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Courage in my Carry-On (Hardcover): Rachel Hamilton Courage in my Carry-On (Hardcover)
Rachel Hamilton
R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
These Are Not Gentle People - A True Story (Paperback): Andrew Harding These Are Not Gentle People - A True Story (Paperback)
Andrew Harding 1
R240 R206 Discovery Miles 2 060 Save R34 (14%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Land. Race. Murder. Betrayal. The true story of a case that broke a South African town, originally released in August 2020 and now available in paperback b-format.

At dusk, on a warm evening in 2016, a group of forty men gathered in the corner of a dusty field on a farm outside Parys in the Free State. Some were in fury. Others treated the whole thing as a joke - a game. The events of the next two hours would come to haunt them all. They would rip families apart, prompt suicide attempts, breakdowns, divorce, bankruptcy, threats of violent revenge and acts of unforgivable treachery. These Are Not Gentle People is the story of that night, and of what happened next. It's a murder story, a courtroom drama, a profound exploration of collective guilt and individual justice, and a fast-paced literary thriller.

Award-winning foreign correspondent and author Andrew Harding traces the impact of one moment of collective barbarism on a fragile community - exploding lies, cover-ups, political meddling and betrayals, and revealing the inner lives of those involved with extraordinary clarity. The book is also a mesmerising examination of a small town trying to cope with a trauma that threatens to tear it in two - as such, it is as much a journey into the heart of modern South Africa as it is a gripping tale of crime, punishment and redemption.

When a whole community is on trial, who pays the price?

Winner of the Sunday Times 2021 Literary Award for Non-Fiction.

L.A.'s Last Street Cop - Surviving Hollywood Freaks, the Aryan Brotherhood, and the L.A.P.D.'s Homicidal Vendetta... L.A.'s Last Street Cop - Surviving Hollywood Freaks, the Aryan Brotherhood, and the L.A.P.D.'s Homicidal Vendetta Against Me (Hardcover)
Al Moreno
R745 Discovery Miles 7 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kangaroo Justice - And Well Dressed Thieves with a License to Steal (Hardcover): Robert E Lee Elliott Kangaroo Justice - And Well Dressed Thieves with a License to Steal (Hardcover)
Robert E Lee Elliott
R654 R577 Discovery Miles 5 770 Save R77 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Brain Games - How to Get Away with Murder - Solve Puzzles to See If You Can Commit the Perfect Crime (Spiral bound):... Brain Games - How to Get Away with Murder - Solve Puzzles to See If You Can Commit the Perfect Crime (Spiral bound)
Publications International Ltd, Brain Games
R390 R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Save R44 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Never Enough - The Carl Katz Story - A Man Hunted by the Nazis Long After the Fall of the Third Reich: The Carl Katz Story... Never Enough - The Carl Katz Story - A Man Hunted by the Nazis Long After the Fall of the Third Reich: The Carl Katz Story (Hardcover)
Elise Garibaldi
R647 Discovery Miles 6 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Pauline - Biography of a Teacher (Hardcover): Kenneth Burchett Pauline - Biography of a Teacher (Hardcover)
Kenneth Burchett
R710 Discovery Miles 7 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in Global Financial Systems (Hardcover): Abdul Rafay Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in Global Financial Systems (Hardcover)
Abdul Rafay
R6,262 Discovery Miles 62 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During the last few decades, corrupt financial practices were increasingly being monitored in many countries around the globe. The past few decades have been eventful for these issues. Today, tackling money laundering and terrorism financing are considered key issues in developed and developing countries alike. Eradication of money laundering and terrorism financing through a holistic approach of awareness, prevention, and enforcement is a current need. It has enabled the birth of new regulatory regimes based on strict compliance, robust processes, and technology. One of the many problems with this is the lack of general awareness about all these issues among various stakeholders including researchers and practitioners. Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in Global Financial Systems deepens the discourse about money laundering, terrorism financing, and risk management in a modern-day environment. It provides a fascinating and invaluable guide for understanding the theory, practice, and cases of these topics. Split into two sections, the first being money laundering and terrorism financing and the second being financial governance and risk management, the chapters create comprehensive knowledge on these acts of crime in the financial industry by defining the crimes themselves, the many challenges and impacts, and potential solutions. This book is ideal for government officials, financial professionals, policymakers, academicians, business professionals, managers, IT specialists, researchers, and students.

