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The Tycoons - How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy... The Tycoons - How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy (Paperback)
Charles Morris
R662 R595 Discovery Miles 5 950 Save R67 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Makes a reader feel like a time traveler plopped down among men who were by turns vicious and visionary."--"The Christian Science Monitor"""
The modern American economy was the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan. They were the giants of the Gilded Age, a moment of riotous growth that established America as the richest, most inventive, and most productive country on the planet.
Acclaimed author Charles R. Morris vividly brings the men and their times to life. The ruthlessly competitive Carnegie, the imperial Rockefeller, and the provocateur Gould were obsessed with progress, experiment, and speed. They were balanced by Morgan, the gentleman businessman, who fought, instead, for a global trust in American business. Through their antagonism and their verve, they built an industrial behemoth--and a country of middle-class consumers. "The Tycoons" tells the incredible story of how these four determined men wrenched the economy into the modern age, inventing a nation of full economic participation that could not have been imagined only a few decades earlier.

The Story of CY O'Connor (Hardcover): Esme Kent The Story of CY O'Connor (Hardcover)
Esme Kent; Illustrated by Derek Kent
R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 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
R944 Discovery Miles 9 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Tradition of Service (Hardcover): Jay Sewards A Tradition of Service (Hardcover)
Jay Sewards
R1,439 R1,191 Discovery Miles 11 910 Save R248 (17%) 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
R738 R654 Discovery Miles 6 540 Save R84 (11%) 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
R1,220 R1,096 Discovery Miles 10 960 Save R124 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Alexander Hamilton - The Illustrated Biography (Hardcover): Richard Sylla Alexander Hamilton - The Illustrated Biography (Hardcover)
Richard Sylla
R838 R736 Discovery Miles 7 360 Save R102 (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
R729 R640 Discovery Miles 6 400 Save R89 (12%) 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
R1,396 Discovery Miles 13 960 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
R993 R855 Discovery Miles 8 550 Save R138 (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
R872 Discovery Miles 8 720 Ships in 12 - 19 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.

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
R918 R796 Discovery Miles 7 960 Save R122 (13%) 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
R877 R803 Discovery Miles 8 030 Save R74 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 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
R665 R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Save R38 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Women of 'ninety-eight (Hardcover): Thomas Concannon Women of 'ninety-eight (Hardcover)
Thomas Concannon
R972 Discovery Miles 9 720 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.

Footprints of the Painter and Scott Families of Missouri (Hardcover): Virgil E Raines, Emma Jo Painter Raines Footprints of the Painter and Scott Families of Missouri (Hardcover)
Virgil E Raines, Emma Jo Painter Raines
R730 R688 Discovery Miles 6 880 Save R42 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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
R595 R538 Discovery Miles 5 380 Save R57 (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
R876 R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Save R110 (13%) 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
R935 Discovery Miles 9 350 Ships in 12 - 19 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
R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
323 Days (Hardcover): John Harris 323 Days (Hardcover)
John Harris
R710 Discovery Miles 7 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Brooklyn to Kingsport (Hardcover): David Garrahan From Brooklyn to Kingsport (Hardcover)
David Garrahan
R904 Discovery Miles 9 040 Ships in 10 - 15 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
R417 R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Save R28 (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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