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We combine postage, so do look at our other items on offer. Postage prices outside of South African borders will differ. Please enquire before purchasing. Dispatched within 3 business days. Our books are protected with a removable plastic cover and sent with care. Condition: Good. This book celebrates the endurance of the Native American Church, which now has some 80 chapters throughout the country. Prayer meetings, the sacramental use of peyote, and the significance of various practices and objects are described. Eloquent testimony of Church members from different tribes demonstrates that peyote is not used to obtain "visions" but to heal the body and spirit and to teach righteousness. "Two very important books have appeared in 1996: 'Reuben Snake: Your Humble Serpent' and 'One Nation Under God: The Triumph of the Native America Church.' I say they're important because they are designed for the U.S. Government and the American people as an audience. The books are not teaching Indigenous people about peyote; they're documents to voice the concerns of indigenous Nations, to protect those of us who participate in the spirituality of peyote -- as members of the Native American Church or as individuals". (The Native American Press, Ojibwe News)" "One Nation Under God is an essential and informative contribution to Native American studies reading lists". (The Midwest Book Review)" Reuben Snake's personal testimony on behalf of the sacred peyote is seconded and supported by the chapter 'Voices of the Native American Church, ' which presents a persuasive collection of short, heartfelt testimonials... about the life-affirming teachings of love and respect that are at the heart of the peyote way". (Shaman's Drum)   Bibliographic information:   Title One nation under God: the triumph of the Native American church Authors Huston Smith, Reuben Snake Editors Huston Smith, Reuben Snake Edition illustrated Publisher Clear Light Publishers, 1996, Hardback ISBN 0940666715, 9780940666719 Length 176 pages Subjects Social Science/   Ethnic Studies/   Native American Studies Please Click ---> HERE PTO Books is selling.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days In "The Boys from Old Florida," Buddy Martin takes the reader beneath the surface of Florida football as, without bias or sugar coating, he skillfully excavates the truths behind "The Gator Nation." In this book, Martin, a Florida native, has chronicled the real stories of Gator coaches and players through their own eyes and in their words over a 55-year period since 1950--and not all are valentines. The school asked all but one of the coaches interviewed to leave or move up. Some players became estranged or never really felt appreciated. Yet, others are forever grateful for their experience as Gator players and feel a sense of brotherhood. Liberating moments such as the arrival of Ray Graves come to life through the words of somebody who experienced it firsthand. Martin's fresh investigations have bolstered his sharp memory of those moments as they unfolded, including Graves's firing after a fairy tale season with his "Super Sophs." Features Summary In The Boys from Old Florida, Buddy Martin takes the reader beneath the surface of Florida football as, without bias or sugar coating, he skillfully excavates the truths behind  The Gator Nation... Author Buddy Martin (Author), Woody Paige (Foreword by) Publisher Sports Publishing LLC Release date 20130822 Pages 304 ISBN 1-61321-395-6 ISBN 13 978-1-61321-395-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days It happened within a week. Survival was just the start of it... Eighteen months have passed since the events of Plague Land. Leon and Freya have seen no sign of the virus, clinging on to the hope that two hard winters just may have killed it off. When news of a rescue ship arriving off the coast comes in, the pair are on the move once again. But all is not as safe as it seems. The virus has been busy, it has learned and evolved. And now, it is reborn. Plague Nation (previously published as Reborn) is the explosive second book in the Remade trilogy, by the bestselling author of the TimeRiders series, Alex Scarrow. Features Summary A fast-paced thriller about a virus that can think, Plague Nation is the second electrifying novel in the Remade trilogy, from bestselling young adult science fiction author Alex Scarrow. Author Alex Scarrow Publisher Macmillan Children's Books Release date 20180727 Pages 416 ISBN 1-5098-9031-9 ISBN 13 978-1-5098-9031-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours South Africa has an established, vibrant and highly politicized contemporary art scene that is often in dialogue with the deep and recent past. South African Art explores this relationship between past and present, showing contemporary and historic art objects from the earliest human artistic tendencies three million years ago to 20th-century apartheid Resistance Art and the art of post-apartheid transformation. South African Art begins with the first artistic stirrings of our earliest ancestors and the first African kingdoms through to the creation of 3D figurative art and specialised artisans. It then considers the influence of Dutch, British, Malay, Chinese and Indian settlers from the 16th century onwards and the ensuing conflicts, followed by a focus on the British colonial period and the European obsession with the exotic and the objectification of African bodies. A chapter on segregation after the Union of South Africa in 1910 and Resistance Art during the apartheid era of c.1970 to 1989 is followed by a final section looking at South Africa's transformation from an apartheid state to the 'Rainbow Nation', and the country's current artistic optimism. Features Summary South Africa has an established and highly politicized contemporary art scene that is often in dialogue with the deep and recent past. This book explores this relationship... Author John Giblin (Author), Chris Spring (Author) Publisher Thames and Hudson Release date 20161027 Pages 256 ISBN 0-500-51906-4 ISBN 13 978-0-500-51906-6

