This book is a gorgeous coffee-table volume. It is divided into sections by time periods beginning in the 1840s and continues to the present. Each chapter is introduced with an in-depth discussion of what was happening at that time, then moves to captioned photos. The book is large, 10"x12", and is presented on heavy, high quality paper; a pleasure to hold and look at! My only criticism is that readability was sacrificed for design. The type is very small and, therefore, difficult to read, and the caption reference number below each photo is mircoscopic. Also, even though I'm sure the photos were reproduced perfectly, some are hard to make out (what do I expect for 100+ year old photos!) I recommend this book whether you are interested in this subject, interested in photography or just love beautiful books.

Este libro vale lo que cuesta. Uno de los pocos que se traducen al español, que trata de Africa desde los tiempos mas remotos hasta el siglo 20. Sin duda una buena lectura le brindara al lector una comprencion general acerca de la historia de este maltratado continente. Cuenta ademas con una extensa bibliografia por cada capitulo. Sin duda una increible invercion.

An original folktale based on Kenyan fable characters, H.J. Arrington's retelling of how Baku the crocodile ruined his friendship with Taki the monkey by trying to steal his heart, and then losing the approval of his crocodile village for not returning with it, is wonderfully enhanced with the superb artwork of JoAnn Kitchel. Baku needs Taki's help to cure the Might One, leader of all the crocodiles. Only together can Baku and Taki find a cure for the Mighty One's illness so that Baku's village will accept him again. Friends Again? is a magnificently presented, highly recommended, picturebook tale of friendship, loyalty, honesty, and trust.

The volume set is wonderfully researched and painstackingly accurrate. A joy to read and learn something about Jazz outside of its New Orleans Birthplace: for that I recommend Our Heritage in the Making, By brian Federico That book details the origins of New Orleans Style Jazz and is the complete history of the Jazz and Heritage Festival.

This book is the book you have been searching for! It gives you a sense of self once you complete the first few chapters. The author explains his theories and turns them into solid facts by footnoting nearly every page. I checked some of the book that he quoted from, and now I find myself reading all I can get my hands on when it comes to Ancient Covilization! From Babylon to Timbuktu is the tale of a great race that still exists today: the Africans. And the story of Babylon reminds us of modern-day America... perhaps New York City.

it teaches me a lot how difficult it is to try to live along with a back ward society. And how hard it is to establish a natural/park in beurocratic & feudalistic society . I admire the author /nicole/ for his courage& consistency to reach his goal,teach people about the use and beuty of siemen mountain who had no idea to their share of distruction of forest & natural habitat.I learned a great deal about my country's natural beauty. I highly recommend the book for every Ethipian to read.

This is the most carefully and accurately written travel guide, and thus the most useful, that I have encountered in nearly four decades of traveling. It is also the most sensitive statement of The Gambia and its people I could imagine. I have been visiting the country since the mid-1970s, and was just there in early 2003. I found out that Emms and Barnett are respected wildlife experts who have taken up residence in The Gambia who advise the Gambian government, when it will listen, on matters pertaining to wildlife, ecology, and conservation. They care about The Gambia and its people. What all of this means for travelers is that they have recently visited each restaurant, hotel, and museum (and bar) they write about, driven each road, bartered for each item purchased. For every place I visited, over two months, their advice was on the money. And I would purchase the book even if not traveling, because it gives a wonderfully accurate sense of Gambian history and culture. My hat is off to Emms, Barnett, and the Bradt folks for giving us this book. Don't leave home (for The Gambia) without it.

This is a very great book on all the troubles Gandhi experienced in South Africa. One incident is when Gandhi is thrown out of a train for sitting in the whites only section. Gandhi acts upon these problems and makes a definite difference to apartheid in South Africa. I thoroughly enjoyed this book because it showed me the horrible prejudices that occur in South Africa. It also gave me a clearer sense of what South Africa is really about.

I grew up in the USA thinking of gandhi as some mystical hero figure. Of course, the movie didn't help. After I read this book I have a different attitude. He was a lawyer turned politician from the upper middle class, as are many leaders. He dealt with all the same things that leaders of people deal with and he did all the same things the rest of them do, including compromise. This includes not pressing the issue of the racism (towards native africans) or classism of many of the Indian merchant-class who had hired him to help them in their struggle against the white government of South Africa. It paints him a bit insensitive towards the suffering that many of the lower class went through as part of his campaigns as well. So, I always like it when a book shows me unusual views of famous hyped up events and people, even if it is only to shatter my own naivite and ignorance.

How exciting to see this novel back in print. I first came upon this story while patrolling the intricate rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta during the Viet Nam War c. 1968-1969. A public library had donated several books to the ship's library, this enchanting story being one of them. I have since read this hard-to-find book (usually via special searches at the Los Angeles Public Library) several times. This epic novel about the experience of a single woman travelling alone from England to Algeria can best be appreciated when read against the social and cultural contexts of what constituted appropriate behavior for respectable ladies in 1905 England. A young woman travelling unescorted to a far-off exotic land was quite a titillating piece of literature which might not be appreciated from a 2001 perspective. That aside, Robert Hichens' ability to capture the rich historic texture of Algeria at the time, juxtaposed against the deep complexity of one of the novel's primary characters, and the "dark mystery" with which the author so effectively teases the reader through the second half of the story, has not lost its intrigue in the almost 100 years since its writing. The author's talent and sensitivity are displayed in his ability to convey to the reader the hot sultry climate; the din and cacaphony of high-density Algerian cities; the sensuality of romantic and exotic evenings; the rhythms of ethnic Algerian music and the smells of Algerian food wafting through the reader's nostrils. In fact, the author's talent, love and respect for the cultural backdrop of his story can perhaps be more appreciated by today's readers who are more competent at modern global cultural competency efforts. This book is an absolute treasure which delivers a somewhat disappointing denouement only because the shame that in 1905 is the mystery of one of the principle characters, to readers in the second half of the last century, may not only be viewed as not shameful, but perhaps even as liberating. During my first reading of this enchanting work, at the moment when the great shame is disclosed to the reader, because social mores have changed dramatically since this book was written, the revelation was anti-climatic. Nonetheless, the story is as enchanting as it is intriguing. Not only is this book worth the reading; adding this book to your collection is worth the investment; and I guarantee that like me, you will read this book more than once if you are one who enjoys re-visiting earlier literary expereinces. (And yes, from this novel the screenplay for "The Garden of Allah" starring Charles Boyer and Marlene Deitrich was written.)

Chuck Pace, MPH West Hollywood, California