20th-Century South Africa
• William Beinart
HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 432 PAGES
Written by a prominent South African historian, this history focuses on the cultural, political and economic forces that have shaped the nation over the last 100 years. Beinart is a professor of history and fellow of St Anthony's College at Oxford.
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Africa
• Michael Lewis
• John Reader
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 320 PAGES
• COMING IN
An informative survey of the geography, culture and wildlife of Africa featuring 175 color photographs and accompanying text by John Reader (Africa: A Biography of the Continent). Organized geographically, it's the companion volume to an eight-hour television series by PBS and National Geographic.
(AFR111, $50.00) |
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Africa
• Phyllis Martin
• Patrick O'Meara
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1995 •
PAPER
• 400 PAGES
African history and prehistory, popular culture, art and economics with dozens of maps, photographs and drawings. We especially liked the chapter on the contemporary map of Africa. It's all here. Pick and choose those areas that interest you. It's the most popular introductory text for undergraduate African studies courses in North America -- refreshingly free of cant and completely revised in 1995 to reflect changes in African politics.
(AFR07, $26.00) |
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Africa, A Biography of the Continent
• John Reader
HISTORY •
1999 •
PAPER
• 816 PAGES
With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a masterful tale of the continent in this lively history of Africa, from ancient cultures to modern times. Both authoritative and informal, this is a splendid introduction to all of Africa.
(AFR49, $20.00) |
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African Predators
• M.G.L. Mills
• Gus Mills
• Martin Harvey
NATURAL HISTORY •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 160 PAGES
A natural history of the giant cats and other predators of Africa, covering evolution, behavior and conservation, and complemented by full-color photographs.
(AFR114, $39.95) |
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African Wildlife
• James Kavanaugh
FIELD GUIDE •
1999 •
PLASTIC CARD
A laminated foldout guide illustrating almost 150 species of African animals. This pocket guide is designed for quick reference in the field.
(AFR109, $5.95) |
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Anatomy of a Miracle, The End of Apartheid and the Birth of the New South Africa
• Patti Waldmeir
HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 289 PAGES
• COMING IN
A vividly written account of the extraordinary transition of power from de Klerk to Mandela from an insider's point of view. Waldmeir, who had access to all the principle players, is the Johannesburg bureau chief for the Financial Times. Told with verve and an eye for detail, this book is highly recommended for anyone seeking to understand this landmark event.
(SAF47, $22.95) |
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The Behavior Guide to Africa's Mammals
• Richard Estes
NATURAL HISTORY •
1992 •
PAPER
• 611 PAGES
A detailed overview of the ecology and behavior of African mammals with range maps, line drawings and extensive bibliography. It's a more technical, detailed version of The Safari Companion by the same author.
(AFR54, $39.95) |
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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 •
2000 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
A thoroughly researched and accessible guide to modern felines and their prehistoric ancestors. From the sabertooth tiger to the average house cat, this far-reaching natural history finds links between present-day species and fossil evidence to form an account of the anatomy, behavior and evolution of cats. Includes almost 200 amazingly detailed drawings.
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Birds of Southern Africa, Princeton Illustrated Checklists
• Ber Van Perlo
FIELD GUIDE •
2009 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
An admirably compact guide, featuring small illustrations of 1,250 species, brief descriptions and black-and-white range maps. A "Princeton Illustrated Checklist," this compact book is especially appealing for the advanced birder who doesn't require more extensive descriptions.
(SAF79, $29.95) |
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Bitter Fruit
• Achmat Dangor
LITERATURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 281 PAGES
A powerful family tale set in Johannesburg during the last months of Nelson Mandela's presidency.
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Black Liberation, A Comparative History of Black Ideologies in the United States and Africa
• George M. Fredrickson
HISTORY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 404 PAGES
A history of black resistance in the United States and South Africa. Fredrickson, a prominent scholar in the field of race studies, examines not just the similarities and differences between the two societies, but also the sharing of ideas, political tactics and inspiration to bring about change.
