Best Lesotho Travel Guides

Hike to the summit of Table Mountain, enjoy the diverse wildlife at Kruger National Park, or power down in a traditionally designed rondavel; all with your trusted travel companion. Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - including local customs, literature, history, art, politics, landscapes, music, cuisine Free, convenient pull-out Cape Town map (included in print version), plus over 75 colour maps Covers Cape Town, the Garden Route, Hermanus, Knysna, Durban, Maseru, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Kruger National Park, Limpopo, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, North West Province, and more. Looking for more extensive coverage?
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The information was current and useful."
"Not great as the index is absolutely useless....skips some significant sites on any tourist's list!"
"helped us decide highlights to see in various locations when we had limited time."
"Information on South Africa was very helpful for our trip."
"Alone Among the Zulus: The Narrative of a Journey Through the Zulu Country, South Africa (1866). 2. The Life and Exploits of Hugh Clapperton the Distinguished Voyager, Adventurer, and Discoverer (1840). 6."
"Great orientation to the country, the sights and the activities. Practical tips on getting around. Really helpful descriptions of activities - some "off the beaten path". Good maps."
"I did get the Lonely Planet Brazil in the past but I was traveling all over Brazil so that worked for me."
"We are planning on driving from Johannesburg and through the Drackensberg area to Durban, then down the Wild Coast and along the Garden Route to Cape Town."

Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - including local customs, literature, history, art, politics, landscapes, music, cuisine Free, convenient pull-out Cape Town map (included in print version), plus over 75 colour maps Covers Cape Town, the Garden Route, Hermanus, Knysna, Durban, Maseru, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Kruger National Park, Limpopo, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, North West Province, and more. Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalize your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing. Looking for more extensive coverage? Carillet has a degree in translation and in international relations.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The information was current and useful."
"Not great as the index is absolutely useless....skips some significant sites on any tourist's list!"
"helped us decide highlights to see in various locations when we had limited time."
"Information on South Africa was very helpful for our trip."
"Alone Among the Zulus: The Narrative of a Journey Through the Zulu Country, South Africa (1866). 2. The Life and Exploits of Hugh Clapperton the Distinguished Voyager, Adventurer, and Discoverer (1840). 6."
"Great orientation to the country, the sights and the activities. Practical tips on getting around. Really helpful descriptions of activities - some "off the beaten path". Good maps."
"I did get the Lonely Planet Brazil in the past but I was traveling all over Brazil so that worked for me."
"We are planning on driving from Johannesburg and through the Drackensberg area to Durban, then down the Wild Coast and along the Garden Route to Cape Town."

Make the most of your time on Earth™ with The Rough Guide to South Africa . Reliable, readable Rough Guides * Conde Nast Traveller *.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"`Rough Guide: South Africa` is an excellent guide for the budget traveler who wants to both explore and get to know this country beyond the secure environs of game lodges and luxury hotels. On the positive side, the guide, like all Rough Guides, is both comprehensive and easy-to-use. In fact, the best thing about ‘Rough Guide: South Africa’ is its thorough coverage of all the game and national parks the country has to offer. The other great thing about ‘Rough Guide: South Africa’ is the cultural, linguistic and historical background that it provides. And yes, the omnipresent ‘combi’ taxis are indeed as the guide states, “… often the only way to get around in the rural areas.” Yet, the guide understates the dangers of using these, especially again for the solo traveller. Since backpackers and budget travelers are the main audience of Rough Guide, there should have been more emphasis on the potential dangers of touring solo in SA."
"This is packed full of so much more and has tons of detailed maps and color photos throughout."
"Very helpful; nice attention to details."
"It's a nice travel book with a lot of good info."
"Excellent travel resource -- covers all styles of travel for wide ranging interests--wildlife history politics adventure natural history; all levels of lodging."
"The guide is beautifully detailed.Will help us immensely during our visit there next Spring."
"it was recently published so it should be fairly up to date."
Best Eritrea Travel Guides

