Biography: historical, political and military Books
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Flashes in her soul, the life of Jabu Ndlovu
Book SynopsisThis is the life and times of Jabu Ndlovu—wife, mother, worker, union activist—who fought for the rights of her fellow workers and community members. Flashes in Her Soul is the second book in the Hidden Voices series and is the story of Jabu Ndlovu, a shop steward of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and a community leader in Imbali near Pietermaritzburg. Jabu, her husband and her oldest daughter were killed in a brutal attack on their home in May 1989. This story shows the courage and compassion with which Jabu fought against all forms of exploitation. Her story represents the experiences of thousands of women who struggled and suffered as a result of the war in KwaZulu-Natal in the 1980s and 1990s. Jabu's story reminds us of the devastation that violence brings to families, communities and organizations.The politics and dynamics behind the violence today are not the same as in the 1980s and early 1990s, but the need remains for strong and moral leaders like Jabu to speak out and organize against the violence and the moral corruption that lies behind it.
£8.95
Feral House,U.S. You Can't Win
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£17.09
Rosetta Books Darrow's Nightmare: The Forgotten Story of
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£22.94
Simon & Schuster Lincoln and the Fight for Peace
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£17.09
Culturea Napoléon
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£17.60
Theologischer Verlag Die Abtissin, Der Soldnerfuhrer Und Ihre Tochter:
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£30.40
Tredition Gmbh Opera omnia - alii et mea: Ein Resümee
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£9.49
Tredition Gmbh Tagebuch in dieser Zeit: Corona-Pandemie -
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£12.34
Tredition Gmbh Pferden Freiheit schenken: Der vegane Weg einer Tierärztin
£16.19
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Wilhelm I.: Vom Preussischen Konig Zum Ersten
Book SynopsisZum 150. Jahrestag der GrÃndung des deutschen Reiches (1871 - 2021)
£35.09
Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. Schwuele Tage
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£9.98
Brill U Schoningh Die Thyssens: Familie Und Vermogen
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£47.40
Brill Schoningh Der Held Von Deutsch-Ostafrika: Paul Von
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£56.00
Brill Schoningh Erich Von Manstein: Vernichtungskrieg Und
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£40.75
Brill Schoningh Julius Caesar: Die Ehre Des Kriegers Und Die Not
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£33.15
Brill Schoningh Die Ss: Elite Unter Dem Totenkopf: 30 Lebensläufe
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£44.91
Brill Schoningh Gudrun Ensslin: Die Geschichte Einer
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£39.77
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gustav Stresemann: Biografie Eines Grenzgangers
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£52.19
Verlag Ullstein Hitler; Eine Biographie
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£18.00
Books on Demand Abdülmecid II.: Der letzte Kalif des Islams
£9.71
Books on Demand Irmgard Rode (1911-1989): Dokumentation über eine Linkskatholikin und Pazifistin des Sauerlandes
£15.90
Books on Demand Zwischen Nichts und Niemandsland: Tagebuch eines deutsches Soldaten im zweiten Weltkrieg
£39.80
Books on Demand Ich habe mit 17 Jahren, die erste grosse
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Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh Napoleon I. - Tagebuch von St. Helena
£999.99
V & Q Books Journey through a Tragicomic Century: The Absurd
Book Synopsis"...particularly peculiar, breath-taking and worth telling." Alexander Solloch, NDR Kultur. Francis Nenik's thrilling slice of narrative non-fiction is about the life of the forgotten writer Hasso Grabner, told with great joy in language and love of absurdity. The journey takes us from the Young Communists in 1920s Leipzig to wartime Crete, with Grabner falling from steelworks director to a vilified author banned from publishing his work in the GDR.Trade Review"Truth stranger than fiction, told with lancet-like irony. Nenik follows his picaresque pragmatist across the shifting fronts of socialism and fascism, navigating the horrors of World War II with black humour recalling Catch-22 or Slaughterhouse-Five, and finding the absurdist entertainment value in East German party intrigues. The verbal pyrotechnics drive an incisive reflection on the workings of the 'grotesque named history'." Isabel Cole, writer and translator of Wolfgang Hilbig
