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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours For three thousand years, we have struggled to answer the great questions: the what, the where, the how and the why of mankind and our planet. In this fascinating series, award-winning journalist Michael Mosley explains how our knowledge of science has grown over time. We learn about some of the great figures in the history of science - Galileo, Newton and Darwin - but also of the astronomer who lost his nose in a duel but helped create a new vision of the cosmos and the alchemist who tried to make gold from human urine, and set us on the course to modern chemistry. An insightful and entertaining series, The Story of Science reveals how the political upheavals of history combine with iconic inventions and discoveries, along with the ideas of great thinkers, to create the advances that have transformed our lives.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days For three thousand years, we have struggled to answer the great questions: the what, the where, the how and the why of mankind and our planet. In this fascinating series, award-winning journalist Michael Mosley explains how our knowledge of science has grown over time. We learn about some of the great figures in the history of science - Galileo, Newton and Darwin - but also of the astronomer who lost his nose in a duel but helped create a new vision of the cosmos and the alchemist who tried to make gold from human urine, and set us on the course to modern chemistry. An insightful and entertaining series, The Story of Science reveals how the political upheavals of history combine with iconic inventions and discoveries, along with the ideas of great thinkers, to create the advances that have transformed our lives.

Subtitle: Fascinating Facts, Stories, Poems, Diagrams, and Jokes Plucked from Science and its History Author: Simon Flynn Publisher: Icon Books () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: As New Binding: Hardcover Pages: 224 Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.4 x 2.5 cm +++ by Simon Flynn +++ The Science Magpie is a compelling collection of scientific curiosities in the style of Schott's Original Miscellany. It is full of quirky, interesting scientific facts and anecdotes from across science and its history.  Expand your knowledge as you view the history of the Earth on the face of a clock, tremble at the power of the Richter scale and learn how to measure the speed of light in your kitchen. Skip through time with Darwin's note on the pros and cons of marriage, take part in an Cambridge exam, meet the African schoolboy with a scientific puzzle named after him and much more. A wonderful selection of fascinating Science trivia.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days In the s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber, brutalized its people, and ultimately slashed its population by ten million--all the while shrewdly cultivating his reputation as a great humanitarian. Heroic efforts to expose these crimes eventually led to the first great human rights movement of the twentieth century, in which everyone from Mark Twain to the Archbishop of Canterbury participated. King Leopold's Ghost is the haunting account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions, a man as cunning, charming, and cruel as any of the great Shakespearean villains. It is also the deeply moving portrait of those who fought Leopold: a brave handful of missionaries, travelers, and young idealists who went to Africa for work or adventure and unexpectedly found themselves witnesses to a holocaust. Adam Hochschild brings this largely untold story alive with the wit and skill of a Barbara Tuchman. Like her, he knows that history often provides a far richer cast of characters than any novelist could invent. Chief among them is Edmund Morel, a young British shipping agent who went on to lead the international crusade against Leopold. Another hero of this tale, the Irish patriot Roger Casement, ended his life on a London gallows. Two courageous black Americans, George Washington Williams and William Sheppard, risked much to bring evidence of the Congo atrocities to the outside world. Sailing into the middle of the story was a young Congo River steamboat officer named Joseph Conrad. And looming above them all, the duplicitous billionaire King Leopold II. With great power and compassion, King Leopold's Ghost will brand the tragedy of the Congo--too long forgotten--onto the conscience of the West. Features Summary In "an enthralling story, full of fascinating characters, intense drama, high adventure, deceitful manipulation, courageous truth-telling, and splendid moral fervor" ("Christian Science Monitor")... Author Adam Hochschild Publisher Mariner Books Release date Pages 366 ISBN ISBN

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A gripping story of power, deceit and passion, this historical fiction is based on the true story of Mary Ann whose case is said to have brought about the Married Women's Property Act. When Mary Ann inherits her family's property, her husband soon begins selling off portions of the land without her consent. Not only does he cheat her of her birthright he then wants to bring his 'fancy' woman to live there. Driven by desperation, Mary Ann fights with him and cuts his arm. The wound turns septic and he dies. Mary Ann is hauled off to Goulburn Goal branded a murderer. However, when she is found to be pregnant the authorities decide to wait until the baby is born before sentencing her to hang. Her real crime through all this is being born a woman in a man's world... Features Summary A historical reconstruction based on events in concerning Mary Ann Guise - the last woman to be hanged in New South Wales. Author Angela Badger Publisher Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd Release date Pages 352 ISBN ISBN

