Resultados de búsqueda: Cultures - Africa from Riverwood's Books

CA: Greenhaven Press. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Softcover. 0737701188 . SOFTCOVER Edition - Greenhaven Press 2000. Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - sturdy laminated cover and usual ex-lib type markings. Light edgewear to laminate on cover, interior of pages clean and tight, light soiling to outer edges. 212 pages. B/w illus. "Political leaders, scholars, foreign policy and development experts, and human rights activists are among those featured in this anthology that examines important contemporary issues facing Africa". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "School Library Journal : "Written by educators, scientists, journalists, doctors, veterinarians, members of the clergy and advocates. This excellent volume will elicit group discussion and help to develop critical thinking and analysis of sensitive issues. " [280-osl] .

St. Martin's Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 031219885x . Ex-library book, but still in very nice condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Overall wear is light, pages clean and unmarked. "Leader for peace in a tortured country, Bishop Belo of East Timor became the first Catholic bishop to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996. Foremost among leaders of his homeland, he has worked to end the suffering of his people. This sympathetic biography portrays the bishop and his country in the years before and during the Indonesian occupation, which has brought death and despair to so many...." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Vintage Books. Very Good. 1959. Not First Edition. Softcover. 0394702891 . Vintage Books 1959 printing. 12mo (7" tall). Light edge & corner wear, rubbing to edges & light creasing, light soiling outer edge of pages. Internal pages clean & tight other than small school stamp on first page and small edge stain near rear. 266 pages plus booklists. Description: In the 1950s Elizabeth Marshall Thomas became one of the first Westerners to live with the Bushmen of the Kalahari desert in Botswana and South-West Africa. Her account of these nomadic hunter-gatherers, whose way of life had remained unchanged for thousands of years, is a ground-breaking work of anthropology, remarkable not only for its scholarship but for its novelistic grasp of character. ... ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Description: In the 1950s Elizabeth Marshall Thomas became one of the first Westerners to live with the Bushmen of the Kalahari desert in Botswana and South-West Africa. Her… Leer más