|
 |
AFRICA
Zanzibar
|
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/LD2276. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
 |
These 4 items are available
for $61, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXEAF415) |
|
Bradt Guide Zanzibar
• David Else
• Sarah Chanter
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
A personal, detailed guide to Zanzibar, its history, culture, attractions and natural history. With color photographs, maps and excellent travel information.
(EAF33, $23.99) |
|
|
Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar
• Emily Ruete
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2009 •
PAPER
• 244 PAGES
Born Princess Salme in the Sultan's court on Zanzibar, the author wrote this book in the 1800s as a tribute to the island for her children. It is rich in details of a long-lost way of life, recalling the time when the sultans reigned on Zanzibar. In the last chapter she tells of her visit home after 19 years in Germany. Originally published in 1907.
(EAF44, $9.95) |
|
|
The White Nile
• Alan Moorehead
HISTORY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 431 PAGES
A lively history of the Victorian search for the source of the Nile including the extraordinary tales of Richard Burton and John Speke, not to mention the famous meeting of Livingstone and Stanley. A classic, originally published in 1960. With vivid descriptions of Zanzibar, the last days of Khartoum and the building of the Suez Canal.
(EGY79, $14.99) |
|
|
Zanzibar Map
• Harms IC Verlag
MAP
A colorful traveler's map to Zanzibar at a scale of 1:100,000. Two Sides. 35x26 inches.
(EAF114, $15.95) |
|
|
Also Recommended
Bradt Safari Guide Northern Tanzania
• Philip Briggs
• GUIDEBOOK
•
A compact, practical overview of the history, wildlife and attractions of the Serengeti and surrounding parks, including Zanzibar.
(EAF143, $24.99)
|
|
|
Rough Guide Zanzibar
• Jens Finke
• GUIDEBOOK
•
This practical guide in the excellent British series includes a good historical and cultural overview.
(EAF170, $24.99)
|
|
|
Say it in Swahili
• Sharifa Zawawi
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
•
A palm-size pocket guide to common phrases and expressions.
(EAF46, $5.95)
|
|
|
Arab Seafaring
• George F. Hourani
• John Carswell
• HISTORY
•
An expanded edition of the classic authoritative history of Arab sea trade in the Indian Ocean from its earliest origins through trade with China and East Africa in Middle Ages.
(ARB47, $26.95)
|
|
|
The Sultan's Shadow, One Family's Rule at the Crossroads of East and West
• Christiane Bird
• HISTORY
•
Oman's Sultan Said and his rebellious daughter come to life in this tale of 19th-century Oman, Zanzibar and the Arab slave trade.
(EAF364, $28.00)
|
|
|
Zanzibar: Its History and Its People
• W. H. Ingrams
• HISTORY
•
First published in 1931, this celebrated classic history focuses on people and culture.
(EAF197, $38.50)
|
|
|
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 Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands
• Aidan Hartley
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
•
A meditative, personal elegy to colonialism in Africa by an East-African born British journalist. As Africa correspondent for Reuters in the 1990s, Hartley covered Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda and the Congo.
(EAF119, $16.00)
|
|
|
Black Mischief
• Evelyn Waugh
• LITERATURE
•
Waugh's devilish third novel, a send up of British colonial Africa and home-grown potentates on the fictional island of Anzania (which is based on Zanzibar).
(AFR20, $14.99)
|
|
|
Desertion
• Abdulrazak Gurnah
• LITERATURE
•
Set in Zanzibar, this novel of a troubled love affair spans sixty years, painting a vivid portrait of turn-of-the-century colonial Africa.
(EAF138, $13.95)
|
|
|
The Book of Secrets
• M.G. Vassanjii
• LITERATURE
•
Intrigue, history and politics along East Africa's Swahili Coast. The many machinations of this prize-winning novel revolve around the discovery of a 1913 diary of a British colonial administrator in Dar es Salaam.
(EAF65, $18.00)
|
|
|
The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean
• Paddy Ryan
• NATURAL HISTORY
•
The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral-reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs.
(DIV18, $21.99)
|
|
|
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands
• Ian Sinclair
• Olivier Langrand
• FIELD GUIDE
• COMING IN JULY
•
Featuring color photographs of the most commonly encountered and extraordinary birds of the southwestern Indian Ocean, including Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius, Reunion and the Comoros.
(MAD46, $12.00)
|
|
|
Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania
• Dale Zimmerman
• Donald Turner
• David Pearson
• FIELD GUIDE
•
Ideal for the Serengeti, this field guide features 124 stunning color plates.
(FG39, $35.00)
|
|
|
Fishwatcher's Field Guide Indian Ocean
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
•
A double-sided card illustrating 70 fishes of Seychelles, Maldives and neighboring islands.
(FG17, $7.50)
|
|
|
Marine Invertebrates Indian Ocean and the Central Pacific
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
•
This double-sided plastic card shows 50 of the most commonly encountered marine invertebrates of the Indian Ocean in full-color illustrations, convenient for snorkeling trips.
(DIV15, $7.50)
|
|
|
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)
|
|
|
|
