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By the Sword: Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai Warriors, Swashbucklers and Olympians
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Cape Camera
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
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All Against All: The long Winter of 1933 and the Origins of the Second World War
Paul JankowskiOriginal price R 275.00 - Original price R 275.00Original price R 275.00R 275.00R 275.00 - R 275.00Current price R 275.00During a single winter, between November 1932 and April 1933, so much went wrong: Hitler came to power; Japan invaded Jehol and left the league of ...
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Cleopatra the Great: The woman behind the legend
Wordsworth BooksOriginal price R 224.95 - Original price R 224.95Original price R 224.95R 224.95R 224.95 - R 224.95Current price R 224.95Cleopatra is a truly iconic figure: the last Egyptian Pharaoh and arguably the greatest. But she is also a mythical figure, mainly known through Sh...
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive
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Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
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The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World (Paperback)
John DickieOriginal price R 264.99Original price R 264.99 - Original price R 264.99Original price R 264.99Current price R 185.50R 185.50 - R 185.50Current price R 185.50'Convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining' - Wall Street JournalTHE TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2020'This book shows that, despite rumours of de...
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Crucible
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Crucible: The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World, 1917-1924
Wordsworth BooksOriginal price R 350.00 - Original price R 350.00Original price R 350.00R 350.00R 350.00 - R 350.00Current price R 350.00In Petrograd a fire is lit. The Tsar is packed off to the Urals. A rancorous Russian exile crosses war-torn Europe to make his triumphal entry into...
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CULT OF PROGRESS BPB
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Dictators: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
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Die Buiteposte
Dan SleighOriginal price R 520.00 - Original price R 520.00Original price R 520.00R 520.00R 520.00 - R 520.00Current price R 520.00Original price R 520.00 - Original price R 520.00Original price R 520.00R 520.00R 520.00 - R 520.00Current price R 520.00Save 0% Save % -
Disputed Land: The Historical Development of the South African Land Issue, 1652-2011
Louis ChanguionOriginal price R 265.00 - Original price R 265.00Original price R 265.00R 265.00R 265.00 - R 265.00Current price R 265.00Original price R 265.00 - Original price R 265.00Original price R 265.00R 265.00R 265.00 - R 265.00Current price R 265.00Save 0% Save % -
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
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Enemy of All Mankind TPB
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Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World
Otto EnglishOriginal price R 290.00 - Original price R 290.00Original price R 290.00R 290.00R 290.00 - R 290.00Current price R 290.00An alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever told and how they've been used over time.Lincoln did not believe all...
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GRAVEDIGGERS BPB
Wordsworth BooksOriginal price R 300.00 - Original price R 300.00Original price R 300.00R 300.00R 300.00 - R 300.00Current price R 300.00November 1932. With the German economy in ruins and street battles raging between political factions, the Weimar Republic is in its death throes....
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Great Speeches: Words that Shaped the World
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Guns, Germs and Steel: 20th Anniversary Edition
Wordsworth BooksOriginal price R 345.00 - Original price R 345.00Original price R 345.00R 345.00R 345.00 - R 345.00Current price R 345.00'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens Why has human history unfolded so differently across t...
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Here En Boere: Die Kolonie Aan Die Kaap Onder Die Van Der Stels, 1679-1712: Boek 5
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History matters: Selected writings, 1970-2016
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Images of the Past: A Century of Man-Made Disasters
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Last Duel (Paperback)
Eric JagerOriginal price R 215.00 - Original price R 215.00Original price R 215.00R 215.00R 215.00 - R 215.00Current price R 215.00Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Ridley Scott. In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a massive crowd gathered at a Paris monastery t...
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Letters to Change the World
Wordsworth BooksOriginal price R 240.01 - Original price R 240.01Original price R 240.01R 240.01R 240.01 - R 240.01Current price R 240.01'We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed' Martin Luther K...
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Letters to Change the World: From Pankhurst to Orwell
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Living the Love: Emily Hobhouse Post-War (1918-1926)
Jennifer Hobhouse BalmeOriginal price R 204.00 - Original price R 204.00Original price R 204.00R 204.00R 204.00 - R 204.00Current price R 204.00Original price R 204.00 - Original price R 204.00Original price R 204.00R 204.00R 204.00 - R 204.00Current price R 204.00Save 0% Save % -
MAGNA CARTA PB
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Maoism: A Global History
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Mankind: The Story of All Of Us
Wordsworth BooksOriginal price R 630.00Original price R 630.00 - Original price R 630.00Original price R 630.00Current price R 441.00R 441.00 - R 441.00Current price R 441.00It takes more than 10 billion years to create just the right conditions on one planet for life to begin. It takes another three billion years of ev...
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NEW SILK ROADS PB
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Spoilt Ballots: The Elections that Shaped South Africa, from Shaka to Cyril (Paperback)
Matthew Blackman, Nick DallOriginal price R 340.00 - Original price R 340.00Original price R 340.00R 340.00R 340.00 - R 340.00Current price R 340.00‘All those who want to understand the country’s trajectory over the long run of history will enjoy this lively and well-written text.’ – Roger Sout...
