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All We Say - A History Of The United States in Fifteen Speeches (Paperback): Ben Rhodes All We Say - A History Of The United States in Fifteen Speeches (Paperback)
Ben Rhodes
R440 R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Save R91 (21%) Pre-order

All We Say is the story of the United States through fifteen speeches – some iconic, others long forgotten, all pivotal – from its founding to the intense divisions of our times, from one of President Obama's former speechwriters.

For 250 years, America has debated what it means to be American. The question shaped the compromises in the Constitution and the arguments they’ve had ever since, spawning abolitionism, secession and civil war; populism, mass migration and global leadership; movements for reform and the backlashes to them.

Through riveting accounts of the people, movements and moments that produced these speeches, Rhodes traces the history of America's battle over identity. The result is a singular and revealing portrait of the United States: a nation divided between two stories – one of inheritance, power, and exclusion, the other of equality, striving, and belonging.

Drawing on a decade writing for Barack Obama, Rhodes also reveals how words can redirect a nation, what makes a speech enduring, and why oratory is a unique form of persuasion in a democracy.

These speeches remind us that history is a living argument. At a time when American identity – and truth – is contested, All We Say offers a fresh and powerful look at who America really is, and who it could still become.

Chicago Magic - A History of Stagecraft & Spectacle (Paperback): David Witter Chicago Magic - A History of Stagecraft & Spectacle (Paperback)
David Witter
R480 R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Save R37 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

By the end of America s Golden Age of Magic, Chicago had taken center stage in front of an American audience drawn to the craft by the likes of Harry Houdini and Howard Thurston. Cashing in on a craze that rivaled big-band mania, magic shops and clubs sprang up everywhere across the Windy City, packed in customers and put down roots. Over the last century, for example, Magic, Inc. has outfitted magicians from Harry Blackstone Sr. to Penn and Teller to David Copperfield. Magic was an integral part of Chicago s culture, from its earliest venture into live television to the card sharps and hucksters lurking in its amusement parks and pool halls. David Witter keeps track of the shell game of Chicago s fascinating magic history from its vaudeville circuit to its contemporary resurgence.

Queens of Academe - Beauty Pageants and Campus Life (Hardcover): Karen W. Tice Queens of Academe - Beauty Pageants and Campus Life (Hardcover)
Karen W. Tice
R1,920 Discovery Miles 19 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Universities are unlikely venues for grading, branding, and marketing beauty, bodies, poise, and style. Nonetheless, thousands of college women have sought not only college diplomas but campus beauty titles and tiaras throughout the twentieth century. The cultural power of beauty pageants continues today as campus beauty pageants, especially racial and ethnic pageants and pageants for men, have soared in popularity. In Queens of Academe, Karen W. Tice asks how, and why, does higher education remain in the beauty and body business and with what effects on student bodies and identities. She explores why students compete in and attend pageants such as "Miss Pride" and "Best Bodies on Campus" as well as why websites such as "Campus Chic" and campus-based etiquette and charm schools are flourishing. Based on archival research and interviews with contemporary campus queens and university sponsors as well as hundreds of hours observing college pageants on predominantly black and white campuses, Tice examines how campus pageant contestants express personal ambitions, desires, and, sometimes, racial and political agendas to resolve the incongruities of performing in evening gowns and bathing suits on stage while seeking their degrees. Tice argues the pageants help to illuminate the shifting terrain of class, race, religion, sexuality, and gender braided in campus rituals and student life. Moving beyond a binary of objectification versus empowerment, Tice offers a nuanced analysis of the contradictory politics of education, feminism, empowerment, consumerism, race and ethnicity, class, and popular culture have on students, idealized masculinities and femininities, and the stylization of higher education itself.

Masquerade Politics - Explorations in the Structure of Urban Cultural Movements (Hardcover): Abner Cohen Masquerade Politics - Explorations in the Structure of Urban Cultural Movements (Hardcover)
Abner Cohen
R2,850 Discovery Miles 28 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This study explores the dynamic relations between cultural forms and political formations in some urban cultural movements. The analysis is based on a detailed study of the structure and development of the London Notting Hill Carnival, widely described as Europe's biggest street festival. Started in 1966 as a small-scale, multi-ethnic local festival, it grew into a massive West-Indian dominated affair that over the years occasioned violent confrontations between black youth and the police. The carnival developed and mobilized a homogenous and communal West-Indian culture that helped in the struggle against rampant racism. The celebration is contrasted with other carnival movements, such as California's 'Renaissance Pleasure Faire'. Analytically, this is a follow-up to Cohen's earlier studies of the relations between drama and politics in some urban religious, ethnic and elitist movements in Africa. The conclusion focuses on the processes underlying the transformation of rational political strategies into non-rational cultural forms.

