Henry Carter Hull

A famed elephant hunter embarks on a perilous African treasure hunt in this classic tale that launched the long-running Allan Quatermain series. Sir Henry Curtis's brother has disappeared into the uncharted African interior. Last seen by explorer and hunter Allan Quatermain, he was traveling toward the fabled King Solomon's diamond mines in search of his fortune. Now, Curtis and his friend, Capt. John Good, persuade Quatermain and a mysterious native...

When the family of a reluctant bank robber is victimized by a gangland assault, Benny Mongrel, an ex-con and night watchman, keeps quiet to avoid exposing his own troubled past but is drawn into the bank robber's backlash against a corrupt Afrikaner cop.

Includes a physical description of Africa's geography, its cultural background, and a country-by-country survey of each state.

A collection of articles debating the economic, social, and political problems of Africa. Includes critical thinking activities.

The battle of Isandlwana a great Zulu victory was one of the worst defeats ever to befall a British Army. At noon on 22 January 1879, a British camp, garrisoned by over 1700 troops, was attacked and overwhelmed by 20,000 Zulu warriors. The defeat of the British, armed with the most modern weaponry of the day, caused disbelief and outrage throughout Queen Victoria's England. The obvious culprit for the blunder was Lieutenant General Lord Chelmsford,...

Charts a tender, funny romance between the "Whale Caller" in a small South African coastal town and the town drunk, Saluni.

Benny Griessel, a homicide detective in Cape Town, South Africa, has been sober for 156 days, but it begins to look like 157 might be his breaking point when an American teen is found with her throat cut, her friend Rachel goes missing, and a philandering music executive is shot dead.

Chronicles South Africa's history from its first inhabitants in 4 million B.C.E. through 1999, emphasizing the stages of British imperialism and the apartheid years.

Lonely Planet Africa is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Wander the cobbled streets and graceful pracas rimmed by once grand churches and stately colonial-era buildings, against a backdrop of turquoise seas, on the Unesco-listed Mozambique Island; drink your way around whitewashed Cape Dutch architecture and the endlessly photogenic hills and vines of South Africa's...