Who paid the piper

Who Paid The Piper?

'Frances Stonor Saunders has almost single-handedly started off a branch of sub-history; the cultural cold war. Who Paid The Piper? is an extraordinar

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Doctor Who: The Phantom Piper

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The Deer and the Dragon - CJ Piper

Anotace: The deities you call aren`t always the ones who answer.Marlow needs to believe she`s crazy. The alternative would mean embracing the gift-or curse-shared by her mother and grandmother: she can see angels and demons. She would have to admit she`s been seeing one for years, the alluring, starlit man she calls Caliban, who understands her, soothes her, loves her li...

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The Deer and the Dragon - Piper CJ

<p>The deities you call aren't always the ones who answer.Marlow needs to believe she's crazy. The alternative would mean embracing the gift-or curse-shared by her mother and grandmother: she can see angels and demons. She would have to admit she's been seeing one for years, the alluring, starlit man she calls Caliban, who understands her, soothes her, loves her lik...

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Doctor Who: The Ashes of Eternity

Adjoa Andoh reads a dynamic new story featuring the Ninth Doctor and Rose, as played on TV by Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. When the Docto

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To a Dark Place

The stories of the innocent; the survivors and those left behind, who paid the price of terrorism in Northern Ireland

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Artificial Revolution

Privacy expert Ivana Bartoletti exposes the reality behind the AI revolution, from the low-paid workers who train algorithms to recognise cancerous po

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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (EU) (Steam)

Floating in the bay, away from the prying eyes of the public, is a mysterious container ship known as the Castle. At its center lies the Coliseum, and three legendary yakuza have entered the battle arena as playable characters. Enter the Coliseum and play as or alongside: Goro Majima – The Mad Dog of Shimano Taiga Saejima – The Slayer of Eighteen Daigo Dojima...

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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (EU) (Steam) (PC)

Floating in the bay, away from the prying eyes of the public, is a mysterious container ship known as the Castle. At its center lies the Coliseum, and three legendary yakuza have entered the battle arena as playable characters.Enter the Coliseum and play as or alongside:Goro Majima &ndash; The Mad Dog of ShimanoTaiga Saejima &ndash; The Slayer of EighteenDaigo Doj...

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The Summer I Turned Pretty - Hanová Jenny

Anotace: The Summer I Turned Pretty is now a major new TV series on Amazon Prime! From the author of Netflix's smash-hit movie To All The Boys I've Loved Before, this is the perfect funny summer romance for fans of The Kissing Booth and Holly Bourne. One girl. Two boys. And the summer that changed everything . . . Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at...

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The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels - Holton India

Anotace: Cecilia Bassingwaite belongs to The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels.Yet this is no ordinary Victorian lady`s society . . .Full of pirates, thieves and ne`er-do-wells, these women spend their days pickpocketing and blackmailing their way around the country all before their afternoon tea.But when Cecilia meets Ned Lightbourne her world is set to change forever...

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Hotel Magnifique - Taylor Emily J.

Anotace: The legendary Hotel Magnifique is like no other: a magical world of golden ceilings, enchanting soirees and fountains flowing with champagne. It changes location every night, stopping in each place only once a decade. When the Magnifique comes to her hometown, seventeen-year-old Jani hatches a plan to secure jobs there for herself and her younger sister, longing...

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The Peking Express

The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for in this Murder on the Orient Express-style ad

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The Spy - Paulo Coelho

Anotace: When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Soon she was feted as the most elegant woman in the city. A dancer who shocked and delighted audiences, as a confidante and courtesan she bewitched the era´s richest and most powerful men. But as paranoia consumed a country at war, Mata Hari´s lifestyle brought her under suspicion. In 1917 she was arrested in he...

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The Exchange: After The Firm - John Grisham

<p>The Exchange is John Grisham's epic follow-up to his phenomenal global bestseller The Firm, the novel that launched his career as the world's favourite storyteller - it will take you on a rollercoaster journey across the globe, from New York to London, and Rome to Marrakech.TEN DAYS TO SAVE A LIFE. ONE SECOND TO END IT. Mitch McDeere has cheated death and come ou...

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The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han

Anotace: Every year Isabel spends summer at her family friends` house. There`s the swimming pool at night, the private stretch of sandy beach ...and the two boys. Unavailable, aloof Conrad - who she`s been in love with forever - and friendly, relaxed Jeremiah, the only one who`s ever really paid her any attention. But this year something is different.

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The Demigod Diaries - Rick Riordan

<p>In this action-packed collection, runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face untold dangers on their way to Camp Half-Blood. Percy Jackson and Annabeth must rescue stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesn't take kindly to intruders. And Leo, Piper, and Jason have to dodge a band of party loving Maenads and stave off an explosion in one hour or less ...Discov...

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The Summer I Turned Pretty, 1. vydání - Jenny Han

<p>Every year Isabel spends summer at her family friends' house. There's the swimming pool at night, the private stretch of sandy beach ...and the two boys. Unavailable, aloof Conrad - who she's been in love with forever - and friendly, relaxed Jeremiah, the only one who's ever really paid her any attention. But this year something is different.</p>

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The Little Teashop in Tokyo - Julie Caplinová

<p>Up there with the best of them...A big, fat five stars from me' Sue Moorcroft 'An irresistible slice of escapism' Phillipa Ashley Grab your passport and escape to a land of dazzling skyscrapers, steaming bowls of comforting noodles, and a page-turning love story that will make you swoon! For travel blogger Fiona, Japan has always been top of her bucket li...

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The Little Teashop in Tokyo - Caplinová Julie

Anotace: Grab your passport and escape to a land of dazzling skyscrapers, steaming bowls of comforting noodles, and a page-turning love story that will make you swoon! For travel blogger Fiona, Japan has always been top of her bucket list so when she wins an all-expenses paid trip, it looks like her dreams are coming true. Until she arrives in vibrant, bustling Tok...

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The Happiest Man on Earth : The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor - Jaku Eddie

Anotace: Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the `happiest man on earth`. In his inspirational memoir, he paid tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom.Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you.Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud...

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The American Roommate Experiment - Elena Armas

<p>From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment. Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now ...

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The Happiest Man on Earth : The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor, 1. vydání - Eddie Jaku

<p>‘Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming’ – Daily Express Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the ‘happiest man on earth’. In his inspirational memoir, he paid tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom. Life can be beautiful...

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The Summer I Turned Pretty, 1. vydání - Jenny Han

<p>The Summer I Turned Pretty is now a major new TV series on Amazon Prime! From the author of Netflix's smash-hit movie To All The Boys I've Loved Before, this is the perfect funny summer romance for fans of The Kissing Booth and Holly Bourne. One girl. Two boys. And the summer that changed everything . . . Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at her favouri...

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Au Pair Affair, The UK: A Novel - Tessa Bailey

<p>#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey returns with an all-new sports rom-com about a burly, surly, single dad who falls head-over-hockey-stick for his quirky live-in nanny...Tallulah is smart, vivacious, and studying to be a marine biologist. She's also twenty-six and broke. So when Burgess, a battle-scarred hockey veteran and newly single dad, offers...

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Shuggie Bain: Winner of the Booker Prize 2020 (152901929X)

Kniha - autor Stuart Douglas, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philan...

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Orange is the New Black: 'My Time in a Women''s Prison' (0349139865)

Kniha - autor Piper Kerman, 342 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A new original series from Netflix'Not just a tale of prisons, drugs, crime, or justice; it is, simply put, a beautifully told story about how incredible women can be' Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, LoveWith her career, live-in boyfriend and loving family, Piper Kerman bare...

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Oči Státní bezpečnosti / Eyes of the State Security - Petr Blažek

<p>Hlavními tématy česko-anglické publikace jsou sledovací útvary Statní bezpečnosti a fotografie historických osobnosti, významných událostí a míst, které v období komunistického režimu pořídili jejich pracovnici. Přiblíženy jsou například sledovací akce tajné policie proti Václavu Havlovi, Pavlu Kohoutovi, Janu Patočkovi, Františku kardinálu Tomáškovi, Františku K...

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The Freelance Way - Best Business Practices, Tools & Strategies for Freelancers

Největší bestseller Melvilu vydaný po roce 2016 míří do světa! Kniha Roberta Vlacha „Na volné noze: Podnikejte jako profesionálové“ byla v roce 2017 naší nejúspěšnější novinkou co do prodejů i hodnocení čtenářů: Heuréka 95 %, Kosmas 96 %, Dobrovský 94 %, Martinus 92 %, Goodreads 90 %, Alza 96 %, Zboží.cz 95 % atd. A protože freelancing (neboli podnikání na volné noze) je ...

