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AA Gill is Away
• A. A. Gill
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A hilarious collection of tales by the acerbic British columnist and personality. The range is staggering -- included are reports from famine-plagued Sudan, Tokyo, Scotland, Tanzania and the Kalahari, and Los Angeles where he investigates the adult-film (AKA porn) industry.
(TVL76, $14.00)
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Africa
• Phyllis Martin
• Patrick O'Meara
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Africa
• Michael Lewis
• John Reader
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Africa on Six Wheels, A Semester on Safari
• Betty Levitov
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Levitov's entertaining book about a trek across Africa with thirteen Nebraska college students and an Australian bus driver is full of hilarious anecdotes and beautiful evocations of place, from the bustling streets of Nairobi to the serenity of Lamu Island.
(EAF181, $17.95)
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Africa's Vanishing Wildlife
• Chris Stuart
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Outstanding photography and text profiling wildlife found all over the continent.
(AFR43, $45.00)
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Africa, A Biography of the Continent
• John Reader
• HISTORY
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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)
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African Art, An Introduction
• Frank Willett
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A concise, well illustrated overview of the art and culture of Africa, portraying the range of spectacular art produced throughout the ages.
(AFR18, $18.95)
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African Obsession, The Life and Legacy of Carl Akeley
• Penelope Bodry-Sanders
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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A biography of Carl Akeley that follows his expeditions throughout East and Central Africa, capturing his fascination with turn-of-the-century Africa..
(AFR52, $14.95)
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African Predators
• M.G.L. Mills
• Gus Mills
• Martin Harvey
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A natural history of the giant cats and other predators of Africa.
(AFR114, $39.95)
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Lonely Planet Tanzania
• Mary Fitzpatrick
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide to Tanzania featuring maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing.
(EAF95, $24.99)
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African Silences
• Peter Matthiessen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this narrative of Equatorial Africa, Matthiessen recounts several trips to The Gambia, Senegal, Zaire and the Congo Basin in search of rhinos, elephants and other endangered wildlife.
(WAF36, $13.00)
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African Voices, African Lives: Personal Narratives from a Swahili Village
• Patricia Caplan
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An enormously detailed ethnographic portrait of life on the Swahili coast, including Mafia Island, based on the author's interviews, encounters and research over several decades.
(EAF88, $43.95)
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African Wildlife
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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Slip this laminated foldout guide in your pocket.
(AFR109, $5.95)
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The Africans
• David Lamb
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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In these 17 well-written essays, news correspondent Lamb ranges throughout Africa, creating an insightful portrait of the land and especially its people.
(AFR22, $14.95)
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Ancestral Passions, The Leakey Family and the Quest for Humankind's Beginnings
• Virginia Morell
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A biography of the Leakey family, documenting their discoveries and their vast contributions to the field of paleontology. The Leakeys have been instrumental in tracing human origins to East Africa.
(EAF76, $38.95)
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Arusha National Park Map
• Ma Company (Tanzania)
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A full color handsome topographic map and souvenir of Mt. Meru and Arusha National Park
(EAF106, $11.95)
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The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives, An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History
• Alan Turner
• Mauricio Anton
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A thoroughly researched guide to modern felines and their ancestors.
(BST50, $26.95)
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The Black Man's Burden, Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State
• Basil Davidson
• HISTORY
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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)
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Black Mischief
• Evelyn Waugh
• LITERATURE
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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). Originally written in 1932.
(AFR20, $13.95)
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Bones of Contention, Controversies in the Search for Human Origins
• Roger Lewin
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Lewin, a science writer who has worked with Richard Leakey, offers an engaging account of the issues, debates and personalities in paleoanthropology.
(ATP05, $27.50)
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Bradt Guide Sudan
• Paul Clammer
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular Bradt series, noted for publishing travel guides to remote and little-visited destinations.
(AFR152, $21.95)
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Bradt Guide Tanzania
• Philip Briggs
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide to Tanzania, its history, wildlife and major attractions, with maps, town plans and lots of practical travel information.
(EAF39, $25.95)
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Bradt Guide Zanzibar
• David Else
• Sarah Chanter
• GUIDEBOOK
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A personal, detailed guide to Zanzibar, its history, culture, attractions and natural history. With color photographs, maps and excellent travel information.
