Published: 01/01/10
Paperback Invictus: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nationby John Carlin €10.58 €7.94 The Rugby World Cup final of 1995 was the last act of the most improbable exercise in mass seduction ever seen: Nelson Mandela's conquest of the hearts of white South Africa. Invictus is the thrilling story of how the most charismatic political statesman of our time deployed political genius, charm and generous vision to pull off this most unlikely of miracles. 'This outstanding book is not so much about rugby as about the ability of Mandela to harness the symbolic power of sport. It shows us... (more info)
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D-Day The Battle For Normandyby Antony Beevor | The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was... (more info)
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| | God's Executionerby Dr. Micheal O' Siochru | In a century of unrelenting, bloody warfare and religious persecution in Europe, Cromwell was, in many ways, a product of his times. As... (more info)
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Millenniumby Tom Holland | * Tom Holland, author of RUBICON and PERSIAN FIRE, gives a thrilling panoramic account of the birth of the new Western Europe in the year... (more info)
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| | Berlin the Downfall 1945by Antony Beevor | Reconstructs the experiences of millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse, telling a terrible story of pride,... (more info)
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A Little History of the Worldby E. H. Gombrich | In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the... (more info)
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| | Third Reich at War, Theby Richard J. Evans | In 1939 Hitler mobilized Germany into all-out war. This book conjures up a whole society plunged into conflict - from generals and... (more info)
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Kneeby Dee Brown | Describes how the American Indians lost their land and lives to a dynamically expanding white society. This book described the opening of... (more info)
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| | The Age of the Warriorby Robert Fisk | A selection of Robert Fisk's finest 'Comment' pieces from the Saturday Independent. Robert Fisk has amassed a devoted readership over the... (more info)
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Sniper Oneby Dan Mills | 'We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed 'Grenade!' simultaneously. Then everything went into slow motion.' The grenade took an... (more info)
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| | Fighting Elites: From the Spartans to the S.A.S.by Nigel Cawthorne | Fighting Elites tells the remarkable stories of these intrepid forces, providing both an overview of history's major conflicts and an... (more info)
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Americans in Paris : Life & Death Under Nazi Occupation 1940-44by Charles Glass | An elegantly written and highly informative account of a group of Americans living in Paris when the city fell to the Nazis in June 1940. (more info)
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| | Mad Dogs and Englishmen An Expedition Round My Familyby Sir Ranulph Fiennes | Discover Sir Ranulph Twistelton-Wykham-Fiennes's personal expedition to trace his extraordinary family through the twists and turns of... (more info)
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Great Military Disasters : From Cannae to Stalingradby Julian Spilsbury | The compelling stories of history's most disastrous conflicts. (more info)
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| | World Historyby Philip Parker | From the early beginnings of human civilization in prehistoric times, to the first manned space flight and beyond, this title helps you... (more info)
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