MONTEFIORE: So I hope that one finds as much variety here as one does in the book as one does in world history. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ODE TO BILLIE JOE") BOBBIE GENTRY: (Singing) It was the 3 of ...

Do not look the other way; do not hesitate. Recognise that the world is hungry for action, not words. Act with courage and vision. - Nelson Mandela A new collection of quotes from Nelson Mandela ...

The Nelson Mandela Foundation is proud to announce that a new book by Nelson Mandela ... consciousness to his galvanising role on the world stage. It is a rare chance to spend time with Nelson ...

This book makes the case that ... that Smuts played in South African and world history if we want to understand South Africa today. During the 1980s Mandela prodded a recalcitrant apartheid ...

Simon Sebag Montefiore's book "The World" investigates the history of humanity through families - the Caesars and Borgias, the Kims and Tudors, Roosevelts and the House of Saud. The book spans a ...