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	20th-Century South Africa • William Beinart • HISTORY • A lively, readable social, political and economic history of the last 100 years. (SAF153, $24.95)
	Africa • Phyllis Martin • Patrick O'Meara • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • African history and prehistory, popular culture, art and economics; It's all here in the most popular introductory text for undergraduate African studies courses in North America. With maps, photographs and drawings. (AFR07, $20.95)
	Africa • Michael Lewis • John Reader • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An informative survey of the geography, culture and wildlife of Africa featuring 175 color photographs and accompanying text by John Reader; organized geographically. (AFR111, $50.00)
	Africa, A Biography of the Continent • John Reader • HISTORY • With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a lively and masterful 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)
	African Predators • M.G.L. Mills • Gus Mills • Martin Harvey • NATURAL HISTORY • A natural history of the giant cats and other predators of Africa. (AFR114, $39.95)
	African Wildlife • National Geographic • NATURAL HISTORY • An overview of wildlife throughout the continent featuring stunning photography. (SAF52, $19.99)
	African Wildlife • Raymond Leung • James Kavanaugh • FIELD GUIDE • Slip this laminated foldout guide in your pocket. (AFR109, $5.95)
	Anatomy of a Miracle, The End of Apartheid and the Birth of the New South Africa • Patti Waldmeir • HISTORY • An insider's account of the extraordinary transition of power from de Klerk to Mandela, told with verve and an eye for detail by the Financial Times Johannesburg bureau chief. (SAF47, $22.95)
	The Anatomy of the Zulu Army, From Shaka to Cetshwayo, 1818-1879 • Ian Knight • HISTORY • A detailed account of the structure of the Zulu army during the 60 years before they defeated the invading British army at Isandlwana in 1879. (SAF87, $22.95)
	Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black • Nadine Gordimer • LITERATURE • The Nobel Prize winner daringly explores racial identity, sexuality and loss in this latest, marvelous collection of South African tales. (SAF221, $14.00)
	The Behavior Guide to Africa's Mammals • Richard Estes • NATURAL HISTORY • A detailed overview of the ecology and behavior of African mammals. (AFR54, $34.95)
	The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives, An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History • Alan Turner • Mauricio Anton • NATURAL HISTORY • A thoroughly researched guide to modern felines and their ancestors. (BST50, $26.95)
	Bitter Fruit • Achmat Dangor • LITERATURE • A family tale set in Johannesburg, reflecting the realities of post-Apartheid South Africa. (SAF147, $13.00)
	Black Liberation, A Comparative History of Black Ideologies in the United States and Africa • George M. Fredrickson • HISTORY • A history of black resistance to white supremacy in the United States and South Africa. (SAF154, $42.00)
	The Black Man's Burden, Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State • Basil Davidson • HISTORY • An evocative work that traces the origins of Africa's independence movement, placing the continent's current political instability in a historical perspective. (AFR92, $15.00)
	Boyhood, Scenes from the Provincial Life • J.M. Coetzee • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Nobel Prize-winner J.M. Coetzee's affecting memoir of his adolescence in South Africa. (SAF149, $14.00)
	Bradt City Guide Johannesburg • Lizzie Williams • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to the South African city in the authoritative, personal Bradt series. With practical information, annotated suggestions of where to eat, sleep and shop, suggested walking tours and color maps. (SAF176, $13.95)
	Burger's Daughter • Nadine Gordimer • LITERATURE • The story of a young, white, South African woman, and her search for identity. (SAF84, $15.00)
	The Cape Herders • Emile Boonzaier • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A scholarly portrait of the Khokhoi of the western cape of South Africa. (SAF65, $19.95)
	Cape Town • • Gerald Hoberman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This handsomely produced book features 160 stunning, large color photographs. (SAF230, $49.95)
	Cape Town Map • Borch Maps • A laminated map of Cape Town and surroundings. (SAF105, $7.95)
	Cats of Africa • Anthony Hall-Martin • FIELD GUIDE • A gorgeously illustrated, species-by-species guide to Africa's wild cats. (BST24, $49.95)
	The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs • John C. Manning • Peter Goldblatt • Dee Snijman • NATURAL HISTORY • A definitive, richly illustrated account fo the remarkably diverse bulbous plants of the Cape Floral region by three leading botanists. (SAF160, $59.95)
	A Complicated War, The Harrowing of Mozambique • William Finnegan • HISTORY • An eyewitness historical, political and social account of Mozambique and the civil war that has ravaged the country, organized as a travelogue of sorts -- and centered around the author's own travels and interviews. (SAF94, $26.95)
	Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa • Antjie Krog • Luke Mitchell • HISTORY • A vivid account on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings that uncovered the crimes of apartheid, written with passion and sensitivity. (SAF100, $16.00)
	The Covenant • James Michener • LITERATURE • A classic Michener saga of war, adventure, politics and love. The story follows several generations of characters as they give birth to the mighty Zulu nation. (SAF85, $8.99)
	Cultural Atlas of Africa • Jocelyn Murray • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A handsomely illustrated atlas of African history and culture with 96 outstanding maps, 250 color photographs and excellent essays. (AFR47, $50.00)
	Democratization in Africa • Larry Diamond • Marc F. Plattner • HISTORY • A scholarly analysis of the successes and failures of democratic movements in Africa through the 1990s, including South Africa. (AFR162, $19.95)
	Devil's Valley • Andre Philippus Brink • LITERATURE • (SAF148, $22.00)
	Diamonds, Gold, and War, The British, the Boers and the Making of South Africa • Martin Meredith • HISTORY • (SAF208, $35.00)
	A Dry White Season • Andre Philippus Brink • LITERATURE • When a white teacher decides to investigate the suspicious death of a school janitor he is brought face to face with the ugly truths of Apartheid in this classic South African novel. (SAF179, $13.95)
	Durban Street Plan • MapLink • Detailed map of Durban, published in South Africa. (SAF104, $19.95)
	Elephantoms, Tracking the Elephant • Lyall Watson • NATURAL HISTORY • An evocative account of the myth, lore and nature of elephants in South Africa. (SAF129, $14.95)
	A Far Off Place • Laurens van der Post • LITERATURE • The continutation of the tale begun with A Story Like the Wind of Francois Joubert and Xhabbo. (SAF117, $15.00)
	Fault Lines, Journeys Into the New South Africa • David Goodman • Paul Weinberg • HISTORY • An engrossing portrait of South Africa after apartheid and how the changing nation continues to confront its troubled past. (SAF111, $19.95)
	Favorite African Folktales • Nelson Mandela • LITERATURE • FAMILY • A collection of tales from all over the continent, including many traditional folktales from Southern Africa. A team of expert folklorists, poets and authors transcribe the tales, each selected by Mandela. (AFR142, $13.95)
	Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa • Ian Sinclair • Phil Hockey • Warwick Tarboton • FIELD GUIDE • A compact, comprehensive field guide to 900 species of birds, with plates, text and range maps integrated. (SAF12, $35.00)
	Flashman and the Tiger • George MacDonald Fraser • LITERATURE • This 11th installment in The Flashman Papers (purportedly retrieved and not written by George Macdonald Fraser, a nice conceit), consists of three short adventures, which find our hero cavorting with Bismarck and Emperor Franz-Josef and the future Edward VI. (WAF58, $14.95)
	Fodor's Exploring South Africa • Fodor's Guides • GUIDEBOOK • With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of South Africa and its attractions for visitors. (SAF170, $24.95)
	Fodor's South Africa • Andre Lehman • GUIDEBOOK • This practical guide, from the popular series, is saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and restaurants. (SAF198, $24.95)
	Footprint South Africa Handbook • Sebastain Ballard • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to travel in South Africa. (SAF96, $22.95)
	Frommer's South Africa • Pippa De Bruyn • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to exploring South Africa with information on attractions, accommodation, shopping and dining. (SAF197, $23.99)
	The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa • Alexander McCall Smith • LITERATURE • McCall Smith brings together folktales, often hilarious or bizarre, which he heard as a child growing up in Zimbabwe. (AFR141, $22.00)
	The Golden Notebook • Doris Lessing • LITERATURE • Lessing's novel of Africa, women, literature and politics -- the book that opened the eyes of a generation of readers and scholars. (SAF199, $16.95)
	The Harmless People • Elizabeth Marshall Thomas • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A classic study of the Bushmen of the Kalahari, novelistic in its detail. Based on the author's fieldwork, the account is direct, informative, and strong on the character of the people and land. (SAF60, $15.95)
	The Healing Land, The Bushmen and the Kalahari Desert • Rupert Isaacson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A powerful account of the ancient traditions of the Kalahari Bushmen -- and the very contemporary struggle of a people who have been displaced from their land. (SAF135, $13.00)
	The Heart of Redness, A Novel • Zakes Mda • LITERATURE • Mda brilliantly renivents the history, lives, myths and people of Qolorha-by-Sea in the wild Eastern Cape in this haunting novel. (SAF155, $14.00)
