num_pages: 248
description: Tom Sheppard authored two editions of his Vehicle-dependent Expedition Guide  a book that won accolades and a reprint order (Edn 2.1) from the Royal Geographical Society and has sold worldwide. He also wrote the well-established Four-by-four Driving the fourth in a series used by the Land Rover driving school (UK and US). To a tally of more than 100000 miles of desert expeditions and exploration  including the first lateral 6000 mile coast-to-coast crossing of the Sahara for which he gained the Royal Geographical Society's Ness Award  Tom Sheppard now tells the tale of one of his his most recent. Quiet for a Tuesday is the story of a solo off-tracks Sahara expedition where the author faced ... problems. His maps and satellite images were confiscated in mid-Sahara. But despite this he went on to complete a complex demanding and often hazardous 700-mile off-piste uninhabited route to visit and photograph the extraordinary landscapes he was determined to see. Not reckless buccaneering; a carefully calculated risk executed with considerable care. But with a few nasty surprises. The author writes well. His text has been described as fluent and literary. The story is told tongue-in-cheek  with humour a passion for the desert a boundless sense of wonder a love of nature technical detail  and suspense. It is accompanied by achingly beautiful pictures of Algeria's pristine Sahara. The story finishes with some sharp opinion and  with signs of a light at the end of the tunnel  proposals for a Protected Area in the Sahara. The design and production values of this book are truly exceptional  minutely-integrated text-and-picture placing and high-definition stochastic print; on sewn 16pp sections to lie flat when opened. As Sheppard says with a tolerant grin Not many in our Unh?-wha?-nah! society will even notice it ..  but the perceptive few who know books will permit themselves a nod and a slow warm smile. Extracts and see www.desertwinds.co.uk. Also excerpts from Chapter 1 see below.
language: English
title: Quiet for a Tuesday: Solo in the Algerian Sahara
publisher: Desert Winds