{"product_id":"sahara-unveiled-a-journey-across-the-desert-paperback","title":"Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Langewiesche\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is as vast as the United States and so arid that most bacteria cannot survive there. Its loneliness is so extreme it is said that migratory birds will land beside travelers, just for the company. William Langewiesche came to the Sahara to see it as its inhabitants do, riding its public transport, braving its natural and human dangers, depending on its sparse sustenance and suspect hospitality. From his journey, which took him across the desert's hyperarid core from Algiers to Dakar, he has crafted a contemporary classic of travel writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a narrative studded with gemlike discourses on subjects that range from the physics of sand dunes to the history of the Tuareg nomads, Langewiesche introduces us to the Sahara's merchants, smugglers, fixers, and expatriates. Eloquent and precise, \u003ci\u003eSahara Unveiled\u003c\/i\u003e blends history and reportage, anthropology and anecdote, into an unforgettable portrait of the world's most romanticized yet most forbidding desert.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Langewiesche\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven previous books\u003ci\u003e Cutting for Sign\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSahara Unveiled\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInside the Sky, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outlaw Sea, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Atomic Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eFly By Wire\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the international editor for \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 7.91 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752108130592,"sku":"9780679750062","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0196da3cabe40b9745591baa04ac3967.webp?v=1779987914","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sahara-unveiled-a-journey-across-the-desert-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}