Birds of Southern Africa, Princeton Illustrated Checklists  •  Ber Van Perlo FIELD GUIDE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES • COMING IN An admirably compact guide, featuring small illustrations of 1,250 species, brief descriptions and black-and-white range maps. A "Princeton Illustrated Checklist," this compact book is especially appealing for the advanced birder who doesn't require more extensive descriptions. (SAF79, $29.95)
The Reader's Companion to South Africa  •  Alan Ryan ANTHOLOGY •  1999 •  PAPER  • 310 PAGES • COMING IN 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. Not surprisingly Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban feature prominently. Organized chronologically, it provides insight into how foreigners have responded to the country, its culture and racial politics from 1850 to 1997. (SAF61, $16.00)