African History

Author: Cecil NorthcottBinding: HardbackPublished: Lutterworth Pres, 1973Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography chronicles the remarkable life of a legendary explorer, tracing his ambitious expeditions across...

Author: Terence H. O'BrienBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable London, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles the impactful career of Alfred Milner, a pivotal figure in British imperial...

Author: Mirella RicciardiBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerAfrican Saga presents a vivid, personal account of life and adventure across the diverse...

Author: Peter BadmanBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME-LIFE BOOKS AUSTRALIA in association with JOHN FERGUSON SYDNEY, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNorth Africa 1940-1942: The Desert War chronicles the intense military campaigns fought...

Author: J. A. Wilson, H. W., HammertonBinding: HardbackPublished: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd, 1900Condition:Book: PoorJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn boards with marks and specks. Shaky binding with boards...

In an extraordinary and engaging account this book traces the paths South Africans have followed from pre-colonial times to the democratic present, providing fascinating personal and historical details, and raising...

For centuries the pyramids have inspired passionate theories about their origins, purpose and method of construction. In this fully work on the major pyramids of Ancient Egypt, the author surveys...

Unravel the history behind of one of the most fascinating ancient civilisations with this engaging, entertaining and educational guide to the ancient Egyptians. With a complete rundown of ancient Egyptian...

In the early months of 1994, it became clear that the government of Rwanda had not acted in good faith in signing peace accords with its adversary, the Rwandan Patriotic...

Ancient Egypt, land of the pharaohs, bore witness to the rise and fall of the world's greatest civilization. A combination of evidence ranging from the pyramids and rock-cut tombs to...

A reign-by-reign history of ancient Egypt. An introduction covers landscape and resources, followed by chapters on the prehistory and dynastic period. The main part of the book recounts the history...

Iain Smith's impressive reappraisal of the origins of what used to be known as the Anglo-Boer War is based on extensive work in the British and South African archives. While...

One of the most monstrous enterprises in the annals of international history,' said Karl Marx. 'A madness without parallel since Don Quixote,' said a future French president. This is history's...

Captured by Christian pirates in the Mediterranean and imprisoned by the Pope, then released, baptized, and allowed a European life of scholarship as the Christian writer Giovanni Leone, Al-Hasan al-Wazzan...

"A Distant Field of Murder" tells the story of a frontier - south-western Victoria during the 1830s and 1840s. It describes how one culture, that of the original possessors of...

The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, A Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's...

Winner of the Whitley Award for Best Natural History Book 2022 A compelling, funny, first-hand account of Australia's wonderfully unique mammals and how our perceptions impact their future. Think of...

Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a...

Focusing on the arrival of the human figure as a subject of art, Mary Beard examines the history of beauty in civilisation. Beginning with the Jericho painted skulls from 10,000...

Author: Philip MaselBinding: PaperbackPublished: Department of Veterans' Affairs. Canberra, 2012Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageUnknown

Author: Bernard SachsBinding: HardbackPublished: DENNIS DOBSON, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the profound societal and personal transformations...

Author: Sidney SheldonBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing London, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTracing a significant historical diaspora, The Trail Of The Huguenots:...

Author: Wilbur SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann London, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Excellent condition. Slight fading to colours on spine of DJThis sweeping historical saga, The...

Author: G. Elmore ReamanBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller Limited, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTracing a significant historical diaspora, The Trail Of The...

Author: Alex HaleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of Australia, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsRoots: The Saga Of An American Family chronicles the harrowing yet ultimately triumphant journey of several...

Author: Romain GaryBinding: HardbackPublished: MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThe novel The Roots of Heaven presents a...

Author: Peter ForbathBinding: HardbackPublished: Atheneum, NY, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsSeven Seasons chronicles the intricate journey of a protagonist navigating the ebb and flow of life's most...

Author: K. S. InglisBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Wear to board. Faded board spine with chip to same. Light tanning to block. Pages...

Author: Nadine GordimerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Discoloured, faded and lightly chipped spine of DJ. Minor denting to spine of...

Author: Wilbur SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1999Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMonsoon is an epic historical adventure that chronicles the tumultuous lives of the Courtney family across generations....

Author: Suzanne BruggerBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne U. P. Melbourne, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, Australians And Egypt: 1914-1919, chronicles the significant presence and impact of Australian...

In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his gun-toting daughter Alice and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea....

The dramatic story of one of the most formative years in the life of Winston Churchill. The dramatic story of one of the most formative years in the life of...

Between 1870 and 1940, tens of thousands of Australian women were drawn to London, their imperial metropolis and the center of the publishing, art, musical, theatrical, and educational worlds. Even...

'More than just a work of first-class scholarship, Liberty's Exile's is a deeply moving masterpiece that fulfil's the historian's most challenging ambition: to revivify past experience.' Niall Fergusson On a...

Author: Peter BeardBinding: HardbackPublished: Taschen, 2020Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work The End Of The Game chronicles the devastating decline of African wildlife, particularly the elephant...

Author: Lise MannicheBinding: HardbackPublished: British Museum Publications., 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, City Of The Dead: Thebes In...

Author: Alex HaleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson., 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsRoots: The Saga Of An American Family chronicles the harrowing yet ultimately...

Author: Carla Risseeuw, Kamala GaneshBinding: HardbackPublished: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor bumps to board.The...

Author: Brian Ingpen - Robert PabstBinding: HardbackPublished: Jane's, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsMaritime South Africa: A Pictorial History chronicles the rich and vibrant seafaring heritage...

Author: David ReynoldsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Bygone Ships, Trains and Planes, Pretoria, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account chronicles the vital role...

Author: Iris BergerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Indiana University Press/ James Currey., 1992Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic work chronicles the pivotal role...

Author: Elspeth HuxleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Chatto & Windus, 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Clean text....

Author: A. R. Radcliffe-Brown And Daryll FordeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1965Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cover has faded as seen in photo. Includes fold out family trees...

The art of the Fang, the BaTeke, the BaKota and other African peoples is extremely vigorous and shows brilliant sense of form. The substantial aesthetic impact of their works upon...

Now a major documentary film starring Billy Bragg In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the British Government banished their political enemies - viewed with the same alarm as today's...

The Mummy follows the history of mummification in Egypt from the dynastic age to the present day, including a consideration of the mummy in modern popular culture, films and literature,...