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1	Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide more books like this by Peter Allison add to wishlist A hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: only food runs! Allison presents the guides-eye view of living in the bush, confronting the worlds fiercest terrain of wild animals, and managing herds of gaping tourists. see all copies from £7.39! new only from £7.39! \| first editions
2	Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival more books like this by Dean King add to wishlist At the end of the War of 1812, Captain James Riley and his ship the Commerce went aground on the coast of Africa, and he and his shipmates were captured as slaves. After two months, they managed to find a way out, but during that brief time they were subjected to almost unbearable abuse as they desperately tried to stay alive. Based on accounts ... see all copies from £4.93! new only from £7.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Man-Eaters of Tsavo more books like this by John Patterson add to wishlist Tells the story of two man-eating lions who terrorized East Africa and brought to a halt the construction of a new railway line. see all copies from £3.05! new only from £3.05! \| first editions
4	The Shadow of the Sun more books like this by Ryszard Kapuscinski add to wishlist Compiled from four decades of reporting, this is celebrated journalist Kapuscinski's most complete portrait of the Africa that he has made the focus of his great career. Kapuscinski's unorthodox approach and his profound respect for the people he meets challenge conventional understandings of modern Africa. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £4.95! \| first editions
5	Tree Where Man Was Born more books like this by Peter Matthiessen add to wishlist This book details Matthiessen's travels in East Africa. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams more books like this by Tahir Shah add to wishlist Shah's "The Caliph's House," describing his first year in Casablanca, was compared to such travel classics as "A Year in Provence" and "Under the Tuscan Sun." Now the author takes readers deeper into the heart of this exotic and magical land. see all copies from £5.74! new only from £5.74! \| first editions
7	Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador more books like this by Angelina Jolie add to wishlist Three years ago, award-winning actress Angelina Jolie took on a radically different role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Here are her memoirs from her journeys to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador, where she lived and worked and gave her heart to those who suffer the world's most ... see all copies from £2.53! new only from £5.23! \| first editions
8	Back from Africa more books like this by Corinne Hofmann, Corrinne Hoffman add to wishlist After enthralling readers around the world with her incredible story of falling in love with and marrying the Masai warrior Lketinga - and living with his family and their daughter in Kenya - Corinne Hoffmann recounts her return to Switzerland and the difficulties she faced. This frank and revealing memoir details how she built a new life for ... see all copies from £3.66! new only from £7.56! \| first editions
9	Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold more books like this by Michael Benanav add to wishlist Benanav became one of the few Westerners to ever join the Caravan of White Gold. Following his amused guide, Benanav lived for weeks among the camel drivers, marching 18 hours a day for nearly a thousand miles through sandstorms and searing heat to the salt mines of the Sahara. Now he shares his story in this gripping narrative of a unique Islamic ... see all copies from £4.96! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca more books like this by Tahir Shah add to wishlist By turns hilarious and harrowing, this work by an acclaimed English travel writer is the story of his family's move from the gray skies of London to the sun-drenched city of Casablanca, where Islamic tradition and African folklore converge--and nothing is as easy as it seems. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.79! \| first editions
11 view cover	Destruction of Black Civilization: Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D. more books like this by Chancellor Williams add to wishlist This is a widely read classic exposition of the history of Africans on the continent, the people of African descent in the United States and in the diaspora. This is well researched scholarly work detailing the development of civilisation in Africa and its destruction. see all copies from £10.84! new only from £19.78!
