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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $92, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXAFR174)		  
Africa, A Biography of the Continent  •  John Reader
HISTORY •  1999 •  PAPER  • 816 PAGES
With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a masterful tale of the continent in this lively history of Africa, from ancient cultures to modern times. Both authoritative and informal, this is a splendid introduction to all of Africa. (AFR49, $20.00)		   Africa, A Biography of the Continent
Conversations With Myself  •  Nelson Mandela  •  Barack Obama
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2011 •  PAPER  • 454 PAGES
Mandela draws on letters, notebooks, taped interviews and an unfinished sequel to Long Walk to Freedom for this new account of a remarkable life. (SAF313, $18.00)		   Conversations With Myself
Madagascar Wildlife: A Visitors Guide  •  Hilary Bradt  •  Nick Garbutt  •  Derek Schuurman
FIELD GUIDE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 176 PAGES
Written for the curious traveler, this handy guide describes and illustrates with color photographs 250 species of mammals, birds, reptiles and invertebrates of Madagascar. With introductory chapters on vegetation zones, ecology and a good map. (MAD07, $25.99)		   Madagascar Wildlife: A Visitors Guide
Africa Map  •  Collins Maps
2008 •  MAP
A folded, full color map of the entire continent, including parts of Iberia, the Mediterranean, Arabian Peninsula and Red Sea, at a scale of 1:10,000,000. Two Sides. 36x37 inches. (AFR19, $16.95)		   Africa Map
Big Five of Africa  •  Gerald Hinde
NATURAL HISTORY •  2009 •  PAPER  • 143 PAGES
Hinde's stunning photographs celebrate Africa's lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos and buffalos. (AFR241, $20.00)		   Big Five of Africa



Also Recommended

Lonely Planet Africa  •  Hugh Finlay   • GUIDEBOOK  •  The only guidebook to cover the whole of Africas 49 countries, this latest edition includes more than 200 up-to-date maps. Specialized chapters, written by experts, cover development in Africa, safaris and wildlife, music, and more. (AFR127, $36.99)
 		  
Explorers of the Nile  •  Tim Jeal   • HISTORY  •  The biographer of Stanley and Livingstone, Tim Jeal widens his scope in this spirited new history of the great 19th-century quest for the origins of the Nile, covering the many expeditions and complex rivalries of Burton and Speke, Livingstone and Stanley and other Victorian adventurers with panache. (AFR287, $32.50)
 		  
Luxor Illustrated, With Aswan, Abu Simbel and the Nile  •  Michael Haag   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  The ideal companion to a Nile cruise, Michael Haag introduces all the famous monuments and temples of the Upper Egypt from Luxor, Karnak, Valley of the Kings and the tomb of Tutankhamun to the marvels of Aswan and Abu Simbel in full color. (EGY277, $22.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Tomorrow is Another Country, The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change  •  Allister Sparks   • HISTORY  •  Sparks explores the extraordinary developments that led to multiracial democracy in South Africa, an essential key to understanding South Africa today, (SAF31, $25.00)
 		  
African Textiles  •  John Gillow   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Region by region, John Gillow's absorbing, superbly illustrated and colorful survey covers the traditional, handcrafted and indigenous textiles of the whole continent. Gillow also authored the marvelous Traditional Indonesian Textiles (INS22) and Indian Textiles (IDA543). (AFR137, $44.95)
 		  
The Complete Valley of the Kings  •  Nicholas Reeves  •  Richard Wilkinson   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A thorough and intriguing look at the burial place of the New Kingdom pharaohs, this book brings together the art, architecture and history of the valley; contains profiles of archaeologists, diagrams and detailed site descriptions. (EGY14, $26.95)
 		  
Dark Star Safari  •  Paul Theroux   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Setting the tone for his odyssey from Cairo to the Cape, Theroux writes in the opening: "All news out of Africa is bad. It made me want to go there, though not for the horror, the hot spots, the massacre-and-earthquake stories you read in the newspaper; I wanted the pleasure of being in Africa again...I aimed to reinsert myself in the bundu, as we used to call the bush, and to wander the antique hinterland." (AFR131, $15.95)
 		  
Down the Nile, Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff  •  Rosemary Mahoney   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Mahoney weaves the tale of her quest to row the Nile with deft portraits of the people she meets in this marvelously engaging chronicle. (EGY207, $14.99)
 		  
Green Hills of Africa  •  Ernest Hemingway   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Hemingway paints the true story of his ramblings on safari in this classic, exquisitely written tale of hunting around Lake Manyara, which includes some of the best writing on the land itself and original pencil drawings. (EAF25, $16.00)
 		  
Long Walk to Freedom  •  Nelson Mandela   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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)
 		  
My Traitor's Heart  •  Rian Malan   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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. (SAF19, $15.00)
 		  
The Old Way, A Story of the First People  •  Elizabeth Marshall Thomas   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Marshall (Harmless People) returns after 50 years to southwest Africa and the land of her youth in this beautifully observed reprise of her classic account of the Bushmen of the Kalahari. (SAF183, $16.00)
 		  
