Detained bay story

Buy The Saldanha Bay Story. - Jose Burman & Stephen Levin for R600.00

Author - Jose Burman & Stephen Levin Binding - Hardcover with edge-wear. Book Condition - Good to fair. Book Number - QB-008591 Jacket Condition - Fair. Corners and folds protected by menders tape. Closed tear to middle of rear cover. Location - Kalk Bay Shop Published Year - 1974 Published Place - Cape Town Publisher - Human & Rousseau Size - 24,5cm x 18,5cm 165 pp. with illustrations The story of Saldanha Bay with its naval battles, shipwrecks, murders and treasure hunts. Ex school library copy with school stamp marks throughout, penned numbers and card pocket at the rear. Remnants of tape and glue on rear paste-down. Binding firm.  

Name anything romantic and exiting and you will find that it happened at Saldanha Bay! The history of this natural harbour teems with violent happenings - naval battles shipwrecks, murders, treasure hunts.

Buy Bay of Pigs:The Untold Story - Author: Peter Wyden for R90.00

The Story of the Detention of the Imperial Russian Sloop DIANA, April 1808 - May 1809. Stiff soft covers. Some handling marks on the covers. 90 p. First edition 1964.  [Postage = R55.00]

The Blanket: An Illustrated History of the Hudson's Bay Point Blanket - by Harold Tichenor The Blanket: An Illustrated History of the Hudson's Bay Point Blanket - by Harold Tichenor Hardcover, 80 pages Published January 1st 2002 by A Quantum Book Original Title:  The Blanket: An Illustrated History of the Hudson's Bay Blanket ISBN  1895892201 (ISBN13: 9781895892208) Edition Language  English Other Editions  None found Subjects     Point blankets -- History.     Hudson's Bay Company -- History.     Hudson's Bay blankets -- History. Like New Condition.  Hardcover, square pictorial glossed boards, illustrated, 80 pages. A very fine unmarked, unsoiled copy. Rear cover notes: "With its proud stripes and distinctive black markings, the Hudson's Bay point blanket is a Canadian icon. In 1779, HBC commissioned the textile mill of Thomas Empson of Witney, Oxfordshire, to produce 'pointed' blankets. During the 1800s, their warmth and durability made them a favourite of the Native peoples, traders, and pioneers. Today, these blankets are still essential gear. They have accompanied explorers to the top of Everest and to the heart of Antarctica and have been used for everything from sled and boat sails to panning for gold. This lavishly illustrated book tells the remarkable story of the blanket that has 'covered centuries.'" Condition:  The book is in "As New" Condition.

Timber and Tides - The Story of Knysna and Plettenberg Bay - Winifred Tapson Ex Library Book Hardcover With a Dust Jacket   I send by Ordinary mail and supply a tracking number.   Because of postage costs it is sometimes better to to order more than one book, as I charge by weight and combine postage it is more cost effective. I combine postage. I also combine postage with Jessies. Please quote Username or order number when making a payment        

The Story of Hottentots Holland Social History of Somerset West, the Strand, Gordon's Bay and Sir Lowry Pass Over Three Centuries By Peggy Heap   AA Balkema Cape Town 1970 Hardcover in good condition as per photos - some minor wear

The story of the development of Table Bay from 1503 to 1860 Edition: 1st, D/W VG Ex Libris Publisher: Human & Rousseau Binding: Hardcover

