Resultados de búsqueda: Desert from Bob Worth Mountain Books

Hodder & Stoughton, 1981. 1st ed VG in VG dw. a collection of adventures including: Oceans, Deserts, Rivers, Mountains, The Poles, Air, Space & Caves [Neate B135] Please note that this is a large, heavy item and thus postage may be a little more than that quoted as default.

Chatto & Windus, 1988. 1st ed VG in VG dw. a journey by bike from the Mediterranean to the Mountains of the Moon, following the Nile to it's source

John Murray, 2001. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. Keenan studied the Tuareg and lived with them for a while in the 1960's, in the 1990's he went back to see how civil war in Algeria had changed their lives, includes the Hoggar, Niger and the Sahara

Robert Hale, 1962. 1st ed VG in G++ dw. a history of the Sahara, includes the Hoggar Mountains of Algeria

Constable, 2003. 1st ed VG in VG dw. Lake Chad to Tripoli, an account of a 1,462 mile trek with camels across the Sahara

AD Donker, 1983 reprint. reprinted 1983 VG- (as spine faded by sunlight) pb. In 1935 the author left Germany to do geological research in SW Africa. At the outbreak of WWII he fled into the Namib desert, where he lived for two and a half years. The physical and mental hardship they had to bare, the challenge to survive in the vastness of the Namib desert, the constant threat of detection and their gradual adaptation to live a life as ancient bushmen, while being confronted on the radio with the horrible clash of civilisations in Europe is described.

Granta Books, 2003. 1st ed VG in VG dw. the story of two French adventurers, Laperrine & Foucauld, who explored the Hoggar and the Sahara desert in late 19th & early 20th century

Abacus, 2004 reprint. 2004 reprint VG pb. a journey across the Moroccan Sahara

The Mountaineers, 2007. 1st ed VG+ in VG dw. a 1600 mile walk across the Gobi in 2001, undertaken by a 63 year old woman and her 74 year old husband, with two camels

The Adventurers Club, 1961. 1st ed VG in VG- dw. the story of a young Italian girl who joined The White Squadron, patrolling the Sahara desert on a camel, fighting Arab drug and slave traffickers. I always assumed this to be a true story as it was published by The Adventurers Club, and the book implies that it is, but searches online give mixed messages; some say it's a work of fiction, others say it is true, you'll need to make up your own mind.

Harper Collins, 1994. 1st ed VG+ in VG- dw as spine unevenly faded by sun. biography of Younghusband recounting his travels in Tibet, to Everest, the Gobi Desert