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  • Lagos

    A Cultural and Literary History

    by Kaye Whiteman ...
    Series Book 5 - Landscapes of the Imagination
    Lagos is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, expected in some projections to have a population of 25 million by 2025. This will make it the biggest metropolis in sub-Saharan Africa and possibly the world's third largest city. This phenomenal and continuing growth gives it a heady turbulence, especially as it only took on the form of a coherent urban entity in the eighteenth century. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Casablanca

    My Moroccan Food

    OBSERVER RISING STAR IN FOOD 2018'a book that is infused with the flavours of Morocco and is as accessible as it is inspiring' - Nigella Lawson'It practically sings with aromatic spices and ingredients' - Delicious.'Breathes new life into Moroccan food' - BBC Good FoodMorocco is one of the top destinations in the world. This beautiful North African country ... ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • To Timbuktu for a Haircut

    A Journey through West Africa

    by Rick Antonson ...
    Timbuktu: the African city known to legend as a land of scholars, splendor and mystery, a golden age in the Sahara Desert. But to many it is a vaguely recognizable name – a flippant tag for “the most remote place on earth.” With this fabled city as his goal, author Rick Antonson began a month-long trek. His initial plan? To get a haircut.Aided by an adventuresome spirit, Rick endures a forty-five ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • South Africa - Culture Smart!

    The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

    Series series Culture Smart!
    South Africa has been described as "A World in One Country" and a "Rainbow Nation." Its landscape ranges from miles of glorious beaches to the inland desert of the Karoo, the sweeping grasslands of the Highveld plateau, and the subtropical bush of the Lowveld. Its ethnic makeup is equally varied. There are eleven official languages, nine major black African tribes, two major white tribes, as well ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The 39 Steps

    by John Buchan ...
    Swashbuckler Richard Hannay, just came back from South Africa, is altogether exhausted with London life-until he is hailed by a baffling American, who cautions him of a deadly plot that could destabilize the delicate political parity of Europe. At first incredulous, Hannay, in any case, harbors the man-yet one day return home to discover him killed... A conspicuous suspect, Hannay escapes to his ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The South Africa Reader

    History, Culture, Politics

    Series series The World Readers
    The South Africa Reader is an extraordinarily rich guide to the history, culture, and politics of South Africa. With more than eighty absorbing selections, the Reader provides many perspectives on the country's diverse peoples, its first two decades as a democracy, and the forces that have shaped its history and continue to pose challenges to its future, particularly violence, inequality, and ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Walking the Nile

    by Levison Wood ...
    The explorer and author of Walking the Americas and Walking the Himalayas delivers “a bold travelogue, illuminating great swathes of modern Africa” (Kirkus Reviews).Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda—where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water—writer, photographer, and explorer Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Laatste boot naar Sint-Helena

    Een ode aan een van de meest afgelegen eilanden ter wereld

    Een reis naar het eiland waar Napoleon zijn laatste jaren doorbrachtIn Laatste boot naar Sint-Helena doet Ron Moerenhout verslag van zijn vijf dagen durende bootreis vanuit Kaapstad naar een van de meest afgelegen eilanden ter wereld. Het Royal Mail Ship St. Helena is tot op heden de enige lifeline met het vasteland. Er werd een vliegveld gebouwd op dit ruige vulkaaneiland dat ooit aan Nederland ... Read more

    $12.69 USD

  • The African Adventurers

    A Return to the Silent Places

    Hailed as the adventure-writing successor to Hemingway and Ruark, only Peter Hathaway Capstick “can write action as cleanly and suspensefully as the best of his predecessors’ (Sports Illustrated). This long-awaited sequel to Death in the Silent Places brings to life four turn-of-the-century adventurers and the savage frontiers they braved.* Frederick Selous, a British hunter, naturalist, and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Moon Morocco

    Local Insight, Strategic Itineraries, Desert Excursions

    by Lucas Peters ...
    Series series Moon Middle East & Africa Travel Guide
    Grand imperial cities, calm desert oases, Mediterranean beaches, and ancient history: experience an incredible crossroads of culture with Moon Morocco. Inside you'll find:Flexible itineraries for visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites and holy places, plus a two-week best of Morocco trip to Marrakesh, Casablanca, Fez, and moreTop sights and unique experiences: Cook your own traditional tajines in a ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Tourist in the Arab Spring

    by Tom Chesshyre ...
    In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, war reporters rushed to publish accounts of the uprising. Tom Chesshyre took a different approach - he jumped on a plane and became the first to return to the region as a tourist. The result is the fascinating, street-level tale of a lay traveller's journey through lands fresh from revolution. Chesshyre heads for tourist sites that few have seen in recent years ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • African Silences

