Books - North Africa and The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles (ENG 4 - Sato)

Books in the LPC Library

The list of books on this page are just a sampling of what is available in the LPC Library.

Use the Library Catalog to search for other titles in the LPC and Chabot College collections.

Sample Search Terms:

Political Handbook of Africa 2007 by Moses K. Tesi (Introduction by); CQ Press Staff (Editor)
Call Number: REF JQ 1875 P63 2007
Colonialism by East River Books Staff (Editor); Melvin E. Page (Editor); James D. Ciment (Editor); Penny Sonnenberg
Call Number: Ref JV 22 C65 2003 V. 1-3
The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars by Spencer C. Tucker (Editor)
Call Number: Ref DS 63.1 E453 2010 v. 1-5
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa by Philip Mattar
Call Number: Ref DS 43 E53 2004 v. 1-4
Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Spencer C. Tucker (Editor); Priscilla Mary Roberts (Editor)
Call Number: Ref DS 119.7 E5653 2008 v. 1-4
Countries and Their Cultures by Melvin Ember (Editor); Carol R. Ember (Editor)
Call Number: Ref GN 307 C68 2001 v. 1-4
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life by Timothy L. Gall
Call Number: Ref GN 333 W67 2009 v. 1 -5

Historical Dictionary of Morocco by Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum
Call Number: DT313.7 .P37 2006

This is just a sample list of titles available from the Las Positas College Library.

Use the library's catalog to locate additional titles.

Books can be checked out using your LPC or Chabot student ID.

Africa by Sanford J. Ungar
Call Number: DT 30.5 U54 1989
The Sahara by Eamonn Gearon
Call Number: DT333 .G37 2011
Colonial Africa by A. J. Christopher
Call Number: DT 31 C52 1984
Understanding Contemporary Africa, 4th Edition by April A. Gordon (Editor); Donald L. Gordon (Editor)
Call Number: DT 30.5 U536 2006
Africa by Wayne Edge
Call Number: DT 30.5 E344 2008
Africa 2010 by J. Tyler Dickovick
Call Number: DT 1 D6 2010
Trans-Saharan Africa in World History by Ralph A. Austen
Call Number: DT 333 A94 2010
Historical Dictionary of Algeria by Phillip Chiviges Naylor
Call Number: DT 283.7 N39 2006
Understanding the Contemporary Middle East by Deborah J. Gerner (Editor); Jillian Schwedler (Editor)
Call Number: DS 44 U473 2004
A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert H. Hourani
Call Number: DS 37.7 H67 1991

The LPC Library, like most academic libraries, uses the Library of Congress classification system (LC).

The following general LC call numbers/areas of the library are suggested for research:

DT - Africa

DS - Asia

DC - France

Other call numbers may be relevant, depending on the subject area. Ask a librarian for assistance.

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