(EAF33, $21.95)
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Cadogan Guide Tanzania & Zanzibar
• Annabel Skinner
• GUIDEBOOK
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This Cadogan guide strikes a good balance between up-to-date practical information and background on history, culture and nature.
(EAF158, $21.95)
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Captain Sir Richard Burton, A Biography
• Edward Rice
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A splendid, absorbing account of the Victorian explorer.
(AFR99, $27.50)
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Cats of Africa
• Anthony Hall-Martin
• FIELD GUIDE
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A gorgeously illustrated, species-by-species guide to Africa's wild cats.
(BST24, $49.95)
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Classic Hikes of the World
• Peter Pottersfield
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Pottersfield features 23 treks in this beautifully illustrated volume. Each trip gets an extended photographic essay with a route description, maps and practical details.
(WLD52, $39.95)
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Cultural Atlas of Africa
• Jocelyn Murray
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A handsomely illustrated atlas of African history and culture with 96 outstanding maps, 250 color photographs and excellent essays.
(AFR47, $50.00)
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Darwin's Dreampond, Drama in Lake Victoria
• Tijs Goldschmidt
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A vivid account of the author's field work on the ecology and evolution of the Cichlid fiches.
(EAF53, $27.00)
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Desertion
• Abdulrazak Gurnah
• LITERATURE
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Set in Zanzibar, this novel of a troubled love affair spans sixty years and paints a vivid portrait of turn-of-the-century colonial Africa.
(EAF138, $13.95)
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Dhow of the Monsoon, From Zanzibar to Oman in the Wake of Sindbad
• William M. Holden
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Holden weaves history, mythology and geography, introducing us to a cast of memorable characters and bringing to life the sights and sounds of the sea.
(EAF157, $24.95)
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Footprint Tanzania
• Lizzie Williams
• GUIDEBOOK
• OUT OF PRINT
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A compact, comprehensive guide in the British series. With a good overview and maps of national parks, a section on wildlife, color maps and plenty of practical information.
(EAF145, $19.95)
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Ghosts of Tsavo, Stalking the Mystery Lions of East Africa
• Philp Caputo
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An account of Caputo's adventures in Tsavo National Park on the trail of some very big lions.
(EAF93, $16.00)
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The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
• Alexander McCall Smith
• LITERATURE
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McCall Smith brings together folktales, often hilarious or bizarre, which he heard as a child growing up in Zimbabwe.
(AFR141, $22.00)
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Guide to Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro
• Iain Allan
• GUIDEBOOK
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A pocket guide to mountaineering produced by the Mountain Club of Kenya. It's a comprehensive overview, covering mountain medicine, geology, flora and fauna, and other topics in detail. With climbing routes, and a fold-out topo maps of the two mountains.
(EAF68, $33.95)
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Heart of Darkness, with Congo Diary
• Joseph Conrad
• LITERATURE
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One of the century's most important works, this short story tells of the harrowing journey Marlow takes into the Belgian congo.
(AFR46, $7.95)
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Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories
• Chinua Achebe
• Lynn Innes
• ANTHOLOGY
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A single-volume introduction to the vast literature of Africa, containing stories from the past 37 years.
(AFR10, $11.95)
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Hemingway in Africa, The Last Safari
• Christopher Ondaatje
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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In this illustrated account of travels in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, Christopher Ondaajte conjures Hemingway and his love for Africa.
(AFR139, $37.50)
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How to Draw Animals
• Judy Tatchell
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(JUV01, $4.95)
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I Dreamed of Africa
• Kuki Gallman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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This bestseller is a highly personal account of tragedy and magic in Kenya. Italian-born Gallman tells of her move to Ol Ari Nyiro, a ranch set in the highland plain in the shadow of Mount Kenya.
(EAF23, $15.95)
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An Ice-Cream War, A Novel
• William Boyd
• LITERATURE
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This finely wrought, sensitive novel captures the drama and day-to-day reality of friends and family caught up in WWI in German East Africa.
(EAF146, $15.95)
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In the Dust of Kilimanjaro
• David Western
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Western writes eloquently of his immersion in the natural history and cultures of Kenya.
(EAF48, $24.00)
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In the Shadow of Man
• Jane Goodall
• Stephen Jay Gould
• David A. Hamburg
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Goodall's popular account of her early years among the chimps at Gombe Stream Reserve includes 80 photographs by Hugo van Lawick.
