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Bradt Guide Niger
Jolijn Geels
GUIDEBOOK 2006 PAPER 280 PAGES
A detailed overview of Niger, its history, wildlife, culture and major attractions in the series by Bradt. Geared for the independent traveler, it includes maps, a small selection of photographs, and lots of practical travel information.
(WAF99, $23.95)
Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert
William Langewiesche
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 1997 PAPER 302 PAGES
Traveling across the Sahara from Algiers to Dakar, Langeweische has written an uncommonly good memoir of the desert, with meditations on its history, inhabitants and allure.
(NAF05, $16.00)
Niger Map
IGN
MAP
A good, full-color shaded relief map of Niger at a scale of 1:2,000,000 published by the French Geographic Institute. One Side. 35x39 inches.
(AFR38, $16.95)
Lonely Planet West Africa
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive guide to all West Africa, this is the book to carry for travels from Mauritania to Niger, with both a good overview of culture and history and the usual Lonely Planet attention to practical travel information.
(WAF10, $33.99)
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)
Africa, A Biography of the Continent
John Reader
HISTORY
With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a lively and masterful tale of the continent from ancient cultures to modern times. Both authoritative and informal, this is a splendid introduction to all of Africa.
(AFR49, $18.95)
Salt, A World History
Mark Kurlansky
HISTORY
A digressive history of the world told through a grain of salt. Kurlansky follows the precious commodity through revolution, trade and kitchens.
(GEN265, $16.00)
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)
West Africa Before the Colonial Era, A History to 1850
Basil Davidson
HISTORY
Davidson puts the stories of peoples and empires into context in this lively, scholarly history. With maps, illustrations and a timeline.
(WAF07, $50.60)
African Art, An Introduction
Frank Willett
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A concise, well illustrated overview of the art and culture of Africa, portraying the range of spectacular art produced throughout the ages.
(AFR18, $18.95)
Exploration of Africa, From Cairo to the Cape
Ann Hugon
EXPLORATION
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
This jewel of a book chronicles the 19th-century exploration of Africa with hundreds of contemporary paintings and prints, brief chapters on the expeditions, and a very useful chronology. Livingstone, Burton and others are featured in a series of journal excerpts.
(AFR03, $12.95)
French Lessons in Africa, Travels with My Briefcase Through French Africa
Peter Biddlecombe
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A scandalously entertaining and useful introduction to Francophone Africa by the hilarious British writer and inveterate traveler.
(WAF68, $17.95)
In Sorcery's Shadow
Paul Stoller
Cheryl Olkes
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
An anthropologist's account of his time in Niger and his experiences with local sorcerers and traditional healers. It's an excellent introduction to the role of magic and its moral complications in African culture.
(WAF55, $20.00)
Riding the Demon, On the Road in West Africa
Peter Chilson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Peter Chilson took to the road in Niger for this portrait of a turbulent and fascinating nation, where rickety bush taxis, packed to the gills with passengers, provide an eye-opening perspective on the nation.
(WAF54, $24.95)
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa
Mungo Park
EXPLORATION
Park chronicles of the culture, society and nature of West Africa before the colonial period in this classic account of a 24-year-old Scotsman exploring, often alone, in uncharted Africa. First published in 1799.
(WAF40, $12.95)
Travels in West Africa
Mary Kingsley
Anthony Brandt
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A wild success in its first printing in 1897, this account of a naive Victorian woman's experiences in West Africa is fascinating. Kingsley writes with a self-deprecating wit and deadpan humor of her collecting expeditions throughout West Africa.
(WAF05, $14.95)
West African Folktales
Jack Berry
Richard Spears
ANTHOLOGY
These 123 unembellished tales reflect the rich oral tradition of cultures throughout West Africa, particularly Ghana and Nigeria, where the pioneering Berry did much of his field work.
(WAF13, $21.00)
Still Waters in Niger
Kathleen Hill
LITERATURE
An atmospheric novel set in America and Niger. After living for in the United States for 17 years, an Irish-American woman returns to a small village in Niger where she had once lived with her husband and three daughters.
(WAF53, $15.95)
Sahara, The Extraordinary History of the World's Largest Desert
Sheila Hirtle
Marq de Villiers
NATURAL HISTORY
A chronicle of the geography, history and nature of the Sahara. The author combines travelogue, science and archaeology in this informative report.
(NAF13, $14.00)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife
Peter Alden
FIELD GUIDE
Small enough to slip into a pack, this photo guide covers 850 birds, mammals and reptiles of Africa. With range maps and a good country-by-country overview of habitats and parks.
(AFR25, $23.95)
The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals
Jonathan Kingdon
FIELD GUIDE
This stunningly-illustrated, comprehensive field guide by a leading authority includes Kingdon's 480 exquisite color paintings.
(AFR32, $49.50)
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