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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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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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Africa, A Biography of the Continent
• John Reader
• HISTORY
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With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a lively and masterful 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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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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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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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
• OUT OF PRINT
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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, $49.50)
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Birds of Southern Africa, Princeton Illustrated Checklists
• Ber Van Perlo
• FIELD GUIDE
• COMING IN APRIL
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An admirably compact guide, featuring small illustrations of 1,250 species, brief descriptions and black-and-white range maps.
(SAF79, $29.95)
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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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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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Bradt Guide Namibia
• Chris McIntyre
• GUIDEBOOK
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A good overview of Namibia from the excellent series of practical, comprehensive travel guides published by Bradt, especially strong on the descriptions of individual national parks and visitor attractions.
(NMB06, $26.99)
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Bradt Guide Zambia
• Chris McIntyre
• GUIDEBOOK
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A personal, detailed overview of Zambia with excellent travel information.
(ZMB01, $27.99)
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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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Cry, The Beloved Country
• Alan Paton
• LITERATURE
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The deeply moving story of Reverend Kumalo's quest for justice. First published in 1948, it is a striking, poetic tribute to the power of the individual and a trenchant indictment of Apartheid.
(SAF30, $15.00)
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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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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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Elephantoms, Tracking the Elephant
• Lyall Watson
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An evocative account of the myth, lore and nature of elephants in South Africa.
(SAF129, $14.95)
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The Eye of the Elephant, An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
• Mark Owens
• Delia Owens
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The adventures of conservationists Mark and Delia Owens in the Luangwa River Valley of Zambia. They set up camp in the wilderness among the elephants, but are drawn into an ugly struggle with the local people.
(ZMB04, $16.00)
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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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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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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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Horn of Darkness, Rhinos on the Edge
• Carol Cunningham
• Joel Berger
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A lively account of field work, combining adventure, natural history and thoughtful commentary on the plight of the severely endangered black rhinoceros in Namibia.
(NMB07, $45.00)
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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, $43.00)
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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 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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Life & Times of Michael K
• J.M. Coetzee
• LITERATURE
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A Booker Prize-winning novel about a troubled boy in South Africa in the midst of a civil war. J.M. Coetzee is also Nobel Prize winner for his body of work, much of which is set in his home country of South Africa.
(SAF17, $14.00)
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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 Cape Town
• Simon Richmond
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent practical guide to the city, geared for independent travelers, with color photographs and dozens of excellent maps.
(SAF27, $19.99)
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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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Long Walk to Freedom
• Nelson Mandela
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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An unpretentious tale of an extraordinary life, Mandela's autobiography is essential reading for an understanding of South Africa. His grace and his love for his country shine thoughout.
(SAF15, $17.99)
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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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The Myth of Wild Africa
• Jonathan Adams
• Thomas McShane
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The authors, associated with the World Wildlife Fund, explode the romantic fallacy of an untouched continent where animals roam freely in sanctuaries. It's a no-holds-barred critique of old-style conservation in Africa.
(AFR15, $22.95)
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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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Newman's Birds of Southern Africa
• Kenneth Newman
• FIELD GUIDE
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The eighth edition of the compact field guide, our favorite for anywhere south of the Zambezi.
(SAF29, $28.00)
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None to Accompany Me
• Nadine Gordimer
• LITERATURE
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A portrait of life in South Africa after the collapse of Apartheid. With keen attention to character and racial politics, Nobel Prize-winner Gordimer traces the experiences of two families during this turbulent time.
(SAF76, $15.00)
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North of South, An African Journey
• Shiva Naipaul
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• FAVORITE
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A sharp portrait of Africa, circa 1979. A brilliant and provocative observer, Naipaul meditates on the various peoples he encounters in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The best, most insightful thing we've read about race relations in Africa.
(EAF28, $16.00)
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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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Picturing Bushmen, The Denver African Expedition of 1925
• Robert James Gordon
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Serious-minded, wonderfully illustrated and informative, This book not only documents the 1925 expedition to Etosha in search of the "Bushman," it also cleverly shows the key role of the expedition in romanticizing the Heikum.
(NMB05, $24.95)
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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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Sands of Silence, On Safari in Namibia
• Peter Hathaway Capstick
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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With its color photography and enthusiasm for hunting, this first-person account is classic Capstick -- and an absorbing, appreciative look at the country, its people and wildlife.
(NMB03, $35.00)
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The Scramble for Africa
• Thomas Pakenham
• HISTORY
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A well-written, meticulously researched history of the Victorian land grab in Africa. The book includes excellent portraits of the egomaniacal personalities that overran the continent.
(AFR26, $23.95)
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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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South Africa Map
• Rough Guide
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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, 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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Southern Africa
• Hildebrand
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A good overview of the entire Southern Africa region.
(SAF05, $14.95)
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Southern Africa Regional Map
• ITMB
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A double-sided map of the continent south of the Zambezi River, at a scale of 1:2,125,000, with color photographs and notes on parks and major attractions. We also carry individual maps of Botswana (SAF07, $10.95) and Namibia (SAF06, $9.95).
(SAF63, $12.95)
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Southern African Birds, A Photographic Guide
• Ian Sinclair
• FIELD GUIDE
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A pocket guide to the 265 most conspicuous birds south of the Zambezi River featuring color photographs, brief descriptions and range maps. We also carry Birds of Namibia (NMB17, $15.95).
(SAF14, $15.95)
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Tomorrow is Another Country, The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change
• Allister Sparks
• HISTORY
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Essential to understanding South Africa today, this is a comprehensive account of the extraordinary developments that led to multiracial democracy in South Africa.
(SAF31, $19.00)
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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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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, $90.00)
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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 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, $10.95)
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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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