This building-by-building survey, illustrated with rare archival material and specially commissioned photographs, is a groundbreaking publication that is set to become one of the most important new books on modernist architecture of recent years. Edward Denison and Guang Yu Ren are heritage consultants with broad international experience.They have spent more than five years working to identify, preserve and publicize the cultural assets of Eritrea.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Asmara is a town that has changed little over the years, but one thing that has completely changed from my childhood years is the street names. I knew names such as Queen Elizabeth Blvd and Haile Selassie Avenue, but these names are long gone, Because of that I would have been lost trying to figure out the location of the buildings if the authors had not thought to include the old street name and current street names."
"Asmara was Mussolini's planned city, his expression of modernism in his newly-acquired African colony. So this book takes its stand with two other revolutionary studies of colonial and post-colonial architecture, Okwui Enwezor's "The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa", which documents architectural plans for European planned cities in Africa, and, "The Politics of Design in French Colonial Architecture" by Gwendolyn Wright. The idea that modernity itself is a thrusting, crushing colonial -- and in the case of Asmara, fascist -- power is a message this beautiful book, this beautiful city, and the beauty of Africa on her own, gives, unforgettably."
"I was able to view the dedicated work of the Cultural Assets Rehabilitation Project (CARP) in the inner, historical quarter of the city. Originally aimed at people in the architectural business, the book reaches out to any reader with its photographic portrayal of one of the world's unique cities."
"Italy in the 30' years of 20th century had a strong tradition in Bauhaus-like architecture, which was used by the fascist regime expressing through it its symbolic values, but never at a degree that changes the nature of that great architectural design."
"I have been in Asmara and have my own photos, but I go to this book when I want to show others what the city looks like."
"Looked for this book in many places and finally got it on Amazon."
"Excellent job by the photographers and the historian."
"It illustrated in details the beauty of Eritrea."
Best Sudan Travel Guides

We relive their early excitement and disorientation, their growing despondency over fruitless job searches, adjustments they faced upon finally entering the workforce, their experiences of post-9/11 xenophobia, and their undying dreams of acquiring an education. Along the way author Mark Bixler looks closely at the ins and outs of U.S. refugee policy, the politics of international aid, the history of Sudan, and the radical Islamist underpinnings of its government. In 2000, in a historically unprecedented gesture, the federal government resettled 3,800 young men unaccompanied by parents and with no family in the U.S. when it opened its doors to those who were called the Lost Boys of Sudan.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A beautiful story of these men of Sudan."
"Bixler gets things right in "The Lost Boys of Sudan." Additionally, he does a nice job of weaving historical context into the story he tells of the young men from Sudan."
"bixler has written a great, informative book; while i was aware of all the terrible things that were going on in sudan & the horn of africa in general, i was unaware of the efforts made in the US to relocate many of these refugees; it is an incredible story, not only of the horrors they went through, that is better know atleast to me, but the efforts to relocate & all that entailed not only for the refugees but the many volunteers in the US who worked so hard to help them; obviously some of the refugees worked out better than others but a great story none the less."
"This more up to date accounting of their time here in the United States is definitely eye opening."
"Having a friend among the Lost Boys of Sudan clearly helps to understand the journey these young men have made."
"These men wen through unimaginable trials to be upheavaled into a life and a world so strange and foreign to them its mind blowing."
"I was really surprised that the book is very interesting and hard to put down."
"Good book to gain an understanding of the problems faced by refugees and assimilation into American society."
Best Tunisia Travel Guides

