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Bradt Guide Mozambique

Bradt Guide Mozambique

by 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)

Bradt Guide Malawi

Bradt Guide Malawi

by 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. (SAF108, $25.99)

The Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region

The Wildlife of Southern Africa, A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region

by Vincent Carruthers | Kenneth Newman

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER

With 1,200 color illustrations by a range of experts, this compact field guide includes all the birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, fish and plants that a traveler is likely to encounter in Southern Africa. (SAF59, $29.95)

Ulendo, Travels of a Naturalist In and Out of Africa

Ulendo, Travels of a Naturalist In and Out of Africa

by Archie Carr

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 303 PAGES

Carr's gentle memoir of scientific adventures on his home turf in Florida and off in the bush of Malawi and Zambia combines good writing with plenty of wit, insight and scientific rigor. (SAF46, $19.95)

Malawi and Mozambique Map

Malawi and Mozambique Map

by ITMB

  • MAP

A full color map for travelers at a scale of 1:900,000. (SAF120, $12.95)

Malawi and Mozambique Map

Malawi and Mozambique Map

by ITMB

  • MAP

A full color map for travelers at a scale of 1:900,000. (SAF120, $12.95)

 
A Complicated War, The Harrowing of Mozambique

A Complicated War, The Harrowing of Mozambique


by William Finnegan

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 325 PAGES

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)

A History of Mozambique


by Malyn Newitt

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER
  • 400 PAGES

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)

Africa, A Biography of the Continent

Africa, A Biography of the Continent


by John Reader

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 816 PAGES

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)

The Fate of Africa

The Fate of Africa


by Martin Meredith

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 792 PAGES

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)

Exploration of Africa, From Cairo to the Cape

Exploration of Africa, From Cairo to the Cape


by Ann Hugon

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 173 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

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)

Journey to the Vanished City, the Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel


by Tudor Parfitt

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

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)

Living Fossil, The Story of the Coelacanth

Living Fossil, The Story of the Coelacanth


by Keith Stewart Thomson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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)

The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean

The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean


by Paddy Ryan

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

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)

A Photographic Guide, Southern, Central, and East African Mammals

A Photographic Guide, Southern, Central, and East African Mammals


by Chris Stuart | Tilde Stuart

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

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)

African Wildlife

African Wildlife


by James Kavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1999
  • PLASTIC CARD

Slip this laminated foldout guide in your pocket for quick reference in the field. (AFR109, $5.95)

Fishwatcher's Field Guide Indian Ocean

Fishwatcher's Field Guide Indian Ocean


by Idaz Greenberg

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • PLASTIC CARD

A double-sided card illustrating 70 fishes of Seychelles, Maldives and neighboring islands. (FG17, $7.50)

Marine Invertebrates Indian Ocean and the Central Pacific

Marine Invertebrates Indian Ocean and the Central Pacific


by Idaz Greenberg

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • PLASTIC CARD

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)

Newman's Birds of Southern Africa

Newman's Birds of Southern Africa


by Kenneth Newman

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 538 PAGES

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)

Southern African Birds, A Photographic Guide

Southern African Birds, A Photographic Guide


by Ian Sinclair

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

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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