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The Log from the Sea of Cortez

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Sudan

READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

Bradt Guide Sudan

Bradt Guide Sudan

by Paul Clammer

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A practical guide in the popular Bradt series, noted for publishing travel guides to remote and little-visited destinations. (AFR152, $25.99)

The River War, An Historical of The Reconquest of the Sudan

The River War, An Historical of The Reconquest of the Sudan

by Winston S. Churchill | Mary Soames | James W. Muller

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

The classic account of the history of the Sudan and its reconquest by Lord Kitchener and an Anglo-Egyptian Army in the 1890s. Churchill served as a lieutenant during the war. (AFR147, $16.95)

Surrender or Starve: Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea

Surrender or Starve: Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea

by Robert D. Kaplan

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Robert Kaplan, the prolific journalist and author of Balkan Ghosts, travelled through Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea for this illuminating travelogue examining the culture, religion, and politics of the region. (AFR155, $15.95)

Season of Migration to the North

by Tayeb Salih

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 139 PAGES

Salih's incandescent novel, set among the people of a small village along the Nile in Sudan, is beautifully translated by Denys Johnson-Davies. (CAF47, $14.00)

Sudan Map

by ITMB

  • 2008
  • MAP

A full-color map of Sudan at a scale of 1:1:2,500,000. With an inset of Khartoum. (AFR75, $12.95)

 
Northeast Africa and Arabia Map

Northeast Africa and Arabia Map


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • 2007
  • MAP

A folded map of the Northeast region of the continent at a scale of 1:4,000,000. (AFR33, $14.95)

Africa's Turn?

Africa's Turn?


by Edward Miguel

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES

Refreshingly optimistic, Berkeley economist Edward Miguel brings together nine experts on Africa and international development to respond to his observation that African nations are making modest but genuine recent gains in the standard of living and better government. (AFR240, $14.95)

Islamic Society in Practice

Islamic Society in Practice


by Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban

  • RELIGION
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 201 PAGES

An introduction to the influence of Islam on the structuring of Arab societies. (ISL12, $29.95)

The Blue Nile

The Blue Nile


by Alan Moorehead

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Moorehead's grand history of exploration and events on the great river from 1798 to 1869. (EGY67, $14.99)

The Fate of Africa

The Fate of Africa


by Martin Meredith

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 792 PAGES

Ambitious in scope, immensely readable -- and as big as a doorstop -- Martin Meredith's blockbuster country-by-country overview of the tumult in Africa since independence is now revised and updated to reflect recent events. (AFR154, $21.99)

Trans-Saharan Africa in World History

Trans-Saharan Africa in World History


by Ralph A. Austen

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

Austen traces the growth, impact and legacy of the 1,000 years of camel caravan traffic in North Africa that brought gold, slaves and other commodities northward and sent both manufactured goods and Mediterranean culture southward into the Sudan. (NAF72, $19.95)

The Rough Guide Music Sudan


by Various Artists

  • MUSIC
  • 2005
  • AUDIO CD

A carefully chosen sampling of the diverse sounds of Sudan, featuring trance drumming, hip hop, orchestral music, and Arabic love songs. (AFR179, $14.95)

Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat and Camel

Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat and Camel


by Jeffrey Tayler

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

The eye-opening account of an American journalist's trek across the Sahel, the southern region of the Sahara Desert, which encompasses Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Cameroon, Chad and Senegal. (WAF83, $25.00)

Desert Songs, A Woman Explorer in Egypt and Sudan

Desert Songs, A Woman Explorer in Egypt and Sudan


by Arita Baaijens

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES

Having given up a traditional European life to explore the deserts of Egypt and Sudan, Baaijens recounts her passion for the desert's vistas and horizons, dangers and physical challenges, nomads and camels, in this personal photographic journal. (DES14, $34.95)

The Black Nile

The Black Nile


by Dan Morrison

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Abandoned by his childhood friend mid-trip, intrepid Dan Morrison persists with his plan to paddle 4,000-miles from Uganda across the Sudan to Cairo on a hand-built plank boat. (AFR271, $16.00)

The Wedding of Zein

The Wedding of Zein


by Tayeb Salih | Denys Johnson-Davies

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

A classic of Arabic literature, set in a village in the north of Sudan. (AFR264, $14.00)

Dry, Life Without Water

Dry, Life Without Water


by Ehsan Masood | Daniel Schaffer

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

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)

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