    African Silences is a powerful and sobering account of the cataclysmic depredation of the African landscape and its wildlife. In this critically acclaimed work Peter Matthiessen explores new terrain on a continent he has written about in two previous books, A Tree Where Man Was Born -- nominated for the National Book Award -- and Sand Rivers.Through his eyes we see elephants, white rhinos, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Bill Bryson's African Diary

    by Bill Bryson ...
    From the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body comes a travel diary documenting a visit to Kenya. All royalties and profits go to CARE International.In the early fall of 2002, famed travel writer Bill Bryson journeyed to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. He arrived with ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Running with the Kenyans

    Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth

    “Completely satisfying, as well-paced and exhilarating as a good run.”—The Boston GlobeWhether running is your recreation or your religion, Adharanand Finn’s incredible journey to the elite training camps of Kenya will captivate and inspire you, as he ventures to uncover the secrets of the fastest people on earth. Finn’s mesmerizing quest combines a fresh look at barefoot running, practical advice ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Masque of Africa

    Glimpses of African Belief

    by V. S. Naipaul ...
    **A remarkable work of African reportage by the Nobel Prize-winning author that surveys the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of civilization.“Neither a romantic’s nor an anthropologist’s tale. It is a collection of voices that make sense only in relation to one another.... ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • 1001+ frases básicas español - Yoruba

    by Gilad Soffer ...
    "1001+ frases básicas español - Yoruba" es una lista de más de 1.000 frases básicas traducidas del Español al Yoruba. Frases Dividido en secciones tales como números, colores, tiempo, días, puntos, saludo, tiempo, compras, salud, emergencia, restaurante y más. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Abenteuer Kilimanjaro

    Mit 61 Jahren auf der Lemosho-Route zum Kilimanjaro

    Auf den Kilimanjaro führen mehrere Trekking-Routen. Eine der landschaftlich schönsten und ursprünglichsten Routen ist die Lemosho-Route, die allerdings als konditionell recht anspruchsvoll gilt, da sie mit teilweise steilen Passagen am Lava Tower und Kletterpassagen über die Great Barranco Wall aufwartet. Dennoch hat sich die Autorin für diese Route entschieden, weil man den Kilimanjaro immer ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Ethiopia

    by Philip Briggs ...
    This new, fully-updated 8th edition of Bradt's Ethiopia remains the most comprehensive, detailed and thorough guide available, particularly known for its strength of background information, coverage of off-the-beaten track areas, and in-depth details of hotels and other tourist facilities. It also contains far more maps than other guides. Bradt's Ethiopia is also the longest serving English ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mango Elephants in the Sun

    How Life in an African Village Let Me Be in My Skin

    When the Peace Corps sends Susana Herrera to teach English in northern Cameroon, she yearns to embrace her adopted village and its people, to drink deep from the spirit of Mother Africa—and to forget a bitter childhood and painful past. To the villagers, however, she’s a rich American tourist, a nasara (white person) who has never known pain or want. They stare at her in silence. The children ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Out of Africa

    and Shadows on the Grass

    by Isak Dinesen ...
    Series series Vintage International
    With classic simplicity and a painter's feeling for atmosphere and detail, Isak Dinesen tells of the years she spent from 1914 to 1931 managing a coffee plantation in Kenya. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Freedom Park

    Series series Free books by Anton Swanepoel
    Discover South Africa's History, From The Dawn Of Humanity To The Present DaySitting on Salvokop Hill with panoramic views, Freedom park traces the story of South Africa's liberation and honors those who played an important role. The site opened to the public in 2007 and encompasses a series of poignant memorials and an impressive museum.The site overlooks the nearby Voortrekker Monument and other ... Read more

    Free

  • A Primate's Memoir

    A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons

    In the tradition of Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Robert Sapolsky, a foremost science writer and recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant, tells the mesmerizing story of his twenty-one years in remote Kenya with a troop of savanna baboons."I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla,” writes Robert Sapolsky in this ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Travel Morocco: Guide, Maps, And Phrasebook. Includes: Rabat, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakech, Meknes & More (Mobi Travel)

    This illustrated Travel Guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, districts, transportation, cultural venues, dining, history and much more. Addresses, telephones, hours of operation and admissions ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Killigrew of the Royal Navy

    by Jonathan Lunn ...
    Series Book 1 - The Kit Killigrew Naval Adventures
    Epic action and adventure from the glory days of naval power.1847: Despite the best efforts of the Royal Navy, transatlantic slavers continue to profit from the illegal trade. Idealistic young naval officer Kit Killigrew wants to stop them.With the aid of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Killigrew hatches a daring plan to infiltrate the slavers and discover the whereabouts of the biggest slave ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus