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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 149.67