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In 1880 the continent of Africa was largely unexplored by Europeans. Less than thirty years later, only Liberia and Ethiopia remained unconquered by ... More

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The war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1889 gave the British, as Kipling said, 'no end of a lesson.' The public expected it to be over by ... More

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The arrangement owes little to conventional botany. The sixty trees are grouped according to their own strong personalities - Natives, travellers, ... More

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The spirit of nineteenth-century explorers lives on in British historian Thomas Pakenham, who has spent the last decade investigating the lives of ... More

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Standing tall on the sunburnt plains of Africa and Australia, like great living giants, baobabs may be the oldest life forms on the planet, and many ... More

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The famed author of "The Boer War "and "Remarkable Trees of the World "presents some of the oldest, most unusual, and most impressive trees on the ... More

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Panoramic history at its best: a vivid, dramatic account of how five rapacious European powers seized and subjugated an entire continent. Pakenham ... More

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This volume splendidly brings to life Dublin's turbulent history, its literary and theatrical character, and its revolutionary ideals and heroes. ... More

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For nearly 400 years, the big country house has dominated the Irish landscape and imagination. Two best-selling authors follow the splendor and the ... More

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"[Johnson] has traveled widely and delved deeply in quest of trees and tree lore, and he writes without prejudice or inhibition, eager to share his ... More

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On the 200th anniversary of Ireland's tragic rebellion comes this abridged and lavishly illustrated edition of Pakenham's definitive classic. 90 ... More

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The world's most dramatic trees, many of which are in danger of destruction, are lyrically described and beautifully photographed in this homage to ... More

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Now available for the first time in trade paperback: the newly revised, definitive account of the most important event in Irish history--the ... More

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A detailed and authentic history of the downfall of Hitler's armies as told by the men and women who took part in the final battles of the Second ... More

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A romantic book of history and travel, by a master storyteller who retraces his 1953 journey to discover the truth abour the strange fate of the ... More

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A life of the celebrated Victorian traveller and the discoverer of "the Mountains of the Moon".

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The Irish rebellion of 1798 was the most violent and tragic event in Irish history between the Jacobite wars and the Great Famine of the 1840s. Using ... More

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