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The Elizabeth River (Paperback): Amy Waters Yarsinske The Elizabeth River (Paperback)
Amy Waters Yarsinske
R883 R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Save R134 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Elizabeth River courses through the heart of Virginia. The Jamestown colonists recognized the river's strategic importance and explored its watershed almost immediately after the 1607 founding. The Elizabeth River traces four centuries of this historic stream's path through the geography and culture of Virginia.

Maritime Annapolis - A History of Watermen, Sails & Midshipmen (Paperback): Rosemary F Williams Maritime Annapolis - A History of Watermen, Sails & Midshipmen (Paperback)
Rosemary F Williams
R551 R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With fortunes that have ebbed and flowed with the tides, Annapolis has graced the banks of the Severn River and the Chesapeake Bay since the seventeenth century. Generations have worked the docks, sailed its waters and hunted for Chesapeake Gold--oysters--even as the city became home to a proud military tradition in the United States Naval Academy. Local author Rosemary F. Williams presents a vivid image of Annapolis with tales of violent skirmishes between the dashing Captain Waddell and crews of outlaw oyster poachers, the crabbing rage of the twentieth century, feisty shipwright Benjamin Sallier and the city's Golden Age of Sailing. Williams's fluid prose and stunning vintage images chronicle the maritime history of this capital city and reveal its residents' deep connection to the ever-shifting waters.

Around Gunnison and Crested Butte (Paperback): Duane Vandenbusche, Gunnison Pioneer Museum, Crested Butte Mountain Heritage... Around Gunnison and Crested Butte (Paperback)
Duane Vandenbusche, Gunnison Pioneer Museum, Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum
R641 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R113 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Western Slope towns of Gunnison and Crested Butte are defined by their placement in the Colorado Rockies. Both are located in alpine valleys surrounded by 14,000-foot-high peaks with sparkling mountain-fed streams, and both dominate the Gunnison country, a unique wilderness covering over 4,000 square miles. Beginning over 400 years ago, Native Americans, fur traders, explorers, miners, railroaders, and cattlemen all made a place for themselves in the area. Today Gunnison, Crested Butte, and the Gunnison country remain isolated and tranquil. Recreation, tourism, and cattle ranching now reign supreme as Gunnison and Crested Butte attempt to preserve their distinctly Western heritage.

Ghosts of Atlanta - Phantoms of the Phoenix City (Paperback): Reese Christian Ghosts of Atlanta - Phantoms of the Phoenix City (Paperback)
Reese Christian
R553 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Drawing on her work with the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute at Bauder College and Ghost Hounds Paranormal Research Society, elite psychic medium and cold case researcher Reese Christian writes of the tragic past and the haunted present of Greater Atlanta. From Peachtree Street in the heart of downtown to the plantations and battlefields surrounding the city, join her in discovering the twisted histories of some of Atlanta's most infamous landmarks and forgotten moments.

Who Are We? - How Identity Politics Took Over the World (Paperback): Gary Younge Who Are We? - How Identity Politics Took Over the World (Paperback)
Gary Younge
R459 R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Save R81 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Killing Crazy Horse - The Merciless Indian Wars in America (Paperback): Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard Killing Crazy Horse - The Merciless Indian Wars in America (Paperback)
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
R473 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R80 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Killing Crazy Horse is the latest installment of the multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through the American West and the historic clashes between Native Americans and settlers. The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It's 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh's alliance of tribes in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans and the newly formed United States would rage on for decades. Bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard venture through the fraught history of our country's founding on already occupied lands, from General Andrew Jackson's brutal battles with the Creek Nation to President James Monroe's epic "sea to shining sea" policy, to President Martin Van Buren's cruel enforcement of a "treaty" that forced the Cherokee Nation out of their homelands along what would be called the Trail of Tears. O'Reilly and Dugard take readers behind the legends to reveal never-before-told historical moments in the fascinating creation story of America. This fast-paced, wild ride through the American frontier will shock readers and impart unexpected lessons that reverberate to this day.

University of Tennessee (Paperback): Aaron D. Purcell University of Tennessee (Paperback)
Aaron D. Purcell
R642 R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Save R113 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1794, two years before Tennessee became a state, the legislature of the Southwest Territory chartered Blount College in Knoxville as one of the first three colleges established west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1807, the school changed its name to East Tennessee College. The school relocated to a 40-acre tract, known today as the Hill, in 1828 and was renamed East Tennessee University in 1840. The Civil War literally shut down the university. Students and faculty were recruited to serve on battlefields, and troops used campus facilities as hospitals and barracks. In 1869, East Tennessee University became the states land-grant institution under the auspices of the 1862 Morrill Act. In 1879, the state legislature changed the name of the institution to the University of Tennessee. By the early 20th century, the university admitted women, hosted teacher institutes, and constructed new buildings. Since that time, the University of Tennessee has established campuses and programs across the state. Today, in addition to a rich sports tradition, the University of Tennessee provides Tennesseans with unparalleled opportunities.

