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The Great Shark Hunt - Strange Tales from a Strange Time (Paperback): Hunter S. Thompson The Great Shark Hunt - Strange Tales from a Strange Time (Paperback)
Hunter S. Thompson
R623 R530 Discovery Miles 5 300 Save R93 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the bestselling "Gonzo Papers" is now back in print. The Great Shark Hunt is Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's largest and, arguably, most important work, covering Nixon to napalm, Las Vegas to Watergate, Carter to cocaine. These essays offer brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in signature Thompson style.

Ranging in date from the National Observer days to the era of Rolling Stone, The Great Shark Hunt offers myriad, highly charged entries, including the first Hunter S. Thompson piece to be dubbed "gonzo" -- "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved," which appeared in Scanlan's Monthly in 1970. From this essay a new journalistic movement sprang which would change the shape of American letters. Thompson's razor-sharp insight and crystal clarity capture the crazy, hypocritical, degenerate, and redeeming aspects of the explosive and colorful '60s and '70s.

Druid Hill Park - The Heart of Historic Baltimore (Paperback): Eden Unger Bowditch, Anne Draddy Druid Hill Park - The Heart of Historic Baltimore (Paperback)
Eden Unger Bowditch, Anne Draddy
R595 R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Save R96 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Druid Hill Park lies at the hears of Baltimore and made history as one of the first public parks in America. This beautifully illustrated history tells the story of Druid Hill from the seventeenth century until today, and celebrates this natural refuge for fun and relaxation in urban Baltimore.

Murder in the Bayou - Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? (Paperback): Ethan Brown Murder in the Bayou - Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8? (Paperback)
Ethan Brown
R463 R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Anthracite Roots - Generations of Coal Mining in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (Paperback): Joseph W. Leonard III Anthracite Roots - Generations of Coal Mining in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (Paperback)
Joseph W. Leonard III
R507 R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Amerikan Family, An - The Shakurs and the Nation They Created (Hardcover): Santi Elijah Holley Amerikan Family, An - The Shakurs and the Nation They Created (Hardcover)
Santi Elijah Holley
R578 Discovery Miles 5 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Louis I. Kahn-Architect - Remembering the Man and Those Who Surrounded Him (Paperback): Jr Charles E Dagit Louis I. Kahn-Architect - Remembering the Man and Those Who Surrounded Him (Paperback)
Jr Charles E Dagit
R800 Discovery Miles 8 000 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Few people in the history of art and architecture have planted a seed of inspiration that grew to become a towering oak of lasting influence. There are those, particularly colleagues and students of Louis I. Kahn, who would say that he was one of these people. Certainly Kahn was one of the foremost architects of the twentieth century, designing such famous landmarks as the National Assembly Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh; the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California; and the Kimbell Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. In this commemorative volume, Charles E. Dagit, Jr. shows the power and influence that Kahn displayed at the University of Pennsylvania department of architecture in the 1960s. Since Dagit knew Kahn personally, this is a factual history as well as a glimpse into Kahn's personal wisdom and humanity. Beginning with a prelude that starts with the author's undergraduate years at the University of Pennsylvania, Dagit launches readers on an intellectual journey of how he first met Kahn. From there he details his experiences with Kahn and explores Kahn's interactions with Penn faculty members, including Mario Romanach, Robert LeRicolais, and Aldo Giurgola. This first-hand account sheds fascinating new light on one of the most prominent architects of the twentieth century.

Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodes (Paperback): WH Beezley Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodes (Paperback)
WH Beezley
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Delight in the cultural aspects of Latin America by observing the objects that give life to history Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodesprovides readers with an eclectic and fascinating exploration of Latin American history through the examination of physical objects. Distinguished author and Professor William H. Beezley takes readers on a journey that includes objects used music and visual media, such as movies, documentaries, and television. Forming an integral part of the history they represent, the objects described in this book tell the tale of the little known or neglected part of Latin American history. While most historical authors and researchers focus on the political and economic life of Latin America, this author uses the objects he highlights to explain and illuminate the daily lives of the Latin American peoples and the legacies that they share. Forming an essential part of a comprehensive understanding of Latin American history, the book includes discussions and explorations of: How objects have transformed and shaped the cultures of Latin America over the years Unusual and interesting objects serendipitously discovered by a variety of researchers and historians Ten chapters, each beginning with an object acting as a synecdoche or metonym that introduces a discussion of Latin American historical life The significance of the objects to particular religious practices, musical traditions, or schools of visual media, such as folk art, film or television Perfect for anyone interested in Latin American life beyond politics and economics, Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodes belongs on the bookshelves of everyone with a curiosity about culture in Latin America as it's revealed through physical objects.

