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Paperback. A wonderful collection of short stories, both traditional and modern, by 12 authors from all across Africa. Old fables that have been passed down through the decades sit alongside contemporary tales, giving a stirring insight into the continent and its storytelling tradition. Illustrator(s): Tadjo, Veronique. Num Pages: 144 pages, b&w line. BIC Classification: 1H; 5AK; YDC. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 200 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713682175
ISBN
9780713682175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.71

Paperback. This text provides a comprehensive account of carnivore social behaviour. Synthesizing more than a decade of research in the wild, it offers a detailed account of the behaviour and ecology of cheetahs. Series: Wildlife Behaviour & Ecology S. Num Pages: 500 pages, 34 halftones, 102 line drawings, 90 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; PSVP; PSVS; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226094342
ISBN
9780226094342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.15
€ 44.25

Paperback. A master spy's memoir of playing the game in the most strategically influential country in 1960s Africa Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; 1KBB; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586485641
ISBN
9781586485641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.53

Hardback. This study discusses chiefs and the institution of chieftaincy generally in modern Ghana. It examines the public and secret rites and procedures for the installation and deposition of chiefs, the creation of stools and sacred burial rites. Num Pages: 624 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HRKT; JFC; JFSL3; JFSL9; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 921.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Austin & Winfield,U.S. United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572921214
ISBN
9781572921214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.83

Paperback. As South Africa consolidates its democracy, chieftaincy has remained a controversial and influential institution that has adapted to various changes. This book examines the chieftaincy and how it has sought to assert its power since the end of apartheid. Num Pages: 300 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFM; GTB; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221551
ISBN
9780253221551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. This tender memoir chronicles the early years of Sayyid Qutb, one of Egypt's most influential radical Islamist thinkers and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610755
ISBN
9780815610755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBJH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594546716
ISBN
9781594546716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.69
€ 56.51

Hardcover. This book examines the transformations of Egyptian childhoods that occurred across gender, class, and rural/urban divides. It also questions the role of nostalgia and representation of childhood in illuminating key underlying political, social, and cultural developments in Egypt. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137432773
ISBN
9781137432773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Hardcover. Examines the reintegration of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Based on 18 months of participant-observer ethnographic fieldwork and ten years of follow-up research, this book argues that there is a fundamental disconnect between the Western idea of the child soldier and the individual lived experiences of the child soldiers of Sierra Leone. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; JFSP1; JHM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814724965
ISBN
9780814724965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.98

Paperback. Examines the reintegration of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Based on 18 months of participant-observer ethnographic fieldwork and ten years of follow-up research, this book argues that there is a fundamental disconnect between the Western idea of the child soldier and the individual lived experiences of the child soldiers of Sierra Leone. Num Pages: 223 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; JFSP1; JHM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770252
ISBN
9780814770252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, index, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
David Phillips Publishers South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780864861177
ISBN
9780864861177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.61

Hardcover. This book brings together the newest and the most innovative scholarship on Nigerian children-one of the least researched groups in African colonial history. It engages the changing conceptions of childhood, relating it to the broader themes about modernity, power, agency, and social transformation under imperial rule. Editor(s): Aderinto, Saheed. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137501622
ISBN
9781137501622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

Paperback. First paperback edition of this acclaimed title. 'This brave and moving book forces us to open our eyes to the full extent of the devastation that AIDS is causing in Africa.' Susan Sarandon Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFH2; JFSP1; MJCJ2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pluto Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745320755
ISBN
9780745320755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.13

Hardback. A timely interdisciplinary, comparative and historical perspective on African childhood migration that draws on the experience of children themselves to look at where, why and how they move - within and beyond the continent - and the impact of African child migration globally. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011381
ISBN
9781847011381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606927694
ISBN
9781606927694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.57
€ 81.20

Hardback. Editor(s): Ame, Robert Kwame; Agbenyiga, DeBrenna LaFa; Apt, Nana Araba. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSP1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739148006
ISBN
9780739148006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.72

Hardcover. The recent growth in relations between China and the nations of Africa is one of the most important geopolitical phenomena of our time. China and Africa presents a unique, comprehensive view of this relationship. This monumental study, the first since the 1970s, examines China's ties with all of Africa's 54 countries. Num Pages: 544 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition
null
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244199
ISBN
9780812244199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.82

Hardcover. The book seeks to understand China's evolving political and economic role in Africa and assesses what impacts Chinese aid, trade and investment have on the politics of specific African countries, and the extent to which it excites geopolitical competition. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 348 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230229129
ISBN
9780230229129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.53

Paperback.
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010650
ISBN
9781847010650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.01

Hardback. Since 1957, more than 45 countries have received aid from China, yet little has been known about the effectiveness or impact of this assistance. This book provides an account of China's experience as an aid donor in rural Africa. Series: Macmillan International Political Economy S. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; GTF; JFSF; JKSR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333712801
ISBN
9780333712801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.12

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