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My Descent Into Hell - A Continuing Memoir of the Son of John F Kennedy's Assassin. Two More Killings and Their... My Descent Into Hell - A Continuing Memoir of the Son of John F Kennedy's Assassin. Two More Killings and Their Consequence (Hardcover)
Bruce H Bell
R793 Discovery Miles 7 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Modest Niijima Jo - Samurai to Pastor to Chancellor (Hardcover): Carmen Sterba Modest Niijima Jo - Samurai to Pastor to Chancellor (Hardcover)
Carmen Sterba
R990 Discovery Miles 9 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
American DREAM - Discipline, Resilience, Endurance, Adaptability, and Mentorship to Succeed and Win in Life (Hardcover): Magda... American DREAM - Discipline, Resilience, Endurance, Adaptability, and Mentorship to Succeed and Win in Life (Hardcover)
Magda Khalifa
R777 R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Save R93 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Life Of John Marshall (Volume I) Frontiersman Soldier Lawmaker 1755-1788 (Hardcover): Albert J. Beveridge The Life Of John Marshall (Volume I) Frontiersman Soldier Lawmaker 1755-1788 (Hardcover)
Albert J. Beveridge
R1,284 R1,150 Discovery Miles 11 500 Save R134 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Long Walk To Freedom - Abridged Edition (Paperback, Re-issue): Nelson Mandela The Long Walk To Freedom - Abridged Edition (Paperback, Re-issue)
Nelson Mandela 2
R260 R234 Discovery Miles 2 340 Save R26 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The book that inspired the major new motion picture "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom."
Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.
LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life--an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.

Alexander Hamilton - The Illustrated Biography (Hardcover): Richard Sylla Alexander Hamilton - The Illustrated Biography (Hardcover)
Richard Sylla
R855 R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Save R106 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Find out who lived and who died in the incredible story of the founding father who made America modern and became the toast of Broadway. This richly illustrated biography portrays Alexander Hamilton's fascinating life alongside his key contributions to American history, including his unsung role as an early abolitionist. An immigrant from the West Indies, he played a crucial part in the political, legal and economic development of the new nation: He served as Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War; he helped establish the Constitution; he wrote most of 'The Federalist Papers'; and he modernized America's fledgling finances, among other notable achievements. Noted Hamilton scholar and chairman of the Museum of American Finance, Richard Sylla, brings the flesh-and-blood man - the student, soldier, lawyer, political scientist, finance minister and politician - to life and reveals captivating details of his private life, as well as his infamous demise at the hands of Vice President Aaron Burr.

Lilies in the Field (Hardcover): Kathy Anderson Lilies in the Field (Hardcover)
Kathy Anderson
R768 R669 Discovery Miles 6 690 Save R99 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Book of Military Strategy - Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Machiavelli's The Prince, and Clausewitz's On War... The Book of Military Strategy - Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Machiavelli's The Prince, and Clausewitz's On War (Annotated) (Deluxe Library Edition) (Hardcover)
Sun Tzu, Niccolo Machiavelli, Carl Von Clausewitz
R1,423 Discovery Miles 14 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Absolutely Indispensable Man - Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire (Hardcover): Kal Raustiala The Absolutely Indispensable Man - Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire (Hardcover)
Kal Raustiala
R1,045 R895 Discovery Miles 8 950 Save R150 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A wide-ranging political biography of diplomat, Nobel prize winner, and civil rights leader Ralph Bunche. A legendary diplomat, scholar, and civil rights leader, Ralph Bunche was one of the most prominent Black Americans of the twentieth century. The first African American to obtain a political science Ph.D. from Harvard and a celebrated diplomat at the United Nations, he was once so famous he handed out the Best Picture award at the Oscars. Yet today Ralph Bunche is largely forgotten. In The Absolutely Indispensable Man, Kal Raustiala restores Bunche to his rightful place in history. He shows that Bunche was not only a singular figure in midcentury America; he was also one of the key architects of the postwar international order. Raustiala tells the story of Bunche's dramatic life, from his early years in prewar Los Angeles to UCLA, Harvard, the State Department, and the heights of global diplomacy at the United Nations. After narrowly avoiding assassination Bunche received the Nobel Peace Prize for his ground-breaking mediation of the first Arab-Israeli conflict, catapulting him to popular fame. A central player in some of the most dramatic crises of the Cold War, he pioneered conflict management and peacekeeping at the UN. But as Raustiala argues, his most enduring achievement was his work to dismantle European empire. Bunche perceptively saw colonialism as the central issue of the 20th century and decolonization as a project of global racial justice. From marching with Martin Luther King to advising presidents and prime ministers, Ralph Bunche shaped our world in lasting ways. This definitive biography gives him his due. It also reminds us that postwar decolonization not only fundamentally transformed world politics, but also powerfully intersected with America's own civil rights struggle.

A Ride to Khiva - Travels and Adventures in Central Asia (Hardcover): Frederick Burnaby A Ride to Khiva - Travels and Adventures in Central Asia (Hardcover)
Frederick Burnaby
R888 Discovery Miles 8 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Our Vietnam Wars, Volume 4 - as told by more veterans who served (Hardcover): William F. Brown Our Vietnam Wars, Volume 4 - as told by more veterans who served (Hardcover)
William F. Brown
R967 R834 Discovery Miles 8 340 Save R133 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
323 Days (Hardcover): John Harris 323 Days (Hardcover)
John Harris
R743 Discovery Miles 7 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wallace H. Graham - The Man Who Became President Truman's Physician (Hardcover): Wallace Harry Graham Wallace H. Graham - The Man Who Became President Truman's Physician (Hardcover)
Wallace Harry Graham; Foreword by Heather Ellen Graham-Foote; Introduction by Von V. Pittman
R822 Discovery Miles 8 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
My Father Killed President John F. Kennedy - A Memoir: Revised Edition (Hardcover): Bruce H Bell My Father Killed President John F. Kennedy - A Memoir: Revised Edition (Hardcover)
Bruce H Bell
R786 Discovery Miles 7 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Roster Number Five-Zero - Not for the Weak or Fainthearted (Hardcover): Nathan Aguinaga Roster Number Five-Zero - Not for the Weak or Fainthearted (Hardcover)
Nathan Aguinaga
R700 R656 Discovery Miles 6 560 Save R44 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Women of 'ninety-eight (Hardcover): Thomas Concannon Women of 'ninety-eight (Hardcover)
Thomas Concannon
R990 Discovery Miles 9 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Einstein Vendetta - Hitler, Mussolini, and a true story of murder (Paperback): Thomas Harding The Einstein Vendetta - Hitler, Mussolini, and a true story of murder (Paperback)
Thomas Harding
R430 R364 Discovery Miles 3 640 Save R66 (15%) Pre-order

Italy, Summer 1944

A unit of German soldiers arrives at a villa near Florence. Villa Il Focardo is home to Robert Einstein, cousin to the most famous scientist in the world, Albert Einstein – a prominent enemy of the Nazi regime. Having renounced his German citizenship a decade earlier, Albert’s safely in America, well beyond Hitler’s reach.

The same is not true for his cousin.

Twelve hours after arriving, the soldiers have vanished – and a family is dead. This crime – and what happened next – still haunts those who survived.

Who ordered it? Who was involved?

And why did they get away with it?

This is the untold story of the Einstein vendetta.

Theodore Roosevelt - A biography of Theodore Roosevelt, an American President (Hardcover): Adam West Theodore Roosevelt - A biography of Theodore Roosevelt, an American President (Hardcover)
Adam West
R626 R562 Discovery Miles 5 620 Save R64 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
480 Codorus Street Book II (Hardcover): Sandra L Kearse-Stockton 480 Codorus Street Book II (Hardcover)
Sandra L Kearse-Stockton
R922 R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Save R120 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mohandas K. Gandhi, Autobiography - The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Hardcover): Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma... Mohandas K. Gandhi, Autobiography - The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Hardcover)
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi
R1,075 R925 Discovery Miles 9 250 Save R150 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Biographical Sketch of James Bridger; Mountaineer, Trapper and Guide (Hardcover): Grenville Mellen 1831-1916 Dodge Biographical Sketch of James Bridger; Mountaineer, Trapper and Guide (Hardcover)
Grenville Mellen 1831-1916 Dodge
R749 Discovery Miles 7 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Alfred Booth - Some Memories, Letters and Other Family Records (Hardcover): Harriet Anna 1879- Whitting, Alfred 1834-1914 Booth Alfred Booth - Some Memories, Letters and Other Family Records (Hardcover)
Harriet Anna 1879- Whitting, Alfred 1834-1914 Booth
R952 Discovery Miles 9 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
From Brooklyn to Kingsport (Hardcover): David Garrahan From Brooklyn to Kingsport (Hardcover)
David Garrahan
R948 Discovery Miles 9 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
There's Dirt on My Shirt - The American Dreamsicle (Hardcover): Rodney Ficker There's Dirt on My Shirt - The American Dreamsicle (Hardcover)
Rodney Ficker
R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
On Hitler's Mountain - Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood (Paperback): Irmgard A Hunt On Hitler's Mountain - Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood (Paperback)
Irmgard A Hunt
R439 R409 Discovery Miles 4 090 Save R30 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Growing up in the beautiful mountains of Berchtesgaden -- just steps from Adolf Hitler's alpine retreat -- Irmgard Hunt had a seemingly happy, simple childhood. In her powerful, illuminating, and sometimes frightening memoir, Hunt recounts a youth lived under an evil but persuasive leader. As she grew older, the harsh reality of war -- and a few brave adults who opposed the Nazi regime -- aroused in her skepticism of National Socialist ideology and the Nazi propaganda she was taught to believe in.

In May 1945, an eleven-year-old Hunt watched American troops occupy Hitler's mountain retreat, signaling the end of the Nazi dictatorship and World War II. As the Nazi crimes began to be accounted for, many Germans tried to deny the truth of what had occurred; Hunt, in contrast, was determined to know and face the facts of her country's criminal past.

On Hitler's Mountain is more than a memoir -- it is a portrait of a nation that lost its moral compass. It is a provocative story of a family and a community in a period and location in history that, though it is fast becoming remote to us, has important resonance for our own time.

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