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MACMILLAN
Albert Einstein: Rebel Lives Description: This book takes a subversive look at lesser-known aspects of the famous scientist`s intellectual life, the man whom the FBI thought was too clever not to track. It presents Einstein`s denunciation of U.S. use of nuclear bombs in 1945, his socialism and his passionate opposition to war as a profound advocate of radical humanism.... Read More about the "Albert Einstein: Rebel Lives" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Otago University Press
Amassing Treasures For All Times Description: Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand, South Australia and the Cape Colony, was an outstanding British colonial statesman in the nineteenth century. Brilliant and inscrutable, Grey, who was in contact with key Victorians from Darwin to Whately throughout his life, played a central role in overseeing the development of British colonies into politically autonomous entities. Less well-known of Grey is that he was also an obsessive collector of rare books and artefacts, which he selflessly bequeathed to the people he governed. This study, written by a former librarian of the Auckland Grey Collection, sheds desperately needed light on the genius and magnanimity of an increasingly controversial figure, demonstrating the complex humanity underlying his apparent remoteness. It is the first study on Grey of its kind. Key Points ? Bio - biblio - graphy of a visionary intellectual pioneer ? Major Southern Hemisphere cultural patron ? Collected and gave libraries to South Africa, Australia and New Zealand ? Major collector of early indigenous-language publications in these places Contents 1 Introduction 2 Birth, Early Beginnings and the `White Bear` 3 Sandhurst and Ireland 4 `Natural history is my only recreation here` 5 A `National Loss` after Adelaide, south Australia 6 Indigenous Language Collecting in New Zealand 7 Collection and Dispersal 8 Indigenous Language Collecting at the Cape 9 Procuring Black Letter Books and Poetry 10 Cape Town`s Munificent Gift 11 Boone`s Catalogues of 1862 and 1863 12 Kawau Island, England and Home Again, 1862 to 1888 13 Private Library to Public Collection 14 A Rich Harvest from Local Sources of Supply 15 Later Purchases and Presentation Copies 16 The Grey Legacy Author Donald Jackson Kerr is Special Collections Librarian at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His doctoral thesis, from which this book is partly drawn, looked at Grey`s strategies as a collector of rare books in the colonies he governed, and at the network of associations whic... Read More about the "Amassing Treasures For All Times" on the The Nile Book Store Website

OCEAN PRESS
America Latina Description: An outstanding new anthology that presents for the first time a comprehensive collection of Che`s writing on Latin America from the period of his youthful travel diaries to his final guerrilla mission in Bolivia. This selection includes a large amount of material (including original poems and personal correspondence) never before published in any language.To be published in English as Latin America: Awakening of a Continent in Spring 2004.... Read More about the "America Latina" on the The Nile Book Store Website

OCEAN PRESS
Che Guevara And The Revolutionary Movement Description: Manuel Pieiro, known as Barba Roja (or Red Beard), was a figure of great mystery for decades. As head of the Cuban Communist Party`s Americas Department, he oversaw Cuba`s operations in support of liberation movements on every continent, especially Latin America and Africa. Pieiro was one of Che Guevara`s closest collaborators, responsible for his missions to the Congo and Bolivia. He later went on to work with revolutionaries in Chile, Nicaragua, El Salvador and many other Latin American countries. Pieiro spoke out publicly for the first time in 1997 on the 30th anniversary of Che`s death. This book includes many extraordinary new revelations about Cuba`s role in Latin America and some profound insights into Che Guevara`s life and legacy. Manuel Pieiro died in an automobile accident in March 1998.... Read More about the "Che Guevara And The Revolutionary Movement" on the The Nile Book Store Website

OCEAN PRESS
Che: A Memoir By Fidel Castro Description: For the first time Fidel Castro writes with candor and affection of his relationship with Ernesto Che Guevara, documenting his extraordinary bond with Cuba from the revolution`s early days to the final guerrilla expedition in Bolivia. (Also in Spanish as Che en la memoria: 1-875284-83-4)... Read More about the "Che: A Memoir By Fidel Castro" on the The Nile Book Store Website

