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A Village Named Dowgalishok - The Massacre at Radun and Eishishok (Paperback): Avraham Aviel A Village Named Dowgalishok - The Massacre at Radun and Eishishok (Paperback)
Avraham Aviel
R589 Discovery Miles 5 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This unique and true story of a young boy, skillfully describes the small Jewish agricultural village of Dowgalishok in eastern Poland (modern-day Belarus) and its neighboring towns of Radun and Eishishok. With a loving eye for detail the Jewish atmosphere is brought to life along with the village inhabitants, from the pastoral days before the Second World War to its sudden destruction by the Nazi regime. The first part of the book is a vivid description of Yiddish-kite that has vanished forever. The second part is a bleak testimony of a survivor of the ghetto and the slaughter beside the terrible death pit outside Radun. The third and last part of the book is the story of twenty-six months of escape and struggle for life, first in the woods among farmers and later on as a partisan in the nearby ancient forest. The author tells his story in a simple and fluent style, creating both a personal testimony and a historical document. The Hebrew edition of the book was well received by many critics, both in Israel and around the world, for its deeply moving quality as well as for its documental value as a record of one of the darkest chapters of mankind.

Ghosts Of The Past (Paperback): Tony Park Ghosts Of The Past (Paperback)
Tony Park
R260 R236 Discovery Miles 2 360 Save R24 (9%) In Stock

German South West Africa 1906, Australian horse trader Cyril Blake is executed in cold blood by the Kaiser’s soldiers.

Sydney, the present day. Blake’s great-great nephew, recently widowed Nick Eatwell, is approached by South African journalist Susan Vidler who is investigating his ancestor’s mysterious demise.

Intrigued and looking for distraction, Nick discovers a long-lost manuscript which tells how Blake stayed in South Africa after serving in the Anglo Boer War and joined the Nama people in their rebellion against the Germans in South West Africa, modern-day Namibia.

In Munich, historian Anja Berghoff, researching the origin of the wild ‘ghost’ horses of Namibia, stumbles across intriguing letters from Irish-German spy Claire Martin, with whom Blake had an affair.

As Nick and Anja’s paths cross, they find themselves racing through southern Africa and time on the trail of a legend.

But they’re not alone. Someone else is chasing these ghosts of the past, looking for clues to a hidden treasure worth killing for.

Ghosts of the Past is based on a true story.

The Lay Community of Saint Benedict - A Short History: 1971-2021 (Paperback): Martin Hollins The Lay Community of Saint Benedict - A Short History: 1971-2021 (Paperback)
Martin Hollins
R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Skye (Paperback): Kate Ripley Skye (Paperback)
Kate Ripley
R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Follow the story of a dog named Skye, who really was found in a skip and after many adventures, her return home after six years. This heart warming true tale is a tribute to the power hope, and of the microchip!

Love for Croatia (Paperback): Hazel Hendry Love for Croatia (Paperback)
Hazel Hendry
R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Hazel Hendry is a remarkable woman. She worked tirelessly raising money for charities, and particularly for TEARFUND, including walking the form of a cross from John Oa Groats to Lands End and from Ramsgate to Fishguard in Wales. When the Croatian War began, the founder of TEARFUND, George Hoffman, told her, a Hazel, the people of Croatia need your helpa . So she raised money to send over 50 lorries, full of much needed supplies of food, furniture, medical equipment and toiletries, into Croatia. She travelled personally with many of them during and after the war. Hazel delivered aid right to the Front Line risking her life to help people who had lost their homes, livelihoods, and families. This book is about her experiences during those dangerous years, and the people who helped her and those that she helped. It is based on journals which she kept at the time and later recollections of particular people and events. As such, it is a vivid account of how the Croations in the War Zone suffered at the hands of the Chetniks who would attack their villages while leaving neighbouring villages in Croatia where Serbs lived unscathed. Some of the details that she recalls are not for the squeamish, but the way in which her faith supported her throughout this period shines through on every page.

