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Hello, Chattanooga! - Famous People Who Have Visited the Tennessee Valley (Hardcover): David Carroll Hello, Chattanooga! - Famous People Who Have Visited the Tennessee Valley (Hardcover)
David Carroll
R1,175 Discovery Miles 11 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Too Much and Never Enough - How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man (Paperback): Mary L. Trump Too Much and Never Enough - How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man (Paperback)
Mary L. Trump
R438 R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Save R36 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Random Commentary (Paperback): Dorothy Whipple Random Commentary (Paperback)
Dorothy Whipple
R580 Discovery Miles 5 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Confessions (Hardcover): Catherine Airey Confessions (Hardcover)
Catherine Airey
R550 R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Save R48 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'I was at a time in my life where I got to thinking more about people's choices – how everything would be different if just the slightest decision changed...'

It is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of adulthood, Cora is adrift and alone. Soon, a letter will arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise. There the story of Cora's family is hidden, and in her presence will begin to unspool…

An essential, immersive debut from an astonishing new voice, Confessions traces the arc of three generations of women as they experience in their own time the irresistible gravity of the past: its love and tragedy, its mystery and redemption, and, in all things intended and accidental, the beauty and terrible shade of the things we do.

Blurry Daydream - When Faith Feels Like Make Believe (Paperback): Anthony J. Does Blurry Daydream - When Faith Feels Like Make Believe (Paperback)
Anthony J. Does
R535 R500 Discovery Miles 5 000 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
You Slept Where? - Calamities of a Clumsy Businesswoman (Hardcover): Brenda Prater Sellers You Slept Where? - Calamities of a Clumsy Businesswoman (Hardcover)
Brenda Prater Sellers
R834 R747 Discovery Miles 7 470 Save R87 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Acts of the Pagan Martyrs, Volume I - ACTA ALEXANDRINORUM (Hardcover): Herbert A. Musurillo The Acts of the Pagan Martyrs, Volume I - ACTA ALEXANDRINORUM (Hardcover)
Herbert A. Musurillo
R3,821 Discovery Miles 38 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Volume I of Herbert Musurillo's critical editions, with translations and commentaries, of ancient martyr literature, surveys the development of the genre, discussing the political and historical background which produced it. These texts were written in the form of court records reporting the trials of Alexandrian heroes punished by the Roman authorities. Anti-Roman and often violently propagandist in tone, they reflect the political tensions experienced by the Greeks under German rule.

Carson - The Magnificent (Hardcover): Bill Zehme, Mike Thomas Carson - The Magnificent (Hardcover)
Bill Zehme, Mike Thomas
R627 R555 Discovery Miles 5 550 Save R72 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A much-anticipated biography—twenty years in the making—of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture.

In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carson—the only one he’d granted since retiring from hosting The Tonight Show a decade earlier. Zehme was tapped for the Esquire feature story thanks to his years of legendary celebrity profiles, and the resulting piece portrayed Carson as more human being than showbiz legend. Shortly after Carson’s death in 2005 and urged on by many of those closest to Carson, Zehme signed a contract to do an expansive biography. He toiled on the book for nearly a decade—interviewing dozens of Carson’s colleagues and friends and filling up a storage locker with his voluminous research—before a cancer diagnosis and ongoing treatments halted his progress. When he died in 2023 his obituaries mentioned the Carson book, with New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman calling it “one of the great unfinished biographies.”

Yet the hundreds of pages Zehme managed to complete are astounding both for the caliber of their writing and how they illuminate one of the most inscrutable figures in entertainment history: A man who brought so much joy and laughter to so many millions but was himself exceedingly shy and private. Zehme traces Carson’s rise from a magic-obsessed Nebraska boy to a Navy ensign in World War II to a burgeoning radio and TV personality to, eventually, host of The Tonight Show—which he transformed, along with the entirety of American popular culture, over the next three decades. Without Carson, there would be no late-night television as we know it. On a much more intimate level, Zehme also captures the turmoil and anguish that accompanied the success: four marriages, troubles with alcohol, and the devastating loss of a child.

In one passage, Zehme notes that when asked by an interviewer in the mid-80s for the secret to his success, Carson replied simply, “Be yourself and tell the truth.” Completed with help from journalist and Zehme’s former research assistant Mike Thomas, Carson the Magnificent offers just that: an honest assessment of who Johnny Carson really was.

The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XX: Standing Firm Amid Trials, July 1861 to December 1863 (Hardcover):... The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XX: Standing Firm Amid Trials, July 1861 to December 1863 (Hardcover)
John Henry Newman; Edited by Charles Stephen Dessain
R4,693 Discovery Miles 46 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XIX: Consulting the Laity, January 1859 to June 1861 (Hardcover): John... The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XIX: Consulting the Laity, January 1859 to June 1861 (Hardcover)
John Henry Newman; Edited by Charles Stephen Dessain
R4,652 Discovery Miles 46 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Promised Land (Paperback): Barack Obama A Promised Land (Paperback)
Barack Obama
R499 R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Save R49 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In the stirring first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency―a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.

Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office.

Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy.

A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective―the story of one man’s bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad and bearing the expectation of a generation buoyed by messages of “hope and change”, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible.

This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama’s conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.

Kaufmann's - The Big Store in Pittsburgh (Paperback): Letitia Stuart Savage Kaufmann's - The Big Store in Pittsburgh (Paperback)
Letitia Stuart Savage
R572 R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Save R47 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Acts of the Christian Martyrs, Volume II (Hardcover): Herbert A. Musurillo The Acts of the Christian Martyrs, Volume II (Hardcover)
Herbert A. Musurillo
R3,874 Discovery Miles 38 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Volume II of Herbert Musurillo's critical editions, with translations and commentaries, of ancient martyr literature, surveys the development of the genre, discussing the political and historical background which produced it. These texts were written in the form of court records reporting the trials of Alexandrian heroes punished by the Roman authorities. Anti-Roman and often violently propagandist in tone, they reflect the political tensions experienced by the Greeks under German rule.

Big Friendship - How We Keep Each Other Close (Paperback): Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman Big Friendship - How We Keep Each Other Close (Paperback)
Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman
R437 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R29 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
William Robert Grove - The Lawyer Who Invented the Fuel Cell (Hardcover): John Wilson, William Wilson, James M. Wilson William Robert Grove - The Lawyer Who Invented the Fuel Cell (Hardcover)
John Wilson, William Wilson, James M. Wilson
R636 Discovery Miles 6 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
To Hell With Poverty - A Class Act: Inside The Gang Of Four (Hardcover): Jon King To Hell With Poverty - A Class Act: Inside The Gang Of Four (Hardcover)
Jon King
R793 R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Save R110 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From Jon King, legendary front man of iconic post-punk band Gang of Four, comes a memoir to remember.

TO HELL WITH POVERTY! documents King’s story from a south London slum and working-class background to international success as core musician, lyricist, writer, and producer in the legendary post-punk/funk band Gang of Four. King’s memoir takes the reader on an episodic journey full of raucous adventures from his childhood and teenage years, to the height of Gang of Four’s success in the seventies and eighties.

Thrown off Top of the Pops, truncheoned by police at an anti-Nazi rally, coming of age in the heart of the Leeds music scene and the UK post-punk movement, mingling with Hells Angels and other undesirables, supported by bands like R.E.M. and playing with the likes of the Police, Iggy Pop, and the Buzzcocks―King’s time with Gang of Four is rich with jaw-dropping stories. Evocative, fast-paced, and witty, To Hell with Poverty! is a music memoir for the ages.

Gang of Four’s Entertainment! LP is consistently ranked as one of the greatest debut albums of all time and continues to inspire new generations of musicians today. The band has influenced many artists, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, and INXS, to 2025-era Frank Ocean, the Idles, and hip-hop giants Run the Jewels. Gang of Four have been championed by the likes of Flea, Sofia Coppola, Massive Attack, Damien Hirst, Greil Marcus, and many more.

Rossini - His Life and Works (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Richard Osborne Rossini - His Life and Works (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Richard Osborne
R1,766 Discovery Miles 17 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Gioachino Rossini was one of the most influential, as well as one of the most industrious and emotionally complex of the great nineteenth-century composers. Between 1810 and 1829, he wrote 39 operas, a body of work, comic and serious, which transformed Italian opera and radically altered the course of opera in France. His retirement from operatic composition in 1829, at the age of 37, was widely assumed to be the act of a talented but lazy man. In reality, political events and a series of debilitating illnesses were the determining factors. After drafting the Stabat Mater in 1832, Rossini wrote no music of consequence for the best part of twenty-five years, before the clouds lifted and he began composing again in Paris in the late 1850s. During this glorious Indian summer of his career, he wrote 150 songs and solo piano pieces his 'Sins of Old Age' and his final masterpiece, the Petite Messe solennelle. The image of Rossini as a gifted but feckless amateur-the witty, high-spirited bon vivant who dashed off The Barber of Seville in a mere thirteen days-persisted down the years, until the centenary of his death in 1968 inaugurated a process of re-evaluation by scholars, performers, and writers. The original 1985 edition of Richard Osborne's pioneering and widely acclaimed Rossini redefined the life and provided detailed analyses of the complete Rossini oeuvre. Twenty years on, all Rossini's operas have been staged and recorded, a Critical Edition of his works is well advanced, and a scholarly edition of his correspondence, including 250 previously unknown letters from Rossini to his parents, is in progress. Drawing on these past two decades of scholarship and performance, this new edition of Rossini provides the most detailed portrait we have yet had of one of the worlds best-loved and most enigmatic composers.

