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Paperback. From birth to jail, from triumph to tragedy - the sensational story of Oscar Pistorius, from the acclaimed author of Playing the Enemy (filmed as Invictus). Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGS; BTC; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782393290
ISBN
9781782393290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

Hardcover. This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely Nairobi, Lusaka, Zanzibar, and Lilongwe, and the workings of power in the planning processes for each city. It covers colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629726
ISBN
9780815629726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.97

paperback. Thirteen months after Lt-Gen Romeo went to serve as force commander of the UN intervention in Rwanda in 1993, he flew home broken, disillusioned and suicidal, having witnessed the slaughter of 800,000 Rwandans. This book takes us on a return voyage into the hell of Rwanda, recreating the events the international community turned its back on. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099478935
ISBN
9780099478935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. .
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Oldcastle Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842434420
ISBN
9781842434420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. A guide to over 400 species of the fishes along the coast of southern Africa, this work features over 600 original paintings showing changes with growth and sexual differences in colour of many of the fishes. The species accounts include descriptions and other information for identification and comparison of similar species. Num Pages: 488 pages, Colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; PSVW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1188.
Publisher
NISC (Pty) Ltd (National Inquiry Services Centre) South Africa
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781920033019
ISBN
9781920033019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; 3JM; BM; JFFH1; KNTD; VFJK; WSSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Jacana Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781920601720
ISBN
9781920601720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.45

Paperback. A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, 'The Looting Machine' explores the dark underbelly of the global economy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; KNAT; KNBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007523108
ISBN
9780007523108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.37

Paperback. Based on extensive field work in Mali, this book explores the process by which constitutions and democratic institutions are constructed. It shows how innovative constitutional dialogues involving participation, and recognition of groups previously excluded from political decision-making may be the key to a legitimate constitution. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230109155
ISBN
9780230109155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.42

Hardback. Focusing on the economic reforms adopted under Mubarak, Roberto Roccu provides the first account of the deeper socio-economic dynamics that made the 2011 Egyptian revolution possible. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 black & white tables, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JPW; JPWF; JPWQ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137395917
ISBN
9781137395917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.06

Paperback. Offers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied postapartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title tells the stories of ordinary Indians whose lives were racialized and framed by the township, and how these residents domesticated and inhabited this urban space. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFMS; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152967
ISBN
9780691152967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages, 87ill. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JNUM; YXN. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 228 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
African American Images United States
Number of pages
108
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Elementary ed., 1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913543047
ISBN
9780913543047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.22

Paperback. Can one explain the power of global capitalism without attributing to capital a logic and coherence it does not have? Can one account for the powers of techno-science in terms that do not merely reproduce its own understanding of the world? This work examines these questions through a series of essays focused on Egypt in the 20th century. Num Pages: 429 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232624
ISBN
9780520232624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. An analysis of the background to the current crisis in Algeria, placing in perspective the threats to the state posed by Islamic fundamentalism and economic mismanagement. It looks at the role of the National Liberation Front (FLN), international relations, the economy, and more. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850651772
ISBN
9781850651772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.43

Paperback. Examines the various ways that blackness is appropriated and performed - toward widely divergent ends - both within and outside African American culture. This title develops from the contention that blackness in the United States is necessarily a politicized identity trope - avowed and disavowed, attractive and repellant, fixed and malleable. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New title
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822331919
ISBN
9780822331919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Traditional counter-terrorism approaches, with their emphasis on the military, are failing. This is seen in the fact that there is an average of three terrorist attacks per day in Africa. This study calls for more holistic solutions, with an emphasis on development and better governance to curb the scourge of terrorism. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPS; JPWL; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137489883
ISBN
9781137489883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.93

Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Num Pages: 226 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338. Space, Relocation and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo. 226 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight: 338.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520230460
ISBN
9780520230460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Situating the Maasai in the larger political, economic, and social context of Kenya and world events, this book shows how broader forces have had an impact on the construction of Maasai lifeways, especially gender relations. It focuses on how development has affected Maasai lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253214515
ISBN
9780253214515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. An early study of queer theory and non-Western feminism, challenging the concept of gender. Series: Critique. Influence. Change. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783603329
ISBN
9781783603329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.61

Paperback. The Democratic moment is, among other things, a look at the mass forces that swept Jacob Zuma to power in 2009 and put an end to the elite politics of the Thabo Mbeki era. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JMC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 258. South Africa's Prospects Under Jacob Zuma. 216 pages. The Democratic moment is, among other things, a look at the mass forces that swept Jacob Zuma to power in 2009 and put an end to the elite politics of the Thabo Mbeki era. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JMC; JP. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 16. Weight: 258.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770097742
ISBN
9781770097742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. An important account of the vicissitudes of Egypt's Islamists, informed by first-hand interviews and deep historical scholarship. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849047050
ISBN
9781849047050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

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