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The Iron Wall - Israel and the Arab World (Paperback): Avi Shlaim The Iron Wall - Israel and the Arab World (Paperback)
Avi Shlaim 2
R627 R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Save R111 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Avi Shlaim's The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World is the outstanding book on Israeli foreign policy, now thoroughly updated with a new preface and chapters on Israel's most recent leaders In the 1920s, hard-line Zionists developed the doctrine of the 'Iron Wall': negotiations with the Arabs must always be from a position of military strength, and only when sufficiently strong Israel would be able to make peace with her Arab neighbours. This doctrine, argues Avi Shlaim, became central to Israeli policy; dissenters were marginalized and many opportunities to reconcile with Palestinian Arabs were lost. Drawing on a great deal of new material and interviews with many key participants, Shlaim places Israel's political and military actions under and uncompromising lens. His analysis will bring scant comfort to partisans on both sides, but it will be required reading for anyone interested in this fascinating and troubled region of the world. 'The Iron Wall is strikingly fair-minded, scholarly, cogently reasoned and makes enthralling ... reading' Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph 'Anyone wanting to understand the modern Middle East should start by reading this elegantly written and scrupulously researched book' Trevor Royle, Sunday Herald 'A milestone in modern scholarship of the Middle East' Edward Said 'Fascinating ... Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a revaluation of traditional Israeli history' Ethan Bronner, The New York Times Book Review Avi Shlaim is Professor of International Relations at St. Antony's College, Oxford. His previous books include Collusion Across the Jordan (1988) and War and Peace in the Middle East (1995).

Cilka's Journey (Paperback): Heather Morris Cilka's Journey (Paperback)
Heather Morris
R280 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R61 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Based on the heart-breaking true story of Cilka Klein, Cilka's Journey is a million copy international bestseller and the sequel to the No.1 bestselling phenomenon, The Tattooist of Auschwitz

In 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival.

After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator by the Russians and sent to a desolate, brutal prison camp in Siberia known as Vorkuta, inside the Arctic Circle.

Innocent, imprisoned once again, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, each day a battle for survival. Cilka befriends a woman doctor, and learns to nurse the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under unimaginable conditions. And when she tends to a man called Alexandr, Cilka finds that despite everything, there is room in her heart for love.

Cilka's Journey is a powerful testament to the triumph of the human will. It will move you to tears, but it will also leave you astonished and uplifted by one woman's fierce determination to survive, against all odds.

Don't miss Heather Morris's next book, Stories of Hope. Out now.

The Monarchy of Fear - A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis (Paperback): Martha C. Nussbaum The Monarchy of Fear - A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis (Paperback)
Martha C. Nussbaum 1
R475 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R88 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Jakarta Method - Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (Paperback):... The Jakarta Method - Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (Paperback)
Vincent Bevins
R459 R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Save R73 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely because the CIA's secret interventions were so successful. In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony collected across twelve countries to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, it's been believed that parts of the developing world passed peacefully into the U.S.-led capitalist system. The Jakarta Method demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washington's final triumph in the Cold War.

The Queen - 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II (Hardcover): Ian Lloyd The Queen - 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II (Hardcover)
Ian Lloyd
R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'I get enormously impressed when she walks into a room,' Princess Margaret once said of her sister. 'It's a kind of magic.' Prince William recalled, 'As I learned growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother. What she says goes.' In the year of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, royal biographer Ian Lloyd reveals the woman behind the legend over 70 themed chapters. Drawing on interviews with relatives, friends and courtiers, he explores her relationship with seven generations of the royal family, from the children of Queen Victoria to Elizabeth's own great-grandchildren. He also sheds light on some lesser-known aspects of her character, such as her frugality and her gift for mimicry. In addition, we see her encounters with A-listers, from Marilyn Monroe to Madonna, and her adept handling of several of the twentieth century's most difficult leaders. Above all, Lloyd examines how the Queen has stayed true to the promise she made to the nation at the age of 21, 'that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service'.

