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Came A Tall Kentucky Gentleman (Hardcover): Charles Leroy Hall Came A Tall Kentucky Gentleman (Hardcover)
Charles Leroy Hall
R767 Discovery Miles 7 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The G is for Guts (Hardcover): Charles E Skidmore, Michael G Skidmore The G is for Guts (Hardcover)
Charles E Skidmore, Michael G Skidmore
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Shipwrecks and Bush Felling - New Zealand Pioneer Able Seaman G.R. Meredith (Hardcover): Wendy Hamilton Shipwrecks and Bush Felling - New Zealand Pioneer Able Seaman G.R. Meredith (Hardcover)
Wendy Hamilton; Contributions by George Meredith
R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Salinger (Paperback): David Shields, Shane Salerno Salinger (Paperback)
David Shields, Shane Salerno
R637 R597 Discovery Miles 5 970 Save R40 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An instant "New York Times "bestseller, this "explosive biography" ("People") of one of the most beloved and mysterious figures of the twentieth century is "as close as we'll ever get to being inside J.D. Salinger's head" ("Entertainment Weekly").
This "revealing" ("The" "New York Times") and "engrossing" ("The" "Wall Street Journal") oral biography, "fascinating and unique" ("The Washington Post") and "an unmitigated success" ("USA TODAY"), has redefined our understanding of one of the most mysterious figures of the twentieth century.
In nine years of work on "Salinger," and especially in the years since the author's death, David Shields and Shane Salerno interviewed more than 200 people on five continents, many of whom had previously refused to go on the record about their relationship with Salinger. This oral biography offers direct eyewitness accounts from Salinger's World War II brothers-in-arms, his family members, his close friends, his lovers, his classmates, his neighbors, his editors, his publishers, his "New Yorker" colleagues, and people with whom he had relationships that were secret even to his own family. Their intimate recollections are supported by more that 175 photos (many never seen before), diaries, legal records, and private documents that are woven throughout; in addition, appearing here for the first time, are Salinger's "lost letters"--ranging from the 1940s to 2008, revealing his intimate views on love, literature, fame, religion, war, and death, and providing a raw and revelatory self-portrait.
The result is "unprecedented" (Associated Press), "genuinely valuable" ("Time"), and "strips away the sheen of Salinger's] exceptionalism, trading in his genius for something much more real" ("Los Angeles Times"). According to the "Sunday Times" of London, "Salinger" is "a stupendous work...I predict with the utmost confidence that, after this, the world will not need another Salinger biography."

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars -Tiberius- (Hardcover): G. Suetonius Tranquillus The Lives of the Twelve Caesars -Tiberius- (Hardcover)
G. Suetonius Tranquillus
R476 Discovery Miles 4 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover... The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Olaudah Equiano
R971 Discovery Miles 9 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Devil's Den - Marines War in Lebanon 1983 (Hardcover): Ltcol David Brown Usmc (Ret ) Devil's Den - Marines War in Lebanon 1983 (Hardcover)
Ltcol David Brown Usmc (Ret )
R988 Discovery Miles 9 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Journal Of Thomas Abram Huguenin - Last Confederate Commander of Fort Sumter (Hardcover): Thomas Huguenin The Journal Of Thomas Abram Huguenin - Last Confederate Commander of Fort Sumter (Hardcover)
Thomas Huguenin; Edited by John C. Rigdon
R915 Discovery Miles 9 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Twenty Years at Hull House - History of the Settlement House and Social Reformism in Chicago's West Side (Hardcover)... Twenty Years at Hull House - History of the Settlement House and Social Reformism in Chicago's West Side (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Jane Addams
R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Twenty Years at Hull House, by the acclaimed memoir of social reformer Jane Addams, is presented here complete with all sixty-three of the original illustrations and the biographical notes. A landmark autobiography in terms of opening the eyes of Americans to the plight of the industrial revolution, Twenty Years at Hull House has been applauded for its unflinching descriptions of the poverty and degradation of the era. Jane Addams also details the grave ill-health she suffered during and after her childhood, giving the reader insight into the adversity which she would re-purpose into a drive to alleviate the suffering of others. The process by which Addams founded Hull House in Chicago is detailed; the sheer scale and severity of the poverty in the city she and others witnessed, the search for the perfect location, and the numerous difficulties she and her fellow activists encountered while establishing and maintaining the house are detailed.

Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. By William Godwin. The Second Edition, Corrected (Hardcover):... Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. By William Godwin. The Second Edition, Corrected (Hardcover)
William Godwin
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Where They Stand - The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians (Paperback): Robert W Merry Where They Stand - The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians (Paperback)
Robert W Merry
R451 Discovery Miles 4 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Robert W. Merry presents a fresh, playful, and challenging way of playing America's favorite game, "Rating the Presidents," by pitching historian's views and experts' polls against the judgment and votes of the presidents' contemporaries.

Kick Em In The Guts - cowboy to cav. (Hardcover): Frank O Stephens Kick Em In The Guts - cowboy to cav. (Hardcover)
Frank O Stephens
R670 Discovery Miles 6 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Live. Fight. Survive. - An ex-British soldier?s account of courage, resistance and defiance fighting for Ukraine against Russia... Live. Fight. Survive. - An ex-British soldier’s account of courage, resistance and defiance fighting for Ukraine against Russia (Paperback)
Shaun Pinner
R295 R263 Discovery Miles 2 630 Save R32 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

During nine years in the British Army, Shaun Pinner deployed on operations around the world, and trained in Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape. He never imagined that he would be one day draw deep on that training as a prisoner of the Russians ...

But when Pinner fell in love with and married a Ukrainian woman, the couple made their home in Mariupol. Missing the camaraderie and purpose he'd relished in the Royal Anglian Regiment he joined his adopted country's military as a sniper instructor.

Four years later, the section he led was on the frontline when Vladimir Putin's forces launched their invasion.

Outnumbered and outgunned in the fiercest fighting seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War, Pinner's troops staged a fighting retreat back to Mariupol to join the remarkable, defiant last stand that captured the world's imagination. At the height of the battle, Pinner's wife urged him to 'Live. Fight. Survive.'

He fought on. Until, ordered by President Zelensky to save themselves, his platoon made a break for it. The enemy was waiting. Pinner was captured.
Over the months the followed, the former British soldier required every ounce of strength, resolve, ingenuity and dark humour to see him and his fellow prisoners of war through the savage mental and physical toll meted out by his ruthless captors. But he refused to be broken.

Live. Fight. Survive. is the breathtaking story of a soldier fighting for his home and family: an unforgettable account of superhuman courage, resistance and defiance in the face of overwhelming odds. And a stirring testament to the power of the human spirit.

