1 Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
by Tim Butcher
| Format: | Paperback 384 pages |
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| Published: | 03/01/2008 |
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The author set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots with the idea of... Read more
2 Chasing the Devil: On Foot Through Africa's Killing Fields
by Tim Butcher
| Format: | Paperback 336 pages |
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| Published: | 05/02/2011 |
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For many years war made Sierra Leone and Liberia too dangerous for outsiders to travel through. Facing down demons from his time in Africa as a... Read more
3 Short Way Up: A Classic Ride Through Southern Africa - 5,000 Solo Miles on a 1950s Ariel
by Steve Wilson
| Format: | Hardback 336 pages |
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| Published: | 26/05/2011 |
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When classic motorcycle author planned his 6,000-mile ride through Africa, perhaps his last real run on two wheels before the bus pass took over,... Read more
4 The Caliph's House
by Tahir Shah
| Format: | Paperback 368 pages |
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| Published: | 01/02/2007 |
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Tells the story of Tahir Shah, a writer and film-maker in his 30s, married, with two children, who was beginning to wilt under British city life.... Read more
5 A Primate's Memoir: Love, Death and Baboons in East Africa
| Format: | Paperback 304 pages |
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| Published: | 04/04/2002 |
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'I had never planned to become a Savannah baboon when I grew up; instead I assumed I would become a mountain gorilla,' writes the author in... Read more
6 Running with the Moon: A Boy's Own Adventure - Riding a Motorbike Through Africa
by Jonny Bealby
| Format: | Paperback 333 pages |
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| Published: | 16/09/1996 |
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When Jonny Bealby's fiancee died of a mysterious virus, he decided to try and exorcise his demons by going on an adventure, and in 'Running... Read more
7 Botswana Time
by Will Randall
| Format: | Paperback 288 pages |
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| Published: | 06/04/2006 |
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A moving personal account of Africa's great success story, Botswana. Read more
8 In An Antique Land
by Amitav Ghosh
| Format: | Paperback 400 pages |
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| Published: | 05/01/2012 |
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From the best-selling author of The Glass Palace and Sea of Poppies, an extraordinary work of non-fiction that combines ancient history with a... Read more
9 A Passage to Africa
| Format: | Paperback 336 pages |
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| Published: | 06/12/2007 |
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* George Alagiah's personal testament about Africa, updated in a new Abacus edition Read more
10 A Year in Marrakesh
by Peter Mayne
| Format: | Paperback 192 pages |
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| Published: | 30/10/2002 |
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