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The Praetorians (Paperback): Peter J. Foot The Praetorians (Paperback)
Peter J. Foot
R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With the security services under resourced for the demands now being placed upon them, the Government have decided, as a temporary measure, to recruit some suitably experienced former Senior NCOa s to fulfil this role. As they are to have a slightly different role from that of MI5 and Special Branch they are to be referred to as the a Praetoriansa which of course was the name given to the elite guard given to those protecting the Roman Generals in ancient times. In the following story we follow the adventures of one of these men as he endeavours to protect his Minister both here in the United Kingdom and on her journeys overseas.

Retoervloot - Kaapstad En Die VOC In 1713 (Afrikaans, Hardcover): Dan Sleigh Retoervloot - Kaapstad En Die VOC In 1713 (Afrikaans, Hardcover)
Dan Sleigh
R420 R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Dit is 1713. VOC-admiraal Johannes van Steelant bring sy ryklik belaaide retoervloot via die Kaapse diensstasie terug na Nederland uit Batavia. Saam op die vlagskip, sy vyf jong kinders. Op die oop see raak hulle een-een siek. Hete koors, maagpyn, swere – die gevreesde pokke.

Op 12 Februarie gaan die gesin, nou almal gesond, aan land in Tafelbaai. Hul skeepsklere word gewas in die VOC se slawelosie. Enkele maande later is byna die helfte van die Kaapse bevolking dood aan pokke.

In Retoervloot bring VOC-kenner Dan Sleigh dié gegewe, en die verbysterende werkinge van die VOC-retoervlootstelsel, lewend voor die oog. Aan die hand van Van Steelant se nuut-ontdekte skeepsjoernaal, met die agtergrondinkleding wat ’n meesterlike geskiedkundige soos Sleigh kan bied, staan die leser op die dek van vlagskip Sandenburg – ’n magtige skip van ’n roemryke organisasie, dog uitgelewer aan die woedende oseaan. Verder is Retoervloot ’n gedenksteen vir Kaapstad se grootste ramp tot op hede

Tony Streather, soldier and Mountaineer (Paperback): Henry Edmundson Tony Streather, soldier and Mountaineer (Paperback)
Henry Edmundson
R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This biography of Tony Streather describes a man who was one of the very great trailblazers of the golden age of Himalayan climbing in the 1950s. Tony Streather was a professional soldier to the core, serving in the North-West Frontier of India, Germany, Cyprus, North Borneo and Northern Ireland among many assignments. But through a chance meeting in post-Partition Pakistan, he became transport officer to a Norwegian expedition to Tirich Mir and joined the summit team that scaled the mountain for the first time. From that moment onwards, he combined soldiering with a distinguished mountaineering career. He summited Kangchenjunga as a member of the second rope in 1955 and survived tragedies on K2 and Haramosh. Many expeditions followed. His military career, which included co-founding the Army Mountaineering Association, was exemplary. For the first time, this authorized biography tells the full story of Tony Streather, soldier and mountaineer.

The Truth Is On The Walls (Paperback): Naz Gool Ebrahim, Donna Ruth Brennies, Shahena Wingate-Pearse The Truth Is On The Walls (Paperback)
Naz Gool Ebrahim, Donna Ruth Brennies, Shahena Wingate-Pearse
R299 R277 Discovery Miles 2 770 Save R22 (7%) In Stock

The stories of Naz Gool Ebrahim and District Six are intimately linked; in fact it is hard to imagine the one without the other.

As the niece of Cissie Gool, Naz came from fighting stock. Strong women with strong voices ran in the family. So when the Apartheid Government declared 'the District', a slum in 1966 and announced plans to flatten it, Naz wasn’t about to lose all that she held dear without a fight. She became the voice of the voiceless, both in South Africa and in the USA and was nominated as ‘Woman of the Year’. Naz combined her radical political activism with her roles as devoted wife and mother to six children. Up until the end of her life in 2005, she worked tirelessly to oppose the evil of racial segregation.

