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Black Majesty: The Life Of Christophe, King Of Haiti
$55.00 AUD
Author: John W. Vandercook; drawings by Mahlon BlaineBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dull...
The Girl Who Smiled Beads
A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or save us A riveting tale of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or...
Sacred Elephant
The largest and oldest of land mammals, the elephant, is celebrated by Heathcote Williams in a poem written and broadcast on BBC radio. The ancients recognized and revered the elephant...
Ways of staying
$12.00 AUD
A story at once deeply personal and edifyingly public, Ways of Staying is one man's journey into the heart of a country that remains riven and undefined. From the murder...
The Great Game
The "Great Game" was an imperial, political, diplomatic, and military enterprise in which intrepid individuals played for high stakes in a struggle that stretched from the Causasus in the West...
The Story Of South Africa
$30.00 AUD
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...
Vanishing Africa
$60.00 AUD
Author: Mirella RicciardiBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Size: Folio.Vanishing Africa presents a poignant visual chronicle of traditional African cultures on the cusp of...
Out Of Africa
$20.00 AUD
Author: Karen BlixenBinding: HardbackPublished: Century Publishing, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor nick/tear on front pastedown. Out of Africa chronicles Karen...
Burger's Daughter
$15.00 AUD
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....
The Boer War
$40.00 AUD
Author: Thomas PakenhamBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some wear and tear esp along edges and corners,...
The Puppeteers - An Examination of Those Organizations and Bodies Concerned with the Elimination of the White Man In Africa
$20.00 AUD
Author: Harold Soref, Ian GreigBinding: PaperbackPublished: Tandem, 1965Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cover has general wear, previous owner name inside, pages yellowedThe Puppeteers presents a detailed...
The Blue Nile
$20.00 AUD
Author: Alan MooreheadBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1962Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Fold-out maps intact. A captivating work of...
Colonial Ladies
$20.00 AUD
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...
Gandhi and Churchill: The Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged
The epic story of the rivalry that shaped the 20th century and poses questions for the 21st. Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill- India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime...
An All Consuming Passion: The Life of Georgiana Molloy
This epic story of settlement and colonization is, specifically, the story of the settlement of the southeast of Western Australia. At its heart is the story of Georgiana Molloy and...
Footfalls Echo in the Memory: A Life with the Colonial Education
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...
Our Land in Colour
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...
Conquistadores
A riveting new history of Spanish imperialism, and the men who laid its foundations The 'conquistadores', the early explorers and settlers of Spanish America, have become the stuff of legends...
Red Africa: Affective Communities and the Cold War
It is now almost 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the fragmentation of the Soviet Union into a series of republics and the rejection of communist politics...
Living Africa
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...
Churchill Wanted Dead or Alive
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...
Eyes Over Africa: Special Selection
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...
The Elizabethan World Picture
$40.00 AUD
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...
A Tourist In Africa
$20.00 AUD
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...
African Trade Beads: Their 10,000-Year History
$60.00 AUD
First made and worn 120,000 years ago, beads were originally made of natural materials -- stones, shells, wood -- and have been used for adornment, currency and burial offerings. Trade...
Wars of Empire
The 19th century signalled the high renaissance of Western imperialism. As more and more territory fell under colonial rule, European empires began to advance seemingly unchecked across the world. But...
Vanishing Africa
$50.00 AUD
Author: Mirella RicciardiBinding: HardbackPublished: Williams Collins Sons & Co, London, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerMirella Ricciardi's "Vanishing Africa" is a captivating photographic journey through the diverse landscapes...
Leni Riefenstahl's Africa
$80.00 AUD
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...
Elephant Song
$15.00 AUD
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....
Mary Kingsley
$20.00 AUD
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...
Dry Water: Diving Headfirst into Africa
All of the apparent accidents and mysterious coincidences that led me, an ordinary Australian girl, to a life in Africa happened for a good reason. I m not sure what...
The Snakebite Survivors' Club
Jeremy Seal travels to the USA, Africa, Australia and India to meet people living amongst the world's deadliest snakes - and attempts to overcome his personal fear in the process....
African Nights
Continuing the book "I Dreamed of Africa", this volume is written in episodes and covers Kuki's life over the last ten to 12 years. She refers glancingly to the deaths...
Lords of the Earth: The Entwined Destiny of Wildlife and Humanity
For more than 40 years, Cyril Christo son of the artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude his wife Marie, and his son Lysander have been travelling among the last indigenous peoples...
Who's Who in the Zulu War 1879, Vol. 2: Colonials and Zulus
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...
The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working
$12.00 AUD
After years of frustration at the stifling atmosphere of political correctness surrounding discussions of Africa, long time World Bank official Robert Calderisi speaks out. He boldly reveals how most of...
The Shadow of the Sun: My African Life
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...
Deliverance: The inside story of East Timor's fight for freedom
In late 1999 the world watched as a small country became the world's newest nation amid a frenzy of destruction and killing. Now, Deliverance tells the inside story of East...
In the Age of Mabo: History, Aborigines and Australia
The 1992 High Court's Mabo decision has provoked much controversy in contemporary Australia. As the ruling has increasingly become the subject of intense debate throughout the community, the implications of...
Winds of Change, 1914-39
$30.00 AUD
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...
The Trade Makers: Elder Dempster In West Africa 1852-1972
$45.00 AUD
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...
