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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 Map
• Kummerly & Frey Maps
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Angry Wind: Through Muslim Black Africa by Truck, Bus, Boat and Camel
• Jeffrey Tayler
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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
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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
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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
• COMING IN AUGUST
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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
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A comprehensive guide from the popular Bradt series.
(CAF29, $21.95)
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Cameroon Map
• ITMB
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A detailed, shaded topographic map of Cameroon.
(CAF17, $10.95)
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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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Chad Map
• IGN
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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
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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
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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
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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, $15.95)
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Gabon Map
• IGN
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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
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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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Gorillas, Natural History & Conservation
• Kelly Stewart
• NATURAL HISTORY
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Mission to Kala
• Mongo Beti
• Peter Green
• LITERATURE
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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
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Quammen's 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
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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
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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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Prince Henry "the Navigator," A Life
• Peter E. Russell
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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
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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, $24.95)
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Rough Guides Africa 25 Ultimate Experiences
• Rough Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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
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A novel about dictatorship and democracy in Cameroon.
(CAF19, $19.50)
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