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AA Gill is Away
• A. A. Gill
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A hilarious collection of tales by the acerbic British columnist and personality. The range is staggering -- included are reports from famine-plagued Sudan, Tokyo, Scotland, Tanzania and the Kalahari, and Los Angeles where he investigates the adult-film (AKA porn) industry.
(TVL76, $14.00)
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Africa
• Phyllis Martin
• Patrick O'Meara
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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African history and prehistory, popular culture, art and economics; It's all here in the most popular introductory text for undergraduate African studies courses in North America. With maps, photographs and drawings.
(AFR07, $20.95)
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Africa
• Michael Lewis
• John Reader
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An informative survey of the geography, culture and wildlife of Africa featuring 175 color photographs and accompanying text by John Reader; organized geographically.
(AFR111, $50.00)
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The Africa House, The True Story of an English Gentleman and His African Dream
• Christina Lamb
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A vivid reconstruction of the early 20th century life of an eccentric British nobleman and his incongruent mansion in the Rhodesian bush. Richly evocative of the wildlife and people of Southern Africa. With black and white photos and maps.
(ZMB9, $14.95)
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Africa Map, Central and South, Madagascar 746
• Michelin Travel Publications
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A fine folded map of the central and southern regions of the continent, covering the continent south of Gabon, Congo, Uganda and Kenya at a scale of 1:4,000,000.
(AFR36, $11.95)
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African Animal Tracks
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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A fold-out, laminated pocket field guide featuring the tracks of almost 150 species.
(AFR107, $5.95)
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African Birds, An Introduction to Familiar Species
• James Kavanaugh
• Raymond Leung
• FIELD GUIDE
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A laminated fold-out guide illustrating almost 150 species of African birds.
(AFR108, $5.95)
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African Predators
• M.G.L. Mills
• Gus Mills
• Martin Harvey
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A natural history of the giant cats and other predators of Africa.
(AFR114, $39.95)
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African Rock Art, Paintings and Engravings On Stone
• David Coulson
• Alec Campbell
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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A beautifully illustrated survey of paleolithic art, ranging from the Cape to Libya and North Africa. With 200 color photos and 178 black-and-white drawings.
(AFR136, $60.00)
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African Wildlife
• National Geographic
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An overview of wildlife throughout the continent featuring stunning photography.
(SAF52, $19.99)
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African Wildlife
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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Slip this laminated foldout guide in your pocket.
(AFR109, $5.95)
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Anatomy of a Miracle, The End of Apartheid and the Birth of the New South Africa
• Patti Waldmeir
• HISTORY
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An insider's account of the extraordinary transition of power from de Klerk to Mandela, told with verve and an eye for detail by the Financial Times Johannesburg bureau chief.
(SAF47, $22.95)
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Animals of Africa
• Thomas B. Allen
• FIELD GUIDE
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With 200 stunning color photographs and an introduction by Jane Goodall, this coffe-table book shows the animals of Africa.
(AFR223, $45.00)
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The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives, An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History
• Alan Turner
• Mauricio Anton
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A thoroughly researched guide to modern felines and their ancestors.
(BST50, $26.95)
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Birds of Africa South of the Sahara
• Ian Sinclair
• Peter Ryan
• FIELD GUIDE
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This compact field guide, the first to describe and illustrate all of the birds of sub-Saharan Africa, features 359 color plates and 2,100 range maps. Especially useful for those southern African countries without their own field guides.
(SAF143, $47.95)
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The Black Man's Burden, Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State
• Basil Davidson
• HISTORY
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An evocative work that traces the origins of Africa's independence movement, placing the continent's current political instability in a historical perspective.
(AFR92, $15.00)
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Botswana Map
• ITMB
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A clear, colorful overview of the country with descriptions of the national parks, at a scale of 1:1,500,000.
(SAF07, $10.95)
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Bradt Guide Malawi
• Philip Briggs
• GUIDEBOOK
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This authoritative, practical travel guide gives a personal, detailed overview of Malawi, its history, culture and natural history.
