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BRADT
TRAVEL GUIDES - ANTARCTICA TO ZANZIBAR.
BRADT
publishes travel guides to all corners of the
world, as well as guides on rail travel, wildlife,
backpacking, and hiking. Whether you are traveling
on business or on holiday, independently or on a
group tour, Bradt's individual guides provide far
and away the best information for adventurous and
environmentally conscious travelers. Africa titles
include: Africa & Madagascar- Total Eclipse;
Cape Verde Islands ; East and Southern Africa; The
Backpacker's Manual; Guide to Ethiopia; Guide to
Ghana; Madagascar Wildlife; Madagascar; Malawi ;
Mauritius, Rodrigues and Reunion; Guide to
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Tanzania; Southern Africa by Rail; Uganda; Zambia;
Guide to Zanzibar; Your Child's Health Abroad.
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Big
Little Books of Adventures:
Camera
Safaris and Ecotourism around the world. Air
Highways and Africa Travel Magazine's "Electronic
Media Kit" will soon be
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"Hideous
Kinky" looks at Morocco in the
70s:
Esther Freud,the
author of the autobiographical novel "Hideous
Kinky", made into the movie of the same name,
starring Kate Winslet and currently running at
theaters in North America is currently on a tour.
We at Africa Travel Magazine enjoyed the move
immensely. "Hideous
Kinky" is about the spiritual journey taken by a
young single mother with her two daughters through
Morocco in the 1970s. Since publishing "Hideous
Kinky", her first novel in 1992, Ms. Freud (
granddaughter of Sigmund and daughter of the
painter Lucian) has produced two more novels,
"Peerless Flats" and "Summer in
Glasgow".
Speaking
of Morocco,
read the story on Berber
Wedding
by Muguette Goufrani.
African
Books you can order
from the Internet
http://www.woyaa.com/shopping/eng/books/
Myth,
Literature, and the African
World:
by Wole Soyinka, Paperback - 168 pages. The
ways in which the African world perceives itself as
a cultural whole that interconnects myth, ritual
and literature and the differences between its
essential unity and the sense of division pervading
Western literature are emphasized in this classic
analysis.
Lonely
Planet Africa : On a Shoestring:
by Hugh Finlay, Geoff Crowther, Paperback -
1000 pages
Vast in size and history, with equally vast
potential for rewarding experiences and red-tape
hassles, Africa more than any other continent
requires a solid and reliable guidebook for
anything other than the most superficial of visits.
It is the sort of information-packed guide at which
Lonely Planet excels.
The
Rough Guide to West Africa
(1995):
by Jim Hudgens, Richard Trillo, Paperback
(December 1995)
Hitch a smooth ride across the Sahara with veteran
authors Jim Hudgens and Richard Trillo. Their Rough
Guide to West Africa, now in its second edition,
takes you from bustling Dakar and other capitals to
all the remote towns and beaches. The Rough Guide
expertly covers the basics - lodging,
transportation, etiquette and inoculations - and
the breadth of activities - nightlife, seeing the
wildlife and volunteering. Kilimanjaro
& Mount Kenya : A Climbing and Trekking
Guide
by Cameron M. Burns, Paperback - 176 pages
Pre-trip planning, finding and hiring outfitters,
and thorough information on dozens of trails are
included in this comprehensive guide to the 30 top
climbing and trekking routes on Mount Kilimanjaro
and her sister peak, Mount Kenya color insert. 30
b&w photos
Africa
: A Biography of the Continent:
by John Reader, Hardcover - 752 pages
"The ancestors of all humanity evolved in Africa,"
notes photojournalist John Reader at the beginning
of this epic, panoramic overview of African
history. From the formation of the continent to the
present, Reader's informative narrative tells the
story of the earliest dwellers and the natural
obstacles of desert, jungle, and animals they
faced, ....
Arabian
Nights and Days:
by Naguib Mahfouz, Denys , Hardcover - 227
pages
An austerely modern reworking of The Thousand and
One Nights-the most magical work yet set into
English by Egyptian Nobel laureate Mahfouz (The
Harafish, 1994, etc.). Although these intertwined
fables are, like the volume that inspired them, set
in the past, they deal with all-too-modern
consequences of fairy-tale
Icons
of Aviation:
Book
Reviews include a biography of the most dedicated
tourism pioneer in America's North Country, Mr.
Alaska, Charlie West. Also, Edmonton's Grant
MacConachie, founder of Canadian Pacific Airlines,
who dreamed of an air bridge to the Orient and
across the pole.
Women
in the World of Aviation-
by Muguette Goufrani, Illustrations by Alain
Glomo.
How
did Doctor Dolittle talk to the animals? Send us
your suggestions for our wildlife conservation
series. Fax 604.681.6595 or send E-Mail
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As
a Travel Agent/Tour conductor, who is now heavily
involved in the publishing business, I spend many
hours in and around books. I seek out places that
are user-friendly, like our friend Kevin McKeown's
basement shop down the street, which offers rare
titles. To me, each local branch of Chapters is
"Bookstore Heaven." While the new owners have
removed most of the comfy chairs, going there is
still a destination in itself. As for public
libraries, every week we drive at least 20 extra
miles through downtown traffic and road blocks, to
the suburb of Richmond, just to frequent our
favorite library. It is clean, courteous, well
stocked and they do all the little things right.
