linggeek's "National Geographic Traveler - Ultimate Travel Library"Taken from National Geographic’s Ultimate Travel Library. This list also includes columnist Don George’s "Trip Lit" monthly picks. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/extras/travellibrary/library.html |
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Africa on Six Wheels: A Semester on Safari
by Betty Levitov
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The Africa Diaries: An Illustrated Memoir of Life in the Bush
by Dereck Joubert
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Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat, and Camel
by Jeffrey Tayler
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Looking for Lovedu: Days and Nights in Africa
by Ann Jones
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The Old Way: A Story of the First People
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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A Passage to Africa
by George Alagiah
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Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert
by William Langewiesche
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Serengeti : Natural Order on the African Plain
by Chronicle Books LLC Staff
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Too Close to the Sun: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton
by Sara Wheeler
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The White Nile
by Alan Moorehead
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The Blue Nile
by Alan Moorehead
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Mating: A Novel
by Norman Rush
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The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)
by Alexander Mccall Smith
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Heart of Darkness (Norton Critical Editions)
by Joseph Conrad
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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (Perennial Classics)
by Barbara Kingsolver
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The Ponds of Kalambayi
by Mike Tidwell
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Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in Africa and Beyond (Vintage)
by Ekow Eshun
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Out of Africa (Modern Library)
by Isak Dinesen
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West with the Night
by Beryl Markham
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The Eighth Continent: Life, Death, and Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar
by Peter Tyson
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The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold
by Frank T. Kryza
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The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
by Tahir Shah
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Glory in a Camel's Eye: Trekking Through the Moroccan Sahara
by Jeffrey Tayler
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In Arabian Nights
by Tahir Shah
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Lords of the Atlas: The Rise and Fall of the House of Glaoua 1893-1956
by Gavin Maxwell
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Spider's House: A Novel
by Paul Bowles
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Things Fall Apart the Story of a Strong Man
by Chinua Achebe
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Gorillas in the Mist
by Dian Fossey
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
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Age of Iron
by J. M. Coetzee
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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela : With Connections (HRW library)
by Nelson Mandela
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My Mother's Lovers
by Christopher Hope
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The Reader's Companion to South Africa | ||
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A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East
by Tiziano Terzani
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The Lost Heart of Asia (P.S.)
by Colin Thubron
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Riding the Iron Rooster
by Paul Theroux
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River Dog: A Journey Down the Brahmaputra
by Mark Shand
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The River's Tale: A Year on the Mekong (Vintage Departures)
by Edward Gargan
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Shadow of the Silk Road (P.S.)
by Colin Thubron
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South Southeast
by Steve McCurry
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Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond
by Pankaj Mishra
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Travels in the East
by Donald Richie
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Turkestan Solo: A Journey Through Central Asia
by Ella Maillart
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Ultimate Journey: Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment
by Richard Bernstein
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Video Night in Kathmandu: And Other Reports from the Not-So-Far East
by Pico Iyer
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You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons - The World on One Cartoon a Day
by Mo Willems
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Baechtold's Best : Afghanistan: The Ultimate Visual Travel Guide
by Claude Baechtold
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The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition
by Khaled Hosseini
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An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan (Bestselling Backlist)
by Jason Elliot
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Passage to Ararat
by Michael J. Arlen
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