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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $58, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCAF12)		  
African Silences  •  Peter Matthiessen
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 225 PAGES
In this narrative of Equatorial Africa, Matthiessen recounts several trips to The Gambia, Senegal, Zaire and the Congo Basin in search of rhinos, elephants and other endangered wildlife. (WAF36, $13.00)		   African Silences
King Leopold's Ghost, A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa  •  Adam Hochschild
HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES
An enthralling narrative of the 19th-century colonization of the Belgian Congo. The focus of the book, written by an award-winning journalist, is the man who oversaw the colonization, Belgian King Leopold, a ruler who portrayed himself as a great humanitarian, but who was in fact a murderous tyrant. (CAF08, $16.95)		   King Leopold's Ghost, A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
No Mercy, A Journey to the Heart of the Congo  •  Redmond O'Hanlon
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 462 PAGES
A trek deep into the Congo with Redmond O'Hanlon, the eccentric, courageous, always-entertaining modern adventurer. An astute scientific observer and a fantastic writer, O'Hanlon encounters dangerous creatures, infectious diseases and unforgettable people on his journey along the roads (or rather swamps) less traveled in central Africa. (CAF01, $15.95)		   No Mercy, A Journey to the Heart of the Congo
Africa Map, Central and South, Madagascar 746  •  Michelin Travel Publications
2007 •  MAP
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. This map is very useful for road travel. One Side. 40x57 inches. (AFR36, $14.95)		   Africa Map, Central and South, Madagascar 746



Also Recommended

Congo Democratic Republic (Zaire) Map  •  Cartographia    •  This shaded relief map of the Democrtatc Republic of Congo (1:3.3 M), Rwanda and Burundi includes an inset map of Kinshasa. (AFR60, $12.00)
 		  
Nigeria Map  •  ITMB    •  A shaded relief map of Nigeria at 1:600,000. (AFR39, $11.95)
 		  
Congo, The Bradt Travel Guide  •  Sean Rorison   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide in the popular Bradt series, noted for publishing travel guides to remote and little-visited destinations. (WAF125, $27.99)
 		  
Africa  •  Phyllis Martin  •  Patrick O'Meara   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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, $26.00)
 		  
Africa, A Biography of the Continent  •  John Reader   • HISTORY  •  With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a masterful and lively tale of the continent, from ancient cultures to modern times. Both authoritative and informal, this is a splendid introduction to all of Africa. (AFR49, $20.00)
 		  
African Ceremonies  •  Carol Beckwith  •  Angela Fisher   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Beckwith and Fisher team up to capture traditional ceremonies and contemporary culture throughout the continent in this lavishly produced, two-volume collection of 850 color photographs. Presented in a slip case. (AFR76, $150.00)
 		  
Another Day in the Life  •  Ryszard Kapuscinski  •  William R. Brand  •  Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand   • HISTORY  •  Kapuscinski's vivid account of Portuguese withdrawal from Angola and the beginning of the civil war over three months in the 1960s. (CAF23, $15.00)
 		  
Cultural Atlas of Africa  •  Jocelyn Murray   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN  •  A handsomely illustrated atlas of African history and culture with 96 outstanding maps, 250 color photographs and excellent essays. (AFR47, $50.00)
 		  
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz, Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo  •  Michela Wrong   • HISTORY  •  This captivating book chronicles the rise and fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, the man who ruled Zaire for over 30 years through incompetence, violence and decadence. (CAF32, $14.99)
 		  
The Scramble for Africa  •  Thomas Pakenham   • HISTORY  •  Absorbing and meticulously researched, this in-depth history of the Victorian land grab in Africa includes excellent portraits of the egomaniacal personalities who overran the continent. (AFR26, $23.99)
 		  
The Shadow of the Sun  •  Ryszard Kapuscinski  •  Klara Glowczewska   • HISTORY  •  A collection of intelligent, wide-ranging essays on Africa by the veteran author and war correspondent. He addresses important themes with insight, including the devastating impact of AIDS and recent political disasters in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Rwanda. (AFR88, $16.00)
 		  
African Art, An Introduction  •  Frank Willett   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A concise, well illustrated overview of the art and culture of Africa, portraying the range of spectacular art produced throughout the ages. (AFR18, $21.95)
 		  
