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Africa
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
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
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
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743266253
- ISBN
- 9780743266253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.53
€ 17.99
€ 16.53
Hardback. From the 10th century to the end of the 12th century, the Fatimid Empire played a central, yet controversial, role in the history of Islam. By relating it to the wider history of Islam, the Crusades and its theocratic counterparts in Byzantium and Western Europe, this book shows the full historical significance of the empire. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; 3F; 3H; HBJH; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640775
- ISBN
- 9780748640775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.81
€ 149.81
Hardcover. Makes a persuasive case for a black Atlantic literary renaissance and its impact on modernist studies. This title explores the term 'Afromodernisms' and the study to address together the cognate fields of modernism and the black Atlantic. It sets an agenda for the study of blackness and modernism. Editor(s): Sweeney, Fionnghuala; Marsh, Kate. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748646401
- ISBN
- 9780748646401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.77
€ 139.77
Examines the concept that for millions of people, human rights is merely an intellectual abstraction which only the affluent nations can afford. Unless the concept is understood by all the citizens of the world, many governments will continue to give lip service to the ideals of human rights. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761817543
- ISBN
- 9780761817543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.34
€ 98.34
The Middle East and Islamic World Reader. An Historical Reader for the...
. Ed(S): Gettleman, Marvin E.; Schaar, Stuart
Paperback. The Muslim world is rich and diverse, yet few Westerners are familiar with the writings and teachings of a culture that is at the forefront of world events. This title assembles a selection of documents and contemporary scholarship to give a view of the history of the peoples from the core Islamic lands, from the Golden Age of Islam onwards. Editor(s): Gettleman, Marvin E.; Schaar, Stuart. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBJH; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802145772
- ISBN
- 9780802145772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.33
€ 20.99
€ 20.33
Hardcover. This work attempts to provide short profiles of Africa's leaders and their main challengers. It concentrates on the presidents and military rulers in power and those most likely to replace them. Each profile has a short assessment of their character and career followed by a life history. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JM; GTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840195
- ISBN
- 9780810840195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.73
€ 128.73
Previously published as: Historical dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo / by Emizet Franocois Kisangani and F. Scott Bobb. 2010. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa. Num Pages: 570 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; GBC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 40. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810849198
- ISBN
- 9780810849198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.56
€ 216.56
Historical Dictionary of Zambia (Historical Dictionaries of Africa)
Simon, David J., Pletcher, James R., Siegel, ...
Hardcover. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa. Num Pages: 680 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810853058
- ISBN
- 9780810853058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.24
€ 239.24