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Bradt Safari Guide Northern Tanzania with Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar
Philip Briggs
GUIDEBOOK 2006 PAPER 296 PAGES
BEST SELLER
NEW
A compact, practical overview of the history, wildlife and attractions of northern Tanzania, including the Serengeti, Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Olduvai, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar. With maps, town plans, and lots of good travel information.
(EAF143, $22.95)
Serengeti, Natural Order on the African Plain
Mitsuaki Iwago
NATURAL HISTORY 1987 HARD COVER 280 PAGES
BEST SELLER
FAVORITE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
This handsomely produced volume by celebrated Tokyo photographer Iwago features 300 full-color images of the Serengeti plains. It's one of our favorite photo collections -- beautiful and timeless.
(EAF04, $35.00)
The Safari Companion, A Guide to Watching African Mammals
Richard Estes
FIELD GUIDE 1999 PAPER 459 PAGES
BEST SELLER
An invaluable encyclopedic guide to Africa's mammals by a noted scientist. Estes describes 100 large African mammals: their diet, habitats and behavior. Written with the typical safari-goer in mind, and including black-and-white drawings.
(AFR06, $30.00)
Exploration of Africa, From Cairo to the Cape
Ann Hugon
EXPLORATION 1993 PAPER 173 PAGES
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
This jewel of a book chronicles the 19th-century exploration of Africa with hundreds of contemporary paintings and prints, brief chapters on the expeditions, and a very useful chronology. Livingstone, Burton and others speak for themselves in a series of journal excerpts.
(AFR03, $12.95)
Tanzania Map
Nelles
2008 PAPER
BEST SELLER
A clear, color double-sided map of Tanzania at a scale of 1:1,500,000 with a cardboard cover. With an inset of Zanzibar, and maps of attractions on the reverse.
(EAF08, $8.95)
Insight Guide East African Wildlife
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
OUT OF PRINT
A guide to East Africa and especially to its wildlife, featuring color photographs, accounts of individual animal species and a park-by-park summary of major attractions.
(EAF36, $23.95)
Say it in Swahili
Sharifa Zawawi
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A palm-size pocket guide to common Swahili phrases and expressions for travelers, divided by topic and featuring a useful index. With 1,700 entries.
(EAF46, $5.95)
The Fate of Africa
Martin Meredith
HISTORY
Ambitious in scope, immensely readable -- and as big as a doorstop -- Martin Meredith's overview of the tumult, horrors and strides made in Africa since independence is invaluable.
(AFR154, $21.95)
Green Hills of Africa
Ernest Hemingway
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Hemingway paints a real life story of his ramblings on safari in this classic, exquisitely written tale of hunting around Lake Manyara. It features some of the best writing ever on the land itself, and the original pencil drawings.
(EAF25, $15.00)
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 Tree Where Man Was Born
Peter Matthiessen
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
This classic portrait of East Africa, enthralling in its detail on nature and daily life, takes in the Maasai, Ngorongoro, the Kenyan highlands and Mathiessen's field trips, safaris and adventures in the Serengeti.
(EAF27, $17.00)
West with the Night
Beryl Markham
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
FAVORITE
A stylish and engrossing story of a marvelous life well lived. Markham describes her childhood in Kenya and her experiences as a bush pilot in the 1930s, evoking the landscapes, people and wildlife of East Africa in rich detail.
(EAF10, $15.00)
Africa, The Serengeti
George Casey
James Earl Jones
NATURAL HISTORY
A dazzling 40-minute IMAX documentary of the wildebeests' year-long migration in the Serengeti and Masai Mara. The cinematographer captures all the action in stunning color, documenting birth, predation and fighting. James Earl Jones narrates.
(EAF120, $14.99)
Bones of Contention, Controversies in the Search for Human Origins
Roger Lewin
NATURAL HISTORY
Lewin, a science writer who has worked with Richard Leakey, offers an engaging account of the issues, debates and personalities in paleoanthropology.
(ATP05, $24.00)
Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, Field Guide Edition
Dale Zimmerman
Donald Turner
David Pearson
FIELD GUIDE
This compact, comprehensive field guide features 124 stunning color plates, covering 1,114 bird species in Kenya and Northern Tanzania.
(FG39, $35.00)
Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals
Jonathan Kingdon
FIELD GUIDE
Take it along. An artist and foremost biologist, Kingdon provides both the delightful full-color illustrations and concise text for this great guide.
(EAF128, $24.95)
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