(SAF154, $44.99) |
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Boyhood, Scenes from the Provincial Life
• J.M. Coetzee
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2012 •
PAPER
• 512 PAGES
Nobel Prize-winner J.M. Coetzee's affecting memoir of his adolescence, told in the third person.
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Bradt City Guide Johannesburg
• Lizzie Williams
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
A guide to the South African city in the authoritative, personal Bradt series. With practical information, annotated suggestions of where to eat, sleep and shop, suggested walking tours and color maps.
(SAF176, $13.95) |
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Burger's Daughter
• Nadine Gordimer
LITERATURE •
1980 •
PAPER
• 361 PAGES
The story of a young, white, South African woman, and her search for identity. Even after her parents' deaths while imprisoned for their anti-apartheid beliefs, Rosa Burger is under constant surveillance of the government and finds herself thrown into the role of a political activist. Written by Nobel Prize-winner Nadine Gordimer.
(SAF84, $16.00) |
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The Cape Herders
• Emile Boonzaier
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1998 •
PAPER
• 155 PAGES
A scholarly portrait of the Khokhoi of the western cape of South Africa by several experts in the field, this illustrated book covers history, anthropology and modern realities. Called in colonial times the "Hottentots," the book explodes many cultural myths that have grown up around this herding people.
(SAF65, $19.95) |
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Cape Town and Region Map
• National Geographic
MAP
On one side is a detailed street plan of Cape Town; on the reverse are three regional maps of increasing detail: the "Garden Route" (scale 1:3,000,000), local region (scale 1:650,000), the Peninsula (scale 1:140,000). Two Sides. 20x26 inches.
(SAF161, $11.95) |
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Cape Town Map
• Globetrotter
2005 •
MAP
A home-grown map of Cape Town, with a detailed city center on one side, and a local regional map, including the Cape Peninsula, on the other.
(SAF105, $8.95) |
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Cape Town Pocket Map
• MapLink
MAP
• COMING IN
A detailed map of Cape Town at a scale of 1:25,000. Two Sides. 28x17 inches.
(SAF103, $7.95) |
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Cape Winelands, A Touring Guide
• Theresa Morrison
• Lanz von Horsten
GUIDEBOOK •
2000 •
PAPER
• 120 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A nicely illustrated, informative guide to the Cape Winelands featuring 40 hand-picked estates, each with a double-page spread. The author, an expatriate American in the wine business, writes about her favorite wineries, chosen for their architecture and history, the wines they produce, agreeable ambience, landscape and character. With fold-out maps, excellent color photographs and good information on restaurants, picnic spots and places to stay.
(SAF128, $20.00) |
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Cats of Africa
• Anthony Hall-Martin
FIELD GUIDE •
1998 •
HARD COVER
• 152 PAGES
A species-by-species guide to Africa's wild cats, gorgeously illustrated by Paul Bosman. With range maps, conservation status and descriptions.
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Cheetah
• Luke Hunter
• Dave Hamman
NATURAL HISTORY •
2003 •
HARD COVER
• 144 PAGES
This oversize portrait of the Cheetah by wildlife biologist Luke Hunter features hundreds of color photographs by colleague Dave Hamman.
(AFR182, $40.00) |
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The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs
• John C. Manning
• Peter Goldblatt
• Dee Snijman
NATURAL HISTORY •
2002 •
HARD COVER
• 496 PAGES
A definitive, richly illustrated account fo the remarkably diverse geophytes of the Cape Floral region by three leading botanists. With 611 color photos, two color maps and two tables. Peter Goldblatt is the B.A. Krukoff Curator of African Botany at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis.
(SAF160, $59.95) |
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A Complicated War, The Harrowing of Mozambique
• William Finnegan
HISTORY •
1993 •
PAPER
• 325 PAGES
An eyewitness historical, political and social account of Mozambique and the civil war that has ravaged the country, organized as a travelogue of sorts -- and centered around the author's own travels and interviews. Finnegan, a staff writer for the New Yorker, risked his own life as he traveled through the war-torn country, seeking first-hand accounts from the refugees whose families have been murdered by the Mozambique National Resistance. Portions of this book originally appeared in the "New Yorker."
