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The Siege of Caerlaverock (Paperback): Barbara Henderson The Siege of Caerlaverock (Paperback)
Barbara Henderson
R160 Discovery Miles 1 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

WINNER YOUNG QUILLS AWARD BEST HISTORICAL FICTION 2021 12-year-old Ada is a laundress of little consequence but the new castle commander Brian de Berclay has his evil eye on her. Perhaps she shouldn't have secretly fed the young prisoner in the tower. But when the King of England crosses the border with an army of over 3000 strong, Ada, her friend Godfrey and all at Caerlaverock suddenly find themselves under attack, with only 60 men for protection. Soon, rocks and flaming arrows rain from the sky over Castle Caerlaverock - and Ada has a dangerous choice to make.

White Too Long - The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity (Paperback): Robert P. Jones White Too Long - The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity (Paperback)
Robert P. Jones
R451 R375 Discovery Miles 3 750 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem - How Religion Drove the Voyages That Led to America (Paperback): Carol Delaney Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem - How Religion Drove the Voyages That Led to America (Paperback)
Carol Delaney
R554 R460 Discovery Miles 4 600 Save R94 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"One of the 100 best books of the year." --"The Times Literary Supplement"
Five hundred years after he set sail, Columbus is still a controversial figure in history. Debates portray him either as the hero in the great drama of discovery or as an avaricious glory hunter and ruthless destroyer of indigenous cultures. In "Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem," Carol Delaney offers a radically new interpretation of the man and his mission, claiming that the true motivation for his voyages is still widely unknown.
Delaney argues that Columbus was inspired to find a western route to the Orient "not only "to obtain vast sums of gold for the Spanish Crown "but primarily "to fund a new crusade to take Jerusalem from the Muslims before the end of the world--a goal that sustained him until the day he died. Drawing from oft-ignored sources, some from Columbus's own hand, Delaney depicts her subject as a thoughtful interpreter of the native cultures that he and his men encountered, and tells the tragic story of how his initial attempts to establish good relations with the natives turned badly sour. Showing Columbus in the context of his times rather than through the prism of present-day perspectives on colonial conquests reveals a man who was neither a greedy imperialist nor a quixotic adventurer, but a man driven by an abiding religious passion. "Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem "is not an apologist's take, but a clear-eyed, thought-provoking, and timely reappraisal of the man and his legacy.

Tuesdays With Morrie - An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson (Paperback): Mitch Albom Tuesdays With Morrie - An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson (Paperback)
Mitch Albom
R304 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Save R56 (18%) 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 twenty 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 - Mitch visited Morrie 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. v TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.

Beyond the Wall - East Germany, 1949-1990 (Hardcover): Katja Hoyer Beyond the Wall - East Germany, 1949-1990 (Hardcover)
Katja Hoyer
R777 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R139 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand post-World War II Europe' Julia Boyd 'One of the best young historians writing in English today. . . Well-researched, well-written and profoundly insightful, Beyond the Wall explodes many of the lazy Western cliches about East Germany' Andrew Roberts In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the GDR presented a radically different German identity to anything that had come before, and anything that exists today. Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics. In Beyond the Wall, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer offers a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country. Beginning with the bitter experience of German Marxists exiled by Hitler, she traces the arc of the state they would go on to create, first under the watchful eye of Stalin, and then in an increasingly distinctive German fashion. From the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, to the relative prosperity of the 1970s, and on to the creaking foundations of socialism in the mid-1980s, Hoyer argues that amid oppression and frequent hardship, East Germany was yet home to a rich political, social and cultural landscape, a place far more dynamic than the Cold War caricature often painted in the West. Powerfully told, and drawing on a vast array of never-before-seen interviews, letters and records, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, the one beyond the Wall.

My Friend Anne Frank (Hardcover): Hannah Pick-Goslar My Friend Anne Frank (Hardcover)
Hannah Pick-Goslar
R691 R569 Discovery Miles 5 690 Save R122 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

