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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807047507Author Ariane De LannoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Cape Town is a place between. Between two oceans, between first and third worlds, between east and west. So too the majority of its citizens, a people between black and white, native and settler, African and European. The Cape coloureds. This tween-ness...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780620556293Author A D M WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 494Imprint Calamaish (A D M Walker Sole Proprietor)Publisher Calamaish (A D M Walker Sole...

The question was: would he hang? In 1963, when South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow, most observers feared that he would be sentenced to death. But the support he and his fellow activists in the...

Why is it that food prices are so high that millions of South African families go hungry, while the prices paid to farmers for that same food are so low that many cannot stay in business? Why are the people who produce our food - farmworkers - among the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992890148Author Frank RenarFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Beaumont FoxPublisher Beaumont FoxWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 5mm

The democratic election of Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa in 1994 marked the demise of apartheid and the beginning of a new struggle to define the nation's past. History after Apartheid analyzes how, in the midst of the momentous shift to an...

Drawing on an extensive array of sources - written, oral and visual - this book provides a rounded social, intellectual, educational, cultural and political history of one of Africa's foremost universities during the first phase of apartheid. It puts a...

This book assesses South African history within imperial and global networks of power, trade and communication. South African modernity is understood in terms of the interplay between internal and external forces. Key historical themes, including the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434369710Author Pobzeb VangFormat PaperbackPage Count 648Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 1436g

Do you know the story of Rapunzel? Of course you do - she's the girl who lets down her hair so the prince can climb up into her tower. Did you ever wonder what a scientist would think about people climbing up hair? Well, don't worry, because Professor...

This title introduces soccer fans to the history of one of the top MLS clubs, the Los Angeles Galaxy. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a timeline, team facts, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and...

In Inequality in Canada Eric Sager considers one of the defining - but hardest to define - ideas of our era and traces its different meanings and contexts across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sager shows how the idea of inequality arose in the...

There's so much to see up here on the street, but it's even more interesting under our feet! This informative title looks at our ancestors - and what their ancient bones tell us about the living, breathing people they were. From stone age man to a...

This 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...

Our Values gives readers their first taste of some of the most important values in today's world. Here children can explore what it means to be part of a society and discover the cultural and spiritual diversity that life has to offer.Book...

This informative book explains the life cycle of a butterfly, including the stages of development and changes it goes through to become an adult. The book also includes a table of contents, one infographic, informative sidebars, a "That's...

This book explains the causes and effects of polluted water, as well as what individuals and groups can do to help reduce it. The book includes a table of contents, one infographic, informative sidebars, a "You Can Help!" special feature, quiz questions,...

This insightful book explores the fake news phenomenon, helping students think critically about where their news comes from. The book also includes a table of contents, two infographics, informative sidebars, two "Consider This" special...

This title explores the role of bigheaded carp in introduced environments, how humans helped spread the species, the threats they pose to ecosystems, and efforts being taken to manage them. This book also includes a table of contents, two infographics,...

When a deadly and highly contagious virus appears, Doc Dee and Invisible Six must find its source. The mission takes them deep into the Rift, a lawless section of the Amazon rain forest. But bandits and wild animals are the least of I-6's worries when...

The widespread belief that tech-savvy, educated millennials are well positioned to handle the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution is misleading. It does not fully grasp the reality of a flux society, where relevant technological skills and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781485304593Author Karel SchoemanFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 500gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 168mm...

Published in 1929, From Material to Architecture contains the main features of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's teaching program at the Bauhaus. With its focus on the preliminary course and its training of finer sensory perception, this last title of the 14-volume...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869191474Author Karel SchoemanFormat HardbackPage Count 485Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 780g

When South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow in 1963, most observers feared that he would be sentenced to death. But the support he and his fellow activists in the African National Congress received during...

The South Africa Reader is an extraordinarily rich guide to the history, culture, and politics of South Africa. With more than eighty absorbing selections, the Reader provides many perspectives on the country's diverse peoples, its first two decades as a...

Hope Deferred asks the question: How did Zimbabwe, a country with so much promise-a stellar education system, a growing middle class, a sophisticated economic infrastructure, a liberal constitution, and an independent judiciary-come so close to collapse?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783906927008Author Luregn LenggenhagerFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Basler Afrika BibliographienPublisher Basler Afrika BibliographienWeight(grams)...