Skip to main content

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...
  • Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa

    by Robert Huish ...
    Travels of Richard and John Lander into the Interior of Africa by Robert Huish chronicles the explorations of the Lander brothers, Richard and John, who were among the first Europeans to travel extensively in West Africa during the early 19th century. The book is a detailed account of their journeys, including their expeditions along the Niger River, where they sought to map uncharted territories ... Read more

    $0.97 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa

    The discovery of the course and termination of the Niger. From unpublished documents in the possession of the late Capt. Fullerton

    by Robert Huish ...
    In "Travels of Richard and John Lander into the Interior of Africa," Robert Huish presents a thorough account of the pioneering expeditions of the Lander brothers, who navigated the intricate waterways and cultures of West Africa in the early 19th century. The narrative is characterized by its meticulous attention to ethnographic detail, incorporating both personal travel accounts and broader ... Read more

    Was $1.99 USD Now $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Globetrotting or Global Citizenship?

    Perils and Potential of International Experiential Learning

    Edited by Rebecca Tiessen, Robert Huish ...
    Globetrotting or Global Citizenship? explores the broad range of international experiential learning options available to Canadian students, as well as the opportunities and the ethical dilemmas that come with them. Combining practical advice with critical examinations of international experiential learning, this essay collection is designed to help the reader to move beyond photo-ops and travel ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Come From Away

    How Rolling Stigma from COVID-19 Shaped Global Health for the 21st Century

    by Robert Huish ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This volume takes a deep dive into the lasting legacy of stigma from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Self isolation, quarantine, face masks, hand washing, and travel restrictions are all ancient methods of pandemic management that extend past antiquity. Yet in a highly globalized pandemic, such ancient methods were the front lines of defense for a modern-day pandemic. And with such ancient methods come ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Where No Doctor Has Gone Before

    Cuba’s Place in the Global Health Landscape

    by Robert Huish ...
    Tens of thousands of people around the world die each day from causes that could have been prevented with access to affordable health care resources. In an era of unprecedented global inequity, Cuba, a small, low-income country, is making a difference by providing affordable health care to millions of marginalized people.Cuba has developed a world-class health care system that provides universal ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Cuba's Forgotten Decade

    How the 1970s Shaped the Revolution

    Series series Bloomsbury Studies on Cuba
    The 1970s have largely been overlooked in scholarly studies of the Cuban Revolution, or, at the very least, dismissed simply as a period of “Sovietization” characterized by widespread bureaucratization, institutionalization, and adherence to Soviet orthodoxy. Consequently, scant research exists that examines the major changes that took place across the decade and their role in determining the ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • The African Exploration Anthology

    The Personal Accounts of the Early Explorers of Africa

    Series series Texts of Discovery
    In the latter half of the 19th Century a group of particularly intrepid explorers navigated their way into the interior of Africa, documenting what they saw, mapping the territory they crossed, and competing with one another to be the first to discover the fabled 'source of the Nile'.The dangers they faced in order to achieve their aims required incredible courage and endurance - from deadly ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Mutiny on the Bounty

    Texts by Captain Bligh, Sir John Farrow, and Rosalind Amelia Young

    The Mutiny of the Bounty is one of the most famous stories in maritime history that has been told in countless books and motion pictures. It describes the arduous voyage of the H.M.S. Bounty, under the harsh rule of the strict Captain Bligh, and the eventual mutiny of much of the crew led by the Mutineer Fletcher Christian. Less well-known is the incredible survival story of how Captain Bligh and ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The David Livingstone Collection

    The DAVID LIVINGSTONE COLLECTION brings together some of the most well-known and beloved writings pertaining to Livingstone and his amazing career as a missionary and explorer. This volume if beautifully illustrated with dozens of the original woodcuts and contains the complete texts of:1. Livingstone's Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa.This is the classic that really made ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Through the Dark Continent

    Volume 1

    Through the Dark Continent is essential reading for anyone interested in nineteenth century Africa and the European explorers who travelled through it.Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley reportedly asked, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life and Travels of Mungo Park

    by Mungo Park ...
    Life and Travels of Mungo Park is an autobiographical account by the Scottish explorer Mungo Park, who is best known for his pioneering journeys into the interior of West Africa in the late 18th century. The work chronicles Park's expeditions, his encounters with the African landscape, people, and wildlife, and the challenges he faced while mapping the Niger River. It was first published in 1799, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Narrative of the Mutiny on Board his Majesty's Ship Bounty and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship’s Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies.

    by William Bligh ...
    The story of this famous mutiny has many beginnings and many endings but they all intersect on an April morning in 1789 near the island known today as Tonga. That morning, William Bligh and eighteen surly seamen were expelled from the Bounty and began what would be the greatest open-boat voyage in history, sailing some 4,000 miles to safety in Timor. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus