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The Life of Mark Akenside: The Breakthrough to Modernity by Dr Barbara C. Morden 9780857162373
RRP: $31.48$23.00THE LIFE OF MARK AKENSIDE has an inter-disciplinary nature, linking literature with medicine and the visual arts. It is not only for students of history, literary history, art history, poetry, modernity, gender relevance and education, it is also for... -
The Scots in South Africa: Ethnicity, Identity, Gender and Race, 1772-1914 by John M. MacKenzie 9780719087837
RRP: $41.98$36.98The description of South Africa as a 'rainbow nation' has always been taken to embrace the black, brown and white peoples who constitute its population. But each of these groups can be sub-divided and in the white case, the Scots have made one of the... -
Temples of the African Gods: Revealing the Ancient Hidden Ruins of Southern Africa by Michael Tellinger 9781920153083
RRP: $50.40$34.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781920153083Author Michael TellingerFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Zulu Planet PublishersPublisher Zulu Planet PublishersWeight(grams) 978g -
The State vs. Nelson Mandela: The Trial that Changed South Africa by Joel Joffe 9781780745800
RRP: $23.08$17.33The only account of this seminal trial, written by Mandela's defence lawyer and with a new foreword by Denis Goldberg, accused alongside Mandela and sentenced to life imprisonment. On 11 July 1963, police raided Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia near... -
Climate Strike: The Practical Politics of the Climate Crisis by Derek Wall 9780850367645
RRP: $21.00$18.75Climate change is a product of the entire social and economic system within which we exist, in a word, capitalism. Challenging capitalism is essential to challenging climate change. We have difficult issues to consider: * How can we promote political... -
Borders and Healers: Brokering Therapeutic Resources in Southeast Africa by Tracy J. Luedke 9780253218056
$44.81In southeast Africa, the power to heal is often associated with crossing borders, whether literal or metaphorical. This wide-ranging volume reveals that healers, whose power depends on the ability to broker therapeutic resources, also contribute to the... -
Decolonisation in Universities: The politics of knowledge by Jonathan D. Jansen 9781776143351
RRP: $58.78$50.69Shortly after the giant bronze statue of Cecil John Rhodes came down at the University of Cape Town, student protestors called for the decolonisation of universities. It was a word hardly heard in South Africa's struggle lexicon and many asked: What... -
Cecil Rhodes and Other Statues: Dealing Plainly with the Past by Robert Calderisi 9781662916458
$28.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662916458Author Robert CalderisiFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Gatekeeper PressPublisher Gatekeeper PressWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
A Nervous State: Violence, Remedies, and Reverie in Colonial Congo by Nancy Rose Hunt
RRP: $50.38$43.76In A Nervous State, Nancy Rose Hunt considers the afterlives of violence and harm in King Leopold's Congo Free State. Discarding catastrophe as narrative form, she instead brings alive a history of colonial nervousness. This mood suffused medical... -
Blood and Diamonds: Germany's Imperial Ambitions in Africa by Steven Press
RRP: $65.00$52.12Diamonds have long been bloody. A new history shows how Germany's ruthless African empire brought diamond rings to retail display cases in America-at the cost of African lives.Since the late 1990s, activists have campaigned to remove "conflict diamonds"... -
Wepener: Account and Medal Roll by David & Alexander Biggins
RRP: $94.50$82.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908828606Author David & Alexander BigginsFormat HardbackImprint Token Publishing LtdPublisher Token Publishing Ltd -
The Great Boer War: The Final Edition Covering the Entire Conflict 1899-1902 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9780857063625
$36.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857063625Author Sir Arthur Conan DoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Leonaur LtdPublisher Leonaur LtdWeight(grams) 644g -
The Farmerfield Mission: A Christian Community in South Africa, 1838-2008 by Fiona Vernal 9780199843404
$72.72The Farmerfield Mission explores the history of a residential Christian community in South Africa established for Africans in 1838 by Methodist missionaries, destroyed in 1962 by the apartheid government when it was zoned as an exclusive area for white... -
To the Fairest Cape: European Encounters in the Cape of Good Hope by Malcolm Jack
RRP: $41.98$36.83Crossing the remote, southern tip of Africa has fired the imagination of European travellers from the time Bartholomew Dias opened up the passage to the East by rounding the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. Dutch, British, French, Danes, and Swedes formed an... -
Self-Devouring Growth: A Planetary Parable as Told from Southern Africa by Julie Livingston 9781478006398
RRP: $41.98$36.83Under capitalism, economic growth is seen as the key to collective well-being. In Self-Devouring Growth Julie Livingston upends this notion, showing that while consumption-driven growth may seem to benefit a particular locale, it produces a number of... -
Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa by Antjie Krog
RRP: $39.90$30.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812931297Author Antjie KrogFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 209mm *... -
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe by Peter Godwin 9780316051873
RRP: $52.48$37.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316051873Author Peter GodwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Nelson Science: Starter Level Workbook C by Anthony Russell 9781382017800
RRP: $12.58$12.20This new edition of Nelson Science provides a practical and activity-based approach to teaching and learning Primary science. Nelson Science Starter level is designed to be a fun and accessible introduction to the subject for pupils from a range of... -
The Defence of Mistake of Law in International Criminal Law: A Study on Ignorance and Blame by Antonio Coco 9780192895745
RRP: $207.90$188.18The adage 'ignorance of the law is no excuse' is significantly inaccurate. Ignorance and mistake of law do, under certain circumstances, exclude responsibility both in national and international criminal law. This monograph updates the existing reviews... -
Helping the Environment: Pollinator Gardens Nick Rebman 9781644938843
RRP: $23.08$16.74This book examines how pollinators affect the environment, the threats these species face, and how people can help protect them with pollinator gardens. This book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, a "That's Amazing!" special feature, quiz... -