	A History of Sub-Saharan Africa • Robert O. Collins • James M. Burns • HISTORY • A clear, brief survey of the history and development of Africa, aimed at undergraduates and interested readers, organized thematically. With chapters on climate and geography, the rise of states and empires, the slave trade within Africa and beyond to the Americas, the European conquest, and Africa in the 20th century. (AFR174, $28.99)
	The House Gun • Nadine Gordimer • LITERATURE • From a popular South African Nobel Prize-winner comes the story of a privileged white family and their struggles with their own beliefs. Always perceptive, Gordimer dissects psychological distortions underlying apartheid. (SAF78, $15.00)
	A Human Being Died That Night, A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid • Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a South African clinical psychologist, recounts dialogue with Eugene de Kock, a commanding officer of an apartheid era state-sanctioned death squad who is currently serving a 212-year sentence for crimes against humanity. A poignant exploration of accountability and forgiveness. (SAF186, $13.00)
	Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa • Alan Barnard • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A scholarly comparative study of San ("Bushmen"), Khokhoi ("Hottentot") and Damara peoples of the Kalahari. (SAF67, $45.00)
	I Write What I Like, Selected Writings • Steve Biko • ANTHOLOGY • An anthology of essays by activist and martyr Steve Biko (1946-1977), (SAF157, $17.00)
	Illustrated Guide to the Game Parks and Nature Reserves of Southern Africa • Reader's Digest • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive guide to 700 parks and reserves in Southern Africa. With excellent maps and a key to common animals of many varieties. (SAF02, $30.00)
	Imaginings of Sand • Andre Philippus Brink • LITERATURE • When her grandmother falls ill, a young woman returns home to South Africa during the first democratic elections in this evocative novel. South African author Andre Brink brilliantly conjures magical stories of the Africa of old along with modern political commentary. (SAF180, $23.00)
	In the Footsteps of Eve, The Mystery of Human Origins • Lee R. Berger • SCIENCE • Berger challenges the orthodoxy on a critical point of debate in the field of paleoanthropology. (ATP10, $14.00)
	Insight City Guide Cape Town • Dorothy Stannard • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, portable guide to Cape Town. Organized geographically, this compact guide features color photographs, maps, concise essays on history and culture, and a brief overview of attractions. (SAF228, $15.95)
	Journey to the Vanished City, the Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel • Tudor Parfitt • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The author probes the mystery of the Lemba people of South Africa in this book, which combines history, myth, and a first-person account of his furiously entertaining trip from South Africa to Tanzania. (SAF92, $14.00)
	July's People • Nadine Gordimer • LITERATURE • A household servant rescues the white family he works for in this political novel set in South Africa. (SAF95, $14.00)
	Kaffir Boy, The True Story a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa • Mark Mathabane • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The affecting memoir of a young South African athlete under Apartheid. Mathabane escaped the fate of many poor, black youth of the time through a tennis scholarship to an American university. (SAF158, $15.00)
	The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals • Jonathan Kingdon • FIELD GUIDE • This stunningly-illustrated, comprehensive field guide by a leading authority includes Kingdon's 480 exquisite color paintings. With information on identification, distribution, ecology and conservation of 1,100 species. (AFR32, $47.50)
	A Kitchen Safari • Dumi Ndlovu • Short, Yvonne • FOOD • (AFR200, $38.95)
	Lonely Planet Cape Town • Simon Richmond • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent practical guide to the city, geared for independent travelers, with color photographs and dozens of excellent maps. (SAF27, $19.99)
	Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • This comprehensive, practical guide is a helpful tool for independent travelers. (AFR44, $25.99)
	Lonely Planet Southern Africa • Alan Murphy • GUIDEBOOK • A hefty practical guide to the nine nations of southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Malawi, Mozambique and Lesotho. Ideal for independent travelers on a multicountry tour. (SAF121, $31.99)
	Mandela & de Klerk • Inge Sargent • LITERATURE • A tevision docu-drama starring Sydney Poitier the jailed hero and Michael Caine as de Klerk, filmed on location in South Africa and at Robbin Island. (SAF51, $9.98)
	Mandela, The Authorized Biography • Anthony Sampson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A comprehensive biography of Mandela by a prolific British journalist, who had complete access to the great man's unpublished letters and documents. (SAF118, $20.00)