Into Africa, The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone  •  Martin Dugard   • EXPLORATION  •  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 lively and nuanced portrait of the two men. (AFR130, $15.95)
 		  
Through the Dark Continent, Volume 1  •  Henry M. Stanley   • EXPLORATION  •  A reprint of the original accounts of Henry Morton Stanley in Africa. (CAF06, $24.95)
 		  
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa  •  Mungo Park   • EXPLORATION  •  Park chronicles of the culture, society and nature of West Africa before the colonial period in this classic account of a 24-year-old Scotsman exploring, often alone, in uncharted Africa. First published in 1799. (WAF40, $12.95)
 		  
Ake, the Years of Childhood  •  Wole Soyinka   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A Nobel Prize-winning playwright, recalls his Yoruba childhood in Nigeria during World War II. (WAF47, $14.95)
 		  
Blood River, Retracing Stanley's Journey to Africa's Broken Heart  •  Tim Butcher   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Correspondent for the Telegraph, Butcher retraces Stanley's 3,000-mile journey down the Congo in this harrowing, utterly absorbing and compassionate tale of hard travel through "the most daunting, backward country on earth." (AFR228, $16.00)
 		  
Chimpanzee Travels, On and Off the Road in Africa  •  Dale Peterson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Peterson's enjoyable tales of travels across Africa captures the thrill and adventure of primate research from Tanzania to Gabon. (AFR276, $19.95)
 		  
Facing the Congo, A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness  •  Jeffrey Taylor   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this richly oberved travelogue Taylor, a journalist based in Moscow, recounts his adventures on the Congo in the footsteps of Stanley. (CAF10, $16.00)
 		  
I Married Adventure, The Lives of Osa and Martin Johnson  •  Osa Johnson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Sweetly told, homespun and engrossing, Johnson's 1940 memoir chronicles her marriage to explorer and wildlife cinematographer Martin Johnson -- their life on a houseboat in Borneo, their encounters with cannibals, their exploits with wild animals in Kenya and their filming expeditions in the Congo. Osa Johnson also established the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum in her hometown of Chanute, Kansas. (PAC110, $19.95)
 		  
In Sorcery's Shadow  •  Paul Stoller  •  Cheryl Olkes   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An anthropologist's account of his time in Niger and his experiences with local sorcerers and traditional healers. It's an excellent introduction to the role of magic and its moral complications in African culture. (WAF55, $22.50)
 		  
Mango Elephants in the Sun  •  Susana Herrera   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Teens will especially respond to this lively tale of the transformation of a 23-year-old Californian from bumbling volunteer to a member of the community in this tale of Herrera's two years teaching English in northern Cameroon. (WAF20, $22.95)
 		  
Riding the Demon, On the Road in West Africa  •  Peter Chilson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • COMING IN  •  Peter Chilson took to the road in Niger for this portrait of a turbulent and fascinating nation, where rickety bush taxis, packed to the gills with passengers, provide an eye-opening perspective on the nation. (WAF54, $24.95)
 		  
The Innocent Anthropologist, Notes from a Mud Hut  •  Nigel Barley   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  British anthropologist Barley's refreshingly candid, witty account of the perils of fieldwork among the Dowayo of northern Cameroon. (CAF14, $17.95)
 		  
The Ponds of Kalambayi  •  Mike Tidwell   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A disarmingly forthright, charming account of adventures in Zaire by a young peace corps volunteer, much more about cultures and character than Tilapia, the fish in question. (CAF12, $16.95)
 		  
To the Heart of the Nile, Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa  •  Pat Shipman   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A lively account of the adventurous, eventful life of Lady Florence Baker (1845-1916). (CAF30, $16.99)
 		  
Half of a Yellow Sun  •  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie   • LITERATURE  •  This second novel by the author of Red Hibiscus conjures the terror and hope of the 960s struggle of Biafra to establish an independent republic in Nigeria. (AFR194, $15.95)
 		  
Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories  •  Chinua Achebe  •  Lynn Innes   • ANTHOLOGY • COMING IN  •  A single-volume introduction to the vast literature of Africa, containing stories from the past 37 years. (AFR10, $14.94)
 		  
