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African Art Now by Osei Bonsu
RRP: €47.60€33.02Over the past two decades contemporary African art has taken its rightful place on the world stage. Today, African artists work outside the confines of limiting categories and outdated perceptions; they produce art that is as much a reflection of... -
Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad by Michela Wrong
RRP: €13.08€8.63SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2022 'Superb' The Times 'Engrossing and revelatory' Observer 'Powerful, compelling and meticulously researched' New Statesman A new book from the award winning... -
Rorke's Drift By Those Who Were There: Volume I by Ian Knight
RRP: €29.75€20.97The great host came steadily on, spreading out spreading out - spreading out till they seemed like a giant pair of nut-crackers opening round the little nut of Rorke's Drift. - Surgeon Major James Henry Reynolds V.C., Army Medical Department On 22... -
When the Music's Over: Intervention, Aid and Somalia by Gareth Owen
RRP: €20.22€14.21In 1993, Gareth Owen volunteered to go to Somalia with an Irish aid agency. Located in a remote desert outpost, he encountered the brutality of conflict and famine and experienced the hardships and struggles of an extraordinary race of desert warriors... -
Marrakech Express by Peter Millar
RRP: €17.84€11.66Back in 1969 when Morocco's ancient capital was a hashish clouded happy mecca, Crosby, Stills and Nash recorded their cheesy (and hopelessly inaccurate) foot-tapping anthem 'Marrakech Express'. A generation on, award-winning journalist, author, and... -
Pirate Enlightenment: Buccaneers, Women Traders and Mock Kingdoms in Eighteenth Century Madagascar by David Graeber
RRP: €22.60€16.58'A characteristically radical re-reading of history that places the social and political experiments of pirates at the heart of the European Enlightenment. A brilliant companion volume to the best-selling Dawn of Everything' Amitav GhoshThe Enlightenment... -
In Search of Enemies: A CIA Story by John Stockwell 9780393009262
RRP: €23.80€20.92In Search of Enemies is much more than the story of the only war to be found when the CIA sought to recoup its prestige after the Vietnam debacle. Though no American troops were committed to Angola, only "advisors," many millions were spent, many... -
Reinventing Theology in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Challenges and Hopes by Marcel Uwineza
RRP: €119.00€102.99The first comprehensive examination of the Catholic Church's role in the genocide against the Tutsi and its attempts at reconciliation From April to July 1994, more than a million people were killed during the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda... -
The Triumph of Evil: Genocide in Rwanda and the Fight for Justice by Charles Petrie
RRP: €22.60€20.93The Rwandan Genocide began on 6 April 1994, when a plane carrying President Juvenal Habyarimana was shot down over Kigali. This sparked one hundred days of brutal massacres throughout the country, and as the violence and fear escalated, the UN was called... -
Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey by Fergal Keane
RRP: €13.08€9.25When 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. Fergal Keane travelled through the country as the genocide was continuing, and his powerful analysis... -
Skepticism in Philosophy: A Comprehensive, Historical Introduction by Henrik Lagerlund
RRP: €45.21€39.72In this book, Henrik Lagerlund offers students, researchers, and advanced general readers the first complete history of what is perhaps the most famous of all philosophical problems: skepticism. As the first of its kind, the book traces the influence of... -
Coconut: A memoir of belonging, identity and finding home by Florence Olajide
RRP: €10.70€7.38'Why am I not white like everybody else?' Nan came and sat on the edge of my bed. 'What do you mean?' A tender finger brushed against my cheek. 'Well, everyone in this house is white. Why am I Black?'A generation of Nigerian children were born in Britain... -
Beyond No Mean Soldier: The Explosive Recollections of a Former Special Forces Operator by Peter McAleese 9781910294017
RRP: €23.74€17.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294017Author Peter McAleeseFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Central African Folktales by Professor Enongene Mirabeau Sone 9781804177808
RRP: €10.70€7.79Featuring stories such as The Prince Who Insisted on Possessing the Moon, How the Squirrel outwitted the Elephant, and The Water-Fairies save a Child, tales from Central Africa share many aspects of the same themes across the continent because ancient... -
Julius Nyerere by Paul Bjerk
RRP: €17.84€15.60With vision, hard-nosed judgment, and biting humor, Julius Nyerere confronted the challenges of nation building in modern Africa. Constructing Tanzania out of a controversial Cold War union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, Nyerere emerged as one of... -
Black Girl from Pyongyang: In Search of My Identity by Monica Macias
RRP: €22.60€15.76The extraordinary true story of a West African girl's upbringing in North Korea under the guardianship of President Kim Il Sung. In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was sent from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea by her... -
Early Art and Architecture of Africa by Peter Garlake
RRP: €26.17€18.58This new history of over 5000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art, Peter Garlake uses the latest research and... -
Reiki: From Beginner to Practitioner by Jacqueline Raison 9780719840838
RRP: €17.84€14.63Reiki is a gentle but powerful universal healing energy that boosts the body's ability to heal itself, whether the source of disease is physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. This Japanese healing method can aid relaxation and meditation, boosts our... -
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by John Carlin
RRP: €13.08€8.71Now filmed as INVICTUS directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2008As the day of the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup dawned, and the Springboks... -
Great Kingdoms of Africa by John Parker
RRP: €29.75€19.97An essential overview of great kingdoms in African history and their legacies, written by world-leading experts. From the ancient Nile Valley to the savannas of medieval West Africa, the highlands of Ethiopia and on to the forests, lakes and grasslands... -
