Libyan Sands

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Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World (first published 1935; reprinted by Eland in 2010) is a travel book, written by Ralph A. Bagnold, the founder of the British Army's Long Range Desert Group in the Second World War.{{cite book|last=Bagnold|first=Ralph Alger|title=Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton|place=London|year=1935|others=224 pages}} Described by Sahara expert Eamonn Gearon as "without question, the classic work of 20th-century Saharan exploration",{{cite web|title=Libyan Sands|url=http://www.travelbooks.co.uk/shop-online-books/copy-of-stamboul-sketches-p-john-freely?rq=bagnold|website=Eland Books|accessdate=12 September 2016}} it is a first-hand account of Bagnold's pioneering adventures in the Saharan desert during his time in the British army. It is still considered a classic work,{{cite web|last1=El Shazly|first1=Islam|title=15 Exceptional Travel Reads|url=http://www.alrahalah.com/2012/10/15-exceptional-travel-reads/|website=Al Rahala|date=17 October 2012 |accessdate=12 September 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Morkot|first1=Robert|title=Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World|url=http://www.astene.org.uk/libyan-sands-travel-in-a-dead-world-reviewed-by-robert-morkot/|website=Astene.org|accessdate=12 September 2016}} and in 2010, it was reissued by Eland.{{cite book|last=Bagnold|first=Ralph Alger|title=Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World|publisher=Eland Books|place=London|year=2010|others=228 pages}}