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Packed with photographs, illustrations, and maps. Cutaways and floor plans of all the major sights. 3D aerial views of the city's most interesting districts. Huge selection of hotels, restaurants, stores, and entertainment venues. About DK Eyewitness Travel Guides : For more than two decades, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have helped travelers experience the world through the history, art, architecture, and culture of their destinations.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Very good guide with nice photos."
"ok, but a bit out of date."
"Any travel book published by DK is well worth the investment."
"Great intro to the culture of Tunisia and starting point for further research."
"As we had to go to Europe, we decided within a week to go to Tunisia and the only place I could get the book was from Amazon, but we were scare not to have it on time."
"A very informative guidebook!"
"The DK Eyewitness Guide served as a wonderful resource during my recent trip to Tunisia."
"Buy the Lonely Planet guide (or the Tunisia chapter of the Africa book) if you want practical information."
Best Somalia Travel Guides

The Prophet’s Camel Bell is both a fascinating account of Somali culture and British colonial characters, and a lyrical description of life in the desert. Margaret Laurence (1926–1987) was a well-known Canadian author of short stories and novels, including The Stone Angel , A Jest of God , The Diviners , and The Fire Dwellers .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I was enchanted by the lyrical opening paragraph, and read every word to the end."
Best Zambia Travel Guides

Deaf since a young age, Swiller spent his formative years in frustrated limbo on the sidelines of the hearing world, encouraged by his family to use lipreading and the strident approximations of hearing aids to blend in. Spending his days working in the health clinic with Augustine Jere, a chubby, world-weary chess aficionado and a steadfast friend, Swiller had finally found, he believed, a place where his deafness didn't interfere, a place he could call home. Swiller hears the rhythms of language and life far better than most people with two normal ears.” ― Michael Chorost, author of Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human. This is not gimp chic, nor misery memoir, but a book as deserving, funny and brave as a deaf man digging wells in hardest Africa. “[Swiller's] appealing, intelligent narrative serves both as a coming of age story and as a penetrating light into one corner of a tormented continent.” ― Washington Post. “Josh Swiller rewrites the familiar African narrative with a purity that makes the tragic beauty of that devastated continent a stunning novelty for readers.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"As someone who was raised in Africa, I'm grateful to Josh for the eloquence with which he articulates the strange mix of raw, often violent existence and what he calls Africa's grace; the same mix that opens your heart as it breaks it."
"It will also make you laugh out loud, be grateful for where you live, and the friendships you have."
"What I did not expect was the clarity and smooth-flow of the narrative, the exceptional descriptors of characters ("voice like firecrackers" comes to mind), the entirely accurate desriptions of life in a bush village. After reading it, I was ashamed at myself for not getting to know him better while in Zambia those two years, for underestimating his abilities, for not have taken more time while there to help him with his problems instead of selfishly concentrating on my own. The book opened my eyes to a lot of things that were happening right under my nose, but in my hearing ignorance I was blind (equally handicapped) to events as they occurred in regards to brother Josh. This is a great story written by a courageous young man who coped with a host of things (in Zambia as well as dealing with his own deafness) way better than those of us who are not so impaired."
"When my friend caught up with the group, she was not too happy because I guess she was expecting Josh to recount his entire time in Africa so she wouldn't have to read the book. This book wasn't trying to spell out ways to fix the way the Peace Corps works in Africa or provide a dissertation on the heirarchy within the African diaspora or be a self-help book suggesting you spend two years in the Peace Corps to learn about yourself and fix your problems."
"I worked with Josh Swiller this past year and it was only as I was leaving employment that another co-worker told me of this book Josh had written."
"Josh Swiller tells the story of being deaf in a country of warfare, disease, corrupted government and a loving but very different community."
Best Namibia Travel Guides

