As a key figure and one-time president of the Lebanese Kataeb Party (better known in the US as the Phalange) until his resignation in 2008, the author engaged in weekly meetings to discuss Lebanese po
Tearing up the Silk Road is an irreverent travelogue that details a journey along the ancient trade routes from China to Istanbul, through Central Asia, Iran and the Caucasus. As Tom Coote struggles t
1855, Lucknow. As tensions simmer in the heat of repressive colonial India, a prince of Avadh and an English woman defy their societies prejudices to fall in love. But in a world where private happine
Thea Osborne and her canine companion Hepzie travel to the isolated village of Snowshill for their next assignment, house-sitting Hyacinth House for the mysterious Yvonne Parker. Something doesn't fee
After two of his men are impressed into His Majesty's Navy, high-seas smuggler John Pierce and his friend Michael O'Hagan attempt to rescue the two men from the ship of Pierce's old adversary, Ralph B
In the wake of the resounding victory at the Battle of Oudenarde, career soldier Captain Daniel Rawson must take a leading role in the Allies new strategy to strike deeper into French Flanders and lay
After the foreigner-hating Boxers in 1900 China begin the Siege of Peking, Simon Fonthill, "352" Jenkins and Chang, a British missionary's adopted son, embark on a dangerous mission to slip through en
For entomologists, students, and general readers, Scholtz (entomology, U. of Pretoria, South Africa) and Holm, a retired professor at the U. of Pretoria, provide a systematic account of all of the maj
Well known South African environmentalist Carruthers explores the natural history and cultural history of a mountain range east of Pretoria, some of the oldest terrain on earth. His perspectives inclu
Appollon, a historian, presents a biography of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes within historical context and in relation to how he represented the age of increased colonialism in the late nineteenth
Morris (sociology, U. of New South Wales, Australia) and Bouillon (French Institut de Recherche pour le DAcveloppement) compile five chapters that examine the migration of individuals from francophone
This 10.5x9.5" book on the Anglo-Boer War features a wealth of b&w historical and contemporary photos of artifacts, sites, key figures, and maps. Changuion (history, U. of the North, South Africa)
First published in South Africa in 2002, this book is a dated but informative historical account of the attacks and the changes brought about in the US, South Africa, and the international community.
In this fascinating and entertaining memoir, the legendary White Bushman, Peter Stark, writes about his experiences in the former German South West Africa: first as a farm manager and lion hunter, and
A member of several print and broadcasting standards boards at various times, Van Rooyen describes the different stages that the Appeal Board went through after it was formed in 1974 to buffer the dif
The Skeleton Coast of Namibia - an area once feared and shunned because of its treacherous coastline - is now prized as a place of beauty and tranquility, a place of magnificent solitude.Apart from th
In this volume, first published in 1954, the late Bulpin, an author, relates the experiences of Cecil Bernard "Bvekenya" (1886-1962) as a hunter, ivory poacher, blackbirder, outdoorsman, and conservat
Poignant, yet accessible poetry from the winner of the Ingrid Jonker Prize, one of South Africa's most prestigious prizes.It s crowded in the room.We turn about and breathethe vapours other people bre
"Around South Africa in Eighteen Days" documents the author s journey to the country s most scenic and photogenic areas. The book is divided into eighteen sections, each one representing a day in a di
South African philosopher Versfeld challenges the fragmentation caused by Descartes' dictum "I think therefore I am," and turns to Thomas Aquinas, Augustine, and other thinkers to find wholeness. His
London, 1958. In the jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are forging a new lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Moving thro
Easy-to-use and compact, this is the perfect pocket ID guide to mammals of the region. It covers some 120 mammals, from the smallest (bats, sengis and shrews) to the largest (lion, rhinoceros and elep
The year is 1861 and Inspector Faro's rest is disrupted when he is given a special assignment by old friend, Detective Superintendent Macfie. Macfie’s cousin-in-law, a champion swimmer, has drowned in
The late Filmer and Larsen, a naturalist who studies spiders, offer a field guide to the 63 spider families in Southern Africa, organized by web-living, ground-living, and plant-living species to aid
The ancient city of Petra, one of the world's most spectacular travel destinations, was, in Nabatean times, a great commercial centre. It now boasts an array of monuments, tombs and ancient religious
It's morning service in a quiet village church. Josie Welford, wealthy widow of one of the country's most wanted criminals and now licensee of the White Hart gastro-pub, is day-dreaming during Father
June is a busy month for Sal Kilkenny, a private investigator who has been hired to find Janet, a missing wife and mother; Berfan, an Iranian citizen not seen since his case for asylum failed; and the
An unidentifiable woman is found on a roadside - beaten into a coma and raped. The man who finds her, troubled by his inability to resuscitate her, spends hours at her hospital bedside, talking to th
It's morning service in a quiet village church. Josie Welford, wealthy widow of one of the country's most wanted criminals and now licensee of the White Hart gastro-pub, is day-dreaming during Father
London, 1852. On the shocking discovery of a passenger’s body on the Great Western Railway excursion train, Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck and his assistant, Sergeant Victor Leeming, are dispatche
This detailed and comprehensive guide to the 151 snakes indigenous to southern Africa covers all essential aspects of snake biology and behavior. Now in its second edition, A Complete Guide to the Sna
While Egypt is one of the most-photographed countries of the world, and many of its monuments are familiar sights, these photographs are evocative of life in the country before the rush of modernizati
First settled in the 6th or 7th century BC, Samarkand has known periods of prosperity and decline – its craftsmen traded and settled as far a field as the Chinese borders, and its great military leade
In this installment of this dramatic Elizabethan series, Westfield’s Men are flying high after a celebrated performance of The Insatiate Duke at the Queen’s Head. However, victory is bittersweet as th
Collects twenty-two short stories, including "Left, Right, Attention!," in which a Foreign Office employee finds his sister may be the key to deciphering the coded message he has in his briefcase.
Martin Sheppard's scintillating history of Primrose Hill, one of London's great landmarks, recounts the many remarkable events on the hill over the centuries.
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Author Angela Thirkell recalls the three houses in which she grew up. First 'The Grange', where her grandfather, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, set the cultivated tone, Thirke
A retired educator who now writes autobiographical narratives and poetry introduces stories of 'conscious self-creation' of her life experiences in learning and teaching. Burke shares amusing and touc
