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Amenhotep III
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 24.00Follows the life story of Amenhotep III, one of the most important rulers of ancient Egypt. more...
Cry Havoc
Jonathan Ball Publishers 2011; US$ 10.21On 7 March 2004, former SAS soldier and mercenary Simon Mann prepared to take off from Harare International Airport with an aeroplane full of heavy weaponry and guns for hire. Their destination: the former Spanish colony of Equatorial Guinea. Their mission: to remove one of the most brutal dictators in Africa in a privately organised coup d?état.... more...
Engineering the Pyramids
The History Press 2013; US$ 18.94Using archaeological records and the basic principles of engineering, Dick Parry provides an account of the design history of the pyramids, the techniques and organisation needed and insights into why the pyramids were designed as they were. more...
The Great African War
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 24.00This book examines a decade-long period of instability, violence and state decay in Central Africa from 1996 to 2006. more...
La gestion des archives photographiques
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 2001; US$ 35.25Les auteurs traitent de la gestion des archives photographiques sous des angles à la fois théoriques et pratiques; ils présentent l'histoire et les techniques de la photographie, l'acquisition, l'évaluation monétaire, la classification, le tri, la description, l'indexation, la préservation, la diffusion... more...
Die Zeit der Regionen im Spiegel der Gebelein-Region
BRILL 2009; US$ 272.00Egyptian historiography is determined by the fact that transmission of the historical record is left to chance. Ludwig Morenz therefore develops a method of ?fragmentarily thick description,? borrowing terminology from anthropologist Clifford Geertz, as a way of addressing the holes left in the record while still arriving at as complete a picture of... more...
The Crime of the Congo
The Floating Press 2011; US$ 4.99Although Arthur Conan Doyle is now best remembered as the creator of the timeless Sherlock Holmes series of detective stories, he was also something of a social activist in his day who used his acclaim to shed light on injustices. In The Crime of the Congo, Conan Doyle builds a devastating case against the Congo Free State, a kind of sociopolitical... more...
Tage des Seth
Philipp von Zabern Verlag 2011; US$ 8.80Hauptbeschreibung Ägypten im 12. Jahrhundert v. Chr.: Der greise Pharao Ramses III., Hüter der göttlichen Ordnung und Garant des Friedens, kann das Land kaum noch regieren. Es drohen Chaos und Vernichtung, es droht die Herrschaft von Seth, dem grausamen Gott der Verwüstungen. Die Feinde des Herrschers versuchen, seine Schwäche auszunutzen. Eine Haremsverschwörung,... more...
Unsung Davids
Top Executive Media 2013; US$ 19.95The story of David vs. Goliath is perhaps the best personification of the fight between good and evil. Righteousness was overmatched and evil was overconfident. Each of the ten men featured in this book knows what it's like to be engaged in such a battle. They all share a common bond consisting of common traits that even further reinforce that... more...
The Excessive Subject
Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95In The Excessive Subject: A New Theory of Social Change , Molly Anne Rothenberg uncovers an innovative theory of social change implicit in the writings of radical social theorists, such as Pierre Bourdieu, Michel de Certeau, Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau, and Slavoj ?i?ek. Through case studies of these writers' work, Rothenberg illuminates how this... more...









