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These 4 items are available for $68, 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, $14.95)
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. (AFR34, $11.95)

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, $65.00)
Islam, A Short History  •  Karen Armstrong   • RELIGION  •  Armstrong brings authority and experience to this clear-headed, vivid 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)
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, $41.95)
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, $18.00)
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, $43.95)
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, $37.99)
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, $40.00)
Tunisian Mosaics, Treasures from Roman Africa  •  Aicha Ben Abed Ben Khader   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Aicha Ben Abed introduces the history of Roman Africa and the rise of Mediterranean mosaics, the art of private citizens rather than the imperial Roman court. Accompanied by an abundance of glorious illustrations, the book goes on to describe mosaic sites and museums, as well as current 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)
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)
Hannibal, A Novel  •  Ross Leckie   • LITERATURE  •  A first novel, vividly recreating the testosterone-fueled life and times of Hannibal, including the great general's conquest of the Alps with men, horses and elephants. (TUN02, $13.00)
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, $14.95)
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)
Birds of Europe  •  Killian Mullarney  •  Lars Svensson  •  Dan Zetterstrom  •  Peter J. Grant   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent. (FG47, $29.95)