Blackjacks - A Rhodesian Family's Journey from a Close-Knit Community to Australia to Find Peace and Security (Hardcover):... Blackjacks - A Rhodesian Family's Journey from a Close-Knit Community to Australia to Find Peace and Security (Hardcover)
Tony Illman
R1,317 Discovery Miles 13 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Life, Conversion, Preaching, Travels and Sufferings of Elias Smith (Hardcover): Elias 1769-1846 Smith Life, Conversion, Preaching, Travels and Sufferings of Elias Smith (Hardcover)
Elias 1769-1846 Smith
R1,038 Discovery Miles 10 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars -Vespasian, Titus & Domitian- (Hardcover): G. Suetonius Tranquillus The Lives of the Twelve Caesars -Vespasian, Titus & Domitian- (Hardcover)
G. Suetonius Tranquillus
R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Tales from the Zirzameen (Hardcover, 3rd Hardback ed.): Brian Hanson Appleton Tales from the Zirzameen (Hardcover, 3rd Hardback ed.)
Brian Hanson Appleton
R693 R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Save R43 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Why Can't I (Hardcover): John Barry Why Can't I (Hardcover)
John Barry
R977 Discovery Miles 9 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Finding Meaning After the Military - A combat and survival manual for every veteran facing the new battlefield of life when... Finding Meaning After the Military - A combat and survival manual for every veteran facing the new battlefield of life when entering the 1st civilian division (Hardcover)
Byron Rodgers
R826 Discovery Miles 8 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Starr Report - Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr Regarding President Clinton (Hardcover): U.S. Department... The Starr Report - Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr Regarding President Clinton (Hardcover)
U.S. Department of Justice, Office Of Special Counsel
R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Time to Betray - A Gripping True Spy Story of Betrayal, Fear, and Courage (Paperback): Reza Kahlili A Time to Betray - A Gripping True Spy Story of Betrayal, Fear, and Courage (Paperback)
Reza Kahlili
R559 R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A TIME TO BETRAY
This exhilarating, award-winning memoir of a secret double life reveals the heart-wrenching story of a man who spied for the American government in the ranks of the notorious Revolutionary Guards of Iran, risking everything by betraying his homeland in order to save it.
Reza Kahlili grew up in Tehran surrounded by his close-knit family and friends. But the enlightened Iran of his youth vanished forever, as Reza discovered upon returning home from studying computer science in the United States, when the revolution of 1979 ushered in Ayatollah Khomeini's dark age of religious fundamentalism. Clinging to the hope of a Persian Renaissance, Reza joined the Ayatollah's elite Revolutionary Guards. As Khomeini's tyrannies unfolded, as fellow countrymen turned on each other, and after the deeply personal horrors he witnessed firsthand inside Evin Prison, a shattered and disillusioned Reza returned to America to dangerously become "Wally," a spy for the CIA.
In "A Time to Betray," Reza not only relates his razor's-edge, undercover existence from moment to heart-pounding moment as he supplies vital information from the Iran-Iraq War, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the Iran-Contra affair, and more; he also documents a chain of incredible events that culminates in a nation's fight for freedom that continues to this very day, making this a timely and vital perspective on the future of Iran and the fate of the world.

Our Vietnam Wars, Volume 2 - as told by more veterans who served (Hardcover): William F. Brown Our Vietnam Wars, Volume 2 - as told by more veterans who served (Hardcover)
William F. Brown
R884 R772 Discovery Miles 7 720 Save R112 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fire Light - The Life of Angel De Cora, Winnebago Artist (Hardcover): Linda M. Waggoner Fire Light - The Life of Angel De Cora, Winnebago Artist (Hardcover)
Linda M. Waggoner
R1,020 Discovery Miles 10 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"The first biography of this important American Indian artist"

Artist, teacher, and Red Progressive, Angel De Cora (1869-1919) painted "Fire Light" to capture warm memories of her Nebraska Winnebago childhood. In this biography, Linda M. Waggoner draws on that glowing image to illuminate De Cora's life and artistry, which until now have been largely overlooked by scholars.

One of the first American Indian artists to be accepted within the mainstream art world, De Cora left her childhood home on the Winnebago reservation to find success in the urban Northeast at the turn of the twentieth century. Despite scant documentary sources that elucidate De Cora's private life, Waggoner has rendered a complete picture of the woman known in her time as the first "real Indian artist." She depicts De Cora as a multifaceted individual who as a young girl took pride in her traditions, forged a bond with the land that would sustain her over great distances, and learned the role of cultural broker from her mother's Metis family.

After studying with famed illustrator Howard Pyle at his first Brandywine summer school, De Cora eventually succeeded in establishing the first "Native Indian" art department at Carlisle Indian School. A founding member of the Society of American Indians, she made a significant impact on the American Arts and Crafts movement by promoting indigenous arts throughout her career.

Waggoner brings her broad knowledge of Winnebago culture and history to this gracefully written book, which features more than forty illustrations. "Fire Light" shows us both a consummate artist and a fully realized woman, who learned how to traverse the borders of Red identity in a white man's world.

Fire and Fury - Inside the Trump White House (Paperback, International ed.): Michael Wolff Fire and Fury - Inside the Trump White House (Paperback, International ed.)
Michael Wolff 1
R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Tommy Mack - A College Try (Hardcover): Thomas M Dixon Tommy Mack - A College Try (Hardcover)
Thomas M Dixon
R855 Discovery Miles 8 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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