Author: Philip Gillon   Publisher: Adar Productions Ltd () Edition: First Edition Condition: Very Good - Previous owner's inscription on FFEP. Right edge of front board bumped with corresponding mark on the dust jacket. Darkening to front and back of dust jacket. Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 201 Dimensions: 21.7 x 14.2 x 1.5 cm +++ by Philip Gillon +++ The story of the South African Aliyah. The contents include: Mahal, Telfed, Agriculture, Settlements, Pioneering, Medicine, Education, Academe & Science, Arts, Sport, Servants of the People and Volunteerism.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Author: Daniel Suarez Publisher: Quercus () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good - Cover has slight edgewear. Binding: Softcover Pages: 432 Dimensions: 23.3 x 15 x 3.3 cm +++ by Daniel Suarez +++ When a designer of computer games dies, he leaves behind a program that unravels the Internet's interconnected world. It corrupts, kills, and runs independent of human control. It's up to Detective Peter Sebeck to wrest the world from the malevolent virtual enemy before its ultimate purpose is realized: to dismantle existing power structures and bring about a new world order. This is science fiction at its most chilling: plausible, contemporary, revolutionary. ' Daemon  is to novels what The Matrix  was to movies.'   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Subtitle: Betrayal Blood and Battle - The Epic Story of the Zulu Empire Author: Walton Golightly Publisher: Quercus Books () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Softcover Pages: 593 Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.1 x 4.2 cm +++ by Walton Golightly +++ In Shaka had consolidated his power and was ready to move against any dissidents. Then he met white men who wished to trade with him. Then he met white men, who wished to trade with him. He became obsessed with divining their secrets, while remaining oblivious to the growing threat within his own court. Read about the battles, sorcery, betrayal, triumph and tragedy in this thrilling page-turner.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Subtitle: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story Author: Peter Guber Publisher: Profile Books () Edition: First Edition ISBN-13: Condition: Fine Binding: Softcover Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 x 2 cm +++ by Peter Guber +++ 'In Tell to Win, Peter Guber masterfully demonstrates that telling purposeful stories is the best way to persuade, motivate, and convince who you want to do what you want' - Bill Clinton   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Author: Nadine Gordimer Publisher: David Philip () Edition: First Edition ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good. Light wear to DJ edges. Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 272 Dimensions: 24 x 16 x 2.8 cm +++ by Nadine Gordimer +++ What are the solutions life demands for extraordinary circumstances? A novel of swift power and conclusion, The Pickup is set in the social mix of the new South Africa and an Arab village in the desert. It is the story of the rites of passage that are emigration/immigration, anywhere in the world, where love can survive only if stripped of all certainties outside itself.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Author: L. Frank Baum Publisher: Hesperus Press () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Very Good Binding: Softcover Pages: 144 Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.5 x 1.2 cm +++ by L. Frank Baum +++ One of the best-known stories of all time, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a timeless classic. Written as a children's book, it has captured the hearts and minds of generations and can be read and enjoyed at any age. The story chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy in the Land of Oz, after being swept away from her Kansas farm home in a storm. There she makes her way to the Emerald City, along the way famously meeting the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, and Cowardly Lion, all desperate to meet the infamous Wizard who they believe has the power to grant their most desired wishes.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

Subtitle: Evita's Real-life Adventures in Wonderland Author: Pieter-Dirk Uys Publisher: Penguin () ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Condition: Fine Binding: Softcover Pages: 265 Dimensions: 24 x 16.6 x 1.7 cm +++ by Pieter-Dirk Uys +++ Evita Bezuidenhout has been the alter-ego of satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys and the terror of the Nationalist government policiticans for years. In this book, with the old order swept from power and a new democratic government in place, she takes us behind the scenes of her TV series "Funigalore". She tells the story of her 12 interviews with the big names in South African politics, including Joe Slovo, Cyril Ramaphosa, Frene Ginwala, Mac Maharaj, Patricia de Lille, Tokyo Sexwale, and of course, Nelson Mandela. It is funny, insightful, and full of hope.   A passion for books and a passion for collecting fine editions was the recipe that created the successful group of bookshops in Johannesburg called Bookdealers. The group started thirty years ago with one store in the quirky suburb of Yeoville and has grown through the years to a total of five shops, plus our online sales. Bookdealers is well-known for its collectable and used books. We also have a large variety of remaindered books sourced from around the world.  If you collect from one of our five branches there is no delivery charge. We also offer postal delivery (when available) and courier delivery, subject to a quote.

