BAHADUR, JAY

Pirates of Somalia

Toronto: Harpercollins Publishers, 2011. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1554686822. Only slight wear, pages slightly toned ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photos ; 6.38 X 1.13 X 9.25 inches; 302 pages; "In The Pirates of Somalia, Bahadur ventures to Puntland, a region in northeastern Somalia, and tells of the pirates’ lives beyond the attack skiffs: how they spend their money, how they conduct business, how they think and why they risk their lives in often suicidal missions. In the remote pirate havens of Somalia, Bahadur sits down and talks with some of the pirates, their cheeks bulging with khat (the local drug of choice), their cellphones ringing as the men conduct their business. Bahadur also talks to some of the security personnel tasked with combating piracy, as well as with former pirate hostages who lived on their ships for months while awaiting news of a ransom.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21128

Catalogue: History::Africa

Keywords: 1554686822 somalia Africa Piracy ransom Pirates HISTORY Law & True Crime Africa

COETZEE, J. M. & ANDRE PHILIPPUS BRINK

A Land Apart a South African Reader

London: Faber & Faber, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0571139337. Prev. owner's name on FFEP in black ink, some tanning of pages as is common in British books of this era.; Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A bright, solid book.; 8.66 X 5.59 X 1.10 inches; 256 pages; "A Land Apart explores the literary traditions (Black and White, English and Afrikaans) of South Africa as they engage with the reality of life there today.". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 16645

Catalogue: History::Africa

Keywords: 0571139337 apartheid Zambia Afrikaaner boer South Africa LITERATURE Biographies & Memoirs

FLEMING, FERGUS

The Sword and the Cross Two Men and an Empire of Sand

New York: Grove Press, 2003. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 080211752X. Bookdealers stamp on inside front board. Remainder marks on top and bottom page edges. Top fore corners lightly bumped. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.34 X 6.34 X 1.25 inches; 249 pages; "The Sword and the Cross takes us to the Sahara at the end of the nineteenth century, when the desert remained largely unexplored by Europeans. But France, which had seized Algeria in 1830, had designs on this hostile wilderness. Charles de Foucauld and Henri Laperrine, two friends, were part of this conquest. The one a layabout and womanizer, the other a stern career soldier, each found his vocation in the desert. Foucauld abandoned his decadent lifestyle and founded a severe monastic order. Living off dates and barley, the gourmand became a sun-baked scarecrow, thought by many to be a saint. Yet he remained a committed imperialist, and continued to assist the military. Laperrine founded a camel corps whose exploits became legendary. Surviving on dates and water, he led his men across the desert as Foucauld, guide and interpreter, trudged along reciting prayers. When the Sahara's fragile peace crumbled during World War I, Foucauld paid a tragic price for his role as imperial pawn. Laperrine, by then recalled to the Western Front, returned to avenge his friend. A haunting narrative of a forgotten period in Europe's colonial crusade, this is also a story of hatred and friendship, discovery and delusion.". Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17710

Catalogue: History::Africa

Keywords: 080211752X Africa Desert Imperialism Sahara HISTORY Africa

RANSFORD, OLIVER

The Great Trek

London: John Murray (Publishers) Ltd, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0719526256. DJ and boards show light shelf wear to extremities, moisture stain to bottom of DJ at spine, price-clipped. FFEP has had a corner clipped. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8.4 X 5.5 X 0.9 inches; 248 pages; "The Great Trek (Afrikaans: Die Groot Trek; Dutch: De Grote Trek) was an eastward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who travelled by wagon trains from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyond the Cape's British colonial administration. The Great Trek resulted from the culmination of tensions between rural descendants of the Cape's original European settlers, known collectively as Boers, and the British Empire. It was also reflective of an increasingly common trend among individual Boer communities to pursue an isolationist and semi-nomadic lifestyle away from the developing administrative complexities in Cape Town. Boers who took part in the Great Trek identified themselves as voortrekkers, meaning "pioneers", "pathfinders" in Dutch and Afrikaans. The Great Trek led directly to the founding of several autonomous Boer republics, namely the South African Republic (also known simply as the Transvaal), the Orange Free State, and the Natalia Republic. It was also responsible for the displacement of the Northern Ndebele people, and was one of several decisive factors influencing the decline and collapse of the Zulu Kingdom" (wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20392

Catalogue: History::Africa

Keywords: 0719526256 Great Trek Transvaal zulus boers Afrikaans South Africa Africa

DE VILLIERS, MARQ

White Tribe Dreaming: Apartheid's Bitter Roots : Notes of an Eighth

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771595301. Signed by Author; DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Inscribed by the author on the title page. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 420 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21360

Catalogue: History::South Africa

Keywords: 0771595301 South Africa Afrikaner Afrikaans apartheid HISTORY Africa