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Freedom at Midnight: Inspiration for the major motion picture
Inspiration for the major film starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal and Huma Qureshi and directed by Gurinder Chadha. Seventy years ago, at midnight on 14 August 1947, the...
Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
A ground-breaking exploration of how British empire has shaped the world we live in today from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Empireland 2.6 billion people are inhabitants of former...
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian- a searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century. A NEW YORK TIMES, NEW...
The Angel Deception (Joe Mason, Book 6)
The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a mission to stop a ruthless satanic group...
Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
*Shortlisted for the 2024 Wolfson History Prize* 'Gripping and profoundly moving' DAMON GALGUT 'Deft and operatic' OBSERVER From one of South Africa's foremost nonfiction writers, a deeply researched, shattering new...
Art and History of Egypt
Discover Egypt's rich history, monument and artwork with this beautiful volume. Its detailed texts and superb historical and artistic illustrations and maps provide an overview of the fascinating masterpieces of...
A Girl's Own Adventure
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In a not quite mid-life crisis, Jacquie and Sarah - fancying themselves a bit rugged - head off to Africa in search of the deepest, darkest bits they'd seen on...
Little Warrior
A heartbreaking novel, inspired by a true story, about a Somali girl who is willing to sacrifice everything to fulfill her dream of becoming a champion runner. Little Warrior is...
The Rainbow People of God: South Africa's Victory Over Apartheid
Through the eyes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, this work sketches the story of South Africa from 1976 when apartheid opression was at its peak, to the birth of democracy in...
History of South Africa: 1902 to the Present
*** Winner of the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences non-fiction book award *** South Africa was born in war, has been cursed by crises and ruptures, and...
A Long Way From Paradise: Surviving the Rwandan Genocide
Leah Chishugi grew up in eastern Congo but, aged seventeen, she moved to Kigali, the Rwandan capital, to work as a model. She married and had a son. Then in...
Motherland Herbal: The Story of African Holistic Health
In this powerful and comprehensive guide in the spirit of Jambalaya and Sacred Woman , an herbalist celebrates ancient and modern African holistic healing. "The message of this book is:...
Sacred Elephant
The largest and oldest of land mammals, the elephant, is celebrated by Heathcote Williams in a poem written and broadcast on BBC radio. The ancients recognized and revered the elephant...
Daughters of Oduma
An elite female fighter must reenter the competition to protect her found family of younger sisters in this "absorbing, striking" ( Publishers Weekly , starred review) young adult fantasy inspired...
The Puppeteers - An Examination of Those Organizations and Bodies Concerned with the Elimination of the White Man In Africa
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Author: Harold Soref, Ian GreigBinding: PaperbackPublished: Tandem, 1965Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cover has general wear, previous owner name inside, pages yellowedThe Puppeteers presents a detailed...
Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance
'A historically insightful read' Financial Times 'A wry, rollicking, and provocative history' Michael Taylor, author of The Interest 'A thought-provoking analysis of Africa's relationship with economic imperialism' Astrid Madimba and...
The Babylon Plot (Joe Mason, Book 4)
At the root of all riches lies evil... Can he uncover their deadly conspiracy before they find him first? When ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason gets a call from the Vatican,...
Gold: The true story of the discovery of gold in Australia and the
'Impostor ', 'greedy' and 'incompetent' - Edmund Hammond Hargraves was beloved by few and reviled by many more. Ask google Who discovered gold in Australia? and you'll promptly get 'Edward...
Tales from the Heart: True Stories from my Childhood
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'I walked in a daze of illusions toward my future.' Deeply felt and told with an intrepid spirit, Tales from the...
Wars of Empire
The 19th century signalled the high renaissance of Western imperialism. As more and more territory fell under colonial rule, European empires began to advance seemingly unchecked across the world. But...
The Snakebite Survivors' Club
Jeremy Seal travels to the USA, Africa, Australia and India to meet people living amongst the world's deadliest snakes - and attempts to overcome his personal fear in the process....
African Nights
Continuing the book "I Dreamed of Africa", this volume is written in episodes and covers Kuki's life over the last ten to 12 years. She refers glancingly to the deaths...
Deterring Democracy
'This book...ought to be required reading in schools and newsrooms for it cuts through the often subtle propaganda about our times and tells us much about the new world order...
Deliverance: The inside story of East Timor's fight for freedom
In late 1999 the world watched as a small country became the world's newest nation amid a frenzy of destruction and killing. Now, Deliverance tells the inside story of East...
I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian
'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSON An astonishing search for a missing person,...
How the East Was Won: Barbarian Conquerors, Universal Conquest and the
How did upstart outsiders forge vast new empires in early modern Asia, laying the foundations for today's modern mega-states of India and China? In How the East Was Won, Andrew...
Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS A TABLET BOOK OF THE YEAR 'One of the best memoirs I've read in years' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Beautifully...
Nemesis: The historical epic from Master of Adventure, Wilbur Smith
Nemesis: The historical epic from Master of Adventure, Wilbur Smith
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning
The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West's colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived...
Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS A TABLET BOOK OF THE YEAR 'One of the best memoirs I've read in years' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Beautifully...
I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian Civil War
'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSON An astonishing search for a missing person,...
A Flat Place
Beautiful and haunting, a personal journey through Britain's flatlands and a reckoning with the painful memories and hidden histories they contain Noreen Masud has always loved flat landscapes - their...
Mind over Miles: A Story of Endurance Running, Overcoming Obstacles
Endurance, Determination and Grit- The first ever man to run the length of Africa shares his inspirational story Endurance, Determination and Grit- The first ever man to run the length...
A Training School for Elephants
From the acclaimed author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia, comes a new journey tracing a colonial-era African expedition. In 1879, King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan...
The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the
From one of the world's most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity's future The land of the free. The home of...
The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience
A panoramic social history chronicling the lives of hundreds of British people of all classes in the most important territory of the British Empire The British in this book lived...
The Outsider: Manga Edition
The exquisite manga adaptation of one of the world's greatest 20th century fiction classics 'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.' A stranger to society, a stranger...
Mussolini's War: Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943
A gripping, vivid account of Italy's disastrous experience of the Second World War While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. Then, with...
Conquistadores
A riveting new history of Spanish imperialism, and the men who laid its foundations The 'conquistadores', the early explorers and settlers of Spanish America, have become the stuff of legends...
The Psychosis of Whiteness: Surviving the Insanity of a Racist World
An all-encompassing, insightful and wry look at living in a racist world, by a leading Black British voice in the academy and in the media Take a step through the...
1788: The Brutal Truth Of The First Fleet
An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children. Never before or since has there been an experiment quite as bold as this....
The Architecture of Modern Empire
From the bestselling author of Azadi and My Seditious Heart, a piercing exploration of modern empire, nationalism and rising fascism that gives us the tools to resist and fight back...
From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking
Viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress, the Victorian period was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. Pankaj Mishra's provocative account of how China, India and the...
Orientalism
The book that redefined our understanding of the legacy of European colonialism and empire, now reissued with a new PMC jacket 'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer In this highly acclaimed...
The Fatal Shore
'An extraordinarily vivid yet authentic account of the birthpangs of a nation. A work of real distinction' Philip Ziegler An award-winning epic on the birth of Australia In 1787, the...