Bullion Bend - Confederate Stagecoach Robbers, Murder Trials, and the California Supreme Court - Oh My! (Hardcover): William E... Bullion Bend - Confederate Stagecoach Robbers, Murder Trials, and the California Supreme Court - Oh My! (Hardcover)
William E Cole
R732 Discovery Miles 7 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Warden Force - Ordeal at Skull Canyon and Other True Game Warden Adventures: Episodes 63-75 (Hardcover): Terry Hodges Warden Force - Ordeal at Skull Canyon and Other True Game Warden Adventures: Episodes 63-75 (Hardcover)
Terry Hodges
R629 R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Save R97 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Alphaville - New York, 1988: Welcome to Heroin City (Paperback, Unabridged): Michael Codella, Bruce Bennett Alphaville - New York, 1988: Welcome to Heroin City (Paperback, Unabridged)
Michael Codella, Bruce Bennett 1
R105 R99 Discovery Miles 990 Save R6 (6%) Ships in 5 - 7 working days

A raw, gritty memoir--part true-life cop thriller, part unputdownable history of a storied time and place--that will grip you by the throat until the explosive end

Alphabet City in 1988 burned with heroin, radicalism, and anti-police sentiment. Working as a plainclothes narcotics cop in the most high-voltage neighborhood in Manhattan, Detective Sergeant Mike Codella earned the nickname "Rambo" from the local dealers, as well as a $50,000 bounty on his head. The son of a cop who grew up in a mob neighborhood in Brooklyn, Codella understood the unwritten laws of the shadowy businesses that ruled the streets. He knew that the further east you got from the relative safety of 5th Avenue, Washington Square Park and NYU, the deeper you entered the sea of human misery, greed, addiction, violence and all the things that come with an illegal retail drug trade run wild. With his partner, Gio, Codella made it his personal mission to put away Davie Blue Eyes--a stone cold murderer and the head of Alphabet City's heroin supply chain. Despite the hell they endured--all the beatings and gunshots, the footchases and close calls--Codella and Gio always saw Alphabet City the same way: worth saving.

"Alphaville," Codella's riveting, no-holds-barred memoir, resurrects the vicious streets that Davie Blue Eyes owned, and tells the story of how Codella bagged the so-called Forty Thieves that surrounded Davie, slowly working his way to the head of the snake one scale at a time. With the blistering narrative spirit of "The French Connection," the insights of a seasoned insider, and a relentless voice that reads like the city's own, "Alphaville "is at once the story of a dedicated New York cop, and of New York City itself.

Shakespeare & Love - The Inside Story of the Book Crime That Stunned the World (Paperback): Mike P Kelly Shakespeare & Love - The Inside Story of the Book Crime That Stunned the World (Paperback)
Mike P Kelly
R306 R269 Discovery Miles 2 690 Save R37 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In March 2012, eccentric antiques dealer Raymond Scott was found dead in his prison cell, apparently after having cut his own throat. It was the final tragic act in one of the most bizarre criminal cases ever held in England. The story begins in 1998 after a rare copy of a Shakespeare First Folio was stolen from Durham University just 10 miles from where Scott lived. For a decade the authorities had been stumped as to what had happened to it until Raymond Scott strolled into the famous Folger Library in Washington DC to have it authenticated for sale. Printed in 1623, the First Folio is widely regarded as the most important non-secular printed book in the English language and one in pristine condition (like the Durham copy had been when stolen) could be worth millions. The flamboyantly-attired Scott had a taste for Ferraris and Lamborghinis yet had spent most of his time living with his aged mother, Hannah, on social security payments in a modest home in Washington, Tyne on Wear. Scott, 55 when he died, wanted the money from selling the First Folio to live the high life with his beautiful 21-year-old Cuban dancer girlfriend he met during frequent trips to Havana. In one of the many strange twists, he claimed he obtained the book from a friend in Cuba who was a former bodyguard to President Fidel Castro. Scott, who never took the stand, was eventually jailed for eight years for handling stolen goods but was cleared of stealing the First Folio. For 18 months, from just after his arrest to his death, Scott conducted a series of interviews with reporter Mike Kelly during which never heard before evidence was revealed including the naming of an alleged second suspect. Even after Scott was jailed they kept in touch via frequent correspondence. Shakespeare & Love reveals the true story behind the theft of the Durham Shakespeare First Folio and uncovers for the first time the man dubbed by the press as 'Bling Lear'.

