books about: equatorial     books:     Equatorial      The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific J. Maarten Troost Broadway, 2004 Wonderful book about real life in the Pacific This is a marvelously humorous and accurate account of living in a small country in the Pacific. Highly recommended!             Under an Equatorial Sky Rebekah E. Trittipoe E-Booktime, LLC, 2006 Excellent Book! This was a great book! A fantastic story of a very courageous, strong and faithful Christian woman. Her tale was exciting and riveting. I highly recommend it.             Through the Dark Continent: Or, The Sources of the Nile, around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa, and ... Henry Morton Stanley Adamant Media Corporation, 2000 This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1878 edition by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London.             The Quest For The Secret Nile: Victorian Exploration in Equatorial Africa 1857-1888 Guy Yeoman Chaucer Press, 2004 The Nile, stretching for a distance of 4,163 miles, is the longest river in the world. The ancient Greeks were obsessed by the provenance of so much water, feeding a river that flowed out of the desert. Aeschylus, in 500 BC, talked of Egypt being nurtured by the snows. For centuries, the only sporadic reports from the heart of equatorial Africa ...             Tropical Asian Cooking: Exotic Flavors from Equatorial Asia Wendy Hutton, Nobuyuki Matsuhisa Periplus Editions, 2002 Love this book, love it! I am a caterer and am always perousing new books for creative ideas, this book is excellent. Warning - do not read on an empty stomach... the growling will ensue!             Trader Horn: A Young Man's Astounding Adventures in 19th Century Equatorial Africa (Travelers' Tales Classics) Alfred Aloysius Horn Travelers' Tales, 2002 This is the stuff of legends ? the true story of the life of Trader Horn. Down on his luck in old age, Horn recounts his wild youth as an ivory trader in central Africa, journeying into jungles teaming with buffalo, gorillas, and man-eating leopards; liberating an Isorga princess from captivity; navigating treacherous rivers; freeing slaves; and ...             The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs, and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa Adam Roberts PublicAffairs, 2007 Great read Fascinating, humorous, and ultimately human and touching look into a world few of us ever see. Ok, just up front, let's mention in bold type: being in prison in Africa really, really sucks. I think this book makes that abundantly clear. Second: having a lot of ...             Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience With Development And Decadence In Deepest Africa Robert Klitgaard Basic Books, 1991 A highly informative and unique book It is not very common to find a World Bank economist who writes with a touch of humor, humility and eloquence, but that is exactly what you will discover in this unique book. The author was a World Bank advisor assigned to the tiny African nation of Equatorial Guinea ...             Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa Peter Beard Knopf, 2004 Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa This book is a fantastic journey and inspires the adventuresome spirit. A beautiful sharing of a unique life.             From Slaving To Neoslavery: The Bight Of Biafra And Fernando Po In The Era Of Abolition, 1827-1930 Ibrahim K. Sundiata University of Wisconsin Press, 1996 Fernando Po, home to the Bantu-speaking Bubi people, has an unusually complex history. Long touted as the "key" to West Africa, it is the largest West African island and the last to enter the world economy. Confronted by both African resistance and ecological barriers, early British and Spanish imperialism foundered there. Not until the late ...             Through the Dark Continent: Or, The Sources of the Nile, around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa, and ... Henry Morton Stanley Adamant Media Corporation, 2000 Bula Matari - The Rock Breaker The natives of Africa who worked with Stanley called him Bula Matari - "The Rock Breaker", and with good reason. It is really very hard to appreciate Stanley's accomplishments from today's perspective. In 1874, Stanley left Zanzibar. By 1877, he had crossed the ...             Games Against Nature: An Eco-Cultural History of the Nunu of Equatorial Africa Robert Harms Cambridge University Press, 1999 In this book, Robert Harms makes an important advance toward recovering the history of the people of the rain forest by telling the story of the Nunu, who live in and around swampy floodplains of the middle Zaire River. Using concepts drawn from game theory, Professor Harms explores the changing relationship between nature and culture among the ...             Chromosome 6 Robin Cook Putnam Adult, 1997 One of Cook's Best!!! This is one of my favorite Robin Cook books. This rather prophetically scary story weaves together genetic engineering and cloning in humans and primates. Given rapid advances in modern technology, a story like this not only could come true any day, but do we really ...             Travels in the Congo Andre Gide Ecco, 1999             Shadows of Your Black Memory Donato Ndongo Swan Isle Press, 2007 Set during the last years of Spanish rule in Equatorial Guinea, Shadows of Your Black Memory presents the voice of a young African man reflecting on his childhood. Through the idealistic eyes of the nameless protagonist, Donato Ngongo portrays the cultural conflicts between Africa and Spain, ancestral worship competing with Catholicism, and ...          products you might be interested in search for books astounding, determination, development, eco-cultural, exploration, livingstone      toavi.com    web we recommend Wonderful book about real life in the Pacific randomly chosen kitchen: Ephemera--Why Do I Have to Get Married? I Did Not Do Anything Wrong ...