£12.99
Edition Riedenburg E.U. Mit unbekanntem Ziel verreist? Freisinger Juden
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PM Press No Harmless Power
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£32.29
Oxford University Press Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 172
Book SynopsisSeventeen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the British Academy including Frank Barlow, John Barnes, Gerald Allen Cohen, Herbert Edward John Cowdrey, Ralf Dahrendorf, Robin Arthur Donkin, Simon Frederick Peter Halliday, Arthur Thomas Hatto, Leszek Kolakowski, Douglas Maurice MacDowell, Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones, Michael Isaac Podro, Peter Edward Lionel Russell, Maurice Fitzgerald Scott, Peter Brereton Townsend, Michael Williams, Donald John Wiseman.Table of ContentsFrank Barlow 1911-2009 ; John Arundel Barnes 1918-2010 ; Gerald Allen Cohen 1941-2009 ; Herbert Edward John Cowdrey 1926-2009 ; Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf 1929-2009 ; Robert Arthur Donkin 1928-2006 ; Simon Frederick Peter Halliday 1946-2010 ; Arthur Thomas Hatto 1910-2010 ; Leszek Kolakowski 1927-2009 ; Peter Hugh Jefferd Lloyd-Jones 1922-2009 ; Michael Isaac Podro 1931-2008 ; Peter Edward Lionel Russell 1913-2006 ; Maurice FitzGerald Scott 1924-2009 ; Peter Brereton Townsend 1928-2009 ; Frank William Walbank 1909-2008 ; Michael Williams 1935-2009 ; Donald John Wiseman 1918-2010
£80.75
The University of Chicago Press Realism Utopia and the Mushroom Cloud Four
Book SynopsisA comparison of four dissident intellectuals who grappled with questions about international politics in a nuclear age and co-operation instead of coercion throughout their careers - Louise Weiss, Leo Szilard, E.P. Thompson, and Danilo Dolci.
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Gods Plagiarist Being an Account of the Fabulous
Book SynopsisThis is an account of Jacques-Paul Migne, an entrepreneur of the 19th century. A priest in Orleans from 1824 to 1833, Migne then moved to Paris, where, in the space of a decade, he built one of the most extensive publishing ventures of all time. This text records his success.
£23.00
The University of Chicago Press The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson
Book SynopsisBy analysing writings of 'the Jeffersonian Circle,' Boorstin explores concepts of God, nature, equality, toleration, education and government in order to illuminate their underlying world view.
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Renaissance Characters
Book SynopsisA synthesis of the work of international scholars, this is an account of the people who animated a decisive period in the genesis of the modern mind - the Renaissance. Confining its attention to the "great" Renaissance which originated in Italy, the book treats a broad spectrum of figures.
£30.00
University of Chicago Press The Death of the Child Valerio Marcello
Book SynopsisThe death of Valerio Marcello, in 1490, left his father in a state of despair so profound that it occasioned an outpouring of consoling letters, orations, treatises and poems. Through these sources, King traces the story of a 15th-century family, as well as the cultural trends of the time.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press The Preachers Demons Bernardino of Siena and the
Book SynopsisThis text on Bernardino considers the preacher's inflammatory role in Renaissance social issues. It takes the reader into the social underworld of early Renaissance Italy to discover how one influential figure helped to dramatically increase fear, hatred and intolerance for society's margins.
£42.75
The University of Chicago Press Orphan Trains
Book SynopsisAppalled by the numbers of destitute children on the streets of New York, Charles Loring Brace created the Children's Aid Society and organised a programme of adoption across the US. Between 1854 and 1929 some 250,000 children were found homes in the country. This is his story, and theirs.
£17.00
The University of Chicago Press The World of Juliette Kinzie
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The University of Chicago Press Abraham Lincoln and the Forge of National Memory
Book SynopsisFrom his memorial in Washington and immortalization on Mount Rushmore, one might assume Abraham Lincoln was a national hero rather than a controversial president. Drawing on an array of material, this is a study of the role Lincoln's reputation and memory has played in American life.