Fodor’s correspondents highlight the best of Africa, including Kenya's Masai Mara, South Africa's Kruger National Park, and Botswana's Kwando Reserve. Check out Fodor's travel guide to South Africa. “Fodor’s is pitched a few notches higher….aimed at a fairly discerning traveler with an appetite for background and the occasional surprise.” – New York Times.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have yet to take my safari but thanks to this book, I'm looking for a better time to go."
"In depth guide to all the African safaris in one book!"
"Good planning guide for a future trip to Kenya."
"This book gave detailed descriptions of each of the areas within the major African countries for safaris (there's only 8, and they're located in Eastern and Southern Africa). This book gave their recommendations on properties in all the different safari areas and all price points--what I really liked were the Pros/Cons of each property that they list."
"African safaris are expensive, and this book definitely helped me get the confidence to made this expensive decision."
"Very informative book."
"Not at all helpful---incomplete guide perhaps."
"Info was good enough BUT there were no maps for most of it so the majority of the time I basically have NO CLUE where they are talking about."
Best Zimbabwe Travel Guides

In 2001, Sharon Pincott traded her privileged life as a high-flying corporate executive to start a new one with the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe. Elephant Dawn did that for me - an intense read, inspiring and moving... Over an incredible 13 years this tough-as-teak lady developed a valuable understanding of all 17 extended family groups that make up the greater 500-strong herd. '[Sharon Pincott] formed one of the most remarkable bonds ever with wild elephants. 'An inspirational book full of adventure and emotions, showing true courage and determination of an exceptional woman who lived 13 years with elephants in Zimbabwe facing daily the adversity that only her passion for these gentle giants could overcome.'. [Elephant Dawn] is full of... accounts of [Sharon Pincott's] deeply intimate bond with the elephant families... She has risked so much for elephants and it is a gift to us that we can now read this moving account of her thirteen years in Zimbabwe fighting to save a population of elephants she came to know intimately.'. Cynthia Moss, world-renowned Elephant Specialist, celebrated in BBC's Echo of the Elephants. '[ Elephant Dawn ] is hard hitting, and factual, a story that everyone should read... Memories of so many things that happened in Zimbabwe, with elephants, other wildlife, politics and day to day life, flooded back to me as I read... 'After 13 years living among 500 wild elephants, Pincott is telling her story in Elephant Dawn...The locals called Pincott Thandeka Mandlovu, which means 'much-loved Mother Elephant', and believed she had special magic... With more and more elephants being killed every year, perhaps magic is the only thing that can save them. I would say this is essential reading for anyone interested in wildlife conservation and especially elephants, but this book isn't just about that: it is essentially the story of a person, so committed that they are willing to give up nearly everything to follow their heart and stand up for what they believe in, no matter what. 'The story of one woman and her elephants...Sharon gave up her career in Australia in 2001 to travel to Zimbabwe to give her full attention to the conservation of the Presidential Herd in the Hwange Estate in western Zimbabwe. It was not a good time for Zimbabwe but the elephants needed her... For 13 years Sharon struggled against everything that a troubled Zimbabwe could throw at her...[Elephant Dawn is] a book that one should read, particularly now, when the elephants of Zimbabwe are so much in the news.'. '...a good read with high points, sadness and gritty determination... We need more Sharon Pincotts' to fight for nature from global warming to elephants, they are all connected.'. John Asquith, 50 years in natural resource management, environmental advocacy and wildlife habitat conservation, Australia. '[Sharon Pincott] has done this [elephant work] as a labour of love, unfunded and alone, in a less than friendly country where white people are easily dispensable, certainly according to Robert Mugabe ...
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I could rejoice and despair with Sharon as she loved and hated a country so beautiful, so rich with animals and so cursed with bribery, deception, and brokenness."
"It is a story of love for the elephants and the joy the author gives and receives from the animals."
"There is no one I wouldn't recommend read this book."
"In awe of Sharon spending 10+ years of her life working with these elephants."
"This book is a roller coaster ride for the elephant lover."
"Love this book."
"I enjoy reading about these amazing animals."
"Good story, she did some incredible things, makes you appreciate Elephant more than ever."
Best Tanzania Travel Guides