26/11 Braveheart - My Encounter with Terrorists That Night (Paperback): Praveen Kumar Teotia 26/11 Braveheart - My Encounter with Terrorists That Night (Paperback)
Praveen Kumar Teotia
R557 Discovery Miles 5 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
I Forgive You One Sin (Paperback): Zsolt Stanik I Forgive You One Sin (Paperback)
Zsolt Stanik
R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book contains stories on various subjects, starting with the contemplations of passengers in an airplane during a fictitious flight on various situations in their life, through the memories captured by ZS during his study and work, as well as stories based on pub talks and on the imagination of the author.

Ma frontiAre suisse (Paperback): Rupert Roschnik Ma frontiAre suisse (Paperback)
Rupert Roschnik
R774 Discovery Miles 7 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

a RA ALISER UN RA VE A 75 ANSa Ca est le rA (c)cit da une aventure extraordinaire, la rA (c)ussite da un circuit de la Suisse A pied, A vA (c)lo et en kayak, en suivant au plus prAs la ligne frontiAre. Une distance totale de prAs de 2a 500 km et 120a 000 m de dA (c)nivelA (c) (environ 13 fois la hauteur de la Everest!) parcourue en 115 jours en 2015 et 2016, dans des conditions parfois dangereuses, hors des sentiers battus. Au cours de cette pA (c)riode, la auteur a escaladA (c) un peu plus da une centaine de sommets et un nombre A (c)quivalent de cols sur la frontiAre, y compris des sommets mythiques comme le Mont Rose et le Cervin; il a fait de la randonnA (c)e dans le Jura, le Tessin et les Grisons et du kayak sur le lac LA (c)man et le Rhin. Ca A (c)tait aussi un exploit, A 75 ans! Le livre comprend des sections sur la contrebande et des exemples de retrait des glaciers, ainsi qua une trentaine da A"histoires de frontiAreA", qui constituent une source da informations prA (c)cieuse sur la histoire et la gA (c)ographie de la frontiAre suisse.

The Lockdown Collection (Paperback): Melinda Ferguson The Lockdown Collection (Paperback)
Melinda Ferguson
R335 R314 Discovery Miles 3 140 Save R21 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Sentenced to Lockdown, regarded as "non-essential", 40 South African writers get together in a virtual Corona Collective, to pen The Lockdown Collection, trying to make sense of a world, held hostage by a virus.

Powerfully visceral, this gem includes a list of South Africa's most celebrated writers, brilliantly capturing the emotional, the spiritual and even the humorous effects of a global pandemic.

This historical gem includes: Sisonke Msimang, Lebo Mashile, Fred Khumalo and Marianne Thamm.

Margery kempe of lynn (Paperback): Trues Yard Fisherfolk Museum Margery kempe of lynn (Paperback)
Trues Yard Fisherfolk Museum
R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Daughter. Wife. Mother. Mystic. Discover the life of this fifteenth century merchant's wife from King's Lynn who despite being unable to read or write created the first autobiography in English. Explore Margery's world of visions, pilgrimages and the constant threat of being burned for heresy.

A Pilgrimage of War and Words (Paperback): A Pilgrimage of War and Words (Paperback)
R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Fatal Beauty (Paperback): Rosemary Morris A Fatal Beauty (Paperback)
Rosemary Morris
R405 Discovery Miles 4 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Saltaire Blonde (Paperback): Alan Hall Saltaire Blonde (Paperback)
Alan Hall
R313 Discovery Miles 3 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Travels With My Poobag - Memoirs of an unlikely traveller (Paperback): Margaret McMillan Travels With My Poobag - Memoirs of an unlikely traveller (Paperback)
Margaret McMillan
R482 Discovery Miles 4 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Most Excellent Order of The British Empire - With a foreword by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. (Hardcover, 2nd... The Most Excellent Order of The British Empire - With a foreword by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. (Hardcover, 2nd Enhanced edition)
Peter Galloway
R1,446 Discovery Miles 14 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire celebrated its centenary year in 2017. In the past one hundred years, the order has gone from a way of rewarding men and women of all walks of life for service during the Great War to one of the most recognisable orders in the world.

From Tears to Laughter - A clown doctor journey (Paperback): Regula Stucki From Tears to Laughter - A clown doctor journey (Paperback)
Regula Stucki; Illustrated by Leonard Steck; Translated by Fabian Netos; Edited by (editors-in-chief) Claire de Pourtales
R369 Discovery Miles 3 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Getting Through it - a Fathers Perspective (Paperback): Jamie Rogers Getting Through it - a Fathers Perspective (Paperback)
Jamie Rogers
R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

After losing his wife to cancer and suffering mental health problems, Jamie Rogers knew that things could be made better. Sharing stories of other bereaved fathers, interleaved with information regarding hospice help, this book is designed to dispel some of the myths surrounding hospice care.