News from Home, Stories  •  Sefi Atta   • LITERATURE  •  This heartfelt collection of 11 short stories conveys the Nigerian spirit through its colorful host of characters, some at home in Nigeria and others living abroad. (CAF51, $15.00)
 		  
Pandora in the Congo  •  Albert Sanchez Pinol   • LITERATURE  •  In this wry sendup of tales discovery and darkest Africa ala Joseph Conrad, Albert Sanchez Pinol mixes adventure, invention and historical incident into the kind of thoroughly enjoyable, pulpy chronicle that would have appeared in a turn-of-the-century magazine. (CAF44, $15.95)
 		  
Still Waters in Niger  •  Kathleen Hill   • LITERATURE  •  An atmospheric novel set in America and Niger. After living for in the United States for 17 years, an Irish-American woman returns to a small village in Niger where she had once lived with her husband and three daughters. (WAF53, $15.95)
 		  
The Famished Road  •  Ben Okri   • LITERATURE  •  The haunting, Booker Prize-winning novel set in a Yoruba village in modern Nigeria. (WAF39, $16.95)
 		  
The Poisonwood Bible  •  Barbara Kingsolver   • LITERATURE  •  Kingsolver sends her naive missionaries into the Belgian Congo in this best-selling novel. (CAF02, $16.99)
 		  
The Poor Christ of Bomba  •  Mongo Beti   • LITERATURE  •  This devastating satire of colonial folly and brutality in the Camaroon, originally published in 1956, established Mongo as an important voice. (CAF43, $12.50)
 		  
Tropic Moon  •  Georges Simenon   • LITERATURE  •  In Simenon's dark tale of degeneracy and corruption in a colonial outpost, a young Frenchman, Joseph Timar, travels to Gabon. (CAF34, $12.95)
 		  
Forests of Central Africa  •  Jean Pierre Vende Weghe   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  A sumptuous pictorial guide to the largest region of tropical forest outside of the Amazon, an area which covers 11 countries and includes the Congo Basin. Featuring beautiful portraits of the bewildering array of flora and fauna, the book examines the ecology, climate and natural history of the forests as well as conservation efforts to save them. (CAF57, $82.00)
 		  
Jungles  •  Frans Lanting  •  Christine Eckstrom   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  The wildlife of Central America, the Congo, Amazon, Borneo and Madagascar are all featured in this portfolio of 120 extraordinary color photographs. (AMZ65, $19.99)
 		  
Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo  •  Kate Jackson   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  In this action-packed memoir of life in the field, Jackson writes with matter-of-fact good humor of her adventures in search of reptiles and amphibians (naturally, many are venomous) in the forested swampland of the northern Congo. (CAF40, $17.95)
 		  
Virunga  •  Marc Languy   • NATURAL HISTORY • COMING IN  •  Marc Languy and Emmanuel de Merode, directors of Virunga National Park, bring together dozens of expert contributors for this wide-ranging overview of the park, its wildlife, history, ecology and conservation. (CAF45, $52.50)
 		  
A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa  •  Nik Borrow  •  Ron Demey   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive handbook and guide to the birds of Central and Western Africa from Senegal to Chad and the Congo, featuring 142 original color plates. (WAF59, $115.00)
 		  
Birds of Western Africa  •  Nik Borrow  •  Ron Demey   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact field edition of Barrow and Demey's comprehensive handbook, covering nearly 1,300 species from Senegal to Congo and featuring 150 color plates. (WAF76, $45.00)
 		  
Birds of Western and Central Africa, Princeton Illustrated Checklist  •  Ber Van Perlo   • FIELD GUIDE  •  An admirably compact, comprehensive guide to 1,500 species throughout Western and Central Africa featuring 109 color plates. (WAF02, $29.95)
 		  
National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife  •  Peter Alden   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This comprehensive photo guide covers 850 birds, mammals and reptiles of Africa. With range maps and a good country-by-country overview of habitats and parks. (AFR25, $24.95)
 		  
The Safari Companion  •  Richard Estes   • FIELD GUIDE • BEST SELLER  •  An invaluable encyclopedic guide to Africa's mammals by a noted scientist. Written with the typical safari-goer in mind, this perennial bestseller includes black-and-white drawings, an overview of each group and in-depth information. (AFR06, $30.00)
 		  
 
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