Cultural Region/African
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Ballet of Deception
$19.95 Add to cartThis gripping thriller follows the story of Amber Stone, who narrowly survives a brutal attack outside her workplace. As Amber works alongside a rookie detective to piece together the circumstances of
- Author: Vaughan, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: August 24 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887938851
- Language: English
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DK Eyewitness Top 10 Gran Canaria
$14.99 Read moreGran Canaria’s towering mountains, pristine beaches, cosmopolitan towns and distinctive mix of Old and New World cultures make it an irresistible destination to visit.
Make the most of your trip to th- Series: Pocket Travel Guide
- Author: Dk Eyewitness
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 024161533X
- Language: English
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Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800
$42.00 Add to cartThis book explores Africa’s involvement in the Atlantic world from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries. It focuses especially on the causes and consequences of the slave trade, in Africa, i… [more below]
- Series: Studies in Comparative World History
- Author: Thornton, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: April 28 1998
- ISBN10: 0521627249
- 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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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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Keorapetse Kgositsile: Collected Poems, 1969-2018
$24.95 Add to cartKeorapetse Kgositsile, South Africa’s second poet laureate, was a political activist, teacher, and poet. He lived, wrote, and taught in the United States for a significant part of his life and collabo… [more below]
- Series: African Poetry Book
- Author: Kgositsile, Keorapetse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: January 01 2023
- ISBN10: 149622115X
- 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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Careless Seamstress
$17.95 Add to cartThis dazzling debut announces a not-so-new voice: that of the spoken-word poet Tjawangwa Dema. Winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, Dema’s collection, The Careless Seamstress, e… [more below]
- Series: African Poetry Book
- Author: Dema, Tjawangwa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1496214129
- 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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Loving the Dying
$17.95 Add to cartLoving the Dying is a collection of poems on life’s different stages. Set against the backdrop of a conflicted society, Len Verwey looks at a person’s life from youth and growing up to aging and dying… [more below]
- Series: African Poetry Book
- Author: Verwey, Len
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496234685
- 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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Iron Pots & Wooden Spoons: Africa’s Gifts to New World Cooking
$16.95 Add to cartCajun, Creole, and Caribbean dishes all have their roots in the cooking of West and Central Africa; the peanuts, sweet potatoes, rice, cassava, plantains, and chile pepper that star in the cuisines of… [more below]
- Author: Harris, Jessica B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 03 1999
- ISBN10: 0684853264
- 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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Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt
$21.99 Add to cartWorld-renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz explores the reality behind the bestselling fiction she writes (as Elizabeth Peters) and casts a dazzling light on a remarkable civilization.
Afascinating chro
- Author: Mertz, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 28 2019
- ISBN10: 0061252778
- 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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African American History: A Captivating Guide to the People and Events that Shaped the History of the United States
$29.99 Add to cartExplore Captivating Stories and Facts about African American History
The history of African Americans is a long and tragic chronicle of events. The people who dared to stand up and speak out against t
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1647485258
- Language: English
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Arab Spring, Libyan Winter
$16.95 Add to cartThe Arab Spring captivated the planet. Mass action overthrew Tunisia’s Ben Ali and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak. The revolutionary wave spread to the far corners of the Arab world, from Morocco to Bahrain. I
- Author: Prashad, Vijay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 08 2012
- ISBN10: 1849351120
- Language: English
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Man-Eaters of Tsavo
$18.95 Add to cartA classic tale of adventure and terror in the African jungle.
- Author: Patterson, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: July 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1592281877
- Language: English
