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“tom huffman”

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  • Palaces of Stone

    by Mike Main, Tom Huffman ...
    Across the face of southern Africa are more than 460 remarkable stone palaces – some small, others rambling, but many are astonishing. All are the legacy of kingdoms past. Some, such as Great Zimbabwe, Khami in Botswana and Mapungubwe in South Africa, are famous world heritage sites, but the majority are unknown to the general public, unsung and unappreciated. Palaces of Stone brings to life the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation

    by Tim Hannigan ...
    Series series Brief History of Asia Series
    Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest ArchipelagoIndonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the Island nation is an emerging power in the region with a dynamic new leader. It is a land of incredible diversity ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Africa's Great North Road in a Vw Camper

    Cape Town to Mombasa

    by Emma Selig Jones, Ted Jones ...
    Emma and I most cordially invite you to accompany us as our special arm-chair guest on an overland journey through the most exciting continent on the Planet Earth.We shall begin our journey in Cape Town, South Africa in the fall of 1964. During the following ten months we will travel and camp along Africas Great North Road. A variety of recently created nations and peoples, a few still struggling ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Ivory's Ghosts

    The White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants

    by John Frederick Walker ...
    "[A] tour de force examination of the history of ivory . . . and the demise of the elephant and human decency in the process of this unholy quest." — The Huffington PostPraised for the nuance and sensitivity with which it approaches one of the most fraught conservation issues we face today, John Frederick Walker's Ivory's Ghosts tells the astonishing story of the power of ivory through the ages, ... Read more

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  • The South African Story - 4th Edition

    by Ron McGregor ...
    Ron McGregor is a South African tour-guide and writer. This book - now in it's 4th edition - was written in response to popular demand for a book about South Africa that isn't too weighty or academic. Until recently, there was no such single book, so Ron sat down and wrote it. And, because it was written to entertain as much as to educate, he stuck to his raconteurial style. It's an easy read, but ... Read more

    $4.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From the Slopes of Mount Kenya

    by Mary T. Wanjiku ...
    I was born and brought up in Kenya during the struggle for independence from the colonial rule. This book is about the trials and tribulations that took place during those difficult years. It is also about the cultural changes that the African families endured in that period, but where everyone looked out for each other. My family moved away from the village into the new emerging cosmopolitan ... Read more

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  • A History of the Tumbuka from 1400 to 1900

    by Yizenge Chondoka, Frackson F. Bota ...
    This is the first book on the history of the Tumbuka that traces their origin from the Luba Kingdom in the present Democratic Republic of Congo to where they are settled today. It details their leaders, the routes they used, the kingdom they formed, and the many cultural practices they have followed, and how from the eighteenth century, their kingdom was invaded and ruled by many non-Tumbuka ... Read more

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  • An Arid Eden

    A Personal Account Of Conservation In The Kaokoveld

    by Garth Owen-Smith ...
    Two remarkable tales woven together - the story of the Kaokoveld, an arid eden in the remote north-west of Namibia, so nearly lost, but regained to become one of Africa's iconic wildlife tourism destinations, and also the story of a young man's search for an African way to do conservation in Africa. Garth Owen-Smith first visited the Kaokoveld in 1967. It was a life-changing experience. His ... Read more

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  • The Frightened Land

    Land, Landscape and Politics in South Africa in the Twentieth Century

    by Jennifer Beningfield ...
    An investigation into the spatial politics of separation and division in South Africa, principally during the apartheid years, and the effects of these physical and conceptual barriers on the land. In contrast to the weight of literature focusing on post-apartheid South Africa, the focus of this book includes the spatial, political and cultural landscape practices of the apartheid government and ... Read more

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  • The Ghana Reader

    History, Culture, Politics

    Edited by Kwasi Konadu, Clifford C. Campbell ...
    Series series The World Readers
    Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation. Whether discussing the Asante kingdom and the Gold Coast's importance to European commerce and transatlantic slaving, Ghana's brief period under British colonial rule, or the emergence of its modern democracy, the volume's eighty selections ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Cape Town Book

    A Guide to the City’s History, People and Places

    by Nechama Brodie ...
    The Cape Town Book presents a fresh picture of the Mother City, one that brings together all its stories. From geology and beaches to forced removals and hip-hop, Nechama Brodie, author of the best-selling The Joburg Book, has delved deeply into the hidden past of Cape Town to emerge with a lucid and compelling account of South Africa’s first city, its landscape and its people.The book’s 14 ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Save me from the Lion’s Mouth

    by James Clarke ...
    Save Me From the Lion's Mouth investigates the increasing conflict between people and wildlife in Africa and what needs to be done about it.It describes the human suffering and perceptions of those who live outside the reserve fences among man-eaters and marauders yet are excluded from the economic benefits accruing from the wildlife around them.It provides evidence of a growing resentment among ... Read more

    $8.99 USD