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Zambia & Malawi   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 6 items are available for $120, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSAF285)		  
Lonely Planet Zambia & Malawi  • 
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 332 PAGES
With a chapter on Victoria Falls, this compact guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style includes 76 local and regional color maps, a few color photographs and chapters on history, culture and the environment. (ZMB12, $26.99)		   Lonely Planet Zambia & Malawi
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
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)		   The Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region
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)		   The Safari Companion
The Eye of the Elephant, An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness  •  Mark Owens  •  Delia Owens
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1993 •  PAPER  • 305 PAGES
Further adventures from Mark and Delia Owens, this time from the Luangwa River Valley in northern Zambia. They set up camp in the wilderness among the elephants, but are again drawn into an ugly struggle with the local people. Including 32 pages of black-and-white photos. (ZMB04, $18.95)		   The Eye of the Elephant, An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
Zambia Map  •  ITMB
2008 •  MAP
Designed for the traveler this tinted map at a scale of 1:1,500,000 features highlights of Zambian history, geography and a rainfall chart. One Side. 28x39 inches. (ZMB03, $12.95)		   Zambia Map
Malawi and Mozambique Map  •  ITMB
MAP
A full color map for travelers at a scale of 1:900,000. Two Sides. 39x27 inches. (SAF120, $12.95)		   Malawi and Mozambique Map



Also Recommended

Bradt Guide Malawi  •  Philip Briggs   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This authoritative, practical travel guide gives a personal, detailed overview of Malawi, its history, culture and natural history. (SAF108, $25.99)
 		  
Africa, A Biography of the Continent  •  John Reader   • HISTORY  •  With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a masterful and lively tale of the continent, from ancient cultures to modern times. Both authoritative and informal, this is a splendid introduction to all of Africa. (AFR49, $18.95)
 		  
The Fate of Africa  •  Martin Meredith   • HISTORY  •  Ambitious in scope, immensely readable -- and as big as a doorstop -- Martin Meredith's blockbuster country-by-country overview of the tumult in Africa since independence is now revised and updated to reflect recent events. (AFR154, $21.99)
 		  
The Scramble for Africa  •  Thomas Pakenham   • HISTORY  •  Absorbing and meticulously researched, this in-depth history of the Victorian land grab in Africa includes excellent portraits of the egomaniacal personalities who overran the continent. (AFR26, $23.99)
 		  
The Zambesi Expedition, To the Zambesi River and Its Tributaries  •  David Livingstone   • EXPLORATION  •  Livingstone's original account of his second expedition to Africa, first published in 1864 -- a sympathetic portrait of African peoples, rich in nature, culture and politics. (SAF136, $25.95)
 		  
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness  •  Alexandra Fuller   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Alexandra Fuller (Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight) returns to Africa in this shimmering memoir, focusing on her mother Nicola (a million percent Highland Scottish) -- and her odyssey from newlywed in the highlands of Kenya in the 1960s to the tumult of post-independence Rhodesia -- and life today with her husband on a farm in Zambia, under the aptly named "Tree of Forgetfulness." (ZMB13, $25.95)
 		  
North of South, An African Journey  •  Shiva Naipaul   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  A sharp portrait of Africa, circa 1979. A brilliant and provocative observer, Naipaul meditates on the various peoples he encounters in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The best, most insightful thing we've read about race relations in Africa. (EAF28, $16.00)
 		  
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope  •  William Kamkwamba   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A true story of tenacity and imagination describes how teenage Kamkwamba built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his drought-ravaged Malawi village. (SAF291, $14.99)
 		  
The Unheard, A Memoir of Deafness and Africa  •  Josh Swiller   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Searching for "a land beyond deafness," hearing-impaired Peace Corps volunteer Swiller spent two years in a remote Zambian village, digging wells and working at a health clinic. In this memoir, he goes beneath the surface to describe village life with wit, generosity and sometimes brutal honesty. (ZMB10, $14.00)
 		  
Ulendo, Travels of a Naturalist In and Out of Africa  •  Archie Carr   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Carr's gentle memoir of scientific adventures on his home turf in Florida and off in the bush of Malawi and Zambia combines good writing with plenty of wit, insight and scientific rigor. (SAF46, $19.95)
 		  
Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals  •  Jonathan Kingdon   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A convenient compact edition of Kingdon's gloriously illustrated Field Guide to African Mammals. With abbreviated information on identification, distribution, ecology and conservation status and the same 480 outstanding color illustrations and maps as its bigger cousin. (EAF128, $24.95)
 		  
Newman's Birds of Southern Africa  •  Kenneth Newman   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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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