With the Bark Off - A Journalist's Memories of LBJ and a Life in the News Media (Hardcover): Neal Spelce, Thomas Zigal With the Bark Off - A Journalist's Memories of LBJ and a Life in the News Media (Hardcover)
Neal Spelce, Thomas Zigal
R799 R648 Discovery Miles 6 480 Save R151 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Madam - The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age (Paperback): Debby Applegate Madam - The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age (Paperback)
Debby Applegate
R531 R456 Discovery Miles 4 560 Save R75 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Black Radical - The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter (Paperback): Kerri K Greenidge Black Radical - The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter (Paperback)
Kerri K Greenidge
R532 R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Save R88 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Black Radical reclaims William Monroe Trotter (1872-1934) as a seminal figure whose prophetic yet ultimately tragic-and all too often forgotten-life offers a link from Frederick Douglass to Black Lives Matter. Kerri K. Greenidge renders the drama of turn-of-the-century America, showing how Trotter, a Harvard graduate, a newspaperman and an activist, galvanized black working-class citizens to wield their political power despite the virulent racism of post-Reconstruction America. Situating his story in the broader history of liberal New England to "satisfying" (Casey Cep, The New Yorker) effect, this magnificent biography will endure as the definitive account of Trotter's life, without which we cannot begin to understand the trajectory of black radicalism in America.

Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 (Paperback): Mitchell Zuckoff Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 (Paperback)
Mitchell Zuckoff
R308 Discovery Miles 3 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'The farewell calls from the planes... the mounting terror of air traffic control... the mothers who knew they were witnessing their loved ones perish... From an author who's spent 5 years reconstructing its horror, never has the story been told with such devastating, human force' Daily Mail This is a 9/11 book like no other. Masterfully weaving together multiple strands of the events in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Fall and Rise is a mesmerising, minute-by-minute account of that terrible day. In the days and months after 9/11, Mitchell Zuckoff, then a reporter for the Boston Globe, wrote about the attacks, the victims, and their families. After further years of meticulous reporting, Zuckoff has filled Fall and Rise with voices of the lost and the saved. The result is an utterly gripping book, filled with intimate stories of people most affected by the events of that sunny Tuesday in September: an out-of-work actor stuck in an elevator in the North Tower of the World Trade Center; the heroes aboard Flight 93 deciding to take action; a veteran trapped in the inferno in the Pentagon; the fire chief among the first on the scene in sleepy Shanksville; a team of firefighters racing to save an injured woman and themselves; and the men, women, and children flying across country to see loved ones or for work who suddenly faced terrorists bent on murder. Fall and Rise will open new avenues of understanding for everyone who thinks they know the story of 9/11, bringing to life - and in some cases, bringing back to life - the extraordinary ordinary people who experienced the worst day in modern American history. Destined to be a classic, Fall and Rise will move, shock, inspire, and fill hearts with love and admiration for the human spirit as it triumphs in the face of horrifying events.

The Summer of 1787 - The Men Who Invented the Constitution (Paperback): David O. Stewart The Summer of 1787 - The Men Who Invented the Constitution (Paperback)
David O. Stewart
R524 R442 Discovery Miles 4 420 Save R82 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The successful creation of the Constitution is a suspense story. "The Summer of 1787" takes us into the sweltering room in which delegates struggled for four months to produce the flawed but enduring document that would define the nation -- then and now.

George Washington presided, James Madison kept the notes, Benjamin Franklin offered wisdom and humor at crucial times. "The Summer of 1787" traces the struggles within the Philadelphia Convention as the delegates hammered out the charter for the world's first constitutional democracy. Relying on the words of the delegates themselves to explore the Convention's sharp conflicts and hard bargaining, David O. Stewart lays out the passions and contradictions of the often painful process of writing the Constitution.

It was a desperate balancing act. Revolutionary principles required that the people have power, but could the people be trusted? Would a stronger central government leave room for the states? Would the small states accept a Congress in which seats were alloted according to population rather than to each sovereign state? And what of slavery? The supercharged debates over America's original sin led to the most creative and most disappointing political deals of the Convention.

The room was crowded with colorful and passionate characters, some known -- Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, Edmund Randolph -- and others largely forgotten. At different points during that sultry summer, more than half of the delegates threatened to walk out, and some actually did, but Washington's quiet leadership and the delegates' inspired compromises held the Convention together.

In a country continually arguing over the document's original intent, it is fascinating to watch these powerful characters struggle toward consensus -- often reluctantly -- to write a flawed but living and breathing document that could evolve with the nation.

The Mexicans - A Personal Portrait of a People (Paperback, 1st Rayo ed): Patrick Oster The Mexicans - A Personal Portrait of a People (Paperback, 1st Rayo ed)
Patrick Oster
R436 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R70 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Mexicans is a multifaceted portrait of the complex, increasingly turbulent neighbor to our south. It is the story of a country in crisis -- poverty, class tensions, political corruption -- as told through stories of individuals.