The Shattered Nation By: J.G. Storry A first edition hardcover published by Howard Timmins in 1974 Purple cover boards with white writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, no marks or inscriptions, dustjacket is complete, rub & chipping to spine & book ends Postage within South Africa R30.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postage Quote **STABLES**      

Many cultures, one nation Festshrift for Beyer Naude - Edited by Charles Villa-Vicencio and Carl Niehaus - Human & Rousseau - 1995 - 183pp - Paperback in good condition. A Book for everyone who wishes to participate in the debate about the future of South Africa.

Two-thirds of a nation by Nathan Straus. Cover has a few tears but rest of the book is in good condition. First Edition 1952.  

Hardcover. English. Timmins. 1974. ISBN: 0869780956. 175 pp with bw illustrations. Good condition in hardcover with edgeworn dw. An interesting history of the Matabele nation and their ultimate conquest by Rhodes' incursion into their lands. Book No: 25956/1001912

Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation covers the university protests that took place in 2015-2016, better known as the #FeesMustFall protests. Rekgotsofetse (Kgotsi) gives us his first-hand account of what happened prior to the protests and what led to the events of October 2015 at the various university campuses and nationally. This is a four-part retelling of what happened on the ground amongst the students, first at #RhodesMustFall, then moving to the university responses and management and what ultimately led to #FeesMustFall nationwide. Chikane then looks at student politics now and how they are different from 1976, specifically the fact that the protests were being led by so-called coconuts, who are part of the black elite. The book poses the provocative question, can coconuts be trusted with the revolution

This landmark book is the first memoir written by men who actually fought as guerrillas with any of the liberation forces of countries in Southern Africa. The authors joined the liberation struggle as young men in the early 1960s when they left South Africa to join the ranks of MK ('Umkhonto we Sizwe') in Tanzania. After receiving military training in the Soviet Union they fought alongside Joshua Nkomo's ZIPRA in Rhodesia. The book follows the fortunes of the two young freedom fighters through years of bush warfare/capture/imprisonment/political opposition through to the 1994 election in South Africa that was won by the ANC. "This is our story. We will tell it the way it was, and not as we wish it had happened. It's not only our history, it is also the history of a people - the black people of Africa."Price: R300.00Edition: First editionDate published: 2005Publishers: Galago BooksISBN: 9781919854168Condition: Paperback in very good condition, with very minor scuff marks on the corner. Internally very clean and tightly bound.

Size A4. Softcover in very good condition. Binding is solid and the book is clean inside. First published 1991 with 80 pages. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs. This book features stunning photography and an illuminating text on the history and way of life of a people with a proud heritage. Postage in RSA = R55.00 (new P O rates since 1/4/2018).      