Routes covered on 35 detailed walking maps in the proven Trailblazer style; all walking times are indicated along with points of interest and gradients. ‘Stedman's wonderfully down-to-earth, practical guide to the mountain, with excellent tips on preparing for the trek and a roundup of routes to the top’. It covers everything, from city accommodations and restaurants nearby to what to see en route, then how to plan and book a trek to Kilimanjaro. ‘Stedman is something of a Kili obsessive...and that shows on every page of this fully revised and expanded edition of his guide...
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Gift for my young-adult son - the 'world' traveler."
"Henry is a genius - I wish I had this as the very first book on Kili."
"Excellent sources for trekking companies and how to get to Arusha."
"Used it for trip to Kili."
"This book is chock full of information but is anything but boring."
"Great book on hiking Kilimanjaro and the surrounding towns."
"Information is good, but the print is so tiny ..."
"Each night before bed we would read about the next day's hike."
Best Burkina Faso Travel Guides

From balafon players in the laidback town of Bobo-Dioulasso to masters of horsemanship further north―plus internationally recognized film, jazz, hip hop, and craft festivals―landlocked Burkina Faso, in the heart of West Africa, has something to offer everyone. Katrina Manson and James Knight are writers and photographers, both with extensive experience of living, working and travelling in Africa.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I relied heavily on this guide book on a trip to Ouagadougou and the south and west of Burkina Faso in 2013."
"Therefore, there is more actionable information on Burkina Faso including more town maps and descriptions of villages and tribal markets where you can find traditional life untouched by modern ways."
"The maps and city-by-city area descriptions are very helpful in getting a picture of the entire country and people."
"Was super helpful!"
"I live in Burkina Faso and this book has tons more information than any other English-language guidebook on the country and seems to be more comprehensive than any French-language ones too."
"In a country with a very limited tourist infrastructure where even your French may not be sufficient to allow you to communicate clearly with the locals, this kind of a guide is absolutely crucial."
"Burkina Faso is not (yet) considered among the top 10 tourist destinations in the world, but for those going there for travel, work, or to visit family/friends, this new book is an invaluable resource."
"-- bought this for a daughter who was headed to Burkina Faso with the Peace Corps -- of the 6+ books I purchased for her, this is the only one she chose to take with her -- she just arrived there last week and haven't heard much from her, but will inquire at some future point how useful it's being -- certainly looked good to me, so much so that in hopes that I'll get to visit her, purchased another copy for my use -- at the least it will give me some idea what's coloring her experiences."
Best Mozambique Travel Guides

Expelled from Botswana for writing Cry of the Kalahari, the Owenses set off across Africa. No little credit for saving the elephants is due to the Owenses (Cry of the Kalahari), biologists who set out to research animal behavior but stayed to persuade villagers that rather than shooting elephants, they could gain more in food, jobs and money by letting the animals live and attracting tourists to see them.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The stories in this book show some ways in which we humans take our power too lightly and inadvertently destroy our environment & our future."
"Recommend to anyone concerned about preserving our endangered species and opposing the poaching cartels."
"The Owens' time and work in Africa make Beryl Markham's story dull in comparison."
"A wonderfully written book by Mark and Delia Owens which describes the horrible nature of poaching in Zambia."
"We have to protect those beautiful animals for ever also we help the people who live there."
"I got it for her after loaning her my copy of Cry of the Kalahari by Mark and Delia Owens, a book that I have only ever loaned twice for fear of not getting it back."
"The authors' experiences of the reserve in Zambia where they work are written in a dynamic but heart -felt manner, and well describe the difficult circumstances that they work in as well as the desperate plight of the elephants and other wildlife facing potential extinction from poaching."
"I bought this to read on a trip to South Luangwa National Park in Zambia for safari."
Best South African Travel Guides

