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.The Atlas Mountains: A Walking and Trekking Guide (Cicerone Mountain Walking)
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by: Karl Smith

April 01, 2004
Nothing more than a rehash of any number of trekking books for any part of the World! Local info is not a patch on other more general guidebooks (eg Rough Guides and Lonely Planet). The section tailored to walking is dull, un-inspiring and provides little more than can be gleaned from a good map. Glad I didn't pay full price !
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.Namibia Insight Guide (Insight Guides) (Insight Guides)
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by: Apa

March 18, 2008
Nothing more than a rehash of any number of trekking books for any part of the World! Local info is not a patch on other more general guidebooks (eg Rough Guides and Lonely Planet). The section tailored to walking is dull, un-inspiring and provides little more than can be gleaned from a good map. Glad I didn't pay full price !
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.A Wild Life: Adventures of an Accidental Conservationist in Africa
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by: Dick Pitman

April 04, 2007
A beautifully written account of the author's experiences with the wildlife and the people involved in the wild places of Zimbabwe; witty and very entertaining, well observed and passionate, understated and fair. If you know anything of southern Africa it will strike a cord and with today's awareness of conservation everyone will pick up the message of the fragility of these truely wild places.
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.The Rough Guide to Tunisia (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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by: Peter Morris, Daniel Jacobs

March 03, 2005
I have just returned from a month+ backpacking in Tunisia and found this guide to be invaluable. Excellent recommendations and fascinating background conveys the love of the country from genuine travellers. Even though this edition was a few years out of date, everything was pretty much spot-on, although note that the train to Tozeur is up and running again (even the more dull Lonely Planet 2007 ed. about Tunisia was out of date on this one!). Take it with you and enjoy...
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.The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
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by: Elspeth Huxley

2000-02
This small book of 285 pages takes us back to the start of Kenya, where kikuyu were yet unaffected by the europeans. Elspeth parents buy a land from Nairobi and set up their home there. They gradually shape the farm. Men and women kikuyu and some masai come to work for them. The have cattle and plant coffee. More europeans come and settle and even Thika prospers.
As a child elspeth, sees the culture of the natives. Then comes the 1 st world war. Farms close and life of the settlers is disrupted.
Excellent book, very readable and so enjoy the sequel called " The Mottled Lizard ". Flame trees of thika is also available as 2 disc DVD. Some say it is slow, but I found it just right, for the story and the times.
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.Kruger National Park (Globetrotter Travel Pack)
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by: L.E.O. Braack

October 15, 2006
We bought this guide for our trip to the Kruger Park as it had a map included. The book proved invaluable for our trip and enabled us to drive across the park a few times using various routes with no other maps or guides.

The map itself is quite large when unfolded and needs to be refolded down to a handy size otherwise you can't see out of the car!

The book has just enough information in it about all the different routes across this amazing National Park to allow the reader to make informed decisions about where to go and roughly how long it will take.

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.Madagascar Wildlife (Wildlife Guides) (Bradt Wildlife Guides)
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by: Nick Garbutt, Hilary Bradt, Derek Schurmann

September 26, 2008
We bought this guide for our trip to the Kruger Park as it had a map included. The book proved invaluable for our trip and enabled us to drive across the park a few times using various routes with no other maps or guides.

The map itself is quite large when unfolded and needs to be refolded down to a handy size otherwise you can't see out of the car!

The book has just enough information in it about all the different routes across this amazing National Park to allow the reader to make informed decisions about where to go and roughly how long it will take.

A word of warning if you are a first time visitor to the park - leave plently of time to get back to the gate before it shuts if you are not staying in the Kruger ... Read More:
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.Sahara Overland, 2nd Edition: A Route and Planning Guide (Trailblazer)
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by: Chris Scott

2004-10
I have to commend this book to anyone contemplating a trip to the desert; there's a lot in here even if "your desert" is not in North Africa. This is a first class work, and invaluable information is contained within. As an old desert-hand myself, it made an interesting read, and proved that you can teach an old dog new tricks!
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.Mozambique (Bradt Travel Guides) (The Bradt Travel Guide)
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by: Philip Briggs

February 15, 2007
I have to commend this book to anyone contemplating a trip to the desert; there's a lot in here even if "your desert" is not in North Africa. This is a first class work, and invaluable information is contained within. As an old desert-hand myself, it made an interesting read, and proved that you can teach an old dog new tricks!
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.A Rough Guide Map South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland (Rough Guide Map)
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by: Rough Guides

August 28, 2003
I have to commend this book to anyone contemplating a trip to the desert; there's a lot in here even if "your desert" is not in North Africa. This is a first class work, and invaluable information is contained within. As an old desert-hand myself, it made an interesting read, and proved that you can teach an old dog new tricks!
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