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Trickster Travels the Search for Leo Africanus by Natalie Zemon Davis Publisher Comments A] fascinating tale of a man forced . . . to live between incompatible worlds. Highly recommended. --Library Journal Al-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco--became famous as the great Renaissance writer Leo... (read more) Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Sands of Death by Michael Asher Publisher Comments In 1880, a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would cross the Sahara and connect Paris with Timbuktu in six days. Naively, the French expected little native opposition. Though armed with modern rifles, their column was lured to... (read more) Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sahara : the Extraordinary History of the World's Largest Desert (02 Edition) by Marg De Villiers Publisher Comments In the parched and seemingly lifeless heart of the Sahara desert, earthworms find enough moisture to survive. Four major mountain ranges interrupt the flow of dunes and gravel plains, and at certain times waterfalls cascade from their peaks. Even the... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand by Fergus Fleming Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-335) and index.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves by Giles Milton Publisher Comments The true story of white European slaves in eighteenth century Algiers, Tunis, and Morocco. In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow and fifty-one of his comrades were captured at sea by the Barbary corsairs. Their captors —... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Oblivion Seekers: And Other Writings by Isabelle Eberhardt Publisher Comments Stories and journal notes by an extraordinary young woman—adventurer and traveler, Arabic scholar, Sufi mystic and adept of the Djillala cult. Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) was an explorer who lived and traveled extensively throughout North... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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White Gold: Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and Islam's One Million White Slaves (05 Edition) by Giles Milton Publisher Comments In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow and fifty-one of his comrades were captured at sea by Barbary corsairs. Their captors--Ali Hakem and his network of Islamic slave traders--had declared war on the whole of Christendom. Pellow... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves by Giles Milton Publisher Comments The true story of white European slaves in eighteenth century Algiers, Tunis, and Morocco. In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow and fifty-one of his comrades were captured at sea by the Barbary corsairs. Their captors —... (read more) Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Political Ascent: Contemporary Islamic Movements in North Africa by Emad Eldin Shahin Publisher Comments Islamic movements in North Africa have historically been distinguished from their counterparts in other parts of the Arab world because they have demonstrated a marked willingness to work within the political system and have at times even been officially... (read more) List Price $53.75 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Forbidden Sands by Richard Trench Publisher Comments A Young Man Travels across the Western Sahara to Timbuktu on a journey few Europeans have taken. Death nearly catches up with him in a sandstorm, the entire caravan nearly perishes of thirst, there are rumbles of war from the Spanish Sahara. When the... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Khartoum: The Ultimate Imperial Adventure by Michael Asher Publisher Comments Subtitled, "The Ultimate Imperial Adventure". The wonderful, powerful story of one of the most important and exciting campaigns in Victorian history.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Traveller's History of North Africa by Barnaby Rogerson Publisher Comments Provides a history of Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, and Libya, from their earliest beginnings through the twentieth century.... (read more) List Price $12.76 Your price: $11.32 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Trickster Travels: A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds by Natalie Zemon Davis Publisher Comments "[A] fascinating tale of a man forced . . . to live between incompatible worlds. Highly recommended." --Library Journal Al-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco--became famous as the great Renaissance... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Trickster Travels: A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds by Natalie Zemon Davis Publisher Comments "[A] fascinating tale of a man forced . . . to live between incompatible worlds. Highly recommended." --Library Journal Al-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco--became famous as the great Renaissance... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand by Fergus Fleming Publisher Comments The critically acclaimed author of Ninety Degrees North offers a vivid account of the exploration of the Sahara that focuses on the exploits and experiences of two men--Charles de Foucauld, a one-time sensualist who abandoned his decadent lifestyle for a... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $10.65 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand by Fergus Fleming Synopsis Whether writing of the Alps, the high seas, or the North Pole, Fergus Fleming has won acclaim as one of today's most vivid and engaging historians of adventure and exploration. The Sword and the Cross takes us to the Sahara at the end of the nineteenth... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Death in the Sahara: The Lords of the Desert and the Timbuktu Railway Expedition Massacre by Michael Asher Publisher Comments Under-armed in hostile territory, and foolishly employing the enemy as guides, the one hundred explorers were ambushed and stranded without camels or supplies in the deserts of southern Algeria. Many were killed outright, and for four months the... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Development & Disenchantment in Rural Tunisia: The Bourguiba Years by Mira Fromer Zussman Book News Annotation An ethnographic study of Medjerda, an agricultural community in northern Tunisia, focusing on the failure of land reform and economic planning in the postcolonial period. Emphasizes the peasants' interpretations of the government schemes, and how... (read more) List Price $28.50 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Travellers History of North Africa 2ND Edition by Barnaby Rogerson Publisher Comments "Rogerson shows a mastery of his subject in this clear and literate history of the Maghrib . . . A fascinating account that should appeal not merely to travellers seeking an understanding of the region but also general readers with a taste for history... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Human Rights & Reform Changing the Face by Susan Eileen Waltz Publisher Comments Independence from colonial rule did not usher in the halcyon days many North Africans had hoped for, as the new governments in Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria soon came to rely on repression to reinforce and maintain power. In response to widespread human... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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