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Just Passing Through - A German-American Family Saga Revised Edition (Hardcover): H Peter Zell Just Passing Through - A German-American Family Saga Revised Edition (Hardcover)
H Peter Zell
R1,163 Discovery Miles 11 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Blucher - the Uprising of Prussia Against Napoleon 1806-1815 (Hardcover): Ernest F. Henderson Blucher - the Uprising of Prussia Against Napoleon 1806-1815 (Hardcover)
Ernest F. Henderson
R807 Discovery Miles 8 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Tell Johnny Hello - From the Letters and Diary of S/Sgt. Carl E. Cleland (Hardcover): John C Cleland Tell Johnny Hello - From the Letters and Diary of S/Sgt. Carl E. Cleland (Hardcover)
John C Cleland
R643 Discovery Miles 6 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Black Suitcase (Hardcover): John E. Morrison The Black Suitcase (Hardcover)
John E. Morrison; Contributions by Thomas Wall, Universary of Limerick
R683 R612 Discovery Miles 6 120 Save R71 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
A Sense of the World - How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler (Paperback): Jason Roberts A Sense of the World - How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler (Paperback)
Jason Roberts
R462 R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Save R28 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

He was known simply as the Blind Traveler. A solitary, sightless adventurer, James Holman (1786-1857) fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, helped chart the Australian outback--and, astonishingly, circumnavigated the globe, becoming one of the greatest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored. A Sense of the World is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history's most epic lives--a story to awaken our own senses of awe and wonder.

Calvin's Crusaders in the Wars That Made America (Hardcover): David T. Fisher Calvin's Crusaders in the Wars That Made America (Hardcover)
David T. Fisher
R1,536 R1,279 Discovery Miles 12 790 Save R257 (17%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
From a Place to Behold - The Goodman Theatre Stories Collection (Hardcover): Barbara L Mcbee From a Place to Behold - The Goodman Theatre Stories Collection (Hardcover)
Barbara L Mcbee
R407 Discovery Miles 4 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Challenges - Leadership In Two Wars, Washington DC, and Industry (Hardcover, Commercial Version ed.): Harry W Jenkins Challenges - Leadership In Two Wars, Washington DC, and Industry (Hardcover, Commercial Version ed.)
Harry W Jenkins
R844 Discovery Miles 8 440 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Smoke and Mirrors - Even More Recipes for Disaster (Hardcover): Brian B Humphreys Smoke and Mirrors - Even More Recipes for Disaster (Hardcover)
Brian B Humphreys
R710 Discovery Miles 7 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Winston Churchill - A Biography of Historical Icon Winston Churchill (Hardcover): Henry Hanson Winston Churchill - A Biography of Historical Icon Winston Churchill (Hardcover)
Henry Hanson
R554 R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Promised Land (Hardcover): Mary Antin The Promised Land (Hardcover)
Mary Antin
R888 Discovery Miles 8 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Making of a Terrorist - Alexandre Rousselin and the French Revolution (Hardcover): Jeff Horn The Making of a Terrorist - Alexandre Rousselin and the French Revolution (Hardcover)
Jeff Horn
R1,317 Discovery Miles 13 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Much has been written about the French Revolution and especially its bloody phase known as the Reign of Terror. The actions of the leaders who unleashed the massacres and public executions, especially Maximilien Robespierre and Georges Danton, are well known. They inspired many soldiers in the Revolutionary cause, who did not survive, let alone thrive, in the post-Revolutionary world. In this work of historical reconstruction, Jeff Horn recounts the life of Alexandre Rousselin and narrates the history of the age of the French Revolution from the perspective of an eyewitness. From a young age, Rousselin worked for and with some of the era's most important men and women, giving him access to the corridors of power. Dedication to the ideals of the Revolution led him to accept the need for a system of Terror to save the Republic in 1793-94. Rousselin personally utilized violent methods to accomplish the state's goals in Provins and Troyes. This terrorism marked his life. It led to his denunciation by its victims. He spent the next five decades trying to escape the consequences of his actions. His emotional responses as well as the practical measures he took to rehabilitate his reputation illuminate the hopes and fears of the revolutionaries. Across the first four decades of the nineteenth century, Rousselin acquired a noble title, the comte de Saint-Albin, and emerged as a wealthy press baron of the liberal newspaper Le Constitutionnel. But he could not escape his past. He retired to write his own version of his legacy and to protect his family from the consequences of his actions as a terrorist during the French Revolution. Rousselin's life traces the complex twists and turns of the Revolution and demonstrates how one man was able to remake himself, from a revolutionary to a liberal, to accommodate regime change.

