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COUNTRY WALKERS
South Africa
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/O410594. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 5 items are available
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Insight Guide South Africa
• Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
South Africa is brought to life in hundreds of color photographs and vividly written essays by a team of experts. Panoramic in scope, the guide takes us from Johannesburg out into the veldt, providing genuine insight into the history, nature and modern politics of this complex land.
(SAF21, $24.99) |
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The Safari Companion
• Richard Estes
FIELD GUIDE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 459 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
An invaluable encyclopedic guide to Africa's mammals by a noted scientist. Written with the typical safari-goer in mind, this perennial bestseller includes black-and-white drawings, an overview of each group and in-depth information.
(AFR06, $30.00) |
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My Traitor's Heart
• Rian Malan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2000 •
PAPER
• 425 PAGES
• FAVORITE
The Afrikaner and journalist recounts his return to his homeland just before the collapse of Apartheid. Malan grapples with the black and white heart of South Africa, drawing on the 300-year history of his family in Africa, legends of the Zulu nation and some brutally honest reporting. Candid, beautifully written and impossible to put down.
(SAF19, $15.00) |
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The Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region
• Vincent Carruthers
• Kenneth Newman
FIELD GUIDE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
This handsome field guide includes the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, fish and plants of Southern Africa, all in one compact volume. With 1,200 illustrations by a range of experts.
(SAF59, $29.95) |
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South Africa Travel Map
• Globetrotter
2008 •
MAP
• BEST SELLER
A clear, double-sided map of South Africa at a scale of 1:2,400,000. It features inset maps of Cape Town, Durban, the Garden Route, Johannesburg, Kruger National Park, KwaZulu-Natal Arrea and Pretoria on the reverse. With an index of place names, Two Sides. 28x39 inches.
(SAF09, $8.95) |
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Also Recommended
Cape Winelands, A Touring Guide
• Theresa Morrison
• Lanz von Horsten
• GUIDEBOOK
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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An informative, visual tour of 40 favorite wineries, all close to Cape Town. With fold-out maps, color photographs and information on restaurants, picnic spots and lodging.
(SAF128, $20.00)
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The Rough Guide to Cape Town and the Garden Route
• Rough Guide
• GUIDEBOOK
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This guide features helpful information on Cape Town attractions and Garden Route adventure activities, as well as reviews on accommodations, food and drink. With a color section and maps on every area.
(SAF165, $21.99)
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Walking
• Henry David Thoreau
• REFERENCE
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Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration.
(WLK04, $9.99)
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A History of South Africa
• Leonard Thompson
• HISTORY
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A succinct history of South Africa, especially strong on early Africans and European colonization.
(SAF101, $17.95)
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Tomorrow is Another Country, The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change
• Allister Sparks
• HISTORY
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Sparks explores the extraordinary developments that led to multiracial democracy in South Africa, an essential key to understanding South Africa today,
(SAF31, $25.00)
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Long Walk to Freedom
• Nelson Mandela
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An unpretentious tale of an extraordinary life, Mandela's autobiography is essential reading for an understanding of South Africa. His grace and his love for his country shine throughout.
(SAF15, $17.99)
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Cry, The Beloved Country
• Alan Paton
• LITERATURE
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The deeply moving story of Reverend Kumalo's quest for justice. First published in 1948, it is a striking, poetic tribute to the power of the individual and a trenchant indictment of Apartheid.
(SAF30, $15.00)
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Life & Times of Michael K
• J.M. Coetzee
• LITERATURE
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Coetzee sets this short, hallucinatory novel, the powerful tale of a troubled boy, in South Africa in the midst of civil war.
(SAF17, $14.00)
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None to Accompany Me
• Nadine Gordimer
• LITERATURE
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With keen attention to character and racial politics, Nobel Prize-winner Gordimer traces the experiences of two families during turbulent, post-Apartheid South Africa.
(SAF76, $16.00)
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The Reader's Companion to South Africa
• Alan Ryan
• ANTHOLOGY
• COMING IN
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A collection of 19 mostly classic traveler's accounts of South Africa. It is a vivid introduction to the land by foreign luminaries and comic masters, including Mark Twain, Alan Moorhead, Michael Palin and P.J. O'Rourke.
(SAF61, $16.00)
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Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals
• Jonathan Kingdon
• FIELD GUIDE
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An artist and biologist, Kingdon provides both delightful full-color illustrations and informative text.
(EAF128, $24.95)
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Newman's Birds of Southern Africa
• Kenneth Newman
• FIELD GUIDE
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This commemorative tenth edition celebrates the contribution of the late author, Kenneth Newman, fully revised and updated by his daughter, Vanessa Newman, to reflect the latest research, taxonomy and common names.
(SAF29, $26.00)
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Southern African Wildflowers
• John Manning
• Colin Patterson-Jones
• FIELD GUIDE
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This illustrated botanical odyssey, organized geographically, showcases interesting and unusual plants from the Zambezi, south to the Cape and across to the desert of the west.
(SAF162, $39.95)
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Southern African Wildlife, A Visitor's Guide
• Mike Unwin
• FIELD GUIDE
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A popular photographic guide to the mammals, birds, reptiles and habitats south of the Zambezi. With 300 color photographs and illuminating text.
(SAF131, $26.99)
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