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A Culinary History of Pittsburg County - Little Italy, Choctaw Beer and Lamb Fries (Paperback): David Cathey A Culinary History of Pittsburg County - Little Italy, Choctaw Beer and Lamb Fries (Paperback)
David Cathey
R555 R455 Discovery Miles 4 550 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Long before the era of the foodie, the little coal-mining town of Krebs set the standard for celebrating food in Oklahoma. Its reputation as the Sooner State's Little Italy began in the mid-1870s when Italian immigrants chased the coal boom to Pittsburg County, deep in the heart of the Choctaw Nation. After 150 years, Italians and Choctaw neighbors are now bound by pasta, homemade cheeses and sausages and native beer once brewed illegally in basement bathtubs and delivered by children from door to door. Stop by for a steak at GiaComo's, a Choc at Pete's Place, lamb fries at the Isle of Capri, gnocchi at Roseanna's or a gourd of caciocavallo at Lovera's--venues that have proven impervious to time and hardship. Join Food Dude Dave Cathey on a tour through this colorful and delicious history.

Koshuis (Afrikaans, Paperback): Erns Grundling Koshuis (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Erns Grundling
R320 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R45 (14%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Laat jou terugvoer na die jare van inbly-naweke, studentepret, huis-toe-verlang en troospakkies beskuit onder die enkelbed.

Koshuis, saamgestel deur Erns Grundling van Elders-faam, bevat heerlike lekkerlees-vertellings, komies, verspot én roerend, oor die koshuislewe – op skool én universiteit, selfs oorsee – deur ’n verskeidenheid bydraers, insluitend reisskrywer Dana Snyman, geliefde Weg!-joernalis en -aanbieder Toast Coetzer, akteur en komediant Schalk Bezuidenhout, Huisgenoot-redakteur Yvonne Beyers, oudredakteur van Die Burger Bun Booyens, bekroonde romansiers Harry Kalmer en Kerneels Breytenbach, skrywers en joernaliste soos Celesté Fritze, Theunis Strydom, Leroux Schoeman, Marnus Hattingh en Pieter van Zyl, en vele meer.

Skink ’n koppie koffie, onthou weer die liedjie wat gespeel het toe jy by jou eerste huisdans gesoen is, en laat die jare terugrol!

The Professor in Children's Literature: An Anthology 2018 (Paperback): Melissa M. Terras The Professor in Children's Literature: An Anthology 2018 (Paperback)
Melissa M. Terras
R276 Discovery Miles 2 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Gustavus Adolphus - A History of the Art of War from Its Revival After the Middle Ages to the End of the Spanish Succession... Gustavus Adolphus - A History of the Art of War from Its Revival After the Middle Ages to the End of the Spanish Succession War, with a Detailed Account of the Most Famous Campaigns of the Great Swede (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
Theodore Ayrault Dodge
R1,508 R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Save R654 (43%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Lurking - How a Person Became a User (Paperback): Joanne McNeil Lurking - How a Person Became a User (Paperback)
Joanne McNeil
R468 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem - The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy (Paperback): Kliph Nesteroff We Had a Little Real Estate Problem - The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy (Paperback)
Kliph Nesteroff
R497 R412 Discovery Miles 4 120 Save R85 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and Esquire From Kliph Nesteroff, "the human encyclopedia of comedy" (VICE), comes the important and underappreciated story of Native Americans and comedy.It was one of the most reliable jokes in Charlie Hill's stand-up routine: "My people are from Wisconsin. We used to be from New York. We had a little real estate problem." In We Had a Little Real Estate Problem, acclaimed comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff focuses on one of comedy's most significant and little-known stories: how, despite having been denied representation in the entertainment industry, Native Americans have influenced and advanced the art form. The account begins in the late 1880s, when Native Americans were forced to tour in wild west shows as an alternative to prison. (One modern comedian said it was as "if a Guantanamo detainee suddenly had to appear on X-Factor.") This is followed by a detailed look at the life and work of seminal figures such as Cherokee humorist Will Rogers and Hill, who in the 1970s was the first Native American comedian to appear The Tonight Show. Also profiled are several contemporary comedians, including Jonny Roberts, a social worker from the Red Lake Nation who drives five hours to the closest comedy club to pursue his stand-up dreams; Kiowa-Apache comic Adrianne Chalepah, who formed the touring group the Native Ladies of Comedy; and the 1491s, a sketch troupe whose satire is smashing stereotypes to critical acclaim. As Ryan Red Corn, the Osage member of the 1491s, says: "The American narrative dictates that Indians are supposed to be sad. It's not really true and it's not indicative of the community experience itself...Laughter and joy is very much a part of Native culture." Featuring dozens of original interviews and the exhaustive research that is Nesteroff's trademark, We Had a Little Real Estate Problem is a powerful tribute to a neglected legacy.

