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Canoe Indians of Down East Maine (Paperback): William A. Haviland Canoe Indians of Down East Maine (Paperback)
William A. Haviland
R502 R411 Discovery Miles 4 110 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1604, when Frenchmen landed on Saint Croix Island, they were far from the first people to walk along its shores. For thousands of years, Etchemins--whose descendants were members of the Wabanaki Confederacy-- had lived, loved and labored in Down East Maine. Bound together with neighboring people, all of whom relied heavily on canoes for transportation, trade and survival, each group still maintained its own unique cultures and customs. After the French arrived, they faced unspeakable hardships, from "the Great Dying," when disease killed up to 90 percent of coastal populations, to centuries of discrimination. They never abandoned Ketakamigwa, their homeland. In this book, anthropologist William Haviland relates the history of hardship and survival endured by the natives of the Down East coast and how they have maintained their way of life over the past four hundred years.

Half Century, Baby! - Fifty Years of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat (Hardcover): David Parsons, Mads Bangso Half Century, Baby! - Fifty Years of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat (Hardcover)
David Parsons, Mads Bangso
R1,206 R949 Discovery Miles 9 490 Save R257 (21%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Montevallo (Paperback): Clark Hultquist, Carey Heatherly Montevallo (Paperback)
Clark Hultquist, Carey Heatherly
R636 R523 Discovery Miles 5 230 Save R113 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Montevallo: a mountain in a valley. This bucolic, natural phrase aptly describes the beauty of this central Alabama town. Early settlers were drawn to the area by its abundant agricultural and mineral resources, and in 1826, the tiny village of Montevallo was born. The nature of the town changed significantly in 1896 with the founding of the Alabama Girls' Industrial School, now the University of Montevallo. The Olmsted Brothers firm of Brookline, Massachusetts, laid out the central campus, and its master plan still inspires current development. Since 1896, the focus of the town has shifted from agriculture and mining to education. The university's mission is to be Alabama's "Public Liberal Arts College." Prominent figures include writer and veteran E. B. Sledge, actresses Polly Holiday and Rebecca Luker, and Major League Baseball player Rusty Greer.

Vermont Women, Native Americans & African Americans - Out of the Shadows of History (Paperback): Cynthia D Bittinger Vermont Women, Native Americans & African Americans - Out of the Shadows of History (Paperback)
Cynthia D Bittinger
R563 R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Join local scholar Cyndy Bittinger on a journey through the forgotten tales of the roles that Native Americans, African Americans and women-often overlooked-played in Vermont's master narrative and history. Bittinger not only shows where these marginalized groups are missing from history, but also emphasizes the ways that they contributed and their unique experiences.

Law of the Jungle - The Hunt for Colombian Guerrillas, American Hostages, and Buried Treasure (Paperback): John Otis Law of the Jungle - The Hunt for Colombian Guerrillas, American Hostages, and Buried Treasure (Paperback)
John Otis
R558 R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On February 13, 2003, a plane carrying three American military contractors crash-landed in the jungle-covered mountains of Colombia. Within minutes, FARC guerrillas swarmed the wreckage and killed the American pilot and a Colombian crew member, then marched the survivors--Marc Gonsalves, Keith Stansell, and Thomas Howes--at gunpoint into the rain forest. The Colombian government sent 147 soldiers to rescue the Americans. The troops spent weeks subsisting on monkey meat and Amazon rodents as they chased the guerrillas deeper into the jungle. But then a soldier on a bathroom break stuck his machete into the ground and pulled out 20 million pesos--part of a buried rebel cache of $20 million--and the game suddenly changed.

Veteran journalist John Otis places the Colombian hostage story in its full context, exploring the inner workings of the FARC, the U.S.-backed war on drugs, and Colombia's efforts to free the rebel-held prisoners. Law of the Jungle is an edge-of-your-seat adventure and a shocking cautionary tale about the pursuit of fortune in one of the world's most dangerous places.

Declaration - The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776 (Paperback): William Hogeland Declaration - The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776 (Paperback)
William Hogeland
R457 R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Save R75 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the rambunctious story of how America came to declare independence in Philadelphia in 1776. As late as that May, the Continental Congress had no plans to break away from England. Troops under General George Washington had been fighting the British for nearly a year--yet in Philadelphia a mighty bloc known as "reconciliationists," led by the influential Pennsylvanian John Dickinson, strove to keep America part of the British Empire.
But a cadre of activists--led by the mysterious Samuel Adams of Massachusetts and assisted by his nervous cousin John--plotted to bring about American independence. Their audacious secret plan proposed overturning the reconciliationist government of Pennsylvania and replacing it with pro-independence leaders. Remarkably, the adventure succeeded. The Adams coalition set in motion a startling chain of events in the Philadelphia streets, in the Continental Congress, and throughout the country that culminated in the Declaration of Independence on July 4.
In "Declaration "William Hogeland brings to vibrant life both the day-to-day excitement and the profound importance of those nine fast-paced weeks essential to the American founding yet little known today. He depicts the strange-bedfellow alliance the Adamses formed with scruffy Philadelphia outsiders and elegant Virginia planters to demand liberty. He paints intimate portraits of key figures: John Dickinson, a patriot who found himself outmaneuvered on the losing side of history; Benjamin Franklin, the most famous man in America, engaged in and perplexed by his city's upheavals; Samuel Adams, implacable in changing the direction of Congress; his cousin John, anxious about the democratic aspirations of their rabble-rousing Philadelphia allies; and those democratic radical organizers themselves, essential to bringing about independence, all but forgotten until now.
As the patriots' adventure gathers toward the world-changing climax of the Declaration, conflicts and ironies arise, with trenchant relevance for the most important issues confronting Americans today. "Declaration "offers a fresh, gripping, and vivid portrait of the passionate men and thrilling events that gave our country birth.

Wicked Carlisle - The Dark Side of the Cumberland Valley (Paperback): Joseph David Cress Wicked Carlisle - The Dark Side of the Cumberland Valley (Paperback)
Joseph David Cress
R553 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With Wicked Carlisle, author Joe Cress revisits the criminal history of Cumberland County. Taking a more focused and less bloody approach, Cress will largely bring new stories of mischief to the table, though he will revisit the lighter side of two or three crimes from Murder and Mayhem in Cumberland County. From stories of college pranks gone wrong, Carlisle's own Robin Hood and the robbing and subsequent torching of a beloved local theater (the Strand where the local HS now sits ) to abuses at the Carlisle Indian School and the town's connection to the raid on Harper's Ferry, Cress scours the underbelly of the borough for mischief and misdeeds.

The Department of Mad Scientists - How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs (Paperback): Michael... The Department of Mad Scientists - How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs (Paperback)
Michael P. Belfiore
R396 R329 Discovery Miles 3 290 Save R67 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

America's greatest idea factory isn't Bell Labs, Silicon Valley, or MIT's Media Lab. It's the secretive, Pentagon-led agency known as DARPA. Founded by Eisenhower in response to Sputnik and the Soviet space program, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) mixes military officers with sneaker-wearing scientists, seeking paradigm-shifting ideas in varied fields--from energy, robotics, and rockets to doctorless operating rooms, driverless cars, and planes that can fly halfway around the world in just a few hours.

Michael Belfiore was given unpre-cedented access to write this first-ever popular account of DARPA. "The Department of Mad Scientists" contains material that has barely been reported in the general media--in fact, only 2 percent of Americans know much of anything about the agency. But as this fascinating read demonstrates, DARPA isn't so much frightening as it is inspiring--it is our future.

Power Trip - The Story of America's Love Affair with Energy (Paperback): Amanda Little Power Trip - The Story of America's Love Affair with Energy (Paperback)
Amanda Little
R453 R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Save R68 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

After covering the environment and energy beat for more than a decade, columnist Amanda Little decided that the only way to fully understand America's energy crisis was to travel into the heart of it. So she embarked on a daring, cross-country power trip to the most extreme and exciting frontiers of our energy landscape.

