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A Hoot in Hell's Island - The Heroic Story of World War II Dive Bomber Lt. Cmdr. Robert D. Hoot Gibson (Hardcover): Ret )... A Hoot in Hell's Island - The Heroic Story of World War II Dive Bomber Lt. Cmdr. Robert D. Hoot Gibson (Hardcover)
Ret ) Col Kirk Warner (USA, Robert D Gibson
R609 Discovery Miles 6 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Last Gunfight - The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How It Changed the American West (Paperback): Jeff... The Last Gunfight - The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral-And How It Changed the American West (Paperback)
Jeff Guinn
R534 R499 Discovery Miles 4 990 Save R35 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A "New York Times "bestseller, Jeff Guinn's definitive, myth-busting account of the most famous gunfight in American history reveals who Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons and McLaurys really were and what the shootout was all about.
On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, in a vacant lot in Tombstone, Arizona, a confrontation between eight armed men erupted in a deadly shootout. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral would shape how future generations came to view the Old West. Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the Clantons became the stuff of legends, symbolic of a frontier populated by good guys in white hats and villains in black ones. It's a colorful story--but the truth is even better.
Drawing on new material from private collections--including diaries, letters, and Wyatt Earp's own hand-drawn sketch of the shootout's conclusion--as well as archival research, Jeff Guinn gives us a startlingly different and far more fascinating picture of what actually happened that day in Tombstone and why

Escape from Corregidor (Hardcover): Edgar D Whitcomb Escape from Corregidor (Hardcover)
Edgar D Whitcomb
R794 Discovery Miles 7 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Escape from Corregidor is the harrowing account of Edgar Whitcomb, a B-17 navigator who arrives in World War II Philippines just before its invasion by the Japanese. Whitcomb evades the enemy on Bataan by fleeing to Corregidor Island in a small boat. He is captured but later manages to escape at night in an hours-long swim to safety. Captured once again weeks later, Whitcomb is imprisoned, tortured and starved, before being transferred to China and eventual freedom.

Getting Our Wings (Hardcover): Bob Taylor Getting Our Wings (Hardcover)
Bob Taylor
R735 Discovery Miles 7 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Life and Times of John Pierce Hawley - A Mormon Ulysses of the American West (Hardcover): Melvin C Johnson Life and Times of John Pierce Hawley - A Mormon Ulysses of the American West (Hardcover)
Melvin C Johnson
R943 Discovery Miles 9 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Judge Aaron Jaffe - Reforming Illinois: A Progressive Tackles State Government,1970-2015 (Hardcover): Charles M. Barber, Aaron... Judge Aaron Jaffe - Reforming Illinois: A Progressive Tackles State Government,1970-2015 (Hardcover)
Charles M. Barber, Aaron Jaffe
R1,199 Discovery Miles 11 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
James Legge and the Chinese Classics - A brilliant Scot in the turmoil of colonial Hong Kong (Hardcover): Marilyn Laura Bowman James Legge and the Chinese Classics - A brilliant Scot in the turmoil of colonial Hong Kong (Hardcover)
Marilyn Laura Bowman
R1,494 Discovery Miles 14 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le Marchant - Wellington's Scientific Cavalry General---With a Short Biography by John William Cole (Hardcover): Denis Le... Le Marchant - Wellington's Scientific Cavalry General---With a Short Biography by John William Cole (Hardcover)
Denis Le Marchant, John William Cole
R872 Discovery Miles 8 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The consummate soldier of Wellington's Peninsular Army
Guernsey born John Gaspard Le Marchant was an intellectual born before his time. He had a gift for languages, was a competent musician and a talented water colourist. Nevertheless, he chose a career as a soldier and cavalryman, perhaps unusually, since cavalry officers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries were not noted for their intellect. In common with many officers who were associated with the Duke of Wellington in the battles against Napoleon's First Empire, Le Marchant first saw action against the French Revolutionary armies in the Low Countries. The campaign was a debacle, but it caused Le Marchant to consider the formation, drill, equipment and tactical methods employed by the British army in the field, and resulted in his authorship of a number of important treatises on these subjects. These works were particularly well received by the Duke of York and this led to royal patronage and the adoption of several Le Marchant's ideas. His greatest achievement was certainly the creation of the Royal Military College, and his vision of a training school for military officers gave rise not only to Sandhurst, but also West Point and a number of other institutions created on his model internationally. His promotion to major-general excluded him from academic life and he was given command of a brigade of heavy cavalry in the Peninsular War, where he was, predictably, as effective in the field as he was in all his endeavours. Le Marchant fell, sabre in hand among enemy ranks, at the Battle of Salamanca having instituted a brilliant manoeuvre of cavalry which almost certainly sealed what is recognised as one of Wellington's greatest victories. This biography of by Le Marchant's son is accompanied in this special Leonaur edition by a short biography of Le Marchant's military career by historian, John William Cole.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

