African History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; slightly creased spine. In the fertile river country of southern Queensland, a war was fought...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the ancient landscapes shaped by the world's oldest living cultures to the modern corridors of Canberra's parliament, The Cambridge History of Australia presents...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedA remarkable journey unfolds in To the African Wilderness with Dick Roughsey O.B.E., a vivid travel narrative that chronicles the extraordinary adventure...

Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the sacred courtyard of Mecca to the far reaches of the Indonesian archipelago, Atlas of the Islamic World since 1500 presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodSet beneath the vast, indifferent skies of the South African Karoo, The Story of an African Farm is a landmark work of literary realism that follows...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched deserts of the Sudan to the dense, rain-soaked jungles of Vietnam, Sudan to Vietnam charts the arc of modern military conflict...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAfrica — a continent of staggering diversity, ancient civilisations, and living traditions — is brought into vivid focus in Cultural Atlas of Africa, a...

At the centre of this extraordinary historical narrative are two linked themes: the grinding down of the aborigines during the long rivalries of the quest for El Dorado, the mythical...

The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk with over $1 billion in gold and silver-and one man's obsessive quest to find it-from the Sunday Times bestselling...

South Africa was at war. Mostly with itself. For those in power in the most infamously segregated of societies, the enemy was not just on the northern borders or in...

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is an ambitious masterwork of political economy, detailing the impact of slavery and colonialism on the history of international capitalism. In this classic book, Rodney makes...

The account of what happened in Rwanda on 22nd April 1995 when a group of Australian UN peacekeepers were forced to watch helplessly while over 4,000 men, women and children...

Thirteen/WNET and National Geographic Television have joined forces to create a television event for Fall 2001 - Africa: Land of the Sun - and 8-hour film series showing the majesty...

The book titled To the Bitter End: A Photographic History of the Boer War 1899-1902 by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

An original history of the most enduring colonial creation, the city, explored through ten portraits of powerful urban centers the British Empire left in its wake At its peak, the...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before wildlife conservation became a global cause, one man walked among lions on the vast, sun-scorched plains...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingSet against the sweeping, untamed landscapes of South Africa, The Courtneys is an omnibus edition collecting three of Wilbur Smith's most celebrated...

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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...

The overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi has been one of the twenty-first century's defining moments: the Arab world's most bizarre dictator brought down by his own people with the aid of...

Hailed as 'a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel' (NRC Handelsblad), David van Reybrouck's rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Robert Hughes's 'The Fatal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore the might of the British Empire swept across the Australian continent, there were...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sweeping savannahs of the Sahel to the turbulent ports of the Cape, Africa since 1800 presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsIn his final work of travel writing, Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul embarks on an unflinching journey across...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhen the guns of August 1914 began to fire, the conflict that erupted was not merely a European war — it was a truly...

Edition: 1st us ed., 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedSet against the brutal and largely forgotten war for Eritrean independence, To Asmara transports readers into one of...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedIn the dust and danger of a war-torn East Africa, Towards Asmara chronicles the journey of a disparate group of...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedAt the crossroads of the ancient Mediterranean world stood Carthage — a city of legendary power, wealth, and mystery — and Carthage of the...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the dust of the Western Sudan to the collapse of one of...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionIn the shadow of colonial expansion, Aborigines in Colonial Victoria 1835–86 presents a rigorous and unflinching account...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA continent of breathtaking diversity, Africa is home to thousands of distinct ethnic groups, each with its own language, customs, spiritual beliefs, and social...

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There have been many books written about what we can learn from the failures of the past, but I want to take a more optimistic view, focussing on what we...

Shakepeare's "lass unparallel", the mistress of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, Cleopatra was born in 69 BC and died before she reached the age of forty, when Alexandria fell to...

'A Victorian drama of three intertwined lives set against a backcloth of the greatest empire the world has ever seen. By degrees heroic, poignant, whimsical and tragic, Brian Thompson's wonderful...

The book titled Egyptology by the author James Putnam. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In order to know where you're going, you must know where you've been. In her debut book, podcaster, priestess, and all-around badass witch Juju Bae teaches you how to connect...

Colonel Gadaffi's Hat is both a gripping and deeply moving account of the Libyan uprising from the lone journalist who was able to report from the rebel army convoy that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of Egypt's ancient Nile, power, desire, and religious authority collide in a story that refuses...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFor anyone determined to unlock the beauty and practicality of one of Africa's most widely spoken languages, Teach Yourself Swahili...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat happens when a modern wanderer sets out to retrace the footsteps of history's greatest traveller? Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes...

Born in French Equatorial Africa, Andree Blouin played a leading role in the struggles for decolonization that shook the continent in the 1950s and 1960s. From the colonial orphanage of...

"[A] vivid travelogue." New Statesman "Has much to offer." The Spectator "Sparks the imagination." BBC History Magazine "A fascinating study." BBC History Revealed Magazine "Essential reading." All About History "Valiant,...