Sahara: A Natural History
by Sheila Hirtle & Marq de Villiers

In the parched and seemingly lifeless heart of the Sahara desert, earthworms find enough moisture to survive. Four major mountain ranges interrupt the flow of dunes and gravel plains, and at certain times waterfalls cascade from their peaks. The Sahara, the largest and most austere desert on Earth is full of suprises as de Villiers and Hirtle reveal in this evocative biography of the land and its people. Woven through de Villiers and Hirtle's story is a chronicle of the desert's nations and people: the Berbers and Arabs of the north; its black African south, whose ancestors peopled the greatest empire of Old Africa; and the extraordinary nomads -- the Moors, the Tuareg, and the Tubu -- who call the desert home today. Illuminated by the eloquent written testimonies of past travelers, Sahara is a glittering geographic tour conveying the majesty, mystery, and abundance of life in what the outside world thinks of as the Great Emptiness.

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