Twenty Chickens for a Saddle  •  Robyn Scott   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Haphazardly schooled by her free-spirited mother and left to roam the bush, Scott writes with warmth and candor of her unconventional upbringing in Botswana, including her Grandpa Ivor (personal pilot to the first president of Botswana), physician father's work, unfortunate pets, siblings and adventures. (SAF203, $15.00)
 		  
Whatever You Do, Don't Run  •  Peter Allison   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Allison spins captivating tales of wildlife, camps and the life of a safari guide into a hilarious, slyly informative introduction to Botswana. (BOT29, $16.95)
 		  
Cry, The Beloved Country  •  Alan Paton   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
The Burning Shore  •  Wilbur Smith   • LITERATURE  •  An epic tale of romance, survival and daring set in Southwestern Africa (aka Namibia) by the master of South African pulp fiction. (NMB12, $8.99)
 		  
Africa, The Serengeti  •  George Casey   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  James Earl Jones narrates this dazzling 40-minute IMAX documentary of the migration of wildebeest in the Serengeti and Masai Mara. (EAF120, $19.99)
 		  
African Safari, Into the Great Game Reserves  •  Peter and Beverly Pickford   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  With a traveler's notebook, essays and color photographs of Africa, its people, landscapes and wildlife, this dazzling photographic journey captures the adventure of Safari. (AFR260, $49.95)
 		  
Classic Africa  •  Michael Poliza   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Printed and beautifully bound in Italy, Michael Poliza's exquisite new book showcases the wildlife of Africa -- each elephant, zebra, lion or rhino photographed alone or in a group against the African plains. The photographs, taken over a decade, have been rendered in rich sepia, not only recalling safaris of yore but also adding to their distinctive beauty. With full-age photos printed on uncoated, heavy eight vellum, bound in textured suede-like cloth. (AFR279, $125.00)
 		  
Eye of the Leopard  •  Beverly Joubert  •  Dereck Joubert   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The National Geographic photographers Dereck and Beverly Joubert document the life of a young leopard, born at Mombo Camp in Botswana's Moremi Reserve, in dazzling color and evocative black-and-white. (AFR256, $75.00)
 		  
Eyes Over Africa  •  Michael Poliza   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Poliza takes to the air in this second book, superbly illustrated the beauty and diversity of Africa in stunning low aerial photographs. (AFR205, $125.00)
 		  
Gorillas, Natural History & Conservation  •  Kelly Stewart   • NATURAL HISTORY • COMING IN  •  An illustrated overview of the natural history and ecology of the gorilla. (CAF35, $17.95)
 		  
Mountain Gorilla  •  Adrian Warren   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This remarkable documentary, filmed in the Parc des Volcans in Rwanda and originally produced for IMAX, follows a day in the life of a group of mountain gorillas. 39 minutes. (EAF142, $14.98)
 		  
Serengeti, The Eternal Beginning  •  Boyd Norton   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Featuring 250 exquisite color photographs alongside Norton's firsthand accounts of travels in Serengeti National Park, Kenya's Masai Mara and Ngorongoro over a decades-long career. (EAF378, $35.00)
 		  
Skeleton Coast  •  Amy Schoeman   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This revised edition of Shoenman's classic, first published in 1971, shows the magnificent landscapes, wildlife and nature of the Namib desert, Skeleton Coast and Northwest Namibia in 160 color essays and accompanying essays on geology, climate, nature and history. (NMB08, $54.00)
 		  
The Year of the Gorilla  •  George Schaller   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Schaller's vivid tale of adventures among the gorillas of the Virunga volcanoes of Zaire, Rwanda and Uganda -- a wonderful account of field work under difficult and sometimes dangerous circumstances by one of the great wildlife biologists. (UGD03, $25.00)
 		  
Wild at Heart  •  Peter Godwin  •  Chris Johns   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  This lush collection of full-color photographs tackles conservation, development and tradition in Southern Africa. It's a well-illustrated portrait of the region by National Geographic photographer Chris Johns and veteran journalist Peter Godwin. (SAF130, $65.00)
 		  
African Wildlife  •  James Kavanaugh   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Slip this laminated foldout guide in your pocket for quick reference in the field. (AFR109, $5.95)
 		  
Birds of Africa South of the Sahara  •  Ian Sinclair  •  Peter Ryan   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This compact field guide, the first to describe and illustrate all of the birds of sub-Saharan Africa, features 359 color plates and 2,100 range maps. Especially useful for those southern African countries without their own field guides. (SAF143, $49.50)
 		  
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)
 		  
National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife  •  Peter Alden   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This comprehensive photo guide covers 850 birds, mammals and reptiles of Africa. With range maps and a good country-by-country overview of habitats and parks. (AFR25, $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)
 		  
The Safari Companion  •  Richard Estes   • FIELD GUIDE • 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 Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region  •  Vincent Carruthers  •  Kenneth Newman   • FIELD GUIDE • BEST SELLER  •  With 1,200 color illustrations by a range of experts, this compact field guide includes all the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, fish and plants that a traveler is likely to encounter in Southern Africa. (SAF59, $29.95)
 		  
Wildlife of East Africa  •  Martin B. Withers  •  David Hosking   • FIELD GUIDE • BEST SELLER  •  This take-along guide to 475 common species of birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, trees and flowers of East Africa features full-color photographs with detailed descriptions on facing pages. (EAF108, $19.95)
 		  
 
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