From Augustín, an honest cop, we learn that many in the Mexican police force use torture as their number-one-crime-solving technique; from Julio Scherer Garcia, a leading newspaper editor, we learn how kidnapping and intimidating phone calls stifle people despite his meager income; we hear from a homosexual teacher wary of bigotry in a land of machismo; and many others.

Moving from Mexico City discos to remote Indian towns, Patrick Oster tells of Mexicans whose lives reveal something vital about Mexico, and in doing so, helps to understand why many decide to risk their lives in order to have the opportunity to live in the United States.

The Man Who Killed Kennedy - The Case Against LBJ (Paperback): Roger Stone The Man Who Killed Kennedy - The Case Against LBJ (Paperback)
Roger Stone; As told to Mike Colapietro
R454 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R61 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the mind of legendary political insider Roger Stone, here is the sensational New York Times bestseller that reveals the truth about who was behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy. From the mind of consummate political insider Roger Stone, unofficial adviser to Donald Trump and subject of the documentary Get Me Roger Stone, comes a compelling case that Lyndon Baines Johnson had the motive, means, and opportunity to orchestrate the murder of JFK. Stone maps out the case that LBJ blackmailed his way on the ticket in 1960 and was being dumped in 1964 to face prosecution for corruption at the hands of his nemesis attorney Robert Kennedy. Stone uses fingerprint evidence and testimony to prove JFK was shot by a long-time LBJ hit man-not Lee Harvey Oswald. President Johnson would use power from his personal connections in Texas, from the criminal underworld, and from the United States government to escape an untimely end in politics and to seize even greater power. President Johnson, the thirty-sixth president of the United States, was the driving force behind a conspiracy to murder President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. In The Man Who Killed Kennedy, you will find out how and why he did it. Legendary political operative and strategist Roger Stone has gathered documents and uses his firsthand knowledge to construct the ultimate tome to prove that LBJ was not only involved in JFK's assassination, but was in fact the mastermind.

Tejano Empire - Life on the South Texas Ranchos (Paperback): Andres Tijerina Tejano Empire - Life on the South Texas Ranchos (Paperback)
Andres Tijerina; Illustrated by Ricardo M. Beasley, Servando G. Hinojosa
R545 R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Save R87 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Texans of Mexican descent built a unique and highly developed ranching culture that thrived in South Texas until the 1880s. In ""Tejano Empire"", historian Andres Tijerina describes the major elements that gave the Tejano ranch community its identity: shared reaction to Anglo-American in-migration, tightly interconnected families, cultural loyalty, networks of communication, Catholic religion, and a material culture well adapted to the conditions of the region. After the introduction's historical overview of the region, the chapters address specific elements of the lives people led in the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas: work ways and tools, housing and ranch layouts, family networks and authority patterns, education and the arts, religion and daily prayer.A gallery of energetic line drawings by the late Ricardo M. Beasley and graceful pen-and-ink detail drawings by Servando G. Hinojosa of Alice, Texas, commissioned especially for this book, intricately portray scenes from South Texas daily life.

Our America - A Photographic History (Hardcover): Ken Burns Our America - A Photographic History (Hardcover)
Ken Burns; Introduction by Ken Burns, Sarah Hermanson Meister
R2,387 R1,932 Discovery Miles 19 320 Save R455 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hetty - The Genius & Madness Of America's First Female Tycoon (Paperback): Charles Slack Hetty - The Genius & Madness Of America's First Female Tycoon (Paperback)
Charles Slack
R455 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R75 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When J. P. Morgan called a meeting of New York's financial leaders after the stock market crash of 1907, Hetty Green was the only woman in the room. The Guinness Book of World Records memorialized her as the World's Greatest Miser, and, indeed, this unlikely robber baron -- who parlayed a comfortable inheritance into a fortune that was worth about 1.6 billion in today's dollars -- was frugal to a fault. But in an age when women weren't even allowed to vote, never mind concern themselves with interest rates, she lived by her own rules. In Hetty, Charles Slack reexamines her life and legacy, giving us, at long last, a splendidly "nuanced portrait" (Newsweek) of one of the greatest -- and most eccentric -- financiers in American history.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

The Queen - The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth (Paperback): Josh Levin The Queen - The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth (Paperback)
Josh Levin
R512 R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Save R83 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Empire of Wealth - The Epic History of American Economic Power (Paperback): John Steele Gordon Empire of Wealth - The Epic History of American Economic Power (Paperback)
John Steele Gordon
R490 R412 Discovery Miles 4 120 Save R78 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way -- through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history, John Steele Gordon captures as never before the true source of our nation's global influence: wealth and the capacity to create more of it.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

The Great New York Conspiracy of 1741 - Slavery, Crime and Colonial Law (Paperback, New): Peter Charles Hoffer The Great New York Conspiracy of 1741 - Slavery, Crime and Colonial Law (Paperback, New)
Peter Charles Hoffer
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Three and a half decades before the city of New York witnessed the first great battle waged by the new United States of America for its independence, rumors of a massive conspiracy among the city's slaves spread panic throughout the colony. On the testimony of frightened bondsmen and a handful of whites, over seventy slaves were convicted and a third of these were executed.

