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  • Melvin Descendant
    Jermaine Huddleston
    After seeing his mother and others die at the hands of the Confederates, Melvin is left searching for the best route to change society. He’s faced with his own personal battles, as well as the world. But he’s guided by the spiritual presence of his fallen family. At what cost will he commit to getting the job done? What happens when you must cross a path that you escaped? Tumel...
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    9,87 €

  • THE GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
    Colonel W. H. H. Waters
    The two-volume (+ map compendium) set of ’The German Official Account of the War in South Africa’ is one of the most significant books written about the Second Anglo-Boer War. Both the first phase - the Boer offensive (October to December 1899) - and the second phase - the British offensive (January to September 1900) - are detailed. The history is characterised by the thorough...
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    45,08 €

  • THE GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
    Colonel W. H. H. Waters
    The two-volume (+ map compendium) set of ’The German Official Account of the War in South Africa’ is one of the most significant books written about the Second Anglo-Boer War. Both the first phase - the Boer offensive (October to December 1899) - and the second phase - the British offensive (January to September 1900) - are detailed. The history is characterised by the thorough...
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    54,64 €

  • THE GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
    Colonel W. H. H. Waters
    The two-volume (+ map compendium) set of ’The German Official Account of the War in South Africa’ is one of the most significant books written about the Second Anglo-Boer War. Both the first phase - the Boer offensive (October to December 1899) - and the second phase - the British offensive (January to September 1900) - are detailed. The history is characterised by the thorough...
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    54,80 €

  • THE GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
    Colonel W. H. H. Waters
    The two-volume (+ map compendium) set of ’The German Official Account of the War in South Africa’ is one of the most significant books written about the Second Anglo-Boer War. Both the first phase - the Boer offensive (October to December 1899) - and the second phase - the British offensive (January to September 1900) - are detailed. The history is characterised by the thorough...
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    44,93 €

  • Five Years with the Congo Cannibals
    Herbert Ward
    The dramatic first-hand account of the establishment of the Congo Free State, a private colony set up under King Leopold of Belgium to stamp out the Arab slave trade in central Africa, written by a participant in the wars and adventures of the 1890s in that country.Recruited to the service of the Congo Free State by the famous explorer Henry Morton Stanley, the author’s first t...
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    25,19 €

  • A History of Rhodesia 1890-1900
    Howard Hensman
    The very first history of the British colonisation of the land which later became famous as Rhodesia, and is now called Zimbabwe.This book, first published in 1900, was specifically commissioned by famous British Imperialist Cecil John Rhodes and his British South Africa Company (BSAC) with the intention of countering some of the negative publicity which the BSAC had encountere...
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    24,92 €

  • Decolonising the Hajj
    Matthew Heaton
    This book recounts the effects of British colonial rule and decolonization on the transformation of the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) from Nigeria over the course of the twentieth century. In so doing, it incorporates Nigeria into broader historical understanding of one of the most important transnational processes in the world. ...
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    157,39 €

  • MIO CARO RICCARDO
    Giorgio Frassetto
    'Mio Caro Riccardo,' è una intrigante e avvincente cronistoria durata vent’anni tra Gabriele D’Annunzio e Riccardo Frassetto, dall’Impresa di Fiume del 1919 fino alla morte del grande Poeta nel 1938. Riccardo Frassetto fu il ' giurato di Fiume' che convinse D’ Annunzio a guidare l’ Impresa di Fiume e a portarla così alla vittoria grazie al carisma del Comandante. Il volume è op...
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    23,14 €

  • The Man who Killed Apartheid
    Harris Dousemetzis
    On 6 September 1966, inside the House of Assembly in Cape Town, Dimitri Tsafendas fatally stabbed Hendrik Verwoerd, South Africa’s Prime Minister and so-called 'architect of apartheid.' Tsafendas was immediately arrested, and before the authorities had even questioned him, they declared him a madman without any political motive for the killing. In the Cape Supreme Court, Tsafen...
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    65,20 €

