Contemptuous of Europe's 'civilising mission' in Africa, Mary Kingsley's (1862-1900) extraordinary journeys through tropical west Africa are a remarkable record, both of a world which has vanished and of a writer and explorer of immense bravery, wit and humanity. Paddling through mangrove swamps, fending off crocodiles, climbing Mount Cameroon, Kingsley is both admirable and funny. "Great Journeys" allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to match that of engaging with writers who saw astounding things: great civilizations, walls of ice, violent and implacable jungles, deserts and mountains, multitudes of birds and flowers new to science. Reading these books is to see the world afresh, to rediscover a time when many cultures were quite strange to each other, where legends and stories were treated as facts and in which so much was still to be discovered.

The Congo and the Cameroons (Penguin Great Journeys)

Literature & Fiction

Mary Kingsley

Essays & Correspondence

Penguin??Books

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / Africa / General; Travel / Africa / General;

Travels in West Africa: Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons (Virago/Beacon Travelers Series)

Travel

Travel Writing

Beacon Pr

A collection of six tales of Yuletide romance features work by Georgina Devon, Violet Hamilton, Valerie King, Mary Kingsley, Meg-Lynn Roberts, and Olivia Summer. Original.

A Christmas to Cherish

Georgina Devon

Violet Hamilton

Valerie King

Meg-Lynn Roberts

Olivia Sumner

United States

Kensington Pub. Corp

A Mother's Love

A collection of six short stories draws on some of the most talented writers in the Regency romance genre, including Sara Blayne, Melissa Lynn Jones, Valerie King, Nina Porter, Teresa Desjardien, and Mary Kingsley. Original.

Romance

Sara Blayne

Teresa DeJardien

Melissa Lynn Jones

Nina Porter

Historical

Three Valentine's Day tales feature the story of an old tradition that permits a lady to choose the man she desires; a viscount who accepts, as payment for a bet, a position as a librarian; and a prince searching for a suitable wife. Original.

A Valentine's Day Delight (A Zebra Holiday Regency Romance)

Karla Hocker

Anthea Malcolm

West African Studies

Taylor&Francis

Collection Actions

Jonathan A. Sheldon

Carolyn L. Carter

Abby Shafroth

Ariel Nelson

Jeremiah Battle (Jr.)

Jenifer M. Bosco

Travels in West Africa

Genre Fiction

Culturea

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