History

In The ANC Billionaires, Pieter du Toit exposes the contentious, decades-long relationship between big business and the ANC. From secret meetings in 1985 to the country's democratic transition, this essential read reveals how historical gambits shaped South Africa's modern economy and created a new political elite.

Author: Pieter du Toit

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Step directly into the eccentric, brilliant, and utterly bizarre mind of the master of Surrealism. Diary of a Genius is Salvador Dalí’s exceptionally candid personal journal covering his life, art, and routines from 1952 to 1963. Written with his trademark arrogance, humor, and dazzling imagination, this autobiography offers a fascinating peek into his creative process, his daily fixations, and his profound obsession with his wife and muse, Gala.

Author: Salvador Dali

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What started as a quiet plan to sail the River Severn for a few weeks quickly turned into an epic, year-long odyssey across twelve countries. Join charming and eccentric guide A.J. MacKinnon as he navigates a tiny dinghy named Jack de Crow from the borders of North Wales all the way to the Black Sea. Covering 4,900 kilometers through rivers, oceans, and 282 locks, this genuinely hilarious true story features encounters with Balkan pirates, deep lessons in the art of slow travel, and the incredible kindness of beautiful strangers along the way.

Author: A.J. Mackinnon

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The definitive, National Book Award-winning biography of a modern literary icon. In James Joyce, acclaimed scholar Richard Ellmann delivers what is universally regarded as the finest literary biography of our time. Blending academic research with narrative warmth, this work chronicles the intricate life, mind, and legacy of the man who redefined the twentieth-century novel.

Author: Richard Ellmann

**Rated as Reading Copy only because of the insect damage to the fore edge of the textblock and the cover wear. Inside pages are well preserved for an old book.

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In the spring of 1944, gendarmes forcibly removed Tibor "Max" Eisen and his family from their home, brought them to a brickyard, and eventually loaded them onto crowded cattle cars bound for Auschwitz-Birkenau. At fifteen years of age, Eisen survived the selection process and was inducted into the camp as a slave labourer. 

Author: Max Eisen

**Rated fair only because there is a 2cm tear on the front cover (see photos). Otherwise in very good condition.

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In The Compassionate Englishwoman, Robert Eales tells the remarkable story of Emily Hobhouse, the British humanitarian whose efforts exposed the suffering of Boer women and children during the Anglo-Boer War. Travelling alone through war-torn South Africa, Hobhouse investigated conditions in the concentration camps established by the British military and campaigned tirelessly for reform. Eales recounts her courageous mission, the resistance she faced from the British government and press, and the lasting impact of her work on public awareness of the humanitarian crisis. The book offers a compelling account of one of the most significant figures of the Boer War.

Author: Robert Eales

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This is Major General Philip Efiong’s account of the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War (1967–1970). As a key player and second-in-command to Biafran leader General Ojukwu, Efiong details the January and July 1966 coups and the ensuing ethnic conflicts. Forced to escape to the East after the second coup, Efiong recounts the breakdown of talks that led to the Eastern Region's secession and the outbreak of war in July 1967. During the conflict, Efiong served as Chief of General Staff. When Ojukwu fled, he handed power to Efiong, who performed the final task of leading a delegation to Lagos to negotiate peace and deliver Biafra’s surrender. 

Author: Major General Philip Efiong

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Two Years Before the Mast is challenged only by Melville's Moby Dick—a work heavily influenced by Dana's superior, factual descriptions of a seaman's real life under sail. Adhering closely to fact in every particular, this proper Bostonian gives everything its true character, recording his experiences in merchant ships with profound imaginative insight. 

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Author: Richard Henry Dana

Extra Note: Roughly a quarter of the book's pages at the back are separating about 1/2cm up from the bottom gutter, but are not fully detached or falling out. 

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While historical focus has long centered on the West, this internationally acclaimed bestseller masterfully shifts our perspective toward the true spine of global history: the vibrant region stretching across Central Asia deep into China and India. The Silk Roads offers a dazzling reassessment of the past, exploring the powerful forces that drove the rise and fall of empires, shaped international trade, and continue to dominate modern global politics. Highly praised by The Times as an ambitious, detailed, and immensely entertaining masterpiece, this non-fiction book is essential for any history lover.

Author: Peter Frankopan

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Alexandra Fuller uses her trademark lyrical prose and sharp eye for human nature to chronicle Colton's journey into the dark heart of the modern energy boom. She captures the camaraderie of the rig workers, the beautiful wildness of the American West, and the cold reality of an industry that treats human lives as disposable resources. Part celebration of an untamable spirit and part fierce critique of corporate greed, this moving biography is a stunning tribute to an ordinary, extraordinary life. 

Author: Alexandra Fuller

**Moderate foxing to text block outer edges and throughout the book. Damage to top right corners of the pages. Reading is not affected. 

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Renowned German historian and Hitler biographer Joachim Fest delivers a profound memoir of his youth in Berlin under the Third Reich. Moving far beyond ordinary wartime recollections, this text focuses on his fiercely non-conformist father, a conservative Catholic teacher who refused to compromise his principles, costing the family their livelihood and status. Immersed in classical literature and music, Fest navigates the pressures of the Nazi regime, his eventual conscription, and life as a prisoner of war. 

Author: Joachim Fest

Extra Note: The book has tiny nicks/tears to the top of +-85 pages. Other than that it is in very good condition overall.

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"The six wives of Henry VIII—Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr—have become defined in a popular sense not so much by their lives as by the way these lives ended.  But, as Antonia Fraser conclusively proves, they were rich and feisty characters. They may have been victims of Henry's obsession with a male heir, but they were not willing victims. 

Author: Antonia Frazer

**There is a binding split between pages 50 & 51, but all pages are in tact and the contents of the book is in great condition otherwise. 

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Did a Chinese fleet really discover America in 1421? When in prehistory were extraterrestrials landing on Earth and teaching humans how to build pyramids? Is it true that the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel took up residence in England and the United States? These and a host of other controversial claims – some quite odd, many plain weird – are investigated in this incredible and often startling book.

Author: Ronald H. Fritze

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This is a vivid eye-witness account of the total transformation within only 30 years of a Bedouin society into a country with the world's highest per capita income. He speaks with great frankness about his own life and career and about the role of British in his country.Mohammed skillfully weaves the story of his own successful business career with that of the development of Abu Dhabi to which he has himself made a significant contribution.

Author: Mohammed A.J. Al Fahim

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The work collected here is drawn from lectures, essays and journalism. Ranging in tone from academic speculation to bare-knuckle polemic, with the occasional gleam of personal reminiscence, they interweave to form a vision of a decade in which the habits of centuries were hurled, by choice, into reverse. Defining the role of the writer in society was no longer an abstract theme to stir debate, but a pressing and dangerous necessity. The world of letters had to confront the urgent need to open up the franchise, hand over the levers and the engines of power: the need to reinvent an entire continent.

Author: André Brink

**Note: One page has pencil notes. Overall in a good condition.

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