A Hellish Place of Angels - Con Thien: One Man's Journey (Hardcover): Daryl Eigen A Hellish Place of Angels - Con Thien: One Man's Journey (Hardcover)
Daryl Eigen
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Who Will Go - Into the Son Tay POW Camp (Hardcover): Terry Buckler, Cliff Westbrook Who Will Go - Into the Son Tay POW Camp (Hardcover)
Terry Buckler, Cliff Westbrook; Foreword by Roger H C Donlon
R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Rise of Marco Rubio (Paperback): Manuel Roig-Franzia The Rise of Marco Rubio (Paperback)
Manuel Roig-Franzia
R425 R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
My Father Before Me - Memoirs Of An Activist's Daughter (Hardcover): Catherine Kanhema-Blinston My Father Before Me - Memoirs Of An Activist's Daughter (Hardcover)
Catherine Kanhema-Blinston
R722 Discovery Miles 7 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Seventy years after the establishment of Rhodesia by the European settlers, a little girl was born to an activist. Her father fought to establish a one man, one vote system. He was arrested and imprisoned for ten years. The girl was ecstatic to have her father back until she realized that he had become a stranger to her. My Father before Me is a vivid journey through Catherine Kanhema-Blinston's early life. It chronicles her life in the midst of poverty, war, and prison camps. Her happiest moments during her childhood were the fun, light-hearted times she shared with her big family and the bonds she formed with her siblings during her outdoor adventures. These pleasant memories create a sharp contrast to the instability faced by a young girl growing up as a political activist's daughter.

The Family Album (in Russian - ???????? ??????): Reminiscing About the Past (in Russian: ???????????? ? ??? (Hardcover):... The Family Album (in Russian - Семейный Альбом): Reminiscing About the Past (in Russian: Воспоминание о про (Hardcover)
Veronica B Gamburg (in Гамбург)
R1,704 Discovery Miles 17 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Owen Dixon (Paperback): Philip Ayres Owen Dixon (Paperback)
Philip Ayres
R1,693 Discovery Miles 16 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Australia's most eminent judge was regarded as the greatest exponent of the common law of his generation anywhere in the world. Through his private diaries, the author gives the text a strong sense of momentum, interiority and continuing drama. He focuses on the most interesting cases and involves the reader closely regarding his trips and wartime.

David Crockett - His Life and Adventures (Hardcover): John S. C Abbott David Crockett - His Life and Adventures (Hardcover)
John S. C Abbott
R812 Discovery Miles 8 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Political Power - James Comey (Hardcover): Joe Paradise Political Power - James Comey (Hardcover)
Joe Paradise; Michael L Frizell; Edited by Darren G Davis
R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Living My Life - Both Volumes, Complete and Unabridged; The Autobiography of a Social Activist, Women's Rights Campaigner... Living My Life - Both Volumes, Complete and Unabridged; The Autobiography of a Social Activist, Women's Rights Campaigner and Political Philosopher (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
Emma Goldman
R1,393 Discovery Miles 13 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Emma Goldman is one of the most celebrated activists and philosophers of the early 20th century, admired and reviled for her anarchist ideas and vociferous support of free speech and personal liberation. A polarizing figure in life, Emma Goldman was among the first advocates of birth control for women. From 1900 to 1920 she was in and out of jail in the United States on charges of illegally promoting contraception, inciting riots in favor of her social and economic causes, and discouraging potential recruits to avoid the draft for World War I. Although Goldman initially supported the Bolshevik Revolution, the resulting Soviet Union's repressiveness caused an abrupt reversal in her opinion. Goldman's narrative is thorough yet compelling; her childhood in Russia, her emigration to the USA as a teenager, and her attraction to anarchist and social causes is told.

