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House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe by Christina Lamb
RRP: €15.46€10.09A powerful and intensely human insight into the civil war in Zimbabwe, focusing on a white farmer and his maid who find themselves on opposing sides. One bright morning Nigel Hough, one of the few remaining white farmers in Mugabe's Zimbabwe,... -
To Hell With Cronje Ingrid Winterbach 9781934824306
RRP: €19.03€13.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934824306Author Ingrid WinterbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Open LetterPublisher Open LetterWeight(grams) 340g -
Flying Springbok, The: A history of South African Airways since its inception to the post-apartheid era Lionel Friedberg 9781789046465
RRP: €28.55€24.41An artistic rendering of the African antelope, the Springbok, was depicted with stylized wings to serve as the logo of South African Airways (SAA) for well over 60 years. It was replaced by a new corporate identity when the airline was rebranded after... -
The Top Ten of Everything Chelsea: The Best of the Blues from Azpilicueta to Zola by Clive Batty 9781785318610
RRP: €22.60€16.20Brimming with Blues trivia, facts and stats, The Top Ten of Everything Chelsea covers every aspect of the club's long and colourful history in dozens of ranked lists. A star cast features the best of the British, European and South American players who... -
Barbed Wire and Cucumber Sandwiches: The South African Tour of 1970 by Colin Shindler 9781785316340
RRP: €23.79€17.87Barbed Wire and Cucumber Sandwiches is the compelling story of a cricket tour framed in a landscape of turbulent social history. Cricket, England's gentle summer game, was shaken to its core by demonstrations, strikes, arrests and violence amid growing... -
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa by Mark Mathabane
RRP: €22.60€15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684848280Author Mark MathabaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & Schuster LtdWeight(grams) 331g -
Call Of The Litany Bird: Surviving the Zimbabwe Bush War Susan Gibbs 9781907991004
RRP: €21.41€18.97As a trained nurse, newly married to the son of the Governor of Rhodesia during the UDI years, Susan writes compellingly about bringing up a family on their farm in Matabeleland in the midst of the unfolding terror and growing number of atrocities. ... -
Diamonds, Gold and War: The Making of South Africa Martin Meredith 9781416526377
RRP: €13.08€8.18The prize was great -- not just land, but the riches it held, in the form of diamonds and gold. What became a country called South Africa was, until 1910, a vast and untamed land where great fortunes could be made (and lost); where great battles were... -
From Boer War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army, 1902-1914 by Spencer Jones 9780806144153
€22.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806144153Author Spencer JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma PressWeight(grams) 408g -
South Africa - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Isabella Morris 9781857338720
RRP: €10.70€8.14South Africa has been described as "A World in One Country" and a "Rainbow Nation." Its landscape ranges from miles of glorious beaches to the inland desert of the Karoo, the sweeping grasslands of the Highveld plateau, and the subtropical bush of the... -
Magnificent and Beggar Land: Angola Since the Civil War by Professor Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
RRP: €35.70€32.07Magnificent and Beggar Land is a powerful account of fast-changing dynamics in Angola, an important African state that is a key exporter of oil and diamonds and a growing power on the continent. Based on three years of research and extensive first-hand... -
Dreaming the Karoo: A People Called the /Xam by Julia Blackburn
RRP: €23.80€17.01A spellbinding new book by the much-acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the /Xam - a haunting book about the brutality of colonial frontiers and the fate of those they dispossess.In spring 2020, Julia Blackburn... -
How Long Will South Africa Survive?: The Looming Crisis by R. W. Johnson
RRP: €19.03€17.22In 1977, Johnson's best-selling How Long Will South Africa Survive? offered a controversial and highly original analysis of the survival prospects of apartheid. Now, after more than two decades of the ANC in government, he believes the question must be... -
When Money Destroys Nations: How Hyperinflation Ruined Zimbabwe, How Ordinary People Survived, and Warnings for Nations that Print Money by Philip Haslam 9780620590037
€13.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620590037Author Philip HaslamFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint When Money Destroys NationsPublisher When Money Destroys NationsWeight(grams) 349g -
Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space by Derek Owusu
RRP: €11.89€8.09'It's brave and honest, and not a moment too soon.' Afua Hirsch, Brit(ish)'[An] outstanding myth-busting book. Everyone should read it.' Bernardine EvaristoWhat is the experience of Black men in Britain today? Never has the conversation about racism and... -
The Herero Genocide: War, Emotion, and Extreme Violence in Colonial Namibia by Matthias Häussler 9781805391517
RRP: €33.26€26.87Drawing on previously inaccessible and overlooked archival sources, The Herero Genocide undertakes a groundbreaking investigation into the war between colonizer and colonized in what was formerly German South-West Africa and is today the nation of... -
How Can Man Die Better: The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed by Mike Snook
RRP: €17.84€14.29Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the long and distinguished history of the British Army. At noon a massive Zulu host attacked the 24th Regiment in its encampment at the foot of the mountain of Isandlwana, a distinctive... -
The Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects by War Museum of the Boer Republics 9781526734037
€34.14The Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects brings the victories and the tragedies-and the full extent of the human drama behind this war-to life through 100 iconic artefacts. While a Mafeking siege note helps to illustrate the acute shortages caused by the... -
Ripples from the Zambezi: Passion, Entrepreneurship, and the Rebirth of Local Economies by Ernesto Sirolli 9780865713970
RRP: €29.75€14.89Not your average (boring!) book on economic development, this is an inspired account of a revolutionary approach to revitalizing urban and rural economies, one person at a time. Through "Enterprise Facilitation," depressed communities can build lasting... -
