Search Results: Titles starting with A from Pentz Booksellers

ISBN: 9781133135364
Cengage Learning, Inc | 31 January 2013
Mixed media product | 1344 pages 
This step-by-step, highly visual text provides a comprehensive introduction to managing and maintaining computer hardware and software. Written by best-selling author and educator Jean Andrews, A+ GUIDE TO MANAGING AND MAINTAINING YOUR PC, International Edition closely integrates the CompTIA A+ Exam objectives to prepare you for the 220-801 and 220-802 certification exams. The new Eighth Edition also features extensive updates to reflect current technology, techniques, and industry standards in the dynamic, fast-paced field of PC repair. Each chapter covers both core concepts and advanced topics, organizing material to facilitate practical application and encourage you to learn by doing. Supported by a wide range of supplemental resources to enhance learning--including innovative tools, interactive exercises and activities, and online study guides--this proven text offers an ideal way to prepare you for… Read More

ISBN: 9781133135388
Cengage Learning, Inc | 14 September 2012
Mixed media product | 704 pages 
This step-by-step, highly visual text provides you with a comprehensive introduction to managing and maintaining computer software. Written by best-selling author and educator Jean Andrews, A+ GUIDE TO SOFTWARE, International Edition closely integrates the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) A+ Exam objectives to prepare you for the software portions of the 220-801 and 220-802 certification exams. The new Sixth Edition also features extensive updates to reflect current technology, techniques, and industry standards in the dynamic, fast-paced field of PC repair. Each chapter covers both core concepts and advanced topics, organizing material to facilitate practical application and encourage you to learn by doing. Supported by a wide range of supplemental resources to enhance learning--including innovative tools, interactive exercises and activities, and online study guides--this proven book… Read More

ISBN: 9781107070127
Cambridge University Press | 01 May 2015
Hardback | 472 pages 
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is the most important effort undertaken to lay down a plurilateral legal framework for the enforcement of intellectual property rights. With the view to learn more about the origins of this treaty, the process leading to its conclusion and its implications for law making in this field, The ACTA and the Plurilateral Enforcement Agenda: Genesis and Aftermath analyses in great depth both the context and the content of the agreements. In order to attain this objective, a large and diverse group of experts - renowned scholars, policy makers, civil society and industry actors - who represent different perspectives on the necessary balance between intellectual property enforcement and other economic and social interests have been gathered together. This book is the most comprehensive analysis of ACTA, and of its relation with ongoing initiatives to improve enforcement of… Read More

ISBN: "9781632865724
Bloomsbury USA | 01 January 2017
Hardback | 297 pages
"Insightful and well-written . . . [Suzman chronicles] how much humankind can still learn from the disappearing way of life of the most marginalized communities on earth." -Yuval Noah Harari, author of SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMAN KIND and HOMO DEUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF TOMORROW
WASHINGTON POST'S 50 NOTABLE WORKS OF NONFICTION IN 2017 AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2017
A vibrant portrait of the "original affluent society"-the Bushmen of southern Africa-by the anthropologist who has spent much of the last twenty-five years documenting their encounter with modernity.
If the success of a civilization is measured by its endurance over time, then the Bushmen of the Kalahari are by far the most successful in human history. A hunting and gathering people who made a good living by working only as much as needed to exist in harmony with their hostile desert environment, the Bushmen have lived in southern Africa since the evolution of our… Read More

ISBN: 9781845119942
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 15 May 2009
Hardcover | 288 pages
In this stimulating account of his life's experiences, renowned scholar and pioneer Africanist archaeologist Merrick Posnansky takes his readers on an unusual journey across the world, from his origins in a small Jewish community in Manchester to his adventures on archaeological sites in the villages of Africa before finally settling down to teach in Los Angeles. A Jewish British expatriate in an African social world, Posnansky struggled to establish his racial identity in the British colonial world where Jewish communities were rare. He crossed racial and religious boundaries by marrying a Christian woman from Uganda, a highly unusual step at that time. Written in a refreshing, candid style, these memoirs provide a fascinating glimpse into the changes taking place in modern Africa. Africa and Archaeology is a first hand account of the racial and religious prejudices of the twentieth century. Editorial Reviews About the… Read More

ISBN: 9783791316031
Prestel Pub | 19 October 1995
Hardcover | 613 pages
As the birthplace of the human race, Africa possesses a cultural history of unparalleled length. This magnificent publication reflects that vast time span: the objects included range from the oldest known human artifact (1.6 million BC) to pieces made within living memory. In word and image the book celebrates the extraordinary variety of African art and the consummate skill of its creators. 

ISBN: 9781405101561
John Wiley and Sons | 01 October 2004
Paperback | 508 pages
A landmark introduction to the archaeology of Africa that challenges misconceptions & claims about Africa's past and teaches students how to evaluate these claims. Provides an unprecedented and exciting introduction to the archaeology of Africa. Challenges misconceptions & claims about Africa's past and teaches students how to evaluate these claims. Includes a thoughtful introduction that explores the contexts that have shaped archaeological knowledge of Africa's past. Lays out research questions that have shaped the contours of African archaeology. Comprised of chapters specifically written for this volume by prominent archaeologists with regional and topical expertise.

ISBN: 9780521673105
Cambridge University Press | 09 June 2005
Paperback | 389 pages
This book provides an authoritative survey of the archaeology of Africa, from the origin of mankind until the last few centuries. Effectively demonstrating the relevance of archaeological research to understanding contemporary Africa, this survey has been extended and updated into a well illustrated account documenting the origins of humanity to the time of European colonization.

ISBN: 9780306479960
Springer | 30 November 2003
Paperback | 408 pages
This volume explores the range of interactions between the historical sources and archaeology that are available on the African continent. Written by a range of experts on different aspects of African archaeology, this book represents the first consideration of historical archaeology over the African continent as a whole. This seminal volume also explores Africa's place in global systems of thought and economic development and is of interest to historical archaeologists and historians.

ISBN: 9781874950776
Fernwood Press (Pty) Ltd ,South Africa | 01 October 2006
Paperback | 208 pages
Basketry is both art and craft - representing the blend of African culture, environment and technology. Southern Africa has a rich tradition of basketry and this book documents the origins, historical context, usage, and raw materials utilized in the crafting of different types of basketry in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and other countries.

ISBN: 9780810943636
Abrams | 31 December 2001
Hardcover | 256 pages
The African landscape is littered with information about its prehistoric inhabitants, no more so than in its broad range of rock art. This large book forms one of the best and most comprehensive illustrated guides to the art containing almost 400 colour photographs and line drawings. Detailed discussions of the African land and its people, of the different styles, subjects and dating of the art, and the sites themselves, are followed by a regional study of examples. Includes stunning photographs of some of the most precious, and most threatened, art images in the world. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly At the end of the last Ice Age (over 12,000 years ago), artists throughout Africa produced stunning work that survives to this day on boulders and cliffs, and in caves. In African Rock Art: Paintings and Engravings on Stone, Alec Campbell (founder and first director of the National Museum and Art Gallery of Botswana) and… Read More

ISBN: 9780813920573
University of Virginia Press | 07 March 2001
Paperback | 354 pages
In "An African Classical Age", Christopher Ehret brings to light 1,400 years of social and economic transformation across Africa from Uganda and Kenya in the north to Natal and the Cape in the south. The book offers a much-needed portrait of this region during a crucial period in which basic features of precolonial African societies and cultures emerged. Combining the most recent findings of archaeology and historical linguistics, the author demonstrates that, from 1000 B.C. through the fourth century A.D., eastern and southern African history was invigorated by technological change and intricately reshaped by the clash of distinctive cultures. Contrary to common presumption, he argues, Africans of this period were not isolated actors on their own historical stage, but direct and indirect participants in the major trends of contemporary world history, such as the Iron Age and the first great rise of long-distance… Read More

ISBN: 9780521837705
Cambridge University Press | 01 January 2004
Hardback | 290 pages
Examining the formation of scientific knowledge about the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, Alex Preda highlights the metaphors, narratives, and classifications which framed scientific hypotheses about the nature of the infectious agent and its transmission. Preda compares these arguments with those used in the scientific analysis of SARS. He demonstrates how scientific knowledge about epidemics is shaped by cultural narratives and categories of social thought through a detailed review of biomedical publications.

ISBN: 9780521521147
Cambridge University Press | 01 January 2002
Paperback | 300 pages
The advent of AIDS has led to a revival of interest in the historical relationship of disease to society. There now exists a new consciousness of AIDS and history, and of AIDS itself as an historic event. This provides the starting-point of this collection of essays. Its twin themes are the 'pre-history' of the impact of AIDS, and its subsequent history. Essays in the section on the 'pre-history' of AIDS analyse the contexts against which AIDS should be measured. The section on AIDS as history presents chapters by historians and policy scientists on such topics as British and US drugs policy, the later years of AIDS policies in the UK and the emergence of AIDS as a political issue in France. A final chapter looks at the archival potential in the AIDS area. As a whole the volume demonstrates the contribution that historians can make in the analysis of near-contemporary events.

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The Trustees, the Aloes Book Fund,  January 1966
537 pages, Hardcover
Describes the Genus Aloe from Africa, excluding South Africa (covered in an earlier book), and adjacent remote areas of Arabia & Socotra. Expect lots extra postage. Please see this bookseller’s lists under “aloes” and “botany” for more books.

ISBN: 9780852555231
James Currey, 17 October 2002
Paperback ,192 pages
The end of the apartheid era in South Africa has meant the opening up of the country's culture, languages and literatures to the outside world. Within South Africa the literature of protest need no longer dominate creative output and there has been a move towards a rediscovery of the ordinary . The realities of post-independence Zimbabwe as expressed in song and literature are also examined. North America: Africa World Press

ISBN: 9781776191345
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers SA, 31 October 2022
Material: Paperback, 304 pages
In The ANC Billionaires, top-selling author Pieter du Toit draws on first-hand accounts by major roleplayers about the contentious relationship between capital and the ANC before, during and after the country's transition to democracy, and shows how the liberation organisation was completely unprepared to navigate the intersection between business and politics.
 

ISBN: 9780521456203
Cambridge University Press | 26 October 2004
Paperback | 212 pages 
One of the most troubling problems in archaeology is to determine the manner and content of prehistoric thought. A fundamental challenge is to develop the theory, methodology and tools to understand human cognition. Cognitive archaeology as a subject is still in its infancy, and archaeologists are adopting a variety of approaches. One direction has been to develop an 'interpretationist', anti-scientific, literary approach. Another has been to use a linguistic framework and develop a hermeneutic, semiotic approach. A third approach develops a new direction in prehistoric cognitive research which is rooted in the scientific tradition and in an empirical methodology. It draws upon the cognitive, the mathematical and the computer sciences in an attempt to understand what techniques can be used appropriately on archaeological data, and how to implement them efficiently. This is the approach adopted by the contributors… Read More

ISBN: "9781107119567
Cambridge University Press,  21 September 2015
Hardcover 344 pages
The ancient Anatolian city of Kanesh (present-day Kültepe, Turkey) was a continuously inhabited site from the early Bronze Age through Roman times. The city flourished ca. 2000-1750 BCE as an Old Assyrian trade outpost and the earliest attested commercial society in world history. More than 23,000 elaborate clay tablets from private merchant houses provide a detailed description of a system of long-distance trade that reached from central Asia to the Black Sea region and the Aegean. The texts record common activities such as trade between Kanesh and the city state of Assur and between Assyrian merchants and local people. The tablets tell us about the economy as well as culture, language, religion, and private lives of individuals we can identify by name, occupation, and sometimes even personality. This book presents an in-depth account of this vibrant Bronze Age Anatolian society, revealing the daily lives of its… Read More

ISBN: "9780521191036
Cambridge University Press,  20 September 2017
Hardcover 348 pages
Animal sacrifice was the central act in all ancient Mediterranean religions, but the unique features of Greek practice continue to challenge modern interpreters.
Editorial Reviews
Book Description Experts in Greek language, literature and material culture re-examine the role of animal sacrifice in Greek life across the Mediterranean.
About the Author Sarah Hitch has held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at Corpus Christi College where she is now the Associate Director of the Centre for the Study of Greek and Roman Antiquity. She has researched and published widely on various aspects of Greek religion.
Ian Rutherford is Professor of Greek at the University of Reading. He is one of the foremost experts on ancient religion and has published widely on the topic, including his recent monograph State Pilgrims and Sacred Observers in Ancient Greece (Cambridge, 2013).