  Available in South Africa - directly imported from Germany Written by South African historian Claus Nordbruch (MA, UP; PhD UNISA)   ENDSPIEL Die deutsche Nation und Europa im Dauerfeuer der Globalisten Tübingen 201 7, first edition, hard cover (cloth), p hotos and i llustrations, 352 pages, original dust jacket, brand new Das Herz der neuesten Auseinandersetzung aus der Feder von Dr. Claus Nordbruch ist die im Zusammenhang mit der Globalisierung alltägliche Dekadenz und der fortschreitende Volkstod. Der Autor stellt kompromißlos die penibel geplante Machtergreifung der Weltherrschaft durch eine kleine Clique von Politikern und Wirtschaftsmagnaten bloß, die weltweit in ausgezeichnet funktionierenden Geheimbünden sowie in mächtigen Einrichtungen und einflußreichen Verbänden organisiert sind. Der Autor zerlegt das großangelegte politische Unternehmen, die gesamte Welt kulturell, rechtlich, wirtschaftlich und politisch in einer Weltrepublik gleichzuschalten. Diese ›One World‹, wie sie im allgemeinen genannt wird, steht über sämtlichen Interessen der bisher souveränen Nationen (Völker als auch Staaten). Bestehende Strukturen, eigenständige regionale und nationale Lebens- und Wirtschaftsformen werden zugunsten weniger Weltkonzerne und -monopole zerstört. Gewachsene Völker und Kulturen werden durch Massenmigration und Blutvermischung zerstört, da es gilt, einen neuen Menschen zu schaffen. Zur Erreichung dieser Ziele stehen den Globalisten maßgebliche Organisationen zur Verfügung. Immer noch zu wenigen Menschen unserer Nation ist bewußt, was hierzulande wirklich abgeht:  Das deutsche Volk ist dabei auszusterben, und mit ihm geht eine bedeutende Kultur Europas unter. Deutschland und Europa sind dabei, ihr Gesicht zu verlieren. Ihr gesamtes Wesen um genau zu sein. Deutschland ist dabei, als gewachsener Volksstaat zu zerfallen und in einer multikulturellen Gesellschaft auf- bzw. unterzugehen.   Der Folgeband auf die längst vergriffene Nordbruch-Trilogie (Weltrepublik JudenFragen Machtfaktor Zionismus) passende Suchbegriffe: Globalisierung, Islamischer Staat, Terrorismus, Attentate, wehrhafte Demokratie, Dekadenz, Weltherrschaft    

 Hardcover / Good condition The Spitfire was the finest fighter plane of its time, the weapon that saved Britain in its darkest hour. It was also a thing of beauty, beloved by the heroes who fought in it and the public that cheered as it flew overhead. Now, a magnificently produced book—filled with first-person reminiscences and lavishly illustrated with archival and contemporary photographs—pays fitting tribute to this enduring World War II icon.

Paperback English. Verso. 1991. ISBN: 9781844676712. 232pp. Good condition in softcover. Forty years after the defeat of Nazism, and twenty years after the great wave of decolonization, how is it that racism remains a growing phenomenon? What are the special characteristics of contemporary racism? How can it be related to class divisions and to the contradictions of the nation-state? And how far, in turn, does racism today compel us to rethink the relationship between class struggles and nationalism? Book No: 465729

The Boer Nation's English Problem by TB Floyed 1977 (Inscription and signed by author). A5, had cover, 172 pages. Book in overall good readable condition. 

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good. Walk further into the deep dark wood, and discover what happens when a quick-witted mouse comes face to face with an owl, a snake... and a hungry Gruffalo! Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's The Gruffalo is an undisputed modern classic and has become a bestselling phenomenon across the world with over 13.5 million copies sold. This award-winning rhyming story of a mouse and a monster has found its way into the hearts and bedtimes of an entire generation of children and will undoubtedly continue to enchant children for years and years to come. No home should be without The Gruffalo! This handy board book format is perfect for younger readers. It features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover and beautiful finish, making it a must-have for even the smallest Donaldson and Scheffler fans! Also available in board book format and with striking redesigned covers are: The Gruffalo's Child, Room on the Broom, The Snail and the Whale, The Smartest Giant in Town, Monkey Puzzle, Charlie Cook's Favourite Book, and A Squash and a Squeeze. Features Summary The nation's favourite bedtime story in a board book format, perfect for little hands. Author Julia Donaldson (Author), Axel Scheffler (Illustrator) Publisher Macmillan Children's Books Release date 20170426 Pages 24 ISBN 1-5098-3039-1 ISBN 13 978-1-5098-3039-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days *Brand new tie in book to the new Assassin's Creed: Syndicate* A disgraced Assassin. A deep-cover agent. A quest for redemption. 1862, and with London in the grip of the Industrial Revolution, the world's first underground railway is under construction. When a body is discovered at the dig, it sparks the beginning of the latest deadly chapter in the centuries-old battle between the Assassins and Templars. Deep undercover is an Assassin with dark secrets and a mission to defeat the Templar stranglehold on the nation's capital. Soon the Brotherhood will know him as Henry Green, mentor to Jacob and Evie Frye. For now, he is simply The Ghost. Assassin's Creed: Underworld is the eighth gripping novel from Oliver Bowden set in the immersive world of Assassin's Creed. Features Summary 1862, and with London in the grip of the Industrial Revolution, the world's first underground railway is under construction. When a body is discovered at the dig... Author Oliver Bowden Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20151116 Pages 439 ISBN 1-4059-1886-1 ISBN 13 978-1-4059-1886-2

