WILDERNESS TRAVEL

North Africa's Mediterranean Coast Through the Centuries

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Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

Essential Reading

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Bradt Guide North Africa, The Roman Coast

Bradt Guide North Africa, The Roman Coast

by Ethel Davis

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

This practical, informative guide brings to life the ancient Roman heritage of modern-day Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. (NAF68, $25.99)

A Traveller's History of North Africa

A Traveller's History of North Africa

by Barnaby Rogerson

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 408 PAGES

Wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed, this brief history marches confidently through the centuries, covering key events and personalities in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria to 1999. (NAF01, $15.95)

Alexandria Illustrated

Alexandria Illustrated

by Michael Haag

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 80 PAGES

A warm, richly illustrated portrait of the city, featuring 125 color photographs of the people, monuments and attractions of Alexandria alongside Michael Haag's insightful commentary. (EGY142, $22.95)

Africa North and West Map

Africa North and West Map

by Michelin

  • 2011
  • MAP

A fine regional map covering Senegal, The Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania and their neighbors as well as all the Mediterranean-bordering countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) at a scale of 1:4,000,000. (AFR34, $11.95)

 
Cairo Map

Cairo Map


by Cartographia

  • MAP

A colorful, folded map of Cairo on thick paper. Insets of Luxor, Alexandria and Heliopolis. Scale 1:13,000. (EGY163, $8.95)

Eyewitness Top 10 Cairo and the Nile

Eyewitness Top 10 Cairo and the Nile


by Inc. Dorling Kindersley

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions. (EGY290, $14.00)

Say It in Arabic (Egyptian)

Say It in Arabic (Egyptian)


by Farouk El-Baz

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1968
  • PAPER
  • 185 PAGES

A guide to common words and phrases in the widely spoken Cairo dialect. (ARB54, $4.95)

A Portrait of Egypt, A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam


by Mary Anne Weaver

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 306 PAGES

A foreign correspondent for The New Yorker gives a detailed account of contemporary Egyptian politics and culture that highlights Egypt's potential volatility and importance to international relations. (EGY378, $26.00)

A Savage War of Peace, Algeria 1954-1962


by Alistair Horne

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 608 PAGES

An updated edition of the 1977 chronicle of the Algerian insurgency against French colonial rule. (NAF60, $19.95)

Cairo, The City Victorious

Cairo, The City Victorious


by Max Rodenbeck

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

Rodenbeck presents his hometown in all its chaotic, marvelous glory, combining a lively history of the 5,000-year-old metropolis with description, anecdote and political commentary. (EGY38, $15.95)

Islam, A Short History

Islam, A Short History


by Karen Armstrong

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 230 PAGES

Armstrong brings authority and experience to this vivid, clear-headed survey of the history and impact of Islam from the birth of Muhammad to present-day challenges. (ISL15, $15.95)

Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome

Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome


by Christopher Scarre

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

A vivid overview of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and its expansion throughout North Africa and the Mediterranean, illustrated with ingenious color maps on many topics (political borders, trade, defense, religion) and 80 color photographs. (ITL29, $18.00)

Rome in Africa

Rome in Africa


by Susan Raven

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

Long the standard history of Roman influence in Northern Africa, this book is scholarly and comprehensive. It is a wonderfully written, illustrated introduction to the geographic setting, the rise of Carthage, historical personalities, individual trading centers and archaeological sites. (NAF04, $49.95)

The Ancient Mediterranean

The Ancient Mediterranean


by Michael Grant

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 374 PAGES

Grant explores the realms of archaeology, geography, art and economics to sketch this classic portrait of the ancient world, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and the influence on western civilization. (MED10, $20.00)

The Berbers

The Berbers


by Michael Brett | Elizabeth Fentress

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A comprehensive overview of the indigenous people of North Africa from antiquity through the Roman and Islamic periods to modern times. It surveys the history, literature and culture of the Berbers, exploring the identity they have forged in the region. (NAF02, $49.95)

