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paperback. Only a few years after Britain defeated fascism came the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya - a mass armed rebellion by the Kikuyu people, demanding the return of their land and freedom. Unearthing reams of documents, the author reveals the full savagery of the Mau Mau war and the ruthless determination with which Britain sought to control its empire. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1QDB; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bodley Head
Condition
New
SKU
9781847922946
ISBN
9781847922946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt stamped red cloth. Edges bumped, title in gilt. Pages uncut.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1901
SKU
KON0753894
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Series: Helion Order of Battle S. 96 pages. This text offers a guide to the organization and order-of-battle of British and Commonwealth armies during the years 1930-1943. The five chapters cover all main theatres of war: Europe including the Home Front; North, East and West Africa; the Middle East; Mediterranean, Pacific and Far East. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; 1FP; 1HB; 1HFD; 1HFG; 1QSM; 1QSP; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD1; HBWQ; JWG. Dimension: 298 x 215 x 8. Weight: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Helion and Company Ltd.
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874622802
ISBN
9781874622802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Coinciding with the hotly anticipated British Museum exhibition Sunken Cities: Egypt's Lost Worlds in May 2016, this is the sensational story of two magnificent ancient aquatic cities which once stood at the mouth of the river Nile. Illustrator(s): Aarts, Esther. Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 1HBE; 3D; YNH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12); (XS) Student text. Dimension: 219 x 290 x 9. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Nosy Crow Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857637574
ISBN
9780857637574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.85

Paperback. Editor(s): Odamtten, Vincent O. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954702380
ISBN
9780954702380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.57

This is an important collection of essays focusing on pre-colonial trade and African-European interaction, looking at western Africa between Senegal and Sierra Leone. It spans the whole pre-colonial period between the first Portuguese voyages of discovery and the transition to legitimate commerce in the 19th century. Editor(s): Green, Toby. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 320 pages, c. 12 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3J; HBJ; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 896.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780197265208
ISBN
9780197265208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 154.00

Paperback. An account of the rise, fall, and persistence of the 20th century's Black Zionist dream -- the movement's creation of a homeland in Africa. Num Pages: 456 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GTB; JFSL3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822332473
ISBN
9780822332473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Helion & Company United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908916563
ISBN
9781908916563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 280 pages, 31 black and white illustrations and 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJH; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689170
ISBN
9780816689170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardcover.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
390
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465052
ISBN
9781580465052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.09

Paperback. Examines literary and historical texts to show how writers have manipulated images and ideas associated with the cattle killing - harvest, sacrifice, rebirth, devastation - to speak to their contemporary predicaments. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226893488
ISBN
9780226893488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.59

Hardback. Overturns the common assumption that apartheid in South Africa was enforced only through terror and coercion. Without understating the role of violent intervention, this book shows that apartheid was sustained by a great and ever-swelling bureaucracy. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 401 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206519
ISBN
9780520206519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98
€ 49.44

Paperback. Burundi is a small Central African country with a complex history of ethnic tension. This book traces the origins of its political crises, sheds light on Burundi's contemporary history by means of interviews with leading participants and those whose lives have been affected by horrific events, and helps demystify the country's "ethnic" divisions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGQ; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849045094
ISBN
9781849045094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Hardback. Many young men in a Gambian village, although eager to travel for money and experience, settle as farmers, family heads, businessmen, civic activists or, alternatively, as employed, demoted youth. This ethnography focuses on these "stayers," who enable others to migrate while preserving the values and traditions of rural, sedentary life. Num Pages: 244 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDG; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782387794
ISBN
9781782387794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.00

Paperback. This is the story of one man's service in the British South Africa Police of Rhodesia during his service of nearly fifteen years, between the years 1965 and 1979, and in many ways forms a sequel to the author's book Mad Dog Killers. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJH; HBLW3; HBWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Helion and Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982291
ISBN
9781909982291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, c 40 colour and b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM; HBJH; HBWS; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Helion and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909982772
ISBN
9781909982772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475122
ISBN
9780801475122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Wongstchowski, Mariana; Belt, John; Heemskerk, W.; Kahan, David. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1H; TVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
KIT Publishers
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9789460222368
ISBN
9789460222368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 66, 54 black & white halftones, 9 tables, 2 maps, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; HBJD; HBJH; HBTR; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456527
ISBN
9780801456527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.64

Paperback. The fabled city on the banks of the River Nile, once home to pharaohs and emperors, now forms a focal point of the Islamic faith and of the Arab world. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133. .
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902669779
ISBN
9781902669779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.80

Paperback. A history of Cairo, from its beginnings in the Arab conquest of Egypt in 640 to a modern capital. This book examines the invasions, changes and conflicts which shaped Cairo's destiny as well as the rulers, religious leaders, artisans and merchants who characterized the city. Translator(s): Wood, Willard. Num Pages: 448 pages, 67 halftones, 13 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF; HBJH; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009967
ISBN
9780674009967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.86

Hardcover. Editor(s): Manley, Founding Member Deborah (ASTENE (Association for the Study of Travelers in Egypt and the Near East) Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE)). Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166129
ISBN
9789774166129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.29

Paperback. Explores what happens when new forms of privatization meet collectivist pasts, public space is sold off to satisfy investor needs and tourist gazes, and the state plans for Egypt's future in desert cities while stigmatizing and neglecting Cairo's popular neighborhoods. Editor(s): Singerman, Diane; Amar, Paul. Num Pages: 564 pages, 80 b/w illustrations, 21 tables, & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 936.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774162893
ISBN
9789774162893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.94

Hardback. This publication presents designers and their creations from the fashion department at Cairo's Helwan University in pictures and text, showing why fashions from North Africa are arousing so much interest in Europe. The book is bound in original Bedouin embroidery from the Sinai. Num Pages: 224 pages, 238 Colour, 12 B&W. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AKTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 195 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Arnoldsche Germany
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9783897902121
ISBN
9783897902121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.67

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