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ZIMBABWE
Worth Looking For
Africa
• Michael Lewis
• John Reader
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2001 •
HARD COVER
• 320 PAGES
• COMING IN
An informative survey of the geography, culture and wildlife of Africa featuring 175 color photographs and accompanying text by John Reader (Africa: A Biography of the Continent). Organized geographically, it's the companion volume to an eight-hour television series by PBS and National Geographic.
(AFR111, $50.00) |
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The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe
• Dervla Murphy
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1995 •
HARD COVER
• 276 PAGES
• COMING IN
An Irish grandmother and award-winning travel writer, Murphy rewards herself on her 60th birthday in 1992 with a state-of-the-art mountain bike and an adventure from Kenya to Zimbabwe, including a sojourn in Zambia. She frames her portrait of contemporary Africa around the AIDS crisis, providing a unique glimpse into the life of Africans in each of the countries she visits. But, beware: Murphy's attitude towards the international, animal-watching tourist trade is less than kind. Still, it's a vastly entertaining and eye-opening book.
(AFR01, $22.95) |
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Exploration of Africa, From Cairo to the Cape
• Ann Hugon
EXPLORATION •
1993 •
PAPER
• 173 PAGES
• COMING IN
This jewel of a book chronicles the 19th-century exploration of Africa with hundreds of contemporary paintings and prints, brief chapters on the expeditions, and a very useful chronology. Livingstone, Burton and others speak for themselves in a series of journal excerpts.
(AFR03, $15.95) |
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