23 products were found matching your search for botha in 2 shops:

Armoured cars in the African bush The subject of this book will need little by way of explanation to recommend it to interested readers. First, it concerns the First World War in Africa as it was fought between the respective British and German colonies in the west and east of the continent. While the focus of the Great War was on the Western Front, these 'sideshow' campaigns have an irresistible allure for students of the period due to the exotic nature of their terrain and circumstances. Second, the book was written by the commander of a distinctive and unusual unit, No 1 Squadron of the Royal Naval Armoured Car Division. The activities of early armoured car squadrons, which saw good service in those theatres where fluidity of manoeuvre was still possible, has remained of particular interest to military history students of the period in part because many of the vehicles were the magnificent Rolls-Royce armoured cars which have become iconic. This is an invaluable first hand account by an eyewitness-connected to those who directed pivotal events-who was in a position to understand the broader picture. Recommended in every way. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

LOUIS BOTHA, THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER of the Union of South Africa, was a brilliant Boer general who won significant victories over the British in the early stages of the Anglo-Boer War. When the weight of the British arms eventually overwhelmed the Boers, Botha and Jan Smuts encouraged peace between English and Afrikaner and led the four South African colonies into Union in 1910.Botha was a big-hearted and generous man in his dealings with all. In 1914, he had to put down an Afrikaner rebellion over the Union's participation in the Great War. The experience broke his heart, as many of the rebels were old Anglo-Boer War comrades. At Versailles in 1919, representing South Africa, he pleaded unsuccessfully for magnanimity towards a defeated Germany. Globally respected, Botha and Smuts operated as a double act before Botha's untimely death in August 1919.Richard Steyn's recent books, Jan Smuts: Unafraid of Greatness and Churchill and Smuts: The Friendship, have won him a loyal readership. In Louis Botha: A Man Apart, he again masterfully brings to life a great South African.

LOUIS BOTHA, THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER of the Union of South Africa, was a brilliant Boer general who won significant victories over the British in the early stages of the Anglo-Boer War. When the weight of the British arms eventually overwhelmed the Boers, Botha and Jan Smuts encouraged peace between English and Afrikaner and led the four South African colonies into Union in 1910.Botha was a big-hearted and generous man in his dealings with all. In 1914, he had to put down an Afrikaner rebellion over the Union's participation in the Great War. The experience broke his heart, as many of the rebels were old Anglo-Boer War comrades. At Versailles in 1919, representing South Africa, he pleaded unsuccessfully for magnanimity towards a defeated Germany. Globally respected, Botha and Smuts operated as a double act before Botha's untimely death in August 1919.Richard Steyn's recent books, Jan Smuts: Unafraid of Greatness and Churchill and Smuts: The Friendship, have won him a loyal readership. In Louis Botha: A Man Apart, he again masterfully brings to life a great South African.

Physical description; xiv, 481 p., (8) p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-471). Subjects; Botha, P. W. (Pieter Willem) South Africa - Politics and government - 1978. Presidents - South Africa

Fleming / Botha / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Verdi / Otello - BR 044007438923

Fleming / Botha / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Verdi / Otello - DVD 044007438626

mongo n. 1 [1970s +] an idiot. 2 [1980s +] (US, New York) any discarded object that is retrieved. 3. [1980s +] (US, New York) a scrap-metal scavenger. (The Cassell Dictionary of Slang)When journalist Ted Botha moved to New York from South Africa, where people constructed homes out of what others considered trash, he decorated his apartment with furniture he found on Manhattan streets. Soon he realized he wasn't the only person finding things of value in the garbage, and he began roaming the streets meeting all kinds of collectors, united by their obsession with mongo-any discarded item that is rescued from the trash. Here is Botha's remarkable record of his travels among collectors, who are as varied as the kind of mongo they seek. They range from housewife to homeless man, from accountant to computer consultant, from retrenched bank worker to full-time collector. One man finds jewelry in the sludge of New York's sewers; another has built one of the most extensive rare book collections in the city. The myriad reasons for collecting open a window into the range of human desires: some people collect for fun, others to make a living; some to find friends, others to snoop; some to make a political statement, others because it is an addiction. Collecting mongo is a longtime, universal phenomenon, at last receiving a worthy-and appropriately addictive-literary appreciation.

Paperback. Horns of the Beast: The Swakop River Campaign and World War I in South-West Africa 1914-15 In December of 1914, veteran Boer commander General Louis Botha landed his forces on the coast of German South West Africa to finish off the colonys Schutztruppe defenders. In August, the South Africans had started off badly with a disastrous battle at Sandfontein and an internal rebellion that could have torn the Union of South Africa apart. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

This unique book charts HEnty's works of historical fiction chronologically and provides botha plot summary andan historical overview of over 70 of his classic tales.

A great masterpiece by William Gaddis, with a new introduction by William H. Gass.The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the â ur-text of postwar ï¬ ctionâ and the â ï¬ rst great cultural critique, which, even if Heller and Pynchon hadnâ t read it while composing Catch-22 and V., managed to anticipate the spirit of bothâ â The Recognitions is a masterwork about art and forgery, and the increasingly thin line between the counterfeit and the fake. Gaddis anticipates by almost half a century the crisis of reality that we currently face, where the real and the virtual are combining in alarming ways, and the sources of legitimacy and power are often obscure to us.