Incredible Insects: Asian Giant Hornet Grace Hansen 9781644945544
RRP: $20.98$15.31This title will introduce readers to Asian giant hornets, or murder hornets. Readers will learn where these insects can be found, how they survive, and how they got their scary nickname. Complete with great, up-close photographs. Aligned to Common Core... -
The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds and the World by Stefan Kanfer 9780374524265
$45.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374524265Author Stefan KanferFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc -
At the Deep End by Morgan Tsvangirai 9781908646002
RRP: $42.00$29.84Morgan Tsvangirai's dramatic political battle with Zimbabwe's dictatorial monolith Robert Mugabe stands as one of the most intriguing and important world events of recent times--this is his autobiography From village life as the son of a humble carpenter... -
Divided country: The history of South African cricket retold - 1914-1960 by A. Odendaal
RRP: $71.30$52.29Divided Country explains how segregation and apartheid became entrenched in a unique way in cricket in South Africa between 1915 and the 1950s. While the rest of the cricket world increasingly rubbed out old dividing lines, South Africa reinforced them... -
The World That Was Ours by Hilda Bernstein 9781903155400
RRP: $33.60$32.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903155400Author Hilda BernsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Persephone Books LtdPublisher Persephone Books LtdDimensions(mm) 194mm * 139mm * 32mm -
Quantitative History and Uncharted People: Case Studies from the South African Past Johan Fourie 9781350331143
RRP: $48.28$42.53One of the biggest challenges in the study of history is the unreliable nature of traditional archival sources which omit histories of marginalised groups. This book makes the case that quantitative history offers a way to fill these gaps in the archive... -
The illustrated dictionary of Southern African plant names by Hugh Clarke
RRP: $58.70$49.43This book, the first of its kind, compiled over six years, provides a wealth of information that opens up a new world of understanding for all plant lovers. For anyone with an interest in botany or wondering what a plant name means, this remarkable book... -
How to Bake a Sausage Dog by Kirsten Reinhardt 9781910411889
RRP: $14.68$9.74Eleven-year-old Fennymore lives with his strange great-aunt in an old house with only a magical bike for company. After she dies, Fennymore sets off with his new friend Fizzy to find his parents, who mysteriously disappeared. They fall foul of a silvery... -
White Supremacy Confronted: U.S. Imperialism and Anti-Communisim vs. the Liberation of Southern Africa, from Rhodes to Mandela by Gerald Horne 9780717807635
RRP: $70.35$56.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780717807635Author Gerald HorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 892Imprint International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S.Publisher International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S... -
Precarious Power: Compliance and discontent under Ramaphosa’s ANC by Susan Booysen 9781776146451
RRP: $50.38$43.76What happens when a former liberation movement turned political party loses its dominance but survives because no opposition party is able to succeed it? The trends are established: South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) is in decline. Its... -
The Zulus at War: The History, Rise, and Fall of the Tribe That Washed Its Spears by Adrian Greaves 9781510722835
RRP: $35.68$24.07By tracing the long and turbulent history of the Zulus from their arrival in South Africa and the establishment of Zululand, The Zulus at War is an important and readable addition to this popular subject area. It describes the violent rise of King Shaka... -
Eyes in the Night: An Untold Zulu Story by Nomavenda Mathiane 9781928257240
RRP: $39.80$26.38'1879, the year in which I grew up faster than I could shout my name. That year was the one in which we experienced events and encounters that no one, particularly a child, should ever witness. It was also the year my people lost everything - their land... -
Langbourne's Rebellion by Alan P Landau 9780994163042
RRP: $33.58$29.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994163042Author Alan P LandauFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Alandau P/LPublisher Alandau P/LWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 15mm -
The Hunter is Death by T.V. Bulpin 9781485300236
RRP: $46.20$37.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781485300236Author T.V. BulpinFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 530g -
The Disguise: Selected Poems by Charles Boyle 9781800170285
RRP: $27.28$18.77The acclaimed poet Christopher Reid distils Charles Boyle's six books of poems into The Disguise: Poems 1977-2001, recovering a notable one-time poet, now known as a publisher and writer of fiction and non-fiction, from poetic neglect. Charles Boyle... -
Namib: The archaeology of an African desert by Dr John Kinahan 9781847013729
RRP: $73.48$71.15WINNER SAfA BOOK PRIZE 2023 The first full-length examination of the archaeology and history of the Namib Desert. This is a story of human survival over the last one million years in the Namib Desert - one of the most hostile environments on Earth... -
The Lie of 1652: A Decolonised History of Land by Patric Mellet 9780624089704
RRP: $35.68$29.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780624089704Author Patric MelletFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Tafelberg Publishers LtdPublisher Tafelberg Publishers LtdWeight(grams)... -
Hill of Squandered Valour: The Battle for Spion Kop, 1900 by Ron Lock
RRP: $52.50$44.79The Battle of Spion Kop was fought during the campaign to relieve Ladysmith, South Africa, and was the single bloodiest episode in the campaign, as well as a harbinger of the bitter and desperate fighting still to come in the Second Boer War. Spion... -
Inside South Africa's Foreign Policy: Diplomacy in Africa from Smuts to Mbeki by John Siko
$74.59South Africa is still the major-player in African diplomacy, its military resources far outstripping those of other nations on the continent. It also has traditionally taken the lead role in Africa's united negotiations with other power blocs. Yet the... -
Cuba and Angola: The War for Freedom by Harry Villegas 9781604880939
RRP: $18.90$14.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604880939Author Harry VillegasFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Pathfinder PressPublisher Pathfinder Press