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hardcover. Biological control has made a major contribution to integrated pest management (IPM) in Africa, but its documentation has often been under-reported. This book provides a review of the most important studies. The focus is on arthropod pests and weeds, but diseases are covered where significant. Num Pages: 448 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1H; KCLT; KNAC; TVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1154.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Publication date
2003
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780851996394
ISBN
9780851996394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.64

Hardback. This valuable work is, in effect, a single-source treatment of a key energy sector in a part of the world which still has a lot of unrealised potential for development. It is the first publication dedicated to sustainable development of bioenergy in Africa. Editor(s): Janssen, Rainer; Rutz, Dominik. Num Pages: 414 pages, 48 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; RNCB; RNU; THX; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2012
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400721807
ISBN
9789400721807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.33

Hardback. The author goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. In this book, he casts his inimitable eye on a continent new to him, and the resultant diary, contains all his laugh-out-loud wit, wry observation and curious insight. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrated with 8pp of colour. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857524201
ISBN
9780857524201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. Xolela Mangcu, who knew Biko, provides the first in-depth look at the life of one of the most iconic figures of the anti-apartheid movement, whose legacy is still strongly felt today, both in South Africa, and worldwide in the global struggle for civil rights, today. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 bw in 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; BGH; HBJH; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767857
ISBN
9781780767857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.68

Paperback. This collection looks at the on-going significance of Black Consciousness, situating it in a global frame, examining the legacy of Steve Biko, the current state of post-apartheid South African politics, and the culture and history of the anti-apartheid movements. Editor(s): Mngxitama, Andile; Alexander, Amanda; Gibson, Nigel. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230606494
ISBN
9780230606494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.94

Hardback. The Big Cat Man - wildlife autobiography of Jonathan Scott, holiday reads and travel literature, including the BBC's Big Cat Diary, Paramount's Wild Things, and Elephant Diaries. Also included are photographs and illustrations by Jonathan and Angela Scott, plus coverage of the Maasai Mara and Serengeti, Antarctica, and travels to India and Bhutan. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKH; 1HFGK; 1MTS; BGA; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784770334
ISBN
9781784770334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.89

Paperback. The Nigerian civil war of the late 1960s was one of the first occasions when Western consciences became aware of the suffering and atrocity being played out in the African Continent. This book talks about this incident. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JJPK; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844155231
ISBN
9781844155231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.92

Hardback. Explores how anthropology can come to terms with "colonial library" and begin to develop an ethnographic practice that transcends politics of Africa's imperial past. This book develops a model of critical agency, focusing on a variety of language genres in Africa situated in rituals that transform socio-political relations. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map, 1 line drawing, 8 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; CFG; HBTQ; HBTR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226023519
ISBN
9780226023519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.75
€ 76.87

Paperback. Explores how anthropology can come to terms with "colonial library" and begin to develop an ethnographic practice that transcends politics of Africa's imperial past. This book develops a model of critical agency, focusing on a variety of language genres in Africa situated in rituals that transform socio-political relations. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 map, 1 line drawing, 8 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226023526
ISBN
9780226023526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.35

Hardback. This book challenges the usual ways in which development and change are regarded in rural Africa and provides a corrective to state-centred studies of development. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 maps, 9 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 1 map, 9 b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; HBJH; JFC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635184
ISBN
9780748635184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.94
€ 110.99

Hardcover. Drawing on insights from a variety of disciplines - history, historical linguistics, archaeology, and anthropology - this title argues that the domains of polities and public healing were intimately entwined in Buganda from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; 3J; HBJH; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813929279
ISBN
9780813929279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.42

Hardcover. The global agenda of Nature conservation has led to the creation of the Masoala National Park in Madagascar and to an exhibit in its support at a Swiss zoo, the centerpiece of which is a mini-rainforest replica. Does such a cooperation also trigger a connection between ordinary people in these two far-flung places? Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 1HSM; JHMC; RNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385523
ISBN
9781782385523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784100520
ISBN
9781784100520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Ball, N.; Ramachandran, V.; Van de Walle, Nicolas. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JP; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403963178
ISBN
9781403963178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.36

Hardback. Editor(s): Ball, N.; Ramachandran, V.; Van de Walle, Nicolas. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JP; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403963161
ISBN
9781403963161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.11

Paperback. This study explores the transition from slavery to freedom and what this transition meant for former slaves, former slaveowners, and the societies in which they lived. It covers areas such as Jamaica, Louisiana, Cuba, and French West Africa. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 illustrations, 4 maps, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KBB; 1KJC; 1KJWJ; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807848548
ISBN
9780807848548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99

Hardback. A counterbalance to the predominant study of Islam's role in social and political struggles, this book examines life in Ede, south-west Nigeria, offering important analyses of religious co-existence. Editor(s): Nolte, Insa; Ogen, Olukoya; Jones, Rebecca. Series: Religion in Transforming Africa. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 2. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011534
ISBN
9781847011534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.62

Hardback. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 308 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349949502
ISBN
9781349949502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.87

Paperback. An exploration of the often conflicted relationship between the United Democratic Front's large-scale resistance to apartheid and its everyday struggles at the local level. Interviews with Cachalia and other personalities in the UDF examine the organization's workings. Series: Reconsiderations in Southern African History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPN; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918686
ISBN
9780813918686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.54

Paperback. He makes practical recommendations about how election monitoring should evolve in the future if it is to continue to contribute to genuine democratization. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 1FMN; 1FMP; 1HFMW; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801880506
ISBN
9780801880506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.63

Paperback. Explores the problems of creativity in the Arab and African world, focusing on Moroccan cinema and one of its key figures, filmmaker M A Tazi. This book centers on a series of interviews conducted with Tazi, whose career provides a rich commentary on the world of Moroccan cinema and on Moroccan cinema in the world. Num Pages: 448 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HBM; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217196
ISBN
9780253217196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. Presents an account of how people in the Taita Hills of Kenya have appropriated and made sense of development thought and practice, focusing on the complex ways that development connects with changing understandings of witchcraft. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; HRQX5; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226764580
ISBN
9780226764580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.28

hardcover. Translator(s): Robinson, Blake. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HBA; AGB; BG; HBJH; WTH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780821412725
ISBN
9780821412725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Paperback. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JFFK; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816651344
ISBN
9780816651344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

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