With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: South Africa truly shows you this country as no one else can. Series Overview: For more than two decades, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have helped travelers experience the world through the history, art, architecture, and culture of their destinations. With guidebooks to hundreds of places around the globe available in print and digital formats, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides show travelers how they can discover more. About DK Eyewitness Travel Guides : For more than two decades, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have helped travelers experience the world through the history, art, architecture, and culture of their destinations.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Like other DK Eyewitness travel guides I've bought over the years to plan my vacations, their South Africa guide is another must read prior to travel. The guide is organized as follows: An excellent overview of the country and regions, followed by in depth details of each region along with reference codes to regional maps provided in each region, which I find very, very helpful. All in all a very useful guide which I believe provides the best basis for you to further delve into more specific details from web site links provided, or good old Google."
"We were turned onto DK guides by fellow travelers to Italy a couple of years ago."
"As all DK books, this had gorgeous photos, and was well laid out with lots of interesting sidebars."
"we have been to South Africa, and wish i had this book then."
"I've never found better travel books."
"This book has already been quite helpful in our planning for our upcoming trip to Africa."
"totally helpful."
"This travel guide has a lot of photos, descriptions of animals, information about history, and recommendations for lodging, eating, shopping, and activities."
Best Niger & Nigeria Travel Guides

A SONG OF AFRICA: and the Roots of Boko Haram Thrill and Learn Fortune seeking engineer, Paul Jeffries, out to make millions on a state of the art telecommunications project in Nigeria reluctantly agrees to reach out to the idealistic American ambassador’s daughter who has fled into the besieged rebel enclave of Biafra to help refugees there in the mid 1960’s. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + To understand how the terrorist group Boko Haram has risen in Nigeria in recent years, one must be familiar with the history of that troubled nation, home to every fourth person on the African Continent. For example, it is intriguing how in an article in the Wall Street Journal, Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s mini bio of Abubakar Shekau, leader of the terrorist group Boko Haram, resembles the strategy of Uthman dan Fodio who led the first Jihad in Nigeria at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Would the air over the plain quiver with a colour that I had on, or the children invent a new game in which my name was, or the full moon cast a shadow over the gravel of the drive that was like me, or would the eagles of Ngong look out for me?” Isak Dinneson “Out of Africa” "This country is filled with foreign spies." Ronald Brian Wheatley depicts his setting as forcefully as his characters, from the idyllic plateau region Paul (Jeffries) calls home to the perilous mangrove infested tributaries in the South. Congratulations to Ron Wheatley for his independent presentation of a missionary perspective, affirming in advance that to which Benedict exhorts us - The message, the mystery, the value of human life, and the conditions in which it is lived."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The characters--among them a bright and somewhat cynical engineer and a stunning young woman, among many others--are deftly drawn, as is both the landscape and the turmoil of Nigeria (which continues to this day). The author's respect for the Nigerians coexists with a realistic, often tragic view of human nature, and is buttressed by his own experiences."
"We learn of the poor Nigerians (some of them with leprosy) and of expatriates who like the Fitzgeralds , Hemingways and Gertrude Stein in Paris in the 1920's, have it better. We discover that Christian missionaries are a problem in an oil-rich nation still unstable from the cultural and political points of view. We meet two foreigners--Paul and Maureen who look at Nigeria conditioned by their respective reasons for being there, despite the mutual attraction. As we familiarize with their relationship, we learn first-hand about the many-sided aspects of a country still having tribal feuds that echo those between the Sunnis and Shiites."
"Wheatley does a splendid job of telling an intriguing story set in Nigeria during the mid-sixties and civil war there."
"Here is an engaging quasi-historic/romantic novel by Ronald Wheatley, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Nigeria during the sixties."
"Good character development although there were a couple of underdeveloped or implausible situations."
"Deepens understanding of Nigeria's history."
"In his book “A Song of Africa,” Ronald Wheatley creates a love story set in Nigeria during the Biafran War in 1966."
"This is an interesting story about an expatriate American, a telecommunication engineer, who is installing a system in the torn-apart region of Nigeria in the mid 60's."
Best Ethiopia & Djibouti Travel Guides