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date view on what is wrong with the prison health care system in the United States, the challenges facing prisons, and recommendations for addressing issues and problems in correctional systems. In addition to an overview of the most common prison health care problems, this book provides a unique assessment of the needs of largely-overlooked prison populations, including women, people of color, and older adults. Format:Hardback Pages:304

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 10 - 17 working days The Legion of Flame is the action-packed second novel in the Draconis Memoria series - an enthralling epic fantasy of magic, adventure and the furious battle to forge an empire.Claydon Torcreek has survived drake-infested jungles, hostile tribes and the cold touch of betrayal - yet his troubles have only just begun.The legendary white drake - believed to be nothing more than a myth - has awoken from its long slumber, with a thirst to reduce the world of men to ashes.One city has already fallen to the drake's formidable legions. More will follow, unless Clay can uncover an ancient secret that lies buried beneath the southern ice.Once again Clay must face unthinkable danger, and this time he carries not just the hopes of his own nation, but the fate of the entire world. Features Summary The Legion of Flame is the action-packed new novel in the Draconis Memoria series - an enthralling epic fantasy of magic, adventure and the furious battle to forge an empire... Author Anthony Ryan Publisher Orbit Release date 20170627 Pages 576 ISBN 0-356-50640-1 ISBN 13 978-0-356-50640-1

Alfie Thought He Knew His Destiny. He Didn't Know The Half Of It. Fourteen-Year-Old Heir To The Throne, Alfie, Didn't Expect To Be King So Soon. He DEFINITELY Did Not Expect To Be DEFENDER OF THE REALM, A Legendary Superhero, Fighting A Secret, Centuries-Long Battle To Protect The Nation From Monsters And Super-Villains. An Ordinary Girl, Hayley Hicks, Finds Herself Fighting Alongside Alfie In A Desperate Struggle To Stop A Fearsome New Enemy, The Black Dragon. This product ships within 3-5 working days

Book in a very good condition    >>>    While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation’s first hand transplant; meanwhile, in the distracting aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, the surgeon is seduced by his housekeeper. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the one-handed reporter her husband’s left hand—that is, after her husband dies. But the husband is alive, relatively young, and healthy. *N.B.*  If you buy more than one book from me on the same day you only pay R 6 extra postage on each of  the additional books  – Please see what else I have to offer, it might just be worth your while – Also note that I am only able to post once a week.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Last spring, after congress passed sweeping legislation to reform our nation's health care system, the editorial board of the New York Times wrote: Just as Social Security grew from a modest start in 1935 to become a bedrock of the nation's retirement system, this is a start on health care reform, not the end... The process has finally begun. One of the key voices in that process will be Philip Bredesen, who served as governor of Tennessee from 2003-2011. In Fresh Medicine--the first book to address this reform--Bredesen delivers a concise, intelligent analysis of what the reform is, how it is flawed and why we have to fix it. Features Summary Last spring, after congress passed sweeping legislation to reform our nation s health care system, the editorial board of the "New York Times" wrote: Just as Social Security grew from a modest start in 1935 to become a bedrock of the nation s retirement system... Author Philip Bredesen Publisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Release date 20110927 Pages 251 ISBN 0-8021-4547-7 ISBN 13 978-0-8021-4547-5

The People's Jubilee A Nation Celebrates   By: Victoria Murphy   Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee is a milestone year for Sovereign and country that brings the nation together to celebrate. This stunning book follows the Queen and her family, including Prince Charles and Camilla, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, as they take centre-stage at the spectacular celebrations to honour her 60 years of dedicated service to Britain and the Commonwealth. With hundreds of pictures covering every detail of the royals' activities in 2012, it is the perfect memento for this important year. Author Victoria Murphy also looks back at the Silver Jubilee in 1977 and Golden Jubilee in 2002 to tell the story of our Queen, at the heart of the nation for six decades. Hardback, 250 x 250mm, 256 pages, 320 colour   ISBN: 9780857331854 Book No: H5185

