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Fair Game - How a Top Spy Was Betrayed by Her Own Government (Paperback): Valerie Plame Wilson Fair Game - How a Top Spy Was Betrayed by Her Own Government (Paperback)
Valerie Plame Wilson; Afterword by Laura Rozen
R570 R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Save R41 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On July 6, 2003, four months after the United States invaded Iraq, former ambassador Joseph Wilson's now historic op-ed, "What I Didn't Find in Africa," appeared in "The New York Times." A week later, conservative pundit Robert Novak revealed in his newspaper column that Ambassador Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, was a CIA operative. The public disclosure of that secret information spurred a federal investigation and led to the trial and conviction of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby, and the Wilsons' civil suit against top officials of the Bush administration. Much has been written about the "Valerie Plame" story, but Valerie herself has been silent, until now. Some of what has been reported about her has been frighteningly accurate, serving as a pungent reminder to the Wilsons that their lives are no longer private. And some has been completely false -- distorted characterizations of Valerie and her husband and their shared integrity.

Valerie Wilson retired from the CIA in January 2006, and now, not only as a citizen but as a wife and mother, the daughter of an Air Force colonel, and the sister of a U.S. marine, she sets the record straight, providing an extraordinary account of her training and experiences, and answers many questions that have been asked about her covert status, her responsibilities, and her life. As readers will see, the CIA still deems much of the detail of Valerie's story to be classified. As a service to readers, an afterword by national security reporter Laura Rozen provides a context for Valerie's own story.

"Fair Game" is the historic and unvarnished account of the personal and international consequences of speaking truth to power.

Lincoln and the Fight for Peace (Paperback): John Avlon Lincoln and the Fight for Peace (Paperback)
John Avlon
R507 R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sexual Harassment, the Abuse of Power and the Crisis of Leadership - "Superstar" Harassers and how to Stop Them (Paperback):... Sexual Harassment, the Abuse of Power and the Crisis of Leadership - "Superstar" Harassers and how to Stop Them (Paperback)
James K. Beggan
R1,023 Discovery Miles 10 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Within these pages James K. Beggan puts forward a novel approach to understanding sexual harassment by high value superstars in the workplace. The approach integrates ideas derived from evolutionary theory, utility theory, sexual scripting theory and research on the regulation of emotion. Besides providing a better understanding of the phenomenon, the book aims to contribute to the development of better techniques to prevent sexual harassment. Recently, credible allegations of sexual misconduct against high profile figures have dominated the news. Sexual harassment has become an important issue for leaders and those who study leadership. The author presents a new approach to understanding sexual harassment in the #MeToo era that integrates research from a diverse range of areas typically ignored by researchers. Ideas derived from this new approach are used to propose more effective methods for the elimination of sexual harassment in the workplace. The book also addresses how efforts to prevent sexual harassment may interfere with the free expression of sexuality and ultimately threaten the rights of the individual. Academics and journalists interested in understanding sexual harassment, including graduate students, and undergraduates enrolled in upper division specialized courses in gender relations will find this book to be innovative and informative.

The Churchill Sisters - The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters (Paperback): Rachel Trethewey The Churchill Sisters - The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters (Paperback)
Rachel Trethewey
R495 R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Save R32 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Lifecycle of Trust in Education - Leaders as Moral Agents (Hardcover): Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Keith D Walker The Lifecycle of Trust in Education - Leaders as Moral Agents (Hardcover)
Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Keith D Walker
R3,184 Discovery Miles 31 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Understanding the dynamics of trust is an imperative undertaking for educational leaders. In this book, using an ecological perspective of the lifecycle, the authors situate trust as an essential ingredient of school leaders' moral agency and ethical decision making. Based on their 15 years of research on trust in education, the authors describe the nature and dimensions of trust, its importance and imperative, and its fragility and usefulness for school leaders, positioning them as trust brokers in school organizations. The book offers a detailed description of trust's lifecycle stages, namely establishing, maintaining, sustaining, breaking, and restoring, as pertinent to educational settings. It discusses leaders' trust brokering in relation to social capital and psychological contract and interconnected hosting virtues of compassion, hope, and trust. The authors conclude with the role of maturing vision of moral agency, the subjective and objective responsibilities of educational leaders, and the necessary ethical commitments and courage to enact transformative practices in order to provide trustworthy leadership. With its theoretical and empirical basis, this book is an excellent resource for scholars in the fields of education, business, and leadership. It is also a valuable resource as required or supplementary reading for graduate courses in educational administration, leadership, and policy studies. Practitioners in these areas will find valuable insights that they can incorporate into their work.

