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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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