African History

Author: David ReynoldsBinding: HardbackPublished: Downstairs Graphics & Publications, Pretoria, South Africa , 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks:...

Author: By HimselfBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1938Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Rhodesia map on endpapers. Award plate on fep, otherwise internally sound. The...

Author: Robert JacksonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has light tanning to spine, some light foxing to page...

Author: Penny MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: T.V. Bulpin Publications, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine and general wear and tear, previous owner name...

Author: Aude Gros de BelerBinding: HardbackPublished: Moliere., 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis non-fiction book of Ancient Egypt showcases the centuries past and gves insight into the lives...

This title offers an insightful and informative look at the remarkable life and times of Sir James Mancham - founding President of the Republic of the Seychelles. James Mancham (b....

The Truth About Empire comes from expert historians who believe that the truth, as far as we can pinpoint it, matters; that our decades of painstaking research make us worth...

Blue-veiled nomads, camels crossing infinite dunes, oases shimmering on the horizon: ready-made images of the Sahara are easy to conjure. But they can never truly capture a region that crosses...

Illustrates the emotional attraction of the continent's very being - the grandeur, the natural beauty and the multifarious animal kingdom - and inspires a dream of the magic of Africa,...

Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBarbarian Tides: The Aggressive Empires - Egypt's Golden Age,...

Author: Alex HaleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsAlex Haley's monumental work, Roots: The Saga Of An American Family, chronicles the harrowing yet ultimately...

Author: F. George KayBinding: HardbackPublished: White Lion., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Minor bumps and rubbing to cover, slight stain...

Author: Leo MarquardBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber Limited, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe acclaimed "The Story Of South Africa" chronicles the complex and often tumultuous...

Author: Nadine GordimerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerNadine Gordimer's "Burger's Daughter" presents a compelling narrative set against the tumultuous backdrop of apartheid South Africa....

Author: Maggie WeidenhoferBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil Melbourne, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Green cloth with some marks and specks. This is a historical fiction novel that...

The Education Service was a vital arm of the British Colonial Service while the British Council has been paramount in promoting the English language and culture overseas. But are both...

A breathtaking collection of 200 photographs expertly colourised by Aotearoa New Zealand's premier colourist, Brendan Graham, with commentary from award-winning historian Jock Phillips ONZM Our Land in Colour celebrates the...

This sumptuous book invites you to follow the course of the Nile and Egyptian history on board a floating historical monument, the Steam Ship Sudan. At 100 years old, and...

'The empires of the future would be the empires of the mind' declared Churchill in 1943, envisaging universal empires living in peaceful harmony. Robert Gildea exposes instead the brutal realities...

At last a history that explains how indigenous dispossession and survival underlay and shaped the birth of Australian democracy. The legacy of seizing a continent and alternately destroying and governing...

A Pocket Classics hardcover anthology of stories of Africa from centuries past to the present, selected by the Booker Prize-winning Nigerian novelist Ben Okri. A Pocket Classics hardcover anthology of...

This magnificent photographic survey is a personal tour through the length and breadth of Africa by one of the world's leading nature and wildlife photographers. Steve Bloom achieves here a...

This is the story of Winston Churchill's exploits during the Boer War, the springboard from which, overnight, he leapt to fame on the international stage. Within three months of his...

In 2006, to fulfill a long-held dream, widely acclaimed photographer Michael Poliza and friend Stefan Breuer undertook a helicopter journey across Africa. Skimming close to the ground, they flew over...

Author: E. M. W. TillyardBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1958Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: No dust jacket, light wear to cloth cover, previous owner name and marks insideThe...

Author: Evelyn WaughBinding: HardbackPublished: Chapman & Hall, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear to dust jacket, tanning along spineFew people go to East and Central...

Author: Leni RiefenstahlBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins/Harvill, London, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis captivating photography collection presents Leni Riefenstahl's stunning visual chronicle of her decades-long immersion in the Nuba...

Author: Wilbur SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWilbur Smith's "Elephant Song" is a gripping adventure novel that transports readers to the heart of Africa....

Author: Cecil HowardBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of London, 1959Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Frayed, dull and faded spine. This biography...

In 2006, to fulfill a long-held dream, widely acclaimed photographer Michael Poliza and friend Stefan Breuer undertook a helicopter journey across Africa. Skimming close to the ground, they flew over...

In early 1997 Peter Penfold, arrived in Sierra Leone as the British High Commissioner. This fascinating book describes not just his eventful three year tour but the background and subsequent...

The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 has a character that inspires and fascinates readers and increasing numbers of visitors to South Africa. The two volume biographical dictionary of the participants is...

With the greatest of simplifications, for the sake of convenience, can we say Africa. In reality, except as a geographical term, Africa doesn't exist. Kapuscinski has been visiting Africa since...

Author: Harold MacmillanBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper and Row, New York, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn this compelling work of political history, Harold Macmillan, former Prime Minister of the United...

Author: P. N. DaviesBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the extensive operations of Elder...

Every great city deserves a book like this one: a sweeping chronicle by an author whose motives mix passion and bewilderment. Over the course of four and a half millennia,...

Emotions are not universal, but are experienced and expressed in diverse ways within different cultures and times. This overview of the history of emotions within nineteenth-century British imperialism focuses on...

Why did Britain and Argentina go to war over a wintry archipelago that was home to an unprofitable colony? Could the Falklands War, in fact, have been a last-ditch revival...

Northeastern Central African Republic - a vast space bordering Chad, Darfur, and South Sudan - is a quintessential 'stateless' space, where the government has little presence and armed actors operate...

Timbuktu has long been seen as a paradise to Westerners who had, for centuries, led perilous and mostly failed 'discovery' expeditions to the city. It's also legendarily known as the...

This book proposes a thematic treatment of the subject. Following an historical survey of the achievements and scope of the explorers, the ensuing chapters deal with exploration under a series...