We combine postage, so do look at our other items on offer. Dispatched within 2 business days. Our books are protected with a removable plastic cover and sent with care. Condition: Good. From one of Britain's best-loved literary novelists comes a magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthousekeeper Mr. Pew, who reveals to her a world of myth and mystery through the art of storytelling. Motherless and anchorless, Silver is taken in by the timeless Mr. Pew, keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse. Pew tells Silver ancient tales of longing and rootlessness, of the slippages that occur throughout every life. One life, Babel Dark's, a nineteenth-century clergyman, opens like a map that Silver must follow, and the intertwining of myth and reality, of storytelling and experience, lead her through her own particular darkness. A story of mutability, talking birds and stolen books, of Darwin and Stevenson and of the Jekyll and Hyde in all of us, Lighthousekeeping is a way into the most secret recesses of our own hearts and minds. Jeanette Winterson is one of the most extraordinary and original writers of her generation, and this shows her at her lyrical best. PRAISE FOR LIGHTHOUSEKEEPING Hypnotic... Atmospheric and elusive, Winterson's high-modernist excursion is an inspired meditation on myth and language. -THE NEW YORKER A luminous retelling of the Tristan-Isolde legend and an account of the grown-up Silver's pursuit of love... Winterson weaves a beautiful and coherent tapestry... She achieves a quality that justly can be called visionary. -LOS ANGELES TIMES 'The importance of stories, the urge to create ourselves through stories, is one of Winterson's abiding themes, along with the supremacy, the redemptive power of love.' Daily Telegraph 'A marvelously skilful juggling act of ideas and emotion... Winterson's prodigious talent brings the book alive.' Evening Standard 'The power of Lighthousekeeping is in... the pared-down precision of its language, each word smoothed into a finely polished pebble.' Observer About the author  () Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, won the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel. Since then, she has published seven other novels, including Lighthousekeeping, The Passion, Written on the Body, and The Powerbook, a collection of short stories, The World and Other Places, a books of essays, Art Objects, and most recently a children's picture book, The King of Capri. She has adapted her work for TV, film, and stage. Her books are published in thirty-two countries. She lives in Oxfordshire and London. Bibliographic information Title Lighthousekeeping Author Jeanette Winterson Publisher Fourth Estate, ,   Hardback,   1st ed. ISBN , Length 232 pages Subjects Fiction  ›  Romance Postage prices outside of South African borders will differ. Please enquire before purchasing. Please Click ---> HERE PTO Books is selling.  

GREATEST HEROES AND LEGENDS OF THE BIBLE - JOSHUA AND THE BATTLE OF JERICOH Synopsis: For more than 40 years, Charlton Heston has been captivating audiences with his thrilling portrayals of Biblical Heroes, such as Moses, in The Ten Commandments. Now, sit back and relax as he shares with you and your family his passion for Biblical literature and his unique insights into these timeless stories of faith. Joshua and the Battle of Jericho is one of the most inspiring stories in the Old Testament. Now, with this beautifully animated film, you and your family can experience the power of this classic tale. As the story begins, we learn that the Israelites have been wandering the wilderness for forty years. Now, they are about to enter the Promised Land. A young man, Joshua has been appointed to take Moses' place. As the action unfolds, we witness a series of divine miracles reminiscent of those which allowed the Israelites to escape from Egypt. Joshua and the Battle of Jericho is one of the thirteen programs in the Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible series. This program features: All-new animation, an introduction by Charlton Heston, and "Simon & Gimmel -Your Faithful Guides," two animated who lead viewers through the story and make it accessible for all ages   Starring: Animation   Category: Animation, Biblical   Age Restriction: ALL AGES

VICTORIA AND ALBERT Synopsis: England was her empire Albert was her heart. BBC proudly present the compellingtale of the original Victorian romance - a love affair that changed the world. The world remembers Queen Victoria as a staid and stately dowager in black. But when the teenaged Drina ascended to the throne, she was a vibrant young woman of powerful emotions, which found their greatest outlet in her consuming love for her German-born husband, Prince Albert. VICTORIA AND ALBERT tells the true story of their remarkable union, a bond of passion, politics and power that helped restore dignity and respect to a monarchy long held in contempt. Victoria Hamilton (Mansfield Park, King Lear) and Jonathan Firth (Middlemarch, An Ideal Husband) play the royal couple to perfection, and the exceptional supporting cast includes Diana Rigg, Jonathan Pryce, Nigel Hawthorne and Sir Peter Ustinov.   Starring: Jonathan Pryce Diana Rigg   Category: Drama    Age Restriction: PG