(SAF94, $28.95) |
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Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa
• Antjie Krog
• Luke Mitchell
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2000 •
PAPER
• 416 PAGES
In 1995, the newly established Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa began to hold hearings for personal testimonials on the atrocious crimes committed during Apartheid. Krog, a journalist covering the hearings, writes with passion and sensitivity in this account of the horrors that plagued South Africa.
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Cultural Atlas of Africa
• Jocelyn Murray
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1998 •
HARD COVER
• 240 PAGES
• COMING IN
This book is a handsomely illustrated atlas of African history and culture with 96 outstanding maps, 250 color photographs and excellent essays.
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Democratization in Africa
• Larry Diamond
• Marc F. Plattner
HISTORY •
2010 •
PAPER
• 360 PAGES
A scholarly analysis of the successes and failures of democratic movements in Africa through the 1990s, including South Africa.
(AFR162, $30.00) |
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Devil's Valley
• Andre Philippus Brink
LITERATURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 401 PAGES
Fantasy and mystery comingle in this novel of a washed up reporter who discovers a strange society of primitive Boer farmers deep in a South African mountain valley.
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Disgrace
• J.M. Coetzee
LITERATURE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
Set in Cape Town and on a remote farm in the Eastern Cape, Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning novel explores the devastating realities of racial politics in post-apartheid South Africa.
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A Dry White Season
• Andre Philippus Brink
LITERATURE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 316 PAGES
When a white teacher decides to investigate the suspicious death of a school janitor he is brought face to face with the ugly truths of Apartheid in this classic South African novel.
(SAF179, $13.99) |
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Durban Street Plan
• MapLink
MAP
Detailed map of Durban, published in South Africa. Two Sides. 27x36 inches.
(SAF104, $19.95) |
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Elephantoms, Tracking the Elephant
• Lyall Watson
NATURAL HISTORY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 261 PAGES
An evocative account of elephants, the natural history of South Africa, and growing up in the bush. Watson, a biologist with a well-developed sense of wonder who now lives in Ireland, looks back at his own childhood in South Africa, interweaving personal history, myth, symbol and lore of the elephant with good information on the ecology and conservation of these great beasts.
(SAF129, $14.95) |
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A Far Off Place
• Laurens van der Post
LITERATURE •
1978 •
PAPER
• 310 PAGES
The continutation of the tale begun with A Story Like the Wind of Francois Joubert and Xhabbo. After a massacre, the protagonists and companions must make their escape across the Kalahari.
(SAF117, $18.95) |
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Fault Lines, Journeys Into the New South Africa
• David Goodman
• Paul Weinberg
HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 418 PAGES
An engrossing portrait of South Africa after apartheid and how the changing nation continues to confront its troubled past.
(SAF111, $27.95) |
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Favorite African Folktales
• Nelson Mandela
LITERATURE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
• FAMILY
A collection of tales from all over the continent, including many traditional folktales from Southern Africa. A team of expert folklorists, poets and authors transcribe the tales, each selected by Mandela.
(AFR142, $13.95) |
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Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa
• Ian Sinclair
• Phil Hockey
• Warwick Tarboton
FIELD GUIDE •
2011 •
PAPER
• 447 PAGES
With over 950 species and legions of bird watchers, Southern Africa supports as many popular bird guides as North America. This comprehensive guide by Ian Sinclair and colleagues, the fourth edition of the comprehensive, beautifully illustrated SASOL guide, features 200 dazzling color plates by Peter Hayman and Norman Arlott. Plates, maps and text are integrated, making this book a pleasure to use in the field. A Princeton Field Guide.
(SAF12, $35.00) |
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Flashman and the Tiger
• George MacDonald Fraser
LITERATURE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
Fraser plumbs the annals of history to produce his factual, entertaining tales of folly in the service of her Majesty's empire. This 11th installment in The Flashman Papers (purportedly retrieved and not written by George Macdonald Fraser, a nice conceit), consists of three short adventures, which find our hero cavorting with Bismarck and Emperor Franz-Josef and the future Edward VI.
(WAF58, $16.00) |
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Fodor's Exploring South Africa
• Fodor's Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 350 PAGES
With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of South Africa and its attractions for visitors.
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Footprint South Africa Handbook
• Francisca Kellett
• Lizzie Williams
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 1008 PAGES
A comprehensive guide to South Africa featuring detailed travel information, local maps and a good, brief overview of the history, culture and wildlife of the region. With a color section on wildlife. This exhaustive guide, by the publishers of the venerable "South America Handbook," is especially valuable for independent travelers.
(SAF96, $27.95) |
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The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
• Alexander McCall Smith
LITERATURE •
2004 •
HARD COVER
• 192 PAGES
McCall Smith brings together a collection of often hilarious, often bizarre folktales which he heard as a child growing up in Zimbabwe. In addition to the tales from his previous collection, Children of Wax, the best-selling author includes seven new tales from Botswana. In an interesting twist on a writer's creation, the title character of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency provides an introduction.
(AFR141, $22.00) |
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The Harmless People
• Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1989 •
PAPER
• 303 PAGES
A classic study of the Bushmen of the Kalahari, first published in 1959 and updated by the author in the 1980s. It's an account of the author's fieldwork, direct and informative, strong on the character of the people and land.
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The Healing Land, The Bushmen and the Kalahari Desert
• Rupert Isaacson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 278 PAGES
This dark contemporary tale of discovery works as an antidote to the nostalgia of Van der Post's classic Lost World of the Kalahari. Isaacson, a journalist and travel writer raised with tales of Southern Africa and the San, documents the poverty, social disruption and struggle of a people who have been displaced from their land. The tale revolves around Dawid Kruiper, a traditional Xhomani Bushmen leader and healer, who introduces the author to ancient notions of power, wisdom, healing and strength. Without losing site of his main goal of reporting on the predicament of the Bushmen across their original lands, Isaacson embarks on his own spiritual quest.
(SAF135, $13.00) |
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The Heart of Redness, A Novel
• Zakes Mda
LITERATURE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 277 PAGES
A haunting novel set in a contemporary South African village, where a modernizing world and the traditions of the past come into conflict. Mda brilliantly reinvents the history, lives, myths and people of Qolorha-by-Sea in the wild Eastern Cape.
(SAF155, $16.00) |
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A History of Sub-Saharan Africa
• Robert O. Collins
• James M. Burns
HISTORY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
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, $31.99) |
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The House Gun
• Nadine Gordimer
LITERATURE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 294 PAGES
From a popular South African Nobel Prize-winner comes the story of a privileged white family and their struggles with their own beliefs. Faced with the reality of their son's being a murderer, the Lindgards must reconcile their cooperation in a culture of racism and violence. Always perceptive, Gordimer dissects psychological distortions underlying apartheid.
(SAF78, $16.00) |
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A Human Being Died That Night, A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid
• Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2004 •
PAPER
• 208 PAGES
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a South African clinical psychologist, recounts dialogue with Eugene de Kock, a commanding officer of an apartheid era state-sanctioned death squad who is currently serving a 212-year sentence for crimes against humanity. A poignant exploration of accountability and forgiveness.
(SAF186, $13.95) |
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Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa
• Alan Barnard
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1992 •
PAPER
• 379 PAGES
Subtitled "A Comparative Ethnography of Khoisan Peoples, " this scholarly book looks at the environment and its influence on the cultural and social organization among San ("Bushmen"), Khokhoi ("Hottentot") and Damara of the Kalahari and surrounding areas. It looks at the culture of some of the best-known and most mythologized African peoples. Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology 85.