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Nuwe geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika
Herman GiliomeeOriginal price R 650.00 - Original price R 650.00Original price R 650.00R 650.00R 650.00 - R 650.00Current price R 650.00Original price R 650.00 - Original price R 650.00Original price R 650.00R 650.00R 650.00 - R 650.00Current price R 650.00Save 0% Save % -
On This Day in History
Wordsworth BooksOriginal price R 340.00 - Original price R 340.00Original price R 340.00R 340.00R 340.00 - R 340.00Current price R 340.00On which day was history's shortest war waged and won (in roughly 40 minutes)? How was Napoleon bested by a group of rabbits in 1807? Why did a dis...
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ORGAN THIEVES BPB
Wordsworth BooksOriginal price R 250.00 - Original price R 250.00Original price R 250.00R 250.00R 250.00 - R 250.00Current price R 250.00The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this landmark investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race. ...
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Past Mistakes: How We Misinterpret History and Why it Matters
David MountainOriginal price R 250.00 - Original price R 250.00Original price R 250.00R 250.00R 250.00 - R 250.00Current price R 250.00'A welcome ally in the fight against fake history' Eleanor Janega, author of The Middle Ages From the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, ...
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PILGRIMAGE
STANFORD, PETEROriginal price R 740.00 - Original price R 740.00Original price R 740.00R 740.00R 740.00 - R 740.00Current price R 740.00Pilgrimage, a global ritual embraced by all faiths, is one of the most enduring traits in our human story. In this compelling history Peter Stanfor...
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Places of Destiny: 50 Places Where History Was Made
Ben DupreOriginal price R 272.00 - Original price R 272.00Original price R 272.00R 272.00R 272.00 - R 272.00Current price R 272.00In Places of Destiny, Ben Dupre offers a rich selection of dramatic historical events and locations: the resistance of Leonidas' Spartans, an endur...
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Prime Movers: The real stories of twelve great thinkers from Pericles to Gandhi
Wordsworth BooksOriginal price R 280.00 - Original price R 280.00Original price R 280.00R 280.00R 280.00 - R 280.00Current price R 280.00Ferdinand Mount has been fascinated by the great thinkers and politicians who have shaped human history over the past two millennia In this fascin...
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REBEL WOMEN BPB
MILES, ROSALINDOriginal price R 264.99 - Original price R 264.99Original price R 264.99R 264.99R 264.99 - R 264.99Current price R 264.99'They will have to choose between giving us freedom or giving us death'So said,in 1913 ,the brilliant orator and suffragette ,Emmeline Pankhurst, j...
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RELICS TPB
WELDON OWEN,Original price R 615.00 - Original price R 615.00Original price R 615.00R 615.00R 615.00 - R 615.00Current price R 615.00Start your personal museum at home with Relics: A Bizarre History of the World Told in 201 Rare Fragments - from Ancient Rome to Dracula's Home. St...
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Rise And Fall (Paperback)
Paul StrathernOriginal price R 305.00 - Original price R 305.00Original price R 305.00R 305.00R 305.00 - R 305.00Current price R 305.00Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman...
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Rogues' Gallery: An Irreverent History Of Corruption In South Africa, From The VOC To The ANC (Paperback)
Matthew Blackman; Nick DallOriginal price R 340.00 - Original price R 340.00Original price R 340.00R 340.00R 340.00 - R 340.00Current price R 340.00If you reckon corruption in South Africa began with Zuma or even with apartheid, it’s time to catch a wake-up call. Rogues’ Gallery tells the story...
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Short History of Humanity (Trade Paperback)
Johannes Krause, Thomas TrappeOriginal price R 350.00 - Original price R 350.00Original price R 350.00R 350.00R 350.00 - R 350.00Current price R 350.00Humanity has often found itself on the precipice. We've survived and thrived because we've never stopped moving...In this eye-opening book, Johanne...
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Steinheist: Markus Jooste, Steinhoff & SA's biggest corporate fraud
Rob PoseOriginal price R 385.00 - Original price R 385.00Original price R 385.00R 385.00R 385.00 - R 385.00Current price R 385.00Original price R 385.00 - Original price R 385.00Original price R 385.00R 385.00R 385.00 - R 385.00Current price R 385.00Save 0% Save % -
The 10 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time: Decoding History's Unsolved Mysteries
Brad MeltzerOriginal price R 395.00 - Original price R 395.00Original price R 395.00R 395.00R 395.00 - R 395.00Current price R 395.00Previously collected in the interactive book History Decoded, these stories are now collected in a reading book for any history buff.
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The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A History of Now
Wordsworth BooksOriginal price R 230.00 - Original price R 230.00Original price R 230.00R 230.00R 230.00 - R 230.00Current price R 230.00In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the ...
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The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960
Dan Jones; Marina AmaralOriginal price R 295.00 - Original price R 295.00Original price R 295.00R 295.00R 295.00 - R 295.00Current price R 295.00The Colour of Time spans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Cris...
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