THE LONG-AWAITED, MOVING MEMOIR OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR HANNAH PICK-GOSLAR, WHO SHARES AN INTIMATE LOOK INTO HER LIFE AND FRIENDSHIP WITH ANNE FRANK. 'As a girl I witnessed the world I loved crumble and vanish, destroyed by senseless hatred, and with it, my best friend Anne' Two best friends' lives were about to change for ever, neither would ever be forgotten... When Hannah's family flee from the Nazi to Amsterdam, she soon strikes up a friendship with a girl just like her freshly arrived from Germany. Precocious and outspoken, the girl's name is Anne Frank and for seven blissful years the inseparable pair navigate school, boys and coming of age. Then one day in 1942, as the Nazi occupation intensifies, they are separated without warning. Hannah calls on Anne and can't find a trace of her, breakfast dishes still in the sink, beds unmade. Anne and her family have seemingly vanished. They are told the Franks have fled to Switzerland. As Hannah is tormented by the fate of her friend, hoping she is alive and well elsewhere, her own family's fate unfolds. After attempts to flee themselves, the SS finally come for them and they are taken to the transit camp Westerbork. Eventually Hannah, her father and younger sister Gabi are transported to Bergen-Belsen. Amid horrific conditions with death all around, it is during Hannah's darkest point at the concentration camp that she hears astonishing of news of Anne. Desperate to save her friend who is weak and struggling to survive, Hannah risks her life to help her. In an incredible memoir of hope, strength and defiance, Hannah shares the intimate, loving portrait of her friendship with the young diarist who would go on to capture the hearts of millions around the world.

Nazi Wives - The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany (Paperback): James Wyllie Nazi Wives - The Women at the Top of Hitler's Germany (Paperback)
James Wyllie
R466 R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Saving Yellowstone - Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America (Paperback): Megan Kate Nelson Saving Yellowstone - Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America (Paperback)
Megan Kate Nelson
R491 R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Save R85 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Documents on the Nineteenth Century United Kingdom Constitution (Hardcover): Andrew Blick Documents on the Nineteenth Century United Kingdom Constitution (Hardcover)
Andrew Blick
R11,753 Discovery Miles 117 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This four-volume collection presents a range of documents related to aspects of the constitutional history of the United Kingdom (UK), covering the ‘long’ nineteenth century. It examines material dating from the period of the American and French revolutions through to the advent of an equal franchise for men and women. During the long nineteenth century, the country passed through immense socio-economic changes. It underwent internal strains involving its multinational composition. It became the dominant global power, then saw that position become subject to various challenges. These tendencies helped generate sustained and wide-ranging controversy about how the country should govern itself. They also helped produce a series of important changes in the nature of the constitution. At the outset of the long nineteenth century, only a tiny proportion of the population were allowed to vote; and an hereditary monarch remained an active political figure. By the end, democratic ideas and practices had achieved ascendancy. Yet in other ways, the constitution retained some long-established characteristics. The purpose of these volumes is to support research into and understanding of these tendencies. They will enable readers to approach concepts such as democracy and constitutional change from a critical standpoint, evaluating existing interpretations and encouraging the consideration of possible different conclusions. The collection will encourage consideration of matters such as paths that were not taken, what resistance there was to change, how particular outcomes came about, and the compromises involved. It will also facilitate comparison between constitutional ideals and realities.

The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line - Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II (Hardcover): Mari K. Eder The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line - Untold Stories of the Women Who Changed the Course of World War II (Hardcover)
Mari K. Eder
R992 R878 Discovery Miles 8 780 Save R114 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For fans of Radium Girls and history and WWII buffs, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line takes you inside the lives and experiences of 15 unknown women heroes from the Greatest Generation, the women who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen during WWII-in and out of uniform, for theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come. The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line are the heroes of the Greatest Generation that you hardly ever hear about. These women who did extraordinary things didn't expect thanks and shied away from medals and recognition. Despite their amazing accomplishments, they've gone mostly unheralded and unrewarded. No longer. These are the women of World War II who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen-in and out of uniform. Young Hilda Eisen was captured twice by the Nazis and twice escaped, going on to fight with the Resistance in Poland. Determined to survive, she and her husband later emigrated to the U.S. where they became entrepreneurs and successful business leaders. Ola Mildred Rexroat was the only Native American woman pilot to serve with the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in World War II. She persisted against all odds-to earn her silver wings and fly, helping train other pilots and gunners. Ida and Louise Cook were British sisters and opera buffs who smuggled Jews out of Germany, often wearing their jewelry and furs, to help with their finances. They served as sponsors for refugees, and established temporary housing for immigrant families in London. Alice Marble was a grand-slam winning tennis star who found her own path to serve during the war-she was an editor with Wonder Woman comics, played tennis exhibitions for the troops, and undertook a dangerous undercover mission to expose Nazi theft. After the war she was instrumental in desegregating women's professional tennis. Others also stepped out of line-as cartographers, spies, combat nurses, and troop commanders. Retired U.S. Army Major General Mari K. Eder wrote this book because she knew their stories needed to be told-and the sooner the better. For theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come.

