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Africa
A fine selection of second-hand travel books from the home of Malawi Gin and the world's most beautiful English accents... Used books from Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. And more!

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MEETING THE INVISIBLE MAN Toby Green - Secrets and Magic in West Africa See photos & details
MEETING THE INVISIBLE MAN Toby Green - Secrets and Magic in West Africa
Meeting The Invisible Man is author Toby Green's account of a journey through the spiritual heartland of West Africa.
Price: AUD $9.00
MUKIWA A White Boy in Africa by Peter Godwin See photos & details
MUKIWA A White Boy in Africa by Peter Godwin
An interesting memoir: the author grew up in Rhodesia \ Zimbabwe. This is a used travel book in good, aging condition: pages are browning with age; cover looks a bit worn around the edges and shows general age; not great but a good reading copy. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
MY FRIEND THE MERCENARY James Brabazon - A Memoir (Equatorial Guinea - Africa) See photos & details
MY FRIEND THE MERCENARY James Brabazon - A Memoir (Equatorial Guinea - Africa)
MY FRIEND THE MERCENARY: James Brabazon's first hand account of the bizarre attempt to overthrow the government of Equitorial Guinea by notorious mercenary Nick du Toit and involving Mark Thatcher, son of Margaret Thatcher.
Price: AUD $12.00
NISA Marjorie Shostak - The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman See photos & details
NISA Marjorie Shostak - The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
A scarce anthropological study of Nisa, a member of the !Kung tribe in the Kalahari Desert, Africa.
Price: AUD $9.00
NO GOD BUT GOD Geneive Abdo - Egypt and the Triumph of Islam See photos & details
NO GOD BUT GOD Geneive Abdo - Egypt and the Triumph of Islam
NO GOD BUT GOD: chronicling modern Egypt's “Popular Islamic” influence, Abdo's findings identify a grassroots movement that doesn't seek the violent overthrow of the government or a return to a medieval age.
Price: AUD $8.00
NO ONE CAN STOP THE RAIN Karin Moorhouse & Wei Cheng - A Chronicle of Two Foreign Aid Workers During the Angolan Civil War (Africa) See photos & details
NO ONE CAN STOP THE RAIN Karin Moorhouse & Wei Cheng - A Chronicle of Two Foreign Aid Workers During the Angolan Civil War (Africa)
NO ONE CAN STOP THE RAIN: the true story of two Medecins Sans Frontieres volunteers during the Angola civil war.
Price: AUD $8.00
OF PANDAS AND WANDERING GEESE A Journey Though Shadow and Light in Vietnam, China and Tibet by Thanh and Benjamin Cherry (signed) See photos & details
OF PANDAS AND WANDERING GEESE A Journey Though Shadow and Light in Vietnam, China and Tibet by Thanh and Benjamin Cherry (signed)
A rare Asia travel memoir, signed by authors on title page.
Price: AUD $12.00
OUR GRANDMOTHER'S DRUMS Mark Hudson See photos & details
OUR GRANDMOTHER'S DRUMS Mark Hudson
The author visits Dulaba village in Gambia, West Africa, where the women are bound by Islam, female circumcision and subservience to their mothers and men.
Price: AUD $6.00
OUT OF AFRICA And Shadows on the Grass by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) See photos & details
OUT OF AFRICA And Shadows on the Grass by Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen)
The classic biography that inspired the Meryl Streep/Robert Redford film. Book includes Shadows on the Grass. Book is in good condition with light reading wear. Pages are clean and tanning lightly with age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $6.00
OUT OF EGYPT Andre Aciman See photos & details
OUT OF EGYPT Andre Aciman
OUT OF EGYPT is Andre Aciman's memoir of life in Alexandria, Egypt.
Price: AUD $9.00
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE Lesley Kitchen Lababidi - An American Woman's Passage into Nigeria See photos & details
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE Lesley Kitchen Lababidi - An American Woman's Passage into Nigeria
A scarce account of the author's cross cultural marriage.
Price: AUD $12.00
PLAYING CARDS IN CAIRO Mint Tea, Tarneeb and Tales of the City by Hugh Miles See photos & details
PLAYING CARDS IN CAIRO Mint Tea, Tarneeb and Tales of the City by Hugh Miles
A scarce Egypt travel memoir. This is a used travel book in good, read condition: cover is clean with some creases to corners; page corners are a bit creased and curled from reading; pages are clean and tanning lightly at the edges with age. Not mint but a good clean reading copy. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!
Price: AUD $9.00
REUNION IN BARSALOI by Corinne Hofmann (Kenya - Africa) See photos & details
REUNION IN BARSALOI by Corinne Hofmann (Kenya - Africa)
The sequel to the controversial White Masai where the author shacks up with a Masai Warrior in Kenya.
Price: AUD $9.00
RIDE A RHINO by Michaela Denis See photos & details
RIDE A RHINO by Michaela Denis
A lovely old memoir for folks into African animals, worth it alone for the gorgeous cover (see photos). The book also has around 20 pages of black and white photos and a couple of pages of colour photos. Book is in good condition for its age but not fantastic. Cover looks charming but shows some shelf wear and minor tears at edges. Boards are very good. Pages are clean and aging lightly. Some bookseller pencil marks on first page. See photos for jacket blurb, sample pages, cover and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
ROGUE AMBASSADOR An African Memoir by Smith Hempstone See photos & details
ROGUE AMBASSADOR An African Memoir by Smith Hempstone
This Kenya memoir by a US diplomat looks like a fascinating read and is quite rare, it sells for $US40 and upwards on Amazon.
Price: AUD $12.00
SAHARA Michael Palin (Africa) See photos & details
SAHARA Michael Palin (Africa)
SAHARA - Michael Palin travels the Sarah Desert via Gibraltar, Morocco, Algeria, Western Sahara, Mauritiana, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya and Tunisia.
Price: AUD $6.00
SCRIBBLING THE CAT Alexandra Fuller - Travels With An African Soldier See photos & details
SCRIBBLING THE CAT Alexandra Fuller - Travels With An African Soldier
In Scribbling The Cat, author Alexandra Fuller travels with a soldier from the Rhodesian War.
Price: AUD $8.00
SEVEN DAYS IN CAPE TOWN by Sean Fraser See photos & details
SEVEN DAYS IN CAPE TOWN by Sean Fraser
A large and lovely pictorial guide to Cape Town, South Africa.
Price: AUD $12.00
SHE H Rider Haggard See photos & details
SHE H Rider Haggard

A scarce 1949 edition of this classic novel of exploration of deepest Africa.

Price: AUD $9.00
SILENT FOOTSTEPS Sally Henderson - A Woman's Awakening Among the Elephants of Africa See photos & details
SILENT FOOTSTEPS Sally Henderson - A Woman's Awakening Among the Elephants of Africa
Author Sally Henderson had her life saved by an Elephant in Botswana which fuelled a passion to conserve her hephalump pals and join an elephant research project in Zimbabwe.
Price: AUD $14.00
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