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  • The Ship that Rocked the World

    How Radio Caroline Defied the Establishment, Launched the British Invasion, and Made the Planet Safe for Rock and Roll

    de Tom Lodge, Steven Van Zandt ...
    Did you ever wonder why so much fantastic music started coming out of Britain in the 60s? Pirates did it. That's right, Pirates. The story of how they did it seems unbelievable, but it really happened, and it completely altered the course of rock and roll. Talent alone was not enough to break through the rigid broadcasting system that filtered anything it deemed 'unsafe'. Only bands approved by ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Mandela

    A Critical Life

    de Tom Lodge ...
    Nelson Mandela, the first African politician to acquire a world following, remains in the 21st century an iconic figure. But what are the sources of his almost mythic appeal? And to what extent did Mandela self-consciously create the status of political hero that he now enjoys? This new and highly revealing biography examines these questions in detail for the first time. Drawing on a range of ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Sharpeville

    An Apartheid Massacre and its Consequences

    de Tom Lodge ...
    On 21 March 1960 several hundred black Africans were injured and 69 killed when South African police opened fire on demonstrators in the township of Sharpeville, protesting against the Apartheid regime's racist 'pass' laws. The Sharpeville Massacre, as the event has become known, signalled the start of armed resistance in South Africa, and prompted worldwide condemnation of South Africa's ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Yours for the Union

    Class and Community Struggles in South Africa

    de Baruch Hirson ...
    Series series African History Archive
    Yours for the Union stands as a landmark history of the making of the black working class in South Africa. Drawing on a wide range of sources, it covers the crucial period of 1930–47, when South Africa's rapid industrialisation led to the dramatic growth of the working class, and uncontrolled urbanisation resulted in vast shanty towns which became a focal point for resistance and protest. ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

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  • Clooney's War

    South Sudan, humanitarian failure and celebrity

    de Alex Perry ...
    In this book Alex Perry explores how humanitarian activities across the world, including those of celebrities like George Clooney and others brought pressure to bear that resulted in the creation of South Sudan as a separate state. This at a time when senior diplomats believed the chances of the new nation surviving and thriving were slim. Predictably, it seems an outcome that should have solved ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • Zambia

    The First 50 Years

    de Andrew Sardanis ...
    On 24 October 1964, the Republic of Zambia was formed, replacing the territory which had formerly been known as Northern Rhodesia. Fifty years on, Andrew Sardanis provides a sympathetic but critical insider's account of Zambia, from independence to the present. He paints a stark picture of Northern Rhodesia at decolonisation and the problems of the incoming government, presented with an immense ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

    An African Childhood

    de Alexandra Fuller ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A worthy heir to Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham, Alexandra Fuller shares visceral memories of her childhood in Africa, and of her headstrong, unforgettable mother.“This is not a book you read just once, but a tale of terrible beauty to get lost in over and over.”—Newsweek“By turns mischievous and openhearted, earthy and soaring . . . hair-raising, horrific, and ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

    de Frederick Douglass ...
    Frederick Douglass was born in slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland. He was not sure of the exact year of his birth, but he knew that it was 1817 or 1818. As a young boy he was sent to Baltimore, to be a house servant, where he learned to read and write, with the assistance of his master's wife. In 1838 he escaped from slavery and went to New York ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

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  • Official and Confidential

    The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover

    de Anthony Summers ...
    A New York Times–bestselling author's revealing, "important" biography of the longtime FBI director ( The Philadelphia Inquirer).No one exemplified paranoia and secrecy at the heart of American power better than J. Edgar Hoover, the original director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. For this consummate biography, renowned investigative journalist Anthony Summers interviewed more than eight ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Dead Do Not Die

    "Exterminate All the Brutes" and Terra Nullius

    de Sven Lindqvist ...
    Traducido por Joan Tate, Sarah Death ...
    Sven Lindqvist is one of our most original writers on race, colonialism, and genocide, and his signature approach—uniting travelogues with powerful acts of historical excavation—renders his books devastating and unforgettable.Now, for the first time, Lindqvist's most beloved works are available in one beautiful and affordable volume with a new introduction by Adam Hochschild. The Dead Do Not Die ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Ghosts of Empire

    Britain's Legacies in the Modern World

    de Kwasi Kwarteng ...
    Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He brings a unique perspective and impeccable academic credentials to a narrative history of the British Empire, one that avoids sweeping judgmental condemnation and instead sees the Empire for what it was: a series of local fiefdoms ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • From the Cam to the Zambezi

    Colonial Service and the Path to the New Zambia

    Edición de Tony Schur ...
    In 1961 a group of men arrived in Cambridge to join the Overseas Services Course before going on to work in the Provincial Administration of the Northern Rhodesia Government. This book features contributions by fifteen of the original course members and three wives. They provide their account and experiences of the last years of colonial rule in Northern Rhodesia and the early years of the new ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD