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MOUNTAIN TRAVEL-SOBEK
Kayaking Malawi & Mozambique
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 6 items are available
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Bradt Guide Mozambique
• Philip Briggs
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 376 PAGES
This comprehensive guide features an overview of the history, wildlife and natural history of Mozambique along with color photographs and maps..
(SAF106, $24.99) |
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Bradt Guide Malawi
• Philip Briggs
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 208 PAGES
This authoritative, practical travel guide gives a personal, detailed overview of Malawi, its history, culture and natural history. Includes a chapter on Lake Malawi, along with information on travel, health and safety. With photographs and maps.
(SAF108, $25.99) |
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The Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region
• Vincent Carruthers
• Kenneth Newman
FIELD GUIDE •
2008 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
This handsome field guide includes the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, fish and plants of Southern Africa, all in one compact volume. With 1,200 illustrations by a range of experts.
(SAF59, $29.95) |
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Ulendo, Travels of a Naturalist In and Out of Africa
• Archie Carr
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1993 •
PAPER
• 303 PAGES
A memoir of scientific adventures on his home turf in Florida and off in the bush of Malawi and Zambia, this book, by the great Archie Carr, combines good writing with plenty of wit, insight and scientific rigor.
(SAF46, $19.95) |
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Malawi and Mozambique Map
• ITMB
MAP
A full color map for travelers at a scale of 1:900,000. Two Sides. 39x27 inches.
(SAF120, $12.95) |
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Malawi and Mozambique Map
• ITMB
MAP
A full color map for travelers at a scale of 1:900,000. Two Sides. 39x27 inches.
(SAF120, $12.95) |
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Also Recommended
A Complicated War, The Harrowing of Mozambique
• William Finnegan
• HISTORY
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An eyewitness historical, political and social account of Mozambique and the civil war that has ravaged the country, organized as a travelogue of sorts -- and centered around the author's own travels and interviews.
(SAF94, $28.95)
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A History of Mozambique
• Malyn Newitt
• HISTORY
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Authoritative, stimulating and highly readable, this comprehensive, scholarly history covers Mozambique from Portuguese trade in the 15th century to the mid-1990s. Philip Briggs, author of many Bradt Africa guides, calls it the best single-country history of any African nation.
(SAF42, $59.95)
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Africa, A Biography of the Continent
• John Reader
• HISTORY
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With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a masterful and lively tale of the continent, from ancient cultures to modern times. Both authoritative and informal, this is a splendid introduction to all of Africa.
(AFR49, $18.95)
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The Fate of Africa
• Martin Meredith
• HISTORY
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Ambitious in scope, immensely readable -- and as big as a doorstop -- Martin Meredith's blockbuster country-by-country overview of the tumult in Africa since independence is now revised and updated to reflect recent events.
(AFR154, $21.99)
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Exploration of Africa, From Cairo to the Cape
• Ann Hugon
• EXPLORATION
• COMING IN
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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 are featured in a series of journal excerpts.
(AFR03, $15.95)
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Journey to the Vanished City, the Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel
• Tudor Parfitt
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• COMING IN
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The author probes the mystery of the Lemba people of South Africa in this book, which combines history, myth, and a first-person account of his furiously entertaining trip from South Africa to Tanzania.
(SAF92, $18.95)
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Living Fossil, The Story of the Coelacanth
• Keith Stewart Thomson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Thomson relates the remarkable discovery of the long-thought-extinct fossil fish in the deep waters of the Mozambique channel and Comoros Islands.
(BST09, $9.95)
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The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean
• Paddy Ryan
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral-reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs.
(DIV18, $21.99)
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A Photographic Guide, Southern, Central, and East African Mammals
• Chris Stuart
• Tilde Stuart
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact guide, designed for the field, including almost all of the conspicuous species and a good sampling of the smaller or more secretive animals.
(EAF16, $15.95)
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African Wildlife
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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Slip this laminated foldout guide in your pocket for quick reference in the field.
(AFR109, $5.95)
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Fishwatcher's Field Guide Indian Ocean
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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A double-sided card illustrating 70 fishes of Seychelles, Maldives and neighboring islands.
(FG17, $7.50)
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Marine Invertebrates Indian Ocean and the Central Pacific
• Idaz Greenberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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This double-sided plastic card shows 50 of the most commonly encountered marine invertebrates of the Indian Ocean in full-color illustrations, convenient for snorkeling trips.
(DIV15, $7.50)
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Newman's Birds of Southern Africa
• Kenneth Newman
• FIELD GUIDE
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This commemorative tenth edition celebrates the contribution of the late author, Kenneth Newman, fully revised and updated by his daughter, Vanessa Newman, to reflect the latest research, taxonomy and common names.
(SAF29, $26.00)
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Southern African Birds, A Photographic Guide
• Ian Sinclair
• FIELD GUIDE
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Lightweight and handy for the field, this pocket guide to the 265 most conspicuous birds south of the Zambezi River includes color photographs, brief descriptions and range maps.
(SAF14, $15.95)
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