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83 produkter
Trieste And The Meaning Of Nowhere
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2002
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
258 kr
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A book for lovers of all things Italian -- an homage to the city of Trieste . This history-drenched city on the Adriatic has always tantalized Jan Morris with its moodiness and changeability. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century, she has come to see it as a touchstone for her …
Gifts of Reading
Av Robert Macfarlane, William Boyd m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
131 kr
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With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, …
Venetian Bestiary
Av Jan Morris
Inbunden, 2025
171 kr
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Of all the cities that the travel writerJan Morris knew, it was Venice which held a special place in her heart, a placeshe knew intimately and about which she wrote with great passion and knowledge.In A Venetian Bestiary she explores the animals, real, imaginary andartistic which haunt the city of …
Conundrum
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2018
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
130 kr
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As one of Britain's best and most-loved travel writers, Jan Morris has led an extraordinary life. Perhaps her most remarkable work is this grippingly honest account of her ten-year transition from man to woman - its pains and joys, its frustrations and discoveries. On first publication in 1974, the …
Heaven's Command
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2012
171 kr
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Jan Morris tells the epic story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. In this celebrated masterwork she vividly evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and botanical gardens to hill stations and sugar …
Farewell the Trumpets
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2012
171 kr
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Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. With characteristic balance, this masterpiece of narrative history describes the long retreat and final …
Pax Britannica
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2012
149 kr
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The second instalment of the Pax Britannica Trilogy by Jan Morris, recreates the British Empire at its dazzling climax - the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial strength, unity, and splendour. This classic work of history portrays a nation at the very …
Venetian Empire
A Sea Voyage
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 1990
148 kr
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For six centuries the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean – an empire of coasts, islands and isolated fortresses by which, as Wordsworth wrote, the mercantile Venetians 'held the gorgeous east in fee'. Jan Morris …
Wales
Epic Views of a Small Country
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2000
203 kr
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Jan Morris's magnificent book celebrates Wales and all things Welsh. Written as a deeply personal study, it reflects the rich bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and wonderfully varied landscapes, the national character and humour, the historical predicaments and the political …
Venetian Empire
A Sea Voyage
Av Jan Morris
E-bok, 1990
108 kr
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For six centuries the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean – an empire of coasts, islands and isolated fortresses by which, as Wordsworth wrote, the mercantile Venetians 'held the gorgeous east in fee'. Jan Morris …
Oxford
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2001
197 kr
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'Few cities,' Jan Morris observes, 'have been much more loved, loathed, and celebrated.' This book has become a classic account of the character, history, mores, buildings, climate, and people of one of Britain's most fascinating cities. 'A book of outstanding excellence, with a sweep of knowledge …
The Oxford Book of Oxford
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2002
467 kr
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In this entertaining and lively anthology, Jan Morris traces the history of the University from its foundation in the Middle Ages through to the twentieth century, combining extracts from contemporary observers with her own informative commentary. The reader is invited to view the development of …
Stones of Empire
The Buildings of the Raj
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2005
506 kr
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No empire in history built so variously as the British empire in India: the buildings there attest to the richness of an imperial presence that lasted - from the first trading settlement to the end of the Raj - some three hundred years. The attitude of the British to India was compounded partly of …
Destinations
Essays from `Rolling Stone'
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 1983
259 kr
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Contains ten essays that brilliantly recapture the essence of places as diverse as Washington just after Watergate, Delhi under Mrs. Gandhi, Panama, Los Angeles, Southern Africa, London, Cairo at the time of the Israeli-Egyptian talks, Istanbul, Trieste, and Manhattan.
Journeys
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 1986
720 kr
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Hailed by Alistair Cooke as the 'Flaubert of the jet age', Jan Morris's ability to capture the surface and essence of a place has secured her reputation as a leading contemporary travel writer. In this collection of pieces on places as different as Las Vegas and Bombay, Athens and Shanghai, and …
Wales
Epic Views of a Small Country
Av Jan Morris
E-bok, 2014
143 kr
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Jan Morris's magnificent book celebrates Wales and all things Welsh. Written as a deeply personal study, it reflects the rich bilingual literature and folklore of Wales, the buildings and wonderfully varied landscapes, the national character and humour, the historical predicaments and the political …
Lincoln
A Foreigner's Quest
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2001
203 kr
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With a fresh eye and inimitable style, the peerless travel and history writer Jan Morris journeys through the life of Abraham Lincoln to sketch an insightful new portrait of America's sixteenth president, one of our greatest and most enigmatic figures. Looking past his saintly image and log-cabin …
Hong Kong
Av Jan Morris
E-bok, 2011
211 kr
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In its last days under British rule, the Crown Colony of Hong Kong is the world''s most exciting city, at once fascinating and exasperating, a tangle of contradictions. It is a dazzling amalgam of conspicuous consumption and primitive poverty, the most architecturally incongruous yet undeniably …
World
Life and Travel 1950-2000
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2005
379 kr
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The first book to distill Jan Morris's entire body of work into one volume, The World is a magnum opus by the most-celebrated travel writer in the world. To read it is to take an epic armchair journey through the last half of twentieth-century history. A breathtakingly vivid guide to our greatest …
Trieste
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2002
133 kr
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Jan Morris (then James) first visited Trieste as a soldier at the end of the Second World War. Since then, the city has come to represent her own life, with all its hopes, disillusionments, loves and memories. Here, her thoughts on a host of subjects - ships, cities, cats, sex, nationalism, …
Writer's World
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2004
175 kr
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In a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris - a constant traveller - has produced a unique portrait of the twentieth century. Ranging from New York to Venice, Sydney to Berlin, and the Middle East to South Africa, Jan Morris was a …
Coronation Everest
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2003
131 kr
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'Exquisite, powerful . . . I can think of no better way of commemorating British exploration's culminating triumph.' Simon Winchester?Coronation Everest offers a breathtakingly intimate evocation of the most famous of all mountaineering exploits - and of perhaps the last great old-fashioned Fleet …
Hav
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2007
142 kr
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Hav gives us Jan Morris at her most delightful and most suggestive. The city is a magical place - yet behind its arcane splendours are darker implications. The traditional Roof Race is peculiarly exciting, the waterfront is picturesque, the wistful call of a trumpeter from a distant rampart is …
Fisher's Face
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2007
150 kr
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Admiral of the Fleet Lord 'Jacky' Fisher (1841-1920) was one of the greatest naval reformers in history. He was also a colossal figure to contemporaries, both loved and loathed, a man of exceptional charm, presence and charisma. Since the late 1940s, Jan Morris has been haunted by his face - with …
