African History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew cities on Earth carry the weight of history as magnificently as Cairo — a metropolis so vast and ancient that its own people named...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerLong before modern travel apps and online itineraries, a compact and authoritative volume offered the discerning traveller an unparalleled passport into one...

Edition: 3rd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew works of cultural documentation have endured with such scholarly tenacity as Edward...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Large tears now repaired with non-acidic tape.Long before mass tourism and modern travel opened Egypt's wonders to the world, the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the heart of West Africa, where ancient animist traditions meet the sweeping tide of Islam, lies the spiritual world...

Edition: 2nd prCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: VG+. DJ unclipped in mylar. Binding remains tight; clean and bright copy. Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1930s...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew cities on earth carry the weight of millennia as Cairo does — a metropolis where pharaonic grandeur, Islamic splendour, and colonial ambition have all...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of Egypt's ancient necropolis, where the desert sands guard millennia of secrets, A Mountain Speaks...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew civilisations have matched the dazzling artistry of ancient Egypt, and Jewels of the Pharaohs: Egyptian...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn November 1922, beneath the sun-scorched sands of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, archaeologist Howard Carter made the most sensational...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFew civilisations have captivated the human imagination quite like that of ancient Egypt — a world of monumental pyramids, divine pharaohs, and sacred...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched banks of the Nile to the shadowed halls of Karnak, Gods and Myths of Ancient Egypt immerses the reader in the rich...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingLong before the age of modern archaeology, Egypt's magnificent ancient treasures were plundered, bartered, and shipped across the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew archaeological discoveries have ever gripped the world's imagination quite like the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: errata slip on half title-page/ A landmark work at the intersection of art history and cultural criticism, White on Black: The Australian...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of faith, power, and stone, Mamluk History Through Architecture presents a groundbreaking examination of one of the medieval world's most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew names in history resonate with as much mystery and splendour as Tutankhamun — the boy pharaoh whose tomb, discovered in 1922 by Howard...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodStep into the golden world of the ancient Nile, where gods walked among mortals and civilization reached extraordinary heights — The Egypt of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageStep into the sun-scorched sands of antiquity with Egypt: A Journey Through the Land of the Pharaohs, a...

Edition: No. 406 of 425 copies.Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Excellent/Fine - Signed on 06 October 1996. Quarter bound by hand from SA. Clamshell slipcase in very...

The book titled War on the Nile: Britain, Egypt and the Sudan, 1882-98 by the author Michael Barthorp. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

A sharp-sweet memoir of change, identity and hybridity. I loved it - KATHERINE MAY, author of Wintering The orange we know, waxed in vats, gathered in red netting and stacked...

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...

From Aha, king of the 1st Dynasty at Memphis (2920 B.C.), to the vast complex of pleasure palaces at Zerukha this A-Z dictionary places more than 1,500 entries on the...

Offering a study of travellers in Egypt, the contributions to this book encompass early travellers, those with a serious scientific or archaeological interest, those whose primary interest was artistic and...

A secular regime is toppled by Western intervention, but an Islamic backlash turns the liberators into occupiers. Caught between interventionists at home and fundamentalists abroad, a prime minister flounders as...

This book begins by looking at the peoples of Africa at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and goes on to study the commercial and ideological penetration of...

A hypnotic journey in the company of one of the world's most acclaimed Egyptologists over the fabled river telling how the Nile continually brought life to an ancient civilization now...

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST The epic story of the rise and fall of the...

To travelers, Egypt is a place of dreams: a country whose lifeblood is a mighty river, flowing from the heart of Africa. Along the fertile fringe of its banks an...

Against a background of intrigue and manipulation on both sides, the author charts the experiences and impact of those who helped to define the relationship between Britain and Iran from...

Kavalali Mehmed Ali Pasha (c. 1770-1849), often dubbed "the founder of modern Egypt", was one of the most important figures in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Born in what...

Set in Alexandria, this classic and much-loved memoir chronicles the exploits of Andre Aciman's colourful Sephardic Jewish family from its arrival in Egypt at the turn of the century to...

Originally published in 1962, J. Christopher Herold's Bonaparte in Egypt is the best modern account of this extraordinary campaign. In a detailed study, elegantly written, Herold covers all aspects of...

Using his extraordinary "Journeys in Upper and Lower Egypt", published in 1802, as the basis for a vivid and moving account of the discovery of ancient Egypt, the author tells...

The author emphasizes the selected nature of the facts provided by historical texts, and demonstrates the historicity of fiction. She calls into question assumptions about the end of nationalism implicit...

Can European thought be dislodged from the center of the practice of history in a non-European place? What problems arise when we translate cultural practices into the categories of social...

The richness of more than 3000 years of Egyptian civilization comes alive in the pages of this book. From the geology of the land, the first cities, social structure, religion,...

Extending deconstructive theory to historical and political analysis, Timothy Mitchell examines the peculiarity of Western conceptions of order and truth through a re-reading of Europe's colonial encounter with nineteenth-century Egypt.

Viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress, the Victorian period was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. Pankaj Mishra's provocative account of how China, India and the...

Recreates the golden age of ancient Egypt. Here, for example, the pyramids and the sphinx are construction sites teeming with workers. Administrators bustle to fulfil their assignments from the Pharaoh's...

This introduction to the Suez crisis covers the background, the invasion, and its aftermath. The text presents key primary sources, analysis of the significance of the sources discussed, and their...

In A History of Egypt , Jason Thompson has written the first one-volume work to encompass all 5,000 years of Egyptian history, highlighting the surprisingly strong connections between the ancient...

This work combines a guide with a cultural history. The first section, which provides a background to ancient Egypt, its institutions and its people, is fully cross-referenced to the sights...

A moving account of how war is remembered - and by whom 'Impressive. A hundred individual histories, skillfully assembled, built into a poignant meditation on why they still matter' David...