In "Power Trip," we accompany her to a deep-sea oil rig, the cornfields of Kansas, the catacombs of the Pentagon, the Talladega Superspeedway, and inside New York City's electrical grid. We visit laboratories creating the innovations that will carry us into a clean-energy future. Little also travels back through history to investigate how America developed its unrivaled appetite for fossil fuels. In vivid, fast-paced prose, she illustrates how the same American ingenuity that got us into this mess can get us out of it too.

The New Deal - A Modern History (Paperback): Michael Hiltzik The New Deal - A Modern History (Paperback)
Michael Hiltzik
R593 R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Save R83 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this bold reevaluation of a decisive moment in American history, Michael Hiltzik dispels decades of accumulated myths and misconceptions about the New Deal to capture with clarity and immediacy its origins, its legacy, and its genius.

America's Story 3 (Student) (Paperback): Angela O'Dell America's Story 3 (Student) (Paperback)
Angela O'Dell
R1,150 R920 Discovery Miles 9 200 Save R230 (20%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days
Historic Columbus Crimes - Mama's in the Furnace, the Thing & More (Paperback): David Meyers, Elise Meyers Walker Historic Columbus Crimes - Mama's in the Furnace, the Thing & More (Paperback)
David Meyers, Elise Meyers Walker
R505 R414 Discovery Miles 4 140 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Historic Columbus Crimes, the father-daughter team of David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker looks back at sixteen tales of murder, mystery and mayhem culled from city history. Take the rock star slain by a troubled fan or the drag queen slashed to death by a would-be ninja. Then there's the writer who died acting out the plot of his next book, the minister's wife incinerated in the parsonage furnace and a couple of serial killers who outdid the Son of Sam. Not to mention a gunfight at Broad and High, grave-robbing medical students, the bloodiest day in FBI history and other fascinating stories of crime and tragedy. They're all here, and they're all true

Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism (Hardcover): Various Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism (Hardcover)
Various
R135,557 Discovery Miles 1 355 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism is a 51-volume collection of previously out-of-print titles that examine the history, practice and implications of Western colonialism around the globe. From the earliest contact by European explorers to the legacies that remain today, these books look at various aspects of the topic that, taken together, form an essential reference collection. Two of the titles study colonialism in Southeast Asia by non-Western states, and provide a counterpoint in the European-focused study of worldwide colonialism.

The Age of Entitlement - America Since the Sixties (Paperback): Christopher Caldwell The Age of Entitlement - America Since the Sixties (Paperback)
Christopher Caldwell
R494 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R86 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Colorado's History (Paperback): Dona Herweck Rice Colorado's History (Paperback)
Dona Herweck Rice
R341 R283 Discovery Miles 2 830 Save R58 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Get an inside look at Colorado s rich history, from the time of early American Indians to the Colorado Gold Rush to today. This engaging social studies book is four chapters, covering major events, people, and time periods in Colorado history. It includes a glossary, extension activity, guided reading questions, and other exciting features. Colorado s History covers the early history of American Indians in Colorado through the exploration of the territory, its path to statehood, westward expansion, developments in technology, and other important events throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. This reader combines vibrant pictures and illustrations with rich text to craft a detailed account of Colorado, from 14,000 years ago to modern times.

The Camp Creek Train Crash of 1900 - In Atlanta or in Hell (Paperback): Jeffery C. Wells The Camp Creek Train Crash of 1900 - In Atlanta or in Hell (Paperback)
Jeffery C. Wells
R496 R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Save R92 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On June 23, 1900, the Southern Railroad Company's Engine #7 and its passengers were greeted by a tremendous storm en route to Atlanta, Georgia. Stalled for some time in nearby McDonough, travelers grew impatient as rain pelted the roof and wind buffeted the cars. When finally given the go-ahead, their resulting joy was short-lived: the locomotive soon reached Camp Creek--and disaster. After weeks of constant showers, the swollen creek had eroded the bridge supports. Under the train's weight, the bridge collapsed, and all but nine perished in either the fiery fall or watery depths. With the help of local newspapers and eyewitness accounts, Georgia historian and professor Jeffery C. Wells recounts this tragic tale.

