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SIX MONTHS IN SUDAN James Maskalyk - A Young Doctor in a War-Torn Village (Africa)

SIX MONTHS IN SUDAN: James Maskalyk's memoir from six months as a doctor with Medecins Sans Frontieres in the contested border town of Abyei, Sudan.

Price: AUD $8.00

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SLOW JOURNEY SOUTH Walking to Africa - A year in footsteps by Paula Constant (WORLDWIDE - AFRICA/EUROPE)

SLOW JOURNEY SOUTH: A great read for hikers - the author walks from London to Morocco, I find it hard enough just to get out of bed!

Price: AUD $9.00

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SPEAK XHOSA WITH US Beginner to Advanced

A very hard to find Xhosa language book. The book can be used alongside a CD Rom but alas I don't have the disc, but it still looks very useful, and it's rare and cheap! This is a use book in good condition with light wear and age, no student marks. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

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SUGAR STREET by Naguib Mahfouz

A scarce novel based in Egypt by a Nobel Prize winning author. Book is in good condition with some reading wear to corners, pages browning at edges with age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $7.00

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THE AFRICAN TRILOGY by Chinua Achebe

Three novels in one by the Nigerian writer: Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease and Arrow of God. Tje story is the tragedy of Okonko, an important man in the Obi tribe in the days when white men where first appearing on the scene. Book is in good, aging condition. Pages are browning around the edges with age. Shows mild reading wear, lightly curved spine. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

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THE ART OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSULT by Sarah Britten

A scarce and funny book on South African humour.

Price: AUD $9.00

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THE BANG BANG CLUB Snapshots from a hidden war by Greg Marinovich & Joao Silva

I read this book a while ago and highly recommended it. It is very hard to find these days. The authors are photographers in the midst of the chaos of the final days of Apartheid. Book is in good, read condition: corners are creased and curled from used, clean pages and cover. Some dust marks on top edge of book. Not mint but a good reading copy. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

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THE BONE WOMAN Clea Koff - A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth In The Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo

The Bone Woman is a popular book, an account of Clea Koff's forensic work after the genocides of Rwanda, Bonsia, Croatia and Kosovo.

Price: AUD $9.00

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THE CONSTANT GARDENER John Le Carre

The novel (fiction) that inspired the brilliant film of the same name, set in Kenya.

Price: AUD $5.00

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THE DANAKIL DIARY Wilfred Thesiger - Journeys Through Abyssinia (Ethopia / Africa)

A surprisingly rare travel classic by a legendary writer.

Price: AUD $20.00

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THE JOBURG BOOK Nechama Brodie - A Guide to the City's History, People and Places - Johannesburg, South Africa

The Joburg Book is a large. nicely produced softcover book on the people, history and places of Johannesburg, South Africa. This book is very hard to find, it was $US160+ on Amazon at the time of listing.

Price: AUD $30.00

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THE LEOPARD IN THE LUGGAGE Arthur Goldstuck - Urban Legends from Southern Africa

The Leopard in the Luggage looks like a great read: urban legands from South Africa and surrounds.

Price: AUD $10.00

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THE LONG WAY HOME Lydia Laube - Nobody Goes That Way (Saudi Arabia Africa Egypt Sudan Kenya India)

THE LONG WAY HOME follows Lydia Laube's uber popular Behind the Veil, she returns to Saudi Arabia and takes the long way home via Egypt, Sudan, Kenya and India.

Price: AUD $9.00

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THE NO 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY Alexander McCall Smith - Botswana Fiction

The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency is the first of a hugely popular series of books set in Botswana, Africa.

Price: AUD $7.00

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THE RAINBIRD A Central African Journey by Jan Brokken (Gabon - Africa)

A travelogue of the author's journeys in the jungles of Gabon, Africa.

Price: AUD $9.00

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THE REMARKABLE EXPEDITION Olivia Manning - The Story of Stanley's Rescue of Emin Pasha from Equitorial Africa

The Remarkable Expedition is 'a vivid and entertaining account of the extraordinary events involved in the rescue by Stanley of Emin Pasha, Governor of Equatoria, a remote province on the upper reaches of the White Nile cut off from the rest of the world as a result of the Mahdi rising in Sudan.

Price: AUD $9.00

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THE RIVER AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD A Journey Up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Time by Simon Winchester

A hard to find China travelogue, looks like a great read. This is a used travel book in average condition: has been read a few times; pages are browning with age; creased corners; a bit rough but perfectly readable, scarce and cheap. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $5.00