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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $61, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXINS59)		  
Fodor's Singapore's 25 Best  •  Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK •  2009 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES
This slim guide to Singapore includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing -- all in a slipcover. (SGP07, $11.99)		   Fodor's Singapore's 25 Best
Orangutans, Wizards of the Rain Forest  •  Anne E. Russon
NATURAL HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES
An illustrated introduction to orangutans as written by a psychologist and primatologist specializing in the Red Ape. Covering scientific history, habitat and behavior, Russon offers a good overview of Asia's only great ape for the general reader. She concludes with a call for redoubling conservation efforts. The text is much enhanced by 100 color photos. (BST52, $24.95)		   Orangutans, Wizards of the Rain Forest
Krakatoa, The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883  •  Simon Winchester
NATURAL HISTORY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES
With this marvelous book, his 16th, Winchester returns to his original calling of roots in geology, masterfully combining his own observations of Krakatoa with a vivid retelling of the eruption itself, and a crystal-clear overview of plate tectonics and volcanology. The ecological concept of succession has rarely had such an excellent spokesman. (INS93, $13.99)		   Krakatoa, The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Sumatra Map  •  ITMB
MAP
A colorful double-sided shaded relief map of Sumatra, with an index and insets of Medan, Padang and Palembang, at a scale of 1:1,11,000. The map also shows Peninsular Malaysia from Kuala Lampur to Singapore and offshore islands. (INS34, $12.95)		   Sumatra Map



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