Africa Books


Egypt (Eyewitness Travel Guides) Best Price: $14.08 These guides are the very best in the business. If I'm thinking of going on a trip, I think...	Swahili: Lonely Planet Phrasebook Best Price: $4.64 We used this book before and during our volunteer trip to Kenya. It's a great resource, helps a...	Lonely Planet Morocco Best Price: $15.03 This book disappointed me. The info is cursory, at best. But what is profoundly disappointing...	Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown Best Price: $6.75 I read this book while driving from Johannesburg to the equator and back. It was therefor very...	The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa Best Price: $7.64 Review originally published in the Hipster Book Club, April 2008. Josh Swiller's memoir, The...



Bill Bryson's African Diary Best Price: $6.30 Loved the book, which is written with Bryson's characteristic humor. With a very detailed...	A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons Best Price: $6.90 This book is an excellent insight into the 20 year life of a biologist who grow as a person...	Lonely Planet Egypt Best Price: $14.00 I love buying from Amazon. Amazon is prompt with delivery & efficient with service. AMAZON,...	Ghana, 4th (Bradt Travel Guide) Best Price: $17.02 i have found this book thorough and trustworthy - and definitely much better than the lonely...	Lonely Planet Ethiopian Amharic Phrasebook Best Price: $3.95 I bought this book with me the first time I ever went to Ethiopia. It actually wasn't very...



Uganda, 5th: The Bradt Travel Guide Best Price: $15.17 Relatively up to date information although a few facts were off. Easy to read and well put...	The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca Best Price: $7.34 The foreign home restoration genre takes a real turn with Tahir Shah's experiences in...	Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland Best Price: $15.00 I bought this exact lonely planet guide for a friend a year ago and now I need it myself, it's...	South Africa (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) Best Price: $14.08 I think these DK guides are fantastic, they not only make nice travel guides, but are good to...	Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass Best Price: $4.49 I came to this book expecting to read one woman's personal experience of living in Africa, and...

Frommer's South Africa (Frommer's Complete) Best Price: $12.61 I have been to South Africa before and am heading back and needed more information and this book...	Lonely Planet Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook Best Price: $4.24 I have all but worn this book out. While it's dictionary isn't exhaustive by any means, it has...	Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff Best Price: $12.03 I recently returned from a tour of Egypt and a 5 day cruise down the Nile, and I've got to say...	Kilimanjaro: The Trekking Guide to Africa's Highest Mountain - 2nd Edition; Now includes Mount Meru Best Price: $12.14 Henry Stedman looks like a guy who knows. I'm planning a trip to Kilimanjaro witha group of...	Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival Best Price: $5.79 This story of survival of members of a shipwrecked crew in the mid-1800s is truly astounding,...

African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa (Publications in Ethnography, Vol. 37) Best Price: $24.95 As a missionary in Africa, I have found this book to be one of the most detailed, insightful and...	Morocco (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) Best Price: $14.07 Having travelled to Morocco April of 2007, I wanted an armchair mode to relive and add to...	Lonely Planet Ethiopia & Eritrea (Lonely Planet Ethiopia and Eritrea) Best Price: $16.18 This book was well worth the money and a must if you travel to the ET region!	Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant Best Price: $4.75 An excellent book, very well-sourced. I was gratified to see Hancock citing...	Ethiopia, 4th: The Bradt Travel Guide Best Price: $15.23 A lot of detail. Have not read too much yet. We will be traveling to Ehiopia in early 2008 to...

Lonely Planet Southern Africa Best Price: $19.78 This book give a great overview of Southern Africa, history, what to see and what is a must see....	Lonely Planet Madagascar & Comoros (Lonely Planet Madagascar) (Lonely Planet Madagascar) Best Price: $16.67 Discover Madagascar & Comoros Hike through forested canyons in the Parc National de...	Out of Africa (Modern Library) Best Price: $10.09 The two-cassette abridgment was way too limiting for such a magnificent book. Also...	Lonely Planet East Africa Best Price: $18.68 I'm planning a trip to Tanzania, and though this book has some useful information, much of it is...	In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams Best Price: $13.50 Would you like to be transported on a magic carpet ride through the mysteries and magic of...

