King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, Paperback - Adam Hochschild

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A detailed and accessible account of the Congo massacre, described by Tariq Ali in the }Financial Times{ as 'an amazing book.' Available here as pa...

Publisher: Beacon BooksAuthor(s): Munyaradzi Felix MuroveNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 16Cover type: Paperback ...

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The remarkable story of the American volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War, now in paperback.

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Adam MakosNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 151 x 217 x 40Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

In this rich collection, bestselling author Adam Hochschild has selected and updated over two dozen essays and pieces of reporting from his long ca...

A highly rated, vivid and readable account of U.S. tanks in action in 1944 based on six years of research, interviews and battlefield visits."[An] ...

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Asweeping, provocative and very timely new history of Africa seen through the context of wealth

Publisher: Jeppestown PressAuthor(s): Muriel R. TewIllustration(s): 15 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 232 x...

Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an Ame...

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Reducere. Father Francis Duffy, U. S. Army chaplain during World War One, recalls his time fighting alongside the famous 69th Infantry Regiment on the wester...

A propulsive investigation into the curious role that carrier pigeons play in South African diamond smuggling.

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From debates over the aesthetics of birds in the urban landscape to how horse racing enhanced imperial power to the ways in which water navigation ...

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Reducere. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): Sara Gay FordenNumber of pages: 544Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 45Cover type: Pa...

Reducere. From the author of the widely acclaimed King Leopold's Ghost comes the taut, gripping account of one of the most brilliantly organized social justi...

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Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Joe PappalardoNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 135 x 207 x 29Cover type: Paperback / so...

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I Am a Part of All that I Have Met: A Story of Greed, Love, and InspirationBy: Bill BivinsLife is good for highly acclaimed Justice Oliver Browning...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 3 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Halftones, black and white; 15 Illustrations, black and whiteN...

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Award NameLiterary AwardAward categoryArt of the EssayFor some 30 years, Adam Hochschild's voice has been one of the most distinctive in American j...

Discusses African metal scenes and conversations around the presence of heavy metal in the continent, and how acts in Africa are changing the conve...

Joe Pappalardo's Inferno tells the true story of the men who flew the deadliest missions of World War II, and an unlikely hero who received the Med...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): J. A. MillsNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 154 x 229 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

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From Brandon Webb, Navy SEAL sniper and New York Times bestselling author, comes his personal account of the eight friends and fellow SEALs who mad...

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The astonishing but forgotten story of an immigrant sweatshop worker who became one of the most charismatic radical leaders of her time Rose Pastor...

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From New York Times bestselling author Alex Tresniowski comes a page-turning, remarkable true-crime thriller recounting the 1910 murder of ten-year...

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Reducere. Discover here the works of bestseller author, Ana Huang . King of Greed is the 3rd book in the Kings of Sin Series. A brand new steamy billionaire ...

From the award-winning author of King Leopold's Ghost, the dramatic story of the men who ignited the first great human rights movementPublisher: Pa...

This book is about a man who had a dream at a very tender age and lived the dream despite all the odds that were stacked against him. With his miss...

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For decades, American schoolchildren have learned only a smattering of facts about Native American peoples, especially when it comes to service in ...