	Master Harold...and the Boys • Athol Fugard • LITERATURE • Athol Fugard's play of a young white man and the racial tensions that destroy his friendship to an older black waiter. (SAF151, $12.00)
	Mine Boy • Peter Abrahams • LITERATURE • A potent novel of the toils of black South Africans in the first half of the twentieth century. (SAF231, $12.95)
	My Son's Story • Nadine Gordimer • LITERATURE • A complex story of the effects of apartheid on one black family. (SAF77, $15.00)
	The Myth of Wild Africa • Jonathan Adams • Thomas McShane • NATURAL HISTORY • The authors, associated with the World Wildlife Fund, explode the romantic fallacy of an untouched continent where animals roam freely in sanctuaries. It's a no-holds-barred critique of old-style conservation in Africa. (AFR15, $22.95)
	National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife • Peter Alden • FIELD GUIDE • A portable guide to the landforms, wild areas, mammals, birds, reptiles and insects of Africa, featuring contributions by experts and almost 600 color photographs. (AFR25, $23.95)
	National Geographic Traveler South Africa • David Lambkin • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN FEBRUARY • A compact guide featuring National Geographic's usual attention to maps and color photography. (SAF224, $25.95)
	New News Out of Africa, Uncovering Africa's Renaissance • Charlayne Hunter-Gault • HISTORY • A PBS correspondant addresses the current state of affairs in South Africa, Rwanda, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Angola and Sierra Leone, incorporating his own experiences and the continent's troubled and tangled history. (AFR203, $14.95)
	No Future Without Forgiveness • Desmond Tutu • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An insightful memoir from 1984 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Desmond Tutu, on racial reconciliation in South Africa post-Apartheid. (SAF97, $15.95)
	None to Accompany Me • Nadine Gordimer • LITERATURE • A portrait of life in South Africa after the collapse of Apartheid. With keen attention to character and racial politics, Nobel Prize-winner Gordimer traces the experiences of two families during this turbulent time. (SAF76, $15.00)
	Not Either an Experimental Doll, The Separate Worlds of Three South Africa Women • Lily Patience Moya • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A collection of eye-opening letters. (SAF156, $15.95)
	The Peopling of Africa, A Geographic Interpretation • James L. Newman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An anthropological study of Africa, which considers, among other factors, genetics, religion, language and technology. (AFR140, $23.00)
	A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of Southern Africa • Elst, Rudy • King,Dennis • FIELD GUIDE • A convenient, shirt pocket guide. (SAF192, $13.00)
	Picture Cape Town, Landmarks of a New Generation • Getty Trust Publications • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An inspired collection of photographs landmarks fo Cape Town, culled from hundreds taken by a group of South African youths (SAF126, $19.95)
	Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates • Paul Dallman • NATURAL HISTORY • Richly illustrated, clearly written and engaging, this book is an ecological overview of the landscapes, plants and vegetation types found in Mediterranean climates. (MED21, $35.95)
	The Post-Apartheid Constitutions, Perspectives on South Africa's Basic Law • Stephen Ellmann • Penelope Andrews • REFERENCE • (SAF133, $29.95)
	Power Lines, Two Years on South Africa's Borders • Jason Carter • Jimmy Carter • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A memoir by Jimmy Carter's grandson about his experiences working in South Africa as a member of the Peace Corps in the late 1990s. (SAF146, $14.00)
	The Power of One • Bryce Courtenay • LITERATURE • This riveting novel tells of the coming-of-age of a six-year-old English boy in South Africa during the darkest days of largely pro-Nazi South Africa, based on the author's childhood. (SAF26, $14.95)
	Robben Island and Prisoner Resistance to Apartheid • Fran Lisa Buntman • HISTORY • A fascinating and inspiring glimpse inside the prison in which Nelson Mandela, along with other anti-apartheid activists, was held for almost three decades. Buntman studies the ways the prisoners managed to stragegize and resist even while behind bars. (SAF185, $29.99)
	Rough Guide South Africa • Rough Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to South Africa in the hip, literate and infomative Rough Guide style. (SAF217, $26.99)
	The Rough Guide to Cape Town and the Garden Route • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • This guide features helpful information on Cape Town attractions and Garden Route adventure activities, as well as reviews on accommodations, food and drink. With a color section and maps on every area. (SAF165, $19.99)
	Salamander Cotton • Richard Kunzmann • MYSTERY • (SAF207, $24.95)
