Africa: A Biography of the Continent, Paperback - John Reader

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The revised and fully updated edition of the seminal, sweeping history of post-colonial Africa.Illustrations: 3 x 8pp mono plates

The story of one of the world's most important crops From the gold potatoes at the Sun Temple in Cuzco, Peru, the muddy ones in Ireland and those g...

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The only authorised biography of the number one Battle of Britain ace, who had lost both legs pre-war. Publication marks the 100th anniversary of B...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Ekow EshunIllustration(s): 276 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 2...

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A mesmerizing, continent-spanning survey of the most dynamic scenes in contemporary African photography, and an introduction to the creative figure...

The only comprehensive English language biography of Napoleon's finest marshal.Illustrations: 16 black and white illustrations

Charlie Hall was born into a working class family in 1899. In 1920 he left England to start a new life in New York. Incredibly, within a few years ...

Publisher: Prometheus BooksAuthor(s): Jeff PearceIllustration(s): 24 Illustrations including: - 21 Black and White Illustrations; - 3 Maps.Number o...

Panoramic survey from the primeval cataclysms that formed the continent to the political upheavals of the present century. "An absorbing safari int...

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The Arches was one of the reasons that in recent years Glasgow has become such a cultural destination. Between 2008 and 2015 it developed a whole n...

A vivid account of conservationist Grant Fowlds's ongoing efforts to conserve and restore Africa's iconic wildlife and its wildernesses, ravaged by...

Rudolf Hoss has been called the greatest mass murderer in history. As the longest-serving commandant of Auschwitz, he supervised the killing of mor...

When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote "The Natural History of Selborne" (1789), he created one of the greatest and influenti...

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Padre Pio, a Capuchin priest, from 1918 until his death in 1968, bore the wounds of Christ. Because of his holy life, he was canonized by Pope John...

Publisher: Sasquatch BooksAuthor(s): Sharon MentykaNumber of pages: 48Collection: Growing to GreatnessPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 225 x 284 x...

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An accessible and entertaining narrative history of the establishment, development and unravelling of the British Welfare State - now fully revised...

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Bracketed by the catastrophes of the Great War and the Wall Street Crash, 1920s America was a place of drama, tension and hedonism. This title pres...

Reviews Africa's performance on five goals, and related targets and indicators of the 2030 Agenda, taking into account their correspondence with Ag...

Publisher: Editions FlammarionAuthor(s): Emmanuelle CourregesIllustration(s): 300 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2...

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Major General Peter Muhlenberg, born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, was one of the more effective military leaders during the American...

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