To her opponents, she was an indomitable adversary, but to her friends she was ‘Naz – Raz-a-ma-tazz’, a great lady who certainly knew how to tell a story and put on a good show.

Through Their Eyes (Paperback): David Radford Through Their Eyes (Paperback)
David Radford
R745 Discovery Miles 7 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Based on a series of fascinating interviews, this extraordinary book relates real stories of conflict from the people who lived through it. In vivid detail, and genuinely moving accounts, this unique publication draws the reader into a hugely significant period of history; capturing surprising and emotional stories first hand, before they disappear forever. These are more than just memories, they are the events that marked the world and an entire generation.

Tombstone - The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell (Paperback): Tom Clavin Tombstone - The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell (Paperback)
Tom Clavin
R509 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Prosecutor - One Man?s Battle To Bring Nazis To Justice (Paperback): Jack Fairweather The Prosecutor - One Man’s Battle To Bring Nazis To Justice (Paperback)
Jack Fairweather
R440 R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Save R61 (14%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after WWII to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past.

At the end of the Nuremberg trial in 1946, some of the greatest war criminals in history were sentenced to death, but hundreds of thousands of Nazi murderers and collaborators remained at large. The Allies were ready to overlook their pasts as the Cold War began, and the horrors of the Holocaust were in danger of being forgotten.

In The Prosecutor, Jack Fairweather brings to life the remarkable story of Fritz Bauer, a gay German Jew who survived the Nazis and made it his mission to force his countrymen to confront their complicity in the genocide. In this deeply researched book, Fairweather draws on unpublished family papers, newly declassified German records, and exclusive interviews to immerse readers in the dark, unfamiliar world of postwar West Germany where those who implemented genocide run the country, the CIA is funding Hitler’s former spy-ring in the east, and Nazi-era anti-gay laws are strictly enforced. But once Bauer lands on the trail of Adolf Eichmann, he won’t be intimidated. His journey takes him deep into the rotten heart of West Germany, where his fight for justice will set him against his own government and a network of former Nazis and spies determined to silence him.

In a time when the history of the Holocaust is taken for granted, The Prosecutor reveals the courtroom battles that were fought to establish its legacy and the personal cost of speaking out. The result is a searing portrait of a nation emerging from the ruins of fascism and one man’s courage in forcing his people––and the world––to face the truth.

George Washington's Journey - The President Forges a New Nation (Paperback): T.H. Breen George Washington's Journey - The President Forges a New Nation (Paperback)
T.H. Breen
R491 R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Andre Laurendeau - French Canadian Nationalist 1912-1968 (Hardcover, New): Donald J. Horton Andre Laurendeau - French Canadian Nationalist 1912-1968 (Hardcover, New)
Donald J. Horton
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Andre Laurendeau was the most widely respected French-Canadian nationalist of his generation. The story of his life is to a striking degree also the story of French-Canadian nationalism from the 1930s to the 1960s, that period of massive societal change when Quebec evolved from a traditional to a modern society. The most insightful intellectual voice of the nationalist movement, he was at the tumultuous centre of events as a young separatist in the 1930s; an anti-conscription activist and reform-minded provincial politician in the 1940s; and an influential journalist, editor of the Montreal daily Le Devoir, in the 1950s. At the same time he played an important role in Quebec's cultural life both as a novelist and playwright and as a well-known radio and television personality. In tracing his life story, this biography sheds indispensable light not only on the development of Laurendeau's own nationalist thought, but on his people's continuing struggle to preserve the national values that make them distinct.

Madame Queen - The Life and Crimes of Harlem?s Underground Racketeer, Stephanie St. Clair (Hardcover): Mary Kay McBrayer Madame Queen - The Life and Crimes of Harlem’s Underground Racketeer, Stephanie St. Clair (Hardcover)
Mary Kay McBrayer
R739 R655 Discovery Miles 6 550 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The astonishing little-known history of Harlem racketeer Madame Stephanie St. Clair, one of the only female crime bosses and a Black, self-made businesswoman in early twentieth-century New York.

In her heyday, Stephanie St. Clair went by many names, but one was best known by all: Madame Queen. The undeniable queen of the Harlem numbers game, St. Clair redefined what it meant to be a woman of means. After immigrating to America from the West Indies, St. Clair would go on to manage one of the largest policy banks in all of Harlem by 1923. She knew the power of reputation, and even though her business was illegal gambling, she ran it like any other respectable entrepreneur. Because first and foremost, Madame Queen was a lady.

But that didn’t stop her from doing what needed to be done to survive. St. Clair learned how to navigate the complex male-dominated world of crime syndicates, all at a time when Tammany Hall and mafia groups like the Combination were trying to rule New York. With her tenacity and intellectual prowess, she never backed down. Madame Queen was a complicated figure, but she prioritized the people of Harlem above all else, investing her wealth back into the neighborhood and speaking out against police corruption and racial discrimination.

St. Clair was a trailblazer, unafraid to challenge societal norms. But for far too long she’s been a footnote in more infamous characters’ stories, like Bumpy Johnson, Dutch Schultz and Lucky Luciano. Now, in this masterful portrayal of a woman who defied the odds at all costs, she finally gets her due.

Robert E. Lee and Me - A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause (Paperback): Ty Seidule Robert E. Lee and Me - A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause (Paperback)
Ty Seidule
R468 R407 Discovery Miles 4 070 Save R61 (13%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"Ty Seidule scorches us with the truth and rivets us with his fierce sense of moral urgency." --Ron Chernow In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy--and explores why some of this country's oldest wounds have never healed. Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. Lee. From his southern childhood to his service in the U.S. Army, every part of his life reinforced the Lost Cause myth: that Lee was the greatest man who ever lived, and that the Confederates were underdogs who lost the Civil War with honor. Now, as a retired brigadier general and Professor Emeritus of History at West Point, his view has radically changed. From a soldier, a scholar, and a southerner, Ty Seidule believes that American history demands a reckoning. In a unique blend of history and reflection, Seidule deconstructs the truth about the Confederacy--that its undisputed primary goal was the subjugation and enslavement of Black Americans--and directly challenges the idea of honoring those who labored to preserve that system and committed treason in their failed attempt to achieve it. Through the arc of Seidule's own life, as well as the culture that formed him, he seeks a path to understanding why the facts of the Civil War have remained buried beneath layers of myth and even outright lies--and how they embody a cultural gulf that separates millions of Americans to this day. Part history lecture, part meditation on the Civil War and its fallout, and part memoir, Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the deeply-held legends and myths of the Confederacy--and provides a surprising interpretation of essential truths that our country still has a difficult time articulating and accepting.

The Waffenmeister (Paperback): Kenneth Ballantyne The Waffenmeister (Paperback)
Kenneth Ballantyne
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Blood Money - Stories Of An Ex-Recce's Missions In Iraq (Paperback): Johan Raath Blood Money - Stories Of An Ex-Recce's Missions In Iraq (Paperback)
Johan Raath 2
R300 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R32 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

A riveting, action-filled account that sheds light on the realities of working in a war-torn country, this is the first book on the war in Iraq by a South African.

Johan Raath and a security team were escorting American engineers to a power plant south of Baghdad when they were ambushed. He had first arrived in Iraq only two weeks before. This was a small taste of what was to come over the next 13 years while he worked there as a private military contractor (PMC). His mission? Not to wage war but to protect lives. Raath acted as a bodyguard for VIPs and, more often, engineers who were involved in construction projects to rebuild the country after the 2003 war. His physical and mental endurance was tested to the limit in his efforts to safeguard construction sites that were regularly subjected to mortar and suicide attacks. Key to his survival was his training as a Special Forces operator, or Recce.

Working in places called the Triangle of Death and driving on the ‘Hell Run’, Raath had numerous hair-raising experiences. As a trained combat medic he also helped to save people’s lives after two suicide bomb attacks on sites he then worked at.