West African Folk Tales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: €8.32€6.32Tricksters and animals play an important role in West African folklore with stories that entertain but serve a moral purpose. Traditions and local tales revel in the antics of these characters: from Nigeria to Benin, from the cunning spider god Anansi to... -
The World That Was Ours by Hilda Bernstein 9781906462093
RRP: €15.47€14.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906462093Author Hilda BernsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Persephone Books LtdPublisher Persephone Books LtdWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm)... -
The Old Way: A Story of the First People by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas 9780312427283
RRP: €23.80€15.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312427283Author Elizabeth Marshall ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams)... -
Left to Tell: One Woman's Story of Surviving the Rwandan Genocide by Immaculee Ilibagiza
RRP: €17.84€10.51Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family that she cherished.But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into bloody holocaust. Immaculee's family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that... -
Morocco - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Jillian C. York
RRP: €13.08€9.51Don't just see the sights-get to know the people. Morocco is a joy to the senses. Graced with spectacular scenery, the country's rich history is carved into its architecture and baked into its cuisine. Its marketplaces are filled with tantalizing... -
Beyond Empire by John T. Ducker
€52.05Beyond Empire looks at three decades of British colonial administration to assess the capacity of the independent governments of Africa to achieve independence. A wealth of archival material and a unique review of British press over those decades brings... -
Chief of Station, Congo: Fighting the Cold War in a Hot Zone by Lawrence Devlin
RRP: €16.65€10.95Larry Devlin arrived as the new chief of station for the CIA in the Congo five days after the country had declared its independence, the army had mutinied, and governmental authority had collapsed. As he crossed the Congo River in an almost empty ferry... -
North Africa under Byzantium and Early Islam by Susan T. Stevens
RRP: €70.15€55.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884024088Author Susan T. StevensFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research... -
White Malice: The CIA and the Neocolonisation of Africa by Susan Williams
RRP: €29.75€25.68The shocking, untold story of how African independence was strangled at birth by America's systematic interference. Accra, 1958. Africa's liberation leaders have gathered for a conference, full of strength, purpose and vision. Newly independent Ghana's... -
Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance by Jake Subryan Richards 9781781301234
RRP: €29.75€22.00An important illustrated history of the relationship between Cambridge and the Black Atlantic. Between 1400 and 1900, European powers, not least Britain, colonised the Americas and transported over 12.5 million people from sub-Saharan Africa as... -
The Woman Who Would be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney 9781780747668
RRP: €15.46€10.82Hatshepsut, the daughter of a general who took Egypt's throne without status as a king's son and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty, was born into a privileged position of the royal household. Married to her brother, she was expected to bear the... -
Granma Nineteen and the Soviet's Secret by Ondjaki 9781927428658
RRP: €14.27€13.01BY THE WINNER OF THE 2013 JOSE SARAMAGO PRIZE AN AFRICA39/UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE 2014 TOP AFRICAN WRITER UNDER 40 A GUARDIAN TOP FIVE AFRICAN WRITER, 2012 WINNER OF THE GRINZANE PRIZE FOR BEST YOUNG WRITER, 2010 By the beaches of Luanda, the Soviets... -
The Sloth Lemur’s Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present by Alison Richard
RRP: €13.08€8.63'Full of wonder and forensic intelligence' Isabella Tree, author of Wilding A moving account of Madagascar told by a researcher who has spent over fifty years investigating the mysteries of this remarkable island. ... -
States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control - Second Edition by Jeffrey Herbst 9780691164144
RRP: €33.32€28.11Theories of international relations, assumed to be universally applicable, have failed to explain the creation of states in Africa. There, the interaction of power and space is dramatically different from what occurred in Europe. In States and Power in... -
Rhodesian Fire Force 1966-80 by Kerrin Cocks
€23.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910294055Author Kerrin CocksFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Africans by David Lamb 9780394753089
€19.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394753089Author David LambFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
East African Folk Tales by J K Jackson
RRP: €10.70€7.79Traditional stories bring a deeper understanding of the movement of peoples across East Africa. Common roots and differences between ancient peoples create a lively portrait with their fragile, powerful gods. The modern nations of Kenya, Tanzania,... -
Three Letter Plague: A Young Man's Journey Through a Great Epidemic by Jonny Steinberg
RRP: €20.22€14.61At the end of a steep gravel road in one of the remotest corners of South Africa's Eastern Cape lies the village of Ithanga. Home to a few hundred villagers, the majority of them unemployed, it is inconceivably poor. It is to here that award-winning... -
It's Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong
RRP: €15.46€10.09A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. When Michela Wrong's Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one cold February morning on the doorstep of her London... -
The War That Doesn't Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo by Jason K. Stearns 9780691224510
RRP: €22.60€17.60Why violence in the Congo has continued despite decades of international intervention Well into its third decade, the military conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been dubbed a "forever war"-a perpetual cycle of war, civil unrest, and...