Africa

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,...

Robert Guiscard, William the Conqueror, Roger I of Sicily and Bohemond Prince of Antioch are just four of the exceptional Norman commanders who not only led their armies to victory in battle but also, through military force, created their own kingdoms in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783861843511Author C DoyleFormat HardbackImprint Wartelsteiner GmbHPublisher Wartelsteiner GmbHWeight(grams) 14g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781919939667Author Gerald HobermanFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint The Gerald & Marc Hoberman CollectionPublisher Hoberman CollectionWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869191924Author William ChapmanFormat HardbackPage Count 476Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 990g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789589429Author Joshua GeorgeFormat HardbackPage Count 20Imprint Imagine That Publishing LtdPublisher Imagine That Publishing LtdDimensions(mm) 259mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857334944Author Sarah HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint KuperardPublisher Kuperard

South Africa has a unique set of characteristics that make walking safaris in big game areas one of the safest and most rewarding outdoor experiences: a huge expanse of protected habitat richly populated with wildlife; excellent tourism facilities; a...

'It will terrify you but it's a story you must know.' - Mandy WienerIt was one of the most brutal criminal acts of the post-apartheid era, and its consequences were devastating.At least a thousand people died between 2011 and 2019 as a result of one...

On the Hunt in West Africa finds Bostonian Pat Spain, an inexperienced but enthusiastic traveler and wildlife biologist, on the first shoot of his new National Geographic TV series in Cameroon, the Congo, and the Central African Republic. He was told it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789988037673Author Paa Kwesi ImbeahFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Kasahorow FoundationPublisher Kasahorow Foundation

In 1841, a twenty-eight-year-old Scottish missionary, David Livingstone, began the first of his exploratory treks into the African veldt. During the course of his lifetime, he covered over 29,000 miles uncovering what lay beyond rivers and mountain...

In 1862, Lucie Duff Gordon left her husband and three children in England and settled in Egypt, where she remained for the rest of her short life. Seeking respite from her tuberculosis in the dry air, she moved into a ramshackle house above a temple in...

Michael Merriweather's carefully planned life is blown off course when he receives a call to tell him that his father has cremated himself. Michael then learns from a small-town lawyer that he stands to inherit a small fortune he previously knew nothing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802583236Author Caroline PitcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 250mm * 200mm * 9mm

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...

Illustrated with breathtaking images of the Solar System and of the Universe around it, this book explores how the discoveries within the Solar System and of exoplanets far beyond it come together to help us understand the habitability of Earth, and how...

When the body of Aberdeen socialite Annabel Imray is discovered at her home, the police are under pressure to come up with answers, and fast. The last thing they want is the distraction of a series of baffling break-ins. The victims, all of them women,...

The White Wolves brand is known for providing engaging books that children want to pick up, at a range of different reading levels. The new non-fiction strand reflects the range of non-fiction texts that children will come across in the real world, from...

This book presents Czeslaw Milosz's poetic philosophy of the body as an original defense of religious faith, transcendence, and the value of the human individual against what he viewed as dangerous modern forms of materialism. The Polish Nobel laureate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553383102Author Tahir ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995198951Author Dan GrecFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Road Chose MePublisher Road Chose MeWeight(grams) 272g

Swami Vivekananda, the nineteenth-century Hindu monk who introduced Vedanta to the West, is undoubtedly one of modern India's most influential philosophers. Unfortunately, his philosophy has too often been interpreted through reductive hermeneutic lenses...

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,...

That there is a living stream of Johannine Christianity can no longer be doubted. There is now an abundant literature from Rosicrucian and esoteric traditions - from the deepest prayer and meditation - that addresses the exalted nature of John the...

Interpreting Scripture brings together N. T. Wright's most important articles on Scripture and hermeneutics over more than two decades. Here is a rich feast for all serious students of the Bible. Each essay will amply reward those looking for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566568203Author Barnaby RogersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Cadogan Guides (USA)Publisher Cadogan Guides (USA)Weight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm)...

Shadow of a Taxman investigates how the unrecognised Irish Republic's money was solicited, collected, transmitted, and safeguarded, as well as who the financial backers were and what might have influenced their decision to contribute. The Republic's...

Four areas in Southern Egypt, around Lake Nasser, now contain ancient monuments that were reconstructed and moved from their original positions during the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s: Abu Simbel, New Amada, New Wadi al-Sebua and New...

Bloggers confessing that they waste food, non-governmental organizations naming corporations selling unsustainably harvested seafood, and veterans apologizing to Native Americans at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation for environmental and social...

Historically, English language teachers have not been trained in how to effectively teach authentic listening. Consequently, they avoid using authentic recordings with their students. In addition, the scripted and graded recordings used to model new...

As recounted by the Roman poet Ovid, a young nymph, Salmacis, one day spied Hermaphroditus bathing; consumed with passion, she entered the water and, begging the gods to allow them to stay together, the two became one - part man, part woman. An Eclectic...

Chaplains are America's hidden religious leaders. Required in the military, federal prisons, and Veterans Administration Medical Centers, chaplains also work in two-thirds of hospitals, most hospices, many institutions of higher education, and a growing...

Landscape has been a key theme in world archaeology and trans-cultural art history over the last half century, particularly in the study of painting in art history and in all questions of human intervention and the placement of monuments in the natural...

This title features a directory of over 70 aircraft with 330 identification photographs. It includes Shipborne fighters, bombers, flying boats and naval planes, including the Curtiss Helldiver, Mitsubishi Zero-Sen, Supermarine Seafire, Fairey Swordfish,...

Embark on a visually stunning journey through Cape Town and experience the spirit of the Mother City first-hand! Cape Town rates as one of the most beautiful cities worldwide - and rightly so. Situated between two oceans and a massive mountain, the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877973560Author Evelyn AmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Cherokee Publishing Company (GA)Publisher Cherokee Publishing Company (GA)Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Multicultural) 2019.Book InformationISBN 9780999051719Author Susan Schaefer DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Thrums...

Stephen Leacock is an unjustly neglected master of the short-story genre, once considered the best-known humorist in the world. Although he was a prolific writer, producing about fifty novels, biographies and histories, he was best known for his humorous...