  • The Man who Killed Apartheid
    Harris Dousemetzis
    On 6 September 1966, inside the House of Assembly in Cape Town, Dimitri Tsafendas fatally stabbed Hendrik Verwoerd, South Africa’s Prime Minister and so-called 'architect of apartheid.' Tsafendas was immediately arrested, and before the authorities had even questioned him, they declared him a madman without any political motive for the killing. In the Cape Supreme Court, Tsafen...
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    96,61 €

  • Protests, Petitions and Persuasion
    David Bone
    This is an exciting, comprehensive compilation of letters, petitions, songs, poems, cartoons and a fatwa composed by Malawi’s foremost martyrs and struggle heroes. The documents lay bare the chequered march of Malawi’s political and social history and give a glimpse into the minds of some of Malawi’s most notable figures and the challenges they faced in their time as they fough...
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    39,68 €

  • World History, Volume 2
    Ann Kordas / Brooke Nelson / Ryan J. Lynch
    Black & white print.World History, Volume 2: from 1400 is designed to meet the scope and sequence of a world history course from 1400 offered at both two-year and four-year institutions. Suitable for both majors and non majors World History, Volume 2: from 1400 introduces students to a global perspective of history couched in an engaging narrative. Concepts and assessments hel...
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    51,05 €

  • World History, Volume 2
    Ann Kordas / Brooke Nelson / Ryan J. Lynch
    Color print.World History, Volume 2: from 1400 is designed to meet the scope and sequence of a world history course from 1400 offered at both two-year and four-year institutions. Suitable for both majors and non majors World History, Volume 2: from 1400 introduces students to a global perspective of history couched in an engaging narrative. Concepts and assessments help studen...
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    125,60 €

  • Hoggaanka iyo Haweenka
    Cabdulqaadir Cabdulle Diini
    Labada jaad ama jinsi ee ragga iyo dumarka waxaa Alle u doortay inay dunida maamulaan, mid kastana wuxuu u yeelay hawl iyo xil saaran iyo xuquuq iyo xaqdhowr uu xilkaa la saaray ku yeelanayo. Hooyada waxaa laga dhigay tiir-dhexaadka ay bulshadu ku taagan tahay, la’aanteedna aanay bulshadu taabbaqaadi karin, qoyskuna aanu dhisnaan karin. Marka dib loo jalleeco sooyaalka iyo dhig...
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    12,68 €

  • Twenty Five Oral Histories
    Katherine Quanbeck
    Katharine Quanbeck’s book stands in the very best tradition of missionary scholars who made significant contributions in such areas as philology, anthropology, sociology, geography, ethnology and medicine. ...
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    53,61 €

  • DAISY DE MELKER - Hiding among killers in the City of Gold
    Ted Botha
    Mother. Nurse. Gold-digger. Cause célèbre. When Daisy de Melker stood trial in 1932, accused of poisoning her son and two husbands, the public couldn’t get enough of her. Crowds gathered outside court baying for blood, and she waved to them like a celebrity. Against the backdrop of Johannesburg in its golden age, a booming metropolis of opulence and chaos nicknamed the ’City of...
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    16,95 €

  • Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity With Their Influence on the Opinions of Modern Christendom
    Samuel Sharpe
    With over 100 illustrations, Sharpe covers subjects like gods who had been mortals, burial ceremonies, the worship of ancestors and kings, Osiris, wives and priestesses and the theory of creation. As the title of the book suggests, it also contains info on Egyptian Christianity and covers the rise of Alexandria, the rebellions against Rome, the council of Nicaea and the convers...
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    13,34 €

  • Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity With Their Influence on the Opinions of Modern Christendom
    Samuel Sharpe
    With over 100 illustrations, Sharpe covers subjects like gods who had been mortals, burial ceremonies, the worship of ancestors and kings, Osiris, wives and priestesses and the theory of creation. As the title of the book suggests, it also contains info on Egyptian Christianity and covers the rise of Alexandria, the rebellions against Rome, the council of Nicaea and the convers...
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    25,51 €