You Don't Belong Here - How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War (Paperback): Elizabeth Becker You Don't Belong Here - How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War (Paperback)
Elizabeth Becker
R424 R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Save R69 (16%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Kate Webb, an Australian iconoclast, Catherine Leroy, a French dare devil photographer, and Frances FitzGerald, a blue-blood American intellectual, arrived in Vietnam with starkly different life experiences but one shared purpose: to report on the most consequential story of the decade. At a time when women were considered unfit to be foreign reporters, Frankie, Catherine and Kate paid their own way to war, arrived without jobs, challenged the rules imposed on them by the military, ignored the belittlement and resentment of their male peers and found new ways to explain the war through the people who lived through it. In You Don't Belong Here, Elizabeth Becker uses these women's work and lives to illuminate the Vietnam War from the 1965 American buildup, through the Tet Offensive, the expansion into Cambodia, the American defeat and its aftermath. Arriving herself in the last years of the war, Elizabeth writes as an historian and a witness to what these women accomplished. What emerges is an unforgettable story of three journalists forging their place in a land of men, often at great personal sacrifice, and forever altering the craft of war reportage for generations. Deeply reported and filled with personal letters, interviews, and profound insight, You Don't Belong Here fills a void in the history of women and of war.

1984 (Paperback): George Orwell 1984 (Paperback)
George Orwell
R168 Discovery Miles 1 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Scholastic Classics edition of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel is perfect for students and Orwell enthusiasts alike. Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. Winston Smith has always been a dutiful citizen of Oceania, rewriting history to meet the demands of the Ministry of Truth. But with each lie that he writes, Winston starts to resent the totalitarian party that seeks power for its own sake and punishes those that desire individuality. When Winston begins a secret relationship with his colleague Julia, he soon realises it's virtually impossible to escape the watchful eye of Big Brother... Totalitarianism, identity and independence, repression, power, language, rebellion, technology and modernisation are some of the themes that run throughout this novel.

Season of the Witch (Paperback): David Talbot Season of the Witch (Paperback)
David Talbot 1
R597 R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Save R82 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Salon "founder David Talbot chronicles the cultural history of San Francisco and from the late 1960s to the early 1980s when figures such as Harvey Milk, Janis Joplin, Jim Jones, and Bill Walsh helped usher from backwater city to thriving metropolis.

Assad - The Triumph of Tyranny (Hardcover): Con Coughlin Assad - The Triumph of Tyranny (Hardcover)
Con Coughlin
R764 R623 Discovery Miles 6 230 Save R141 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
The Fifth Act - America'S End in Afghanistan (Hardcover): Elliot Ackerman The Fifth Act - America'S End in Afghanistan (Hardcover)
Elliot Ackerman
R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Times Political Book of the Year 2022 A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war's echoing legacy. Elliot Ackerman left the American military ten years ago, but his time in Afghanistan and Iraq with the Marines and, later, as a CIA paramilitary officer marked him indelibly. When the Taliban began to close in on Kabul in August of 2021 and the Afghan regime began its death spiral, he found himself pulled back into the conflict. The official evacuation process was a bureaucratic failure that led to a humanitarian catastrophe. Ackerman was drawn into an impromptu effort to arrange flights and negotiate with both Taliban and American forces to secure the safe evacuation of hundreds. These were desperate measures taken during a desperate end to America's longest war, but the success they achieved afforded a degree of redemption: and, for Ackerman, a chance to reconcile his past with his present. The Fifth Act is an astonishing human document that brings the weight of twenty years of war to bear on a single week at its bitter end. Using the dramatic rescue efforts in Kabul as his lattice, Ackerman weaves in a personal history of the war's long progress, beginning with the initial invasion in the months after 9/11. It is a play in five acts with a tragic denouement. Any reader who wants to understand what went wrong with the war's trajectory will find a trenchant accounting here. And yet The Fifth Act is not an exercise in finger-pointing: it brings readers into close contact with a remarkable group of characters, who fought the war with courage and dedication, in good faith and at great personal cost. Understanding combatants' experiences and sacrifices demands reservoirs of wisdom and the gifts of an extraordinary storyteller. In Elliot Ackerman, this story has found that author.The Fifth Act is a first draft of history that feels like a timeless classic.