Lonely Planet Tunisia Best Price: $12.84 Not too many detailed travel books for travellers to Tunisia - a hidden gem in North Africa. ...	Lonely Planet West Africa Best Price: $20.05 This is an adequate guide, but was disappointing in a few areas. Firstly, it is not geared to...	Lonely Planet Tanzania Best Price: $14.25 I was traveling with friends in Tanzania. I had the Lonely Planet and one of my friends had the...	Madagascar, 9th (Bradt Travel Guide) Best Price: $17.15 We are traveleing to Madagascar this summer and have had trouble finding internet based...	Egypt - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!) Best Price: $5.38 This is not a guide book - it's not about places, good restaurants and value hotels. This...

The Rough Guide to Morocco 8 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) Best Price: $15.00 During a recent visit to Morocco, hitchhiking across the whole of the country from north to...	Held at a Distance: A Rediscovery of Ethiopia Best Price: $10.82 Rebecca's book was so informative when reading through the lens of Ethiopian adoption. It is a...	Time Out Cape Town: Winelands and the Garden Route (Time Out Guides) Best Price: $12.04 As many other Time Out Guides, the Cape Town one didn't let me down. It is a very reliable and...	South Africa Travel Map (Globetrotter Travel Map) Best Price: $4.61 Globetrotter Travel Maps cater specifically to the needs of tourists and visitors, packed with...	Rwanda, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide Best Price: $14.38 Gave more information than my local guide had on many subjects. I gave her the book when I left...

The Villas and Riads of Morocco Best Price: $22.41 It is an exquisite book, filled with photographs to make you drool and text that informs you of...	The Wildlife of Southern Africa: A Field Guide to the Animal and Plants of the Region Best Price: $16.47 I just returned from a wonderful two week trip to South Africa and Botswana. In Botswana we...	Northern Tanzania: The Bradt Safari Guide with Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar (Bradt Travel Guide) Best Price: $10.97 This book is chock-full of excellent guidance on tailoring your Tanzania wildlife safari. It...	The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa Best Price: $11.14 Recently I picked up all four books by Neil Peart on Amazon.com and plan on reviewing them in...	The Rough Guide to Egypt 7 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) Best Price: $15.63 In addition to providing me with the basics of where to stay, where to go, etc. RG gave me all...

Namibia, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide Best Price: $16.80 If you have a desire to travel to Namibia, Chris McIntyre's book is the perfect read. Anything...	Africa Best Price: $78.70 A book for real animal and Africa lovers!! Excellent photos, combining nature photography and...	Lonely Planet Mozambique Best Price: $13.93 Lonely Planet books are always interesting to browse through. Most of the time they do stick to...	Lonely Planet Botswana & Namibia (Lonely Planet Travel Guides) Best Price: $15.98 I always fear buying a guide book as most are out of date before they get printed. Fortunately...	Lonely Planet Africa Best Price: $22.50 The book gives me very good information for my travels, sometimes not enough, but always...

In an Antique Land: History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale Best Price: $8.43 If National Geographic stories reconstructing a stone-age human from its fossilized remains dug...	Faces of Africa Best Price: $19.95 A visual treasure. This book is one of the most stunning and beautiful I have ever seen. The...	The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire Best Price: $8.09 This book takes you through the entire life-cycle of a Diamond. We start from the geology and...	Eyes over Africa Best Price: $78.75 I can only but dream of seeing as much of Africa as Michael Poliza has, but this book carries me...	Tanzania: The Land and Its People Best Price: $7.49 I give the book 4 stars because it is very inexpensive and probably adequate for most travelers....

Newman's Birds of Southern Africa Best Price: $14.00 I've been using this guide in Southern Africa for the last 6 years, and it's never let me down....

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