Martin Meredith: 19 books
De schatten van Afrika
vijfduizend jaar rijkdom, hebzucht en ambitie
Language: Dutch
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Sinds de tijd van de faraos is Afrika benijd om zijn rijkdommen. De piramiden verbijsterden de rest van de wereld als symbolen van welvaart. Eeuwenlang deden legendes over de schatten van Afrika de ronde, en ze trokken onderzoekers en veroveraars aan. Ook Afrikaans land was geliefd; de Romeinen gebruikten...
by Martin Meredith
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Nelson Mandela stands out as one of the most admired political figures of the twentieth century. It was his leadership and moral courage above all that helped to deliver a peaceful end to apartheid in South Africa after years of racial division and violence and to establish a fledgling democracy there.
Martin...
by Martin Meredith
Language: Dutch
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Language: Dutch
Release Date: September 25, 2012
In Afrika: De bron van ons bestaan zet Martin Meredith op sublieme wijze uiteen hoe de wetenschap ertoe gekomen is te veronderstellen dat de mensheid is ontstaan in Afrika. In de twintigste eeuw probeerde wetenschapper na wetenschapper antwoord te geven op één van de grootste levensvragen - die...
Afrikaner Odyssey
The Life and Times of the Reitz Family
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
The odyssey of the Reitz family passes like a thread through the tapestry of South African history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Originally Dutch-Afrikaner gentry from the Cape, the family moved to the frontier settlement of Bloemfontein and played a key role in the building of...
Mugabe
Power, Plunder, and the Struggle for Zimbabwe's Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
Robert Mugabe came to power in Zimbabwe in 1980 after a long civil war in Rhodesia. The white minority government had become an international outcast in refusing to give in to the inevitability of black majority rule. Finally the defiant white prime minister Ian Smith was forced to step down and Mugabe...
The Fortunes of Africa
A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
A sweeping history the fortune seekers, adventurers, despots, and thieves who have ruthlessly endeavored to extract gold, diamonds, and other treasures from Africa and its people.
Africa has been coveted for its rich natural resources ever since the era of the Pharaohs. In past centuries, it...
The Fate of Africa
A History of the Continent Since Independence
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
The definitive story of African nations after they emerged from colonialism -- from Mugabe's doomed kleptocracy to Mandela's inspiring defeat of apartheid.
The Fate of Africa has been hailed by reviewers as "A masterpiece....The nonfiction book of the year" (The New York Post); "a...
Born in Africa
The Quest for the Origins of Human Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Africa does not give up its secrets easily. Buried there lie answers about the origins of humankind. After a century of investigation, scientists have transformed our understanding about the beginnings of human life. But vital clues still remain hidden.
In Born in Africa, Martin Meredith follows...
Fischer's Choice
The Life of Bram Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Martin Meredith documents the remarkable life of Bram Fischer in his biography Fischer’s Choice. Fischer was born into an aristocratic Afrikaans family but became one of South Africa's leading revolutionaries. Regarded in his youth as having a brilliant career ahead of him, he rebelled not only...
Elephant Destiny
Biography Of An Endangered Species In Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
For thousands of years, the majestic elephant has roamed the African continent, as beloved by man as it has been preyed upon. But centuries of exploitation and ivory hunting have taken their toll: now, as wars and poachers continue to ravage its habitat, as disease and political strife deflect attention...
Diamonds, Gold, and War
The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world's richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between...
The Rise and Fall of Meter
Poetry and English National Culture, 1860--1930
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2012
Why do we often teach English poetic meter by the Greek terms iamb and trochee? How is our understanding of English meter influenced by the history of England's sense of itself in the nineteenth century? Not an old-fashioned approach to poetry, but a dynamic, contested, and inherently nontraditional...
Getting Started with STEAM
Practical Strategies for the K-8 Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Learn effective ways to teach STEAM with this helpful book from educational technology experts Billy Krakower and Meredith Martin. Whether you have a dedicated STEAM class, or plan to integrate it into a regular classroom, you’ll find out how to create a structured learning environment while still...
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
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