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Timbuktu--the name still evokes an exotic, faraway place even though its glory days are long gone. Unspooling its history and legends, resolving myth with reality, de Villiers and Hirtle have captured the splendor and decay of one of mankinds treasures.Product Identifiers
PublisherWalker & Company
ISBN-100802714978
ISBN-139780802714978
eBay Product ID (ePID)57106970
Product Key Features
Book TitleTimbuktu : the Sahara's Fabled City of Gold
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAfrica / West, General, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory, Social Science
AuthorMarq De Villiers, Sheila Hirtle
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight20.7 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.4 in
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Reviews"This is a cool book about one of the world's hottest places." -- National Geographic Adventure on Sahara "[A] lyrical portrait of a vast, exotic land...Wide-ranging, engagingly written." -- Seattle Times on Sahara "A thoughtful history of, and popular guide to, the great African desert." -- Kirkus Reviews on Sahara, Praise for "Sahara": "This is a cool book about one of the world's hottest places."--"National Geographic Adventure" "[A] lyrical portrait of a vast, exotic land...Wide-ranging, engagingly written."--"Seattle Times" "A thoughtful history of, and popular guide to, the great African desert."--"Kirkus Reviews", Praise for Sahara : "This is a cool book about one of the world's hottest places."-- National Geographic Adventure "[A] lyrical portrait of a vast, exotic land...Wide-ranging, engagingly written."-- Seattle Times "A thoughtful history of, and popular guide to, the great African desert."-- Kirkus Reviews, Praise forSahara: "This is a cool book about one of the world's hottest places."-National Geographic Adventure "[A] lyrical portrait of a vast, exotic land...Wide-ranging, engagingly written."-Seattle Times "A thoughtful history of, and popular guide to, the great African desert."-Kirkus Reviews, Praise for "Sahara": " This is a cool book about one of the world's hottest places." -- "National Geographic Adventure" " [A] lyrical portrait of a vast, exotic land...Wide-ranging, engagingly written." -- "Seattle Times" " A thoughtful history of, and popular guide to, the great African desert." -- "Kirkus Reviews", Praise for "Sahara" "This is a cool book about one of the world's hottest places."--"National Geographic Adventure" "[A] lyrical portrait of a vast, exotic land...Wide-ranging, engagingly written."--"Seattle Times" "A thoughtful history of, and popular guide to, the great African desert."--"Kirkus Reviews ", Praise forSahara: "This is a cool book about one of the world's hottest places." -National Geographic Adventure "[A] lyrical portrait of a vast, exotic land. . . . Wide-ranging, engagingly written." -Seattle Times "A thoughtful history of, and popular guide to, the great African desert." -Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Edition22
Target AudienceTrade
Dewey Decimal966.23
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- 27. Aug. 2016
Reality Enhances Story
I read Joshua Hammer's Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and this book is the perfect compliment that adds real pictures and details to enhance my appreciation of Hammer's book.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