(SAF108, $23.95)
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Bradt Guide Mozambique
• Philip Briggs
• GUIDEBOOK
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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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Cats of Africa
• Anthony Hall-Martin
• FIELD GUIDE
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A gorgeously illustrated, species-by-species guide to Africa's wild cats.
(BST24, $49.95)
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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, $26.95)
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Cultural Atlas of Africa
• Jocelyn Murray
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A handsomely illustrated atlas of African history and culture with 96 outstanding maps, 250 color photographs and excellent essays.
(AFR47, $50.00)
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Culture Smart! Botswana
• Michael Main
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(SAF178, $9.95)
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
• Alexandra Fuller
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A candid memoir of coming of age during the Rhodesian Civil War. Fuller's parents moved from England to Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, in the early 1970s.
(ZIM15, $15.00)
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Elephant Destiny, Biography of an Endangered Species in Africa
• Martin Meredith
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A succinct and fascinating history of the relationship between humans and the African Elephant.
(AFR187, $14.95)
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Eyewitness Guide South Africa
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions.
(SAF138, $25.00)
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Favorite African Folktales
• Nelson Mandela
• LITERATURE
• FAMILY
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A collection of tales from all over the continent, including many traditional folktales from Southern Africa. A team of expert folklorists, poets and authors transcribe the tales, each selected by Mandela.
(AFR142, $13.95)
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Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa
• Ian Sinclair
• Phil Hockey
• Warwick Tarboton
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, comprehensive field guide to 900 species of birds, with plates, text and range maps integrated.
(SAF12, $35.00)
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The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
• Alexander McCall Smith
• LITERATURE
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McCall Smith brings together folktales, often hilarious or bizarre, which he heard as a child growing up in Zimbabwe.
(AFR141, $22.00)
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Globetrotter Atlas Zimbabwe
• Globetrotter
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(SAF36, $12.95)
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The Grass is Singing
• Doris Lessing
• LITERATURE
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The story of a white farm wife in Zimbabwe -- and her relationship with her African servant, Lessing's first novel rich in local atmosphere.
(ZIM06, $13.95)
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Green Hills of Africa
• Ernest Hemingway
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Hemingway paints the true story of his ramblings on safari in this classic, exquisitely written tale of hunting around Lake Manyara, which includes some of the best writing on the land itself and original pencil drawings.
(EAF25, $15.00)
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Guide to Birds of Southern Africa
• Phil Hockey
• Ian Sinclair
• FIELD GUIDE
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The oversized color plates, all new range maps and updated text of Sasol's "larger illustrated" guide cover 950 species of Southern African birds in splendid detail.
(SAF181, $32.95)
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Hazel Soan's African Watercolours
• Hazel Soan
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Renowned painter Hazel Soan showcases her watercolours of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, sharing with readers hints and tips on how to best capture the light, texture, and movement of a landscape. This book is aimed at the more practiced painter.
(SAF226, $24.95)
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The Heart of the Hunter
• Laurens van der Post
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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(SAF32, $13.00)
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A History of Mozambique
• Malyn Newitt
• HISTORY
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A comprehensive, scholarly history of Mozambique from Portuguese trade in the 15th century to the 1980s.
(SAF42, $59.95)
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A History of Sub-Saharan Africa
• Robert O. Collins
• James M. Burns
• HISTORY
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A clear, brief survey of the history and development of Africa, aimed at undergraduates and interested readers, organized thematically. With chapters on climate and geography, the rise of states and empires, the slave trade within Africa and beyond to the Americas, the European conquest, and Africa in the 20th century.
(AFR174, $28.99)
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Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa
• Alan Barnard
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A scholarly comparative study of San ("Bushmen"), Khokhoi ("Hottentot") and Damara peoples of the Kalahari.
(SAF67, $45.00)
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Illustrated Guide to the Game Parks and Nature Reserves of Southern Africa
• Reader's Digest
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive guide to 700 parks and reserves in Southern Africa. With excellent maps and a key to common animals of many varieties.
