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Skeletons on the Zahara
- A True Story of Survival
- Written by: Dean King
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of 12 American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story of survival
- By N on 2018-09-14
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Secrets of the Savanna
- Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People
- Written by: Mark Owens, Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Donna Postel, Sean Runnette
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
In this riveting real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villagers, and - in the end - themselves....
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White Hunters
- Written by: Brian Herne
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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A little over 100 years ago, East Africa was terra incognita to most whites....
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Confessions of an African Safari Guide: Truths, Tales and Taboos of the Safari Life
- Written by: Lloyd Camp
- Narrated by: Lloyd Camp
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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So, who is the jeep-jockey in the khaki uniform and the sweat-stained hat, this person you entrust your life to when you venture into the African wilderness? Listen to find out more....
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A Primate's Memoir
- A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
- Written by: Robert M. Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
A Primate's Memoir interweaves serious scientific observations with wry commentary about the challenges and pleasures of living in the wilds of the Serengeti-for man and beast alike....
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The Garden of Mars
- Madagascar, an Island Story
- Written by: John Gimlette
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
A journey - both historical and contemporary - among the fantastical landscapes, beguiling creatures and isolated tribes of the world's fourth island: Madagascar....
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Skeletons on the Zahara
- A True Story of Survival
- Written by: Dean King
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of 12 American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story of survival
- By N on 2018-09-14
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Secrets of the Savanna
- Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People
- Written by: Mark Owens, Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Donna Postel, Sean Runnette
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
In this riveting real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villagers, and - in the end - themselves....
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White Hunters
- Written by: Brian Herne
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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A little over 100 years ago, East Africa was terra incognita to most whites....
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Confessions of an African Safari Guide: Truths, Tales and Taboos of the Safari Life
- Written by: Lloyd Camp
- Narrated by: Lloyd Camp
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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So, who is the jeep-jockey in the khaki uniform and the sweat-stained hat, this person you entrust your life to when you venture into the African wilderness? Listen to find out more....
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A Primate's Memoir
- A Neuroscientist’s Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
- Written by: Robert M. Sapolsky
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
A Primate's Memoir interweaves serious scientific observations with wry commentary about the challenges and pleasures of living in the wilds of the Serengeti-for man and beast alike....
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The Garden of Mars
- Madagascar, an Island Story
- Written by: John Gimlette
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
A journey - both historical and contemporary - among the fantastical landscapes, beguiling creatures and isolated tribes of the world's fourth island: Madagascar....
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The Masked Rider
- Cycling in West Africa
- Written by: Neil Peart
- Narrated by: Brian Sutherland
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
Dysentery, drunken soldiers, and corrupt officials provide the background for Rush drummer Neil Peart's physical and spiritual cycling journey through West Africa....
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5 out of 5 stars
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This one is funny
- By Danny on 2019-08-15
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Running with the Kenyans
- Written by: Adharanand Finn
- Narrated by: Paul Tyreman
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest races....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Essential reading for runners
- By Dale on 2018-09-13
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Looking for Transwonderland
- Written by: Noo Saro-Wiwa
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England....
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Michael Palin: Sahara
- Written by: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Michael Palin's epic voyages have seen him circumnavigate the globe, but perhaps the greatest single challenge he has faced is his latest, a crossing of the vast and merciless Sahara Desert....
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África nuestra tercera raíz [Africa, Our Third Root]
- Written by: Diana Uribe
- Narrated by: Diana Uribe
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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África, nuestra tercera raíz es el quinto trabajo de la reconocida filósofa e historiadora Diana Uribe. Es el resultado de más de una década de investigación y viajes sobre el continente africano....
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5 out of 5 stars
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La historia que todos merecemos saber
- By Ana Maria Salazar on 2021-01-06
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Into Africa
- Africa by Motorcycle - Every Day an Adventure
- Written by: Sam Manicom
- Narrated by: Sam Manicom
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
A liberating motorcycle journey through Africa with descriptions of the amazing people and places, the joy of big skies and the open road, and the sometimes harrowing events that would shape destiny.....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen
- By Clifford Wayne Garner on 2018-06-27
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Mike Hoare's Adventures in Africa
- Written by: Mike Hoare
- Narrated by: Mike Hoare
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Go with Mike on foot accros Basutoland; by motorbike from Cape Town to Cairo; to sea in a 36-foot ketch; into the Kalahari desert - and more....
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Wild Life
- Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs
- Written by: Keena Roberts
- Narrated by: Chloe Cannon
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Keena Roberts split her adolescence between the wilds of an island camp in Botswana and the even more treacherous halls of an elite Philadelphia private school....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-06-29
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East African Odyssey
- Love and Adventure in the Africa of the 1960s
- Written by: Emilee Hines
- Narrated by: Kate Johnson
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In East Africa on the eve of independence three cultures - African, Asian and European - vie for control of the emerging countries....
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A Zoo in My Luggage
- Written by: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
A Zoo in My Luggage is the account of Gerald Durrell's six-month animal-collecting trip in British Cameroon, and his attempts to create his own zoo. Motivated by a passion for wildlife, and a desire to save endangered species from extinction, Durrell assembles exotic animals....
