Sahara : A Natural History

In the Sahara desert massive dunes can appear almost overnight, & be gone just as quickly. This biography. of the Sahara, the largest & most austere desert on Earth, shows that it is full of surprises. Woven through the story is a chronicle of the Sahara's nations & people: the Berbers & Arabs of the north; its black African south, whose ancestors peopled the greatest empires of Old Africa; & the extraordinary nomads -- the Moors, the Tuareg (the famous blue menÓ), & the Tubu -- who call the desert home today. Illuminated by the eloquent written testimonies of past travelers, this is a glittering geographic tour conveying the majesty, mystery, & abundance of life in what the outside world thinks of as the Great Emptiness. Illustrations.de Villiers, Marq is the author of 'Sahara : A Natural History', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756789206 and ISBN 0756789206.