The Eagles of Heart Mountain - A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America (Paperback):... The Eagles of Heart Mountain - A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America (Paperback)
Bradford Pearson
R561 R475 Discovery Miles 4 750 Save R86 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The King of Confidence - A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an... The King of Confidence - A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch (Paperback)
Miles Harvey
R511 R427 Discovery Miles 4 270 Save R84 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Omstrede Land - Die Historiese Ontwikkeling Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Grondvraagstuk in Suid-Afrika, 1652-2011 (Afrikaans,... Omstrede Land - Die Historiese Ontwikkeling Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Grondvraagstuk in Suid-Afrika, 1652-2011 (Afrikaans, Hardcover)
Louis Changuion, Bertus Steenkamp
R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Die bewindsoorname van 'n oorwegend swart regerende party in 1994 het 'n nuwe beleid ten opsigte van grondbesit in Suid-Afrika ingelui. Hierdie beleid is daarop ingestel om die wanbalans wat grondbesit betref reg te stel, dus om van die blanke grondeienaars, wat by verre die grootste deel van die landbougrond besit, grond weg te neem en dit aan die swart bevolkingsgroep, wat tussen 75% en 80% van die totale landsbevolking uitmaak, beskikbaar te stel. Die veronderstelling is dat die meeste blanke grondeienaars (of hulle voorsate) die grond wat hulle besit wederregtelik bekom het en dit daarom nou aan die 'regmatige' eienaars moet teruggee. Daar bestaan ook 'n persepsie dat alle grond aan swart mense oorgedra moet word – dat die klok teruggedraai moet word na die tyd toe Afrika swart was en wit mense slegs in Europa eiendom besit het. Die skrywers vra die vraag of grondhervorming in Suid-Afrika wel enigsins haalbaar of nodig is? Kan die ander bevolkingsgroepe van die land, die wittes en gekleurdes, daarop aanspraak maak dat die land ook aan hulle behoort. Kan hulle dus se: 'Dit is ons land ook'?

Life of a Klansman - A Family History in White Supremacy (Paperback): Edward Ball Life of a Klansman - A Family History in White Supremacy (Paperback)
Edward Ball
R525 R436 Discovery Miles 4 360 Save R89 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fake Heroes - Ten False Icons And How They Altered The Course Of History (Hardcover): Otto English Fake Heroes - Ten False Icons And How They Altered The Course Of History (Hardcover)
Otto English
R475 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R95 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our past, examining these previously unquestioned idols and exposing what they were trying to hide.

Was Che Guevara really a revolutionary hero? Should Mother Teresa be honoured as a saint? Is Henry V actually England's greatest king? And why does JFK's legend continue to grow?

Having exposed some of the greatest lies ever told in Fake History, journalist Otto English turns his attention to some of history's biggest (and most beloved) figures.

Whether it's virtuous leaders in just wars, martyrs sacrificing all for a cause, or innovators changing the world for the better, down the centuries supposedly great men and women have risen to become household names, saints and heroes. But just how deserving are they of their reputations?

Exploring everything from Captain Scott's reckless hunt for glory and Andy Warhol's flagrant thievery to Coco Chanel's murky Nazi past, Otto English dives into the hidden lives of some of history's most recognisable names. Scrutinising figures from the worlds of art, politics, business, religion and royalty, he brings to light the murkier truths they would rather have kept buried away, at the same time as celebrating the unsung heroes lost to time.

Fake Heroes exposes the truth of the past and helps us understand why that matters today.

Dominion - How the Christian Revolution Remade the World (Paperback): Tom Holland Dominion - How the Christian Revolution Remade the World (Paperback)
Tom Holland
R619 R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Save R134 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nazi Billionaires - The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties (Paperback): David DeJong Nazi Billionaires - The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties (Paperback)
David DeJong
R330 R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Save R66 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'Lucid and damning ... an absorbing - and infuriating - tale of complicity, coverup and denial' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author of EMPIRE OF PAIN A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions from the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II - and how the world allowed them to get away with it. In 1946, Gunther Quandt - patriarch of Germany's most iconic industrial empire, a dynasty that today controls BMW - was arrested for suspected Nazi collaboration. Quandt claimed that he had been forced to join the party by his arch-rival, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, and the courts acquitted him. But Quandt lied. And his heirs, and those of other Nazi billionaires, have only grown wealthier in the generations since, while their reckoning with this dark past remains incomplete at best. Many of them continue to control swaths of the world economy, owning iconic brands whose products blanket the globe. The brutal legacy of the dynasties that dominated Daimler-Benz, cofounded Allianz and still control Porsche, Volkswagen and BMW has remained hidden in plain sight - until now. In this landmark work, investigative journalist David de Jong reveals the true story of how Germany's wealthiest business dynasties amassed untold money and power by abetting the atrocities of the Third Reich. Using a wealth of untapped sources, de Jong shows how these tycoons seized Jewish businesses, procured slave labourers and ramped up weapons production to equip Hitler's army as Europe burnt around them. Most shocking of all, de Jong exposes how the wider world's political expediency enabled these billionaires to get away with their crimes, covering up a bloodstain that defiles the German and global economy to this day.

