{"product_id":"shifting-sands-by-judith-scheele-9781788166454","title":"Shifting Sands","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue-veiled nomads, camels crossing infinite dunes, oases shimmering on the horizon: ready-made images of the Sahara are easy to conjure. But they can never truly capture a region that crosses eleven countries and is home to millions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis sweeping account upends old fantasies, revealing the far more interesting reality of the Earth's largest hot desert. Drawing on decades of research, and years spent living in the region, anthropologist Judith Scheele takes us from Libya to Mali, Algeria to Chad, from the ancient Roman Empire to contemporary regional battles and fraught international diplomacy, questioning every easy cliché and exposing fascinating truths along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the geology of the region, to the life it shelters, to the religions, languages and cultural and political forces that shape and fracture it, this is a landmark work that tells the compelling story of a place that sits at the heart of our world, and whose future holds implications for us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShifting Sands\u003c\/em\u003e is a captivating exploration that illuminates a part of the world whose complexities are too often overlooked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072363217132,"sku":"9781788166454","price":55.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/917e102437af17ec82bafa7bc8fe41ec.jpg?v=1765103807","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/shifting-sands-by-judith-scheele-9781788166454","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}