  • The Igbo
    Chinedu Ochinanwata / Dons Eze
    The origin, history, worldview of the Igbo, one of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, is shrouded in mystery. Also, there is the controversy about who really are the Igbo, their institutions, political organisation, and relationships with their neighbours. The book not only unravels these mysteries, but also brings to focus contributions made by the Igbo, both at home an...
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    34,23 €

  • RUGGERO TIMEUS FAURO
    Bruno De Donà
    Uno studio documentato e attento sulla figura di Ruggero Timeus Fauro, lo scrittore irredentista triestino che ha aperto la via al passaggio dall’irredentismo classico e romantico alle moderne ideologie nazionaliste. Un autore di rinnovata attualità riletto attraverso l’analisi del giornalista e saggista Bruno de Donà, bellunese di origini istriane, studioso di storia veneta e ...
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    8,51 €

  • LA GUERRA SENZA NOME
    Archibald Ramsay
    Per la prima volta pubblicato integralmente in lingua italiana un classico della storiografia controcorrente. Il libro è opera del capitano AM Ramsay, deputato inglese internato durante la guerra in un campo di concentramento statunitense per le sue idee politiche vicine all’Asse e contrarie alla guerra. In questo libro il controverso Capitano narra le sue vicissitudini persona...
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    20,90 €

  • The African Tarot Guidebook
    Jarmonay Nelson
    This powerful tool is packed with the richness of African and African American history, as well as Tarot insights that are sure to transport you on a journey back to roots and introduce you to the spiritual world of Tarot card readings.This book is an invaluable resource that enables us to continue the traditions of our ancestors by passing down their stories and creative folkt...
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    42,37 €

  • History beyond apartheid
    Thula Simpson
    This book brings leading historians of South Africa together to consider new methodological and theoretical approaches within the field. ...
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    171,86 €

  • Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa
    Paul Du Chaillu
    Written by Paul du Chaillu, the explorer who was the first outsider to confirm the existence of the Pygmy people of central Africa and of the gorilla-both of which had only been rumoured at before-this book is a dramatic and continually enthralling account of a nearly seven-year long exploration of West and Central Africa in the 1860s.Commissioned by the Academy of Natural Scie...
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    29,88 €

  • Five Years with the Congo Cannibals
    Herbert Ward
    The dramatic first-hand account of the establishment of the Congo Free State, a private colony set up under King Leopold of Belgium to stamp out the Arab slave trade in central Africa, written by a participant in the wars and adventures of the 1890s in that country.Recruited to the service of the Congo Free State by the famous explorer Henry Morton Stanley, the author’s first t...
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    20,77 €

  • What Has Religion Studies in Africa Been Up To?
    Jaco Beyers
    The purpose of the book is to provide a collection of perspectives from various parts of Africa on what scholars in religion studies are currently engaged with, whether it refers to topics or methodology. Each chapter is written from the perspective of a scholar working within a particular context on a particular theme or topic related to religion studies. Several methodologies...
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    46,19 €

  • What Has Religion Studies in Africa Been Up To?
    Jaco Beyers
    The purpose of the book is to provide a collection of perspectives from various parts of Africa on what scholars in religion studies are currently engaged with, whether it refers to topics or methodology. Each chapter is written from the perspective of a scholar working within a particular context on a particular theme or topic related to religion studies. Several methodologies...
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    33,71 €

  • Operation Legacy
    Olasupo Shasore
    Operation Legacy Looting and Losing Africa’s Kingdoms is a treatment of how colonial powers looted precious artefacts across Africa; still hold them in personal and public collections, some known and others unknown; and the violence of the looting and its consequences. The story reaches back into the basic assumptions around colonial rule and debunks them in spectacular contemp...
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    34,16 €

  • The History Of The Rise, Progress And Accomplishment Of The Abolition Of The African Slave Trade By The British Parliament (1808), Vol. 2
    Thomas Clarkson
    'The History Of The Rise, Progress, And Accomplishment Of The Abolition Of The African Slave Trade By The British Parliament' is a two-volume book written by Thomas Clarkson. The book provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the efforts to abolish the transatlantic slave trade in Britain. Volume II of the book focuses on the period from 1792 to 1807, during which the Br...
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    15,97 €