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Roll of Honour 1914; 1914 (Hardcover): Scotland) Glasgow High School (Glasgow Roll of Honour 1914; 1914 (Hardcover)
Scotland) Glasgow High School (Glasgow
R714 Discovery Miles 7 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rees Howells, Vision Hymns of Spiritual Warfare Intercessory Declarations - World War II Songs of Victory, Intercession, Praise... Rees Howells, Vision Hymns of Spiritual Warfare Intercessory Declarations - World War II Songs of Victory, Intercession, Praise and Worship, Israel and the Every Creature Commission (Hardcover)
Mathew Backholer, Rees Howells
R805 Discovery Miles 8 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Western Kankakee County (Hardcover): Jim Ridings Western Kankakee County (Hardcover)
Jim Ridings
R747 Discovery Miles 7 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Shortest History of the Soviet Union (Paperback): Sheila Fitzpatrick The Shortest History of the Soviet Union (Paperback)
Sheila Fitzpatrick
R289 R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Save R22 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
In the Labyrinth of the KGB - Ukraine's Intelligentsia in the 1960s-1970s (Hardcover): Olga Bertelsen In the Labyrinth of the KGB - Ukraine's Intelligentsia in the 1960s-1970s (Hardcover)
Olga Bertelsen
R2,875 Discovery Miles 28 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book focuses on the generation of the sixties and seventies in Kharkiv, Soviet Ukraine, a milieu of writers who lived through the Thaw and the processes of de-Stalinization and re-Stalinization. Special attention is paid to KGB operations against what came to be known as the dissident milieu, and the interaction of Ukrainians, Jews, and Russians in the movement, their persona friendships, formal and informal interactions, and the ways they dealt with repression and arrests. This study demonstrates that the KGB unintentionally facilitated the transnational and intercultural links among the Kharkiv multi-ethnic community of writers and their mutual enrichment. Post-Khrushchev Kharkiv is analyzed as a political space and a place of state violence aimed at combating Ukrainian nationalism and Zionism, two major targets in the 1960s-1970s. Despite their various cultural and social backgrounds, the Kharkiv literati might be identified as a distinct bohemian group possessing shared aesthetic and political values that emerged as the result of de-Stalinization under Khrushchev. Archival documents, diaries, and memoirs suggest that the 1960s-1970s was a period of intense KGB operations, "active measures" designed to disrupt a community of intellectuals and to fragment friendships, bonds, and support among Ukrainians, Russians, and Jews along ethnic lines domestically and abroad.

Common Sense - Addressed to the Inhabitants of America,: on the Following Interesting Subjects: I. Of the Origin and Design of... Common Sense - Addressed to the Inhabitants of America,: on the Following Interesting Subjects: I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, With Concise Remarks on the English Constitution. II. Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession. III.... (Hardcover)
Thomas 1737-1809 Paine; Created by Nicholas 1769-1841 Fmo Ribrl Brown
R787 Discovery Miles 7 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ethel Rosenberg - An American Tragedy (Paperback): Anne Sebba Ethel Rosenberg - An American Tragedy (Paperback)
Anne Sebba
R473 R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Harrisburg in World War II (Hardcover): Rodney Ross Harrisburg in World War II (Hardcover)
Rodney Ross
R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Songs of the Doomed (Paperback, 10th Anniversary ed.): Thompson Songs of the Doomed (Paperback, 10th Anniversary ed.)
Thompson
R509 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

First published in 1990, Songs of the Doomed is back in print -- by popular demand! In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson recalls high and hideous moments in his thirty years in the Passing Lane -- and no one is safe from his hilarious, remarkably astute social commentary.

With Thompson's trademark insight and passion about the state of American politics and culture, Songs of the Doomed charts the long, strange trip from Kennedy to Quayle in Thompson's freewheeling, inimitable style. Spanning four decades -- 1950 to 1990 -- Thompson is at the top of his form while fleeing New York for Puerto Rico, riding with the Hell's Angels, investigating Las Vegas sleaze, grappling with the "Dukakis problem," and finally, detailing his infamous lifestyle bust, trial documents, and Fourth Amendment battle with the Law. These tales -- often sleazy, brutal, and crude -- are only the tip of what Jack Nicholson called "the most baffling human iceberg of our time."

Songs of the Doomed is vintage Thompson -- a brilliant, brazen, bawdy compilation of the greatest sound bites of Gonzo journalism from the past thirty years.