12 view cover	The Shadow of Kilimanjaro: On Foot Across East Africa more books like this by Rick Ridgeway add to wishlist In this work, writer, explorer and adventurer Rick Ridgeway offers an account of his journey, on foot for a month, from the summit of Mount Kilamanjaro, through the plains of Tsavo, to the sea, providing a ground-level view of East Africa as it is today and how it once was before the incursion of European civilization. Ridgeway examines the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Introduction to African Civilizations more books like this by John Jackson, John Henrik Clarke (Adapted by) add to wishlist The book challenges all the standard approaches to African history and will, no doubt, disturb a large number overnight "authorities" on Africa who will discover that they do not really know the depth of African history and the role that Africans played in creating early human societies. see all copies from £1.79! new only from £7.43! \| first editions
14 view cover	A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa: Being a Narrative of Nine Years Spent Amongst the Game of the Far Interior of South Africa more books like this by Frederick Courteney Selous add to wishlist First published in 1881, this book tells the story of Frederick Courteney Selous, generally acknowledged as the greatest African hunter of all time. While Selous was first and foremost a hunter, he was also a close personal friend of President Theodore Roosevelt and a naturalist whose careful observations and succinct writings were read by layman ... see all copies from £10.92! new only from £14.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Nomad's Hotel: Travels in Time and Space more books like this by Cees Nooteboom, Ann Kelland (Translator), Alberto Manguel (Introduction by) add to wishlist Since his first voyage, as a sailor earning his passage from his native Holland to South America, Cees Nooteboom has never stopped traveling.Now his best travel pieces are gathered in this collection of immense range and depth, informed throughout by the author's humanity and gentle humor. From exotic places such as Isfahan, Gambia, and Mali to ... see all copies from £1.97! new only from £1.97! \| first editions
16 view cover	Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village more books like this by Sarah Erdman add to wishlist Nambonkaha is an Ivory Coast village where the author spent two years as a volunteer in the late 1990s. Working primarily with health concerns like birth control, AIDS, and infant nutrition, she also learned how to cope with a new environment and make friends with the locals. Her appreciation of their respect for magic and sorcery, and her ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey more books like this by V S Naipaul add to wishlist This account of his travels to four countries of the Islamic world, by a writer who was born in Trinidad and lives in England, is definitely an outsider's view, and aroused immediate controversy upon its publication. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £9.45! \| first editions
18 view cover	Sahara more books like this by Michael Palin (Read by) add to wishlist The Monty Python alumnus and bestselling author takes readers on a journey through Morocco, Gibraltar, Tangier, and Tunisia as he explores the past and present of the Sahara Desert. 175 full-color and B&W photos. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The White Nile more books like this by Alan Moorehead add to wishlist The story of the Nile, from the Mountains of the Moon to the Mediterranean. The tale starts with Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke setting out to find the sources of the Nile. It continues with Baker of the Nile and his wife struggling with malaria, and of the famous greeting between Stanley and Livingstone. The book examines the results of ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.51! \| first editions
20 view cover	Travels in West Africa more books like this by Mary Henrietta Kingsley add to wishlist Novelist Evan S. Connell writes the introduction to Kingsley's classic travel book. see all copies from £1.82! new only from £8.22! \| first editions
21 view cover	The man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African adventures more books like this by J. H. Patterson add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER VII THE DISTRICT OFFICER'S NARROW ESCAPE Some little time before the flight of the workmen, I had written to Mr. Whitehead, the District Officer, asking him ... see all copies from £6.49! new only from £6.49! \| first editions
22 view cover	Race to Dakar more books like this by Charley Boorman add to wishlist In January 2006, 230 people raced in trucks, cars and motorbikes from Lisbon to Dakar in the 28th annual Dakar rally -- the most dangerous race in the world. Taking part was a team of three bikers: Matt Hall, Simon Pavey ...and actor and bike nut Charley Boorman. After his celebrated trip round the world with Ewan McGregor, documented in the No.1 ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Africa and Africans. more books like this by Paul Bohannan add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95! new only from £13.47! \| first editions
24 view cover	Long Way Down more books like this by Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman add to wishlist This unique travelogue offers the breathtaking account of the authors' three-month motorcycle journey across two continents, that took them from the northernmost tip of Scotland, across Europe, and down through Africa ending in Cape Town. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire more books like this by Tom Zoellner add to wishlist In 2000, Tom Zoellner purchased a diamond engagement ring and proposed. His girlfriend said "Yes" and then suddenly, walked out of his life and made Tom the owner of a used engagement ring. Instead of hitting the self-help shelves of his local bookstore, he hit the road travelling to diamond mines in Africa, Canada, India, Brazil, and Russia to ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.82! \| signed copies \| first editions

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