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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $129, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXUGD9)		  
Bradt Guide Uganda  •  Philip Briggs
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 512 PAGES
A comprehensive guide in the growing series by Bradt, noteworthy for its focus on culture, nature and responsible travel. The author includes sights and activities throughout the country. (UGD07, $27.99)		   Bradt Guide Uganda
Bradt Guide Rwanda  •  Janice Booth  •  Philip Briggs
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
A practical, detailed travel guide to Rwanda in the British series, with a focus on nature (especially gorillas), history and culture. (CAF25, $26.99)		   Bradt Guide Rwanda
Mountain Gorillas  •  Gene Eckhart
FIELD GUIDE •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 256 PAGES
This captivating portrait of the Mountain Gorilla features 200 color photographs and concise essays on natural history, current research and conservation. It's a compelling plea for preservation and essential introduction to ecotourism in the region. (UGD17, $37.95)		   Mountain Gorillas
The Impenetrable Forest  •  Thor Hanson
NATURAL HISTORY •  2008 •  HARD COVER  • 286 PAGES
A memorable account of a peace corps worker in Uganda -- and the establishment of the tourism program in the Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest in the hills of southwest Uganda. Bwindi forest is a biologically diverse region home to half of the world's mountain gorillas, along with chimpanzees, colobus monkeys and other primates, elephants, giant forest hogs and rare forest birds. (UGD10, $24.95)		   The Impenetrable Forest
The Year of the Gorilla  •  George Schaller
NATURAL HISTORY •  2010 •  PAPER  • 290 PAGES
A vividly written tale of adventures among the gorillas of the Virunga volcanoes of Zire, Rwanda and Uganda. This book is a wonderful, accessible account of field work under difficult and sometimes dangerous circumstances by one of the great wildlife biologists. In this classic, Schaller tells of the gorillas, the excitement of tracking animals in the jungle bureaucratic pitfalls and very real trouble with poachers. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings by the author. (UGD03, $25.00)		   The Year of the Gorilla



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