(SAF67, $50.00) |
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I Write What I Like, Selected Writings
• Steve Biko
ANTHOLOGY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
An anthology of essays by activist and martyr Steve Biko (1946-1977), from his election as president of the South African Students' Organization in 1969 to 1972, when he was forbidden to publish. Although most people believe that Biko was killed by the police, no one has been brought to justice.
(SAF157, $19.00) |
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Imaginings of Sand
• Andre Philippus Brink
LITERATURE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 432 PAGES
When her grandmother falls ill, a young woman returns home to South Africa during the first democratic elections in this evocative novel. South African author Andre Brink brilliantly conjures magical stories of the Africa of old along with modern political commentary.
(SAF180, $23.00) |
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Journey to the Vanished City, the Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel
• Tudor Parfitt
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
• COMING IN
The author, a noted scholar of Judaic Diaspora, probes the mystery of the Lemba people of South Africa in this book, which combines history, myth -- and a first-person account of his furiously entertaining trip from South Africa to Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania. The vanished city in question is Senna, the mysterious Arabian city where the Lemba may have originated. Despite prevailing wisdom, the Lemba believe they are a lost tribe of Israel, descended from Solomon, who traveled to southern Africa -- and built the ancient city of Great Zimbabwe. Whatever your opinion of the author's conclusions, anyone planning a visit to the World Heritage Site of Great Zimbabwe will find the book of great interest.
(SAF92, $18.95) |
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July's People
• Nadine Gordimer
LITERATURE •
1982 •
PAPER
• 160 PAGES
When the cities in South Africa become volatile battlefields, one household servant rescues the liberal white family he works for and brings them to his village for safety. Gordimer's political novel raises questions of understanding and misunderstanding between whites and blacks.
(SAF95, $14.00) |
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Kaffir Boy, The True Story a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
• Mark Mathabane
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1998 •
PAPER
• 368 PAGES
The affecting memoir of a young South African athlete under Apartheid. Mathabane escaped the fate of many poor, black youth of the time through a tennis scholarship to an American university.
(SAF158, $15.95) |
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The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals
• Jonathan Kingdon
FIELD GUIDE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 476 PAGES
• COMING IN
An authoritative, beautifully illustrated guide. It features identification, classification and species information for all known African mammals, including many newly discovered species. Written by one of the foremost authorities on African mammals, this concise guide provides full information on identification, distribution, ecology and conservation status on more than 1,100 species. It includes 480 outstanding color illustrations by the author and 280 maps.
(AFR32, $49.50) |
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Lonely Planet Cape Town
• Simon Richmond
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 236 PAGES
Geared for independent travelers, this savvy guide features color photographs and dozens of excellent maps.
(SAF27, $19.99) |
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Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland
• Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 684 PAGES
A comprehensive practical guide to South Africa geared for independent travelers.
(AFR44, $26.99) |
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Lonely Planet Southern Africa
• Alan Murphy
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 808 PAGES
This hefty practical guide to the nine nations of southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Malawi, Mozambique and Lesotho, is ideal for independent travelers on a multicountry tour.
(SAF121, $32.99) |
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Mandela & de Klerk
• Inge Sargent
LITERATURE •
1997 •
DVD
A tevision docu-drama starring Sydney Poitier the jailed hero and Michael Caine as de Klerk, filmed on location in South Africa and at Robbin Island. The film dramatizes the end of Apartheid. DVD
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Mandela, The Authorized Biography
• Anthony Sampson
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2001 •
PAPER
• 736 PAGES
A comprehensive biography of Mandela by a prolific British journalist, who once edited a magazine in Johannesburg. A long-term acquaintance and admirer of the great leader, Sampson had complete access to Mandela, his unpublished letters and documents.
(SAF118, $21.00) |
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Master Harold...and the Boys
• Athol Fugard
LITERATURE •
1984 •
PAPER
• 60 PAGES
Athol Fugard's play of a young white man and the racial tensions that destroy his friendship to an older black waiter at his parent's restaurant, set at the dawn of Apartheid in South Africa.
