Boadicea was the queen of the Iken and other British tribes.
She led a rebellion against the Roman occupiers in Britain in 60 and 61 during the reign of Emperor Nero, in which 70,000 Romans were killed. However, the rebellion was still crushed, and Boadicea committed suicide.
The biography Frida Kahlo: A Passionate Life follows the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo – from a serious car accident and her artistic maturation to her tumultuous marriage to Diego Rivera and worldwide artistic fame.
Verlag Knaur Nachf., 2002.
German. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
6.24 €
Philosophy of science • JAZU publications • Collections and chronologies • Documents and records • Biography
Mirko Deanović, Josip Torbarina, Branimir Truhelka
The collection of works on Ruđer Bošković includes his letters, literary connections with the English, and biographical and scientific contributions. It is an important source for studying the life and work of the great scientist.
Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti (JAZU), 1950.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
16.74 €
Historical novel • Russian literature • Biology • Biography
A romanticized biography of the great Russian plant breeder Ivan Michurin, who spent decades "transforming" nature with new fruit varieties. A classic Soviet work of popular science in Croatian translation.
Nakladni zavod Hrvatske, 1946.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
8.64 €
Romance Novels • German literature • Historical novel • Biography
Sixteen-year-old Ottilie von Faber inherits the A. W. Faber pencil factory in 1893. Obedient to her grandfather's will, she marries without love, and after five births and twenty years, she leaves the marriage for a secret love - at a high price.
Rowohlt Verlag, 2003.
German. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
7.425.19 €
German literature • Biography • Monographs • Political-historical essays
An impressive historical novel about one of the greatest engineering feats in the history of mankind - the construction of the Suez Canal, about the vision, suffering and genius of Ferdinand de Lesseps who connected peoples and seas in the middle of the d
Nakladni zavod Ante Velzek, 1941.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.