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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) |
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Africa Map
Kummerly & Frey Maps
A map of the entire African continent at a scale of 1:12,000,000.
(AFR19, $16.95) |
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Africa's Vanishing Wildlife
Chris Stuart
NATURAL HISTORY
Outstanding photography and text profiling wildlife found all over the continent.
(AFR43, $45.00) |
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African Animal Tracks
Raymond Leung
James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE
A fold-out, laminated pocket field guide featuring the tracks of almost 150 species.
(AFR107, $5.95) |
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African Birds, An Introduction to Familiar Species
James Kavanaugh
Raymond Leung
FIELD GUIDE
A laminated fold-out guide illustrating almost 150 species of African birds.
(AFR108, $5.95) |
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African Civilization Revisited
Basil Davidson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
The sweep of African history, as told primarily from brief excerpts from over 120 original sources.
(AFR66, $21.95) |
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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) |
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African Wildlife
Raymond Leung
James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE
Slip this laminated foldout guide in your pocket.
(AFR109, $5.95) |
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Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat and Camel
Jeffrey Tayler
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The eye-opening account of an American journalist's trek across the Sahel, the southern region of the Sahara Desert, which encompasses Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Cameroon, Chad and Senegal.
(WAF83, $25.00) |
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Animals of Africa
Thomas B. Allen
FIELD GUIDE
With 200 stunning color photographs and an introduction by Jane Goodall, this coffe-table book shows the animals of Africa.
(AFR223, $45.00) |
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Bradt Guide Nigeria
Lizzie Williams
GUIDEBOOK
A detailed overview of Nigeria, its history, wildlife, culture and major attractions in the series by Bradt. Geared for the independent traveler, it includes maps, town plans, and lots of practical travel information.
(WAF84, $29.99) |
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Bradt Guide Sao Tome and Principe
Kathleen Becker
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide in the British series to the West African island nation.
(CAF31, $25.99) |
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Bradt Guie Cameroon
Ben West
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive guide from the popular Bradt series.
(CAF29, $27.99) |
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Cameroon Map
ITMB
A detailed, shaded topographic map of Cameroon.
(CAF17, $10.95) |
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Captain Sir Richard Burton, A Biography
Edward Rice
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A splendid, absorbing account of the Victorian explorer.
(AFR99, $27.50) |
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Chad Map
IGN
A traveler's map of Chad.
(CAF11, $16.95) |
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Cutting the Vines of the Past, Environmental Histories of the Central African Rain Forest
Tamara Giles-Vernick
NATURAL HISTORY
Focusing on the Mpiemu people's opposition to the establishment of natural preserves in the Central African Republic, this scholarly book investigates the disjunct between traditional African approaches to land use and modern Western approaches to conservation.
(CAF13, $22.50) |
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East Along the Equator, A Journey Up the Congo and into Zaire
Helen Winternitz
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
An account of travels and politics in Zaire.
(CAF28, $14.00) |
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Eating Apes
Dale Peterson
Karl Ammann
Janet K. Museveni
NATURAL HISTORY
In this powerful book, primatologist Peterson calls for a stop to the consumption of bush meat, especially chimps, bonos, and gorillas, in the forests of Central and Western Africa.
(AFR153, $17.95) |
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Gabon Map
IGN
A folded, self-cover map of Gabon, with an inset of Libreville, at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
(CAF24, $16.95) |
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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) |
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Gorillas, Natural History & Conservation
Kelly Stewart
NATURAL HISTORY
An illustrated overview of the natural history and ecology of the gorilla.
(CAF35, $17.95) |
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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, $27.99) |
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A History of the Sudan, From the Coming of Islam to the Present Day
P. M. Holt
M.W. Daly
HISTORY
A contemporary history of Sudan and how it has been shaped by Britain and the Ottoman Empire.
(AFR169, $50.60) |
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Houseboy
Ferdinand Oyono
LITERATURE
The hero of this unsettling novel is a Cameroonian houseboy who ardently studies French colonial ways.
(CAF16, $11.95) |
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Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, and Catastrophe
Donald Petterson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A personal survey of contemporary Sudan, and especially its troubled relationship with the United States.
(AFR100, $17.95) |
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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) |
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Larger Mammals of Africa
Pierre Dandelot
FIELD GUIDE
Featuring handsome color plates of all the larger mammals of Africa (including Madagascar)
(AFR61, $35.00) |
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Mission to Kala
Mongo Beti
Peter Green
LITERATURE
An enduring novel by the Cameroonian writer.
(CAF20, $8.95) |
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Natural Acts, A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
David Quammen
SCIENCE
Quammen augments this new edition of his debut collection of essays with a section of his best work since 1985.
(NAT134, $24.95) |
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Passages, Photographs in Africa
Carol Beckwith
Angela Fisher
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Organized thematically, this slim paperback features favorite photographs from Fisher and Beckwith's extraordinary African Ceremonies. The duo presents dramatic portraits of daily life and rituals across the continent.
(AFR82, $24.95) |
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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) |
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Prince Henry "the Navigator," A Life
Peter E. Russell
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A complicated, rewarding portrait, and the first biography of this empire-minded Portuguese prince in more than a hundred years.
(PGL25, $21.00) |
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The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars
Douglas Hamilton Johnson
HISTORY
Johnson looks at the present conflict in Sudan in this scholarly study, taking into account racial and religious factors in the precolonial era, influence of Islam, nationalism and the influence of the West.
(AFR170, $25.95) |
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Rough Guides Africa 25 Ultimate Experiences
Rough Guides
GUIDEBOOK
Subtitled Make the Most of Your Time on Earth, these colorful pocket guides, 25 in all, published in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Rough Guides, celebrate remarkable, not-to-be-missed things to do and places to go, certain to inspire.
(AFR196, $5.99) |
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The Story of the Madman
Mongo Beti
Elizabeth Darnel
LITERATURE
A novel about dictatorship and democracy in Cameroon.
(CAF19, $20.00) |
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