Tracks On The Trail

Scenic trails, adventures off the beaten track, and pristine hiking destinations around the world.

The award-winning author Patrice Nganang chronicles the fight for Cameroonian independence through the story of a father’s love for his family and his land and of the long-silenced secrets of his former life. For the first time, Nithap flies across the world to visit his son, Tanou, in the United States. After countless staticky phone calls and transatlantic silences, he has agreed to leave Bangwa: the city in western Cameroon where he has always lived, where he became a doctor and, despite himself, a rebel, where he fell in love, and where his children were born. When illness extends his stay, his son finds an opportunity to unravel the history of the mysterious man who raised him, following the trail of crab tracks to discover the truth of his father and his country. At last, Nithap’s throat clears and his voice rises, and he drifts back in time to tell his son the story that is burned into his memory and into the land he left behind. He speaks about the civil war that tore Cameroon apart, about the great men who lived and died, about his soldiers, his martyrs, and his great loves. As the tale unfolds, Tanou listens to his father tell the history of his family and the prayer of the blood-soaked land. From New Jersey to Bamileke country, voices mingle, the borders of time dissolve, and generations merge. In A Trail of Crab Tracks, the third part of a magisterial trilogy by Patrice Nganang, the award-winning author creates an epic of war, inheritance, and desire, and of the relentless, essential struggle for freedom.

This is the first book ever to be devoted to this subject.

The Best Tracks on Guam includes comprehensive hiking information for both beginning and experienced hikers, including how to prepare for hikes, health and safety information, cultural and environmental descriptions, and much more. For this fourth edition, lead authors Dave and Bev Lotz teamed up with avid hiker and adventure photographer Abby Crain and search-and-rescue firefighter Jerred Wells to update hiking information and photos. This edition includes 44 of the best hikes on the island with improved, user-friendly safety and hiking tips and trail guides. Waterproof stone paper and spiral binding were used for this edition to ensure durability during hikes.

Songbirds, waterfowl, owls, shorebirds, warblers, woodpeckers, nightjars, birds of prey. Dozens of feather groups photographed in color.

A history of conflict on display through a morning commute through Jerusalem