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Malawi   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Bradt Guide Malawi  •  Philip Briggs
GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES
This authoritative, practical travel guide gives a personal, detailed overview of Malawi, its history, culture and natural history. Includes a chapter on Lake Malawi, along with information on travel, health and safety. With photographs and maps. (SAF108, $23.95)
 
The Safari Companion, A Guide to Watching African Mammals  •  Richard Estes
FIELD GUIDE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 459 PAGES • BEST SELLER
An invaluable encyclopedic guide to Africa's mammals by a noted scientist. Estes describes 100 large African mammals: their diet, habitats and behavior. Written with the typical safari-goer in mind, and including black-and-white drawings. (AFR06, $30.00)
  The Safari Companion, A Guide to Watching African Mammals
Ulendo, Travels of a Naturalist In and Out of Africa  •  Archie Carr
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1993 •  PAPER  • 303 PAGES
A memoir of scientific adventures on his home turf in Florida and off in the bush of Malawi and Zambia, this book, by the great Archie Carr, combines good writing with plenty of wit, insight and scientific rigor. (SAF46, $19.95)
  Ulendo, Travels of a Naturalist In and Out of Africa
Malawi Map  •   ITMB
2000 •  MAP
A full color map for travelers at a scale of 1:900,000. (SAF120, $10.95)
 
 

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Bradt Guide Zambia  •  Chris McIntyre   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A personal, detailed overview of Zambia with excellent travel information. (ZMB01, $27.99)
 
 
Spectrum Guide to Malawi  •   Camerapix   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An illusrtated guide for the traveler. (SAF109, $23.95)
 
 
Africa, A Biography of the Continent  •  John Reader   • HISTORY  •  With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a lively and masterful tale of the continent from ancient cultures to modern times. Both authoritative and informal, this is a splendid introduction to all of Africa. (AFR49, $18.95)
 
 
Exploration of Africa, From Cairo to the Cape  •  Ann Hugon   • EXPLORATION • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  This jewel of a book chronicles the 19th-century exploration of Africa with hundreds of contemporary paintings and prints, brief chapters on the expeditions, and a very useful chronology. Livingstone, Burton and others are featured in a series of journal excerpts. (AFR03, $12.95)
 
 
Journey to the Vanished City, the Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel  •  Tudor Parfitt   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The author 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 Tanzania. (SAF92, $14.00)
 
 
The Eye of the Elephant, An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness  •  Mark Owens  •  Delia Owens   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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)
 
 
The Zambesi Expedition, To the Zambesi River and Its Tributaries  •  David Livingstone   • EXPLORATION  •  Livingstone's original account of his second expedition to Africa, first published in 1864 -- a sympathetic portrait of African peoples, rich in nature, culture and politics. (SAF136, $25.95)
 
 
A Photographic Guide, Southern, Central, and East African Mammals  •  Chris Stuart  •  Tilde Stuart   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A compact guide, designed for the field, including almost all of the conspicuous species and a good sampling of the smaller or more secretive animals. (EAF16, $15.95)
 
 
National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife  •  Peter Alden   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A portable guide to the landforms, wild areas, mammals, birds, reptiles and insects of Africa, featuring contributions by experts and almost 600 color photographs. (AFR25, $23.95)
 
 
The Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region  •  Vincent Carruthers  •  Kenneth Newman   • FIELD GUIDE • BEST SELLER • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A handsomely illustrated field guide to the birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, insects, fish and plants of Southern Africa, all in one compact volume. (SAF59, $29.95)
 
 


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