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Africa
Hardcover. The Rastafari have been travelling to Ethiopia since the movement originated in Jamaica in 1930s. This book offers the investigation into how Ethiopians perceive Rastafari and Rastafarians within Ethiopia and the role this unique immigrant community plays within Ethiopian society. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479882243
- ISBN
- 9781479882243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Hardcover. In September 2008 Dorothy, a female chimp in her late forties, died of heart failure at Cameroon's Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center. A photo of Dorothy's funeral went viral after being published in National Geographic. This memoir follows the chimpanzee's life from the time the author met her at Luna Park Hotel in 1999 until her death. Num Pages: 272 pages, Two 16-Page Color Inserts. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; BM; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062132482
- ISBN
- 9780062132482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.17
€ 29.99
€ 24.17
Paperback. The African grasslands stretch across the continent below the Sahara. In a square of land about the size of a living room, children will see animals they might have encountered only at the zoo. This work, a journey of discovery, is part of the "One Small Square" series of interactive science and nature books. Series: One Small Square. Num Pages: 48 pages, 48col.ill. BIC Classification: 1H; 5AK; YNNR; YQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 227 x 4. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780070579316
- ISBN
- 9780070579316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.13
€ 12.13
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780227173565
- ISBN
- 9780227173565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.92
€ 42.92
Hardcover. A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction which links the discourse on contemporary Western women captives in Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq with that of former white captives in North Africa. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221987
- ISBN
- 9780230221987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.45€ 124.51
€ 126.45
€ 124.51
Paperback. This analysis of the current economic situation in Africa describes the international and domestic political and social developments that have contributed to the present state of affairs. The contributors call for significant changes in the manner in which Western aid is provided and utilized. Editor(s): Callaghy, Thomas M.; Ravenhill, John. Num Pages: 573 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 573
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082297
- ISBN
- 9780231082297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.96
€ 60.96
Paperback. This book is one of the most successful examples in the Africanist literature of placing structures in time. It presents a detailed description of the politics of production in Maale during 1975 against a completed past of Imperial Ethiopian history and an uncertain future of revolutionary socialism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JHBL; JHM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231100472
- ISBN
- 9780231100472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.55
€ 51.55
Paperback. Illustrating the proposition - intervention is as American as apple pie - this work draws a general portrait of American military intervention since the end of the cold war by examining specific interventions: Bosnia, Lebanon, Somalia, Afghanistan, Panama, Haiti, the Gulf War, and South Korea. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1FBL; 1FCA; 1FPKS; 1HFGS; 1KBB; 1KJH; 1KLCP; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118491
- ISBN
- 9780231118491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.81
€ 54.81
Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 174 color images, and 4 more for the cover. BIC Classification: 1H; APF; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 622. Adapting Violence to the Screen. Series: Film and Culture Series. 360 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1H; APF; DSB. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 22. Weight: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147552
- ISBN
- 9780231147552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.94
€ 50.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Diouf, Mamadou. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. 296 pages. Editor(s): Diouf, Mamadou. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JFSR2; JP. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162630
- ISBN
- 9780231162630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.68
€ 47.68
Hardcover. Captures the immigrants' struggle for identity in the face of competing stories and documents Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1HFGE; 1HFGS; 1KBBW; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991436
- ISBN
- 9780295991436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.42
€ 70.42
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992556
- ISBN
- 9780295992556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.64
€ 128.64
Hardback. This insightful book relates how Emperor Haile Selassie helped shape America's image of Africa and how that image continues to evolve in the United States today. Num Pages: 231 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313386206
- ISBN
- 9780313386206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.68
€ 68.68
Paperback. A backlist classic redesigned and reinvigorated for early readers! Illustrator(s): Pinkney, Jerry. Series: Adventures of Spider. Num Pages: 32 pages, Colour illus throughout. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 5AK; YFJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 3. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316203814
- ISBN
- 9780316203814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.04
€ 7.04
Paperback. "Rich, detailed, and pitch-perfect, with the witty and wonderful skipping off every page."-Maxwell Carter, Wall Street Journal Num Pages: 464 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; 1KBC; 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBWM; JWH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353907
- ISBN
- 9780393353907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.24
€ 18.99
€ 18.24
Paperback. American scientist Caitlin O'Connell could not believe what she was seeing from these African elephants: as the mighty matriarch scanned the horizon, the other elephants followed suit, stopped midstride, and stood as still as statues. This observation would guide the scientist to a ground-breaking discovery about elephant communication. Num Pages: 80 pages, full colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; YNNR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 282 x 231 x 8. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- HMH Books for Young Readers
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780544668300
- ISBN
- 9780544668300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.16
€ 14.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. Series: Fabric Folios. 88 pages, 100 colour illustrations, maps, further reading, index. This text explores the rich and diverse range of silk and textiles from Africa. Focusing on over 30 pieces from the British Museum's collection, it brings together traditions of silk weaving and embroidery from throughout the African continent. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1H; 3D; AFW; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 225 x 9. Weight: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714125633
- ISBN
- 9780714125633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.02
€ 18.02
Paperback. The story of a short-lived but vehement eugenics movement that emerged among a group of Europeans in Kenya in the 1930s, unleashing a set of writings on racial differences in intelligence more extreme than that emanating from any other British colony in the twentieth century. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719071614
- ISBN
- 9780719071614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.86
€ 32.86
Looks at the attitudes of colonial officials in Africa who served between the end of the19th century and WWII, as well as what shaped such attitudes, including education and training, interrelationships, infrastructural change, and anti-colonial nationalism. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 1QDB; HBJD1; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083686
- ISBN
- 9780719083686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.22
€ 150.22
Paperback. By contrasting mobs of rope-wielding white Southerners to the gun-toting policemen and administrators who formally defended white supremacy in South Africa, this book employs racial killing as an optic for examining the distinctive logic of the racial state in the two contexts. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBBS; HBJH; HBJK; JFFE. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085574
- ISBN
- 9780719085574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.07
€ 37.07