Look Back in Anger: The Miners' Strike in Nottinghamshire 30 Years on (Paperback, 1st): Harry Paterson Look Back in Anger: The Miners' Strike in Nottinghamshire 30 Years on (Paperback, 1st)
Harry Paterson
R317 R286 Discovery Miles 2 860 Save R31 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The scars left by the 1984/85 'Great Strike for Jobs' are still raw in Nottinghamshire, 30 years on. There, the majority of the National Union of Mineworkers did not support their union, working throughout the strike, later forming the breakaway Union of Democratic Miners. This book puts these events in context, giving a history of the coalfields through the 20th century and the first comprehensive overview of the strike year in Nottinghamshire.

Dancing with Stalin - A True Story of Love and Survival in Soviet Russia (Hardcover): Christina Ezrahi Dancing with Stalin - A True Story of Love and Survival in Soviet Russia (Hardcover)
Christina Ezrahi
R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Nina Anisimova was born in 1909 in imperial St Petersburg. One of the most renowned character dancers of the Stalinist period, she won her way into the hearts of her audience over many decades. Yet few knew that her exemplary career was a fragile construct built atop a dark secret. In 1938, at the height of the Great Terror, Nina vanished. Only a handful of people knew that this famous dancer had not only been arrested by Secret Police as a Nazi Spy, but sentenced to forced labour in a camp in Kazakhstan. There, her art would become a salvation, giving her a reason to fight for her life when she found herself without winter clothes in temperatures of minus 40 degrees. Over the coming weeks, Nina's husband, Kostia Derzhavin, began to piece together what had happened to his wife. What he decided to do next was almost without precedent - to take on the ruthless Soviet state to prove her innocence. He would put himself in danger to save the woman he loved. Dancing for Stalin is a remarkable true story of suffering and injustice of courage, resilience and love.

Twilight of Democracy - The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (Paperback): Anne Applebaum Twilight of Democracy - The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (Paperback)
Anne Applebaum
R409 R277 Discovery Miles 2 770 Save R132 (32%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
White Too Long - The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity (Hardcover): Robert P. Jones White Too Long - The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity (Hardcover)
Robert P. Jones
R746 R622 Discovery Miles 6 220 Save R124 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Border - Journeys Along the U.S.-Mexico Border, the World's Most Consequential Divide (Paperback, 2nd Edition): David... Border - Journeys Along the U.S.-Mexico Border, the World's Most Consequential Divide (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
David Danelo, Andrew Selee 1
R545 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

David Danelo spent three months traveling the 1,952 miles that separate the United States and Mexico - a journey that took him across four states and two countries through a world of rivers and canals, mountains and deserts, highways and dirt roads, fences and border towns. Here the border isn't just an abstraction thrown around in political debates in Washington; it's a physical reality, infinitely more complex than most politicians believe. Danelo's investigative report about a complex, longstanding debate that became a central issue of the 2016 presidential race examines the border in human terms through a cast of colorful characters. As topical today as it was when Danelo made his trek, this revised and updated edition asks and answers the core questions: Should we close the border? Is a fence or wall the answer? Is the U.S. government capable of fully securing the border?