Love and Wheatgrass (Paperback): Lorraine Ereira Love and Wheatgrass (Paperback)
Lorraine Ereira
R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
India Travels (Paperback): Darren Stevens India Travels (Paperback)
Darren Stevens
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The journal of an Englishman's solo trip across Northern India Have you ever considered visiting the Taj Mahal or exploring the pink city of Jaipur? Or maybe a trek to see a tiger in the wild is more to your taste? Join me on my adventures where I encounter colourful temples, tempting curries and eventful drives along some of the world's most dangerous roads.

Homeward Bound - After a Lifetime at Sea (Paperback): Bill Van Bommel Homeward Bound - After a Lifetime at Sea (Paperback)
Bill Van Bommel
R561 Discovery Miles 5 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Having skippered and delivered in excess of 750 Motor Cruisers over the past 40 years, totalling a distance equivalent to 29 times around the world, has provided me with a number of adventurous and sometimes hair-raising stories to tell. Thankfully, I have lived to tell the tales! "Homeward Bound" starts with daily notes of the author's last single-handed voyage from the south of France to the south coast of England. In between these notes he recalls some of his memorable adventures, which he tells in such a way that the reader could almost be there with him, often experiencing how quickly a difficult situation at sea can turn into a disastrous one. Although showing the serious side of sailing there is also a fair amount of humour in his writing. An enjoyable and entertaining read.

Eager Traveller (Paperback): Joanna Quant Saunders Eager Traveller (Paperback)
Joanna Quant Saunders
R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Eager Traveller was written for the grandchildren of the author in order that they should see how different life was fifty years ago. It is the story of a London child, dominated by a stern father, who spent much of her time in the company of loving relatives. On leaving school her father sent her into private service where she was the lowest of the low, and made to take orders from all and sundry. She enjoyed the travels of the great families and their families and their servants as they moved about the country following the huntin', shootin' and fishin' seasons. She married a farm worker and as there was little money she was unable to travel, so she became an "Armchair Traveller" until chance and someone's bad luck took her abroad for the first time at the age of forty-one. From then on travel came frequently and the greatest adventure came in 1971 when she took her family behind the Iron Curtain into Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. They found kind and happy people who, although they had known great sufferings, showed kindness to the "Engleski". A strong psychic thread runs through the story

Rosemarya  s Ramblings (Paperback): Revd Rosemary Solomon Rosemarya s Ramblings (Paperback)
Revd Rosemary Solomon
R199 Discovery Miles 1 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Whatever happens in life, Rosemary Solomon has an amazing gift for finding God in there somewhere. Rosemary's Ramblings is a light-hearted look at the kind of everyday experiences that life throws at all of us. In this, her first book, she offers a collection of 45 Ramblings, each a short story in themselves. The book has appeal across the board. No previous knowledge of faith, God or the bible is required. Reverend Rosemary Solomon is a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the United Reformed Church. She shares her home and her life with her husband Jeff and greyhound Blackie (and God!).

A Trans-Siberian Odyssey (Paperback): Kate Young A Trans-Siberian Odyssey (Paperback)
Kate Young
R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Journalist Kate Young decided to combine the trip of a lifetime with a wacky writing challenge to raise money for the Earl Mountbatten Hospice on the Isle of Wight. Starting from post-Olympic Beijing, she lost her soul to the Mongolian steppes; survived the hurly-burly of Ulaanbaatar; escaped amorous advances near Lake Baikal and made it to the Tsarist majesty of Moscow in a poignant trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Time to Say Goodbye - Steps in Learning to Grieve (Paperback): Barbara Pymm Time to Say Goodbye - Steps in Learning to Grieve (Paperback)
Barbara Pymm
R345 Discovery Miles 3 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Love on the Isle of Dogs 2020 (Paperback): Jude Cowan Montague Love on the Isle of Dogs 2020 (Paperback)
Jude Cowan Montague
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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