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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXAFR79)		  
Bradt Guide Madagascar  •  Hilary Bradt
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 468 PAGES • FAVORITE
From the stunning Nosy Be archipelago to the enchanting coastal town of Fort Dauphin via the friendly capital Antananarivo, with terrific wildlife information and photography, Bradt's Madagascar leads the way. Hilary Bradt's comprehensive guide to Madagascar, its history, people and nature, now in its 10th edition, remains our model for guidebooks: personal, culturally astute, an absolute pleasure to read. With photographs, sketch maps and wise travel information. (MAD08, $27.99)		   Bradt Guide Madagascar
Odyssey Guide Seychelles: Garden of Eden in the Indian Ocean  •  Sarah Carpin  •  Paul Turcotte
GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 232 PAGES
A colorful and informative guide to the islands, with background on history and culture, and plenty of practical information. Illustrated with color photographs, the book also includes a number of handy local maps. (SEY09, $22.95)		   Odyssey Guide Seychelles: Garden of Eden in the Indian Ocean
The Song of the Dodo  •  David Quammen
NATURAL HISTORY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 700 PAGES
This far-ranging book is part travelogue, part natural history essay and an excellent example of science reporting. Not just a book of intellectual adventure, it is a superb, detailed overview of the science of island biogeography. A talented writer and formidable researcher, Quammen is a master at explaining complex evolutionary phenomena with humor, wit and understanding. In this book, Quammen takes us from university offices to the rain forests of Brazil, the island of Komodo in Indonesia, among the lemurs in Madagascar and, perhaps most memorably, to the island of Mauritius where the dodo once roamed the forest floor. Eight years in the making, Song of the Dodo is a masterwork: forceful, clearly written and engaging. (CON05, $22.00)		   The Song of the Dodo
The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean  •  Paddy Ryan
NATURAL HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 184 PAGES
An illustrated overview of coral reefs, coral-reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, this compact book is an excellent resource for anyone thinking of exploring the underwater world. Beginners will appreciate the chapters on learning to snorkel, reef etiquette, photography hints and first aid. With 200 color photographs. (DIV18, $21.99)		   The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean
Fishwatcher's Field Guide Indian Ocean  •  Idaz Greenberg
FIELD GUIDE •  PLASTIC CARD
This double-sided plastic card shows 70 of the most commonly encountered reef fish of the Indian Ocean in full-color illustrations, convenient for the boat or beach. It's even got a hole punched in it to hang around your neck while snorkeling. (FG17, $7.50)		   Fishwatcher's Field Guide Indian Ocean



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Madagascar Map  •  Freytag & Berndt    •  A clear shaded relief map of Madagascar at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (MAD12, $14.95)
 		  
Bradt Guide Maldives  •  Royston Ellis   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A personal, comprehensive guide to the Maldives, its history, culture, nature and reefs, ideal for culturally and environmentally aware travelers. Third edition. (IDA296, $25.99)
 		  
Footprint Sri Lanka Handbook  •  Edward Aves   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide by the respected British publisher of the South American Handbook, this completely revised handbook is an excellent introduction to the geography, culture and history of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. (SRL06, $21.95)
 		  
Spectrum Guide to Maldives  •  Interlink Books   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and well written, this is an excellent overview of the history, nature and attractions of the Maldives. It features great maps and a good overview of marine life, culture, history and economics. (AFR55, $22.95)
 		  
Arab Seafaring  •  George F. Hourani  •  John Carswell   • HISTORY  •  An expanded edition of the classic authoritative history of Arab sea trade in the Indian Ocean from its earliest origins through trade with China and East Africa in Middle Ages. (ARB47, $26.95)
 		  
Monsoon, The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power  •  Robert D. Kaplan   • HISTORY  •  Journalist Kaplan (Balkan Ghosts) points to the Indian Ocean and the nations surrounding it as the new locus of international power and explains why it will be a crucial region to American interests in the 21st century. (ASA76, $17.00)
 		  
Journey to Mauritius  •  Bernardin de Saint-Pierre  •  Jason Wilson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A lyrical account of colonial society, daily life and nature in Mauritius, newly translated and with an introduction by Jason Wilson. (MTS06, $15.00)
 		  