Pan Macmillan Australia
From Baghdad, With Love Description: With humor and heart, Kopelman relates how, in the midst of battle in Fallujah, Iraq, his Marine battalion ? the Lava Dogs ? saves a starving mutt. Armed with the fighting spirit of the Marines who adopt him, spunky Lava supplies unconditional love, morale boosts, and a great read. (New York Post) When Marines enter an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, and hear a suspicious noise, they clench their weapons, edge around the corner, and prepare to open fire. What they find during the US-led attack on the most dangerous city on Earth, however, is not an insurgent bent on revenge, but a tiny puppy left behind when most of the city`s population fled before the bombing. Despite military law that forbids the keeping of pets, the Marines de-flea the pup with kerosene, de-worm him with chewing tobacco, and fill him up on Meals Ready to Eat. Thus begins the dramatic rescue attempt of a dog named Lava and Lava`s rescue of at least one Marine, Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman, from the emotional ravages of war. From hardened Marines to war-time journalists to endangered Iraqi citizens, From Baghdad, With Love tells an unforgettable true story of an unlikely band of heroes who learn unexpected lessons about life, death, and war from a mangy little flea-ridden refugee.... Read More about the "From Baghdad, With Love" on the The Nile Book Store Website

The Nile Book Store
Hannibal`s War Description: John Peddie provides a re-evaluation of the Carthaginian`s generalship, and asks how a man could have plunged so deeply into a situation in which he was almost inevitably, to fail? He examines Hannibal`s historic march on Rome.... Read More about the "Hannibal`s War" on the The Nile Book Store Website

OCEAN PRESS
Haydee Santamaria Description: Haydee Santamaria led a full and painful life. One of a handful of Cuba`s female revolutionary leaders, she suffered torture in Batista`s prisons. After 1959, she established the world-renowned Latin American literary institution, Casa de las Americas. Its director for 20 years, Haydee provided intellectual and physical refuge for artists and writers in exile from Latin American dictatorships. Among those who pay tribute to Santamaria here are Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Benedetti and Roque Dalton.We were born into an unjust system. We are not prepared to grow old in it.-Bernadette Devlin Rebel Lives books feature writings both by and about individuals who have played significant roles in humanity`s ongoing fight for a better world. The series shows the not-so-well-recognized political views of some well-known figures and introduces some not-so-famous rebels. Strongly representative of race, class and gender, these books are smaller format, inexpensive, accessible and provocative.... Read More about the "Haydee Santamaria" on the The Nile Book Store Website

MACMILLAN
Helen Keller Description: This unique book presents a generally unrecognized aspect of Helen Keller`s life: her radical socialism, her defense of the IWW and her pacifist stance during both world wars. It includes texts written about her, by figures such as socialist leader Eugene V. Debs and Mark Twain.... Read More about the "Helen Keller" on the The Nile Book Store Website

VERSO
In Search Of Fatima Description: A Palestinian Memoir. Very few dispora Palestinians have written a memoir as intimate as Ghada Karmi`s remarkably frank account of her life: her childhood in Palestine, the flight to Britain after the catastrophe of 1948, and coming of age in the coffee-bars of Golders Green, the middle-class Jewish quarter in North London. A gentle humour describes the bizarre and sometimes tense realities that mask her life in `Little Tel Aviv` and, later, the struggle for her, as for many other women in the late fifties, to get a university grant to study medicine.... Read More about the "In Search Of Fatima" on the The Nile Book Store Website

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY
Mawson: A Life Description: A hero of the polar exploration age, Sir Douglas Mawson is profiled in this biography, which recounts his Antarctic expeditions of 1911-1914 and 1929-1931, which resulted in Australia claiming 40 percent of the sixth continent. The personal letters and professional correspondences included reveal Mawson`s relationships with influential friends and rivals. Recounted are such adventures as when Mawson confronted a delusional explorer in Antarctica who believed that he was Jesus Christ, his trip on an advanced monoplane, and his inspections of English war factories for chemical weapons.... Read More about the "Mawson: A Life" on the The Nile Book Store Website

THE PERSEUS BOOKS GROUP
Ronald Regan Description: An icon of the twentieth century, Ronald Reagan has earned a place among the most popular and successful U.S. presidents. In this compelling firsthand account of Reagan`s presidency, Peter J. Wallison, former White House Counsel to President Reagan, argues that Reagan took office with a fully developed public philosophy and strategy for governing that was unique among modern presidents. I am not a great man, Reagan once said, just committed to great ideas. Wallison shows how Reagan`s unyielding attachment to certain key ideascommunicated through his speechescreated a cohesive administration and revived the spirit of the nation. In Ronald Reagan, Wallison describes what it was like to be on Reagan`s White House staff and how Reagan`s attachment to principle produced both the best and worst days of his presidency.... Read More about the "Ronald Regan" on the The Nile Book Store Website

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