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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, $19.95)
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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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The Africa House, The True Story of an English Gentleman and His African Dream
• Christina Lamb
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A vivid reconstruction of the early 20th century life of an eccentric British nobleman and his incongruent mansion in the Rhodesian bush. Richly evocative of the wildlife and people of Southern Africa. With black and white photos and maps.
(ZMB9, $14.95)
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Africa Map, Central and South, Madagascar 746
• Michelin Travel Publications
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A fine folded map of the central and southern regions of the continent, covering the continent south of Gabon, Congo, Uganda and Kenya at a scale of 1:4,000,000.
(AFR36, $11.95)
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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. An excellent introduction, this compact book portrays the range of spectacular art produced in Africa through the ages.
(AFR18, $18.95)
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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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African Wildlife
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A laminated fold-out guide.
(AFR109, $5.95)
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African Wildlife
• National Geographic
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An overview of wildlife throughout the continent featuring stunning photography.
(SAF52, $19.99)
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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, $22.95)
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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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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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Cry of the Kalahari, Seven Years in Africa's Last Great Wilderness
• Mark Owens
• Delia Owens
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The story of a family thrown out of Botswana for their stance on conservation. While their approach to conservation is controversial, there's no doubt that the Owens are dedicated to the wildlife of southern Africa -- and are very good writers.
(SAF13, $16.00)
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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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The Eye of the Leopard
• Henning Mankell
• LITERATURE
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Mankell masterfully contrasts a man's life in Zambia and his troubled youth in Sweden.
(AFR224, $26.95)
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Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa
• Ian Sinclair
• Phil Hockey
• Warwick Tarboton
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, comprehensive field guide to 900 species of birds, with plates, text and range maps integrated.
(SAF12, $35.00)
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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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Green Hills of Africa
• Ernest Hemingway
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Hemingway paints a real life story of his ramblings on safari in this classic, exquisitely written tale of hunting around Lake Manyara. It features some of the best writing ever on the land itself, and the original pencil drawings.
(EAF25, $15.00)
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The Harmless People
• Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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The Heart of the Hunter
• Laurens van der Post
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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(SAF32, $13.00)
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Horn of Darkness, Rhinos on the Edge
• Carol Cunningham
• Joel Berger
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A lively account of field work, combining adventure, natural history and thoughtful commentary on the plight of the severely endangered black rhinoceros in Namibia.
(NMB07, $45.00)
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Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa
• Alan Barnard
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A scholarly comparative study of San ("Bushmen"), Khokhoi ("Hottentot") and Damara peoples of the Kalahari.
(SAF67, $43.00)
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Illustrated Guide to the Game Parks and Nature Reserves of Southern Africa
• Reader's Digest
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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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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Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide geared for independent travelers.
(AFR44, $25.99)
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Lonely Planet Southern Africa
• Alan Murphy
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Mating
• Norman Rush
• LITERATURE
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This comic novel evokes daily life in Botswana and skewers the notion of well-intentioned academics at large in the developing world. The description of the remarkable trek from Gabarone to the Kalahari is classic.
(BOT03, $15.95)
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My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, and His Conscience
• Rian Malan
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• FAVORITE
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The story of an Afrikaner and journalist who returned 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 of current events.
(SAF19, $15.00)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife
• Peter Alden
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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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, $18.00)
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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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Secrets of the Savanna, Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People
• Mark Owens
• Delia Owens
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A heartfelt memoir of the North Luangwa Conservation Project in remote Zambia. Mark and Delia Owens came to Luangwa Valley to study lions and found themselves caught up in an often dangerous fight to save elephants from poachers.
(ZMB06, $14.95)
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Shaka Zulu
• E. A. Ritter
• HISTORY
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The sweeping story of the Zulu nation's rise to power and especially of its warrior-king.
(SAF54, $14.98)
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Southern Africa Regional Map
• ITMB
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A double-sided map of the continent south of the Zambezi River, at a scale of 1:2,125,000, with color photographs and notes on parks and major attractions. We also carry individual maps of Botswana (SAF07, $10.95) and Namibia (SAF06, $9.95).
(SAF63, $12.95)
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The Tree Where Man Was Born
• Peter Matthiessen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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This classic portrait of East Africa, enthralling in its detail on nature and daily life, takes in the Maasai, Ngorongoro, the Kenyan highlands and Mathiessen's field trips, safaris and adventures in the Serengeti.
(EAF27, $17.00)
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Zimbabwe Map
• Globetrotter
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A clear map of Zimbabwe at a scale of 1:1,100,000.
(SAF08, $10.95)
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