The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures - A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies (Paperback): Paul Fischer The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures - A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies (Paperback)
Paul Fischer
R524 R435 Discovery Miles 4 350 Save R89 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A History of the Vikings (Hardcover, New Impression): Sir Thomas D. Kendrick A History of the Vikings (Hardcover, New Impression)
Sir Thomas D. Kendrick
R3,911 Discovery Miles 39 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Revolver - Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America (Paperback): Jim Rasenberger Revolver - Sam Colt and the Six-Shooter That Changed America (Paperback)
Jim Rasenberger
R535 R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Save R88 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Patterns of World History, Volume Two: From 1400 (Paperback, 4th ed.): Peter von Sivers, Charles A Desnoyers, George B Stow Patterns of World History, Volume Two: From 1400 (Paperback, 4th ed.)
Peter von Sivers, Charles A Desnoyers, George B Stow
R2,170 Discovery Miles 21 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Belfast '69 (Paperback): Andrew Walsh Belfast '69 (Paperback)
Andrew Walsh
R478 Discovery Miles 4 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Belfast, August 1969. A campaign for civil rights in Northern Ireland (which had begun less than two years previously) degenerates into intercommunal violence as centuries of mistrust, animosity, and blatant sectarianism come to a shuddering head. The three days of August 13th, 14th, and 15th drastically changed the course of Northern Irish history and also radicalised a generation of Catholic youths. On the Protestant side, there was similarly little to predict that their young generation would become embroiled in the longest period of Irish Troubles to date. The UVF, dormant since the creation of the state, was revived in 1966, but it was barely mentioned anywhere outside the Shankill Road; by 1972 it was involved in full conflict. Belfast '69 provides interviews with individuals from both sides of the conflict, many of whom went on to join the various 'armies' that sprung up in the wake of the riots. Many British Army officers who were only passive onlookers in those early days also offer up their own stories. By analysing these fascinating personal accounts in the wider context of the Troubles, alongside other key sources, Belfast '69 seeks to answer the most pertinent questions about the events of those days. How were the emerging youth of both sides radicalised by the violence? How did the events drive an otherwise-indifferent generation to carry out some of the most heinous crimes in Irish history? And, most importantly, can today's society learn from the bloody mistakes of our recent past?

The Other Madisons - The Lost History of a President's Black Family (Paperback): Bettye Kearse The Other Madisons - The Lost History of a President's Black Family (Paperback)
Bettye Kearse
R438 R362 Discovery Miles 3 620 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Paperback): Yuval Noah Harari 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Paperback)
Yuval Noah Harari 1
R265 R212 Discovery Miles 2 120 Save R53 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

From the phenomenal bestselling author of Sapiens and Homo Deus

How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war or ecological catastrophe?

What do we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism?

How should we prepare our children for the future?

21 Lessons is an exploration of what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.

'Fascinating…Harari has teed up a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the 21st century' Bill Gates, New York Times

The Power Of Strangers - The Benefits Of Connecting In A Suspicious World (Paperback): Joe Keohane The Power Of Strangers - The Benefits Of Connecting In A Suspicious World (Paperback)
Joe Keohane
R265 R212 Discovery Miles 2 120 Save R53 (20%) In Stock

When was the last time you spoke to a stranger? In our cities, we barely acknowledge one another on public transport, even as rates of loneliness skyrocket. Online, we carefully curate who we interact with. In our politics, we are increasingly consumed by a fear of people we've never met. But what if strangers, long believed to be the cause of many of our problems, were actually the solution? In The Power of Strangers, Joe Keohane discovers the surprising benefits that come from talking to strangers, examining how even passing interactions can enhance empathy, happiness and cognitive development, ease loneliness and isolation, and root us in the world, deepening our sense of belonging. Warm, witty, erudite and profound, this deeply researched book will make you reconsider how you perceive and approach strangers, showing you how talking to strangers isn't just not a way to live, it's a way to survive.

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