(EAF74, $15.00)
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Insight Guide East African Wildlife
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
• OUT OF PRINT
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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)
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Investigating Olduvai, Archaeology of Human Origins
• Jeanne Septis
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A CD-Rom created for University students to explore the FLK-Zinj fossil site at Olduvai, with separate sections for data, analysis and investigation.
(EAF90, $39.95)
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Journey to the Source of the Nile
• Christopher Ondaatje
• EXPLORATION
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A modern journey in the footsteps of the Victorian explorers.
(AFR96, $25.00)
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Kenya & Northern Tanzania Map
• World Mapping Project
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A clear map at a scale of 1:950,000 with parks and reserves, including Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Arusha and Samburu.
(EAF140, $9.99)
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Kenya and Tanzania Map
• Cartographia
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A colorful map of the region.
(EAF97, $12.00)
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Kenya Map
• Nelles
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A detailed map of Kenya and northern Tanzania (including the Serengeti) at a scale of 1:1,100,000 with inset maps of Lamu, Nairobi and Mombasa.
(EAF07, $10.95)
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Kilimanjaro & East Africa, A Climbing and Trekking Guide
• Cameron Burns
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact planning guide to Kilimanjaro's forest and moorland routes, neighboring Mount Meru, Mount Kenya and the Rwenzoris.
(EAF63, $19.95)
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Kilimanjaro, The Great White Mountain of Africa
• Muhammed Amin
• David Pluth
• Graham Mercer
• NATURAL HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A magnificently illustrated, detailed account of Africa's highest mountain, its exploration, history and nature, featuring 150 color photographs.
(EAF103, $60.00)
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The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals
• Jonathan Kingdon
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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The Lake Regions of Central Africa
• Richard Francis Burton
• EXPLORATION
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Burton's account of exploration between Zanzibar and Lake Tanganyika.
(AFR98, $16.95)
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Larger Mammals of Africa
• Pierre Dandelot
• FIELD GUIDE
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Featuring handsome color plates of all the larger mammals of Africa (including Madagascar)
(AFR61, $35.00)
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Lonely Planet East Africa
• Hugh Finlay
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical guide to East Africa features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature. Covers Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania.
(EAF81, $29.99)
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Lonely Planet Swahili Phrasebook
• Lonely Planet
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A pocket dictionary and language guide for the traveler.
(EAF96, $8.99)
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Lucy's Legacy, Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution
• Alison Jolly
• SCIENCE
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A well-informed, popular account of what makes us human.
(AFR104, $18.95)
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Lucy, The Beginnings of Humankind
• Maitland Armstrong Edey
• Donald Johanson
• ARCHAEOLOGY
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The original, influential account of the thrilling discovery of Lucy in 1974 and the impact of the discovery on ideas about human evolution.
(ATP06, $17.00)
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Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure, The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika
• Giles Foden
• HISTORY
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Award-winning author Giles Foden recounts the true story that inspired the classic film, The African Queen. This history is just as dramatic and colorful as the movie.
(EAF131, $24.00)
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Mount Kenya Map
• Ordnance Survey
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A full color general wall map of Mt. Kenya and surroundings at a scale of 1:125,000 published by the Survey of Kenya.
(EAF141, $10.95)
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Mountaineering, The Freedom of the Hills
• The Mountaineers
• GUIDEBOOK
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The essential handbook for mountaineers, in a seventh revised edition. With chapters on outdoor fundamentals, rock, snow, ice, and alpine climbing, emergency prevention and response, the mountain environment, and gear.
(GEN267, $29.95)
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Mountains of the Mind, Adventures in Reaching the Summit
• Robert Macfarlane
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A meditative account of the meaning of making it to the top, interweaving travel and philosophy.
(HML65, $14.95)
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area
• Ma Company (Tanzania)
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An attractive, colorful and informative sketch map of the area with notes on wildlife and conservation at a scale of 2:210,000.
(EAF153, $14.95)
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tourist Map and Guide
• Harms IC Verlag
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The entire conservation area at a scale of 1:230,000, with a nicely detailed topographic map of the crater itself on the reverse.
(EAF122, $15.95)
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The Nile
• Robert O. Collins
• HISTORY
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Collins draws on a lifetime of study and travel in this authoritative overview of the geography and history of the 4,000-mile-long river.
