The best way to see'really see'any city is on foot. The perennial favorite Washington on Foot has been compeltely revised and updated to offer 24 walking tours of Washington's neighborhoods. Familiar monuments and museums are all here, side-by-side with lesser-known historic sit…
Presents twenty-four itineraries for exploring the Capital area on foot that feature maps and architectural illustrations, as well as historical and cultural information, tying the rapidly transforming neighborhoods to their histories.
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A former Africa editor for The Economist, Robert Guest addresses the troubled continent's thorniest problems: war, AIDS, and above all, poverty. Newly updated with a preface that considers political and economic developments of the past six years, The Shackled Continentis engros…
In this provocative and thoughtful book, Guest argues that the continent of Africa remains poor primarily because it is badly governed. "The Shackled Continent" provides a persuasive look into the persistent problems of modern Africa and offers some possible solutions.
