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Timbuktu
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Emblem Editions | History; History - Africa; Social Science
978-0-7710-2647-8 (0-7710-2647-1)
October 28, 2008 | $21.00
The first book for general readers about the storied past of one of the world’s most fabled cities.
Timbuktu — the name still evokes an exotic, faraway place, even though the city’s glory days are long gone. Unspooling its history and legends, resolving myth with reality, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle...
Written by Marq De Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Emblem Editions | History; History - Africa; Social Science
978-0-7710-2647-8 (0-7710-2647-1)
October 28, 2008 | $21.00
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The first book for general readers about the storied past of one of the world’s most fabled cities.
Timbuktu — the name still evokes an exotic, faraway place, even though the city’s glory days are long gone. Unspooling its history and legends, resolving myth with reality, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle...
Also available as a
hardcover.
Timbuktu
Hardcover | 320 pages | McClelland & Stewart | History; History - Africa; Social Science
978-0-7710-2646-1 (0-7710-2646-3)
October 23, 2007 | $34.99
The first book for general readers about the storied past of one of the world’s most fabled cities.
Timbuktu — the name still evokes an exotic, faraway place, even though the city’s glory days are long gone. Unspooling its history and legends, resolving myth with reality, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle...
Written by Marq De Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
Hardcover | 320 pages | McClelland & Stewart | History; History - Africa; Social Science
978-0-7710-2646-1 (0-7710-2646-3)
October 23, 2007 | $34.99
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The first book for general readers about the storied past of one of the world’s most fabled cities.
Timbuktu — the name still evokes an exotic, faraway place, even though the city’s glory days are long gone. Unspooling its history and legends, resolving myth with reality, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
A Dune Adrift
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Nature; Science - Geography
978-0-7710-2643-0 (0-7710-2643-9)
February 28, 2006 | $22.99
Sable Island lies off Canada’s Nova Scotian coast. A shape-shifting ghost of an island, it is in fact more a sandbar, adrift in the Atlantic, wandering to the east or west with the storms that so frequently batter it – but somehow never tipping over the nearby Continental Shelf.
The bane of...
Written by Marq De Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Nature; Science - Geography
978-0-7710-2643-0 (0-7710-2643-9)
February 28, 2006 | $22.99
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Sable Island lies off Canada’s Nova Scotian coast. A shape-shifting ghost of an island, it is in fact more a sandbar, adrift in the Atlantic, wandering to the east or west with the storms that so frequently batter it – but somehow never tipping over the nearby Continental Shelf.
The bane of...
Also available as a
hardcover.
A Dune Adrift
Hardcover | 288 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Nature; Science - Geography
978-0-7710-2642-3 (0-7710-2642-0)
August 24, 2004 | $34.99
Sable Island lies off Canada’s Nova Scotian coast. A shape-shifting ghost of an island, it is in fact more a sandbar, adrift in the Atlantic, wandering to the east or west with the storms that so frequently batter it – but somehow never tipping over the nearby Continental Shelf.
The bane of...
Written by Marq De Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
Hardcover | 288 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Nature; Science - Geography
978-0-7710-2642-3 (0-7710-2642-0)
August 24, 2004 | $34.99
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Sable Island lies off Canada’s Nova Scotian coast. A shape-shifting ghost of an island, it is in fact more a sandbar, adrift in the Atlantic, wandering to the east or west with the storms that so frequently batter it – but somehow never tipping over the nearby Continental Shelf.
The bane of...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Sahara
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Nature; Science - Geography; History - Africa
978-0-7710-2638-6 (0-7710-2638-2)
March 23, 2004 | $24.99
In a book that is beautifully written and full of surprises, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle describe the Sahara desert in all its remarkable complexity.
The authors’ revelations reinforce some common assumptions about the “Great Emptiness” – but others are challenged. There’s water in the Sahara – massive aquifers sufficient...
Written by Marq De Villiers and Sheila Hirtle
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Nature; Science - Geography; History - Africa
978-0-7710-2638-6 (0-7710-2638-2)
March 23, 2004 | $24.99
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In a book that is beautifully written and full of surprises, Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle describe the Sahara desert in all its remarkable complexity.
The authors’ revelations reinforce some common assumptions about the “Great Emptiness” – but others are challenged. There’s water in the Sahara – massive aquifers sufficient...
