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This Earth, My Brother - Kofi Awoonor

This Earth, My Brother - Kofi Awoonor

In this debut novel, Kofi Awoonor brilliantly interweaves poetry and allegory into a profound tale of social corruption in post-colonial Ghana. This Earth, My Brother explores how a man can become a stranger to his tribe, his traditions, and to himself.'The ancestors - revered now for their infinite sagacity - decreed long ago that this land, this earth, my brother, shall witness a crashing collapse.'Rooted in the African oral tradition, This Earth, My Brother paints an account of post-independent..

DKK 168.95
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This Earth, My Brother - Kofi Awoonor

This Earth, My Brother - Kofi Awoonor

In this debut novel, Kofi Awoonor brilliantly interweaves poetry and allegory into a profound tale of social corruption in post-colonial Ghana. This Earth, My Brother explores how a man can become a stranger to his tribe, his traditions, and to himself.'The ancestors - revered now for their infinite sagacity - decreed long ago that this land, this earth, my brother, shall witness a crashing collapse.'Rooted in the African oral tradition, This Earth, My Brother paints an account of post-independent..

DKK 118.95
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My Brother Evelyn & Other Profiles - Alec Waugh

My Brother Evelyn & Other Profiles - Alec Waugh

Author, publisher, traveller, cricketer, lover of wine: Alec Waugh has been all these in the course of a life which has brought him a host of friends around the world. He is a warm person who knows a good friend when he sees one and is revered by all those with whom there has been mutual acceptance. This book contains his memories of many famous writers and some figures no longer so well remembered in the period between the wars. The section which will, no doubt, command the most attention is that..

DKK 211.95
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Respect Yourself - Stax Records and the Soul Explosion - Robert Gordon

Respect Yourself - Stax Records and the Soul Explosion - Robert Gordon

The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a monument to racial harmony in blighted south Memphis during the civil rights movement. Their success soon pits the siblings against each other, and the brother abandons his sister for a visionary African-American partner. Under integrated leadership, Stax explodes as a national player until, Icarus-like, the heights they achieve result in their tragic demise. They fall, losing everything, and the sanctuary..

DKK 238.95
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The English Civil War - An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1639-51 - Colonel Nick Lipscombe

The English Civil War - An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1639-51 - Colonel Nick Lipscombe

A lavishly presented atlas of the English Civil Wars, the conflicts that ravaged the countryside of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland from 1639 to 1651.The English Civil Wars (1638ΓÇô51) comprised the deadliest conflict in history fought on British soil, in which brother took up arms against brother, father fought against son, and towns, cities, and villages fortified themselves in the cause of Royalists or Parliamentarians. Although much historical attention has focused on the events in England..

DKK 571.95
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Jericho - Dirk Bogarde

Jericho - Dirk Bogarde

First published in 1991, this is Dirk Bogarde's fourth novel.With his divorce proceedings looming, writer William Caldicott is in desperate need of some respite. As fate would have it, he receives a cryptic letter of farewell from his estranged brother James, along with the keys to James' house France. Sensing the potentially reformative aspect of such a break, William sets out in search of his brother. He rapidly becomes embedded in the fabric of rural France, learning that rumours travel quickly,..

DKK 200.95
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A Period of Adjustment - Dirk Bogarde

A Period of Adjustment - Dirk Bogarde

First published in 1994, this is Dirk Bogarde''s fifth novel.Following on from his previous novel, Jericho, evoking the manifold themes and compelling rural French atmosphere of its predecessor, A Period of Adjustment tells the story of William Caldicott. His ruined marriage spurred him on to obey his estranged brother''s letter, which asked him take a house in the south of France. Upon discovering the tragic fate of his brother James, William, accompanied by his son, attempts to rebuild his life..

DKK 198.95
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Among the Wolves of Court - The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn - Lauren (Independent Historian Mackay

Among the Wolves of Court - The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn - Lauren (Independent Historian Mackay

The tragic story of Anne Boleyn has been retold over the centuries, yet two key figures in Anne's life-her father Thomas and brother George- are often relegated to the margins of the history of Henry VIII's turbulent reign. Well before Anne's coronation in 1533, Thomas was regarded as one of Henry's most skilled and experienced ambassadors, and George was a talented young courtier on the rise. But Anne's downfall was to have a devastating effect on her family - ultimately costing her and her brother..

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