With over 40 million copies sold worldwide, Berlitz Pocket Guides have long been renowned for their ease of use and portability by booksellers and travelers alike. Redesigned and updated, Pocket Guides continue to provide a world of information for travel at any budget -- and still fit into a pocket.
Focus on Africa
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa: From Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-five to His Death. Continued by a...
The Great Rift Valley of Africa, formed by violent geological events of the past, is so prominent a cleft down the eastern side of the continent that it can be...
"Traversa" is a fascinating account of the hardships and hilarity Fran Sandham experienced during his epic solo journey on foot across Africa, from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean...
From the earliest clay figures and ivory combs of Predynastic times, through the masterful statuary of the Old Kingdom and the exquisite tomb paintings of the New Kingdom, to the...
This guide to Malawi aims to show the traveller how to see as much as they want on a reasonable budget. It includes climate charts, information on outdoor activities, accommodation...
This new guide covers Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Along with the practical essentials, this book includes background on the region's turbulent history and...
There is little written by Ghanaians to help foreigners understand their culturally prescribed rules of behaviour. This fascinating book offers an introduction to the Ghanaian people and is of use...
Explores South Africa's top surfing destinations. This work examines the waves that are to be caught off South Africa's beaches, and what lies beyond and beneath: which beach offers the...
South Africa, together with Lesotho and Swaziland, has a diverse landscape and equally varied flora, which encompasses some 19,000 shrubs and herbs, a large proportion of which bear flowers of...