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Praised in the New York Times Book Review for its "Herculean power of synthesis," George C. Herring's 2008 From Colony to Superpower has won wide acclaim from critics and readers alike. Years of Peril and Ambition: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1776-1921 is the first volume of a new split paperback edition of that masterwork, making this award-winning title accessible to those with a particular interest in the first half of the United States' history. This first volume of Herring's international narrative charts the rise of the United States from a loose grouping of British colonies huddled along the Atlantic coast of North America into an emerging world power at the end of World War I. It tells an epic story of restless settlers pushing against weak restraints; of explorers, sea captains, adventurers, merchants, and missionaries carrying American ways to new lands. It analyzes countless crises, some resulting in war and others resolved peacefully. Above all, it is the tale of United States' expansion, commercial and political, across the North American continent, into the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean regions, and, economically, worldwide. Herring brings this first segment of America's dramatic emergence as a superpower to a close with the United States' post-World War I rise to the status of the world's most powerful nation, poised-however unsteadily-for global engagement in what would be called the American Century. Years of Peril and Ambition highlights the ongoing impact of the nation's international affairs on the household names of U.S. history but also on ordinary citizens. Featuring a grand cast of characters, encompassing statesmen and presidents, diplomats and foreigners, and rogues and rascals alike, this fast-paced account illuminates the central importance of foreign relations to the existence and survival of the nation. Features Summary U.S. Foreign Relations through 1921 is the first part of From Colony to Superpower, an international narrative blends political, diplomatic, and military history with economic... Author George C Herring Publisher Oxford UniversityPress Release date 20170314 Pages 472 ISBN 0-19-021246-2 ISBN 13 978-0-19-021246-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning historian Rick Atkinson's new book is a masterly history of the American War of Independence. With its start-to-finish battle narratives, the book captures the experience of the war and the profound emotional depths on display from the beginning. History at its most compelling. In June 1773, King George III attended a grand celebration of his reign over the greatest, richest empire since ancient Rome. Less than two years later, Britain's bright future turned dark: after a series of provocations, the king's soldiers took up arms against his rebellious colonies in America. The war would last eight years, and though at least one in ten of the Americans who fought for independence would die for that cause, the prize was valuable beyond measure: freedom from oppression and the creation of a new republic. Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about the Second World War has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. In this new book, he tells the story of the first twenty-one months of America's violent effort to forge a new nation. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1776-77, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world's most formidable fighting force and struggle to avoid annihilation. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes one of America's greatest battle captains; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves himself the nation's wiliest diplomat; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of America's creation drama. Features Summary Best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning historian Rick Atkinson's new book is a masterly history of the American War of Independence. With its start-to-finish battle narratives... Author Rick Atkinson Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20190516 Pages 800 ISBN 0-00-830329-0 ISBN 13 978-0-00-830329-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Borderwall as Architecture is an artistic and intellectual hand grenade of a book, and a timely re-examination of what the physical barrier that divides the United States of America from the United Mexican States is and could be. It is both a protest against the wall and a projection about its future. Through a series of propositions suggesting that the nearly seven hundred miles of wall is an opportunity for economic and social development along the border that encourages its conceptual and physical dismantling, the book takes readers on a journey along a wall that cuts through a "third nation"-the Divided States of America. On the way the transformative effects of the wall on people, animals, and the natural and built landscape are exposed and interrogated through the story of people who, on both sides of the border, transform the wall, challenging its existence in remarkably creative ways. Coupled with these real-life accounts are counterproposals for the wall, created by Rael's studio, that reimagine, hyperbolize, or question the wall and its construction, cost, performance, and meaning. Rael proposes that despite the intended use of the wall, which is to keep people out and away, the wall is instead an attractor, engaging both sides in a common dialogue. Included is a collection of reflections on the wall and its consequences by leading experts Michael Dear, Norma Iglesias-Prieto, Marcello Di Cintio, and Teddy Cruz. Features Summary A biographical account of the physical barrier that divides the United States of America from the United Mexican States. This is a journey along a wall that cuts through a "third nation"- the Divided States of America. Author Ronald Rael (Author), Teddy Cruz (Preface by), Marcello Di Cintio, Michael Dear, Norma Iglesias Prieto Publisher University of California Press Release date 20170318 Pages 200 ISBN 0-520-28394-5 ISBN 13 978-0-520-28394-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Half a dozen years after the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck Haiti, the island nation remains in crisis, but the international community no longer seems interested. This