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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $69, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNAF54)		  
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)		   Sahara Unveiled, A Journey across the Desert
A Traveller's History of North Africa  •  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)		   A Traveller's History of North Africa
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)		   North African Villages, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia
Africa North and West Map  •  Michelin
2011 •  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, $11.95)		   Africa North and West Map



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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, $72.00)
 		  
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   • HISTORY  •  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  •  John L. Esposito   • RELIGION  •  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  •  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, $30.00)
 		  
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, $34.95)
 		  
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. 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  •  Maria Eugenia Aubet   • HISTORY  •  A new understanding of the Phoenicians and the Phoenician system of trade. (MED12, $48.00)
 		  
The Tuareg, People of the Ahaggar  •  Jeremy Keenan   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN  •  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  •  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  •  Don McCullin   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  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  •  Paul Lachlan MacKendrick   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  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  •  Aicha Ben Abed Ben Khader   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  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 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  •  Michael Mewshaw   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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  •  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, $16.00)
 		  
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 Sheltering Sky  •  Paul Bowles   • LITERATURE  •  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  •  Sheila Hirtle  •  Marq de Villiers   • NATURAL HISTORY • COMING IN  •  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  •  Lars Svensson   • FIELD GUIDE • 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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