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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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Birds of Seychelles
• Malcom Penny
• FIELD GUIDE
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A compact guide to birds of Seychelles featuring handsome color plates by Chloe Talbot-Kelly, a 50-page overview of the islands, and an extensive description of each species.
(SEY16, $24.95)
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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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The Dodo And Mauritius Island, Imaginary Encounters
• Harri Kallio
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A beautifully illustrated pictorial salute to the extinct dodo and its island home, accompanied by Kallio's winning photographs.
(MTS07, $45.00)
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Gap in Nature, Discovering the World's Extinct Animals
• Tim F. Flannery
• Peter Schouten
• SCIENCE
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An illustrated, informative tribute to 103 species that have perished in the last 500 years.
(SCI55, $34.95)
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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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A Hundred Horizons, The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire
• Sugata Bose
• HISTORY
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In this sophisticated and scholarly history, Bose examines trade and interactions among the far-flung peoples of the Indian Ocean region during the last century of the British Raj.
(IDA305, $27.95)
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Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide
• Gerald Allen
• Roger Steene
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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This comprehensive identification guide to coral reef fishes and invertebrates from Hawaii to the Red Sea features 1,800 color photographs.
(DIV48, $40.00)
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Last Chance to See
• Douglas Adams
• Mark Carwardine
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A whirlwind visit to remote habitats around the world by two entertaining traveling companions.
(CON04, $14.95)
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Living Fossil, The Story of the Coelacanth
• Keith Stewart Thomson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Thomson relates the remarkable discovery of the long-thought-extinct fossil fish in the deep waters of the Mozambique channel and Comoros Islands.
(BST09, $9.95)
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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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Seabirds of the World, The Complete Reference
• Jim Enticott
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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This oversize tome provides full coverage of all the world's seabirds.
(FG23, $49.95)
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Seychelles Since 1770: History of a Slave and Post-Slavery Society
• Deryck Scarr
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A scholarly history of the Seychelles. Scarr, a British professor, analyzes French and British colonial rule, slavery, independence and modern political turmoil through the mid-1990s.
(SEY20, $24.95)
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