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Africa
Paperback. In the late 19th century, the river Nile became the setting for the first major encounter between the West and Islam in the modern era. In a collision between Europeans, Arabs and Africans, three empires rose in the space of thirty years. This is the story of Islam and the Empire on the Nile c 1869. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; JFSR2; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099487050
- ISBN
- 9780099487050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.77
€ 19.00
€ 16.77
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New Holland Publishing Group South Africa
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770077065
- ISBN
- 9781770077065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.75
€ 13.99
€ 13.75
hardcover. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780064978637
- ISBN
- 9780064978637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.15
€ 55.15
paperback. In an epic series of battles, the mighty empires of Carthage and Rome vied for supremacy of Mediterranean - before the Carthaginians finally buckled and their great capital city was razed to the ground, burning for six days and nights, its inhabitants slaughtered or enslaved. This title charts one of the bloodiest dramas of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 544 pages, col. Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HB; 1QDA; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141018096
- ISBN
- 9780141018096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
paperback. In 70s South Africa, the author - descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white boy - went to work as a crime reporter for a local Johannesburg rag. There he encountered first-hand the horrors wrought by apartheid. In this book, he attempts to understand his country, its racial hatred, and his own tortured conscience. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099583462
- ISBN
- 9780099583462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
paperback. Describes the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea. Editor(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Translator(s): Steegmuller, Francis. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2ADF; 3JH; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140435825
- ISBN
- 9780140435825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 9.06
€ 12.99
€ 9.06
Paperback. Presents powerful lessons on life and leadership based on the life and work of Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013), whose fight against apartheid in South Africa has become an enduring example of resistance against injustice and oppression. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; BGH; HBJH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753519349
- ISBN
- 9780753519349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.91
€ 19.99
€ 13.91
paperback. Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 was the first attack on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times. He was just twenty-eight when he invaded Egypt and it was an episode which contained in embryo many seminal events in his later life. This work looks at his epic military victories and his declaration of himself as emperor. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HBE; 3JH; HBJD; HBJH; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844139170
- ISBN
- 9781844139170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905674114
- ISBN
- 9781905674114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.31
€ 119.31
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Cook, Robin. Num Pages: 368 pages, b&w illustrations, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HDD; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 115 x 23. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099429272
- ISBN
- 9780099429272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
paperback. The author's unmatched experience of East African wildlife and his appetite for risk have made him a world-class naturalist and film-maker. This title tells the story of his life's work, from his arrival in Kenya as a young boy to the making of his game-changing films. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; BGA; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099555889
- ISBN
- 9780099555889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.60
€ 18.99
€ 14.60
paperback. When President Habyarimana's jet was shot down in April 1994, Rwanda erupted into a hundred-day orgy of killing - which left up to a million dead. The author travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing. This analysis aims to reveal the terrible truth behind the headlines. Num Pages: 224 pages, maps, chronology. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; DNF; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140247602
- ISBN
- 9780140247602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
paperback. It was the First World War and Britain was in trouble. Kaiser Wilhelm had put two warships on Lake Tanganika in Central Africa, giving him control of the region, and it was vital for Britain that those ships be destroyed. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141009841
- ISBN
- 9780141009841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.60
€ 19.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. 'Why bother to rob a bank, when you can own a bank?' asked Bertold Brecht. The question is reiterated in the very Brechtian Love, Crime and Johannesburg, the story of Jimmy 'Long Legs' Mangane, a people's poet involved in the struggle, who is accused of robbing a bank. Num Pages: 128 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; AVGM; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868143542
- ISBN
- 9781868143542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.83
€ 20.83
Paperback. The 'Cradle of Humankind' (COH), bordering Gauteng and the North-West Province in South Africa, was declared a World Heritage Site for the wealth of the human and animal fossils found there. This work aims to provide an overview of the history of the COH, and of the important discoveries that have been made there, for a non-specialist audience. Editor(s): Bonner, Phillip; Esterhuysen, Amanda; Jenkins, Trefor. Num Pages: 420 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144181
- ISBN
- 9781868144181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.09
€ 37.99
€ 34.09
Paperback. Addresses a gap in contemporary studies of nationalism and the nation, providing a critical study of South African nationalism, against a broader context of African nationalism in general. This book explores how an African 'people' came into being in the first lace, particularly in the South African context.a Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144457
- ISBN
- 9781868144457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Answers questions such as: What is Thabo Mbeki's legacy for patterns of inclusion and exclusion based on race, class and gender? How, if at all, did his presidency reshape relations within the state, between the state and the ruling party and between the state and society? How did he reposition South Africa on the continent and in the world? Editor(s): Glaser, Daryl. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 121 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145027
- ISBN
- 9781868145027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.09
€ 37.99
€ 34.09
Paperback. "In this book Natasha Distiller explores historic and contemporary uses of Shakespeare in South African society which illustrate the complexities of colonial and post-colonial realities as they relate to iconic Englishness."--Back cover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145614
- ISBN
- 9781868145614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Presents a bricolage of essays and interviews showcasing the experiences of women working in film, either directly as practitioners or in other areas such as curators, festival programme directors or fundraisers. It does not shy away from questioning the relations of power in the practice of filmmaking and the power invested in the gaze itself. Editor(s): Mistry, Jyoti; Schuhmann, Antje. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; APFA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868148561
- ISBN
- 9781868148561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Made famous through Evans-Pritchard's ethnography, the Nuer are the second largest ethnic group in South Sudan. They were the object of Britain's last pacification campaign in Africa. The contemporary administrative reports and more recent interviews with Nuer and Dinka participants collected here cover significant events from 1898 to 1930. Editor(s): Johnson, Douglas H. Series: Fontes Historiae Africanae. Num Pages: 350 pages, 6 including 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JJ; HBJH; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265888
- ISBN
- 9780197265888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.66
€ 102.66
A rigorous analysis of the key economic policy challenges facing Zambia over the coming decades in in the areas of natural resource management, agriculture, trade, employment and migration, education, finance, and investment. Editor(s): Adam, Christopher; Collier, Paul; Gondwe, Michael. Series: Africa: Policies for Prosperity. Num Pages: 480 pages, Figures and Tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; KCG; KCM; KCP; KCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199660605
- ISBN
- 9780199660605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 178.70
€ 178.70
The disastrous history of the British transportation of convicts to West Africa after the loss of the North American colonies, and before the opening of Australia as a new destination for Britan's criminal classes Num Pages: 448 pages, 8pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HFD; 1MBF; 3JF; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199695935
- ISBN
- 9780199695935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.36
€ 25.99
€ 19.36
hardcover. Recounts the cutthroat competition and back stabbing that were often part of the media-highlighted race to find the oldest hominid fossil. The author weaves the story in the rich fabric of Ethiopian society and politics, the plight of the regions people, and the international maneuverings for control of the fossil finds. Num Pages: 404 pages, 42 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; HD; PD; PSXE; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 779.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Copernicus United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- SKU
- V9780387987422
- ISBN
- 9780387987422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.97
€ 32.99
€ 29.97
paperback. This is the first volume in a four-book set covering all Egyptian pottery, ranging from the earliest (Fayum A) ceramics to pottery made in Egypt today, organised by historical periods. The manuals are quick identification guides as well as starting points for more extensive research. Num Pages: 225 pages, 420 drawings, 29 col photos. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; ACG; AFP; HDDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 253 x 17. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Ancient Egypt Research Associates Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780982554449
- ISBN
- 9780982554449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.73
€ 43.73