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Paperback. The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place. On 28 August 1815, the US brig Commerce was dashed against Mauritania's Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship's captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety. What followed was an extraordinary and desperate battle for survival. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBW; 3JH; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099435921
ISBN
9780099435921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. A compelling and moving memoir about saving lives in one of the most dangerous regions in the world Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246. A Young Doctor in a War-torn Village. 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. A compelling and moving memoir about saving lives in one of the most dangerous regions in the world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HBS; WTL. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight: 246.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847672766
ISBN
9781847672766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 99 bw integrated, 35 colour in 16pp plates. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JHMC; WFV; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Condition
New
SKU
9789774166815
ISBN
9789774166815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.49

Hardcover. This is a biographical study of Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones, last Governor of Nyasaland. He was posted to Northern Rhodesia as an administrative cadet in 1931. He moved to Nyasaland in 1960, during which time he became Governor-General. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; BG; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 603.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860644610
ISBN
9781860644610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.52
€ 137.06

Paperback. Francophone writing is often concerned with questions of subjectivity and narrative agency, and this is the focus this volume takes as its point of departure. What emerges is the subject understood not as a single entity but as a plural celebration of singular francophone African subjectivites. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921457
ISBN
9780813921457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.52

Hardcover. What is the relationship between anger and justice, especially when so much of our moral education has taught us to value the impartial spectator, the cold distance of reason? This book looks at the emotionally charged South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFE; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226119984
ISBN
9780226119984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; WNC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 257 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1288.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166617
ISBN
9789774166617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.94

Hardcover. A thorough and unprecedented account of the Sinai Peninsula and its influence on Egyptian politics and national security. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JPS; JPV; JWLP; RGCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167287
ISBN
9789774167287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.27

Paperback. Wallis's riveting expose of the French role in one of the darkest chapters of human history will provoke furious debate, denials, and outrage. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; HBJH; HBLW; HBTZ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767727
ISBN
9781780767727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.71

Hardcover. Num Pages: 308 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 186 x 25. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594549229
ISBN
9781594549229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.62
€ 97.67

Hardcover. The Lome Peace Accord, signed in 1999, presented significant implications, challenges, and possibilities for post-conflict Sierra Leone, but the literature on post-conflict Sierra Leone only scantily addresses these issues. This project seeks to address the void in the literature on post-Lome Sierra Leone. Editor(s): Mustapha, Marda; Bangura, Joseph J. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102859
ISBN
9780230102859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.55

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sillinger, Brett. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590336625
ISBN
9781590336625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.19
€ 63.81

Paperback. This is the first major South African study within the current international debate on high skills and an important addition to the discourse on South African education, training and development. Editor(s): McGrath, S.; Badroodien, A.; Kraak, A.; Unwin, L. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Human Sciences Research Council
Condition
New
SKU
V9780796920447
ISBN
9780796920447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.49

Hardback. Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 254 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBLA; HRLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466. Rural Patronage, Religious Conflict, and Monasticism in Late Antique Egypt. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. 254 pages, illustrations. Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBLA; HRLP. Dimension: 180 x 233 x 19. Weight: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274839
ISBN
9780520274839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 65.14

Paperback. In November of 1999, Nigerians took to the streets demanding the re-implementation of Shari'ah law in their country. In this book, the author analyzes changing conceptions of Islamic theology and practice as well as Muslim and British interactions dating back to the colonial period to explain the resurgence of Shari'ah. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b/w map. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520293786
ISBN
9780520293786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Hardback. Recounts the history of the dispute over the Nile between Egypt and Ethiopia, and suggests a way forward, based on co-operation and development. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 Maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1HFGA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745333212
ISBN
9780745333212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 50.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; L. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166174
ISBN
9789774166174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 130 Photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; RNKH; WNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Random House Struik
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431702459
ISBN
9781431702459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.81

Paperback. The second phase of the civil rights movement (1965-1973) was a pivotal period in the development of ethnic groups in the United States. This title creates an intercultural frame to study the historical and cultural connections among Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and Chicanos/as since the 1960s. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLCM; 2ADSL; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292709652
ISBN
9780292709652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. "In this book Natasha Distiller explores historic and contemporary uses of Shakespeare in South African society which illustrate the complexities of colonial and post-colonial realities as they relate to iconic Englishness."--Back cover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145614
ISBN
9781868145614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

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