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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)
A Traveller's History of North Africa
Barnaby Rogerson
HISTORY 2000 PAPER 408 PAGES
A brief history of Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Libya through the 1990's -- wide-ranging, accessible and effectively condensed. With a useful chronology and historical gazetteer, this book marches confidently through the centuries. Read it as an overview.
(NAF01, $15.95)
North African Villages, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia
Norman Carver
CULTURAL PORTRAIT 1989 PAPER 200 PAGES
This book documents the folk architecture, houses and markets of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia in the late 1970s in stunning black-and-white and color photographs. With extensive notes and text by photographer-architect Norman Carver. The author traveled throughout the region and this excellent book reflects his familiarity with the people, culture and geography of the region.
(TUN11, $29.95)
Africa North and West Map 741
Michelin
2007 MAP
A fine map of the north and parts of western Africa, 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. One Side. 40x57 inches.
(AFR34, $12.95)
Bradt Guide North Africa, The Roman Coast
Ethel Davis
GUIDEBOOK
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
Jamil Abun-Nasr
HISTORY
An authoritative, scholarly history of North Africa from the seventh century until independence, covering the Berber dynasties, Ottoman rule, colonial period and independence.
(NAF31, $68.00)
An Army at Dawn, The War in North Africa, 1942-1943
Rick Atkinson
HISTORY
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
Karen Armstrong
RELIGION
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. A Modern Library Chronicles book.
(ISL15, $14.95)
Islam, The Straight Path
John L. Esposito
RELIGION
A well-written survey of the faith, practice and beliefs of Islam. It's a balanced tome intended for an undergraduate audience, yet it also functions as an excellent overview for the general reader.
(MDE22, $39.95)
North Africa, A History from Antiquity to the Present
Phillip C. Naylor
HISTORY
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, $45.00)
Rebel and Saint, Muslim Notables, Populist Protest, Colonial Encounters
Julia Ann Clancy-Smith
HISTORY
A scholarly history of Tunisia and Algiers from 1800-1904, placing emphasis on Arab culture and its confrontations with French colonialism.
(TUN15, $32.95)
Rome in Africa
Susan Raven
HISTORY
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
Michael Grant
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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
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, $46.95)
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 Phoenicians and the West, Politics, Colonies and Trade
Maria Eugenia Aubet
HISTORY
A new understanding of the Phoenicians and the Phoenician system of trade.
(MED12, $43.00)
The Sheltering Sky
Bernardo Bertolucci
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Ffilmed in Morocco, Algeria and Niger, Bertolucci's drama of love and adventure in the Sahara stars Debra Winger, John Malkovich and Campbell Scott.
(NAF69, $19.98)
The Tuareg, People of the Ahaggar
Jeremy Keenan
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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
Ralph A. Austen
HISTORY
COMING IN APRIL
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 North African Stones Speak
Paul Lachlan MacKendrick
ARCHAEOLOGY
MacKendrick explores the life and culture of the North African provinces of Rome as revealed by its archaeology in this lively history, the last in a series of a books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.
(NAF51, $42.50)
Tunisian Mosaics, Treasures from Roman Africa
Aicha Ben Abed Ben Khader
ART & ARCHITECTURE
FAVORITE
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
Alberto di Pirajno
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The Duke of Pirajno, who served in North Africa in the 1920s and 1930s, writes with candor and grace of chieftains and courtesans, Berber princes, and Tuareg entertainers.
(NAF49, $33.95)
Michael Palin: Sahara
Michael Palin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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
Dean King
EXPLORATION
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
Isabelle Eberhardt
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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
Fergus Fleming
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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
Tim MacKintosh-Smith
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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, $14.95)
Trickster Travels, A Sixteenth-century Muslim Between Worlds
Natalie Zemon Davis
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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
Assia Djebar
LITERATURE
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
Amin Maalouf
LITERATURE
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 Oblivion Seekers
Paul Bowles
Isabelle Eberhardt
LITERATURE
Isabelle Eberhardt was born in Switzerland in 1877, dressed as a boy throughout her childhood, traveled through Africa as a journalist and died before turning 30. Collected here are 13 of this remarkable woman's short stories set in Algeria.
(NAF10, $10.95)
The Sheltering Sky
Paul Bowles
LITERATURE
Bowles' most famous work, the 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
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)
Birds of Europe
Lars Svensson
Dan Zetterstrom
Killian Mullarney
FIELD GUIDE
FAVORITE
Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, this 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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