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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, $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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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, 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 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 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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A laminated foldout guide.
(AFR109, $5.95)
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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, $28.95)
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Animal, The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
• Don E. Wilson
• David Burnie
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A giant reference to wildlife throughout the world, compiled by the Smithsonian and a group of zoologists. From insects, marine life and amphibians to birds and mammals, it runs the gamut.
(BST80, $25.00)
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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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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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Bats in Question, The Smithsonian Answer Book
• Don E. Wilson
• Merlin D. Tuttle
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A illustrated natural history of bats, presented as a Q-and-A session.
(BST81, $24.95)
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Birds of East Africa
• Terry Stevenson
• John Fanshawe
• FIELD GUIDE
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Compact and comprehensive, this guide to 1,388 species of birds in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi features 286 excellent color plates, range maps and notes on habitats and conservation. A veteran tour leader, co-author Stevenson lives in Kenya.
(EAF92, $40.00)
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Birds of Eastern Africa, Princeton Illustrated Checklists
• Ber Van Perlo
• FIELD GUIDE
• OUT OF PRINT
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This handy guide illustrates and briefly describes most East African birds. A remarkably small book, featuring 96 color plates, 1,487 species -- and essential information for quick reference in the field.
(EAF40, $29.95)
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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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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
• COMING IN JULY
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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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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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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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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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Explore Mount Kilimanjaro
• Jacquetta Megarry
• GUIDEBOOK
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An ingenious spiral-bound guide to the Marunga, Machame and Rongai trekking routes with foldout, color maps.
(EAF102, $15.95)
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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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The Fossil Trail, How We Know What We Think We Know About Human Evolution
• Ian Tattersall
• SCIENCE
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A balanced, thought-provoking survey of the physical evidence for human evolution.
(ATP08, $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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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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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, $20.00)
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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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Into Africa, The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone
• Martin Dugard
• EXPLORATION
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A nicely paced tale of the Scottish explorer and Stanley's headline-grabbing efforts to locate him. Dugard has done his homework well, drawing on a wide variety of sources to paint a nuanced, lively portrait of the two men.
(AFR130, $15.95)
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Into Africa, With a New Postcript
• Craig Packer
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An account by a noted field biologist of two months among the animals at Serengeti and Gombe National Parks in Tanzania.
(EAF77, $24.00)
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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 of Kenya and Northern Tanzania at a scale of 1:950,000 with national 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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Kilimanjaro, To the Roof of Africa
• David Breashears
• EXPLORATION
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A strikingly beautiful celebration of Kilimanjaro, originally presented in IMAX theatres. Breshears focuses on the history, nature and beauty of the mountain along with the experiences of the trekkers.
(EAF112, $19.99)
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The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals
• Jonathan Kingdon
• FIELD GUIDE
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A stunningly illustrated, comprehensive field guide to African mammals. This concise guide provides full information on more than 1,100 species. It includes 480 outstanding color illustrations by the author and 280 maps.
(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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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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The Myth of Wild Africa
• Jonathan Adams
• Thomas McShane
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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)
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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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New Map of Kilimanjaro National Park
• Ma Company (Tanzania)
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A colorful hand-drawn topographic map.
(EAF104, $11.95)
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tourist Map and Guide
• Harms IC Verlag
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An excellent map of the entire conservation area (at a scale of 1:230,000) with a nicely detailed topographic map of the crater itself on the reverse. With good information on roads, natural features, attractions and habitat.
(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, $48.00)
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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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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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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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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, $24.95)
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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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The Serengeti Lion, A Study of Predator-Prey Relations
• George Schaller
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A classic study in field biology and winner of the National Book Award, this book is the result of Schaller's long-term study of the ecology of the Serengeti lion.
(EAF13, $45.00)
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Serengeti National Park Map
• Ma Company (Tanzania)
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A detailed, full-color sketch map of the Serengeti ecosystem with camps, lodges, watercourses, habitat and topography.
(EAF130, $14.95)
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The Shadow of Kilimanjaro, On Foot Across East Africa
• Rick Ridgeway
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Ridgeway got to walk across Kenya, albeit in the company of armed park rangers, while the rest of us tool around in mini-vans and Toyotas. A perceptive overview of Kenya, its wildlife and conservation by an appreciative observer.
(EAF61, $17.00)
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Smithsonian Handbooks, Mammals
• Juliet Clutton-Brock
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
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This sturdy field guide colorfully describes 500 of the world's mammals.
(BST76, $20.00)
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro
• Ernest Hemingway
• LITERATURE
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Set in Africa, this collection of 10 prime Hemingway stories includes not just the famous title story but also "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," a chilling masterpiece about an American couple on a big-game safari.
(EAF26, $13.00)
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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, 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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Wildlife of East Africa
• Martin B. Withers
• David Hosking
• FIELD GUIDE
• BEST SELLER
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A compact guide to 475 common species of birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, trees and flowers of East Africa. Designed for the field, the guide features full-color photographs with detailed descriptions of each species 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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The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior, An Autobiography
• Ole Saitoti
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The riveting account of an eventful life. Saitoti looks back on his life among the Maasai, as spokesperson for the tribe and one of their first safari guides. He bridges several worlds with tremendous grace.
(EAF29, $19.95)
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