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Africa
Paperback. In the late 19th century, the port of Massawa on the Red Sea was a thriving, vibrant, multiethnic commercial hub. This title tells the story of how Massawa rose to prominence as one of Northeast Africa's important shipping centres. It constructs the social, material, religious, and cultural history of this mercantile community. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 b&w photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGE; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220790
- ISBN
- 9780253220790
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. A rip-roaring yet intimate biography of the mighty Nile by Robert Twigger, award-winning author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS. 'A tour de force' FINANCIAL TIMES. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBEN; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780220932
- ISBN
- 9781780220932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. The Rural Social Centres of the German-educated Ahmed Hussein were the cornerstones of his project initiatives, encouraging integrated social services through complete community participation. Amy J. Johnson analyses his career and the development of ideas of social reform in Egypt. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 280 pages, 36 b&w photographs, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; GTF; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630142
- ISBN
- 9780815630142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.75
€ 62.75
Hardcover. Moroccans are well known for their love of wonderful food and generous hospitality. This title helps you discover the secrets of a culinary tradition characterized by subtle scents, delicate tastes and elegant presentation. It offers recipes that draw on the herbs and spices of the souk, the fresh ingredients of the countryside and more. Num Pages: 160 pages, over 200 photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBM; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Anness Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908991232
- ISBN
- 9781908991232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1HFJZ; HBJH; HBLW; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819451
- ISBN
- 9781571819451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.82
€ 154.82
Paperback. This book offers a fresh analysis of the role of exemplary violence and its psychological impact. It considers the role emotions such as shame and disgust play in facilitating a climate of extreme brutality and what lessons we can learn from the case of Sierra Leone in understanding the atrocities of other contemporary conflicts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBJH; JWX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044226
- ISBN
- 9781849044226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.67
€ 36.99
€ 33.67
Hardcover. Africa. 238 pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Macgibbon & Kee
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1957
- SKU
- KNW0001871
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.99€ 4.99
€ 10.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. With contributions from the key scientists working on rice in Africa, this book addresses policy, genetic diversity and improvement, sustainable productivity enhancement, innovations and value chains. It is suitable for researchers, policy makers, agricultural ministries, donors, and regional and sub-regional organizations. Editor(s): Wopereis, M. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour). BIC Classification: 1H; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 176 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845938123
- ISBN
- 9781845938123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.53
€ 167.53
Paperback. Series: Readings in.. 252 pages, maps, figures. Editor(s): Young, Tom. These readings focus on African politics. The topics covered include: African socialism; the Eritrean war; violence in Nigeria; the social power of religious organization and civil society; and aspects of democracy and democratization in Zambia and Botswana. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JPA; JPH. Dimension: 233 x 203 x 16. Weight: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780852552575
- ISBN
- 9780852552575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.57
€ 33.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. Variously understood as literary genius and enfant terrible of African literature, Dambudzo Marechera's work as novelist, poet, playwright and essayist is discussed here in relation to other free-thinking writers. Editor(s): Hamilton, Grant. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, 1 black and white. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372. 208 pages, 1, 1 black and white. Editor(s): Hamilton, Grant. Variously understood as literary genius and enfant terrible of African literature, Dambudzo Marechera's work as novelist, poet, playwright and essayist is discussed here in relation to other free-thinking writers. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 2AB; DSBH5. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 15. Weight: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010629
- ISBN
- 9781847010629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.68
€ 26.99
€ 26.68
Paperback. Discusses how the writers or editors of Arab women's autobiographies have written, documented, presented, and organized their texts. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 2CSR; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292705456
- ISBN
- 9780292705456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Arnaut, Karel. Series: Contributions in Critical Museology & Material Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 124ill. BIC Classification: 1H; GM; GTB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 270 x 212 x 17. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Horniman Museum & Gardens United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780951814185
- ISBN
- 9780951814185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kossew, Sue; Schwerdt, Dianne. Series: Horizons in Post-Colonial Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590331002
- ISBN
- 9781590331002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.89€ 65.38
€ 93.89
€ 65.38
Hardcover. This book demonstrates that many domestic and regional sociopolitical and cultural changes credited to the 1952 revolutionaries began decades before the July coup. Arguing against the view of the pre-revolutionary era in Egypt as one of decay, the volume considers the 1919-1952 years as integral to nation-state formation and social transformation. Editor(s): Goldschmidt, Arthur; Johnson, Amy J.; Salmoni, Barak A. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9789774249006
- ISBN
- 9789774249006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.75
€ 24.99
€ 6.75
Paperback. Liberia's national forests are among the last refuges in West Africa for large migrating mammals. This volume summarizes the findings of a biodiversity survey of three forests as part of the Liberia Forestry Initiative, an effort to rehabilitate and reform Liberia's threatened woodlands. It documents the discovery of six more species. Editor(s): Hoke, Peter; Demey, Ron; Peal, Alex. Series: Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: 1HFDL; RNCB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 215 x 8. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Conservation International,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934151013
- ISBN
- 9781934151013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.41
€ 19.99
€ 17.41
Hardback. A study of the remarkably successful precolonical political system of the Meta, an acephalous society in West Africa. The author pays particular attention to ranking, the impact of trade upon political organization, and the development of a consensual polity-wide system of conflict resolution. Num Pages: 328 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804715713
- ISBN
- 9780804715713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.96
€ 105.96
Hardback. * An indispensable source of information and scholarship on one of the most important periods of Egyptian history. * Notes and commenst related directly to Kitchen's Translations. . Series: Ramesside Inscriptions Notes. Num Pages: 704 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CX; CF; GBCR; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume II
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631184355
- ISBN
- 9780631184355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 348.99
€ 348.99
Hardback. This volume presents a vast number of monuments and documents from almost all levels of Egyptian society during the long reign of Ramesses II. Series: Ramesside Inscriptions Translations. Num Pages: 587 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CX; CF; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 187 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume III
- Number of pages
- 587
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631184287
- ISBN
- 9780631184287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 369.69
€ 369.69
Paperback. From the 1850s and the Civil War to emancipation and the official end of Reconstruction in 1877, this work examines slave emancipation and opposition to it as a national event with social, political, and cultural consequences. It analyzes multiple views of black child to demonstrate how Americans contested and defended slavery and its abolition. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814796337
- ISBN
- 9780814796337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardcover. An insight by a photographer and a scholar into the rainforests and their inhabitants, who make their homes in the most endangered environment on earth. Divided into four sections - 'Water', 'Fire', 'Earth' and 'Air' - the book explores the different ecological workings of the rainforest, home to half of the world's living species. Series: Harvill Nature S. Num Pages: 304 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; AJC; JFSL9; RGBL; RNPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 235. Weight in Grams: 1830. Very good copy in dustwrapper. DW has some light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvill Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0005018
- ISBN
- 9781860465826
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99