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Ireland's Green Larder tells the story of food and drink in Ireland, for the first time. From the ancient system of the C ide Fields, established a thousand years before the Pyramids were built, right up to today's thriving food scene. Rather than focusing on battles and rulers, Margaret Hickey digs down to what has formed the day-to-day life of the people. It's a glorious ramble through the centuries, drawing on diaries, letters, legal texts, ballads, government records, folklore and more. The story of how Queen Maeve died after being hit by a piece of hard cheese sits alongside a contemporary interview with one of Ireland's magnificent cheese makers, and the tale of the author's day in Clew Bay on the wild Atlantic coast, collecting the world's freshest oysters, is countered by Jonathan Swift's complaint about dubiously fresh salmon being sold on the streets of Dublin. Beautifully illustrated and dotted with recipes, there are chapters covering everything from strong tea to the Irish rituals and superstitions associated with food and drink. With a light touch and a flair for finding the most telling details, Hickey draws on years of research to bring this sweeping history brilliantly to life. Features Summary 'The only book on the social history of Ireland that you'll ever need' Richard Corrigan Author Margaret Hickey Publisher Unbound Ltd Release date 20190124 Pages 352 ISBN 1-78352-799-4 ISBN 13 978-1-78352-799-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days A film tie-in edition to 20th Century Fox's film adaptation of the heart-warming international bestseller starring Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon and directed by Oscar-winning director Cameron Crowe. An amazing true story that has inspired the major Hollywood motion picture this Christmas, to be repackaged for release alongside the film. We Bought a Zoo is about one young family, a broken down zoo, and the wild animals that changed their lives forever. When Ben [played by Damon] and his wife Katherine [played by Johansson] sold their small flat in Primrose Hill, upped sticks with their children and invested their savings into a dilapidated zoo on the edge of Dartmoor, they were prepared for a challenge and a momentous change in all their lives. With over 200 exotic animals to care for - including an African lion, a wolf pack, a Brazilian tapir and a jaguar - Ben's hands, and those of his wife, children and tiny team of keepers, were full. What they weren't prepared for was Katherine's devastating second brain cancer diagnosis. Ben found himself juggling the daunting responsibilities of managing the park's staff and finances, while holding the bailiffs at bay and caring for his wife. A moving and entertaining story of courage and a family's attempts to rebuild a zoo, and carry on after Katherine's tragic death. Features Summary A film tie-in edition to 20th Century Fox's film adaptation of the heart-warming international bestseller starring Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon and directed by Oscar-winning director Cameron Crowe.. Author Benjamin Mee Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20111212 Pages 313 ISBN 0-00-743182-1 ISBN 13 978-0-00-743182-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author James Titcombe (Author), Murray Anderson-Wallace (Editor), Roland Denning (Editor) Publisher Anderson Wallace Publishing Release date 20151123 Pages 250 ISBN 0-9934492-0-4 ISBN 13 978-0-9934492-0-8

Hard cover November 1961 First edition One short message Facsimile dust wrapper Good condition

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days The resonance of Call Me Woman is as great in 2018 as when first published in 1985. Like millions of black South Africans made strangers in the land of their birth. Ellen Kuzwayo lost a great deal in her lifetime: the farm in the Orange Free State which had belonged to her family for nearly a hundred years; her hopes for a full and peaceful life for her children; even her freedom, when, at the age of 63, she found herself detained under the so-called Terrorism Act for an offence never specified. But she never lost her courage. This remarkable autobiography refuses to lose focus only on the author, for it draws on the unrecorded history of a whole people. In telling her own personal and political story over 70 years. Ellen Kuzwayo speaks for, and with, the women among whom she worked and lived. Their courage and dignity remain a source of wonder. Features Summary The resonance of Call Me Woman is as great in 2018 as when first published in 1985. Like millions of black South Africans made strangers in the land of their birth... Author Ellen Kuzwayo Publisher Picador Africa Release date 20180828 Pages 328 ISBN 1-77010-617-0 ISBN 13 978-1-77010-617-8

 Ghost Colonies (Lost and Found in History) - Ed Wright- 2009 - Paperback in nearly new condition. A litany of historical madness and disasters from the Vikings in Greenland and America to Friedrich Nietzsche’s Aryan supremacist sister in South America and finishing with the tragedy of Jim Jones and the Peoples’ Temple. The London Sunday Times wrote: “successful colonies are the stuff of schoolroom history: everyone knows about the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth Rock and Captain Cook at Botany Bay. In this collection of 25 tales of colonies lost, burnt, abandoned or otherwise destroyed, Ed Wright proves that the murky history of colonial disaster is just as fascinating, and just as important.” The Brisbane Courier Mail wrote: “Ghost Colonies, written by established Pier 9 author Ed Wright, is the latest in a Lost and Found in History series to use the format, and is arguably the most interesting. From murderous Icelandic outcast Erik the Red’s Viking settlements in Greenland and his sons’ adventures in Arctic North America in 1000AD to the tragedy of Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978, this 320-page volume tells the story of 25 would-be utopias that failed to live up to the dream. They include a few of history’s better known colonial outpost failures, including the Scottish colony at Darien, Panama (1698-1700) and the failed utopian colonies of New Australia and Cosme in Paraguay at the end of the 19th century. For the most part, though, these are stories of more obscure colonial failures brought about by disease, ignorance, attacks by native people, political misfortune or other reasons. And Wright, who has researched his material thoroughly, tells them with a touch light enough to appeal to a wide readership. Australian readers will be interested in his detailed account of the rise and fall of the British colony at Victoria, Port Essington, on the north coast in what is now Arnhem Land. It fell prey to malaria and cyclones but not before explorer Ludwig Leichhardt stumbled into the settlement in late 1845 at the end of a 15-month overland journey from Moreton Bay that would make him famous. There’s mystery and tragedy in spades in this attractively designed book.