The Senator and the Socialite - The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty (Paperback): Lawrence Otis Graham The Senator and the Socialite - The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty (Paperback)
Lawrence Otis Graham
R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Blanche Kelso Bruce was born a slave in 1841, yet, remarkably, amassed a real-estate fortune and became the first black man to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate. He married Josephine Willson--the daughter of a wealthy black Philadelphia doctor--and together they broke down racial barriers in 1880s Washington, D.C., numbering President Ulysses S. Grant among their influential friends. The Bruce family achieved a level of wealth and power unheard of for people of color in nineteenth-century America. Yet later generations would stray from the proud Bruce legacy, stumbling into scandal and tragedy.

Drawing on Senate records, historical documents, and personal letters, author Lawrence Otis Graham weaves a riveting social history that offers a fascinating look at race, politics, and class in America.

A Woman Among Warlords - The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice (Paperback): Malalai Joya A Woman Among Warlords - The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice (Paperback)
Malalai Joya
R505 R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Save R37 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Malalai Joya was named one of "Time "magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2010. An extraordinary young woman raised in the refugee camps of Iran and Pakistan, Joya became a teacher in secret girls' schools, hiding her books under her burqa so the Taliban couldn't find them; she helped establish a free medical clinic and orphanage in her impoverished home province of Farah; and at a constitutional assembly in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2003, she stood up and denounced her country's powerful NATO-backed warlords. She was twenty-five years old. Two years later, she became the youngest person elected to Afghanistan's new Parliament. In 2007, she was suspended from Parliament for her persistent criticism of the warlords and drug barons and their cronies. She has survived four assassination attempts to date, is accompanied at all times by armed guards, and sleeps only in safe houses.
Joya takes us inside this massively important and insufficiently understood country, shows us the desperate day-to-day situations its remarkable people face at every turn, and recounts some of the many acts of rebellion that are helping to change it. A controversial political figure in one of the most dangerous places on earth, Malalai Joya is a hero for our times.

Lloyd George - War Leader, 1916-1918 (Paperback, Main): John Grigg Lloyd George - War Leader, 1916-1918 (Paperback, Main)
John Grigg
R944 Discovery Miles 9 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

John Grigg's four volume life of Lloyd George is one of the great political biographies. This, the final volume, opens with Lloyd George's succession to the Premiership in December 1916, when Britain faced starvation and defeat through the German U-boat campaign, its allies France, Russia and Italy were tottering, the Liberal Party was bitterly divided and unrest in Ireland was growing. Worst of all, military chiefs regarded themselves as at least the equals of the government. To resolve these crises required ruthlessness, political genius and leadership of the highest order. In this thrilling book we see one of Britain's most resourceful Prime Ministers in brilliant action, steering his country to victory. It is a tragedy John Grigg didn't live to complete his magnum opus but what exists is a masterpiece. Faber Finds is reissuing the four volumes: The Young Lloyd George, Lloyd George: The People's Champion 1902-1911, Lloyd George: From Peace to War 1912-1916, Lloyd George: War Leader 1916-1918. 'With the volume, Grigg crowns the edifice of one of the great biographies of our time.' Anthony Howard - Sunday Times 'A fitting climax to a path-breaking study.' John Campbell, Independent, Books of the Year 'Superb... the fullest account we shall ever have of Lloyd George's career as a wartime Prime Minister. It is a fascinating story and is told with panache, vigour, clarity and impartiality by a great biographer... brings out as never before the brilliance of Lloyd George's finest hour.' Robert Blake, Evening Standard 'A major publishing event... Grigg mingles factual precision, high-interest value and judgements which are mostly as wise as they are forthright.' Roy Jenkins, Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year 'Gripping... essential... This wonderful biography, clear and authoritative, every page a lesson in how to write narrative history, well up to its preceding volumes, recreates both a time of acute national danger and an extraordinary man.' Max Egremont, Financial Times

