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“robin brown lowe”

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  • The Lost City of Solomon and Sheba

    An African Mystery

    by Robin Brown-Lowe ...
    In the heart of south-central Africa there are remains of monuments, ruined cities, temples, forts, irrigation terraces reminiscent of the classic civilizations of the Egyptians and Phoenicians. Yet despite having first been investigated by the Royal Geographical Society a century ago the Zimbabwe (stone courts) culture remains all but unknown to the world at large. This book reveals how the truth ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • A Splendid Exchange

    How Trade Shaped the World

    by William J. Bernstein ...
    A Financial Times and Economist Best Book of the Year exploring world trade from Mesopotamia in 3,000 BC to modern globalization.How did trade evolve to the point where we don't think twice about biting into an apple from the other side of the world?In A Splendid Exchange, William J. Bernstein, bestselling author of The Birth of Plenty, traces the story of global commerce from its prehistoric ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Out In The Midday Sun

    by Elspeth Huxley ...
    Elspeth Huxley captivated readers throughout the world with her 'memories of an African childhood' in THE FLAME TREES OF THIKA and THE MOTTLED LIZARD. In this final volume of her trilogy she tells the story of her adult life in Africa, in which the vigorously evoked personalities - from the pioneer Lord Delamere and Baroness Blixen to Jomo Kenyatta - blend with her supurb description of the social ... Read more

    $17.89 USD

  • The Fortunes of Africa

    A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor

    by Martin Meredith ...
    A "gripping" (Booklist) and "richly detailed" (Kirkus Reviews) history of the fortune seekers, adventurers, despots, and thieves who have ruthlessly endeavored to extract gold, diamonds, and other treasures from Africa and its people.Africa has been coveted for its rich natural resources ever since the era of the Pharaohs. In past centuries, it was the lure of gold, ivory, and slaves that drew ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Lunatic Express

    by Charles Miller ...
    In 1895, George Whitehouse arrived at the east African post of Mombasa to perform an engineering miracle: the building of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Lake Victoria Railway – a 600-mile route that was largely unmapped and barely explored. Behind Mombasa lay a scorched, waterless desert. Beyond, a horizonless scrub country climbed toward a jagged volcanic region bisected by the Great Rift Valley. A hundred ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • 100 Greatest African Kings And Queens

    Volume 1

    by Pusch Komiete Commey ...
    From the great Ethiopian Queen, Makeda (the biblical Queen of Sheba) to the richest man who ever lived, Emperor Mansa Musa of Mali (worth 400 billion dollars today), African kings and queens have exemplified not only excellence in leadership, but have served as extraordinary representatives of a civilization that changed the world. 100 Greatest African Kings and Queens: Volume One explores the ... Read more

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  • Three Famines

    Starvation and Politics

    by Thomas Keneally ...
    Famine may be triggered by nature but its outcome arises from politics and ideology. In Three Famines, award-winning author Thomas Keneally uncovers the troubling truth -- that sustained widespread hunger is historically the outcome of government neglect and individual venality. Through the lens of three of the most disastrous famines in modern history -- the potato famine in Ireland, the famine ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Roman Empire

    Fall of the West; Survival of the East

    by James F Morgan ...
    The Western Roman Empire collapsed more than 1500 years ago, while the Eastern Roman Empire survived for almost a thousand more years. When the west collapsed, no one questioned why. It was simply the way things were. Than about 500 years ago scholars begin to question just why the west should fail and the east survive. A long list of reasons have been presented, but they are seen as contributors ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • 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

  • 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

    $4.99 USD

  • Seven Amazing African Queens and Dynasties

    Bring me the head of the Roman Emperor

    by Pusch Komiete Commey ...
    Series Book 10 - Real African Writers Series
    As mothers of humanity, queen mothers of empires, and warrior queens, African women have largely shaped the history and civilization of mankind.From the story of the Kandakes of Nubia who confronted and repelled the Greek and Roman Empire ( Alexander the Great and Augustus Caeser), to the indomitable Nzinga of Matamba’s campaign against the Portuguese, these truly amazing women should make every ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Rhythms of Time

    Reconnecting Palestine's Past

    by Keith W. Whitelam ...
    Rhythms of Time: Reconnecting Palestine's Past looks at how Palestine lost its past, how in can be reconnected and why the past is important for Palestine's present. Palestine’s past is crucial to its future. The way the past is understood has profound implications for the contemporary Israeli-Palestinian conflict and for the rest of the Middle East. The idea that Israel is reclaiming an ancient ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus