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Personal Reminiscences (Paperback): Thomas Moore Personal Reminiscences (Paperback)
Thomas Moore
R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama - for Thirty Years, With an Appendix (Paperback): William Garrett Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama - for Thirty Years, With an Appendix (Paperback)
William Garrett
R903 Discovery Miles 9 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Autobiographic Recollections of George Pryme (Paperback): George Pryme Autobiographic Recollections of George Pryme (Paperback)
George Pryme
R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Autobiography - in Three Parts. With Essays (Paperback): William Henry Knapp An Autobiography - in Three Parts. With Essays (Paperback)
William Henry Knapp
R564 Discovery Miles 5 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Memorial of the Life and Character of John W. Francis, Jr (Paperback): Henry Theodore Tuckerman A Memorial of the Life and Character of John W. Francis, Jr (Paperback)
Henry Theodore Tuckerman
R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Life of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke - With Selections from His Correspondence, Diaries, Speeches, and Judgements (Paperback):... The Life of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke - With Selections from His Correspondence, Diaries, Speeches, and Judgements (Paperback)
George Harris
R751 Discovery Miles 7 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Campaign Lives of Ulysses S. Grant, and Schuyler Colfax (Paperback): James Sanks Brisbin The Campaign Lives of Ulysses S. Grant, and Schuyler Colfax (Paperback)
James Sanks Brisbin
R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Works of Alexander Popekesq., With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others - to Which Were Added, a New Life of the... The Works of Alexander Popekesq., With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others - to Which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks (Paperback)
Alexander Pope
R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Fifty Years a Detective (Paperback): Thomas Furlong Fifty Years a Detective (Paperback)
Thomas Furlong
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Adventures of Gil Blas, of Santillane by A.R. Le Sage. Tr. by T. Smollett (Paperback): Alain Lesage The Adventures of Gil Blas, of Santillane by A.R. Le Sage. Tr. by T. Smollett (Paperback)
Alain Lesage
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Papers of James Madison - Purchased by Order of Congress; Being His Correspondence and Reports of Debates During the... The Papers of James Madison - Purchased by Order of Congress; Being His Correspondence and Reports of Debates During the Congress of the Confederation and His Reports of Debates in the Federal Convention: Now Published from the Original Manuscripts Deposit (Paperback)
James Madison
R827 Discovery Miles 8 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic (Paperback): William Hickling Prescott History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic (Paperback)
William Hickling Prescott
R715 Discovery Miles 7 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Reminiscences of Fifty Years (Paperback): Mark Boyd Reminiscences of Fifty Years (Paperback)
Mark Boyd
R678 Discovery Miles 6 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley - in 2 Vol (Paperback): Thomas Medwin The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley - in 2 Vol (Paperback)
Thomas Medwin
R604 Discovery Miles 6 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (Paperback): Lady Mary Wortley Montagu The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (Paperback)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Memoir of the Early Life of William Cowper, Esq (Paperback): William Cowper Memoir of the Early Life of William Cowper, Esq (Paperback)
William Cowper
R403 Discovery Miles 4 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Edwards on Revivals - Containing a Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in... Edwards on Revivals - Containing a Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northhampton, Massachusetts, A.D. 1735: Also Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England, 1742, and the Way in Which it O (Paperback)
Jonathan Edwards
R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Works of Washington Irving (Paperback): Washington Irving The Works of Washington Irving (Paperback)
Washington Irving
R678 Discovery Miles 6 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Shelley's Early Life from Original Sources - With Curious Incidents, Letters, and Writings, Now First Published or... Shelley's Early Life from Original Sources - With Curious Incidents, Letters, and Writings, Now First Published or Collected (Paperback)
Denis Florence Mac-Carthy
R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The History of the Religious Movement of the Eighteenth Century, Called Methodism - Considered in Its Different Denominational... The History of the Religious Movement of the Eighteenth Century, Called Methodism - Considered in Its Different Denominational Forms, and Its Relations to British and American Protestantism (Paperback)
Abel Stevens
R714 Discovery Miles 7 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Autobiography (Paperback): John Stuart Mill Autobiography (Paperback)
John Stuart Mill
R564 Discovery Miles 5 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Ambrose the Sculptor - an Autobiography of Artist Life (Paperback): Robert Cartwright Ambrose the Sculptor - an Autobiography of Artist Life (Paperback)
Robert Cartwright
R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift (Paperback): Jonathan Swift The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift (Paperback)
Jonathan Swift
R601 Discovery Miles 6 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Gospel of the Eels - A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish (Paperback): Patrik Svensson The Gospel of the Eels - A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish (Paperback)
Patrik Svensson; Translated by Agnes Broome 1
R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

’I can’t recall us ever talking about anything other than eels and how to best catch them, down there by the stream. Actually, I can’t remember us speaking at all. Maybe because we never did.’

The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is one of the strangest creatures nature ever created. Remarkably little is known about the eel, even today. What we do know is that it’s born as a tiny willow-leaf shaped larva in the Sargasso Sea, travels on the ocean currents toward the coasts of Europe – a journey of about four thousand miles that takes at least two years. Upon arrival, it transforms itself into a glass eel and then into a yellow eel before it wanders up into fresh water. It lives a solitary life, hiding from both light and science, for ten, twenty, fifty years, before migrating back to the sea in the autumn, morphing into a silver eel and swimming all the way back to the Sargasso Sea, where it breeds and dies.

And yet . . . There is still so much we don’t know about eels. No human has ever seen eels reproduce; no one can give a complete account of the eel’s metamorphoses or say why they are born and die in the Sargasso Sea; no human has even seen a mature eel in the Sargasso Sea. Ever. And now the eel is disappearing, and we don’t know exactly why.

What we do know is that eels and their mysterious lives captivate us.

This is the basis for The Gospel of the Eels, Patrik Svensson’s quite unique natural science memoir; his ongoing fascination with this secretive fish, but also the equally perplexing and often murky relationship he shared with his father, whose only passion in life was fishing for this obscure creature.

Through the exploration of eels in literature (Günter Grass and Graham Swift feature, amongst others) and the history of science (we learn about Aristotle’s and Sigmund Freud’s complicated relationships with eels) as well as modern marine biology (Rachel Carson and others) we get to know this peculiar animal. In this exploration, we also learn about the human condition, life and death, through natural science and nature writing at its very best.

Million Dollar Arm - Sometimes to Win, You Have to Change the Game (Paperback): J.B. Bernstein Million Dollar Arm - Sometimes to Win, You Have to Change the Game (Paperback)
J.B. Bernstein
R417 R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Save R28 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A TRUE STORY OF FINDING THE AMERICAN DREAM . . . ABROAD
India is a country with more than one billion people, a fanatical national cricket obsession, and exactly zero talent scouts. There, superstar sports agent J. B. Bernstein knew that he could find the Yao Ming of baseball-- someone with a strong arm and enough raw talent to pitch in the major leagues. Almost no one in India is familiar with the game, but Bernstein had heard enough coaches swear that if you gave them a guy who throws a hundred miles an hour, they could teach him how to pitch. So in 2007, Bernstein flew to Mumbai with a radar gun and a plan to find his diamond in the rough. His idea was "The Million Dollar Arm," a reality television competition with a huge cash prize and a chance to become the first native of India to sign a contract with an American major-league team.
The result is a humorous and inspiring story about three guys transformed: Bernstein, the consummate bachelor and shrewd businessman, and Dinesh and Rinku, the two young men from small farming villages whom he brought home to California. "Million Dollar Arm" is a timeless reflection on baseball and the American dream, as well as a tale of victory over incredible odds. But, above all, it's about the limitless possibilities inside every one of us.

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