No comments about What about North Africa?: Travel in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia,.

No comments about Marrakech, the Red City: The City through Writers' Eyes.

1 comments about Kenana Handbook of Sudan: A Reference Resource and Travel Guide.

1. This huge book (some 900 pages) was commissioned by the Kenana Sugar Company and includes chapters on the land, people, history and economy of the Sudan. As a multi-authored work it varies greatly in the scope and quality of the chapters. The editing is weak: typographical and factual errors abound; transliteration varies from traditional to bizarre. The book is copiously illustrated; many illustrations have no provenance or even captions. There is no index. The book weighs six pounds, so use as a "travel guide" would be problematic. As a resource for the Sudan's recent history - vexed as that has been by a repressive regime, genocide in Darfur, and a twenty-year civil war in the South that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives - the book is unhelpful. Handbooks from Kegan Paul on Libya and Iran have also been announced.

No comments about Truth and Lies: Stories from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa.

No comments about Insight Guides Tunisia (Insight Guide Tunisia).

2 comments about Adventures in Africa.

1. After reading Adventures in Africa, we think that this book was not the best book ever. We thought that it was rather dull throughout almost the whole book. One reason that we might have thought that it was dull is because, the book is written like a journal. We haven't ever read a book written like a journal before, and I don't like that style of writing. That could have had an impact on us not liking the book, or just simply because we didn't like the way it was written. Also, the story line was not too interesting. Each journal that he would write each day would just tell about what he did that day. It is like reading a book about a person that sits at home all day. The main character was a tourist in Africa, and would meet new people and travel to different places. Most of the day's he would do the same thing. We found this book to be very repetitive, and we find that pretty boring about books. He would always tell about how he would go to this river and watch all the people bathe. He would do that everyday for a long period of time, and it just got old. After that he would go to a cliff and climb it everyday. Most days though, he would take a tour bus somewhere. While he was in Africa he made many friends, sometimes it was hard to keep them straight. His friend Jean, was his best friend, they went almost everywhere together. This book isn't the best book, and we wouldn't recommend it unless you like to read other peoples' journals. We just didn't find it interesting at all. It didn't grab my attention or make me actually want to read the book. The only reason why we read it was because we had to for a grade.



2. Maybe there are two ways of writing about travel. First, you write about startling things or things that other people normally might not notice. Second,you present a somewhat ordinary world but you do so in high-flown prose that---because of the quality of the writing---carries the reader along no matter what. This journalistic travel book seems one that a publisher might have picked up ONLY because the writer is well known. It is neither well written nor particularly acute in what it sees and reports. Too often there is a grim habit of stereotype, and always there is a languid sense of a prose style that suggests little more than some jottings in a loose-leaf along the way. A Graham Greene brings heart, keen perception, and inspiration to his "Journey without Maps" into Africa, and may other writers encounter people who remain in your mind. Celati just putters along.

1 comments about Another Africa: Photographs by Robert Lyons; Text by Chinua Achebe.

1. This book by Achebe and Lyons is infact a decent and respectful view of Africa.It does not contain pictures of Starving children or wars.The photographs taken by Lyon shows ordinary Africans going about their business with dignity.There is also a very good essay by Achebe discussing the Images of Africa over time.It uses as it's main theme a discussion of Joseph Conrad's book the heart of darkness.He does not shy away from issues such as slave trade and wars,but he treats the subject of Africa's image with dignity.There are also a number of poems after a few pictures.The pictures are about 100. My only grouse with the book is that no pictures were taken of Nigeria and South Africa which are indeed countries that show all the contradictions and hopes of Africa.I say this mainly for sentimental reasons being a Nigerian i would have loved a picture of the hustle and bustle of Ojuelegba in Lagos or the Onitsha market.It is however a welcome addition to my library.

1 comments about The Rough Guide to Goa 5 (Rough Guide Travel Guides).

1. This little book is probably the best of it's kind and is invaluable for the budget travellor. It contains accurate descriptions of accomodation and restaurants in different price ranges. My only comment is that the writer is a little harsh on Calangute, yes it's a busy, bustling tourist town - but I didn't see 'heaps of garbage' and the town starting to 'stew in it's juices'. However generally I loved this little book, the photos were great and I would have been lost without it!

No comments about Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town (Penguin Celebrations).

1 comments about Roosevelt the Explorer: T.R.'s Amazing Adventures as a Naturalist, Conservationist, and Explorer.

1. H. Paul Jeffers' Roosevelt The Explorer: Teddy Roosevelt's Amazing Adventures As A Naturalist, Conservationist, And Explorer is an outstanding biography of American President Teddy Roosevelt and one which focuses specifically upon his work in the areas of conservation and exploring. Dwelling on Roosevelt's enthusiastic appreciation of nature, and his struggles as President against tough opposition in order to create a system of national parks and to protect America's forests and wetlands from the depredation of development, Roosevelt The Explorer is a thoughtful, environment-oriented, biographical study of a truly great American leader, family man, outdoor enthusiast, and human being.