Mameluke Ali-With Napoleon from the Tuileries to St. Helena (Hardcover): Louis-Etienne Saint-Denis Mameluke Ali-With Napoleon from the Tuileries to St. Helena (Hardcover)
Louis-Etienne Saint-Denis
R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
My Life (Paperback): Golda Meir My Life (Paperback)
Golda Meir
R360 R321 Discovery Miles 3 210 Save R39 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'The gripping memoir of a remarkable woman who rose to the top in a man's world. A compelling political story of courage and struggle, power and leadership, war and crisis - and the making of Israel. A classic of 20th century history' Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of JERUSALEM: THE BIOGRAPHY 'A remarkable, almost incredible personal history ... stimulating and fascinating' IRISH TIMES 'A rare and wholly unforgettable work' SATURDAY REVIEW WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY JULIA NEUBERGER Golda Meir was without doubt one of the most incredible women of her - and any - time. Born in 1898 in Kyiv, she was the daughter of an impoverished carpenter - and became the first (and only) female Prime Minister of Israel. Meir's earliest memory is of her father boarding up the front door in response to rumours of an imminent pogrom. The family emigrated to the US and for a while Meir lived with her sister, where she was exposed to debates on Zionism, women's suffrage, literature and socialism. She became a teacher, and after her marriage emigrated again to Palestine, settling on a kibbutz. Always politically active, she became Israel's first envoy to Moscow; was promoted to Foreign Minister and ultimately elected as Prime Minister, leader of Israel. In her autobiography she wrote: 'To me, being Jewish means and has always meant being proud to be part of a people that has maintained its distinct identity for more than 2,000 years, with all the pain and torment that has been inflicted upon it'

Crash Start - The Life and Legacy of Lieutenant Richard Guy Ormonde Hudson DSC Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Hardcover): Chris... Crash Start - The Life and Legacy of Lieutenant Richard Guy Ormonde Hudson DSC Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Hardcover)
Chris O'flaherty
R619 Discovery Miles 6 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In 1940 a first-year student at Oxford gave up his legal studies to serve his country in its time of need. He served with valour and distinction, receiving the Distinguished Service Cross for developing and then delivering battlewinning tactics that protected the flanks of the D-Day landings. But Guy Hudson also saw things that cannot be unseen, and experienced the horrors of war that become tattooed on one's soul. This is the story of a brave and patriotic sailor who helped sink the German battleship Bismarck, drove his Motor Torpedo Boat into enemy harbours right under the muzzles of Axis guns, and then pioneered radar control procedures for the small torpedo and gun boats that careered across pitch-dark maritime battlefields to guard the Allied landings in northern France. It is also the story of a man who turned to alcohol to control the darker memories created by war, and whose life and business collapsed due to the demon of drink, before he was rescued by his second wife. His legacy now lives on at the University of Oxford through the Guy Hudson Memorial Trust - this biography is his tribute.

Major Philip M. Ulmer: - A Hero of the American Revolution (Paperback): Patricia M. Hubert Major Philip M. Ulmer: - A Hero of the American Revolution (Paperback)
Patricia M. Hubert
R970 R859 Discovery Miles 8 590 Save R111 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Revolutionary War is filled with stories of bravery, but many of its heroes have remained unknown. Major Philip Ulmer, captain of the gunboat "Spitfire," is one of those heroes. He first enlisted as a sergeant in the Massachusetts militia in 1775 and rose through the ranks through his exemplary leadership, courage and devotion to duty. He was involved in almost every major event in the North, including the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Siege of Boston, the Battle of Lake Champlain, the Penobscot Expedition and the battles at Trenton, Princeton and Saratoga. He served under the command of many well-known generals, including Washington, Lafayette, Arnold, Gates and Knox. After the war, Ulmer forged a business partnership with Knox in Lincolnville, Maine, and was an original founder of that town. He answered the call of duty again during the War of 1812 as an intelligence officer with the local militia defending Penobscot Bay. Discover this remarkable history of a long-overshadowed American hero.

Save my Children - An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero (Hardcover): Leon Kleiner, Edwin Stepp Save my Children - An Astonishing Tale of Survival and its Unlikely Hero (Hardcover)
Leon Kleiner, Edwin Stepp
R768 Discovery Miles 7 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Silver Affair - A Novel Based on True Events (Hardcover): Bob Sugar The Silver Affair - A Novel Based on True Events (Hardcover)
Bob Sugar
R626 R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Save R52 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Book): Darwin. Francis The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Book)
Darwin. Francis
R797 Discovery Miles 7 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Familie Allwein - Volume Iii: Western Migrations (Hardcover): Duane F. Alwin Familie Allwein - Volume Iii: Western Migrations (Hardcover)
Duane F. Alwin
R1,870 Discovery Miles 18 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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