Gangs of St. Louis - Men of Respect (Paperback): Daniel Waugh Gangs of St. Louis - Men of Respect (Paperback)
Daniel Waugh
R669 R559 Discovery Miles 5 590 Save R110 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

St. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town's illegal enterprises. Although their names (the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, Egan's Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Cuckoo Gang and the Shelton Gang) are familiar to many, their exploits have remained largely undocumented until now. Learn how an awkward gunshot wound gave the Pillow Gang its name, and read why Willie Russo's bizarre midnight interview with a reporter from the St. Louis Star involved an automatic pistol and a floating hunk of cheese. From daring bank robberies to cold-blooded betrayals, The Gangs of St. Louis chronicles a fierce yet juicy slice of the Gateway City's history that rivaled anything seen in New York or Chicago.

Legends & Lore of Western Pennsylvania (Paperback): Thomas White Legends & Lore of Western Pennsylvania (Paperback)
Thomas White
R597 R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Save R110 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Oppaymolleah's curse. General Braddock's buried gold. The Original Man of Steel, Joe Magarac. Such legends have found a home among the rich folklore of Western Pennsylvania. Thomas White spins a beguiling yarn with tales that reach from the misty hollows of the Alleghenies to the lost islands of Pittsburgh. White invites readers to learn the truth behind the urban legend of the Green Man, speculate on the conspiracy surrounding the lost B-25 bomber of Monongahela and shiver over the ghostly lore of Western Pennsylvania.

Haunted Kingsport: - Ghosts of Tri-City Tennessee (Paperback): Pete Dykes Haunted Kingsport: - Ghosts of Tri-City Tennessee (Paperback)
Pete Dykes
R539 R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Save R102 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Tales of ghostly spirits envelop the northeast Tennessee landscape like a familiar mountain fog. Join Pete Dykes, editor of Kingsport's "Daily News," as he offers up a collection of spooky local stories and legends from centuries past, including such spine-chilling accounts as the foreboding ghost of Netherland Inn Road, spectral disturbances at the Rotherwood Mansion, devilish felines, ruthless poltergeists in Caney Creek Falls, the tortured cries from fallen Rebel soldiers still heard today- and could bigfoot really be buried in the woods of Big Stone Gap?

America's Story 2 (Student) (Paperback): Angela O'Dell America's Story 2 (Student) (Paperback)
Angela O'Dell
R1,150 R920 Discovery Miles 9 200 Save R230 (20%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days
Opening Day - The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season (Paperback): Jonathan Eig Opening Day - The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season (Paperback)
Jonathan Eig
R565 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R92 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets Field, he became the first black man to break into major-league baseball in the twentieth century. World War II had just ended. Democracy had triumphed. Now Americans were beginning to press for justice on the home front -- and Robinson had a chance to lead the way.

He was an unlikely hero. He had little experience in organized baseball. His swing was far from graceful. And he was assigned to play first base, a position he had never tried before that season. But the biggest concern was his temper. Robinson was an angry man who played an aggressive style of ball. In order to succeed he would have to control himself in the face of what promised to be a brutal assault by opponents of integration.

In "Opening Day," Jonathan Eig tells the true story behind the national pastime's most sacred myth. Along the way he offers new insights into events of sixty years ago and punctures some familiar legends. Was it true that the St. Louis Cardinals plotted to boycott their first home game against the Brooklyn Dodgers? Was Pee Wee Reese really Robinson's closest ally on the team? Was Dixie Walker his greatest foe? How did Robinson handle the extraordinary stress of being the only black man in baseball and still manage to perform so well on the field? "Opening Day" is also the story of a team of underdogs that came together against tremendous odds to capture the pennant. Facing the powerful New York Yankees, Robinson and the Dodgers battled to the seventh game in one of the most thrilling World Series competitions of all time.

Drawing on interviews with surviving players, sportswriters, and eyewitnesses, as well as newly discovered material from archives around the country, Jonathan Eig presents a fresh portrait of a ferocious competitor who embodied integration's promise and helped launch the modern civil-rights era. Full of new details and thrilling action, "Opening Day" brings to life baseball's ultimate story.

