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MALDIVES
Maldives
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 4 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXMLD10) |
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Bradt Guide Maldives
• Royston Ellis
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
A practical, personal guide in the far-ranging British series. Third edition. Royston Ellis, who has also written Bradt guides to Sri Lanka and Mauritius, is a writer living in Sri Lanka.
(IDA296, $25.99) |
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Dive the Maldives, Complete Guide to Diving and Snorkeling
• Sam Harwood
GUIDEBOOK •
2009 •
PAPER
• 176 PAGES
A fully illustrated guide to dive and snorkel sites, highlighting the finest reefs, wrecks, troughs and walls to explore.
(IDA567, $20.00) |
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Ocean Duets
• Michele Westmoreland
• Sylvia Earle
NATURAL HISTORY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 96 PAGES
This stunning portfolio of color photographs celebrates the diversity of marine life.
(OCE107, $12.95) |
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Maldives Map
• Globetrotter
2002 •
MAP
A map covering the whole island chain at a scale of 1:500,000. It includes an inset map of Male and some travel information.
(AFR56, $8.95) |
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Also Recommended
Footprint Diving the World
• Beth Tierney
• Shaun Tierney
• GUIDEBOOK
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This beautifully illustrated guide covers 220 favorite dive sites in Australia and the Pacific, Central America, the Red Sea, East Africa, Thailand, Indonesia and the South Pacific.
(OCE102, $29.95)
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Lonely Planet Maldives
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive practical guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style includes local and regional color maps, a section of photographs, and chapters on history, culture and attractions.
(IDA581, $20.99)
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Spectrum Guide to Maldives
• Interlink Books
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Mangoes & Curry Leaves, Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent
• Jeffrey Alford
• Naomi Duguid
• FOOD
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In this latest book the roving, food-loving authors (Hot Sour Salty Sweet) travel the seven countries of the Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, collecting not only 200 recipes but also engaging tales of the people, history and adventures. With color photographs of food and places throughout.
(IDA320, $45.00)
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Down Time, Great Writers on Diving
• Ed Kittrell
• Casey Kittrell
• Jim Kittrell
• ANTHOLOGY
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A diverse anthology on the experience, pleasures and peril of diving by great writers, including Diane Ackerman and William Beebe. A thoughtful collection that communicates the rewards of being underwater.
(DIV40, $15.95)
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The Mauritius Command
• Patrick O'Brian
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Planet Ocean
• Laurent Ballesta
• Pierre Descamp
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Ballesta's exquisite photographic portraits celebrate the diversity of life under the sea, from bizarre Antarctic fish and odd benthic creatures to multi-colored reef beauties, turtles, sharks and rays.
(OCE115, $40.00)
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The Art of Diving
• Nick Hanna
• NATURAL HISTORY
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With hundreds of photographs and chapters on the lure of the underwater world, including where and how we dive, fish watching and meeting with remarkable creatures.
(DIV53, $45.00)
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The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean
• Paddy Ryan
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral-reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs.
(DIV18, $21.99)
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The Song of the Dodo
• David Quammen
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Clearly written and engaging, Quammen narrates his adventures on the trail of natural wonders in Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Galapagos and Komodo and explains complex evolutionary phenomena with humor, wit and understanding.
(CON05, $22.00)
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World Atlas of Coral Reefs
• Edmund P. Green
• Corinna Ravilious
• Mark D. Spalding
• SCIENCE
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With 84 full-page color maps, charts and 200 color photographs of corals and reef fishes, this beautiful atlas is an authoritative survey of coral reef habitats, their distribution and abundance, health and diversity.
(OCE60, $70.00)
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India
• Bikram Grewal
• Bill Harvey
• Otto Pfister
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive photographic guide to the subcontinent.
(IDA215, $35.00)
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Birds of India
• Richard Grimmett
• Carol Inskipp
• Tim Inskipp
• FIELD GUIDE
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Thoroughly revised, with 73 new plates and many others updated or repainted, the second edition of the masterful Birds of India now features all maps and text opposite the plates for quicker and easier reference.
(FG43, $39.50)
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Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific
• Terence M. Gosliner
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive handbook to 1,000 marine invertebrates by a leading expert from the California Academy of Sciences.
(DIV19, $45.00)
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Coral Reef Fishes
• Ewald Lieske
• Robert Myers
• FIELD GUIDE
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This compact handbook features 2,500 illustrations of shallow-water fishes around the world.
(DIV05, $24.95)
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Fishwatcher's Field Guide Indian Ocean
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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A double-sided card illustrating 70 fishes of Seychelles, Maldives and neighboring islands.
(FG17, $7.50)
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Marine Invertebrates Indian Ocean and the Central Pacific
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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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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