The Syndicate of 22 Natives - The Stan Sangweni Story (Paperback): Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo The Syndicate of 22 Natives - The Stan Sangweni Story (Paperback)
Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo
R350 R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Save R34 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In The Syndicate of Twenty-two Natives Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo offers an elegy to her father, the late Professor Stan Sangweni, which explores the personal saga of a family’s lineage rooted in eZuka on Suspence Farm, Newcastle, in what is now northern KwaZulu-Natal.

In turn, Prof Sangweni opens a window into a past where his grandfather, with foresight and ingenuity, became part of The Syndicate of Twenty-two Natives, a group that secured land for their families, including his family of seven wives, and for succeeding generations at a time when Black people in South Africa were being systematically dispossessed of their land.

While packing up her father’s study as her parents prepare to move from their home after 27 years, Lindiwe and her father uncover his lifelong collection of documents and pictures that detail the intricacies of his life as a devoted family man, an ANC veteran and anti-apartheid activist, a pioneer of public service excellence in post-apartheid South Africa and an inveterate stickler for detail in every aspect of his life. Inspiring, often humorous, occasionally cataclysmically disruptive and generally victorious, this memoir is a tribute and a testament to the enduring legacy of those who pave the way amidst the trials of history for future generations.

Madame Ph.D. - Growing Up Black in DC and Beating the Odds: Nettie's DC Story of Perseverance, Hope, and Determination... Madame Ph.D. - Growing Up Black in DC and Beating the Odds: Nettie's DC Story of Perseverance, Hope, and Determination (Phd) (Paperback)
Gwynette Ford Lacy Ph D Mba
R899 R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Save R116 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Everything I Know About Love - Now a Major BBC One Series (Paperback): Dolly Alderton Everything I Know About Love - Now a Major BBC One Series (Paperback)
Dolly Alderton 1
R295 R266 Discovery Miles 2 660 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, wrestling with self-sabotage, finding a job, throwing a socially disastrous Rod-Stewart themed house party, getting drunk, getting dumped, realising that Ivan from the corner shop is the only man you've ever been able to rely on, and finding that that your mates are always there at the end of every messy night out. Glittering, with wit and insight, heart and humour, this is a book about the struggles of early adulthood in all its grubby, hopeful uncertainty.

Allies on the Rhine, 1945-1950 (Hardcover): Elena Skrjabina Allies on the Rhine, 1945-1950 (Hardcover)
Elena Skrjabina
R4,551 Discovery Miles 45 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In The Allies on the Rhine Skrjabina describes the coming of the Allies to the Rhineland, the occupation, and the first clear signs of the recovery of war-shattered Germany. She describes what occurred and how it was interpreted at the time by a keen observer who had lived under Soviet, Nazi, American, and French rule. She describes the first chaotic days of the occupation when instead of the calm and peace expected as a remit of the American advance, there was fearful chaos. She shows clearly that as the main allied forces moved on there was no real law and order and that she and the frightened populace were often terrorized by marauding youthful former work camp inmates over whom there was no effective control.

The Deviant's War - The Homosexual vs. the United States of America (Paperback): Eric Cervini The Deviant's War - The Homosexual vs. the United States of America (Paperback)
Eric Cervini
R607 R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Save R53 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
This I Believe: - Philadelphia (Paperback): Dan Gediman, Mary Jo Gediman This I Believe: - Philadelphia (Paperback)
Dan Gediman, Mary Jo Gediman
R604 R546 Discovery Miles 5 460 Save R58 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Building a Life Worth Living - A Memoir (Paperback): Marsha M Linehan Building a Life Worth Living - A Memoir (Paperback)
Marsha M Linehan
R542 R501 Discovery Miles 5 010 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
I Haven?t Been Entirely Honest with You (Hardcover): Miranda Hart I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You (Hardcover)
Miranda Hart
R784 R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Save R109 (14%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Hello to you, I am with news. I have a new book: I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You. I know – what an intriguing title!

Basically, I have had an unexpectedly difficult decade – there have been surprising joys, but also deep revelations and challenging lows. I shall be honest about those, because what I discovered in the difficult times were my, what I call, treasures. Treasures – practical tools, values, ways, answers researched from some great scientists, neuroscientists, therapists, sociologists (all the ‘ists’) out there, that have genuinely led to a sense of freedom, joy, peace and physical recovery I never would have thought possible. Life now, amazingly, with what I will share, is – SUCH FUN! (always important to quote your own catch phrases. . .)

If you fancy having a read, then I hope my story might help your story. After all, we are in this beautiful, mysterious, challenging life together. Rest assured there are funny stories along the way – we will have a laugh too, my dear reader chum. Oh, and I couldn’t possibly say if there is a love story in it . . . (There is - shush) Exciting.

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