(SAF151, $12.00) |
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My Son's Story
• Nadine Gordimer
LITERATURE •
1991 •
PAPER
• 277 PAGES
A complex story of the effects of apartheid on one black family in a segregated township near Johannesburg. With her characteristic insight into human relationships, Gordimer follows the lives of a black activist schoolteacher, his son and a white fellow activist.
(SAF77, $16.00) |
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The Myth of Wild Africa
• Jonathan Adams
• Thomas McShane
NATURAL HISTORY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 290 PAGES
Thomas Lovejoy called this book essential reading. It's a no-holds-barred attack on old-style conservation in Africa- provocative, fascinating and dead-on. The authors, associated with the World Wildlife Fund, explode the romantic fallacy of an untouched continent where animals roam freely in sanctuaries. The relationship of wildlife -- and the people who share the continent with them -- is central to the future of conservation.
(AFR15, $29.95) |
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife
• Peter Alden
FIELD GUIDE •
1995 •
PAPER
• 988 PAGES
A compact introduction to the landforms, wild areas, mammals, birds, reptiles and insects of Africa, featuring contributions by experts and almost 600 color photographs. Most of the book is a field guide to commonly encountered birds, mammals and other creatures of the African continent.
(AFR25, $24.95) |
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No Future Without Forgiveness
• Desmond Tutu
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2000 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Desmond Tutu writes an insightful memoir on South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. After Apartheid, Nelson Mendela named Tutu the chairman of the TRC, an establishment which aims for racial reconciliation in South Africa. The oppression in South Africa cannot be forgotten, but Tutu, in his sincerity, believes it can be forgiven.
(SAF97, $15.95) |
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None to Accompany Me
• Nadine Gordimer
LITERATURE •
1995 •
PAPER
• 324 PAGES
With keen attention to character and racial politics, Nobel Prize-winner Gordimer traces the experiences of two families during turbulent, post-Apartheid South Africa.
(SAF76, $16.00) |
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Not Either an Experimental Doll, The Separate Worlds of Three South Africa Women
• Lily Patience Moya
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1988 •
PAPER
• 234 PAGES
A collection of eye-opening letters by two black women and a liberal white women in apartheid South Africa. Written from 1949-1951, the letters reveal life in a segregated society.
(SAF156, $15.95) |
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The Peopling of Africa, A Geographic Interpretation
• James L. Newman
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1997 •
PAPER
• 252 PAGES
An anthropological study of Africa, which considers, among other factors, genetics, religion, language and technology. With 50 maps.
(AFR140, $26.00) |
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Picture Cape Town, Landmarks of a New Generation
• Getty Trust Publications
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1997 •
PAPER
An inspired collection of photographs of the city, culled from hundreds taken by a group of South African youths on assignment to capture the city's distinctive landmarks on film.
(SAF126, $19.95) |
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Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates
• Paul Dallman
NATURAL HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 210 PAGES
Richly illustrated, clearly written and engaging, this book is an ecological overview of the landscapes, plants and vegetation types found in Mediterranean climates. It's an eye-opening guide to California, Chile, South Africa, Australia and -- naturally -- the Mediterranean.
(MED21, $35.95) |
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Power Lines, Two Years on South Africa's Borders
• Jason Carter
• Jimmy Carter
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2003 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
Jimmy Carter wrote the introduction for his grandson Jason's memoir about working in South Africa for two years as a member of the Peace Corps and living with a South African family. This is essentially a story about an American abroad, with all the familiar struggles with language (Carter learned both Zulu and Siswati during his stay) and assimilation, but this book has an added political element, as he observes life among the South Africans in the late 1990s as they were rebuilding their lives after the era of apartheid.
(SAF146, $14.00) |
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The Power of One
• Bryce Courtenay
LITERATURE •
1996 •
PAPER
• 518 PAGES
This riveting novel tells of the coming-of-age of a six-year-old English boy in South Africa during the darkest days of largely pro-Nazi South Africa. It's an inspirational story with a great sense of time and place, combining strong characters, stunning locales and serious social issues. Based on the author's own experiences as a child.