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press Flowers Guns and Money
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Scholars of US foreign policy have longed for a biography of Joel Poinsett, the diplomat, secret agent, and legislator who actively shaped US–Latin American relations for three crucial decades in the early nineteenth century. Lindsay Schakenbach Regele’s marvelous new study more than meets the task, not only revealing the extensive scope of his influence at home and abroad but also making an important argument about the evolution of early American political economy.” -- Amy S. Greenberg, The Pennsylvania State University"A revealing if at times critical biographical study that highlights the role of economic interests in early 19th-century foreign relations." * The Wall Street Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 Founding a Man, 1779–1810 Chapter 2 International and Domestic Politics, 1811–1819 Chapter 3 Domestic and International Politics, 1820–1825 Chapter 4 Interest in Mexico, 1825–1830 Chapter 5 Southern “Honor,” 1830–1836 Chapter 6 War, 1837–1841 Chapter 7 Final Battles, 1841–1851 Epilogue Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Notes Index
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Flowers Guns and Money
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Scholars of US foreign policy have longed for a biography of Joel Poinsett, the diplomat, secret agent, and legislator who actively shaped US–Latin American relations for three crucial decades in the early nineteenth century. Lindsay Schakenbach Regele’s marvelous new study more than meets the task, not only revealing the extensive scope of his influence at home and abroad but also making an important argument about the evolution of early American political economy.” -- Amy S. Greenberg, The Pennsylvania State University"A revealing if at times critical biographical study that highlights the role of economic interests in early 19th-century foreign relations." * The Wall Street Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 Founding a Man, 1779–1810 Chapter 2 International and Domestic Politics, 1811–1819 Chapter 3 Domestic and International Politics, 1820–1825 Chapter 4 Interest in Mexico, 1825–1830 Chapter 5 Southern “Honor,” 1830–1836 Chapter 6 War, 1837–1841 Chapter 7 Final Battles, 1841–1851 Epilogue Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Notes Index
£20.00
The University of Chicago Press The Weak Body of a Useless Woman Matsuo Taseko
Book SynopsisPresenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration.
£31.35
Columbia University Press From Loyalist to Founding Father The Political
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Columbia University Press Martin Heidegger and European Nihilism
Book SynopsisWritten by a former student of Heidegger, this book examines the relationship between the philosophy and the politics of a celebrated teacher and the allure that Nazism held out for scholars committed to revolutionary nihilism.Trade ReviewA flurry of books has appeared on Heidegger's seduction by Nazism... [b]ut Lowith's work has a very special claim, and its publication in English is an event of major significance... [T]he present volume is unique as an indispensable, insightful, philosophical account of why Heidegger decided for National Socialism. As a devoted student and intimate friend of Heidegger in Freiburg... Lowith understands Heidegger minutely and sympathetically, and his interpretations of Heidegger's works are wide-ranging and unerring. Choice
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Columbia University Press Casting Her Own Shadow Eleanor Roosevelt the
Book SynopsisShows how Eleanor Roosevelt, after being freed from the constraints imposed by her role in the White House, expanded her career and challenged both the Democratic party and American liberals to practice what they preach.
£82.80
Columbia University Press The Kennedy Obsession The American Myth of JFK
Book SynopsisJohn F. Kennedy was not only a president, but also a symbol for America's most cherished ideas. Not the history of a man's life but the biography of his idea, The Kennedy Obsession traces the creation of Kennedy's image as an inspired-and inspiring-fiction.Trade ReviewHellmann understands that reading involves more than the consumption of ideas--it is a theater of the mind, in which the reader imaginatively tests a range of roles, voices, identities. Hellmann shows how Kennedy's own early reading (in combination with family lore) provided him with the language of myth, his sense of identity and role. He then analyzes the complex ways in which this private myth-making interacted with the process of social myth-making (in mass media and politics) to shape 'The Kennedy Obsession.' -- Richard Slotkin American UniversityTable of ContentsPrologue: A Bedside Visit 1: How Kennedy Awoke: Jack's Reading and Why England Slept 2: John Hersey's "Survival": A Literary Experiment and Its Political Adaptation 3: The Old Man and the Boy: Papa Hemingway and Profiles in Courage 4: The Hollywood Screen and Kennedy's Televised Showdown with Truman 5: The Erotics of a Presidency 6: An Assassination and Its Fictions
£82.80
Columbia University Press History of the Archbishops of HamburgBremen
Book SynopsisAdam of Bremen's history of the See of Hamburg and of Christian missions in northern Europe from AD 788 to 1072 is a primary source of knowledge concerning the history, geography and ethnography of the Baltic region and its peoples before the 13th century.
£28.50
Columbia University Press The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa
The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa 9780231134187 | BookCurl
£107.35
Columbia University Press The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa
The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa 9780231134194 | BookCurl
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