(SAF02, $30.00)
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In Search of Remarkable Trees, On Safari in Southern Africa
• Thomas Pakenham
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Pakenham interweaves travel, social history, folklore and botany in this illustrated account of journeys in search of spectacular, old and amazing baobobs, jacarandas and other noteworthy sylva of Southern Africa.
(SAF195, $45.00)
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In the Footsteps of Eve, The Mystery of Human Origins
• Lee R. Berger
• SCIENCE
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Berger challenges the orthodoxy on a critical point of debate in the field of paleoanthropology.
(ATP10, $14.00)
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Journeys With Flies
• Edwin Wilmsen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Field world and travels among the Zhu, Mbanduru and Tswana people of the Kalahari.
(SAF69, $22.00)
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The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals
• Jonathan Kingdon
• FIELD GUIDE
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This stunningly-illustrated, comprehensive field guide by a leading authority includes Kingdon's 480 exquisite color paintings. With information on identification, distribution, ecology and conservation of 1,100 species.
(AFR32, $47.50)
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Land Filled With Flies, A Political Economy of the Kalahari
• Edwin Wilmsen
• HISTORY
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A comprehensive, scholarly review of the San peoples of Southern Africa.
(SAF68, $32.50)
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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 Living Planet in Crisis
• Francesca T. Grifo
• Joel Cracraft
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A collection of essays from leading advocates for biodiversity conservation.
(SAF134, $35.00)
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Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive, practical guide is a helpful tool for independent travelers.
(AFR44, $25.99)
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Malawi Map
• ITMB
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A full color map for travelers at a scale of 1:900,000.
(SAF120, $10.95)
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Mandela & de Klerk
• Inge Sargent
• LITERATURE
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A tevision docu-drama starring Sydney Poitier the jailed hero and Michael Caine as de Klerk, filmed on location in South Africa and at Robbin Island.
(SAF51, $9.98)
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Mating
• Norman Rush
• LITERATURE
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This comic novel evokes daily life in Botswana and skewers the notion of well-intentioned academics at large in the developing world. The description of the remarkable trek from Gabarone to the Kalahari is classic.
(BOT03, $15.95)
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Mortals, A Novel
• Norman Rush
• LITERATURE
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A dazzling novel, set among American ex-patriots in 1990s Botswana. Rush pulls off the trick of making the sprawling book both personally and politically charged.
(SAF141, $15.95)
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Mozambique Map
• ITMB
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A folded, full-color map of Mozambique at a scale of 1:1,900,000, designed for travelers.
(SAF144, $10.95)
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Namibia Map
• International Travel Maps
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A travelers map of Namibia at the excellent scale of 1:1,200,000.
(SAF06, $12.95)
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife
• Peter Alden
• FIELD GUIDE
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A portable guide to the landforms, wild areas, mammals, birds, reptiles and insects of Africa, featuring contributions by experts and almost 600 color photographs.
(AFR25, $23.95)
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National Geographic Expedition Journal
• National Geographic
• JOURNAL
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This flexi-bound journal, with lined heavy-weight paper, features photographs and notes from the expeditions of Roy Chapman Andrews, Ernest Shackleton, Charles Lindbergh and others.
(GEN157, $24.00)
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The Peopling of Africa, A Geographic Interpretation
• James L. Newman
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An anthropological study of Africa, which considers, among other factors, genetics, religion, language and technology.
(AFR140, $23.00)
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A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of Southern Africa
• Elst, Rudy
• King,Dennis
• FIELD GUIDE
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A convenient, shirt pocket guide.
(SAF192, $13.00)
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Places in the Sand
• Margaret Courtney-Clarke
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautifully produced collection of color photographs of the Namibian desert landscape by the noted photographer.
(NMB09, $45.00)
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The Power of One
• Bryce Courtenay
• LITERATURE
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This riveting novel tells of the coming-of-age of a six-year-old English boy in South Africa during the darkest days of largely pro-Nazi South Africa, based on the author's childhood.
(SAF26, $14.95)
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Reflections of Elephants
• Dereck & Beverly Joubert
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A documentary by the team of Dereck and Beverly Joubert.
