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Guide to Birds of Madagascar

Guide to Birds of Madagascar


by Olivier Langrand

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1990
  • HARD COVER
  • 456 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated, this exemplary guide covers in detail all of the island's birds. (MAD06, $80.00)

Lords and Lemurs

Lords and Lemurs


by Alison Jolly

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Lemurologist Jolly looks back on a lifetime of research and friendship among the Malagasy in this warmly personal account of her field work at Berenty, a small private reserve on the Mandrare River in Madagascar's thorny south. (MAD37, $25.00)

The Eighth Continent: Life, Death and Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar

The Eighth Continent: Life, Death and Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar


by Peter Tyson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 375 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Tyson tags along with several researchers, interweaving an account of their work with travelogue, history and ecology for this far-ranging, journalistic report on the cultural and natural history of Madagascar. (MAD22, $14.00)

Shadows in the Dawn: The Lemurs of Madagascar


by Christopher Knight | Kathryn Lasky

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
  • OUT OF PRINT

Geared for middle-schoolers, this book focuses on the field work of primatologist Alison Jolly. (MAD18, $10.00)

Key Environments Madagascar


by Alison Jolly

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1984
  • HARD COVER
  • 239 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Though published in 1984, this valuable handbook includes long review articles on the biogeography of the island and its flora and fauna, each illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps. (MAD13, $77.50)

Madagascar: A World Out of Time


by Frans Lanting

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES

One of the world's leading photographers of wildlife and the natural environment reveals not only the astonishing beauty of this unique and diverse land, but also strikingly uncovers the wrenching conflicts between changing cultures and fragile eco-systems. (MAD52, $)

Muddling Through in Madagascar

Muddling Through in Madagascar


by Dervla Murphy

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 269 PAGES
  • FAVORITE
  • OUT OF PRINT

This entertaining and culturally astute writer has made hard travel to remote places a cottage industry. In this travelogue, she roams the Malagasy countryside with her 14-year-old daughter, commenting on the people and places she encounters. (MAD05, $)

The Aye-Aye and I

The Aye-Aye and I


by Gerald Durrell

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

The engaging and extremely amusing story of a serious scientific effort to retrieve, and help save, the rare aye-aye of Madagascar. (MAD10, $14.95)

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