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Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert

Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert

by 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)

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)

North African Villages, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia

North African Villages, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia

by Norman Carver

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES

Stunning color and black-and-white photographs document the folk architecture, villages and markets of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in this book, with extensive accompanying notes and text by the author. (TUN11, $29.95)

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)

 
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 History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period

A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period


by Jamil Abun-Nasr

  • HISTORY
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 460 PAGES

An authoritative, scholarly history of North Africa from the seventh century until independence, covering the Berber dynasties, Ottoman rule, colonial period and independence. (NAF31, $72.00)

An Army at Dawn, The War in North Africa, 1942-1943

An Army at Dawn, The War in North Africa, 1942-1943


by Rick Atkinson

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 768 PAGES

This first volume of Atkinson's bestselling Liberation Trilogy brings to life the battles, military figures and strategies of the 1942-1943 Allied invasion of North Africa, the first significant defeat for the Third Reich. (NAF70, $17.00)

Islam, A Short History

Islam, A Short History


by Karen Armstrong

  • RELIGION
  • 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)

Islam, The Straight Path

Islam, The Straight Path


by John L. Esposito

  • RELIGION
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A well-written survey of the faith, practice and beliefs of Islam. It's a balanced tone intended for an undergraduate audience, yet it also functions as an excellent overview for the general reader. (MDE22, $47.95)

North Africa, A History from Antiquity to the Present

North Africa, A History from Antiquity to the Present


by Phillip C. Naylor

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 376 PAGES

A detailed, scholarly history of Northern Africa and its role as a crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa, from the Paleolithic period and early Egyptian cultures, through the rise of Islam and the growth of the Ottoman Empire to modern postcolonial history. (NAF67, $30.00)

Rebel and Saint, Muslim Notables, Populist Protest, Colonial Encounters


by Julia Ann Clancy-Smith

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 373 PAGES

A scholarly history of Tunisia and Algiers from 1800-1904, placing emphasis on Arab culture and its confrontations with French colonialism. (TUN15, $34.95)

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 Phoenicians and the West, Politics, Colonies and Trade

The Phoenicians and the West, Politics, Colonies and Trade


by Maria Eugenia Aubet

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A new understanding of the Phoenicians and the Phoenician system of trade. (MED12, $48.00)

The Tuareg, People of the Ahaggar

The Tuareg, People of the Ahaggar


by Jeremy Keenan

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 385 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A vivid portrait of the blue-veiled Berber nomads of Algeria and central Sahara by a British anthropologist, filmmaker and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Keenan lived and worked among the Tuareg in the early 1970s. Originally published in 1977, the book has a new preface in this edition. (NAF14, $31.95)

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)

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)

A Cure for Serpents

A Cure for Serpents


by Alberto di Pirajno

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

The Duke of Pirajno, who served as Italian ambassador in North Africa in the 1920s and 1930s, writes with candor and grace about everyday life and culture in the region, including the chieftains and courtesans, Berber princes and Tuareg entertainers. (NAF49, $33.95)

Between Terror and Tourism, An Overland Journey Across North Africa

Between Terror and Tourism, An Overland Journey Across North Africa


by Michael Mewshaw

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 397 PAGES

Novelist Michael Mewshaw's gritty account of an epic 4,000-mile journey from Egypt to Libya, Algiers and Morocco on the occasion of his 65th birthday. (NAF79, $16.95)

Michael Palin: Sahara


by Michael Palin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • DVD

In this BBC travel documentary, the peripatetic Palin spends 99 days in the desert, depicting the Sahara's diverse cultures with enthusiasm, wit and unflagging curiosity. (NAF73, $34.98)

Skeletons on the Zahara, A True Story of Survival

Skeletons on the Zahara, A True Story of Survival


by 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. (NAF16, $14.99)

The Nomad, The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt

The Nomad, The Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt


by Isabelle Eberhardt

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

The daring adventures of the late 19th-century Swiss journalist who adopted Islam and traveled the Sahara disguised as an Arab man. (NAF59, $12.95)

The Sword and the Cross, Two Men and an Empire of Sand


by Fergus Fleming

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 349 PAGES

A dual biography of General Laperinne and Fatrher Foucauld, key figures in the French conquest of North Africa. (NAF17, $15.00)

Travels with a Tangerine, From Morocco to Turkey in the Footsteps of Islam's Greatest Traveler

Travels with a Tangerine, From Morocco to Turkey in the Footsteps of Islam's Greatest Traveler


by Tim Mackintosh-Smith

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 342 PAGES

A captivating, well-informed account of travels in the footsteps of the Medieval pilgrim and world traveler Ibn Battuta from Tangiers to Constantinople via Egypt, Syria, Oman, Anatolia and the Crimea. (NAF26, $16.00)

Trickster Travels, A Sixteenth-century Muslim Between Worlds


by Natalie Zemon Davis

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER

n this brilliant book one of the great scholars of early modern Europe re-imagines the life and times of Leo Africanus (al-Hasan al-Wazzan), the enigmatic Muslim traveler and geographer of the Renaissance. (NAF47, $30.00)

Fantasia, An Algerian Cavalcade

Fantasia, An Algerian Cavalcade


by Assia Djebar

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 225 PAGES

In this stunning novel, Assia Djebar intertwines the history of her native Algeria with episodes from the life of a young girl. Hitting squarely at 250 pages, Dorothy Blair's beautiful translatiion maintains the comfortable style and smooth pacing of the original French, without sacrificing Djebar's intricate structure or shifting tones. (NAF75, $24.95)

Leo Africanus

Leo Africanus


by Amin Maalouf

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

A fictional memoir of the first 40 years in the life of Leo Africanus, a Muslim whose travels led him throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries. (MED55, $16.95)

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)

Sahara, The Extraordinary History of the World's Largest Desert

Sahara, The Extraordinary History of the World's Largest Desert


by Sheila Hirtle | Marq de Villiers

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 326 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A chronicle of the geography, history and nature of the Sahara. The authors combine travelogue, science and archaeology in this informative report. (NAF13, $14.00)

Birds of Europe

Birds of Europe


by Lars Svensson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)

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