(AFR129, $52.00)
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Nomads of the Serengeti
• Robyn Stewart
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Featuring 200 color photographs of the wildlife and landscapes of the Serengeti, with a focus on the birds, migrating herds, and predators.
(EAF149, $32.95)
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North of South, An African Journey
• Shiva Naipaul
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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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)
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Northern Tanzania Map
• Ma Company (Tanzania)
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A colorful, hand-drawn map at a scale of 1:1.4 million with illustrations of common trees.
(EAF154, $14.95)
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Origins Reconsidered, In Search of What Makes Us Human
• Richard Leakey
• Roger Lewin
• SCIENCE
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A personal account of hominid evolution, looking back at the evidence and conclusions from the original 1977 book "Origins," augmented with a thoughtful consideration of what makes us human.
(ATP07, $17.95)
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Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass
• Isak Dinesen
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The perennially best-selling tale of a naive young woman who leaves Denmark for East Africa, Out of Africa draws us into life on a struggling coffee plantation. It's a moving story inspired by a love for Kenya and its people.
(EAF22, $14.95)
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Paradise
• Abdurlazak Gurnah
• LITERATURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A wonderfully written novel set on the Swahili coast. A finalist for the Booker Prize, this vibrant novel of a boy sold into slavery evokes the landscapes and social mix of Arab Muslims, Indian merchants, European colonists, and African tribes.
(MAD03, $13.95)
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The Peopling of Africa, A Geographic Interpretation
• James L. Newman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An anthropological study of Africa, which considers, among other factors, genetics, religion, language and technology.
(AFR140, $23.00)
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A Photographic Guide, Southern, Central, and East African Mammals
• Chris Stuart
• Tilde Stuart
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact guide, designed for the field, including almost all of the conspicuous species and a good sampling of the smaller or more secretive animals.
(EAF16, $15.95)
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The Remarkable Baobab
• Thomas Pakenham
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A celebration of the tremendous, twisted baobabs of Africa, Madagascar and Australia. The 60 large-format color photographs show that the Baobab is indeed remarkable.
(NAT71, $19.95)
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Rough Waters, Nature and Development in an East African Marine Park
• Christine J. Walley
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A scholarly account of the establishment of Tanzania's Mafia Island Marine Park.
(EAF129, $25.95)
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Safari Living
• Tim Beddow
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Beddow captures the beauty and setting of lodges and camps, highland estates and coast retreats in 100 color photos in this handsome overview of architecture and interior design in East Africa.
(EAF147, $16.95)
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The Scramble for Africa
• Thomas Pakenham
• HISTORY
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A well-written, meticulously researched history of the Victorian land grab in Africa. The book includes excellent portraits of the egomaniacal personalities that overran the continent.
(AFR26, $23.95)
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Serengeti Journey, On Safari in Africa
• Gare Thompson
• NATURAL HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A fun and informative overview of the Serengeti and its wildlife for readers ages 4 to 8.
(EAF150, $17.90)
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Seven Summits
• Dick Bass
• Frank Wells
• Rick Ridgeway
• EXPLORATION
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Count-down: Aconcagua, McKinley, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Kosciusko, Vinson and Everest.
(EXP48, $15.99)
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Surrender or Starve: Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea
• Robert D. Kaplan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Robert Kaplan, the prolific journalist and author of Balkan Ghosts, travelled through Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea for this illuminating travelogue examining the culture, religion, and politics of the region.
(AFR155, $13.95)
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Swahili Dictionary
• D.V. Perrott
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A convenient dictionary, useful anywhere in East Africa and especially along the coast, with 14,000 entries and guide to grammar and pronunciation.
(EAF54, $15.95)
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Swahili, Start Speaking Today
• Educational Services Corporation
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A 90-minute crash course in Swahili on two audio casettes tapes, which focuses on useful words and expressions for the traveler.
(EAF110, $21.95)
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Through a Window, My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
• Jane Goodall
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The now-classic account of Jane Goodall's research into the life of the chimpanzee on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
(EAF42, $16.00)
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Wildlife of East Africa
• Martin B. Withers
• David Hosking
• FIELD GUIDE
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This compact 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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The Wisdom of the Bones, In Search of Human Origins
• Alan Walker
• Pat Shipman
• SCIENCE
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A dramatic account of the discovery, in 1984, and significance of a remarkably intact skeleton of Homo erectus in northern Kenya.
(ATP09, $15.00)
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