Muddling Through in Madagascar  •  Dervla Murphy   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE • COMING IN  •  This entertaining and culturally astute writer has made hard travel to remote places a cottage industry. In this travelogue, she roams the Malagasy countryside with her 14-year-old daughter, commenting on the people and places she encounters. (MAD05, $)
 		  
Sea of Poppies  •  Amitav Ghosh   • LITERATURE  •  Amativ Ghosh conjures the tumult of the 19th-century Opium Wars and colonial India in this expansive tale, featuring a motley cast of British, Chinese and Indian characters. (IDA529, $16.00)
 		  
The Book of Color  •  Julia Blackburn   • LITERATURE  •  Blackburn richly evokes the 19th-century colonial Indian Ocean in this haunting novel of madness, slavery and racism, which memorably opens on the island of La Digue in the Seychelles. (MTS02, $15.00)
 		  
The Book of Secrets  •  M.G. Vassanjii   • LITERATURE  •  Intrigue, history and politics along East Africa's Swahili Coast. The many machinations of this prize-winning novel revolve around the discovery of a 1913 diary of a British colonial administrator in Dar es Salaam. (EAF65, $18.00)
 		  
The Mauritius Command  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  The rousing tale of a mission to the Mascarene Islands to take Rodriguez, Mauritius and Reunion from the French and install a proper British governor. It's the fourth of the series of hugely popular Aubrey-Maturin novels. (SEY18, $14.95)
 		  
The Prospector  •  J. M. G. Le Clezio   • LITERATURE  •  Le Clezio draws on family history and his time on Mauritius to lend reality to this haunting tale of Alexis L'Etang and his search for treasure. (MTS10, $16.95)
 		  
A Fish Caught in Time, The Search for the Coelacanth  •  Samantha Weinberg   • SCIENCE  •  The tale of the five-foot-long, lobe-finned fish, long-thought extinct, but discovered alive off the coast of South Africa in 1938. Most of the subsequent specimens have been found off the Comoro Islands in the Mozambique Channel. (BST53, $13.95)
 		  
Lost Land of the Dodo, The Ecological History of Mauritius, Reunion, and Rodrigues  •  Julian Hume  •  Anthony Cheke   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Uninhabited until the 1500s, the arrival of humans rapidly devastated the diverse, endemic wildlife of the Mascarenes, including of not just the famous dodo but also giant tortoises, parrots, skinks, geckos, burrowing boas, and flightless rails and herons. (MTS08, $55.00)
 		  
The Aye-Aye and I  •  Gerald Durrell   • NATURAL HISTORY • COMING IN  •  The engaging and extremely amusing story of a serious scientific effort to retrieve, and help save, the rare aye-aye of Madagascar. (MAD10, $14.95)
 		  
Birds of the Seychelles  •  Adrian Skerrett  •  Tony Disley   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A comprehensive guide the birds of the Seychelles, featuring the 66 breeding species, regular visitors and likely variants. The 250 species are described and illustrated in color plates. (SEY17, $55.00)
 		  
Coral Reef Fishes  •  Ewald Lieske  •  Robert Myers   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This compact handbook features 2,500 illustrations of shallow-water fishes around the world. (DIV05, $24.95)
 		  
Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide  •  Gerald Allen  •  Roger Steene   • FIELD GUIDE • COMING IN  •  This comprehensive identification guide to coral reef fishes and invertebrates from Hawaii to the Red Sea features 1,800 color photographs. (DIV48, $40.00)
 		  
Madagascar Wildlife: A Visitors Guide  •  Hilary Bradt  •  Nick Garbutt  •  Derek Schuurman   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This handy guide describes and illustrates in color photographs 250 species of Malagasy animals, not just the lemurs, fossas and other endemic mammals but also birds, reptiles and invertebrates. With chapters on habitats, ecology and conservation. Third edition. (MAD07, $25.99)
 		  
Marine Invertebrates Indian Ocean and the Central Pacific  •  Idaz Greenberg   • FIELD GUIDE  •  This double-sided plastic card shows 50 of the most commonly encountered marine invertebrates of the Indian Ocean in full-color illustrations, convenient for snorkeling trips. (DIV15, $7.50)
 		  
 
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