The Histories

The Histories


by Herodotus

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 656 PAGES

In what may be the first travel book, Herodotus records the heroic struggle between Europe and Asia that culminated in the invasion of Greece by Xerxes. (MED15, $11.00)

The Middle Sea

The Middle Sea


by John Julius Norwich

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 720 PAGES

A marvelous writer who has already tackled Byzantium, the Normans in Sicily and Venice, Norwich spins his magic in this story of culture, trade and politics, royalty and rulers, wars and religion in the Mediterranean. (MED98, $21.00)

Southern Frontiers, A Journey Across the Roman Empire

Southern Frontiers, A Journey Across the Roman Empire


by Don McCullin

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 272 PAGES

Roman sites, both world famous and obscure, from Syria and Lebanon across North Africa to Morocco, Algeria and Libya are presented in gorgeous black-and-white splendor in this collection of oversized photographs by the celebrated Don McCullin. Historian Barnaby Rogerson supplies the accompanying text. (MED172, $69.95)

The North African Stones Speak

The North African Stones Speak


by Paul Lachlan MacKendrick

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 246 PAGES

MacKendrick's lively history explores the life and culture of the North African provinces of Rome as revealed by its archaeology. With 60 pages on settlements and cities in ancient Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, including site plans and black-and-white photographs of Shahat, Apollonia, Leptis Magna and Fezzan. (NAF51, $47.50)

Tunisian Mosaics, Treasures from Roman Africa

Tunisian Mosaics, Treasures from Roman Africa


by Aicha Ben Abed Ben Khader

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 140 PAGES

Accompanied by 134 glorious color illustrations, this book includes a history of Roman Africa and the rise of Mediterranean mosaics, an overview of mosaic sites and museums and a chapter on methods of preservation. (TUN27, $29.95)

In Morocco

In Morocco


by Edith Wharton

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 223 PAGES

Wharton's enjoyable account of her month-long journey through Morocco after WWI captures the landscapes, architecture and many aspects of Muslim culture and history, and especially the cities of Rabat, Fez and Marrakech. (MRC02, $10.95)

The Caliph's House, A Year in Casablanca

The Caliph's House, A Year in Casablanca


by Tahir Shah

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 343 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER

Shah is a marvelous storyteller, weaving Moroccan customs and history with deft portraits of neighbors, craftsmen and others in this entertaining tale of the transformation of a crumbling palace in Casablanca. (MRC66, $16.00)

The Way of Herodotus, Travels with the Man Who Invented History

The Way of Herodotus, Travels with the Man Who Invented History


by Justin Marozzi

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A Penguin Classics edition of The Histories in hand, Marozzi journeys from Herodotus' home town of Heliacarnassus, now known as Bodrum, to Baghdad, Babylon, Egypt and Athens, weaving tales of his hero with erudite and entertaining modern travel. (MED138, $16.95)

In the Country of Men

In the Country of Men


by Hisham Matar

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This hauntingly beautiful short novel, set in Tripoli in wake of Khadafy's 1969 revolution, shows the bewilderment and fear of the Libyan people through the eyes of a nine-year-old boy. (NAF53, $15.00)

Pirates of the Levant

Pirates of the Levant


by Arturo Perez-Reverte

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

In the sixth installment of Perez-Reverte's swashbuckling series, Captain Alatriste and his protege Inigo set sail for the most remote and wretched outposts of the Empire: Morocco, Algeria and Malta -- a dramatic voyage that leads to a bloody battle on the high seas. (SPN450, $16.00)

The Egyptologist, A Novel

The Egyptologist, A Novel


by Arthur Phillips

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

A playful and clever novel convincingly set in the milieu of 1920s Egyptian archaeology. Phillips deftly combines historical personages and events with wild invention. (EGY128, $15.00)

The Sheltering Sky

The Sheltering Sky


by Paul Bowles

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 313 PAGES

Bowles' most famous work, by turns stark and transcendent, is a tale of three people whose lives unravel in the desert of North Africa. Originally published in 1949. (NAF09, $14.99)

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