go ♡ 24 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian author of The Good War recounts his hard-working early childhood in Chicago, his beginnings as a disc jockey after World War
Raoul Wallenberg ♡ 20 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 An Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A., and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg's heroism in Budapest at the
The Murray Edwards Duse Collection ♡ 22 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 The Murray Edwards Duse Collection is the best record of the literary background of Eleonora Duse, one of the foremost Italian aesthetes. It proves that
Trump on Trump ♡ 16 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Un lucru nu poate fi negat despre Donald Trump, faptul că spune ce gândește... și rezultatele sunt fascinante! Aflați cum funcționează această minte citindu-i cuvintele....
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The Day That Changed My Life ♡ 19 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Exhilarating, heartbreaking and ultimately inspiring, The Day That Changed My Life is a remarkable collection of stories of Ireland's women and the extraordinary moments...
Gentleman George Hunt Pendleton ♡ 22 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 The first modern biography of this notable politician 'Mach's detailed and thoughtful examination of Ohio lawyer-politician-diplomat George Hunt Pendleton is an impressiv...
Literary Reminiscences and Autobiographical Fragments ♡ 23 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 Toward the end of his career as a brilliant novelist, Turgenev turned his pen to the essays that comprise these Literary Reminiscences. Here he discusses
The late child and other animals ♡ 18 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Hetty survives the bombing of Portsmouth by the Nazis in World War II, only to learn that her soldier husband has been killed on the
Here We Are: To Migrate to America ♡ 22 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 The Shahanis came to Queens--from India, by way of Casablanca--in the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few unsteady years and then, with the arrival
Why I Left America And Other Essays ♡ 19 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 An African-American artist, self-exiled behind the Iron Curtain, gives his unique perspective on his homeland and on the culture that produced him
My Friend, Julia Lathrop ♡ 18 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 As one of the four members of the inner circle at Hull-House, Julia Lathrop played an instrumental role in the field of social reform for
Langston Hughes ♡ 28 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.97/5 A collection of twelve critical essays on Hughes and his work, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.
The Rat That Got Away : A Bronx Memoir ♡ 22 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 The Rat That Got Away is an inspiring story of one man's odyssey from the streets of the Bronx to a life as a professional
Lenin's Laureate Zhores Alferov's Life in Communist Science ♡ 21 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 Drawing on extensive archival research and the author's own discussions with Alferov, Lenin's Laureate offers a unique account of Soviet science, presented against the ba...
The Kremlin's Geordie Spy ♡ 16 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Born a 'geordie,” a native of Britain’s Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Willie Fisher became one of the KGB’s most celebrated agents. Sent to spy in New York, where
Alger Hiss ♡ 22 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 Documents the story of a State Department official charged with spying for the Soviets, arguing the case was shaped by missed chances and poor judgments,
Labyrinths ♡ 16 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Emma Jung era inteligentă, ambițioasă și extrem de bogată, una dintre cele mai bogate moștenitoare din Elveția când, la vârsta de șaptesprezece ani, l-a cunoscut
The Brother ♡ 17 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 'The Brother now discloses new information revealed since the original publication in 2003?including an admission by his sons that Julius Rosenberg was indeed a Soviet
The Hidden Life of Otto Frank ♡ 12 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 În această nouă biografie definitivă, Carol Ann Lee oferă răspunsul la una dintre cele mai sfâșietoare întrebări ale timpurilor moderne: cine a trădat-o pe Anne
Goodbye to All That ♡ 18 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Într-unul dintre cele mai sincere și mai deschise autoportrete care au fost puse vreodată pe hârtie, Robert Graves spune povestea extraordinară a trăirilor sale ca
The Poisoner ♡ 19 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Taking a fresh look at the infamous doctor's life and disputed crimes, and drawing on previously undiscovered letters and new forensic evidence, this first major
Life ♡ 17 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 From bestselling biographer Sean Smith comes the fascinating and tumultuous true story behind Sir Tom Jones, the nation s treasure, sage of The Voice and
O the clear moment ♡ 18 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 The tale begins in 1950, the year he turned 17 and, from there, McClanahan is off and running, describing characters from his eventful life with
The Man Who Founded the Anc ♡ 19 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 It is well known that the African National Congress was formed in 1912 and is considered the oldest political organisation on the African continent. What
Forget About Today ♡ 20 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Forget About Today shows a side of Bob Dylan that most people - from fans to skeptics - have never seen. Rather than another gossipy
A Daughter of the Middle Border ♡ 31 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is the sequel to Garland's autobiography A Son of the Middle Border.
Neglected ♡ 11 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Micul Jamey, în vârstă de 21/2 ani, este plasat la asistenta maternală cu experiență, Cathy Glass, în regim de urgență. Poliția și serviciile sociale nu
Edward Albee ♡ 19 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 In 1960, Edward Albee electrified the theater world with the American premiere of The Zoo Story, and followed it two years later with his extraordinary
Autobiography of a Face ♡ 9 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she
Wildflower ♡ 15 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges, and incredible experiences she’s had throughout her life.
Poetics of Old Age in Greek Epic, Lyric and Tragedy ♡ 11 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 A striking feature of ancient Greek literature is its preoccupation with old age. Yet scholars have been slow to explore the subject, a possible reflection
Dickens and Thackeray ♡ 16 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Attitudes toward punishment and forgiveness in English society of the nineteenth century came, for the most part, out of Christianity. In actual experience the ideal
The Sixth Man ♡ 18 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 **The Instant National Bestseller** The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the Golden State Warriors. Andre Iguodala is one
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Looking for Chengdu ♡ 13 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Memoir of the author's trips to the Sichuan Province of China during the late 1980s. Her intention was to gain a deeper understanding of Chinese
A Numerate Life ♡ 16 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Employing intuitive ideas from mathematics, this quirky 'meta-memoir' raises questions about our lives that most of us don't think to ask, but arguably should: What
Whiskey breakfast ♡ 14 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Whiskey Breakfast is Lindberg’s captivating tale of life as a first-generation baby-boomer Swedish American, caught between the customs of a land he had never been
All Man! ♡ 17 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Hemingway as viewed through the lens of men's pulp magazines During the 1950s, Hemingway was in two plane crashes, won a Nobel Prize, published a
Bear Island ♡ 17 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 'Weaving together strands of myth, memory, legend, and history, Bear Island lyrically conveys a historical event that has been forgotten not only by the majority
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Feeding On Dreams ♡ 5 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 În septembrie 1973, armata a preluat puterea în Chile, iar Ariel Dorfman, aliat al președintelui demis Salvadore Allende, a fost nevoit să fugă pentru viața
Secrets of a Stewardess ♡ 17 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 People always seemed amused whenever Gretchen Ryan recounted anecdotes of her transformative experiences as an air hostess in days gone by. Many even suggested she
The Amateur Emigrant ♡ 5 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 O relatare a călătoriei de șase mii de mile a autorului din secolul al XIX-lea pentru a se reuni cu viitoarea sa soție descrie cum
Love, Africa ♡ 11 12 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 From Jeffrey Gettleman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist, comes a passionate, revealing story about finding love and finding a calling, set against on...