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Travels in the Interior of Africa
- Written by: Mungo Park
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1795 the interior of Africa was still a great unexplored mystery to the Western world....
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Greater Than a Tourist: Livingstone, Zambia, Africa
- 50 Travel Tips from a Local
- Written by: Lillian M. Simwanza, Greater Than a Tourist
- Narrated by: Jared James
- Length: 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Greater Than a Tourist: Livingstone, Zambia, Africa by Lillian M. Simwanza offers the inside scoop on Livingstone City, in Zambia, Africa. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this guide will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination....
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Tanzania - Culture Smart!
- The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
- Written by: Quintin Winks
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Don't pack anxiety in your suitcase! Listening to Tanzania - Culture Smart! before you go, will ease your travel, help you to make friends, and avoid confusion....
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Scribbling the Cat
- Travels with an African Soldier
- Written by: Alexandra Fuller
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
When Alexandra ("Bo") Fuller was home in Zambia a few years ago, visiting her parents for Christmas, she asked her father about a nearby banana farmer who was known for being a "tough bugger"....
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Walking the Nile
- Written by: Levison Wood
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
An inimitable tale of survival, resilience, and sheer willpower, Walking the Nile is an inspiring chronicle of an epic journey down the lifeline of civilization in northern Africa....
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Kilimanjaro Diaries
- Or, How I Spent a Week Dreaming of Toilets, Drinking Crappy Water, and Making Bad Jokes While Having the Time of My Life
- Written by: Eva Melusine Thieme
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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When expat blogger and mother of four Eva Melusine Thieme first harbors the idea of ringing out her three years in Africa on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, it sounds easy....
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Sahara
- Written by: Michael Palin
- Narrated by: Michael Palin
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
- Abridged
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Michael Palin is off again, this time to the seemingly desolate Sahara Desert....
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Distant Suns
- Every Day an Adventure, Book 3
- Written by: Sam Manicom
- Narrated by: Sam Manicom
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
Sam Manicom's dynamic third book transports you to Southern Africa, South and Central America. Sam has a gift for describing the vibrancy of people and places....
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After the Dance
- Travels in a Democratic South Africa
- Written by: David Robbins
- Narrated by: Jonathan van Rensburg
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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After the Dance first appeared in 2004, 10 years after South Africa’s wildly enthusiastic embrace of freedom and democracy. Its value now, 15 years later, seems to be as a portrait of a new democracy that is losing its innocence....
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Calculus in the Congo
- Adventures while Teaching and Traveling on the African Continent
- Written by: Jashanananda
- Narrated by: Jashanananda
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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This book chronicles the first year and a half of these adventures, including the day-to-day life of a teacher at The American School of Kinshasa from 2005-2007....
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Ghana - Culture Smart!
- Written by: Ian Utley
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Culture Smart! - Ghana helps to disperse the frustrations and barriers and offers the listener an opportunity to enjoy more fully all that this beautiful country has to offer....
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Cycling to Dongola: A Memoir
- Written by: Jonas Barter
- Narrated by: Jonas Barter
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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At the age of 69, Jonas Barter embarks on an inspiring adventure to celebrate retirement and reassure himself that the old body in the mirror is still friends with the younger guy in the head. This quest becomes the story of a 2,000 km bicycle trip in Northern Africa....
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Geldof in Africa
- Written by: Bob Geldof
- Narrated by: Bob Geldof
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Over 20 years on, passion undiminished, Geldof returns to what he calls the Luminous Continent....
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Quondam
- Travels in a Once World
- Written by: John Devoy
- Narrated by: John Devoy
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Once in a while, a travel book comes along that pushes at the boundaries of the genre. Quondam: Travels in a Once World does exactly that, asking us to reimagine the relevance and potential of travel....
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Nowhere in Africa
- An Autobiographical Novel
- Written by: Stefanie Zweig
- Narrated by: Max Roll
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Nowhere in Africa is the extraordinary tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya....
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Kissing Kilimanjaro
- Leaving It All on Top of Africa
- Written by: Daniel Dorr
- Narrated by: Daniel Dorr
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Mount Kilimanjaro is sometimes called "Everyman's Everest" because it is possible for a novice climber to reach the summit....
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Kissing Kilimanjaro is a Fun, Helpful Guide!
- By Liam Dorey on 2020-04-14
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Ethiopia - Culture Smart!
- The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
- Written by: Sarah Howard
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Ethiopia - Culture Smart! provides essential information, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues....
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Elephants
- Birth, Life, and Death in the World of the Giants
- Written by: Hannah Mumby
- Narrated by: Gemma Lawrence
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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What Jane Goodall did for chimpanzees, international ecologist and conservation scientist Hannah Mumby now does for elephants in this compelling, eye-opening account that brings into focus this species remarkably similar to humans - and makes a persuasive argument for saving them....
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Morocco: Sights Uncovered
- Travel with Tessa
- Written by: Tessa Ingel
- Narrated by: Tessa Ingel
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Morocco - it simmers with exotic sounds, smells, flavors, and spices....
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A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone to the Zambesi and its Tributaries
- Written by: Dr. Stanley Livingstone
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Livingstone's first book revolutionized the way European readers saw Africa and made him a hero in England....