Where the People Go - Community, Generosity, and the Story of Everence (Paperback): John D Roth Where the People Go - Community, Generosity, and the Story of Everence (Paperback)
John D Roth
R535 R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Save R88 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Art Deco Tulsa (Paperback): Suzanne Fitzgerald Wallis Art Deco Tulsa (Paperback)
Suzanne Fitzgerald Wallis; Photographs by Sam Joyner; Foreword by Michael Wallis
R577 R478 Discovery Miles 4 780 Save R99 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Murder & Mayhem in the Highlands - Historic Crimes on the Jersey Shore (Paperback): John P King Murder & Mayhem in the Highlands - Historic Crimes on the Jersey Shore (Paperback)
John P King
R512 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Visitors gazing out over the Highlands of coastal New Jersey might never guess that these rolling hills have been a stage for mankind s darkest deeds. In his thrilling new book, "Murder & Mayhem in the Highlands," John King shines a spotlight on the region s violent history of kidnapping, murder, smuggling and extortion. From axe-wielding lunatics to killers who leave calling cards, King presents each case with the care of a criminal investigator, including details from coroners reports and witness testimonies.

In this sensational and gripping read, uncover the gritty history of the Highlands, where a suspicious death usually meant foul play and staying in a hotel might cost you your life.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters of Michigan (Paperback): Patricia Montemurri Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters of Michigan (Paperback)
Patricia Montemurri
R641 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R113 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ghosts and Legends of Nevada's Highway 50 (Paperback): Janice Oberding Ghosts and Legends of Nevada's Highway 50 (Paperback)
Janice Oberding
R553 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Remembering Old Charleston - Glimpses Behind Parlor Doors (Paperback): Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman Remembering Old Charleston - Glimpses Behind Parlor Doors (Paperback)
Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman
R461 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R81 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

These 'First Families' of Old Charleston- and others- are Lowcountry legends in their own right. Margaret Middleton Rivers Eastman takes readers behind parlor doors on a journey from the patrician historical area south of Broad Street to the luxurious Sea Island plantations in an unusual collection of treasured family traditions that span the colony's founding to the mid-twentieth century.

Mount Pleasant (Paperback): Mara Cherkasky Mount Pleasant (Paperback)
Mara Cherkasky
R641 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R113 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mount Pleasant--Samuel P. Brown must have thought the name perfect when he chose it for his country estate on a wooded hill overlooking Washington City. The name also suited the New Englanders who settled in the village that Brown founded near Fourteenth Street and Park Road just after the Civil War. Around 1900, the once-isolated village began its transformation into a fashionable suburb after the city extended Sixteenth Street through Mount Pleasant's heart, and a new streetcar line linked the area to downtown. Developers constructed elegant apartment buildings and spacious brick row houses on block after block, and successful businessmen built stately residences along Park Road. Change arrived again with the Great Depression and then World War II, as the suburb evolved into an urban, exclusively white, working-class enclave that eventually became mostly African American. In addition, a Latino presence was evident as early as the 1960s. By the 1980s, the neighborhood was known as the heart of D.C.'s Latino and counterculture communities. Today these communities are dispersing, however, in response to a booming real estate market in Washington, D.C.

Biographies of the Revolution Set: Marilyn Boyer, Rick Boyer Biographies of the Revolution Set
Marilyn Boyer, Rick Boyer
R1,150 R920 Discovery Miles 9 200 Save R230 (20%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days
The Lost City of the Monkey God (Paperback): Douglas Preston The Lost City of the Monkey God (Paperback)
Douglas Preston
R308 R252 Discovery Miles 2 520 Save R56 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Since the days of conquistador Hernan Cortes, rumours have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden deep in the Honduran interior. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and warn the legendary city is cursed: to enter it is a death sentence. They call it the Lost City of the Monkey God. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artefacts and an electrifying story of having found the City - but then committed suicide without revealing its location. Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a single-engine plane carrying a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but a lost civilization. To confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, plagues of insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. They emerged from the jungle with proof of the legend... and the curse. They had contracted a horrifying, incurable and sometimes lethal disease. Suspenseful and shocking, filled with history, adventure and dramatic twists of fortune, The Lost City of the Monkey God is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.

Shockwave - Countdown to Hiroshima (Paperback, 1st Harper Perennial ed): Stephen Walker Shockwave - Countdown to Hiroshima (Paperback, 1st Harper Perennial ed)
Stephen Walker
R485 R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Save R79 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A riveting, minute-by-minute account of the momentous event that changed our world forever

On a quiet Monday morning in August 1945, a five-ton bomb--dubbed Little Boy by its creators--was dropped from an American plane onto the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On that day, a firestorm of previously unimagined power was unleashed on a vibrant metropolis of 300,000 people, leaving one third of its population dead, its buildings and landmarks incinerated. It was the terrifying dawn of the Atomic Age, spawning decades of paranoia, mistrust, and a widespread and very real fear of the potential annihilation of the human race.

