A photographic guide to Addis Ababa highlighting the city's architectural heritage, its colourful market places and historical buildings. 128pp, ETHIOPIA. CAMERAPIX, 187404113X

A photo guide to the sites of ancient Ethiopia. Well illustrated with colour photographs. Map, 126pp, KENYA. CAMERAPIX, 1874041180

1994 Paperback

A journey through eastern Africa via the Blue Nile, from its source in the Ethiopian highlands and towards its desert meeting with the White Nile in the Sudan. Illustrated with colour photographs. 324pp, USA. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 0792279514

In 1968 a team supported by the British Army, the Daily Telegraph and the Royal Geographic Society aimed to navigate and explore 500 miles of river known in Ethiopia as the Great Abbai and the Northern Gorge, a mile deep gorge made by the Blue Nile as it flows out of the highlands of North West Ethiopia. While the author covers the scientific and technical aspects of the expedition, he also reveals the human stories behind the exploration, including the death of a member of the party and attacks by bandits. Well illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Index, 265pp, UK. SIGNAL BOOKS LTD.1902669940

Now in paperback. 'Ethiopia bred in me the conviction that if there is any wider purpose to our life, it is to understand the world, to seek out its diversity, to celebrate its heroes and its wonders - in short, to witness it.' When Philip Marsden first went to Ethiopia in 1982, it changed the direction of his life. What he saw of its astonishing antiquity, its medieval Christianity, its extremes of brutality and grace produced in him a restless curiosity. Twenty years later, Marsden returned. This is the account of a journey deferred. Walking hundreds of miles through a landscape of cavernous gorges, tabletop mountains and semi-desert, he encounters monks and hermits, rebels and farmers, people whose spiritual passions reveal a disregard for the material world. This is a picture of one of the most remote regions left on earth, and explores the ambiguities of a nation and a Church fiercely proud of their independence but also shackled by it. 320pp, UK. HARPER PERENNIAL.

This book features an original manuscript diary account by a leading Victorian journalist, William Simpson. It recounts his experiences during a military expedition by the British army into the heart of Ethiopia (then called Abyssinia) in 1868. The introductory materials by Richard Pankhurst, Peter Harrington and Frederic A. Sharf, and the explanatory notes by Richard Pankhurst, give context and historical background to make the account meaningful to the modern reader. xii, 195pp. Illus. index. USA.

The third edition of the Lonely Planet guide to Ethiopia and Eritrea. Contains all usual travel, safari, language and accommodation information and 56 maps. Also describes Ethiopia's unique bird life and Eritrea's diverse people. Illustrated with colour photographs. Index, gloss, 404pp, UK. LONELY PLANET.

Fourth edition includes over 60 pages of new material. Thorough and authoritative. Col & b/w ill, approx 70 maps, index, xiv, 596pp, UK. BRADT PUBLICATIONS.

A chronicle of the author's travles in Ethiopia during the last years of the Imperial Ethiopian Government. Out of print for almost twenty five years, this volume is part history, part travelogue and part social analysis of the people and the societies of the last golden age of the country's recent history. Illustrated with b/w photographs and diagrams. Index, bib, maps, notes, gloss, 288pp, ETHIOPIA. SHAMA BOOKS, 1931253102

1977 Paperback

Goes beyond the usual highlights to show the depths of touristic interest in Ethiopia. Text centred guide. Col illus, 342pp, ETHIOPIA. SHAMA BOOKS, 1931253110

2001 DELAY Paperback

A business and travel guide collecting information on embassies, the administrative regions of Ethiopia, and business resources. Includes chapters on agriculture, mining, water resources, finance, industry and trade, tourism, and infrastructure. 232pp, IRELAND. EBIZ GUIDES, 8460796671

A guide to Ethiopia's architecture, geography, peoples, art and history, including all the major sites. Col & b/w ill, bib, index, x, 390pp, UK. I B TAURIS, 1860647448

Spectacular colour photography by one of Africa's greatest photographers in large format with explanatory text. Covers people and costumes, landscapes and cityscapes, architecture and archaeology, and wildlife. Col illus, 325mm x 248mm, 192pp, KENYA. CAMERAPIX.