Spitfire - A Very British Love Story (Paperback): John Nichol Spitfire - A Very British Love Story (Paperback)
John Nichol 1
R322 R195 Discovery Miles 1 950 Save R127 (39%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

THE SUNDAY TIMES NON FICTION BESTSELLER WHSmith NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 'The best book you will ever read about Britain's greatest warplane' Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Fighter Boys 'A rich and heartfelt tribute to this most iconic British machine' Rowland White, bestselling author of Vulcan 607 'As the RAF marks its centenary, Nichol has created a thrilling and often moving tribute to some of its greatest heroes' Mail on Sunday magazine The iconic Spitfire found fame during the darkest early days of World War II. But what happened to the redoubtable fighter and its crews beyond the Battle of Britain, and why is it still so loved today? In late spring 1940, Nazi Germany's domination of Europe had looked unstoppable. With the British Isles in easy reach since the fall of France, Adolf Hitler was convinced that Great Britain would be defeated in the skies over her southern coast, confident his Messerschmitts and Heinkels would outclass anything the Royal Air Force threw at them. What Hitler hadn't planned for was the agility and resilience of a marvel of British engineering that would quickly pass into legend - the Spitfire. Bestselling author John Nichol's passionate portrait of this magnificent fighter aircraft, its many innovations and updates, and the people who flew and loved them, carries the reader beyond the dogfights over Kent and Sussex. Spanning the full global reach of the Spitfire's deployment during WWII, from Malta to North Africa and the Far East, then over the D-Day beaches, it is always accessible, effortlessly entertaining and full of extraordinary spirit. Here are edge-of-the-seat stories and heart-stopping first-hand accounts of battling pilots forced to bail out over occupied territory; of sacrifice and wartime love; of aristocratic female flyers, and of the mechanics who braved the Nazi onslaught to keep the aircraft in battle-ready condition. Nichol takes the reader on a hair-raising, nail-biting and moving wartime history of the iconic Spitfire populated by a cast of redoubtable, heroic characters that make you want to stand up and cheer.

The Festivals of Cornwall - Ritual, Revival, Reinvention (Paperback): Alan Kent The Festivals of Cornwall - Ritual, Revival, Reinvention (Paperback)
Alan Kent
R764 R603 Discovery Miles 6 030 Save R161 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Delusions of Crowds - Why People Go Mad in Groups (Hardcover): William J Bernstein The Delusions of Crowds - Why People Go Mad in Groups (Hardcover)
William J Bernstein
R960 R794 Discovery Miles 7 940 Save R166 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From the award-winning author of A Splendid Exchange, a fascinating new history of financial and religious mass manias over the past five centuries "We are the apes who tell stories," writes William Bernstein. "And no matter how misleading the narrative, if it is compelling enough it will nearly always trump the facts." As Bernstein shows in his eloquent and persuasive new book, The Delusions of Crowds, throughout human history compelling stories have catalyzed the spread of contagious narratives through susceptible groups--with enormous, often disastrous, consequences. Inspired by Charles Mackay's 19th-century classic Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Bernstein engages with mass delusion with the same curiosity and passion, but armed with the latest scientific research that explains the biological, evolutionary, and psychosocial roots of human irrationality. Bernstein tells the stories of dramatic religious and financial mania in western society over the last 500 years--from the Anabaptist Madness that afflicted the Low Countries in the 1530s to the dangerous End-Times beliefs that animate ISIS and pervade today's polarized America; and from the South Sea Bubble to the Enron scandal and dot com bubbles of recent years. Through Bernstein's supple prose, the participants are as colorful as their motivation, invariably "the desire to improve one's well-being in this life or the next." As revealing about human nature as they are historically significant, Bernstein's chronicles reveal the huge cost and alarming implications of mass mania: for example, belief in dispensationalist End-Times has over decades profoundly affected U.S. Middle East policy. Bernstein observes that if we can absorb the history and biology of mass delusion, we can recognize it more readily in our own time, and avoid its frequently dire impact.

