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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, $20.95)
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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 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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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 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
• 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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African Wildlife
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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Slip this laminated foldout guide in your pocket.
(AFR109, $5.95)
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The Behavior Guide to Africa's Mammals
• Richard Estes
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A detailed overview of the ecology and behavior of African mammals.
(AFR54, $34.95)
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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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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 Safari Guide Botswana
• Chris McIntyre
• GUIDEBOOK
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If your trip focuses on Botswana, take along this superb guide to the history, culture, attractions and natural history of the country. Also covers the Okavango, Chobe, Northern Kalahari and other popular destinations.
(BOT18, $24.95)
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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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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 Deserts of Africa
• Michael Martin
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A good portrait of the geography, culture and wildlife of the Sahara, Namibia, Kalahari and Rift Valley deserts of Africa. With 148 gorgeous full-color photographs.
(AFR87, $50.00)
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Elephantoms, Tracking the Elephant
• Lyall Watson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An evocative account of the myth, lore and nature of elephants in South Africa.
(SAF129, $14.95)
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The Eye of the Elephant, An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
• Mark Owens
• Delia Owens
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The adventures of conservationists Mark and Delia Owens in the Luangwa River Valley of Zambia. They set up camp in the wilderness among the elephants, but are drawn into an ugly struggle with the local people.
(ZMB04, $16.00)
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The Full Cupboard of Life
• Alexander McCall Smith
• MYSTERY
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The fifth episode in the ongoing adventures of Mma Ramotswe.
(BOT19, $12.95)
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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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The Heart of the Hunter
• Laurens van der Post
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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(SAF32, $13.00)
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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, $45.00)
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Journeys With Flies
• Edwin Wilmsen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Field world and travels among the Zhu, Mbanduru and Tswana people of the Kalahari.
(SAF69, $22.00)
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The Kalahari Typing School for Men
• Alexander McCall Smith
• MYSTERY
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The fourth in the enormously pleasurable series firmly grounded in the culture, foilkways and landscapes of southern Africa.
(BOT17, $12.95)
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Land Filled With Flies, A Political Economy of the Kalahari
• Edwin Wilmsen
• HISTORY
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A comprehensive, scholarly review of the San peoples of Southern Africa.
(SAF68, $32.50)
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Larger Mammals of Africa
• Pierre Dandelot
• FIELD GUIDE
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Featuring handsome color plates of all the larger mammals of Africa (including Madagascar)
(AFR61, $35.00)
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Morality for Beautiful Girls
• Alexander McCall Smith
• MYSTERY
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The continuing adventures of Mma Ramotswe and her No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
(BOT12, $12.95)
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Mortals, A Novel
• Norman Rush
• LITERATURE
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A dazzling novel, set among American ex-patriots in 1990s Botswana. Rush pulls off the trick of making the sprawling book both personally and politically charged.
(SAF141, $15.95)
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National Geographic's Lions of Darkness
• Dereck & Beverly Joubert
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A year in the life of a pride of lions in the Savuti.
(AFR122, $19.95)
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North of South, An African Journey
• Shiva Naipaul
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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A sharp portrait of Africa, circa 1979. A brilliant and provocative observer, Naipaul meditates on the various peoples he encounters in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The best, most insightful thing we've read about race relations in Africa.
(EAF28, $16.00)
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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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Picturing Bushmen, The Denver African Expedition of 1925
• Robert James Gordon
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Serious-minded, wonderfully illustrated and informative, This book not only documents the 1925 expedition to Etosha in search of the "Bushman," it also cleverly shows the key role of the expedition in romanticizing the Heikum.
(NMB05, $24.95)
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Reflections of Elephants
• Dereck & Beverly Joubert
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A documentary by the team of Dereck and Beverly Joubert.
(AFR121, $19.95)
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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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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 African Birds, A Photographic Guide
• Ian Sinclair
• FIELD GUIDE
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A pocket guide to the 265 most conspicuous birds south of the Zambezi River featuring color photographs, brief descriptions and range maps. We also carry Birds of Namibia (NMB17, $15.95).
(SAF14, $15.95)
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Tears of the Giraffe
• Alexander McCall Smith
• MYSTERY
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More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
(BOT11, $12.95)
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The Washing of Spears
• Donald R. Morris
• HISTORY
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A sprawling chronicle of the Zulu nation and particularly of the war of 1879.
(SAF49, $27.95)
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