The fact of the Lost Ark of the Covenant is one of the grant historical mysteries of all time.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Quite the scholarly expedition and attempts of confirming where and what is the Ark of the Covenant."
"One of the defining books of the age."
"Another great Graham Hancock book."
"A very interesting book........with a lot of thought provoking discoveries."
"Very interesting view on one of the greatest archeological mysteries ."
"Given the subject matter of some of Hancock's other publications (i.e. - Fingerprints of the Gods) I'm surprised that there was not more speculation about possible alien assistance with the design and construction of the Ark."
"Loved it."
"The author describes his investigation in great detail and I like that he does a proper, methodic analysis of all the facts and doesn't jump to conclusions."
Best Rwanda & Uganda Travel Guides

Fodor’s correspondents highlight the best of Africa, including Kenya's Masai Mara, South Africa's Kruger National Park, and Botswana's Kwando Reserve. Check out Fodor's travel guide to South Africa. “Fodor’s is pitched a few notches higher….aimed at a fairly discerning traveler with an appetite for background and the occasional surprise.” – New York Times.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I have yet to take my safari but thanks to this book, I'm looking for a better time to go."
"In depth guide to all the African safaris in one book!"
"Good planning guide for a future trip to Kenya."
"This book gave detailed descriptions of each of the areas within the major African countries for safaris (there's only 8, and they're located in Eastern and Southern Africa). This book gave their recommendations on properties in all the different safari areas and all price points--what I really liked were the Pros/Cons of each property that they list."
"African safaris are expensive, and this book definitely helped me get the confidence to made this expensive decision."
"Very informative book."
"Not at all helpful---incomplete guide perhaps."
"Info was good enough BUT there were no maps for most of it so the majority of the time I basically have NO CLUE where they are talking about."
Best Madagascar & Comoros Travel Guides

Co-authors Daniel Austin and Hilary Bradt have guided mesmerised visitors on more than 30 trips to Madagascar and their personal anecdotes and unparalleled knowledge, combined with input from around 50 experts, make this the most informative and indispensable guide on the market. 'This is no ordinary travel guide, but a lively, informative, amusing and sensitive account to be enjoyed from cover to cover'. 'The tenth updated edition of MADAGASCAR is a 'must' take-along and travel planner for any destination-bound traveler, and offers itineraries for all budgets and a focus updating all information on how to get to and travel through Madagascar.....A 'must' for any planning a visit to Madagascar!'.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Very interesting, very informative book!"
"Unlike the Lonely Planet guide we also bought, this one's has All the info we need."
"Thus with my appalling French I have decided from this intelligence gleaned from the book, that I will be best to go on a guided tour so that my time (a precious commodity once you start working and are no longer a back-packing student) is used most efficiently. The book recognises that many people go on tours and has pages of global to local tour operator reviews to save you much time in who you might like to contact for a tour once you have decided from where you want to visit after reading the detailed area descriptions (remaining 300 pages of the book). For each area i found the book does an great job of acting as a GUIDE for your holiday. In the parks with trekking walks, there is usually an inset map showing these and I reckon a visual map is always the best way to portray such spatial information, instead of wordy paragraph descriptions that many guides seem to try and use instead of going for map. 3. in the Gondwana continental break-up section, it suggests that the 'a major rise in sea level followed' and deposited limestone over the earlier river and lake deposits."
"I have an older version, but just bought this hoping for updates on lodging recommendations, but I'm disappointed to see hotels that closed over a decade ago that are still in the latest version."
"However, the book neglects to mention the reason it is so rare is that it is considered an omen of bad luck, and, when one is seen by the locals, it is killed in an attempt to ward off the bad luck."
"I bought this book because I thought it would be more informative about "off the beaten path" tourism but was disappointed."
"Madagascar is quickly moving into a top tourism spot and there are many new hotels and new restaurants and new protected areas that this book covers."
"I much prefer the Michelin approach of providing stars or different color highlights on the map to indicate best places to visit or like Fodors with the best tourist spots in the various parts of the country."