This 392-page paperback by Reikert Botha, provides daily meditations on the words of Jesus, inspiring men to live like their Savior and become all God intended them to be.Die-cut, folded covers with spot-varnished accents reveal additional Scripture and a compass design that is the defining image and design motif throughout this book. Every page is tagged with the date and features a devotion title, a focal Scripture verse of Jesus words, a brief essay for reflection and a closing prayer asking for guidance in applying Our Savior's words to everyday life. Themes such as right and wrong, Jesus example and love are passed on with nuggets of advice, challenges and encouragement.Daily reflection on these 366 life-giving truths can change lives and guide men like a compass around the obstacles to the opportunities waiting on the path of life.Size: 7" (L) x 5" (W)Paperback w/Folded Covers Die-Cut, Spot-Varnished Cover Accents392 PagesScripture Verses (KJV, NIV)Two-Color InteriorPresentation Page For Gifting

A great masterpiece by William Gaddis, with a new introduction by William H. Gass.The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the â ur-text of postwar ï¬ ctionâ and the â ï¬ rst great cultural critique, which, even if Heller and Pynchon hadnâ t read it while composing Catch-22 and V., managed to anticipate the spirit of bothâ â The Recognitions is a masterwork about art and forgery, and the increasingly thin line between the counterfeit and the fake. Gaddis anticipates by almost half a century the crisis of reality that we currently face, where the real and the virtual are combining in alarming ways, and the sources of legitimacy and power are often obscure to us.

Some historians claim the cold war was won without ever firing a shot, just don't tell this to the South Africans who faced down the Soviet Union and Cuba at the very height of communism's high tide. Led by legendary individuals such as PW Botha in the political arena and Col. Jan Breytenbach of 32 Battalion lore on the military side. This volume is a "real time" photographic overview of South Africa's Border War with SWAPO and their Soviet/Cuban sponsors, with colour commentary by General Jannie Geldenhuys and military historian Helmoed Romer-Heitman. Trilingual edition in English, Afrikaans, and German.

Johan Botha, Albert Dohmen, Edith Haller, and Linda Watson star in this 2010 Bayreuth Festival production of the Wagner opera conducted by Christian Thielemann.

A great masterpiece by William Gaddis, with a new introduction by William H. Gass.The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the â ur-text of postwar ï¬ ctionâ and the â ï¬ rst great cultural critique, which, even if Heller and Pynchon hadnâ t read it while composing Catch-22 and V., managed to anticipate the spirit of bothâ â The Recognitions is a masterwork about art and forgery, and the increasingly thin line between the counterfeit and the fake. Gaddis anticipates by almost half a century the crisis of reality that we currently face, where the real and the virtual are combining in alarming ways, and the sources of legitimacy and power are often obscure to us.

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018The dazzling second novel in Ali Smith's essential Seasonal Quartet -- from the Baileys Prize-winning, Man Booker-shortlisted author of Autumn and How to be bothA Book of the Year according to: the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, the Evening Standard, The Times.'Dazzling' Daily TelegraphWinter? Bleak. Frosty wind, earth as iron, water as stone, so the old song goes. The shortest days, the longest nights. The trees are bare and shivering. The summer's leaves? Dead litter. The world shrinks; the sap sinks. But winter makes things visible. And if there's ice, there'll be fire. In Ali Smith's Winter, lifeforce matches up to the toughest of the seasons. In this second novel in her acclaimed Seasonal cycle, the follow-up to her sensational Autumn, Smith's shape-shifting quartet of novels casts a merry eye over a bleak post-truth era with a story rooted in history, memory and warmth, its taproot deep in the evergreens: art, love, laughter. It's the season that teaches us survival. Here comes Winter.

Journalist Ted Botha became obsessed with mongo (defined as any discarded object that is retrieved) when he moved to New York. Decorating his apartment with the furniture and objects he found on Manhattan's streets, he soon realized he wasn't the only person finding things of value in the garbage, and he began meeting all kinds of collectors. Mongo is Botha's remarkable record of his travels among these varied and eccentric people-an appropriately addictive tribute to this longtime, universal phenomenon.

In Johannesburg prosperous whites live in gated communities; when they exit their cars to open the gates, car-jackings are common. But seldom is the victim killed, much less shot twice, like Annette Botha. Piet Botha, the husband of the wealthy woman, is the primary suspect in his wife's murder. P.I. Jade de Jong fled South Africa ten years ago after her father was killed. Now back in town, she offers to help her father's former assistant, Superintendent David Patel, with his investigation of this case. Under apartheid, Patel, of Indian descent, could never have attained his present position. But he is feeling pressure from his "old line" boss with respect to this investigation and fears lingering prejudice is at work.As Jade probes into this and other recent car-jacking cases, a pattern begins to emerge, a pattern that goes back to her father's murder and that involves a vast and intricate series of crimes for profit.From the Trade Paperback edition.

This extraordinary book presents a time-tested, simple, and medically sensible approach to weight loss and maintenance. As botha qualified MD and trained Ayurvedic physician with many years of experience in a clinical setting applying both Western and Ayurvedic approaches.

Johan Botha was heard at the Vienna Staatsoper a total of 222 times before his untimely death. His powerful, truly great voice shone like a beacon across the world of opera. Though he was mostly known as a singer of the German opera repertoire, he also had amazing success with Italian operas which are documented on this double album. Alongside partners like Krassimira Stoyanova, Violeta Urmana and Dmitri Hvorostovsky he knew how to enthrall the Vienna Opera Community. The present release feature