state to the assassination of prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. This readable history will give readers a deep appreciation of the current struggles in the Middle East as well as the age-old Jewish dilemma.

The Controversy Of Zion: Jewish Nationalism, The Jewish State, And The Unresolved Jewish Dilemma

History

WHEATCROFT, Geoffrey

Middle East

Basic Books

From the birth of the Zionist movement to the assassination of President Rabin in 1995, an elegant one-volume history of modern Israel examines the debates spawned by Jewish nationalism, including the question of the settlement of the West Bank.

Absent Friends

Literature & Fiction

Hamish Hamilton

The story of the birth of modern South Africa and the men who shaped her.

The Randlords: The Men Who Made South Africa

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.

The story of the birth of modern South Africa and the men who shaped her.

The Randlords

Simon and Schuster, Inc.

When Henri Desgrange began a new bicycle road race in 1903, he saw it as little more than a temporary publicity stunt to promote his newspaper. The sixty cyclists who left Paris to ride through the night to Lyons that first July had little idea they were pioneers of the most famous of all bike races, which would reach its centenary as one of the greatest sporting events on earth. Geoffrey Wheatcroft's masterly history of the Tour de France's first hundred years is not just a hugely entertaining canter through some great Tour stories; nor is it merely a homage to the riders whose names -- Coppi, Simpson, Mercx, Armstrong -- are synonymous with the event's folly and glory; focusing too on the race's role in French cultural life it provides a unique and fascinating insight into Europe's twentieth century. When Henri Desgrange began a new bicycle road race in 1903, he saw it as little more than a temporary publicity stunt to promote his newspaper. The sixty cyclists who left Paris to ride through the night to Lyons that first July had little idea they were pioneers of the most famous of all bike races, which would reach its centenary as one of the greatest sporting events on earth. Geoffrey Wheatcroft's masterly history of the Tour de France's first hundred years is not just a hugely entertaining canter through some great Tour stories; nor is it merely a homage to the riders whose names -- Coppi, Simpson, Mercx, Armstrong -- are synonymous with the event's folly and glory; focusing too on the race's role in French cultural life it provides a unique and fascinating insight into Europe's twentieth century.

Le Tour: A History of the Tour De France, 1903-2003

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

Simon & Schuster Intl

Traces the history of South Africa and shows how the discovery of gold and diamonds led to the development of the nation's apartheid policies

The Randlords: The Exploits & Exploitations of South Africa's Mining Magnates

Atheneum

When Henri Desgrange began a new bicycle road race in 1903, he saw it as little more than a temporary publicity stunt to promote his newspaper. The 60 cyclists who left Paris to ride through the night to Lyons that first July had little idea they were pioneers of the most famous of all bike races, which would reach its centenary as one of the greatest sporting events on earth. Geoffrey Wheatcroft's masterly history of the Tour de France's first hundred years is not just a hugely entertaining canter through some great Tour stories; nor is it merely a homage to the riders whose names—Coppi, Simpson, Mercx, Armstrong—are synonymous with the event's folly and glory. Focusing too on the race's role in French cultural life, it provides a unique and fascinating insight into Europe's 20th century.

Le Tour: A History of the Tour de France

Simon Schuster(uk)

Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill

Product Description 
A New York Times Notable Book of 2021 A major reassessment of Winston Churchill that examines his lasting influence in politics and culture. 
Churchill is generally considered one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, if not the greatest of all, revered for his opposition to appeasement, his defiance in the face of German bombing of England, his political prowess, his deft aphorisms, and his memorable speeches. He became the savior of his country, as prime minister during the most perilous period in British history, World War II, and is now perhaps even more beloved in America than in England. 
And yet Churchill was also very often in the wrong: he brazenly contradicted his own previous political stances, was a disastrous military strategist, and inspired dislike and distrust through much of his life. Before 1939 he doubted the efficacy of tank and submarine warfare, opposed the bombing of cities only to reverse his position, shamelessly exploited the researchers and ghostwriters who wrote much of the journalism and the books published so lucratively under his name, and had an inordinate fondness for alcohol that once found him drinking whisky before breakfast. When he was appointed to the cabinet for the first time in 1908, a perceptive journalist called him “the most interesting problem of personal speculation in English politics.” More than a hundred years later, he remains a source of adulation, as well as misunderstanding. 
This revelatory new book takes on Churchill in his entirety, separating the man from the myth that he so carefully cultivated, and scrutinizing his legacy on both sides of the Atlantic. In effervescent prose, shot through with sly wit, Geoffrey Wheatcroft illuminates key moments and controversies in Churchill’s career―from the tragedy of Gallipoli, to his shocking imperialist and racist attitudes, dealings with Ireland, support for Zionism, and complicated engagement with European integration. 
Charting the evolution and appropriation of Churchill’s reputation through to the present day, Churchill’s Shadow colorfully renders the nuance and complexity of this giant of modern politics. 
 Amazon.com Review 
 Do we really need to read another book about Winston Churchill? He has ascended into the pantheon of history’s leaders, respected across the globe. He led Britain and the world when it needed him most. He is beloved and emulated to this day. This is all true, but he was also human. In fact, he was often wrong or misdirected, distrusted and even hated. The Churchill who has risen to legend only partly resembles the man himself. And that’s why this book is so fascinating. Geoffrey Wheatcroft has written a work that separates the man from the myth, gives us much to chew on, and ultimately sheds light on how we collectively turn humans into demigods. This should go on the same shelf alongside the works of Andrew Roberts, Erik Larson, and other great books on Churchill. 
—Chris Schluep, Amazon Editor 
 Review 
"Few have argued the case as powerfully as Wheatcroft.... [He] is a skilled prosecutor with a rapier pen.... Wheatcroft’s could be the best single-volume indictment of Churchill yet written." 
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Peter Baker, New York Times Book Review\n"Trenchant.... Even readers sick of Churchill will find much to enjoy, partly because Wheatcroft is such a fluent and entertaining writer, but also because he has so many interesting and provocative things to say." 
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Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times (UK)\n"A clear-eyed, incisive, and superbly balanced account of Churchill, the man and the myth. Wheatcroft shows how a deeply flawed character, with outdated views on empire and race even by the standards of his own time, but a ‘Rossini of rhetoric,’ caught a wave of history in 1940 and became the darling of the British and American Right. Much to think about in the twenty-first century." 
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Robert Gildea, professor of Modern History, University of Oxford, and author of Em

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

W.W.Norton&Company

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The Controversy Of Zion: Jewish Nationalism, The Jewish State, And The Unresolved Jewish Dilemma

The Controversy Of Zion: Jewish Nationalism, The Jewish State, And The Unresolved Jewish Dilemma

Absent Friends

The Randlords: The Men Who Made South Africa

The Randlords: The Men Who Made South Africa

The Randlords

Le Tour: A History of the Tour De France, 1903-2003

The Randlords: The Exploits & Exploitations of South Africa's Mining Magnates

Le Tour: A History of the Tour de France

Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill