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These 4 items are available for $52, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXWAF35)

Sahara, The Extraordinary History of the World's Largest Desert  •  Sheila Hirtle  •  Marq de Villiers NATURAL HISTORY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 326 PAGES A chronicle of the geography, history and nature of the Sahara. The author (who has also written about water) combines travelogue, science and archaeology in this informative report. In the second half of the book de Villiers brings in the great cities and civilizations of the Sahara. With a few black-and-white photographs, notes and bibliography. A Canadian journalist (whose family has roots in South Africa), de Villiers draws on travels through North Africa in the 1970s with his collaborator Sheila Hirtle. (NAF13, $14.00)
Skeletons on the Zahara, A True Story of Survival  •  Dean King EXPLORATION •  2005 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES King weaves a gripping tale of Captain James Riley and the men of the merchant ship Commerce, shipwrecked, captured and sold into slavery in 1815. King relies on published journals and his own travels to recreate the drama and hardship of the four-month trek across the Sahara. The men were eventually ransomed in Morocco, their survival nearly miraculous. Captain Riley's dramatic account of the ordeal, often reprinted over the years, was wildly popular in the 1800s. (NAF16, $14.99)
Wind, Sand and Stars  •  Antoine de Saint Exupery TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1967 •  PAPER  • 229 PAGES • FAVORITE St. Exupery's luminous account of flying early postal routes throughout the world in the 1930s, including the classic tale of his crash in the Libyan desert. A man of action with the soul of a poet, his memorable stories of flying over South America, Europe and the deserts of West Africa are compelling, specifically the one about going solo in a storm over the Andes. (DES11, $13.00)
Mauritania Map  •  International Travel Maps 2007 •  MAP A map of Mauritania, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (WAF63, $11.95)

Rough Guide West Africa  •  Jim Hudgens  •  Richard Trillo   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive guide to all West Africa, including its history and culture. With its region-by-region descriptions, 172 maps and 12 pages of color photos, this guide covers from Mauritania south to Cameroon. (WAF38, $34.99)
Sahara Overland, A Route and Planning Guide  •  Chris Scott   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A remarkably detailed (bear 20 degrees at the blue fuel drums) and opinionated guide to rough travel across the Sahara. The desert bible. (NAF36, $29.95)
A Traveller's History of North Africa  •  Barnaby Rogerson   • HISTORY  •  Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed, this brief history marches confidently through the centuries, covering key events and personalities in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria through the 1990s. (NAF01, $15.95)
The Berbers  •  Michael Brett  •  Elizabeth Fentress   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A comprehensive overview of the indigenous people of North Africa from antiquity through the Roman and Islamic periods to modern times. Surveys the history, literature and culture of the Berbers, exploring the identity they have forged in the region. (NAF02, $43.95)
The Camel and the Wheel  •  Richard Bulliet   • HISTORY  •  Bulliet draws on archaeology, art,anthropology and camel husbandry to explore the implications -- from the Middle Ages to the present -- of the dependence on the camel for transport in the Middle East. (MDE96, $29.00)
The Conquest of the Sahara  •  Douglas Porch   • HISTORY  •  Porch captures the ambition, drama and folly of French 19th-century adventurers in North Africa in this classic history, first published in 1986. (NAF37, $15.00)
The Golden Trade of the Moors  •  E.W. Bovill   • HISTORY  •  A lively scholarly history of over 1,000 years of trans-Saharan trade, originally published in 1968. (NAF44, $24.95)
Waiting for Happiness  •  Abderrahmane Sissako   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Born in Kiffa, Mauritania and raised in Mali, the accomplished director (Bamako) in this film turns his eye to the life of a young man returned to the coast of Mauritania, where he no longer feels at home. (WAF122, $29.95)
The Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara  •  Rough Guide World Music   • MUSIC  •  A lively and haunting compilation of African music including Algeria, Mail and the Western Sahara. These diverse sounds include everything from desert rock and roll to Moorish melodies. (NAF45, $14.98)
Desert Divers  •  Sven Lindqvist   • EXPLORATION  •  A lyrical account of Lindqvist's travels through the Sahara, taking as its theme the stereotypes and racial prejudices of Andre Gide, Antoine de St. Exubery and other literary idols who found inspiration in the desert. (NAF12, $12.95)
Malaria Dreams, An African Adventure  •  Stuart Stevens   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Steven's hilarous account of a misguided, adventure-fueled odyssey across Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Mali and Algeria to the Mediterranean. (AFR218, $14.00)
Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert  •  William Langewiesche   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Langewiesche writes with appreciation of beauty, history and culture, weaving an account of his arduous trek across the Sahara with the geography and history of the region. (NAF05, $14.95)
Sufferings in Africa, The Astonishing Account of a New England Sea Captain Enslaved by North African Arabs  •  James Riley   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The classic tale of a shipwrecked and enslaved captain in North Africa, first published in 1817. (NAF15, $14.95)
Traversa, A Solo Walk Across Africa from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean  •  Fran Sandham   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Sandham writes with down-to-earth glee of the personalities, hardships, pleasures and idiocy of a 3,000-mile trek (sometimes in the company of a donkey or mule) through tough terrain. (AFR212, $25.00)
Call of the Desert, The Sahara  •  Philippe Bourseiller   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This illustrated portrait of the region features color photographs of the landscape, cultures and wildlife of the Sahara. (NAF34, $50.00)
Dry, Life Without Water  •  Ehsan Masood  •  Daniel Schaffer   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A generously illustrated survey of the people, cultures and habitats of the world's deserts, ranging from Sudan and the Burkina Faso to the Skeleton Coast in Namibia, China, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Oman and the deserts of North and South America, including the Atacama. (DES12, $29.95)
The Deserts of Africa  •  Michael Martin   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A good portrait of the geography, culture and wildlife of the Sahara, Namibia, Kalahari and Rift Valley deserts of Africa. With 148 gorgeous full-color photographs. (AFR87, $50.00)