A Journey of Faith Across a Turbulent Century - Memoirs of a Refugee Pastor (Hardcover): Philipp Weingartner A Journey of Faith Across a Turbulent Century - Memoirs of a Refugee Pastor (Hardcover)
Philipp Weingartner; Edited by Erich Weingartner
R980 Discovery Miles 9 800 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Charles Darwin - His Life Told in an Autobiographical Chapter (Hardcover): Charles Darwin Charles Darwin - His Life Told in an Autobiographical Chapter (Hardcover)
Charles Darwin
R919 Discovery Miles 9 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Executive Excellence of the Esoteric (Hardcover): Franklin Coolport The Executive Excellence of the Esoteric (Hardcover)
Franklin Coolport
R809 Discovery Miles 8 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Road to Wigan Pier (Paperback): George Orwell The Road to Wigan Pier (Paperback)
George Orwell; Introduction by Debora Tavares
R196 Discovery Miles 1 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A new edition of Orwell's early account of bleak working class life in the industrial culture of Yorkshire and Lancashire, which revealed the distinctions between the upper classes of the British Empire and the reality of the people who worked in the factories to drive wealth and prosperity for others, never to get a share for themselves. Published while Orwell was in Spain, the book highlights the political philosophy that led him to fight for the leftist forces in the Civil War.

228 Days Trapped in Paradise - The Diary of an Expat Chica in Costa Rica (Hardcover): Nikki Page 228 Days Trapped in Paradise - The Diary of an Expat Chica in Costa Rica (Hardcover)
Nikki Page; Edited by Steve Page
R1,300 R1,088 Discovery Miles 10 880 Save R212 (16%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Last American Aristocrat - The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams (Paperback): David S. Brown The Last American Aristocrat - The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams (Paperback)
David S. Brown
R471 R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Victory of Greenwood (Hardcover): Carlos A Moreno The Victory of Greenwood (Hardcover)
Carlos A Moreno
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Green Underwear (Hardcover): Terence McSweeney Green Underwear (Hardcover)
Terence McSweeney
R599 Discovery Miles 5 990 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Spoken from the Heart (Paperback): Bush Spoken from the Heart (Paperback)
Bush
R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In this brave, beautiful, and deeply personal memoir, Laura Bush, one of our most beloved and private first ladies, tells her own extraordinary story.
Born in the boom-and-bust oil town of Midland, Texas, Laura Welch grew up as an only child in a family that lost three babies to miscarriage or infant death. She vividly evokes Midland's brash, rugged culture, her close relationship with her father, and the bonds of early friendships that sustain her to this day. For the first time, in heart-wrenching detail, she writes about the devastating high school car accident that left her friend Mike Douglas dead and about her decades of unspoken grief.
When Laura Welch first left West Texas in 1964, she never imagined that her journey would lead her to the world stage and the White House. After graduating from Southern Methodist University in 1968, in the thick of student rebellions across the country and at the dawn of the women's movement, she became an elementary school teacher, working in inner-city schools, then trained to be a librarian. At age thirty, she met George W. Bush, whom she had last passed in the hallway in seventh grade. Three months later, "the old maid of Midland married Midland's most eligible bachelor." With rare intimacy and candor, Laura Bush writes about her early married life as she was thrust into one of America's most prominent political families, as well as her deep longing for children and her husband's decision to give up drinking. By 1993, she found herself in the full glare of the political spotlight. But just as her husband won the Texas governorship in a stunning upset victory, her father, Harold Welch, was dying in Midland.
In 2001, after one of the closest elections in American history, Laura Bush moved into the White House. Here she captures presidential life in the harrowing days and weeks after 9/11, when fighter-jet cover echoed through the walls and security scares sent the family to an underground shelter. She writes openly about the White House during wartime, the withering and relentless media spotlight, and the transformation of her role as she began to understand the power of the first lady. One of the first U.S. officials to visit war-torn Afghanistan, she also reached out to disease-stricken African nations and tirelessly advocated for women in the Middle East and dissidents in Burma. She championed programs to get kids out of gangs and to stop urban violence. And she was a major force in rebuilding Gulf Coast schools and libraries post-Katrina. Movingly, she writes of her visits with U.S. troops and their loved ones, and of her empathy for and immense gratitude to military families.
With deft humor and a sharp eye, Laura Bush lifts the curtain on what really happens inside the White House, from presidential finances to the 175-year-old tradition of separate bedrooms for presidents and their wives to the antics of some White House guests and even a few members of Congress. She writes with honesty and eloquence about her family, her public triumphs, and her personal tribulations. Laura Bush's compassion, her sense of humor, her grace, and her uncommon willingness to bare her heart make this story revelatory, beautifully rendered, and unlike any other first lady's memoir ever written.

The Aberdeen Family - Our 200 Years as Refugees in Australia (Hardcover): Ian Aberdeen The Aberdeen Family - Our 200 Years as Refugees in Australia (Hardcover)
Ian Aberdeen
R595 Discovery Miles 5 950 Ships in 10 - 15 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
R849 Discovery Miles 8 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Interfet - Lessons and legacies from East Timor 20 years on (Hardcover): Tom Frame Interfet - Lessons and legacies from East Timor 20 years on (Hardcover)
Tom Frame
R685 Discovery Miles 6 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Rock in the Clouds - A Life Revisited (Hardcover): Us Army (Ret ) Col Joseph Tedeschi A Rock in the Clouds - A Life Revisited (Hardcover)
Us Army (Ret ) Col Joseph Tedeschi
R605 Discovery Miles 6 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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