Populism and Corruption - The Other Side of the Coin (Hardcover): Jonathan Mendilow, Eric Phelippeau Populism and Corruption - The Other Side of the Coin (Hardcover)
Jonathan Mendilow, Eric Phelippeau
R3,549 Discovery Miles 35 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This timely book offers an in-depth analysis of the intersection between populism and corruption, addressing phenomena that have been, so far, largely treated separately. Bringing together two dynamic and well-established fields of study, it proposes a theoretical framework for the study of populism and corruption in order to update our understanding of specific forms of each in a variety of socio-political settings. International contributors consider the simultaneous growth of populist rhetoric and political corruption, suggesting systematic methods for analysing the interconnection between them. Chapters further examine the effects of socio-political and historical contexts, outlining histories of political scandals and anti-corruption crusades. Taking a cross-national perspective, the book provides case study analyses of the corruption-populism intersection under diverse political systems including Brazil, France, Israel, Mexico and the USA. Raising critical questions for future research into the connections between the fields, Populism and Corruption offers crucial insights for scholars, researchers and students of political science, sociology and law, particularly those interested in contemporary populist movements. It will also benefit practitioners hoping to act on recent trends in political organizing and policymakers eager to combat political corruption.

The Chancellor - The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel (Paperback): Marton The Chancellor - The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel (Paperback)
Marton
R523 R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Save R36 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
William Shakespeare and 21st-Century Culture, Politics, and Leadership - Bard Bites (Hardcover): Kristin M. S. Bezio, Anthony P... William Shakespeare and 21st-Century Culture, Politics, and Leadership - Bard Bites (Hardcover)
Kristin M. S. Bezio, Anthony P Russell
R3,403 Discovery Miles 34 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

William Shakespeare and 21st-Century Culture, Politics, and Leadership examines problems, challenges, and crises in our contemporary world through the lens of William Shakespeare's plays, one of the best-known, most admired, and often controversial authors of the last half-millennium. As perhaps the most oft-cited author in the West outside of the Judeo-Christian Bible, Shakespeare has often been considered a sage, providing manifold insights into our shared human qualities and experiences across time and geography. The editors and authors of this accessible book leverage the now global scope of that sibylline reputation to explore what the Bard might tell us about ourselves, our politics, our leaders, and our societies today. The chapters are written with critical rigor and will appeal to scholars and students in leadership and literary studies but are accessible to non-Shakespeare experts. Anyone looking to explore the ongoing relevance of Shakespeare's work will find this volume enlightening and entertaining.

The Cowboy Capitalist - John Hays Hammond, The American West & The Jameson Raid (Hardcover): Charles Van Onselen The Cowboy Capitalist - John Hays Hammond, The American West & The Jameson Raid (Hardcover)
Charles Van Onselen 2
R360 R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Save R55 (15%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The Jameson Raid was a pivotal moment in the history of South Africa, linking events from the Anglo-Boer War to the declaration of the Union of South Africa in 1910. For over a century the failed revolution has been interpreted through the lens of British imperialism, with responsibility laid at the feet of Cecil John Rhodes. Yet the wild adventurism that characterised the raid resembles a cowboy expedition more than a serious attempt to overthrow a Boer government.

In The Cowboy Capitalist, Charles van Onselen challenges a historiography of over 120 years, locating the raid in American rather than British history and forcing us to rethink the histories of at least three nations. Through a close look at the little-remembered figure of John Hays Hammond, a confidant of both Rhodes and Jameson, he discovers the American Old West on the South African Highveld.

This radical reinterpretation challenges the commonly held belief that the Jameson Raid was quintessentially British and, in doing so, drives splinters into our understanding of events as far forward as South Africa’s critical 1948 general election, with which the foundations of Grand Apartheid were laid.

