Africa
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Operation Thunderbolt: Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History
$24.99 Add to cartThe definitive account of one of the greatest Special Forces missions ever, the Raid of Entebbe, by acclaimed military historian Saul David.
On June 27, 1976, an Air France flight from Tel Aviv to Pa- Author: David, Saul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: March 14 2017
- ISBN10: 0316245399
- Language: English
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The African Adventurers: A Return to the Silent Places
$34.99 Add to cartHailed as the adventure-writing successor to Hemingway and Ruark, only Peter Hathaway Capstick “can write action as cleanly and suspensefully as the best of his predecessors’ (Sports Illustrated). Thi
- Author: Capstick, Peter Hathaway
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 15 1992
- ISBN10: 0312076223
- Language: English
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The Rwanda Poems: Voices and Visions from the Genocide
$18.95 Add to cartThe only book of poetry to date devoted to the Rwanda genocide and published in this country, this is a work of nonfictional poetry, a cousin in genre to the nonfictional novel. It is based not only o
- Author: Kaufman, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 110
- Publish Date: March 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1630450812
- Language: English
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In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz
$19.99 Add to cartKnown as “the Leopard,” the president of Zaire for thirty-two years, Mobutu Sese Seko, showed all the cunning of his namesake — seducing Western powers, buying up the opposition, and dominating his p
- Author: Wrong, Michela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0060934433
- Language: English
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Rough Guides Make the Most of Your Time on Earth
$34.99 Add to cartExperiential travel has always been at the heart of Rough Guides. For nearly 40 years, our authors have been sharing travel experiences that inspire readers to push themselves out of their comfort zon
- Series: Rough Guides Inspirational
- Author: Guides, Rough
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 616
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1839057785
- Language: English
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Mansa Musa: A Captivating Guide to the Emperor of the Islamic Mali Empire in West Africa and How He Developed Timbuktu into a Majo
$25.99 Add to cartWho was Mansa Musa? And why was he important?
In the grand scheme of things, very little is known of Mansa Musa’s life. We know that he was one of the greatest emperors of the Mali Empire. And we know
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: April 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1637162626
- Language: English
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The Igbos and Israel: An Inter-Cultural Study of the Largest Jewish Diaspora
$27.99 Add to cartJewish Igbo scholar Remy Ilona presents and analyzes Judaic history, practices and concept within the Igbo culture of Nigeria. Remy has been honored and supported by Kulanu, an American Jewish organiz… [more below]
- Author: Ilona, Remy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 12 2014
- ISBN10: 193860900X
- Language: English
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Rival Claims for the Soul of Africa
$19.33 Add to cartWhile Africa is the continent on which human life began, it is also a continent that has been invaded throughout the history of mankind. Christianity was firmly established in North Africa by the thir… [more below]
- Author: Baraza, Patrick Wanakuta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1934454028
- Language: English
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Phyllis Galembo: Maske
$45.00 Read moreMaske is an album of Phyllis Galembo’s powerful and thrilling masquerade photographs, from Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Zambia, and Haiti. Introduced by art historian Chika Okeke… [more below]
- Author: Galembo, Phyllis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 22 2016
- ISBN10: 1597113530
- Language: English
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The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success
$18.99 Add to cartLearn to unlock your inner explorer in this riveting account of a great, forbidding adventure and “a fascinating examination of the seven key traits of history’s most famous explorers…[with] infusio… [more below]
- Author: Dugard, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 30 2015
- ISBN10: 1451677588
- Language: English
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Trinitarian Responses to Worldliness
$40.00 Add to cartAre you a seminarian/scholar who wants to go further from your school’s Barthian tradition? The purpose of this book is to connect cutting-edge post-Barthian trinitarian theological movements all arou… [more below]
- Author: Yang, Heejun
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1666791091
- Language: English
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Rwanda: With Eastern Congo
$28.99 Read moreNow into its eighth edition and written by Philip Briggs, the world’s leading author of African guidebooks, Bradt’s Rwanda has been the go-to guide for visitors to the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’ for m… [more below]
- Author: Briggs, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1804690163
- Language: English
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The Soweto Uprising
$19.95 Add to cartThe Soweto uprising was a true turning point in South Africa’s history. Even to contemporaries, it seemed to mark the beginning of the end of apartheid. This compelling book examines both the underlyi
- Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa
- Author: Nieftagodien, Noor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: December 08 2014
- ISBN10: 0821421549
- Language: English
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African Politics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAfrica is a continent of 54 countries and over a billion people. However, despite the rich diversity of the African experience, it is striking that continuations and themes seem to be reflected across… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Taylor, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: December 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198806574
- Language: English
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Mansa Musa: A Captivating Guide to the Emperor of the Islamic Mali Empire in West Africa and How He Developed Timbuktu into a Majo
$16.97 Add to cartWho was Mansa Musa? And why was he important?
In the grand scheme of things, very little is known of Mansa Musa’s life. We know that he was one of the greatest emperors of the Mali Empire. And we know
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: March 31 2021
- ISBN10: 163716260X
- Language: English
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Pasajes de la Guerra Revolucionaria: Congo
$18.95 Read moreEn abril de 1965, el Che Guevara se marcha de La Habana al Congo para dirigir a 200 veteranos cubanos que asisten al movimiento de liberación africana contra los colonialistas belgas, cuatro años desp
- Series: The Che Guevara Library
- Author: Guevara, Ernesto Che
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 23, 2024
- ISBN10: 1644211408
- Language: Spanish
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Anatom?a del Mal: 8 Cr?menes Que Te Har?n Perder La Fe En La Humanidad / Anatomy of Evil
$21.95 Read moreADVERTENCIA: ESTE LIBRO TE HAR? REPLANTEARTE LO LEJOS QUE PUEDE LLEGAR EL SER HUMANO.
PREP?RATE PARA MIRAR DIRECTO AL ABISMO
Y TEN CUIDADO DE QUE NO TE DEVUELVA LA MIRADA.
En estas p?ginas nos e… [more below]- Author: Wild, Jordi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 8466671633
- Language: Spanish
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Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
$19.00 Add to cartThe final posthumous work by the coauthor of the major New York Times bestseller The Dawn of Everything.
Pirates have long lived in the realm of romance and fantasy, symbolizing risk, lawlessness, and- Author: Graeber, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1250321875
- Language: English
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28: Stories of AIDS in Africa
$15.99 Add to cartIn 28, Stephanie Nolen, the Toronto Globe and Mail‘s Africa Bureau Chief, puts a human face on the crisis created by HIV/AIDS in Africa. Through riveting anecdotal stories, Nolen brings to life people
- Author: Nolen, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 02 2008
- ISBN10: 080271675X
- Language: English
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The Cosmography and Geography of Africa
$22.00 Add to cartThe first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance: an African diplomat’s guide to Africa
A Penguin Classic In 1518, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, a Moroccan d- Author: Africanus, Johannes Leo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0241543932
- Language: English