A Genius for Confusion - Joseph R. McCarthy and the Politics of Deceit (Hardcover): Richard M. Fried A Genius for Confusion - Joseph R. McCarthy and the Politics of Deceit (Hardcover)
Richard M. Fried
R1,566 R1,129 Discovery Miles 11 290 Save R437 (28%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This new biography of Joseph R. McCarthy shows how the Wisconsin Senator's campaign against American Communists prized sensation above truth. McCarthy often put aside his hunt for Reds while he pursued his anti-communist critics. He fought foes not just with noisy accusations but with covert gossip. He was gullible enough that some con artists managed to lure him on wild goose chases. The man who charged others with being "dupes" was sometimes one himself. Historian Fried's book builds on over a decade's research in a multitude of sources, many of them newly opened--not just McCarthy's own papers but those of forty-seven Senate colleagues, plus records of journalists, observers, and activists. It brings to light such theatrical episodes as a CIA "op" against McCarthy as well as Joe's quixotic search for Soviet security chief Lavrenti Beria in Spain. The resulting multi-focal perspective on the political and institutional setting in which McCarthy operated with such abandon is full of drama.

Salamis & Swastikas (hardback) - Letters Home from a G.I. Jew (Hardcover): Steve Stoliar Salamis & Swastikas (hardback) - Letters Home from a G.I. Jew (Hardcover)
Steve Stoliar
R1,023 R928 Discovery Miles 9 280 Save R95 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Hut Six Story - Breaking the Enigma Codes (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Gordon Welchman The Hut Six Story - Breaking the Enigma Codes (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Gordon Welchman
R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
One Term - A Current Day Political Assassination (Hardcover): Nathan Aguinaga One Term - A Current Day Political Assassination (Hardcover)
Nathan Aguinaga
R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Farming in Northern Macomb County (Hardcover): Linda Osborne Cynowa Farming in Northern Macomb County (Hardcover)
Linda Osborne Cynowa
R695 Discovery Miles 6 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Tigers and Tomahawks - The American Volunteer Group in China 1941-1942 (Hardcover): J. Ward Boyce Tigers and Tomahawks - The American Volunteer Group in China 1941-1942 (Hardcover)
J. Ward Boyce
R1,852 Discovery Miles 18 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Hill - A Memoir of War in Helmand Province (Hardcover): Aaron Kirk The Hill - A Memoir of War in Helmand Province (Hardcover)
Aaron Kirk
R737 Discovery Miles 7 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gentleman Samurai and Internationalist - The Life and Trials of Ambassador Sato Naotake, 1882-1971 (Paperback): Greg Gubler Gentleman Samurai and Internationalist - The Life and Trials of Ambassador Sato Naotake, 1882-1971 (Paperback)
Greg Gubler
R1,151 Discovery Miles 11 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines Sato Naotake's remarkable and long career at the crossroads of Imperial Japan, emphasizing his integrity and realistic approach to diplomacy, which were particularly evident in his role in maintaining the Neutrality Pact with the Soviet Union and in promoting the United Nations.

The Blacklisted Bible (Hardcover): Daniel L. Smith-Christopher The Blacklisted Bible (Hardcover)
Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
R961 R822 Discovery Miles 8 220 Save R139 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
War Under Waves - A History of Submarines (Hardcover): Fred Warshofsky War Under Waves - A History of Submarines (Hardcover)
Fred Warshofsky
R739 Discovery Miles 7 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Harper's Pictorial Library Of The World War, Volume 11 - Child's Book Of The War (Hardcover): Albert Bushnell... Harper's Pictorial Library Of The World War, Volume 11 - Child's Book Of The War (Hardcover)
Albert Bushnell 1854-1943 Hart
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia - 1916-1917 (Hardcover): One of its Officers, Great Britain Army Highland Infantry With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia - 1916-1917 (Hardcover)
One of its Officers, Great Britain Army Highland Infantry
R934 Discovery Miles 9 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Blowin' Smoke - A Trap Shooter's Journey to the Back Fence and Beyond (Hardcover): Steve Carmichael Blowin' Smoke - A Trap Shooter's Journey to the Back Fence and Beyond (Hardcover)
Steve Carmichael
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Unexplained South Carolina (Hardcover): Sherman Carmichael Unexplained South Carolina (Hardcover)
Sherman Carmichael; Illustrated by Jason McLean
R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Rock and Roll, Desegregation Movements, and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era - An "Integrated Effort" (Hardcover): Beth... Rock and Roll, Desegregation Movements, and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era - An "Integrated Effort" (Hardcover)
Beth Fowler
R2,952 Discovery Miles 29 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The rock and roll music that dominated airwaves across the country during the 1950s and early 1960s is often described as a triumph for integration. Black and white musicians alike, including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis, scored hit records with young audiences from different racial groups, blending sonic traditions from R&B, country, and pop. This so-called "desegregation of the charts" seemed particularly resonant since major civil rights groups were waging major battles for desegregation in public places at the same time. And yet the centering of integration, as well as the supposition that democratic rights largely based in consumerism should be available to everyone regardless of race, has resulted in very distinct responses to both music and movement among Black and white listeners who grew up during this period. This book traces these distinctions using archival research, musical performances, and original oral histories to determine the uncertain legacies of the civil rights movement and early rock and roll music in a supposedly post-civil rights era.

Lost Arlington County (Hardcover): Charlie Clark Lost Arlington County (Hardcover)
Charlie Clark
R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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