A sheltered Victorian spinster trades her mundane middle-class existence in the 1890s for an incredible expedition in the Congo. Recounted with an infectious good humor, the journey draws her into th
Ethiopia is a land of endless stories and histories, many never heard outside this elusive country. With a history stretching back more than 3,000 years, Ethiopians are a justifiably proud people. Joh
Until 1893, Mary Kingsley led a secluded life in Victorian England. But at age 30, defying every convention of womanhood of the time, she left England for West Africa to collect botanical specimens f
The adventure writer Ann Jones tells the story of her overland journey, with the British photographer Kevin Muggleton, from one end of Africa to the other. Their purpose: to reach the southernmost ti
The subtitle continues: ...as detailed in his diary, reports, and letters, including his famous last journals; with maps and numerous illustrations. It is unlikely that all of the 1874 volume, of wh
The nineteenth-century travel memoirs of a teenage British ivory trader in central Africa describe his journey through jungles teeming with dangerous wildlife, his rescue of an Isorga princess and nat
Faced with an identity crisis in his work and his life, seasoned traveler and journalist Jeffrey Tayler made a bold decision. He would leave behind his mundane existence in Moscow to re-create the leg
A new biography of British explorer and missionary Livingstone (1813-1873) in which Buxton, a non-practicing lawyer, takes advantage of the scholarship of the last half century to portray him as a dee
At the beginning of the 1950s, the interior of West and Central Africa was still known to most of the outside world as the "White Man's Grave," and consisted of vast expanses of mysterious and threat
Focusing on the monuments on either side of the Nile, the author describes Egyptians, their writing, religion and gods, plus historic locales and objects: Alexandria, Cairo, the Rosetta Stone, the py
In 1997 the celebrated Italian novelist and essayist Gianni Celati accompanied his friend, filmmaker Jean Talon, on a journey to West Africa which took them from Mali to Senegal and Mauritania. The t
African Birds is a portable reference guide featuring over 100 species of birds. This richly illustrated and detailed guide is printed on laminate material and folds for easy handling.&n
African Wildlife is a portable reference guide featuring African birds, mammals, reptiles, and primates. This compact guide is folded for easy access and printed on durable laminate paper.&a