Tiny Little Cracks - Powerful Poems for Your Pocket Collection: Politics and the Pandemic (Hardcover): Carol J. Graham Tiny Little Cracks - Powerful Poems for Your Pocket Collection: Politics and the Pandemic (Hardcover)
Carol J. Graham
R583 R530 Discovery Miles 5 300 Save R53 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Napoleon (Paperback): Vincent Cronin Napoleon (Paperback)
Vincent Cronin
R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover - The Great Depression, 1929-1941 (Hardcover): Herbert Hoover The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover - The Great Depression, 1929-1941 (Hardcover)
Herbert Hoover
R880 Discovery Miles 8 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
How the Court Became Supreme - The Origins of American Juristocracy (Hardcover): Paul D Moreno How the Court Became Supreme - The Origins of American Juristocracy (Hardcover)
Paul D Moreno
R1,510 Discovery Miles 15 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Over the course of its history, the United States Supreme Court has emerged as the most powerful judiciary unit the world has ever seen. Paul D. Moreno's How the Court Became Supreme offers a deep dive into its transformation from an institution paid little notice by the American public to one whose decisions are analyzed and broadcast by major media outlets across the nation. The Court is supreme today not just within the judicial branch of the federal government but also over the legislative and executive branches, effectively possessing the ability to police elections and choose presidents. Before 1987, nearly all nominees to the Court sailed through confirmation hearings, often with little fanfare, but these nominations have now become pivotal moments in the minds of voters. Complaints of judicial primacy range across the modern political spectrum, but little attention is given to what precisely that means or how it happened. What led to the ascendancy of America's highest court? Moreno seeks to answer this question, tracing the long history of the Court's expansion of influence and examining how the Court envisioned by the country's Founders has evolved into an imperial judiciary. The US Constitution contains a multitude of safeguards to prevent judicial overreach, but while those measures remain in place today, most have fallen into disuse. Many observers maintain that the Court exercises legislative or executive power under the guise of judicial review, harming rather than bolstering constitutional democracy. How the Court Became Supreme tells the story of the origin and development of this problem, proposing solutions that might compel the Court to embrace its more traditional role in our constitutional republic.

Dear Leader - My Escape from North Korea (Paperback, 37th ed.): Jang Jin-Sung Dear Leader - My Escape from North Korea (Paperback, 37th ed.)
Jang Jin-Sung
R517 R481 Discovery Miles 4 810 Save R36 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cyril Ramaphosa - The Road To Presidential Power (Paperback): Anthony Butler Cyril Ramaphosa - The Road To Presidential Power (Paperback)
Anthony Butler 1
R350 R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Save R34 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

President Cyril Ramaphosa is South Africa's fifth post-apartheid president. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as the founder of the National Union of Mineworkers. When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in February 1990, Ramaphosa was at the head of the reception committee that greeted him. Chosen as secretary general of the African National Congress in 1991, Ramaphosa led the ANC's team in negotiating the country's post-apartheid constitution. Thwarted in his ambition to succeed Mandela, he exchanged political leadership for commerce, ultimately becoming one of the country's wealthiest businessmen, a breeder of exotic cattle, and a philanthropist.

This fully revised and extended edition charts Ramaphosa's early life and education, and his career in trade unionism - including the 1987 21-day miners' strike when he committed the union to the wider liberation struggle - politics, and constitution-building. Extensive new chapters explore his contribution to the National Planning Commission, the effects of the Marikana massacre on his political prospects, and the real story behind his rise to the deputy presidency of the country in 2014. They set out the constraints Ramaphosa faced as Jacob Zuma's deputy, and explain how he ultimately triumphed in the election of the ANC's new president in 2017. The book concludes with an analysis of the challenges Ramaphosa faces as the country's fifth post-apartheid president.

Based on numerous personal conversations with Ramaphosa over the past decade, and on rich interviews with many of the subject's friends and contemporaries, this new biography offers a frank appraisal of one of South Africa's most enigmatic political figures.

Kamala Harris - A Biography of an American Vice President (Hardcover): Jerry Wilson Kamala Harris - A Biography of an American Vice President (Hardcover)
Jerry Wilson
R628 R564 Discovery Miles 5 640 Save R64 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
America's Last President - What the World Lost When It Lost John F. Kennedy (Hardcover): Monika Wiesak America's Last President - What the World Lost When It Lost John F. Kennedy (Hardcover)
Monika Wiesak
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dirk Mudge - Enduit Vir 'N Onafhanklike Namibie (Afrikaans, Hardcover): Dirk Mudge Dirk Mudge - Enduit Vir 'N Onafhanklike Namibie (Afrikaans, Hardcover)
Dirk Mudge
R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Dirk Mudge publiseer op 87-jarige ouderdom sy langverwagte outobiografie. Hierdie besonderse man was vir 33 jaar voltyds betrokke by die politiek van Suidwes-Afrika en later Namibie. Hy betree die politiek in 1960 toe hy lid word van die wetgewende vergadering onder die Nasionale Party van Suidwes-Afrika. Mudge beskryf hoe hy aanvanklik die beginsels van die Nasionale Party onderskryf het, maar mettertyd tot ander insigte gekom het. Dit het onvermydelik tot sy uittrede uit die Nasionale Party gelei en tot die stigting van sy eie party: die Republikeinse Party. Hy het 'n persoonlike aandeel gehad in die skryf van die nuwe Grondwet vir die Republiek van Namibie en probeer in hierdie boek antwoorde verskaf op vrae soos waarom dit Namibie so lank geneem het om onafhanklikheid te bereik en wat die rol van Suid-Afrika en die internsionale gemeenskap daarin gespeel het.

Fight - Inside The Wildest Battle For The White House (Hardcover): Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes Fight - Inside The Wildest Battle For The White House (Hardcover)
Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes
R844 R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Save R160 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A revelatory, inside look the Biden, Harris, and Trump camps during the 2024 battle for the White House, arguably the most consequential contest in American history.

The ride was so wild that it forced a sitting president to drop his re-election bid, a once and future president to survive felony convictions and a would-be assassin’s bullet, and a vice president, unexpectedly thrust into the arena, to mount an unprecedented 107-day campaign to lead the free world.

Fight is the backstage story of bloodsport politics in its rawest form—the clawing, backstabbing, and rabble-rousing that drove Donald Trump into the White House and Democrats into the wilderness. At every turn, the combatants went for the jugular, whether they were facing down rivals in the other party or their own.

Bestselling authors Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes give readers their first graphic view of the characters, their motivations, and their innermost thoughts as they battled to claim the ultimate prize and define a political era. Based on real-time interviews with more than 150 insiders—from the Trump, Harris, and Biden inner circles, as well as party leaders and operatives—Fight delivers the vivid and stunning tale of an election unlike any other.

In the end, Trump overcame voters’ concerns about his personal flaws by tapping into a deep vein of dissatisfaction with the direction of the country. At the same time, Democrats struggled to connect with an electorate that felt gaslit by Biden’s insistence that he had delivered economic prosperity—and his pledge to be a “bridge” president. He tore his party asunder, leaving destroyed personal relationships in his wake, as he clung to power. And when he gave it up, he kneecapped Harris by demanding unprecedented loyalty from her.

As Allen and Parnes have done in the #1 New York Times bestseller Shattered and Lucky, they provide readers with a skeleton key to the rooms where it all happened, revealing a story more shocking than previously reported.

Break-Up - How Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon Went to War (Paperback): David Clegg, Kieran Andrews Break-Up - How Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon Went to War (Paperback)
David Clegg, Kieran Andrews
R361 Discovery Miles 3 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon's political partnership changed the face of Scotland, bringing the country to within 200,000 votes of independence and holding sway at Holyrood for more than a decade. So how and why has their thirty-year alliance irretrievably broken down? Break-Up tells the inside story of how the once unbreakable unity of the Scottish National Party was ripped apart amid shocking claims of sexual assault. With unrivalled access to both camps and the women who made the allegations, and with rigorously fair-minded reporting, journalists David Clegg and Kieran Andrews go behind the headlines to uncover the truth about this extraordinary episode, in a piece of political history that reads like a thriller. Now fully updated, this is a jaw-dropping tale of inappropriate behaviour in the highest reaches of power, of lies, distrust and alleged conspiracy, with profound implications not only for Salmond and Sturgeon themselves but for Scotland's governing party and the wider independence campaign.

The Trump Files - An Account of the Trump Administration's Effect on American Democracy, Human Rights, Science and Public... The Trump Files - An Account of the Trump Administration's Effect on American Democracy, Human Rights, Science and Public Health (Hardcover)
Jack Hassard
R947 R826 Discovery Miles 8 260 Save R121 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
For the Survival of Liberty - Great Presidential Decisions (Hardcover): Elton B. Klibanoff For the Survival of Liberty - Great Presidential Decisions (Hardcover)
Elton B. Klibanoff
R1,033 Discovery Miles 10 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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