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TRAVELQUEST INTERNATIONAL
South Africa Eclipse Expedition
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/SK3537. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 6 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXSAF77) |
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Insight Guide South Africa
• Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
South Africa is brought to life in hundreds of color photographs and vividly written essays by a team of experts. Panoramic in scope, the guide takes us from Johannesburg out into the veldt, providing genuine insight into the history, nature and modern politics of this complex land.
(SAF21, $24.99) |
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Eclipse! The What, Where, When, Why, and How Guide to Watching Solar and Lunar Eclipses
• Philip Harington
REFERENCE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 280 PAGES
A guide to eclipse phenomena, including how to best photograph and appreciate lunar and solar eclipses, as well as understand general celestial mechanics. With tables summarizing where lunar and solar eclipses will be visible from 1998-2017.
(GEN30, $19.95) |
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The Safari Companion
• Richard Estes
FIELD GUIDE •
1999 •
PAPER
• 459 PAGES
• 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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My Traitor's Heart
• Rian Malan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2000 •
PAPER
• 425 PAGES
• FAVORITE
The Afrikaner and journalist recounts his return to his homeland just before the collapse of Apartheid. Malan grapples with the black and white heart of South Africa, drawing on the 300-year history of his family in Africa, legends of the Zulu nation and some brutally honest reporting. Candid, beautifully written and impossible to put down.
(SAF19, $15.00) |
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The Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region
• Vincent Carruthers
• Kenneth Newman
FIELD GUIDE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
This handsome field guide includes the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, fish and plants of Southern Africa, all in one compact volume. With 1,200 illustrations by a range of experts.
(SAF59, $29.95) |
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South Africa Travel Map
• Globetrotter
2011 •
MAP
A clear, double-sided map of South Africa at a scale of 1:2,400,000. It features inset maps of Cape Town, Durban, the Garden Route, Johannesbu rg, Kruger National Park, KwaZulu-Natal Arrea and Pretoria on the reverse. With an index of place names, Two Sides. 28x39 inches.
(SAF09, $8.95) |
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Also Recommended
Cape Town Pocket Map
• MapLink
• COMING IN
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A detailed map of Cape Town at a scale of 1:25,000.
(SAF103, $7.95)
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Lonely Planet Cape Town
• Simon Richmond
• GUIDEBOOK
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Geared for independent travelers, this savvy guide features color photographs and dozens of excellent maps.
(SAF27, $19.99)
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The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide
• Jay M. Pasachoff
• Michael A. Covington
• REFERENCE
• COMING IN
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Subtitled "How and Where to Observe and Photograph Solar and Lunar Eclipses," this brief practical guide includes everything you would want to know about photographing the phenomenon.
(GEN29, $33.00)
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A History of South Africa
• Leonard Thompson
• HISTORY
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A succinct history of South Africa, especially strong on early Africans and European colonization.
(SAF101, $17.95)
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Anatomy of a Miracle, The End of Apartheid and the Birth of the New South Africa
• Patti Waldmeir
• HISTORY
• COMING IN
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An insider's account of the extraordinary transition of power from de Klerk to Mandela, told with verve and an eye for detail by the Financial Times Johannesburg bureau chief.
(SAF47, $22.95)
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The Boer War
• Thomas Pakenham
• HISTORY
• COMING IN
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A vivid, illustrated chronicle of the war's events, personalities and consequences.
(SAF50, $21.95)
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The Harmless People
• Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A classic study of the Bushmen of the Kalahari, novelistic in its detail. Based on the author's fieldwork, the account is direct, informative, and strong on the character of the people and land.
(SAF60, $15.95)
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The Scramble for Africa
• Thomas Pakenham
• HISTORY
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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)
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The Washing of the Spears
• Donald R. Morris
• HISTORY
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Written at Hemingway's suggestion, this sprawling chronicle of the Zulu nation and particularly of the war of 1879, takes places in an "endless land of scattered riches and infinite variety."
(SAF49, $27.95)
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Tomorrow is Another Country, The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change
• Allister Sparks
• HISTORY
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Sparks explores the extraordinary developments that led to multiracial democracy in South Africa, an essential key to understanding South Africa today,
(SAF31, $25.00)
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Long Walk to Freedom
• Nelson Mandela
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An unpretentious tale of an extraordinary life, Mandela's autobiography is essential reading for an understanding of South Africa. His grace and his love for his country shine throughout.
(SAF15, $17.99)
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Zulu Wilderness, Shadow and Soul
• Ian Player
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A celebration and tribute to Magquba Ntombela -- a Zulu chief, storyteller and warden at Mfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa.
(SAF107, $21.95)
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Cry, The Beloved Country
• Alan Paton
• LITERATURE
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The deeply moving story of Reverend Kumalo's quest for justice. First published in 1948, it is a striking, poetic tribute to the power of the individual and a trenchant indictment of Apartheid.
(SAF30, $15.00)
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Disgrace
• J.M. Coetzee
• LITERATURE
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Set in Cape Town and on a remote farm in the Eastern Cape, Coetzee's searing novel explores the devastating realities of racial politics in post-apartheid South Africa.
(SAF89, $15.00)
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The Reader's Companion to South Africa
• Alan Ryan
• ANTHOLOGY
• COMING IN
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A collection of 19 mostly classic traveler's accounts of South Africa. It is a vivid introduction to the land by foreign luminaries and comic masters, including Mark Twain, Alan Moorhead, Michael Palin and P.J. O'Rourke.
(SAF61, $16.00)
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Einstein and the Total Eclipse
• Peter Coles
• SCIENCE
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An account of the solar eclipse expedition that vindicated Einstein's theory of relativity. The success of the experiment immediately propelled Einstein onto the front pages of newspapers around the world.
(SCI28, $7.95)
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The Sun in Eclipse
• Michael Maunder
• Patrick Moore
• SCIENCE
• COMING IN
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Aimed at the experienced observer, this survey of solar eclipses not only explains the phenomenon but also includes suggestions on photography and viewing.
(SCI27, $34.95)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife
• Peter Alden
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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Newman's Birds of Southern Africa
• Kenneth Newman
• FIELD GUIDE
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This commemorative tenth edition celebrates the contribution of the late author, Kenneth Newman, fully revised and updated by his daughter, Vanessa Newman, to reflect the latest research, taxonomy and common names.
(SAF29, $26.00)
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