The Soulology Chronicles - Voices - Words of Wisdom, Inspiration, Courage and Soul (Hardcover): Carol Starr Taylor The Soulology Chronicles - Voices - Words of Wisdom, Inspiration, Courage and Soul (Hardcover)
Carol Starr Taylor
R594 Discovery Miles 5 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Bold Lions Survival Sense (Hardcover): Mark Hobbs Bold Lions Survival Sense (Hardcover)
Mark Hobbs
R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Strange Case of Israel Lipski - A Story of London's East End in 1887 (Hardcover): Bob Biderman The Strange Case of Israel Lipski - A Story of London's East End in 1887 (Hardcover)
Bob Biderman
R577 Discovery Miles 5 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Life is a Series of Unexpected Interruptions - The Untold Real-Life Story of How One Bad Decision Destroyed a Multimillionaires... Life is a Series of Unexpected Interruptions - The Untold Real-Life Story of How One Bad Decision Destroyed a Multimillionaires Life and His Road Back to God, Faith, and Love (Hardcover)
Clark East
R725 R605 Discovery Miles 6 050 Save R120 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dream It and Do It - 100 Career Role Models for Girls and Boys (Hardcover): Holly A Sharp Dream It and Do It - 100 Career Role Models for Girls and Boys (Hardcover)
Holly A Sharp
R852 Discovery Miles 8 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Homicide at Rough Point (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Peter Lance Homicide at Rough Point (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Peter Lance
R845 Discovery Miles 8 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Hunter of the Damned - A walk through Hell (Hardcover): Kevin J Laws Hunter of the Damned - A walk through Hell (Hardcover)
Kevin J Laws
R1,111 Discovery Miles 11 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Twelve Years A Slave - A True Story (Paperback): Solomon Northup Twelve Years A Slave - A True Story (Paperback)
Solomon Northup 1
R95 R76 Discovery Miles 760 Save R19 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The shocking first-hand account of one man’s remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture.

‘Why had I not died in my young years – before God had given me children to love and live for? What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have prevented. I sighed for liberty; but the bondsman's chain was round me, and could not be shaken off.’

1841: Solomon Northup is a successful violinist when he is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Taken from his family in New York State – with no hope of ever seeing them again – and forced to work on the cotton plantations in the Deep South, he spends the next twelve years in captivity until his eventual escape in 1853.

First published in 1853, this extraordinary true story proved to be a powerful voice in the debate over slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. It is a true-life testament of one man’s courage and conviction in the face of unfathomable injustice and brutality: its influence on the course of American history cannot be overstated.

Rude Awakening (Hardcover): Sheree Ann Martines, John Robert Whedbee Rude Awakening (Hardcover)
Sheree Ann Martines, John Robert Whedbee
R798 R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 Save R111 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Deadly Deception (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Vicki Williams Deadly Deception (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Vicki Williams
R482 Discovery Miles 4 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Verdict Justice (Hardcover): Brian Toung Verdict Justice (Hardcover)
Brian Toung
R561 Discovery Miles 5 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Sunbeams through the Trees - You Are Not Alone All Our Stories Matter (Hardcover): Savannah Daisyfield Sunbeams through the Trees - You Are Not Alone All Our Stories Matter (Hardcover)
Savannah Daisyfield
R827 Discovery Miles 8 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Great Dead Body Teachers - An adventure into the world of anatomy and dissection (Hardcover): Jackie Dent The Great Dead Body Teachers - An adventure into the world of anatomy and dissection (Hardcover)
Jackie Dent
R342 Discovery Miles 3 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Since I was a child, I've been interested in dead bodies. When I was eight years old, I dug up the remains of my pet budgie Zazbut. He had been buried for about eight weeks in a patch of grass outside our house in Dasmarinas, a fortified village in Manila, in the Philippines. 'The first exhumation was the beginning of my intrigue with death, which has persisted. As a journalist, I've written about graveyards, funerals and death doulas. I always visit the local cemetery wherever I am in the world. But one thing that has largely been hidden from me in this death trip is the dead body.' Dissection might not be a normal topic to contemplate but when both your paternal grandparents donate their bodies to science it does intermittently cross your mind. This is the story of how Jackie Dent's grandparents-Ruby and Julie-gave their bodies to science when they died. No one in her family seems to know why, or what really happened with their bodies afterwards. Were they avid science buffs? Was it to save on cremation costs? How do scientists tackle the practicalities and ethics of cutting up the dead for research? And who are body donors generally? Weaving the personal with the history of anatomy and the dissected, Jackie Dent explores the world of whole-body donation - all the while looking for answers as to what happened to her grandparents.

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