(SAF26, $15.00) |
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Robben Island and Prisoner Resistance to Apartheid
• Fran Lisa Buntman
HISTORY •
2003 •
PAPER
• 358 PAGES
A fascinating and inspiring glimpse inside the prison in which Nelson Mandela, along with other anti-apartheid activists, was held for almost three decades. Buntman studies the ways the prisoners managed to stragegize and resist even while behind bars.
(SAF185, $33.00) |
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The Rough Guide to Cape Town and the Garden Route
• Rough Guide
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 344 PAGES
This guide features helpful information on Cape Town attractions and Garden Route adventure activities, as well as reviews on accommodations, food and drink. With a color section and maps on every area.
(SAF165, $21.99) |
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Shaka Zulu
• William Faure
HISTORY •
2002 •
DVD
• 416 PAGES
Made as a mini-series for British audiences by the South African director William Faure, this is the sweeping story of the Zulu nation's rise to power and especially of its warrior-king Shaka Zulu. Starring Henry Cele as Shaka, this critically acclaimed epic miniseries details the Zulu nation's struggle against European colonialism, his innovations in warfare, and the legendary warrior's ultimate downfall. Set against the spectacular panorama of the Zulu tribal homeland, Shaka Zulu features a first rate cast including Christopher Lee, Dudu Mkhize, Robert Powell and Edward Fox. DVD extras include vintage interviews with cast and crew, galleries of original production art, galleries of original production stills, essay on the history of the Zulu Wars, and more.
(SAF54, $79.95) |
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South from the Limpopo, Travels Through South Africa
• Dervla Murphy
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2001 •
PAPER
• 432 PAGES
No blushing violet, Murphy has journeyed by bicycle and foot through some of the most difficult, complicated places on the planet including India, Madagascar and Africa. She's an open-minded, engaged reporter and this account of South Africa and her 6,000-mile journey is an excellent example of her humorous, thoughtful approach to the world. She captures the excitement, contradictions and challenges of South Africa on her travels as the first majority elections were taking place in 1994.
(SAF102, $16.95) |
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Southern African Birds, A Photographic Guide
• Ian Sinclair
FIELD GUIDE •
1990 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
Lightweight and handy for the field, this pocket guide to the 265 most conspicuous birds south of the Zambezi River includes color photographs, brief descriptions and range maps. We also carry Birds of Namibia (NMB17, $15.95).
(SAF14, $15.95) |
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Southern African Wildlife, A Visitor's Guide
• Mike Unwin
FIELD GUIDE •
2011 •
PAPER
• 234 PAGES
A popular photographic guide to the mammals, birds, reptiles and habitats south of the Zambezi. With 300 color photographs and illuminating text.
(SAF131, $26.99) |
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Southern Night Sky
• Pocket Naturalist
FIELD GUIDE •
2001 •
PLASTIC CARD
A glow in the dark laminated card showing the most conspicuous stars, constellations and celestial objects of the Southern Hemisphere.
(SCI30, $5.95) |
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Soweto Inside Out, Stories About Africa's Famous Township
• Adam Roberts
HISTORY •
2005 •
PAPER
• 237 PAGES
A collection of stories compiled to mark the centennial of the first expulsion of black Africans from Johannesburg to Soweto.
(SAF184, $18.00) |
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A Story Like the Wind
• Laurens van der Post
LITERATURE •
1978 •
PAPER
• 370 PAGES
The epic tale set in the Kalahari of the frienship between young Francois Joubert and Xhabbo.
(SAF116, $21.95) |
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The Story of an African Farm
• Olive Shreiner
LITERATURE •
2009 •
PAPER
• 328 PAGES
First published in 1883, this novel is considered a landmark in feminist literature for its controversial views on marriage, pregnancy, religion and gender. The orphaned heroine Lyndall is full of philosophical revelations in her search for self in colonial South Africa.