Reforming Capitalism for the Common Good - Essays in Institutional and Post-Keynesian Economics (Hardcover): Charles J. Whalen Reforming Capitalism for the Common Good - Essays in Institutional and Post-Keynesian Economics (Hardcover)
Charles J. Whalen
R3,461 Discovery Miles 34 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book of selected essays presents constructive analyses of vital economic problems confronting the United States since the 1970s, giving special attention to challenges facing working families. The analyses, produced by Charles Whalen over three decades, address the causes and consequences of macroeconomic instability, job offshoring, community economic dislocation, financialization, and income inequality. They also explore the various dimensions of worker insecurity and underscore the dynamics of an ever-changing economy. The result is a compelling case for reforming capitalism by addressing workers' interests as an integral part of the common good, and for reconstructing economics in the direction of post-Keynesian institutionalism. Whalen's reformist approach builds not only on the institutional economics of John R. Commons, but also on the post-Keynesianism of Hyman Minsky, who stressed that society should be democratic and humane. To that end, the book gives attention to policy-making processes as well as policy details. Scholars and students of economics and labor studies will appreciate the incisive analyses and real-world focus. Historians and economic sociologists will be interested in the book's attention to the evolution of US capitalism; and policy analysts and concerned citizens will welcome its emphasis on economic reform and optimistic vision for our economic future.

The Postcard (Hardcover): Anne Berest The Postcard (Hardcover)
Anne Berest; Translated by Tina Kover
R465 R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Save R93 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In January 2003, the Berest family receive a mysterious, unsigned postcard. On one side was an image of the Opéra Garnier; on the other, the names of their relatives who were killed in Auschwitz: Ephraïm, Emma, Noémie and Jacques.

Years later, Anne sought to find the truth behind this postcard. She journeys 100 years into the past, tracing the lives of her ancestors from their flight from Russia following the revolution, their journey to Latvia, Palestine, and Paris, the war and its aftermath. What emerges is a thrilling and sweeping tale based on true events that shatters her certainties about her family, her country, and herself.

At once a gripping investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and an enthralling portrait of 20th-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, The Postcard tells the story of a family devastated by the Holocaust and yet somehow restored by love and the power of storytelling.

Mother To Mother (Paperback, Educational ed): Sindiwe Magona Mother To Mother (Paperback, Educational ed)
Sindiwe Magona 2
R115 R99 Discovery Miles 990 Save R16 (14%) Ships in 15 - 25 working days

In August 1993, Fulbright scholar Amy Biehl was killed in Cape Town by a group of black teenagers incited by an upsurge in 'anti-white' sloganeering. She died just a few metres away from Sindiwe Magona's house. One of the boys held responsible for the killing was her neighbour's son. Mother To Mother takes the form of an epistle to Amy Biehl's mother.

Sindiwe Magona imagines how easily it might have been her own son caught up in the violence of that day. She writes about their lives in a colonised society that not only allowed, but also perpetuated violence against women and impoverished black South Africans.

The result is not an apology for murder, but an exquisitely written exploration of the lives of ordinary people in the apartheid years.

Bezonomics - How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It (Paperback): Brian... Bezonomics - How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It (Paperback)
Brian Dumaine
R471 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Game of Birds and Wolves - The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II (Paperback): Simon Parkin A Game of Birds and Wolves - The Ingenious Young Women Whose Secret Board Game Helped Win World War II (Paperback)
Simon Parkin
R498 R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Save R85 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
In Memoriam - George R. Mather, M. D (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): unknownauthor In Memoriam - George R. Mather, M. D (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
unknownauthor
R388 R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Save R45 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Hanks Family - Miscellaneous (1); Excerpts from Newspapers and Other Sources (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): Lincoln Financial... Hanks Family - Miscellaneous (1); Excerpts from Newspapers and Other Sources (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
Lincoln Financial Foundation
R385 R342 Discovery Miles 3 420 Save R43 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Chain of love - A victorian family history (Paperback): Jane Wynne Willson The Chain of love - A victorian family history (Paperback)
Jane Wynne Willson
R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Shortest History of War (Paperback, 2nd Enlarged edition): Gwynne Dyer The Shortest History of War (Paperback, 2nd Enlarged edition)
Gwynne Dyer
R277 R226 Discovery Miles 2 260 Save R51 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Through the Gate (Paperback): Kenneth Ballantyne Through the Gate (Paperback)
Kenneth Ballantyne
R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Band Of Brothers (Paperback, Reissue): Stephen E. Ambrose Band Of Brothers (Paperback, Reissue)
Stephen E. Ambrose 2
R270 R216 Discovery Miles 2 160 Save R54 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** 25th Anniversary Edition. Foreword by Tom Hanks. The book that inspired Steven Spielberg's acclaimed TV series, produced by Tom Hanks and starring Damian Lewis. In Band of Brothers, Stephen E. Ambrose pays tribute to the men of Easy Company, a crack rifle company in the US Army. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the dangerous parachute landings on D-Day and their triumphant capture of Hitler's 'Eagle's Nest' in Berchtesgaden. Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company. Repeatedly send on the toughest missions, these brave men fought, went hungry, froze and died in the service of their country. Celebrating the 25th anniversary since the original publication, this reissue contains a new foreword from Tom Hanks who was an executive producer on the award-winning HBO series. A tale of heroic adventures and soul-shattering confrontations, Band of Brothers brings back to life, as only Stephen E. Ambrose can, the profound ties of brotherhood forged in the barracks and on the battlefields. 'History boldly told and elegantly written . . . Gripping' Wall Street Journal 'Ambrose proves once again he is a masterful historian . . . spellbinding' People

