The Count of the Sahara

The Count of the Sahara
Author: Wayne Turmel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2015-09-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781517282776

"... a brilliant novel, great historical fiction. I couldn't put it down." Angela Best"A cleverly woven heart-warming story. Warning, it can make you giggle!" Chris Dangerfield"Great characters brought to life in full color. A real page turner." Ernie FisherFrom the scorching desert to the freezing Midwest... a man struggles against the elements, himself and those around him.Leading a motley crew of 'experts' deep into the Sahara, Count de Prorok is about to make a great discovery. The acclaim of the finding the missing tomb of an ancient queen will set him and his family up for life. But, when plotted against, the money dries up as quickly as the goodwill of his team, and in more ways than one, the Count appears to be stranded, and left to the elements.The COUNT OF THE SAHARA is the story, recounted by his young assistant, of Count Byron de Prorok, a little known gentleman explorer of Africa in the 1920s. If you enjoy great historical fiction with a captivating plot, superb characters and a light sprinkling of humor, this book is for you!

Desert Digits

Desert Digits
Author: Barbara Gowan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Arizona
ISBN: 9781585361625

An introduction, through numbers, to some of Arizona's animals, geography, history, and more.

The Trans-Saharan Book Trade

The Trans-Saharan Book Trade
Author: Graziano Krätli
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2011
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9004187421

Concerned with the history of scholarly production, book markets and trans-Saharan exchanges in Muslim African (primarily western and northern Africa), as well as the creation of manuscript libraries, this book consists of a collection of twelve essays that examine these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Deep in the Sahara

Deep in the Sahara
Author: Kelly Cunnane
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2013-10-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375988939

"Poetic language, attractive illustrations and a positive message about Islam, without any didacticism: a wonderful combination," declares Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. Lalla lives in the Muslim country of Mauritania, and more than anything, she wants to wear a malafa, the colorful cloth Mauritanian women, like her mama and big sister, wear to cover their heads and clothes in public. But it is not until Lalla realizes that a malafa is not just worn to show a woman's beauty and mystery or to honor tradition—a malafa for faith—that Lalla's mother agrees to slip a long cloth as blue as the ink in the Koran over Lalla's head, under her arm, and round and round her body. Then together, they pray. An author's note and glossary are included in the back of the book.

Stories of the Sahara

Stories of the Sahara
Author: Sanmao,
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2019-11-14
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1408881861

The book that has captivated millions of Chinese readers, translated into English for the very first time. 'Hypnotic . . . A record of one person's fierce refusal to follow a path laid down for her by the rest of the world' Tash Aw, Paris Review Books of the Year Sanmao: author, adventurer, pioneer. Born in China in 1943, she moved from Chongqing to Taiwan, Spain to Germany, the Canary Islands to Central America, and, for several years in the 1970s, to the Sahara. Stories of the Sahara invites us into Sanmao's extraordinary life in the desert: her experiences of love and loss, freedom and peril, all told with a voice as spirited as it is timeless. At a period when China was beginning to look beyond its borders, Sanmao fired the imagination of millions and inspired a new generation. With an introduction by Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti, this is an essential collection from one of the twentieth century's most iconic figures. 'Every story conveys Sanmao's infectious capacity for wonder' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti 'Has endured for generations of young Taiwanese and Chinese women' New York Times 'Ground-breaking' Geographical 'A remarkable and brave book. Sanmao was a freewheeling feminist who broke all the rules and did so with a gleeful, mischievous smile' David Eimer, South China Morning Post

Sahara

Sahara
Author: Jan Reynolds
Publisher: Vanishing Cultures
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781600601316

In this series of seven books, photojournalist Jan Reynolds documents the distinctive cultures and climates of indigenous peoples.

The Sahara

The Sahara
Author: Eamonn Gearon
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2011-10-19
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1908493178

The Sahara is the quintessence of isolation, epitomizing both remoteness and severity of environment unlike any other place on the face of the earth. Replete with myths and fictions, it is a wild land, dotted with oases and camel trains trudging through sand dunes that roll like the waves on a sea, as far as the distant horizon. But this is just part of the picture. The largest desert in the world, the Sahara ranges from the river Nile running through Egypt and Sudan in the east, to the Atlantic coast from Morocco to Mauritania in the west; stretching from the Atlas Mountains and the shores of the Mediterranean in the north, to the fluid Sahelian fringe that delineates the desert in the south. Invaders and traders have come and gone for millennia, but the Sahara is also the place that some people call home. While larger than the United States, this vast area contains only three million people. Africans and Arabs, Berber and Bedu, Tuareg and Tebu. Eamonn Gearon explores the history, culture and terrain of a place whose name is familiar to all, but known to few.

Africa Counts

Africa Counts
Author: Claudia Zaslavsky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1990
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

Study by a mathematical scholar on the ways in which African people count, keep time and records, play games, use geometry in art and architecture, etc. Based on research in Nigeria and East Africa.

The Lesser Gods of the Sahara

The Lesser Gods of the Sahara
Author: Jeremy Keenan
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780714654102

The eight essays that comprise this collection cover various aspects of social change and contested terrain amongst the Tuareg people Algeria.

Saint and the Count

Saint and the Count
Author: Leah Shopkow
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2021
Genre: Christian hagiography
ISBN: 1487525869

In this pedagogical microhistory, Leah Shopkow demonstrates the skills used to present history through the biography of St. Vitalis of Savigny.