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Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is shaping our Future (0753557525)

Kniha - autor Ashlee Vance, 392 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Ashlee Vance, 392 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to ...

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Elon Musk : How The Billionaire Ceo Of Spacex And Tesla Is Shaping Our Future -

South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring R...

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Elon Musk : How The Billionaire Ceo Of Spacex And Tesla Is Shaping Our Future - Vance Ashlee

Anotace: South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films ...

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Kay's Marvellous Medicine: A Gross and Gruesome History of the Human Body - Adam Kay

<p>The brand-new, hilarious book from bestselling, record-breaking author Adam Kay.The olden days were pretty fun if you liked wearing chainmail or chopping people's heads off but there was one TINY LITTLE problem back then . . . doctors didn't have the slightest clue about how our bodies worked.It's time to find out why Ancient Egyptians thought the brain was just ...

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The Freelance Way (Best Business Practices, Tools &amp; Strategies for Freelancers) - Robert Vlach

<p>Největší bestseller Melvilu vydaný po roce 2016 míří do světa! Kniha Roberta Vlacha „Na volné noze: Podnikejte jako profesionálové“ byla v roce 2017 naší nejúspěšnější novinkou co do prodejů i hodnocení čtenářů: Heuréka 95 %, Kosmas 96 %, Dobrovský 94 %, Martinus 92 %, Goodreads 90 %, Alza 96 %, Zboží.cz 95 % atd. A protože freelancing (neboli podnikání na volné ...

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Death Script

A haunting ode to those who paid the ultimate price-through the prism of the Maoist insurgency, Ashutosh Bhardwaj meditates on larger questions of vio

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People Hacker

A compelling insight into the world of the people hackers - those who are paid to find out the secrets we want to keep hidden

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People Hacker

A compelling insight into the world of the people hackers - those who are paid to find out the secrets we want to keep hidden.

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Wagner Group

The first history of the shadowy Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prighozin who almost attacked Moscow on 23-24 June 2023, defying Vladimir Putin, and paid

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Freiheit!

The dramatic true story of a handful of students who resisted the Nazis and paid with their lives, now in a stunning graphic novel

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Forever Strong

Piper J. Drake presents hot military heroes, the women who love them, and the dogs who always have their backs in this continuation of the high-adrena

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Oči Státní bezpečnosti / Eyes of the State Security - Petr Blažek,Vít Fojtek,Jan Kalous,Radek Schovánek,Prokop Tomek,Miroslav Urbánek,Kryštof Zeman

Anotace: Hlavními tématy česko-anglické publikace jsou sledovací útvary Statní bezpečnosti a fotografie historických osobnosti, významných událostí a míst, které v období komunistického režimu pořídili jejich pracovnici. Přiblíženy jsou například sledovací akce tajné policie proti Václavu Havlovi, Pavlu Kohoutovi, Janu Patočkovi, Františku kardinálu Tomáškovi, Františku ...

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Oči Státní bezpečnosti / Eyes of the State Security - Blažek Petr, Fojtek Vít, Kalous Jan, Schovánek Radek, Tomek Prokop, Urbánek Miroslav, Zeman Kryštof - 21x30 cm

Hlavními tématy česko-anglické publikace jsou sledovací útvary Statní bezpečnosti a fotografie historických osobnosti, významných událostí a míst, které v období komunistického režimu pořídili jejich pracovnici.. Přiblíženy jsou například sledovací akce tajné policie proti Václavu Havlovi, Pavlu Kohoutovi, Janu Patočkovi, Františku kardinálu Tomáškovi, Františku Krieglov...

