The Sahara: A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination)
 "A succinct and successful summary of the past, present and future of this surprisingly busy desert"Michael Palin"Vital background reading for anyone who wants to understand the deep roots of the Arab Spring"BBC"A painstaking study of a remarkable corner of the planet"Geographical Magazine"It maintains an honoured place on my reference shelves" Colin Thubron"For width of learning, and skill in finding gems of interest, this book is hard to beat" Robert Twigger"A wonderful book that is as rich as the Sahara is austere"Tim Butcher"A succinct and successful summary of the past, present and future of this surprisingly busy desert." --Michael Palin"Gearon is the rare writer who uses humor and grace to tell the most humanistic of tales -that of a land with a history of both indigenous and foreign seekers, merchants, and poets... His tale goes beyond the simple charm of travel writing and rises beyond facile orientalist stereotypes." --International Social Science Review