Situation Negative! - Korea 1952 (Paperback, illustrated Edition): Hasan Basri Danisman Situation Negative! - Korea 1952 (Paperback, illustrated Edition)
Hasan Basri Danisman
R927 R761 Discovery Miles 7 610 Save R166 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers a lively and fascinating account--from the perspective of a young lieutenant--of the trials and tribulations of a soldier in the Third Turkish Brigade in Korea in 1952-53. Turkey was one of the first countries to support United Nations action against Communist aggression in Korea. Reaching Korea before the Chinese entered the conflict, the Turkish Brigades were soon situated at the front in a series of critical battles. Danisman recounts the details of these events in a fast-paced, uncompromising style.

Animal Farm (Paperback): George Orwell Animal Farm (Paperback)
George Orwell
R155 Discovery Miles 1 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Scholastic Classics edition of George Orwell's classic satire novel is perfect for students and Orwell enthusiasts alike. All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others. When the ill-treated animals of Manor Farm rebel against their master Mr Jones and take over the farm, they start to believe in a life of freedom and equality for all. But slowly, the egocentric and ruthless Napoleon takes control and the animals are subjected to force and violence from the corrupt elite - the pigs. As one dictator is replaced with another, the idea of fairness and equality for all becomes a distant memory. Class, equality, power and control are some of the themes that run throughout this novel. Studying this for GSCE? - check out Scholastic's revision flashcards (9781407190198), study guide (9781407183435) and guidebook for writing the best answers possible (9781407183992). SCHOLASTIC "INK DOT" CLASSICS - Collect them all! A Christmas Carol Black Beauty Five Children and It Frankenstein Jane Eyre Macbeth Oliver Twist Romeo and Juliet Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Treasure Island What Katy Did

An Intimate War - An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict (Paperback): Mike Martin An Intimate War - An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict (Paperback)
Mike Martin; Preface by Stathis N. Kalyvas
R493 Discovery Miles 4 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'An Intimate War' tells the story of the last thirty-four years of conflict in Helmand Province, Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of the Helmandis. In the West, this period is often defined through different lenses -- the Soviet intervention, the civil war, the Taliban, and the post-2001 nation-building era. Yet, as experienced by local inhabitants, the Helmand conflict is a perennial one, involving the same individuals, families and groups, and driven by the same arguments over land, water and power. This book -- based on both military and research experience in Helmand and 150 interviews in Pashto -- offers a very different view of Helmand from those in the media. It demonstrates how outsiders have most often misunderstood the ongoing struggle in Helmand and how, in doing so, they have exacerbated the conflict, perpetuated it and made it more violent -- precisely the opposite of what was intended when their interventions were launched. Mike Martin's oral history of Helmand underscores the absolute imperative of understanding the highly local, personal, and non-ideological nature of internal conflict in much of the 'third' world.

Tuesdays With Morrie (Paperback, New Ed): Mitch Albom Tuesdays With Morrie (Paperback, New Ed)
Mitch Albom 2
R301 R244 Discovery Miles 2 440 Save R57 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly 20 years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - Morrie visited Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live. This is a chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.

The Arab-Israeli War of Attrition, 1967-1973. Volume 2 - Fighting Across the Suez Canal (Paperback): Bill Norton The Arab-Israeli War of Attrition, 1967-1973. Volume 2 - Fighting Across the Suez Canal (Paperback)
Bill Norton
R600 R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Save R114 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
One Hundred and Four Horses (Paperback): Mandy Retzlaff One Hundred and Four Horses (Paperback)
Mandy Retzlaff 1
R300 R240 Discovery Miles 2 400 Save R60 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'A letter is handed to you. In broken English, it tells you that you must now vacate your farm; that this is no longer your home, for it now belongs to the crowd on your doorstep. Then the drums begin to beat.' As the land invasions gather pace, the Retzlaffs begin an epic journey across Zimbabwe, facing eviction after eviction, trying to save the group of animals with whom they feel a deep and enduring bond - the horses. When their neighbours flee to New Zealand, the Retzlaffs promise to look after their horses, and making similar promises to other farmers along their journey, not knowing whether they will be able to feed or save them, they amass an astonishing herd of over 300 animals. But the final journey to freedom will be arduous, and they can take only 104 horses. Each with a different personality and story, it is not just the family who rescue the horses, but the horses who rescue the family. Grey, the silver gelding: the leader. Brutus, the untamed colt. Princess, the temperamental mare. One Hundred and Four Horses is the story of an idyllic existence that falls apart at the seams, and a story of incredible bonds - a love of the land, the strength of a family, and of the connection between man and the most majestic of animals, the horse.

