Africa

'Compelling, insightful, often sombrely beautiful' Sunday Telegraph Moving beyond travelogue, V. S. Naipaul's The Masque of Africa considers the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771605755Author Todd LawsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Rocky Mountain BooksPublisher Rocky Mountain Books

The story that captured the imagination of the world... In 1969 Harrods department store in London sold a three month old lion cub to two young Australians, John Rendall and Anthony (Ace) Bourke. They called him Christian. For a year Christian lived...

Fascinated by the Battle of Britain from an early age, as a young man Dilip Sarkar realised that recording and sharing the Few's memories was of paramount importance. At the time, back in the mid-1980s, membership of the Battle of Britain Fighter...

Oxford Children's Maths and Science Words is the perfect introduction to science and maths words for young children starting school. With over 600 first maths and science words explained clearly with colourful illustrations and simple definitions, this...

This book will look at the phenomenon of celebrity hookers in the eighteenth century -all of them the subject of extraordinary press scrutiny and comment. They were the fashion icons of the age, and what they wore was copied and put on sale in the high...

An account of the adventures of a big-game hunter offers glimpses of man-eating leopards, fear-maddened elephants, charging buffalo, cunning hyenas, and other great killers of the African bush country.Book InformationISBN 9780312186135Author Peter...

Morocco's proximity and the variety of its habitats and bird species make it a favoured destination for birders. It is home to rare and endangered species such as Bald Ibis, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Tawny Eagle, Eleonora's Falcon and African Marsh Owl. 454...

Let Secret Johannesburg guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Johannesburg guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants,...

From Jeffrey Gettleman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist, comes a passionate, revealing story about finding love and finding a calling, set against one of the most turbulent regions in the world.A seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey...

Zambia and Malawi are home to 240 known snake, lizard, terrapin, tortoise and crocodile species. Snakes and other Reptiles of Zambia and Malawi is the first field guide to describe every species of reptile known to occur in this region - including 14...

While the national parks and reserves of East Africa are widely known for their rich and abundant wildlife, there is another less celebrated but equally intriguing aspect to them. This book presents a new and exciting angle - the geological highlights of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914079818Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 200mm * 15mm

Don'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...

Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is the most idle and avaricious hero in all of crime fiction. Why should he even be bothered to solve the case? This time, Scotland Yard sends Detective Chief Inspector Dover and his woeful assistant MacGregor...

Of Hominins, Hunter-Gatherers and Heroes offers spellbinding stories of some amazing, little-known places in South Africa. Who knew that on the West Coast, just an hour's drive from Cape Town, is one of only three places on earth where you can see the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787165724Author Andrey TaranovFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint T&p Books Publishing LtdPublisher T&p Books Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Touch the Sky recounts the experience of Tess Burrows' climb to the summit of Africa's highest mountain. This gutsy and compassionate grandmother has spent more than a decade pushing herself to incredible limits to fulfil her dream. She has climbed the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957660601Author Helen LloydFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Take On CreativePublisher Take On Creative

This volume comprises the lecture course that Heidegger gave in 1941 on the metaphysics of German Idealism. The first part of the lecture course contains a preliminary consideration of the distinction between ground and existence. The elucidation of the...

One couple's inspiring memoir of healing a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named Heaven.Newlyweds Josh and Alissa were at a party and received a challenge that shook them to the core: do you think...

Human beings seek to transcend limits. This is part of our potential greatness, since it is how we can realize what is best in our humanity. However, the limit-transcending feature of human life is also part of our potential downfall, as it can lead to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780639947365Author Ingrid van den BergFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint HPH PublishingPublisher HPH Publishing

Discover how to be adored in The Birth of Venus by Boticelli; Learn how to hunt as you pore over The Night Watch by Rembrandt; Wander through Monet's field of poppies and relish the art of being bored; As a finale, enjoy the art of feasting atop a...

This is a lightweight and portable guide, partly adapted from the popular and highly acclaimed A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa by the same authors. Covering the most prominent 150 reptiles and 80 amphibians found in the region (Kenya,...

Skin is the border of our body and, as such, it is that through which we relate to others but also what separates us from them. Through skin, we speak: when we display it, when we tan it, when we tattoo it, or when we mute it by covering it with clothes...

East Africa is known for its diverse landscapes - expansive savannas, lakes, and towering mountains - but also for its numerous protected areas: its parks and reserves that are the domain of the continent's most spectacular wildlife. These areas play a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767915069Author Bill BrysonFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

Belonging to the Earth is a collection of personal insights, stories of journeys and rituals, community events and conversations between activists, First Nations community leaders, and those practicing nature spirituality. Each part of the book offers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915109002Author Suzie PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint GWL PublishingPublisher Great War Literature Publishing LLP

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312076221Author Peter CapstickFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 448gDimensions(mm) 240mm *...

Nazi Prisons in Britain is a ground-breaking book - a systematic study of Jersey and Guernsey prisons during the German occupation of the Channel Islands based on the experiences of the prisoners. It brings to light for the first time the surviving...

The four-hundred-and-fifty-mile long Draa River Valley in the Moroccan Sahara contains some of the most sumptuous oases and searing desert of the Arab world, starting in the moonscape gorges of the Anti Atlas Mountains through to a green sea of date...

Wouldn't it be wonderful to live in a world where all women naturally feel empowered to be who they want to be - where women are free to express themselves and their gifts, and shape the world in a way that is good for all of us? Heidi Hauer has a...

The Non-verbal Reasoning series of workbooks are unique in giving children a comprehensive and progressive learning programme in skills acquisition for non-verbal reasoning. They introduce children to recognition, manipulation and movement of shapes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912383672Author Tahir ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Secretum Mundi LimitedPublisher Secretum Mundi LimitedWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909585362Author Nuzhat BukhariFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint CB EditionsPublisher CB Editions

There is no single travel book or novel of worth for this significant holiday destination despite its abundant culture of Roman remains, Venetian and Hapsburg-era palaces.Book InformationISBN 9780907871897Author RogersonFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780323790635Author Euclid SeeramFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint SaundersPublisher Elsevier - Health Sciences DivisionWeight(grams) 184g

this 7th book in the series about football leagues past and present covers the 2 largest English counties, Yorkshire & Lincolnshire. Includes the Yorkshire Lge, the Sheffield Lge, the Lincolnshire Lge and the Northern Counties East Lge.Book...