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Hardcover. Keywords: Africa. 210 pp. slight discolouring on DJ. o/w like new
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Published for the Ghana Library Board by Longmans
- Edition
- First edition. Hardback.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KNW0002115
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Hardback. Examines the lives of women who have forged a new community in a shantytown on the outskirts of Khartoum, the largely Muslim, heavily Arabized capital in the north of the country. This book examines the way women's bodies are politicized by their displacement, analyzing issues such as religious conversion, marriage, and female circumcision. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBS; JFFD; JFSJ1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226001999
- ISBN
- 9780226001999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.96€ 75.79
€ 91.96
€ 75.79
Hardback. "Title from cover. One issue only. Front headline "New Era For Trade". 6 p. 44 cm. Original broadsheet. good clean copy, folded." Keywords: "Periodicals , Socialism , Pamphlet"
- Publication date
- 1966
- Publisher
- The Spark publications
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KEX0098460
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 39 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTK; JFSL3; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850365672
- ISBN
- 9780850365672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.48€ 53.12
€ 57.48
€ 53.12
Paperback. South Africa, like many countries in Africa, is resource rich but the benefits are not shared by the whole population. High levels of unem-ployment are leading to increasing conflict and violence, undermining the brighter future hoped for when apartheid was abolished. Num Pages: 272 pages, Graphs & Tables Index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JP; KCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Shepheard-Walwyn
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856835049
- ISBN
- 9780856835049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.10
€ 25.99
€ 23.10
Paperback. A significant contribution to the ongoing debate on aid effectiveness, this work examines the extent to which trust is present in today's aid relationships. Pomerantz offers valuable recommendations, learned in years of fieldwork and research, that have the potential to transform the way that aid agencies operate. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739110034
- ISBN
- 9780739110034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.42
€ 63.42
Paperback. By featuring the life histories of eight senior men, this work explores the changing meaning of becoming a man in modern Africa. It concentrates on the ideals and expectations that formed around men who were prominent in their communities when Ghana became an independent nation. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; GTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217868
- ISBN
- 9780253217868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. Explores how the conception of Africa and its history has changed over time and narrates the story of this vast continent over the past 10,000 years. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19, 19 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010636
- ISBN
- 9781847010636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.32
€ 95.32
Hardback. Editor(s): Noman, Akbar; Stiglitz, Joseph E. Series: Initiative for Policy Dialogue. Num Pages: 328 pages, 29 figures. BIC Classification: 1H; JPQB; KCM; KCS; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175180
- ISBN
- 9780231175180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.27€ 55.54
€ 71.27
€ 55.54
Paperback. Sheba, or Saba, was a region of high mountains and vast desert situated in the southwest of the Arabian peninsula, in present-day Yemen. This work provides an overview of this remote civilization, the uniqueness of the region's geography and climate, and major events that shaped its history. Translator(s): LaFarge, Albert; Farge, Albert Le. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; 1H; 1QDA; 3D; GTB; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- E.D.S.
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020040
- ISBN
- 9780268020040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.80
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
Hardcover. AIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic, much of the story remains hidden beneath a superficial focus on condoms, sex workers, and antiretrovirals. This book offers a powerful reversal, using AIDS as a lens through which to view Africa. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; JHMC; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226108667
- ISBN
- 9780226108667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.67
€ 121.67
Paperback. Includes bibliographical references. Commissioning organisation: [by] V.G. Solodovnikov. 141 p. 17 cm. Paperback. Fine copy. Keywords: Nationalism
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Novosti Press Agency Pub. House
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0106064
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Community Struggles in Post-apartheid South Africa. 160 pages, 6ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JH; JPW. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583670507
- ISBN
- 9781583670507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.13
€ 20.99
€ 19.13
Paperback. Outstanding travel narrative about a journey up the Congo river: superbly evocative writing in the tradition of Paul Theroux and Bruce Chatwin Num Pages: 352 pages, Integrated: 12, b/w int. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0001565
- ISBN
- 9780349114507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761815853
- ISBN
- 9780761815853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.32
€ 136.32
paperback. The oral and written traditions of the Africans of South Africa have provided an understanding of their past and the way the past relates to the present. This book offers the study of how Africans used oral traditions as a means of survival against European domination. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DSB; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821419229
- ISBN
- 9780821419229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.80
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
Hardback. Extends the study of China's "soft power" into theatre studies and looks more widely at syncretic traditions evolving in other long-term historic exchanges between Asia and Africa. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011466
- ISBN
- 9781847011466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.60
€ 82.60
Paperback. Explores the relation between histories of violence and their contemporary commemoration. Editor(s): Makdisi, Ussama; Silverstein, Paul A. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217981
- ISBN
- 9780253217981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Hardcover. Good clean copy in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear and tear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0000824
- ISBN
- 9780192151919
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A comprehensive account of America's involvement in the war against Zimbabwe, which occurred after Smith's Rhodesian government made a unilateral declaration of independence and broke with Britain in 1965. Smith received tacit support from the US (American mercenaries fought with Rhodesia). Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 1KBB; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR; JPS; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849033
- ISBN
- 9780807849033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
Paperback. 196- At head of title: U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. Institute of Africa. Translation of Osvobozhdenie Afriki (romanized form). Commissioning organisation: M. Braginsky ; translated from the Russian by G. Ivanov-Mumjiev. 181 p. 21 cm. Original wrappers. Very good clean copy. Keywords: Subjects
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Progress
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0106172
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. The Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar have remained scientifically poorly known despite their critical importance in understanding the early evolutionary history of the family. This scientific review gives a bird's eye view of the morphological and anatomical diversity of the family in Africa and Madagascar. Num Pages: 318 pages, colour photographs - distribution maps - index. BIC Classification: 1H; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 219 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Briza
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920146054
- ISBN
- 9781920146054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.13
€ 52.99
€ 44.13
Spiral bound. Covers Egyptian pottery, ranging from the earliest (Fayum A) ceramics to pottery made in Egypt today, organised by historical periods. This title illustrates ceramic types with line drawings, accompanied by descriptions that include information on the pot's material, manufacturing techniques, surface treatment and shape. Series: Aera Field Manual Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, 420 drawings, 29 col photos. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 206 x 23. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Spiralbound
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ancient Egypt Research Associates United States
- Edition
- Spi
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977937042
- ISBN
- 9780977937042
Spiralbound
Condition: New
€ 56.70
€ 56.70
Hardback. A dictionary of people, places, events and facts about Djibouti. This is not a history book but a reading grid for historical items that have shaped and are still shaping this young country. This is a tool for understanding the landmarks that comprise Djibouti's historical identity. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 map, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1HFGD; GTB; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810838734
- ISBN
- 9780810838734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.15
€ 159.15