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Africa
Paperback. 8th April 2009 was just an ordinary day for the author, captain of the United States-registered cargo vessel, the Maersk Alabama, as it headed towards the port of Mombasa. Ordinary that is until, two hundred or so miles off the east coast of Africa, armed Somali pirates attacked and boarded the freighter. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp b & w photos; b & w map. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; 3JMC; BTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857502469
- ISBN
- 9780857502469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Hardback. This book offers a reinterpretation of an important popular uprising in Cairo in 1952 by looking at the patterns of commerce and urban development over the previous four decades. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; KCCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 789. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804781268
- ISBN
- 9780804781268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Paperback. Investigates how childbirth became medicalized in Africa. Featuring stories about autopsies and bicycles, obstetric surgery and male initiation, this title reveals how concerns about strange objects and procedures fashioned the hybrid social world of colonialism and its aftermath in Mobutu's Zaire. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 496 pages, 47 b&w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 238 x 38. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 62041st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323662
- ISBN
- 9780822323662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. This volume of newly commissioned essays provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages. * Offers a distinctive historical treatment of African philosophy. * Covers all the main branches of philosophy as addressed in the African tradition. Editor(s): Wiredu, Kwasi (University of South Florida ). Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 608 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405145671
- ISBN
- 9781405145671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.23
€ 51.99
€ 50.23
Hardback. This volume of newly commissioned essays provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages. * Offers a distinctive historical treatment of African philosophy. * Covers all the main branches of philosophy as addressed in the African tradition. Editor(s): Wiredu, Kwasi. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 608 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207511
- ISBN
- 9780631207511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.01
€ 214.01
Hardback. This new research in English on the work of the Mozambican writer Mia Couto provides a comprehensive introduction to the critical terrain of Couto's literary thought. Editor(s): Hamilton, Grant; Huddart, David. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 2ADP; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011459
- ISBN
- 9781847011459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.56
€ 80.56
Hardback. Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features essays by African, European, and North American authors who assess the work of individual artists as well as exploring broader themes such as discoveries of new technologies and globalization. Editor(s): Salami, Gitti; Visona, Monica Blackmun. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 184 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444338379
- ISBN
- 9781444338379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.08
€ 229.08
Paperback. An introduction to the major non-Western philosophical traditions, this text looks particularly at Chinese, Indian, Buddhist and Islamic philosophies. African and Polynesian thinking are also covered by way of historical and contemporary survey articles. Editor(s): Deutsch, Eliot; Bontekoe, Ron. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 608 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; 1H; 1MKP; 1QFM; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 245 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631213277
- ISBN
- 9780631213277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.75
€ 54.75
Paperback. Challenges the understanding of the war that has turned Mozambique - a naturally rich country - into one of the world's poorest nations. This book combines frontline reporting, personal narrative, political analysis, and scholarship to present a picture of a Mozambique harrowed by local conflicts - ethnic, religious, political and personal. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 325 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082663
- ISBN
- 9780520082663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
paperback. A Southern African history from the introduction of agriculture to the government of Thabo Mbeki. Series: Cambridge Concise Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334. Series: Cambridge Concise Histories. 272 pages, 5 maps. A Southern African history from the introduction of agriculture to the government of Thabo Mbeki. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBJH. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 16. Weight: 342.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521720267
- ISBN
- 9780521720267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.38
€ 31.99
€ 30.38
Paperback. Reveals the theatricality of early colonial encounter and how it continues to influence Congolese and Belgian understandings of history today Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 1HFJZ; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253007506
- ISBN
- 9780253007506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Re-examines this unresolved murder in Kenya and the underlying role of rumour, the media and inter-state relations on how the death has been reported and investigated. Series: African Articulations. Num Pages: 233 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; DSBH5; HBJH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011275
- ISBN
- 9781847011275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.12
€ 56.12
Paperback. Africa. 187 pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- South African Institure of Race Relations
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- SKU
- KNW0001292
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 188 pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- South African Institute of Race Relations
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- SKU
- KNW0001297
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 188 pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- South African Institute of Race Relations
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0001296
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Africa. 187 pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- South African Institure of Race Relations
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KNW0001294
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 4.99
€ 20.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The Revolutionary United Front (RUF), claimed to be freeing the country from corruption and the brutalities of its political class and their foreign allies, but their insurgency killed more than 75,000 people. This title charts in detail the decade long civil war that brought Sierra Leone to its knees from 1991-2001. Num Pages: 238 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; 3JJPR; HBJH; HBLW3; HBW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850657422
- ISBN
- 9781850657422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Hardback. "Portions of this book were originally published as Politika SSSR v Zapadnoi Afrike, 1956-1964: neizvestnye stranitsy istorii kholodnoi voiny (Moscow: Nauka, 2008); translated by the author"--T.p. verso. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1HFJC; 3JJ; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760591
- ISBN
- 9780804760591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.21
€ 81.21
Paperback. Covers all the larger mammals of Tanzania, including marine mammals and some newly discovered species. This title features plates with side-by-side photographic comparisons of species that are easily confused, as well as species checklists for every national park. Series: Wildguides. Num Pages: 320 pages, 300 color illus. 140 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161174
- ISBN
- 9780691161174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.53
€ 37.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. A guide to Egypt's mammals. It describes various mammal species, with identification features, status, habitat, and habits, and with comparisons to similar species. It includes vignettes that emphasize aspects of mammal behavior, and cover the minutiae of such features as the nose-leafs and ear structure of bats. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774162541
- ISBN
- 9789774162541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.93
€ 32.99
€ 31.93