Author Stephen Walker brilliantly re-creates the three terrible weeks leading up to the wartime detonation of the atomic bomb--from the first successful test in the New Mexico desert to the cataclysm and its aftermath--presenting the story through the eyes of pilots, scientists, civilian victims, and world leaders who stood at the center of earth-shattering drama. It is a startling, moving, frightening, and remarkable portrait of an extraordinary event--a shockwave whose repercussions can be felt to this very day.

American Polygamy - A History of Fundamentalist Mormon Faith (Paperback): Craig L Foster, Marianne Thompson Watson American Polygamy - A History of Fundamentalist Mormon Faith (Paperback)
Craig L Foster, Marianne Thompson Watson
R617 R501 Discovery Miles 5 010 Save R116 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Forty Year Con Game - Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump's Threat to Democracy (Paperback): Michael B... The Forty Year Con Game - Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump's Threat to Democracy (Paperback)
Michael B Harrington
R448 R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Save R62 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
1912 - Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs--The Election That Changed the Country (Paperback): James Chace 1912 - Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs--The Election That Changed the Country (Paperback)
James Chace
R566 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R93 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Beginning with former president Theodore Roosevelt's return in 1910 from his African safari, Chace brilliantly unfolds a dazzling political circus that featured four extraordinary candidates. When Roosevelt failed to defeat his chosen successor, William Howard Taft, for the Republican nomination, he ran as a radical reformer on the Bull Moose ticket. Meanwhile, Woodrow Wilson, the ex-president of Princeton, astonished everyone by seizing the Democratic nomination from the bosses who had made him New Jersey's governor. Most revealing of the reformist spirit sweeping the land was the charismatic socialist Eugene Debs, who polled an unprecedented one million votes.
Wilson's "accidental" election had lasting impact on America and the world. The broken friendship between Taft and TR inflicted wounds on the Republican Party that have never healed, and the party passed into the hands of a conservative ascendancy that reached its fullness under Reagan and George W. Bush. Wilson's victory imbued the Democratic Party with a progressive idealism later incarnated in FDR, Truman, and LBJ.
1912 changed America.

To Poison a Nation - The Murder of Robert Charles and the Rise of Jim Crow Policing in America (Hardcover): Andrew Baker To Poison a Nation - The Murder of Robert Charles and the Rise of Jim Crow Policing in America (Hardcover)
Andrew Baker
R780 R660 Discovery Miles 6 600 Save R120 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An explosive, long-forgotten story of police violence that exposes the historical roots of today's criminal justice crisis A deeply researched and propulsively written story of corrupt governance, police brutality, Black resistance, and violent white reaction in turn-of-the-century New Orleans that holds up a dark mirror to our own times.--Walter Johnson, author of River of Dark Dreams On a steamy Monday evening in 1900, New Orleans police officers confronted a black man named Robert Charles as he sat on a doorstep in a working-class neighborhood where racial tensions were running high. What happened next would trigger the largest manhunt in the city's history, while white mobs took to the streets, attacking and murdering innocent black residents during three days of bloody rioting. Finally cornered, Charles exchanged gunfire with the police in a spectacular gun battle witnessed by thousands. Building outwards from these dramatic events, To Poison a Nation connects one city's troubled past to the modern crisis of white supremacy and police brutality. Historian Andrew Baker immerses readers in a boisterous world of disgruntled laborers, crooked machine bosses, scheming businessmen, and the black radical who tossed a flaming torch into the powder keg. Baker recreates a city that was home to the nation's largest African American community, a place where racial antagonism was hardly a foregone conclusion--but which ultimately became the crucible of a novel form of racialized violence: modern policing. A major new work of history, To Poison a Nation reveals disturbing connections between the Jim Crow past and police violence in our own times.

Oregon Wildland Firefighting - A History (Paperback): Sean Davis Oregon Wildland Firefighting - A History (Paperback)
Sean Davis
R572 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R99 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Capote's Women - A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era (Hardcover): Laurence Leamer Capote's Women - A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era (Hardcover)
Laurence Leamer
R769 R596 Discovery Miles 5 960 Save R173 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A History of Yorktown and Its Victory Celebrations - Revival to Patriotism (Paperback): Kathleen Manley A History of Yorktown and Its Victory Celebrations - Revival to Patriotism (Paperback)
Kathleen Manley
R504 R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On October 19, 1781, General Cornwallis surrendered his British army to the combined American and French forces at Yorktown, Virginia. In addition to ending hostilities, this act represented the close of British colonial rule and the dawn of America's ascent as an independent country and eventual world power. The events of this revolutionary time were the foundation of a growing American identity, and tributes to the sacrifices and victories of these early patriots continue even today. Yorktown, Virginia, has been celebrating the surrender of the British in large, nationally renowned celebrations since its first anniversary. Local author Kathleen Manley chronicles the history of Yorktown and the victory celebrations that have been undertaken through the generations to remember this historic time in America's infancy.

Historic Adventures on the Colorado Plateau (Paperback): Robert Silbernagel Historic Adventures on the Colorado Plateau (Paperback)
Robert Silbernagel
R591 R494 Discovery Miles 4 940 Save R97 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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