The suspected conspiracy in New York prompted one of the most extensive slave trials in colonial history and some of the most grisly punishments ever meted out to individuals. Peter Hoffer now retells the dramatic story of those landmark trials, setting the events in their legal and historical contexts and offering a revealing glimpse of slavery in colonial cities and of the way that the law defined and policed the institution.

Among other things, Hoffer reveals how conspiracy became a central feature of the law of slavery at the same time as it reflected the white belief that slaves were always conspiring against their masters. He draws on uniquely revealing firsthand accounts of the trials to both retell a gripping story and open a window on colonial American justice. He leads readers through a chain of events involving robbery and arson that culminated in the trials of a group of white men suspected of inciting the slaves to revolt.

The episode, so vital to our understanding of a time when slavery was an entrenched institution and the law made even the angry muttering of slaves into a criminal act, has much to tell us about current affairs as well. African slaves in colonial times were viewed by authorities and citizens much as some foreigners are today: inherently dangerous, easily identifiable, and constantly conspiring.

The Monarchy of Fear - A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis (Paperback): Martha C. Nussbaum The Monarchy of Fear - A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis (Paperback)
Martha C. Nussbaum 1
R475 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R88 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Remembering Fort Myers - The City of Palms (Paperback): Prudy Taylor Board Remembering Fort Myers - The City of Palms (Paperback)
Prudy Taylor Board
R564 R464 Discovery Miles 4 640 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Author Prudy Taylor Board has compiled a collection of historical articles about the intriguing, but little known, people and events in the history of Fort Myers. Board traces the development of the city's prestigious neighborhoods and parks, while introducing readers to some of the most captivating and eccentric characters.

Fly Girls - How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History (Paperback): Keith O'Brien Fly Girls - How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History (Paperback)
Keith O'Brien
R501 R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Save R84 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
True Blue - The Dramatic History of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Told by the Men Who Lived It (Paperback): Steve Delsohn True Blue - The Dramatic History of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Told by the Men Who Lived It (Paperback)
Steve Delsohn
R399 R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Save R67 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1957 the Dodgers broke the hearts of blue-collar Brooklyn for the embrace of booming Los Angeles. Thus began a new era for the fabled Bums, whose exploits inside -- and outside -- the white lines have intrigued generations of baseball fans.

Based on scores of fresh and exuberant interviews, True Blue brings you into the dugout and the locker room, capturing the nearly half-century of clutch performances, World Series triumphs, blown pennant races, clubhouse brawls, contract disputes, stunning trades, and turbulent managerial changes -- all with a startling insider's perspective.

In their own candid and provocative words, a who's who of Dodger legends and stars such as Duke Snider, Maury Wills, John Roseboro, Don Sutton, Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, Davey Lopes, Reggie Smith, Tommy Lasorda, Bill Russell, Dusty Baker, Kirk Gibson, Steve Sax, and Eric Karros recall their years with the Dodgers. Also providing their unique commentary are a number of noted opponents, writers, and broadcasters, including Willie Mays, Sparky Anderson, Pete Hamill, Roger Kahn, Tim McCarver, and Bob Costas.

Their voices, woven into a rich and fast-paced narrative, bring to life the rise and shocking retirement of Sandy Koufax, Kirk Gibson's dramatic 1988 World Series home run, the controversial trade of Mike Piazza, and so much more. It is the vivid story of how the Dodgers became one of the great successes in major league history, winning nine National League pennants and five World Series championships.

A fascinating and colorful history of a team, an era, and baseball itself, True Blue is must reading for any baseball fan.

In a Barren Land - The American Indian Quest for Cultural Survival, 1607 to the Present (Paperback, 1st Quill ed): Paula M Marks In a Barren Land - The American Indian Quest for Cultural Survival, 1607 to the Present (Paperback, 1st Quill ed)
Paula M Marks
R531 R456 Discovery Miles 4 560 Save R75 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Award-winning historian Paula Mitchell Marks reconfirms her status as one of the foremost contemporary chroniclers of the American West with this often appalling, yet always engrossing, account of American Indian cultures under siege from 1607 to the present. In a dazzling synthesis of the latest research with masterful storytelling, Marks portrays the systematic dispossession of America's original inhabitants over centuries of broken promises and bloody persecutions. Well-known events and personalities -- the Battle of Little Big Horn, the Trail of Tears, Geronimo, to name a few -- are juxtaposed with lesser-known but equally pivotal episodes such as the Navajos' Long Walk, the Snake Indian resistance, and more.

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