Every Day Is Different (Paperback): Ian McGill Every Day Is Different (Paperback)
Ian McGill
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A wonderfully vivid picture of the life of a distinguished and much respected Royal Engineer. Ian McGill's plain speaking insights, told with a human touch, provide an absorbing account of his childhood and subsequent military career, enriched with tales of family life. From the antics of maize-stealing baboons, the horrors of the conflict in Northern Ireland to the complexities of more recent military deployments, the book's title says it all.

All His Spies - The Secret World of Robert Cecil (Paperback): Stephen Alford All His Spies - The Secret World of Robert Cecil (Paperback)
Stephen Alford
R345 R308 Discovery Miles 3 080 Save R37 (11%) Pre-order

Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in English history. Queen Elizabeth had no clear successor and enemies both external and internal threatened to destroy England as a Protestant state, most spectacularly with the Spanish Armada and the Gunpowder Plot.

Cecil stood at the heart of the Tudor and then Stuart state, a vital figure in managing the succession from Elizabeth I to James I & VI, warding off military and religious threats and steering the decisions of two very different but equally wilful and hard-to-manage monarchs. The promising son of Queen Elizabeth’s chief minister Lord Burghley, for Cecil there was no choice but politics, and he became supremely skilled in the arts of power, making many rivals and enemies.

All His Spies is a wonderfully engaging and original work of history. Many readers are familiar with the great events of this tumultuous time, but All His Spies shows how easily these dramas could have turned out very differently. Cecil’s sureness of purpose, his espionage network and good luck all conspired to keep England uninvaded and to create a new ‘British’ monarchy which has endured to the present day.

Hendon-Moscow-Dorset, a memoir (and Birmingham) (Paperback): Philip Hanson Hendon-Moscow-Dorset, a memoir (and Birmingham) (Paperback)
Philip Hanson
R388 Discovery Miles 3 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Philip Hanson is a jazz fan, a cricket fan and a Russia-watcher. He has also been a husband for many years and is the father of two sons who are, leta s face it, middle-aged, though youa d never know it. So now he is getting on a bit. His employment record suggests restlessness: the Treasury, Foreign Office, UN, Radio Liberty, Harvard, Michigan and Kyoto, among others. In fact, he fitted in about thirty yearsa work at Birmingham University a " enough to make anyone restless. Expelled from Moscow in 1971, he persisted in studying the Russian economy; eventually the Soviets let him back in. His memoir is a record of people, places, events and ideas. It even contains bits on cricket and jazz.

Indian Home Rule (Paperback): M K Gandhi Indian Home Rule (Paperback)
M K Gandhi
R509 Discovery Miles 5 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence (Paperback): John Sanderson Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence (Paperback)
John Sanderson
R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Life and Letters of Washington Irving (Paperback): Pierre Munroe Irving The Life and Letters of Washington Irving (Paperback)
Pierre Munroe Irving
R678 Discovery Miles 6 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Biographical, Literary, and Political Anecdotes, of Several of the Most Eminent Persons of the Present Age (Paperback): John... Biographical, Literary, and Political Anecdotes, of Several of the Most Eminent Persons of the Present Age (Paperback)
John Almon
R637 Discovery Miles 6 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Paperback): Thomas Jefferson The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Paperback)
Thomas Jefferson
R787 Discovery Miles 7 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Works of Benjamin Franklin - Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and... The Works of Benjamin Franklin - Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; With Notes and a Life of the Author (Paperback)
Benjamin Franklin
R752 Discovery Miles 7 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Works of Thomas Carlyle - History of Friedrich Ii. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great (Paperback): Thomas Carlyle The Works of Thomas Carlyle - History of Friedrich Ii. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great (Paperback)
Thomas Carlyle
R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie, of Kentucky - During an Expedition from St. Louis, Through the Vast Regions Between... The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie, of Kentucky - During an Expedition from St. Louis, Through the Vast Regions Between That Place and the Pacific Ocean, and Thence Back Through the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz, During Journeyings of Six Years; in Wh (Paperback)
James Ohio Pattie
R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Life of Samuel Johnson - Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides (Paperback): James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson - Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides (Paperback)
James Boswell
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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