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Paperback. Kenya Highlights Guide - Holiday advice from award-winning Africa expert including tour operators, Nairobi highlights, camps and lodges, safari planning and tips. Also featuring detailed historical and wildlife information, Big Five, itineraries and when to visit, Mobassa, Masai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley, Central Highlands and Samburu. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides). Num Pages: 272 pages, Full colour throughout & 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Highlights Guides). 272 pages, Full colour throughout & 16 maps. With emphasis on the superlative game reserves and sparkling Indian Ocean coastline that have made Kenya one of Africa's premier holiday destinations, this title describes and provides background information to the country's highlights. It offers advice on safari planning, as well as sections on wildlife, history and people. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFGK; WTH. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 16. Weight: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841622675
ISBN
9781841622675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.76

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Signed
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845232085
ISBN
9781845232085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.39

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Veloce Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845843618
ISBN
9781845843618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.33

Paperback. Narrates the story of the first year of the Libyan Revolution, identifies its aims and considers if they have been achieved. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBL; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846942563
ISBN
9781846942563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.90

Paperback. Birhan Woldu became one of the most recognized faces and forms of the late 20th century when her skeletal image was used at the end of 'Live Aid' to globally publicize famine in Africa. This title tells Birhan's life story from the days when her father literally carried his daughter across Africa on an epic journey to life, to Live Aid. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 X 8 pg colour plates. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPN; BG; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New Holland Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847738455
ISBN
9781847738455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.71

Paperback. A journey from the Cape of South Africa to the Serengeti Plains taking the reader through the spectacular, talismanic geography of Africa. Combines a trek through wild and remote places with a personal investigation into the relationship between people and nature. A unique book that argues for a new approach to environmental conservation. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16pp colour section. BIC Classification: 1H; RNK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849950046
ISBN
9781849950046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.46

Paperback. Was the "mfecane" a figment of historians' imagination? How large a responsibility do Shaka and the Zulu people bear for the social turbulence in South-central and South-east Africa in the early decades of the 19th century? These are some of the issues explored in this collection. Editor(s): Hamilton, Carolyn. Num Pages: 12 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBAH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868142521
ISBN
9781868142521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.52

Paperback. Drawing on interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, this title provides a perspective of motherhood from the mother's point of view. It explores the situation in which two very powerful identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, collide in the same moment. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144945
ISBN
9781868144945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.57

Paperback. Explores the images of Africa and Africans that evolved in ancient Egypt, in classical Greece and imperial Rome, in the early Mediterranean world, and in the early domains of Christianity. This book provides a survey of the special place that Aksumite Ethiopia has held in European and African conceptual worlds as the site of 'worthy Ethiopia'. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrated in full colour. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HBJH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144990
ISBN
9781868144990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. Focuses on a talented, brave, but tiny minority of whites - liberals, radicals, communists, Trotskyists, humanists, Christians, idealists - who rejected the growing racism of post-war South Africa and worked to breach the dividing line between black and white. Num Pages: 240 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145003
ISBN
9781868145003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. While there are many studies of the global influence of crops and plants, this is perhaps the first social history based around a plant in South Africa. Plants are not quite historical actors in their own right, but their properties and potential help to shape human history. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; WNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145300
ISBN
9781868145300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

Paperback. Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity? And why should these processes take place in the public domain? Editor(s): Mangcu, Xolela. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 130. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145324
ISBN
9781868145324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.57

Paperback. South Africa's future is increasingly tied up with that of India. While trade and investment between the two countries is intensifying, they share long-standing historical ties and have much in common: apart from cricket, colonialism and Gandhi, both countries are important players in the global South. Editor(s): Hofmeyr, Isabel; Williams, Michelle. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; HBJ; JPS; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145386
ISBN
9781868145386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) is the most influential sociologist of our time. His works take in education, culture, sport, literature, painting, class, philosophy, religion, law, media, intellectuals, methodology, photography, universities, colonialism, kinship, schooling and politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145409
ISBN
9781868145409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. In the twenty years of transitional and democratic politics in South Africa, Susan Booysen constantly traversed two worlds, as direct observer and analyst-researcher. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 240 x 30. Weight in Grams: 924.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145423
ISBN
9781868145423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. Until the end of the First World War, urban growth in Johannesburg proceeded unevenly and haphazardly, but under the impact of a wave of militant struggles by black workers and in the context of the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AJC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145447
ISBN
9781868145447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DD; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145607
ISBN
9781868145607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.74

Paperback. Fight for Democracy is a penetrating and critical scrutiny of the ANC's treatment of the print media since the inception of democracy in 1994. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFD; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145683
ISBN
9781868145683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.57

Hardcover. Percival Kirby was one of the greatest South African musicologists and ethnomusicologists. Born in Scotland in 1887, after completing his studies at the Royal College of Music in London he came out to South Africa as the Music Organiser to the Natal Education Department. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 180. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
Third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868146055
ISBN
9781868146055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.63

Paperback. Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto illustrates how this rapidly growing, underfunded but surprisingly effective institution found the niche that allowed it to exist, to provide medical care to a massive patient body and at times even to flourish in the apartheid state. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868147472
ISBN
9781868147472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

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