	Shaka Zulu • E. A. Ritter • HISTORY • The sweeping story of the Zulu nation's rise to power and especially of its warrior-king. (SAF54, $14.98)
	The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean • Paddy Ryan • Peter Atkinson • 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, $19.95)
	South Africa • • Gerald Hoberman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • (SAF229, $24.95)
	South Africa, A Narrative History • Frank Welsh • HISTORY • An opinionated and thorough history of South Africa. (SAF57, $35.00)
	South from the Limpopo, Travels Through South Africa • Dervla Murphy • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The intrepid Murphy captures the excitement, contradictions and challenges of South Africa on her 6,000-mile journey during the nation's first true elections in 1994. (SAF102, $16.95)
	Southern African Birds, A Photographic Guide • Ian Sinclair • FIELD GUIDE • A pocket guide to the 265 most conspicuous birds south of the Zambezi River featuring color photographs, brief descriptions and range maps. We also carry Birds of Namibia (NMB17, $15.95). (SAF14, $15.95)
	Southern African Wildlife, A Visitor's Guide • Mike Unwin • FIELD GUIDE • A popular photographic guide to the mammals, birds, reptiles and habitats south of the Zambezi. With 300 color photographs and illuminating text. (SAF131, $24.95)
	Southern Night Sky • Pocket Naturalist • FIELD GUIDE • A glow in the dark laminated card showing the most conspicuous stars, constellations and celestial objects of the Southern Hemisphere. (SCI30, $5.95)
	Soweto Inside Out, Stories About Africa's Famous Township • Adam Roberts • HISTORY • A collection of stories compiled to mark the centennial of the first expulsion of black Africans from Johannesburg to Soweto. (SAF184, $18.00)
	A Story Like the Wind • Laurens van der Post • LITERATURE • The epic tale set in the Kalahari of the frienship between young Francois Joubert and Xhabbo. (SAF116, $15.00)
	The Story of an African Farm • Olive Shreiner • LITERATURE • The story of an orphaned heroine in her search for self in colonial South Africa. (SAF86, $12.95)
	The Story of the Cannibal Woman • Maryse Conde • LITERATURE • (SAF202, $14.00)
	Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC • William M. Gumede • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An even-handed examination of Mbeki's presidency, including his successes, his relationship with Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and the continuing challenges facing South Africa, by a South African journalist. (SAF196, $31.00)
	To My Children's Children • Sindiwe Magona • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Magona's widely acclaimed memoir of the changes she and her Xhosa village endured under apartheid. (SAF83, $11.95)
	Tomorrow is Another Country, The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change • Allister Sparks • HISTORY • Essential to understanding South Africa today, this is a comprehensive account of the extraordinary developments that led to multiracial democracy in South Africa. (SAF31, $19.00)
	Top 10 Cape Town and the Winelands • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, illustrated guide in the popular series, featuring favorite attractions. (SAF216, $12.00)
	Traveller's History of South Africa • David Mason • HISTORY • A compact guide in the popular series. (SAF142, $14.95)
	Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela • Bill Keller • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • Written by New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, this inspiring biography follows Mandela from his tribal homeland and the struggle for racial equality to his leadership of an-apartheid-free South Africa. (SAF188, $17.95)
	Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 • Doris Lessing • MYSTERY • The prolific Pulitzer Prize winning, British novelist's memoir of coming-of-age in Persia, where she was born, and Southern Rhodesia, where her family moved in the 1920s. (SAF200, $15.95)
	Vegetation of Southern Africa • R. M. Cowling • NATURAL HISTORY • A comprehensive survey of the habits, climatic and geological setting, evolution and types of vegetation in Southern Africa by a team of scholars (SAF159, $99.00)
	Waiting for the Barbarians • J.M. Coetzee • LITERATURE • (SAF150, $14.00)
	The Washing of Spears • Donald R. Morris • HISTORY • A sprawling chronicle of the Zulu nation and particularly of the war of 1879. (SAF49, $27.95)
	Ways of Dying • Zakes Mda • LITERATURE • A professional mourner finds love amid ruins in Mda's superb novel set during the last days of Apartheid. (SAF132, $14.00)
	Woza Albert • Percy Mtwa • Mbongeni Ngema • Barney Simon • LITERATURE • The second coming of Christ occurs in South Africa in this biting, satircal play. (SAF152, $14.95)
	Zulu Wilderness, Shadow and Soul • Ian Player • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A celebration and tribute to Magquba Ntombela -- a Zulu chief, storyteller and warden at Mfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa. (SAF107, $21.95)

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