Haunted Memphis (Paperback): Laura Cunningham Haunted Memphis (Paperback)
Laura Cunningham
R553 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Much like its muddy riverbanks, the mid-South is flooded with tales of shadowy spirits lurking among us. Beyond the rhythm of the blues and tapping of blue suede shoes is a history steeped in horror. From the restless souls of Elmwood Cemetery to the voodoo vices of Beale Street, phantom hymns of the Orpheum Theatre and Civil War soldiers still looking for a fight, peer beyond the shadows of the city's most historic sites.

Author and lifelong resident Laura Cunningham expertly blends fright with history and presents the ghostly legends from Beale to Bartlett, Germantown to Collierville, in this one-of-a-kind volume no resident or visitor should be without.

Frost/Nixon - Behind the Scenes of the Nixon Interviews (Paperback): David Frost Frost/Nixon - Behind the Scenes of the Nixon Interviews (Paperback)
David Frost
R427 R357 Discovery Miles 3 570 Save R70 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Following the resounding success of the eponymous West End and Broadway hit play, "Frost/Nixon" tells the extraordinary story of how Sir David Frost pursued and landed the biggest fish of his career--and how the series drew larger audiences than any news interview ever had in the United States, before being shown all over the world.

This is Frost's absorbing story of his pursuit of Richard Nixon, and is no less revealing of his own toughness and pertinacity than of the ex-President's elusiveness. Frost's encounters with such figures as Swifty Lazar, Ron Ziegler, potential sponsors, and Nixon as negotiator are nothing short of hilarious, and his insight into the taping of the programs themselves is fascinating.

"Frost/Nixon" provides the authoritative account of the only public trial that Nixon would ever have, and a revelation of the man's character as it appeared in the stress of eleven grueling sessions before the cameras. Including historical perspective and transcripts of the edited interviews, this is the story of Sir David Frost's quest to produce one of the most dramatic pieces of television ever broadcast, described by commentators at the time as "a catharsis" for the American people.

The Wit & Wisdom of FDR (Paperback): James C. Humes The Wit & Wisdom of FDR (Paperback)
James C. Humes
R358 R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Save R64 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," the premier collection of noted sayings, Mark Twain is the only American with more citations under his name than Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR was the greatest raconteur to occupy the White House between the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. A superb mimic with a professional comic's sense of timing, he had an ear for a ringing phrase and could laugh at himself, relishing the opportunity to tell stories at his own expense.

The anecdotes, sayings, and witticisms collected in this hugely entertaining and edifying volume are a testament to the high humor and insouciant, infectious personality of one of our greatest presidents.

Sultana - Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History (Paperback): Alan Huffman Sultana - Surviving the Civil War, Prison, and the Worst Maritime Disaster in American History (Paperback)
Alan Huffman
R464 R383 Discovery Miles 3 830 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A powerful account of a surprisingly forgotten tragedy of the Civil War

A stunning wartime account of human endurance and adventure, and an exploration of just how much the human body and mind can take, "Sultana" follows several young Union soldiers through the Civil War and what was, for them, its unimaginably disastrous aftermath. We see them enlist and then almost immediately be plunged into a cascading series of wartime horrors: Battle, trauma, prison camp, and, finally, the sinking of the "Sultana," the steamboat that was taking them back home.

On an April night in 1865, the "Sultana" slowly moved up the dark Mississippi, its overtaxed engines straining under the weight of a human cargo that included an estimated twenty-four hundred passengers--more than six times the number it was designed to carry. Most were weak, emaciated Union soldiers, recently paroled from Confederate prison camps, on their way home after enduring the violence of war. At two a.m., three of "Sultana"'s four boilers exploded. Within twenty minutes, it went down in fire and water, taking an estimated seventeen hundred lives.

The sinking of the "Sultana" remains the worst maritime disaster in American history, yet due to a confluence of contemporary events (Lincoln had recently been assassinated and the war had ended), it soon faded into relative obscurity. Now Alan Huffman presents this harrowing story against the backdrop of the endless suffering already endured by its survivors. Using contemporary research as well as digging deep into archives and family keepsakes, Huffman paints a gripping portrait of the young men who made it home alive.

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