African History

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South Africa is one of the most complex and troubled nations on earth. It is the only country whose divisions are legally endorsed, whose isolation is deliberate and whose internal...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the enduring legacy of Roman civilization across the...

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Marco Polo Pocket Guide South Africa: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips. Explore South Africa with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis commemorative volume, Madiba: The Reader's Digest Tribute To Nelson Mandela, chronicles the extraordinary life and enduring legacy of one of...

Unlock your inner explorer in this riveting account of one of history's greatest adventures--and a study of the seven character traits all great explorers share. In 1856, two intrepid adventurers,...

For Fauziya Kassindja, an idyllic childhood in Togo, West Africa, sheltered from the tribal practices of polygamy and genital mutilation, ended with her beloved father's sudden death.Forced into an arranged...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsJohn Fisher's The Afrikaners chronicles the complex and often tumultuous history of the Afrikaner people, tracing...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition with general wear....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSet against the vibrant backdrop of South Africa, The Rain Queen chronicles the compelling...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsFrank Yerby's The Man From Dahomey transports readers to the vibrant and tumultuous Kingdom of Dahomey...

Condition remarks:Book: Acceptable , ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis commanding work of imperial travel writing presents...

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One of a series of three beautiful and entertaining books combining animal tales from African folklore with fascinating facts about animals native to Africa's grasslands and rainforests. Supplementing each story...

Just what is behind the building of thee pyramids: space ships, ley lines and all the other stories - are they fact or fiction? The Old Kingdom pharaohs believed that...

A novel based on the life of Dr. Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize-winning activist and environmentalist from Kenya From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a...

"Explorers Wanted" is an exciting new non-fiction series aimed at children of 10+. Each book in the series presents the reader with an exciting expedition to tackle, and is crammed...

Author: Nicolaas H. BergmanBinding: HardbackPublisher: Kegan Paul International, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsEgypt: Moulids Saints Sufis by Nicolaas H. Bergman presents a comprehensive study...

Author: Marla C. Berns, Barbara Rubin HudsonBinding: HardbackPublisher: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1986Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good...

Author: Mirella RicciardiBinding: HardbackPublisher: Collins, 1982Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Plastic wrap over dust jacketA captivating memoir, African Saga chronicles Mirella...

Where have the people in any particular place actually come from? What are the historical complexities in any particular place? This evocative historical journey around the world shows us. Native...

This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India....

Like the bestsellers Princess and Not Without My Daughter, Do They Hear You When You Cry? tells the dramatic, compulsively readable story of a woman fighting to free herself from...

"Safari" in Swahili means a journey, typically a long one. In "Dark Star Safari", Theroux's itinerary is African, from Cairo to Cape Town - down the Nile, through Sudan and...

Author: Hilda D. Spear And Abdel Moneim AlyBinding: HardbackPublished: Cecil Woolf London, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work illuminates E.M. Forster's profound connection to Egypt, specifically...

An introduction to the causes and consequences of the Korean War, this history seeks to challenge presumptions about Korea favoured by American politicians and network news pundits. Through a judicious...

This remarkable yearbook by Danielle and Olivier Foellmi, a follow-up to their successful Buddhist Offerings, presents the wise words of a leading personality in African literature for every day of...

Author: Gavin LongBinding: HardbackPublished: AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL, 1952Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis official army history presents the opening...

Author: Wendy James, Gerd Baumann, And Douglas H. JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Hakluyt Society, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Juan Maria Schuver's Travels In North...

Author: Robert DarlingtonBinding: HardbackPublished: SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSudan To Vietnam by Robert Darlington presents a comprehensive historical analysis of global conflicts and geopolitical...

Author: J. K. O'ConnorBinding: PaperbackPublished: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, LTD., 1915Condition:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Moderate insect damage affects...

Author: Donald WoodsBinding: HardbackPublished: PADDINGTON PRESS LTD, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Previous owner' name penned on reverse fep. Lengthy gifter's inscription on half-title page....

Author: Henry M. StanleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1890Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine...

Author: Richard Jobson, David P. GambleBinding: HardbackPublished: THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRichard Jobson's The Discovery Of River Gambra chronicles a pivotal seventeenth-century expedition into West...

'A remarkable feat of scholarship, fairness and readability, full of lively detail with a freshness of style which brings new life to the narrative' Anthony Sampson Throughout its turbulent history,...

A powerful debut from an authentic new voice for the Doubleday list. THE BOOK OF ECHOES is a sweeping, uplifting and inspriational story of how a boy from Brixton and...

This important book provides an invaluable guide to Scoland's new parliament. With his unique insight, gained in more than twenty years of covering Scottish politics as a journalist, Brian Taylor...

This text explores the conflict that began in 1756 and ended in 1763, generally known as the Seven Years War, which the author believes laid the foundations of the British...

This is the story of Ancient Egypt as it was revealed to the world - a succession of discoveries and treasures. The book provides a trip through the golden ages...

Nelson Mandela is widely considered to be one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts...

Author: Nelson MandelaBinding: HardbackPublished: Little, Brown and Company, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLong Walk To Freedom presents the extraordinary life of Nelson Mandela, chronicling his journey from...

This is the story of one of the last colonial campaigns fought by the Victorian army. Between 1880 and 1898, in the barren wastes of the Sudan, small professional British...

`I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.' These notorious words, spoken by Churchill in 1942, encapsulate his image...

Author: Robert DarlingtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Shakespeare Head Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSudan To Vietnam by Robert Darlington presents a comprehensive historical analysis of global conflicts and geopolitical...

Author: Michael PearceBinding: HardbackPublished: The Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: One tear on dust jacket...

Author: Michael PearceBinding: HardbackPublished: William Collins Sons & Co, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: peeling on end of dust jacketThis captivating historical mystery transports readers to turn-of-the-century Cairo,...