immersive and engrossing book, based on five years of research and scores of interviews translated from Haitian Kreyol, gives voice to the continuing struggle of Haitian people to reconstruct their nation from the devastation of the earthquake, and from many decades of political and economic disaster. The earthquake killed more than 200,000, rendered more than a million and a half homeless, and wiped out what little infrastructure existed in the country. But prior to the quake, half the country was illiterate and two-thirds of Haitians lived in poverty. This book makes clear the long genesis of the ongoing crisis and illuminates the depths of the continuing problems, and does so through some of the most marginal and least-heard people in the world. An interview with a restavek--a child sent by poor parents to work as an unpaid servant in a wealthier household--is an example. A recent study determined a figure of 173,000 restaveks--about 8 percent of the population of children. Features Summary Moving stories of life in a country enduring an ongoing crisis Author Evan Lyon (Author), Peter Orner (Author), Edwidge Danticat (Foreword by) Publisher Verso Books Release date 20170523 Pages 336 ISBN 1-78478-682-9 ISBN 13 978-1-78478-682-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days During the tense months leading up to the American Civil War, the cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point continued their education even as the nation threatened to dissolve around them. Students from both the North and South struggled to understand events such as John Brown's Raid, the secession of eleven states from the Union, and the attack on Fort Sumter. By graduation day, half the class of 1862 had resigned; only twenty-eight remained, and their class motto -- "Joined in common cause" -- had been severely tested. In For Brotherhood and Duty: The Civil War History of the West Point Class of 1862, Brian R. McEnany follows the cadets from their initiation, through coursework, and on to the battlefield, focusing on twelve Union and four Confederate soldiers. Drawing heavily on primary sources, McEnany presents a fascinating chronicle of the young classmates, who became allies and enemies during the largest conflict ever undertaken on American soil. Their vivid accounts provide new perspectives not only on legendary battles such as Antietam, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, and the Overland and Atlanta campaigns, but also on lesser-known battles such as Port Hudson, Olustee, High Bridge, and Pleasant Hills. There are countless studies of West Point and its more famous graduates, but McEnany's groundbreaking book brings to life the struggles and contributions of its graduates as junior officers and in small units. Generously illustrated with more than one hundred photographs and maps, this enthralling collective biography illuminates the war's impact on a unique group of soldiers and the institution that shaped them. Features Summary During the tense months leading up to the American Civil War, the cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point continued their education even as the nation threatened to dissolve around them... Author Brian R McEnany Publisher The University Press of Kentucky Release date 20150228 Pages 504 ISBN 0-8131-6062-6 ISBN 13 978-0-8131-6062-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days 2016 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature #1 New York Times Bestseller Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling MARCH trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world. By the fall of 1963, the Civil Rights Movement has penetrated deep into the American consciousness, and as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, John Lewis is guiding the tip of the spear. Through relentless direct action, SNCC continues to force the nation to confront its own blatant injustice, but for every step forward, the danger grows more intense: Jim Crow strikes back through legal tricks, intimidation, violence, and death. The only hope for lasting change is to give voice to the millions of Americans silenced by voter suppression: "One Man, One Vote." To carry out their nonviolent revolution, Lewis and an army of young activists launch a series of innovative campaigns, including the Freedom Vote, Mississippi Freedom Summer, and an all-out battle for the soul of the Democratic Party waged live on national television. With these new struggles come new allies, new opponents, and an unpredictable new president who might be both at once. But fractures within the movement are deepening...even as 25-year-old John Lewis prepares to risk everything in a historic showdown high above the Alabama river, in a town called Selma. Features Summary Through relentless direct action, SNCC continues to force the nation to confront its own blatant injustice, but for every step forward, the danger grows more intense: Jim Crow strikes back through legal tricks... Author John Lewis Publisher Top Shelf Productions Release date 20160802 Pages 256 ISBN 1-60309-402-4 ISBN 13 978-1-60309-402-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days In The Late Great State of Israel, Aaron Klein, author of the critically acclaimed Schmoozing with Terrorists, draws upon years of experience living and working as a journalist based in Israel. His book is an urgent, clarion call to supporters of Israel around the world: The great Mideast democracy faces catastrophe. Klein shows how Israel is often its own worst enemy, and how Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and a variety of Palestinian terrorists threaten to end the Zionist dream once and for all. He also exposes the important role that America and the news media have played in putting the Jewish nation in such a dangerous position. Israel is in the fight of its life, facing perils from inside and outside its borders. Unless these perils are countered soon, warns Klein, the only remnant of the Jewish nation may be an epitaph: The Late Great State of Israel." Features Summary In "The Late Great State of Israel," Aaron Klein, author of the critically acclaimed "Schmoozing with Terrorists," draws upon years of experience living and working as a journalist based in Israel... Author Aaron Klein Publisher WND Books Release date 20090428 Pages 223 ISBN 1-935071-08-4 ISBN 13 978-1-935071-08-2