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Ramesses the Great:Warrior and Builder: Warrior and Builder
During his long reign (1279-1213 BC), Ramesses II left his mark on ancient Egypt, bringing prosperity, justice and order in a golden age during which cultural life thrived. As a...
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar
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The Story of Egypt: The Epic History of the World's Greatest Civilisation
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The Search for Ancient Egypt
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Caledonia Australis: Scottish Highlanders on the Frontier of Australia
An extraordinary piece of history - the Scottish Highlanders on the frontier of Australia - with introduction from Inga Clendinnen. An extraordinary piece of history - the Scottish Highlanders on...
The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the
From one of the world's most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity's future The land of the free. The home of...
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
'The reigning Queen of Classics' Spectator'Mary Beard is the best in the business' Dan Snow'Excellent' Guardian'Enthralling' Sunday TimesBritain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations?Central to this huge question are...
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict
'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an excellent eye for revealing detail' William Dalrymple'James has a...
Sands of Death: An Epic Tale Of Massacre And Survival In The Sahara
In December 1880 a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their colony in Algeria right across the Sahara desert to reach their...
One Day I Will Write About This Place
Binyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. This world came to him as a chaos of loud and colourful sounds: the...
Through the Leopard's Gaze
In her captivating memoir Through the Leopard's Gaze, Njambi McGrath details the harrowing circumstances of her life as a young girl in Kenya, who one fateful night was beaten to...
Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic
Slaves to Fashion is a pioneering cultural history of the black dandy, from his emergence in Enlightenment England to his contemporary incarnations in the cosmopolitan art worlds of London and...
Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque: The Living, Dead, and Undead in
In this major reassessment of Japanese imperialism in Asia, Mark Driscoll foregrounds the role of human life and labor. Drawing on subaltern postcolonial studies and Marxism, he directs critical attention...
The Babylon Plot (Joe Mason, Book 4)
'Five-star turbo-charged, non-stop action thriller... It reads like a movie reel... Needs to be on every thrill seeker's reading list' NetGalley review ?????Don't miss the next instalment of the Joe...
Travelling Wild: Trekking the Sahara
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Travelling Wild: Trekking the Sahara Desert follows a traveller on a fictitious journey by foot, camel and 4x4 across the world's largest dry desert. It uses the information you would...
The Granta Book of the African Short Story
The Granta Book of the African Short Story introduces a group of African writers described by its editor, Helon Habila, as 'the post-nationalist generation'. Presenting a diverse and dazzling collection...
The Living and the Rest
"The limitless possibilities of fiction are brilliantly utilised . . . Ingenious" Irish Times"Agualusa's funny and lively tale turns increasingly ominous ahead of an explosive conclusion" Guardian***A Financial Times Fiction...
The Rift: A New Africa Breaks Free
Taking the Great Rift Valley - the geological fault that will eventually tear Africa in two - as his central metaphor, Alex Perry explores the split between a resurgent Africa...
Jandamarra: And the Bunuba Resistance
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The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial
FROM THE WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE and author of EAST WEST STREETTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Should be read by anyone who cares about justice, humanity and human...
From Christian Egypt to Islamic Egypt
Seeking to uncover the broader cultural changes of the period by drawing on a wide array of literary and documentary sources, Maged Mikhail stresses the cultural and institutional developments that...
Continental Shift: A Journey Into Africa's Changing Fortunes
Africa is failing. Africa is rising. Africa is betraying its citizens. Africa is a place of starvation, corruption, stupidity. African economies are soaring faster than any other on earth. Africa...
White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations
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The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial [...]
FROM THE WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE and author of EAST WEST STREETTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Should be read by anyone who cares about justice, humanity and human...
Young Elizabeth: One Extraordinary African Summer in the Life of the Princess
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Dispatches from the Vanguard: The Global International African [...]
A collection of writers, poets, artists, social entrepreneurs and political activists in the Global International African Arts Movement speak about their work in the context of Trump, giving a voice...
Prince Among Slaves (Anniversary)
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In this remarkable work, Terry Alford tells the story of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima, a Muslim slave who, in 1807, was recognized by an Irish ship's surgeon as the son...
Race, Nation, and Empire in American History
While public debates over America's current foreign policy often treat American empire as a new phenomenon, this lively collection of essays offers a pointed reminder that visions of national and...
Piazza San Marco
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You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Toni Morrison'You Don't Know Us Negroes adds immeasurably to our understanding of Hurston ... her words make it impossible for readers to...
Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 2024GUARDIAN: BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024'GRIPPING' THE TIMES This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of the Clotilda, the...
The Civilization of Ancient Egypt
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Armies Of God: Islam and Empire on the Nile, 1869-1899
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Long Walk To Freedom: Film Tie In
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East and West
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Young Mandela
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Into the House of the Ancestors
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In Praise of Savagery
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Divided We Stand: Britain, the United States and the Suez Crisis
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Memoria: Tales of a different History
Author: Nadine HounkpatinFormat: Paperback, 212mm x 246mm, 440g, 112 pagesPublished: Actes Sud, France, 2021Memoria: stories from another History is the idea of a collective memory made up of a myriad...
Memoria: Tales of a different History
Author: Nadine HounkpatinFormat: Paperback, 212mm x 246mm, 440g, 112 pagesPublished: Actes Sud, France, 2021Memoria: stories from another History is the idea of a collective memory made up of a myriad...
Father to the Fatherless: The Charles Mulli Story
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Destination Casablanca: Exile, Espionage, and the Battle for North Africa in World War II
Author: Meredith Hindley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 In the summer of 1940, following France's surrender to Germany, Casablanca was transformed from an exotic travel destination to a key...
Caliban Shore
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African Europeans: An Untold History
Author: Olivette Otele Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A Guardian Best Book of 2020 A History Today Book of the Year, 2020 Renowned historian Olivette Otele uncovers the untold...
Maralinga: The Struggle for Return of the Lands
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A System of Ambition?: British Foreign Policy, 1660-1793
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On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
Author: Caroline Dodds Pennock Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A New Statesman Best Book of the Year 2023. A Waterstones Book of the Year 2023. An Economist Book of...