Canoe Indians of Down East Maine (Paperback): William A. Haviland Canoe Indians of Down East Maine (Paperback)
William A. Haviland
R502 R411 Discovery Miles 4 110 Save R91 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1604, when Frenchmen landed on Saint Croix Island, they were far from the first people to walk along its shores. For thousands of years, Etchemins--whose descendants were members of the Wabanaki Confederacy-- had lived, loved and labored in Down East Maine. Bound together with neighboring people, all of whom relied heavily on canoes for transportation, trade and survival, each group still maintained its own unique cultures and customs. After the French arrived, they faced unspeakable hardships, from "the Great Dying," when disease killed up to 90 percent of coastal populations, to centuries of discrimination. They never abandoned Ketakamigwa, their homeland. In this book, anthropologist William Haviland relates the history of hardship and survival endured by the natives of the Down East coast and how they have maintained their way of life over the past four hundred years.

The Moth and the Mountain - A True Story of Love, War, and Everest (Paperback): Ed Caesar The Moth and the Mountain - A True Story of Love, War, and Everest (Paperback)
Ed Caesar
R467 R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Money in One Lesson - How it Works and Why (Paperback): Gavin Jackson Money in One Lesson - How it Works and Why (Paperback)
Gavin Jackson
R380 R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Save R83 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

You Spend It. You Save It. You Never Have Enough of It. But how does it actually work? Understanding cash, currencies and the financial system is vital for making sense of what is going on in our world, especially now. Since the 2008 financial crisis, money has rarely been out of the headlines. Central banks have launched extraordinary policies, like quantitative easing or negative interest rates. New means of payment, like Bitcoin and Apple Pay, are changing how we interact with money and how governments and corporations keep track of our spending. Radical politicians in the US and UK are urging us to transform our financial system and make it the servant of social justice. And yet, if you stopped for a moment and asked yourself whether you really understand how it works, would you honestly be able to say 'yes'? In Money in One Lesson, Gavin Jackson, a lead writer for the Financial Times, specialising in economics, business and public policy, answers the most important questions to clarify for the reader what money is and how it shapes our societies. With brilliant storytelling, Jackson provides a basic understanding of the most important element of our everyday lives. Drawing on stories like the 1970s Irish Banking Strike to show what money actually is, and the Great Inflation of West Africa's cowrie shell money to explain how it keeps its value, Money in One Lesson demystifies the world of finance and explains how societies, both past and present, are forever entwined with monetary matters.

A Modern Guide to Financial Shocks and Crises (Hardcover): Giovanni Ferri, Vincenzo D'Apice A Modern Guide to Financial Shocks and Crises (Hardcover)
Giovanni Ferri, Vincenzo D'Apice
R4,269 Discovery Miles 42 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Offering a comprehensive guide to financial shocks and crises, this book explores their increasing occurrence in current market economies, as well as their power to wrench the macroeconomy. It discusses three critical questions: what causes financial shocks; which channels may exacerbate their impact; and what policies could help avoid them or limit their negative effect on the economy and society at large. Drawing together contributions from top scholars in the field, this Modern Guide addresses both the causes and consequences of financial instability after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) at both micro and macro levels. Chapters conceptualise financial crises, highlight their main channels of transmission, and explore the role of public policies, looking at how to learn from past financial crises to prevent future ones. The book further examines why financial shocks will be a permanent trait in the future, and the potential impacts of market economics continuing to expand financialisation as they have done over recent decades. This Modern Guide will be a timely resource for economics students and scholars, particularly as it compares the impacts of the GFC and Covid-19 and explores why these are so different. It will also be an important read for policy makers seeking advice on how to manage and avoid financial crises.

Bourgs, Talbots, Youngs, Rappolds, Favrets, Landrys, Develles, Jungs, and Dehebecourts - A Gumbo History of Families Forming a... Bourgs, Talbots, Youngs, Rappolds, Favrets, Landrys, Develles, Jungs, and Dehebecourts - A Gumbo History of Families Forming a New Orleans Culture (Paperback)
James A Bourg Jr
R584 R493 Discovery Miles 4 930 Save R91 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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