African Rock Art, Paintings and Engravings On Stone  •  David Coulson  •  Alec Campbell ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2001 •  HARD COVER  • 256 PAGES • COMING IN This beautifully illustrated overview, which ranges all over the continent, includes a section on Libya's rock art. With 200 color photos and 178 black-and-white drawings. The author is founder and first director of the National Museum and Art Gallery of Botswana. (AFR136, $60.00)
The Camel's Nose, Memoirs of a Curious Scientist  •  Knut Schmidt-Nielsen BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1998 •  PAPER  • 338 PAGES • COMING IN The wonderfully readable, lively account of a life in science. Schmidt Nielsen, a physiologist, combines some good science with personal anecdotes, travel and commentary. Even those readers who have never wondered about osmotic balance or life in the desert will enjoy Schmidt-Nielsen's memoir of adventures in science. (SCI57, $26.00)
Africa North and West Map 741  •  Michelin 2007 •  MAP A fine map of the north and parts of western Africa, covering Senegal, The Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania and their neighbors as well as all the Mediterranean-bordering countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) at a scale of 1:4,000,000. (AFR34, $11.95)