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Assessment in Child Psychotherapy

This book describes an approach to children and young people who might be helped by child psychotherapy. Attention is paid to factors within the child

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Widow Clicquot

Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamor and style, with tribute paid everywhere from Lord Byron to Casablanca. But who was this young widow - the '

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Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek (A Memoir)

Stuck at the bottom of the social ladder at 'pretty much the lowest level of people at school who aren't paid to be here,' the author decided to begin

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Lion of Round Top

The true saviour of Little Round Top at Gettysburg was a 26-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer, who paid with his life to defend that hill. This is the

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Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran (1846045029)

Kniha - autor Shirin Ebadi, 286 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Penned by the Nobel Peace Prize winning author of "Iran Awakening", comes the story of one woman's fight for human rights in the face of political and personal betrayal. 'Powerful and sometimes shocking... (Ebadi), who is an emblem of her country... has paid a high price' "Sunday Times"

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It Happened One Summer : A Novel - Bailey Tessa

Anotace: Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father`...

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It Happened One Summer : A Novel - Tessa Bailey

<p>Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her sister to learn some responsibility running their late father's...

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Penang File Starter/Beginner Book with Audio CD Pack

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Secret agent Ian Munro is despatched to Penang to stop an assassination attempt on the Prince (a member of the British royal family, who is there on a state visit...

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Penang File Starter/Beginner

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Secret agent Ian Munro is despatched to Penang to stop an assassination attempt on the Prince (a member of the British royal family, who is there on a state visit...

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Hotel Magnifique (anglicky), 1. vydání - Emily J. Taylor

<p>The legendary Hotel Magnifique is like no other: a magical world of golden ceilings, enchanting soirees and fountains flowing with champagne. It changes location every night, stopping in each place only once a decade. When the Magnifique comes to her hometown, seventeen-year-old Jani hatches a plan to secure jobs there for herself and her younger sister, longing ...

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Widow Clicquot

Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamour and style, with tribute paid everywhere from Lord Byron to Casablanca. But who was this young widow - the 'Veuve' - Clicquot, whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did she rise to celebrity and fortune? Newly widowed, she assumed the reins of the fledgling wine business she and her husban...

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Insurgent (Divergent, Book 2) - Rothová Veronica

Anotace: Fighting for survival in a shattered world... the truth is her only hope. The thrillingly dark sequel to No. 1 New York Times bestseller, DIVERGENT. I have done bad things. I can`t take them back, and they are part of who I am. Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family. But she has paid a terrible price. Wracked b...

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Amnesty International Report 2013

The Amnesty International Report 2013 documents the state of human rights in 159 countries and territories during 2012.While governments paid lip service to their commitment to human rights,they continued to use national interests, national security and concernsabout public security to justify violating those rights.In response, people all over the world took to the stree...

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Sherlock Level 5 Upper-Intermediate

This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. Three cases from the files of the world's most famous detective: in The Bruce Partington Plans some highly confidential government plans go missing and Holmes knows the solution to the theft is not simple; in The Devil's Foot Holmes' holid...

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Diogenes of Oinoanda/Diogene d'Oenoanda

First collection of essays entirely devoted to the inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda.The texts of Diogenes of Oinoanda (2nd century AD) who invited his readers to an Epicurean life is the largest ancient inscription ever discovered. Over 70 new finds have increased the number of known wall blocks and fragments to nearly 300, offering new insights into Diogenes' distinct...

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Traditional Czech Cuisine - Tradiční česká kuchyně (anglicky) - Viktor Faktor

Anotace: Use this book full of recipes to prepare a wide range of typically Czech dishes whose origins stretch far back into the past, yet have remained so popular that they are regularly consumed even today. Try your hand at everyday preparations or special dishes intended for such holidays as Easter or Christmas, a wedding feast, or simply a family celebration. Each of...

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100 Nasty Women of History : Brilliant, badass and completely fearless women everyone should know - Jewell Hannah

Anotace: 100 fascinating and brilliantly written stories about history`s bravest, baddest but little known `nasty` women from across the world.These are the women who were deemed too nasty for their times, too nasty to be recognised, too nasty to be paid for their work and sometimes too nasty to be allowed to live.When you learn about women in history, they`re often made...

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100 Nasty Women of History : Brilliant, badass and completely fearless women everyone should know - Hannah Jewell

<p>100 fascinating and brilliantly written stories about history's bravest, baddest but little known 'nasty' women from across the world. These are the women who were deemed too nasty for their times, too nasty to be recognised, too nasty to be paid for their work and sometimes too nasty to be allowed to live. When you learn about women in history, they're often m...

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