Travelogues & Biogs	Picture Books	My Favourites
Guides, DVDs & some music	Fiction	History/Culture/Science

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This is a personal selection of Saharan books reviews: fiction, history, gudebooks, travelogues and even the odd dvd, mostly in English and spanning over 30 years of reading. Some books reviewed are long out of print but are still great reads and may be available at places like abebooks.co.uk. Enjoy the selection and check out my favourites which include some classic works on the Sahara. Last February 2007 MY MERCEDES IS NOT FOR SALE ~ Jeroen van Bergeijk ~ Travelogue QUIET FOR A TUESDAY ~ Tom Sheppard ~ Travelogue ALGERIA ~ Lonely Planet ~ Guides... DESERT DIVERS ~ Sven Lindqvist ~ Travelogue BLEEDING OF THE STONE ~ Ibrahim Al-Koni ~ Fiction CALL OF THE DESERT ~ Philippe Bourseiller ~ Picture Books CALL OF THE DESERT; THE SAHARA ~ Philippe Bourseiller ~ Picture Books CONQUEST OF THE SAHARA ~ Douglas Porch ~ History... DESERT  TRAVELS ~ Chris Scott ~ Travelogues... DESERT ENCOUNTER ~ Knud Holmboe ~ Travelogues... DESERT EXPLORER ~ Patrick Clayton ~ History... DIE  ERSCHLIESUNG DER SAHARA DURCH MOTORFAHRZEUGE  1901-1936 ~ Werner Nother ~ History... EGYPT, CIVILISATION IN THE SANDS ~ Pauline and Phillipe de Flers ~ Picture Books FLYAWAY ~ Desmond Bagley ~ Fiction FORGOTTEN PATH ~ David Newman ~ Travelogues... FROM LIBYAN SANDS TO CHAD ~ Nigel Heseltine ~ Travelogues... GRAINS OF SAND ~ Michael Buckley ~ Travelogues... GREAT WARM DESERTS OF THE WORLD ~ Andrew Goudie ~ History... HUNT FOR ZERZURA ~ Saul Kelly ~ History... IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY ~ Michael Asher ~ Travelogues... LIBYAN SANDS ~ Ralph Bagnold ~ Travelogues... LOST OASIS ~ Robert Twigger ~ Travelogues... LOST TRAIL OF THE SAHARA ~ Roger Frison Roche ~ Fiction MAURITANIE AU GPS ~ Cyril Ribas and Sylvie Beallet ~ Guides... MEN OF SALT ~ Travelogues... MOST BEAUTIFUL DESERT OF ALL ~ Philippe Diole ~ Travelogues... MYSTERIOUS SAHARA ~ Byron Khun de Prorok ~ Travelogues... OTHER EGYPT ~ Wael Abed ~ History... PEOPLE OF THE VEIL ~ Francis Lord Rennel of Rodd ~ History... SAHARA  - LAND BEYOND IMAGINATION ~ Frans Lemmens ~ Picture Books SAHARA ~ Jeremy Swift ~ Picture Books SAHARA ~ Michael Palin ~ Travelogues... SAHARA UNVEILED ~ William Langewiesche ~ Travelogues... SAHARA, THE LIFE OF THE GREAT DESERT ~ Mark de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle ~ History... SAHARAS ~ Alain and Berny Sebe ~ Picture Books SANDSTORM ~ Micheal Asher ~ Fiction SANDSTORM ~ Henry Shukman~ Fiction SEARCH FOR THE TASSILI FRESCOES ~ Henri Lhote ~ History... SHADOWS ACROSS THE SAHARA ~ John Hare ~ Travelogues... SHELTERING SKY ~ Paul Bowles ~ Fiction SKELETONS ON THE ZAHARA ~ Dean King ~ History... SPANISH SAHARA ~ John Mercer ~ History... THE SWORD AND THE CROSS ~ Fergus Fleming ~ History... TRAVELS IN MAURITANIA ~ Peter Hudson ~ Travelogues... UNKNOWN SAHARA ~ Laszlo Almasy ~ History... THE WESTERN DESERT OF EGYPT ~ Cassandra Vivien ~ Guides... WIND, SAND AND STARS ~ Antoine de Saint Exupery ~ Travelogues..