Strange Vagabond of God: Story of John Bradburne by John Dove 9780852443835
€15.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852443835Author John DoveFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint GracewingPublisher Gracewing -
A Short History of Mozambique by Professor Malyn Newitt
RRP: €27.36€24.20This comprehensive overview traces the evolution of modern Mozambique, from its early modern origins in the Indian Ocean trading system and the Portuguese maritime empire to the fifteen-year civil war that followed independence and its continued... -
The Christmas Contract by Cassie Connor 9780008568269
RRP: €11.89€7.90'What can I say, I loved this book. It has all my favorite tropes. Fake dating - check! Grumpy/ sunshine (reversed) check! One bed - check!' Reader review When you can't find the perfect date for the holidays you... -
The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning by Eve Fairbanks
RRP: €23.79€14.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476725277Author Eve FairbanksFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
The Rorke's Drift Commanders: Gonville Bromhead and John Chard by Bancroft, James W 9781399009966
RRP: €23.80€17.01Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead and Lieutenant John Chard had fame thrust upon them, as did the place known as Rorke's Drift, which before 1879 was an unknown homestead situated in the middle of the South African veld. Although both men came from families... -
Copper Wings: British South Africa Police Reserve Air Wing Volume 2: 1974-1980 by Guy Ellis 9781804513620
RRP: €23.74€16.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804513620Author Guy EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
RRP: €33.31€28.87Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, forty-four-year-old lawyer and African National Congress activist Nelson Mandela had no idea that he would spend the next twenty-seven years... -
The NLP Professional: Your Future in NLP Karen Falconer 9780857162083
RRP: €20.22€14.61Karen Falconer is the CEO and driving force of ANLP International CIC, the world's most successful independent Association for NLP Professionals. ANLP runs the largest international NLP annual conference. Karen brings her vast experience of running... -
The Zulu War: Then and Now by Ian Knight 9780900913754
€44.83This work is one of the most widley known military campaigns of the Victorian era. The story is presented through the "After the Battle" series "then and now" photographic theme and contains graphic eyewitness accounts from both sides which aim to convey... -
A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
€15.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618446599Author Pumla Gobodo-MadikizelaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Academic)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams)... -
Prison Letters Nelson Mandela 9781631495960
RRP: €16.65€14.58First published to mark the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth, The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela sparked celebrations around the globe. Featuring 94 letters selected from that landmark collection, as well as new introductory material and six new... -
Epidemics: The Story of South Africa's Five Most Lethal Human Diseases by Howard Phillips 9780821420287
RRP: €15.46€14.01This is the first history of epidemics in South Africa, lethal episodes that significantly shaped this society over three centuries. Focusing on five devastating diseases between 1713 and today-smallpox, bubonic plague, "Spanish influenza," polio, and... -
The Soul of the White Ant by Eugene N Marais 9780980297652
€12.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980297652Author Eugene N MaraisFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint New York University PressPublisher New York University PressWeight(grams)... -
The Dust Diaries by Owen Sheers
RRP: €13.08€8.71When Owen Sheers discovers a book in his father's study he stumbles upon the life of an obscure relative: Arthur Cripps, lyric poet and maverick missionary to Rhodesia. Compelled by the description of Cripps' extraordinary life in Africa, Sheers embarks... -
Hero of the Empire: The Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard
RRP: €15.46€10.82'Thrilling, tremendously enjoyable' The New York Times'A nail-biting escape story' Financial TimesAt the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill already believed he was destined for greatness. This is the incredible story of how one incredible year in... -
Botswana - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Michael Main
RRP: €11.89€8.46Don't just see the sights-get to know the people. Botswana is a country of contrasts. Culturally, the people are overwhelmingly Bantu, but with more than twenty different ethnic groups and over thirty languages spoken, the society is by no means... -
The Mounted Police of Natal: the Zulu War, the Boer War, the Zulu Rebellion and Policing the Colonial Frontier in South Africa 1873-1906 by H P Holt 9780857063861
€14.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857063861Author H P HoltFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 399g -
Frog Crush Ian Worboys 9788090753259
RRP: €13.08€9.25Frog Crush presents a scene from life in the African savannah and it follows the short journey of five animals in the midday sun, while they are trying to find something juicy and tasty to eat. The book opens with the sight of a Frog singing on a lily... -
Malawi - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Kondwani Munthali 9781857338782
RRP: €11.89€8.97Culture Smart guides help travellers have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on... -
Fighting and Writing: The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar by Luise S. White 9781478011729
RRP: €27.36€23.81In Fighting and Writing Luise White brings the force of her historical insight to bear on the many war memoirs published by white soldiers who fought for Rhodesia during the 1964-1979 Zimbabwean liberation struggle. In the memoirs of white soldiers... -
Scapegoats of the Empire: The True Story of Breaker Morant's Bushveldt Carbineers by Edward Witton 9781774641873
RRP: €9.46€8.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774641873Author Edward WittonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Must Have BooksPublisher Must Have BooksWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...