(AFR121, $19.95)
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The Remarkable Baobab
• Thomas Pakenham
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A celebration of the tremendous, twisted baobabs of Africa, Madagascar and Australia. The 60 large-format color photographs show that the Baobab is indeed remarkable.
(NAT71, $19.95)
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Rough Guides Africa 25 Ultimate Experiences
• Rough Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Subtitled Make the Most of Your Time on Earth, these colorful pocket guides, 25 in all, published in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Rough Guides, celebrate remarkable, not-to-be-missed things to do and places to go, certain to inspire.
(AFR196, $5.99)
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Shaka Zulu
• E. A. Ritter
• HISTORY
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The sweeping story of the Zulu nation's rise to power and especially of its warrior-king.
(SAF54, $14.98)
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Smither's Mammals of Southern Africa, A Field Guide
• Peter Apps
• FIELD GUIDE
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An authoritative, handsomely illustrated guide by a panel of experts, thoroughly revised and expanded for this 10th anniversary edition.
(SAF194, $29.95)
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South Africa Map
• Rough Guide
• COMING IN NOVEMBER
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This handy double-sided travel map of South Africa published by the World Mapping Project and printed on water and tear-resistant paper. Scale 1:1,700,000.
(SAF28, $9.99)
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South Africa Travel Map
• Globetrotter
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A clear, colorful map at a scale of 1:1,700,000.
(SAF09, $8.95)
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South Africa, A Narrative History
• Frank Welsh
• HISTORY
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An opinionated and thorough history of South Africa.
(SAF57, $35.00)
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The Tree Where Man Was Born
• Peter Matthiessen
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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This classic portrait of East Africa, enthralling in its detail on nature and daily life, takes in the Maasai, Ngorongoro, the Kenyan highlands and Mathiessen's field trips, safaris and adventures in the Serengeti.
(EAF27, $17.00)
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Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa
• GM Branch
• FIELD GUIDE
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A comprehensive photographic field guide to the intertidal and shallow water invertebrates, fishes, seaweeds, reptiles, birds and mammals.
(SAF205, $33.95)
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Ulendo, Travels of a Naturalist In and Out of Africa
• Archie Carr
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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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Vegetation of Southern Africa
• R. M. Cowling
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A comprehensive survey of the habits, climatic and geological setting, evolution and types of vegetation in Southern Africa by a team of scholars
(SAF159, $99.00)
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The Washing of Spears
• Donald R. Morris
• HISTORY
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A sprawling chronicle of the Zulu nation and particularly of the war of 1879.
(SAF49, $27.95)
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The Wildlife of Southern Africa
• William Branch
• Chris Stuart
• Tilde Stuart
• Warwick Tarboton
• FIELD GUIDE
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Geared for travelers, this compact guide features color illustrations of commonly encountered birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians of Southern Africa.
(SAF171, $27.95)
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The Wildlife of Southern Africa, The Larger Illustrated Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region
• Vincent Carruthers
• FIELD GUIDE
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A larger format edition of the best-selling and well-known The Wildlife of Southern Africa with alrger text and bigger, clearer images.
(SAF215, $31.00)
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The Zambesi Expedition, To the Zambesi River and Its Tributaries
• David Livingstone
• EXPLORATION
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Livingstone's original account of his second expedition to Africa, first published in 1864 -- a sympathetic portrait of African peoples, rich in nature, culture and politics.
(SAF136, $25.95)
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Zambia Map
• ITMB
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Designed for the traveler, this tinted map at a scale of 1:1,500,000 features highlights of Zambian history, geography and a rainfall chart.
(ZMB03, $12.95)
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Zimbabwe Map
• Globetrotter
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A clear map of Zimbabwe at a scale of 1:1,100,000.
(SAF08, $10.95)
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Zulu Wilderness, Shadow and Soul
• Ian Player
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A celebration and tribute to Magquba Ntombela -- a Zulu chief, storyteller and warden at Mfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa.
(SAF107, $21.95)
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