1,000 + Calcudoku sudoku 7x7 - Logic puzzles easy - medium levels (Paperback): Basford Holmes 1,000 + Calcudoku sudoku 7x7 - Logic puzzles easy - medium levels (Paperback)
Basford Holmes
R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Out of stock
Expecting: A Pregnancy Journal - A Memory Book and Keepsake to Capture Moments Big and Small (Hardcover): Anisha Pandya Patel Expecting: A Pregnancy Journal - A Memory Book and Keepsake to Capture Moments Big and Small (Hardcover)
Anisha Pandya Patel
R593 R547 Discovery Miles 5 470 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
100 Questions for Grandma - A Journal to Inspire Reflection and Connection (Hardcover): Lisa Lisson 100 Questions for Grandma - A Journal to Inspire Reflection and Connection (Hardcover)
Lisa Lisson
R586 R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Save R45 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
All about Mom and Me - A Journal for Mothers and Sons (Hardcover): Rockridge Press All about Mom and Me - A Journal for Mothers and Sons (Hardcover)
Rockridge Press
R614 R568 Discovery Miles 5 680 Save R46 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Dad's Life Story Journal - Guided Prompts to Capture Your Memories and Share Stories (Paperback): Kristen Fogle Dad's Life Story Journal - Guided Prompts to Capture Your Memories and Share Stories (Paperback)
Kristen Fogle
R356 Discovery Miles 3 560 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Creative Hand Lettering Journal for Christians - Reflect and Rejoice Through Hand Lettered Art (Paperback): Vivian Uang Creative Hand Lettering Journal for Christians - Reflect and Rejoice Through Hand Lettered Art (Paperback)
Vivian Uang
R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Life of P. T. Barnum (Paperback): P.T. Barnum Life of P. T. Barnum (Paperback)
P.T. Barnum
R605 Discovery Miles 6 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Big One Line a Day Journal - 5 Years of Daily Reflections and Memories--With Plenty of Room to Write (Paperback): Rockridge... The Big One Line a Day Journal - 5 Years of Daily Reflections and Memories--With Plenty of Room to Write (Paperback)
Rockridge Press
R333 Discovery Miles 3 330 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Big One Line a Day Journal - 5 Years of Daily Reflections and Memories--With Plenty of Room to Write (Hardcover): Rockridge... The Big One Line a Day Journal - 5 Years of Daily Reflections and Memories--With Plenty of Room to Write (Hardcover)
Rockridge Press
R614 R568 Discovery Miles 5 680 Save R46 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Big One Line a Day Journal for Moms - 5 Years of Daily Reflections and Memories--With Plenty of Room to Write (Paperback):... The Big One Line a Day Journal for Moms - 5 Years of Daily Reflections and Memories--With Plenty of Room to Write (Paperback)
Rockridge Press
R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918 - Tragedy Along the Indiana Lakeshore (Paperback): Richard M. Lytle The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918 - Tragedy Along the Indiana Lakeshore (Paperback)
Richard M. Lytle
R478 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R38 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In the cool, pre-dawn hours on a June night in 1918, a train engineer closed his cab window as he chugged toward Hammond, Indiana. He drifted to sleep, and his train bore down on the idle Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train. Soon after, the sleeping engineer's locomotive plowed into the circus train. In the subsequent wreckage and blaze, more than two hundred circus performers were injured and eighty-six were killed, most of whom were interred in a mass grave in the Showmen's Rest section of Chicago's Woodlawn Cemetery. Join local historian Richard Lytle as he recounts, in the fullest retelling to date, the details of this tragedy and its role in the overall evolution and demise of a unique entertainment industry.

Creative Lettering Journal with Inspirational Quotes (Paperback): Amanda Kammarada Creative Lettering Journal with Inspirational Quotes (Paperback)
Amanda Kammarada
R397 Discovery Miles 3 970 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
My Life Story So Far: A Grandmother's Journal - Guided Prompts to Write Your Own Memoir (Paperback): Lisa Lisson My Life Story So Far: A Grandmother's Journal - Guided Prompts to Write Your Own Memoir (Paperback)
Lisa Lisson
R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Vegetable Gardening Journal - A Weekly Tracker and Logbook (Paperback): Kari Spencer Vegetable Gardening Journal - A Weekly Tracker and Logbook (Paperback)
Kari Spencer
R361 Discovery Miles 3 610 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Elbows in My Ears - My Life with Little People, Tigers, and Wardrobe Trunks (Hardcover): Danise Payne Elbows in My Ears - My Life with Little People, Tigers, and Wardrobe Trunks (Hardcover)
Danise Payne
R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
To Only You, Love Only Me - The New Diary (Hardcover): V Buda To Only You, Love Only Me - The New Diary (Hardcover)
V Buda
R1,826 Discovery Miles 18 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Alice in Wonderland - An Illustrated Journal in Full Color (Hardcover): Katie MacAlister, L K Glover Alice in Wonderland - An Illustrated Journal in Full Color (Hardcover)
Katie MacAlister, L K Glover
R725 R644 Discovery Miles 6 440 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Wink - Transforming Public Speaking with Clown Presence (Hardcover): Don Colliver Wink - Transforming Public Speaking with Clown Presence (Hardcover)
Don Colliver
R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
My Journal (Hardcover): Jalita Smith My Journal (Hardcover)
Jalita Smith
R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Modern Magic - A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring (Hardcover): Hoffman Modern Magic - A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring (Hardcover)
Hoffman
R1,017 Discovery Miles 10 170 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
ANIMAL NUTITION - A  READY RECOKNER (Hardcover): Tapan Kumar Das ANIMAL NUTITION - A READY RECOKNER (Hardcover)
Tapan Kumar Das
R4,506 Discovery Miles 45 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The information of this book could be of use for the students, researcher any person willing to know about the subject of nutritional management of livestock, poultry and other animal species. Information is presented in a simple, lucid manner and concise form for the wide range of readers, academicians and researchers.

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