(SAF86, $12.95) |
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Time Out Cape Town
• Time Out
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 280 PAGES
Compact, informative and lively, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in Cape Town. With maps and introductory chapters on culture and history.
(SAF164, $19.95) |
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To My Children's Children
• Sindiwe Magona
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1998 •
HARD COVER
• 176 PAGES
Sindiwe Magona's widely acclaimed memoir of the changes she and her Xhosa village endured under apartheid. Magona candidly relates her experiences of growing into womanhood the first 23 years of her life (she was forced to leave her teaching post to work as a servant in a white family's home) while chronicling the transforming social climate around her.
(SAF83, $11.95) |
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Tomorrow is Another Country, The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change
• Allister Sparks
HISTORY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 254 PAGES
Essential to understanding South Africa today, Sparks explores the extraordinary developments that led to multiracial democracy in South Africa.
(SAF31, $25.00) |
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Traveller's History of South Africa
• David Mason
HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
A compact guide in the popular series, this one is rather dry.
(SAF142, $14.95) |
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Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela
• Bill Keller
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2008 •
HARD COVER
• 128 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Written by New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, this inspiring biography follows Mandela from his tribal homeland and the struggle for racial equality to his leadership of an-apartheid-free South Africa.
(SAF188, $17.95) |
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Vegetation of Southern Africa
• R. M. Cowling
NATURAL HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 649 PAGES
A comprehensive survey of the habits, climatic and geological setting, evolution and types of vegetation in Southern Africa by a team of scholars. Geared for professionals, the book includes chapters on fynbos and other distinctive biomes of the region. With 134 line diagrams, 123 blac-and-white photographs and 106 tables.
(SAF159, $110.00) |
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Waiting for the Barbarians
• J.M. Coetzee
LITERATURE •
2010 •
PAPER
• 176 PAGES
A modern classic, this early novel by Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee centers on the crisis of conscience and morality of the Magistrate-a loyal servant of the Empire working in a tiny frontier town, doing his best to ignore an inevitable war with the "barbarians."
(SAF150, $15.00) |
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Watching Wildlife, Southern Africa
• Luke Hunter
NATURAL HISTORY •
2009 •
PAPER
• 347 PAGES
A practical guide to the best places in Southern Africa to see wildlife, featuring a 120-page wildlife gallery with color photographs and descriptions of commonly encountered African mammals, birds, amphibians and fish.
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Ways of Dying
• Zakes Mda
LITERATURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 212 PAGES
A best-seller in South Africa, Mda's novel unfolds in a strife-ridden, poverty-stricken South African city; yet for all its gravity and violence, it's a love story.
(SAF132, $15.00) |
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The World Atlas of Wine
• Hugh Johnson
• Jancis Robinson
FOOD •
2007 •
HARD COVER
• 352 PAGES
An invaluable, illustrated guide and atlas, covering wine-producing regions around the world. This revised fifth edition takes in new grapes, new wines and new wine-producing regions. Although France is given emphasis, California, Spain, Italy, South America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and other regions are also well covered. With hundreds of color photographs, illustrations and excellent full color maps (which vary in scale according to region).
(GEN244, $50.00) |
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Woza Albert
• Percy Mtwa
• Mbongeni Ngema
• Barney Simon
LITERATURE •
1991 •
PAPER
• 122 PAGES
The second coming of Christ occurs in South Africa in this biting, satircal play.
(SAF152, $15.95) |
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Zulu Wilderness, Shadow and Soul
• Ian Player
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1998 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
A celebration and tribute to Magquba Ntombela -- a formidable Zulu chief, storyteller and game warden who the author met in South Africa in 1952. Ian Player, a veteran conservationist and warden, was a young man when he met the Zulu elder and, against tremendous odds, the two formed a lifelong bond. In this heartfelt memoir, Player touches on many themes including the Ndumu and Mfolozo game reserves where the two worked, Zulu and apartheid history, conservation and wilderness values.
(SAF107, $21.95) |
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