2 comments about Africa: A Photographic Safari.

1. The book is just magnificent! I've seen the pictures at a gallery and they are just great!
   
   BSmith; Humble, Tx.



2. I could sense Carlyle's great love of Africa in his poetic portrayal of his visit.
   Written with such vivid detail, I felt the excitement, as if I were on the safari with him.
   I'm convinced I must experience it for myself!

No comments about Namibia Travel Atlas (Globetrotter Travel Atlases).

No comments about Madagascar Travels.

1 comments about From The Cape To Cairo: The First Traverse Of Africa From South To North.

1. A very well bound book,and, considering the age of the original,well printed.I was disappointed with the quality of the pictures--which I am sure could have been better copied-being vey dark, and in some cases completely indistinguishable.
   However, for the price, it was a reasonable buy.Did not appreciate having to pay our greedy customs for a new book !!
   Perhaps I can find an original copy,which will not require import duty?
   Hopefully!!

No comments about The Last Travels of a Fat Bulldog.

1 comments about Africa Uncorked: Travels in Extreme Wine Territory.

1. John and Erica Platter helped bring south African wine to the knowledge of the rest of the world with the country's first wine travel guide, and their Africa Uncorked, Travels In Extreme Wine Territory follows the idea of unusual African wines through Africa in a travelogue which journeys from Algeria to Madagascar and beyond. Unusual wine and food discoveries, strange characters, and adventure permeates Africa Uncorked, which provides equal attention to cultural and culinary discoveries on the continent. A bold topic, a bold adventure, and a bold approach makes Africa Uncorked hard to put down.

No comments about Southern Africa (Globetrotter Travel Map).

No comments about Reise in den Orient in den Jahren 1837 und 1838: Ueber Wien, Venedig, Florenz, Rom, Neapel, Malta, Sicilien und Griechenland, nach Saloniki, dem Berge Athos, Konstantinopel und Trapezunt.

No comments about Kenya.

1 comments about The Cobra's Heart (Great Journeys).

1. An interesting concept by Penguin entitled "Great Journeys" ranging from Ancient Times via the Age of Discovery to 19th and 20th century adventurers which in a short set of extracts from the longer original work, follows the current trend of "quick reads" whereby authors efectively get "sampled" inhelping the reader test if they are willing to follow up and buy the longer original. While older readers may baulk at this approach it will be interesting to see what response it creates.
   
   This particular example from the great Polish travel writer on the Third World, Ryszard Kapuscinski probably works so well because all his books are effectively a series of mini essays with each chapter's topic and country continuously changing even where they have a general theme. This choice from the longer "The Shadow of the Sun" (which I must admit is not my personal favourite of all his works) is a series of essays over the years on his visits to Africa that range from Ghana the first African colony to win independence in the 1950s through to an encounter with black magic in Western Uganda post Idi Amin taking power. Kapuscinski's main attraction as a writer is that he has always sought out the underclass and the underbelly of the locations he has visited as well as mixing with the leaders of the chosen location plus brings a practical political analysis to the issues, especially bearing in mind he was visiting as a journalist from a Communist country.
   
   A very easy read and introduction which will hopefully make any new readers want to go and read his now many longer tomes on subjects ranging from the fall of the Shah in Iran to post Cold War Russia.