Travel

A visual representation of one of Africa's great wildernesses and most-visited national parks. Nigel Dennis's photographs of Kruger and its many inhabitants are prefaced by a textual introduction to the...

On saving the world and other triumphant failures... As a child, young Kenyan Jess de Boer knew that one day she would save the world. Leaving behind the comfort of...

"Dr Livingstone, I presume..." Everyone knows Stanley's famous words. But what of the other great explorers of the mysterious interior of Africa? Burton, Speke, Grant, Baker, Kingsley: in the space...

The Bedu people, whose name embodies the very idea of nomadism, have lived for centuries in the vast, inhospitable deserts of the Middle East, leading their herds of sheep and...

Marco Polo Pocket Guide South Africa: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips. Explore South Africa with this handy, pocket-sized, authoritative guide, packed with Insider Tips. Discover boutique hotels, authentic restaurants,...

"Safari" in Swahili means a journey, typically a long one. In "Dark Star Safari", Theroux's itinerary is African, from Cairo to Cape Town - down the Nile, through Sudan and...

This remarkable yearbook by Danielle and Olivier Foellmi, a follow-up to their successful Buddhist Offerings, presents the wise words of a leading personality in African literature for every day of...

Recounts the many attempts to discover the source of the Nile and uses medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment era European maps to depict the history of the region

'To those who went to the War straight from school and survived it, the problem of what to do afterwards was particularly difficult.' For H. W. 'Bill' Tilman, the solution...

The Nile, stretching for a distance of 4,163 miles, is the longest river in the world. The ancient Greeks were obsessed by the provenance of so much water, feeding a...

In a not quite mid-life crisis, Jacquie and Sarah - fancying themselves a bit rugged - head off to Africa in search of the deepest, darkest bits they'd seen on...

Blue-veiled nomads, camels crossing infinite dunes, oases shimmering on the horizon: ready-made images of the Sahara are easy to conjure. But they can never truly capture a region that crosses...

Jeremy Seal travels to the USA, Africa, Australia and India to meet people living amongst the world's deadliest snakes - and attempts to overcome his personal fear in the process....

Continuing the book "I Dreamed of Africa", this volume is written in episodes and covers Kuki's life over the last ten to 12 years. She refers glancingly to the deaths...

This book proposes a thematic treatment of the subject. Following an historical survey of the achievements and scope of the explorers, the ensuing chapters deal with exploration under a series...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Fergus Fleming Format: Hardback...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Bill Bryson Format: Hardback...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Jeremy Gavron Format: Hardback...

Author: Christopher Fyfe Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Anna Maria Falconbridge's Narrative of Two Voyages, consisting of fourteen letters to a friend about her experiences, is the...