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Sub-Saharan Africa
Paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages, 150 colour photographs; 3 black-and-white maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publisher
- Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780620611329
- ISBN
- 9780620611329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.92
€ 16.99
€ 13.92
Paperback. 8th April 2009 was just an ordinary day for the author, captain of the United States-registered cargo vessel, the Maersk Alabama, as it headed towards the port of Mombasa. Ordinary that is until, two hundred or so miles off the east coast of Africa, armed Somali pirates attacked and boarded the freighter. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp b & w photos; b & w map. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 3JMC; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857502469
- ISBN
- 9780857502469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.58
€ 14.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Investigates how childbirth became medicalized in Africa. Featuring stories about autopsies and bicycles, obstetric surgery and male initiation, this title reveals how concerns about strange objects and procedures fashioned the hybrid social world of colonialism and its aftermath in Mobutu's Zaire. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 496 pages, 47 b&w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 238 x 38. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 62041st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323662
- ISBN
- 9780822323662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.33
€ 35.99
€ 33.33
This new research in English on the work of the Mozambican writer Mia Couto provides a comprehensive introduction to the critical terrain of Couto's literary thought. Editor(s): Hamilton, Grant; Huddart, David. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 2ADP; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011459
- ISBN
- 9781847011459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.58
€ 77.58
Paperback. New essays providing critical views of Coetzee's major works for the scholar and the general reader. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139023
- ISBN
- 9781571139023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.90
€ 38.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Challenges the understanding of the war that has turned Mozambique - a naturally rich country - into one of the world's poorest nations. This book combines frontline reporting, personal narrative, political analysis, and scholarship to present a picture of a Mozambique harrowed by local conflicts - ethnic, religious, political and personal. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 325 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082663
- ISBN
- 9780520082663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.72
€ 37.99
€ 27.72
Paperback. Reveals the theatricality of early colonial encounter and how it continues to influence Congolese and Belgian understandings of history today Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 1HFJZ; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253007506
- ISBN
- 9780253007506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.18
€ 33.99
€ 31.18
Re-examines this unresolved murder in Kenya and the underlying role of rumour, the media and inter-state relations on how the death has been reported and investigated. Series: African Articulations. Num Pages: 233 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; DSBH5; HBJH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011275
- ISBN
- 9781847011275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.03
€ 89.03
Paperback. The Revolutionary United Front (RUF), claimed to be freeing the country from corruption and the brutalities of its political class and their foreign allies, but their insurgency killed more than 75,000 people. This title charts in detail the decade long civil war that brought Sierra Leone to its knees from 1991-2001. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850657422
- ISBN
- 9781850657422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.56
€ 64.56
"Portions of this book were originally published as Politika SSSR v Zapadnoi Afrike, 1956-1964: neizvestnye stranitsy istorii kholodnoi voiny (Moscow: Nauka, 2008); translated by the author"--T.p. verso. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1HFJC; 3JJ; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760591
- ISBN
- 9780804760591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.72
€ 85.72
Paperback. Covers all the larger mammals of Tanzania, including marine mammals and some newly discovered species. This title features plates with side-by-side photographic comparisons of species that are easily confused, as well as species checklists for every national park. Series: Wildguides. Num Pages: 320 pages, 300 color illus. 140 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161174
- ISBN
- 9780691161174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.67
€ 31.99
€ 26.67
Paperback. Examines the grim reality of southern Africa's contemporary post-'liberation' plight, with up-to-date analysis of the ANC and social movements. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745334790
- ISBN
- 9780745334790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A Gift from Darkness is the harrowing yet inspirational story of a young, pregnant Nigerian girl and the hell she endured for the sake of her unborn child when she was kidnapped by Boko Haram. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408708958
- ISBN
- 9781408708958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.89
€ 17.99
€ 13.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 600. BIC Classification: 1HFM; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 26. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770073869
- ISBN
- 9781770073869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.98
€ 21.99
€ 15.98
Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612003450
- ISBN
- 9781612003450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.11
€ 25.99
€ 23.11
A history of an ancient Sahelian kingdom whose hinterland is now being laid waste by the Boko Haram insurgency. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044745
- ISBN
- 9781849044745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.45
€ 76.45
Paperback. A history of Ethiopia. It surveys the evolution of the oldest African nation from prehistory to the present. Num Pages: 335 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488. 335 pages, 38 b&w photographs, 9 maps. A history of Ethiopia. It surveys the evolution of the oldest African nation from prehistory to the present. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight: 464.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 335
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224797
- ISBN
- 9780520224797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. A distinguished scholar's magnum opus and the first full account of Malawi's colonial history. Num Pages: 506 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 506
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010643
- ISBN
- 9781847010643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.08
€ 32.99
€ 28.08
Paperback. A magisterial history of South Africa, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present. It also includes a chapter chronicling the first presidential term of Mbeki and ending with the celebrations of the centenary of South Africa's ruling African National Congress in January 2012. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white halftones, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300189353
- ISBN
- 9780300189353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.62
€ 19.99
€ 15.62
Paperback. Presents the dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world's most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity - an exquisitely written story of courage, resilience, and grace. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780670920860
- ISBN
- 9780670920860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.06
€ 11.99
€ 10.06