Africa

Going on safari requires preparation – and no book leaves a traveler better prepared than this one. Including a wildlife guide and checklist, trip organizer, phrase book, safari diary, and map, this …

Ever wondered if you could climb a mountain? Maybe one of the Seven Summits? What if you are a middle-aged, unfit, inexperienced business woman with a sedentary job? This is the story of one such wom …

Swahili (from Tanzania) meets Setswana (from Botswana). This book provides translations for words, phrases and simple sentences in Swahili and Setswana against the English language. The English langu …

If, as they say, we all come out of Africa, then somewhere in Kenyas Rift Valley we first learned to live as human beings and we quickly learned to quarrel, too. Migration patterns within Kenya are a …

Berlitz Pocket Guides: iconic style, a bestselling brand, this is the quintessential pocket-sized travel guide to Madagascar Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around – this po …

An Audience with an Elephant is a compendium of the oddest and most eccentric travels – a travel book to set alongside Norman Lewis and Eric Newby for the sheer unpredictability of its encounters and …

On December 30, 2007, President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of Kenyas presidential election. Within minutes of this declaration, rioting erupted across Kenya, from the coast of the Indian Oce …

Have you ever thought of volunteering to live and work in a developing country to really get to know the people, land and customs? This is the story of Norene’s year of teaching in the northern part …

James Maskalyk set out for the contested border town of Abyei, Sudan, in 2007. The newest Médicins Sans Frontières’ doctor in the field, he arrived with only his training, full of desire to understan …