Queen Elizabeth II - A Celebration Of Her Life And Reign In Pictures (Hardcover): David Souden Queen Elizabeth II - A Celebration Of Her Life And Reign In Pictures (Hardcover)
David Souden
R525 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R106 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

An official BBC book that celebrates the life of Queen Elizabeth II through photographs, some rarely seen, drawn largely from archives of the BBC.

The longest-reigning monarch in British history, Queen Elizabeth II has been at the centre of British life for almost a century. She's led a very public life, seen by millions through photographs, film and television, from the time of her birth in 1926 to the final years of her reign. The embodiment of Britain, she has been a constant, knowledgeable presence in our politics and culture since she came to the throne in 1952.

This book celebrates the life of Queen Elizabeth II through photographs and still images, drawn largely from the archives of the BBC, an organisation that received its royal charter only one year after she was born. From her earliest days and first moments of public life, to her Platinum Jubilee and the weddings of her children and grandchildren, this is a lavish tribute to the most public of monarchs, an iconic figure in the hearts and minds of millions throughout the world.

The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895 (Hardcover, 4th edition): Jerald A. Combs The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895 (Hardcover, 4th edition)
Jerald A. Combs
R3,958 Discovery Miles 39 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This important text offers a clear, concise and affordable narrative and analytical history of American foreign policy since the Spanish-American War. The book narrates events and policies but goes further to emphasize the international setting and constraints within which American policy-makers had to operate, the domestic pressures on those policy-makers, and the ideologies, preferences, and personal idiosyncrasies of the leaders themselves.

Why We Fight - The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace (Paperback): Christopher Blattman Why We Fight - The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace (Paperback)
Christopher Blattman
R350 R280 Discovery Miles 2 800 Save R70 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

An acclaimed expert on violence and seasoned peacebuilder explains the five reasons why conflict (rarely) blooms into war, and how to interrupt that deadly process. It's easy to overlook the underlying strategic forces of war, to see it solely as a series of errors, accidents, and emotions gone awry. It's also easy to forget that war shouldn't happen-and most of the time it doesn't. Around the world there are millions of hostile rivalries, yet only a tiny fraction erupt into violence. Too many accounts of conflict forget this. With a counterintuitive approach, Blattman reminds us that most rivals loathe one another in peace. That's because war is too costly to fight. Enemies almost always find it better to split the pie than spoil it or struggle over thin slices. So, in those rare instances when fighting ensues, we should ask: what kept rivals from compromise? Why We Fight draws on decades of economics, political science, psychology, and real-world interventions to lay out the root causes and remedies for war, showing that violence is not the norm; that there are only five reasons why conflict wins over compromise; and how peacemakers turn the tides through tinkering, not transformation. From warring states to street gangs, ethnic groups and religious sects to political factions, there are common dynamics to heed and lessons to learn. Along the way, we meet vainglorious European monarchs, African dictators, Indian mobs, Nazi pilots, British football hooligans, ancient Greeks, and fanatical Americans. What of remedies that shift incentives away from violence and get parties back to deal-making? Societies are surprisingly good at interrupting and ending violence when they want to-even the gangs of Medellin, Columbia do it. Realistic and optimistic, this is book that lends new meaning to the old adage, "Give peace a chance."

The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right (Paperback): Michael J. Graetz, Linda Greenhouse The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right (Paperback)
Michael J. Graetz, Linda Greenhouse
R517 R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Save R83 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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