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The Tree Where Man Was Born (Penguin Nature Classics) by Peter Matthiessen Publisher Comments On the great East African plain it is the human who feels himself the intruder. Here, and perhaps only here, the world is that of the animals. It is they who belong, as humans do not. In the more sensitive traveler this evokes a feeling of being... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Safari Companion 2ND Edition Guide To Watching African by Richard Estes Publisher Comments Since its original publication in 1993, The Safari Companion has been the best field guide to observing and understanding the behavior of African mammals. An indispensable tool for naturalists traveling to Africa, this new edition has been revised to... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Myth of Wild Africa: Conservation Without Illusion by Jonathan Adams Publisher Comments Most people would feel a great loss if elephants, rhinos, or gorillas were to become extinct, but would we willingly move our families, change our means of earning a living, and disrupt our culture to prevent their extinction? People living in rural... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Africa in My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters by Jane Goodall Publisher Comments AFRICA IN MY BLOOD is an extraordinary self-portrait in letters of Jane Goodall's early years, from childhood to the publication of IN THE SHADOW OF MAN, revealing this remarkable woman more vividly than anything published before, by her or about her. We... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa by Nick Brandt Publisher Comments Nick Brandt depicts the animals of East Africa with an intimacy and artistry unmatched by other photographers who choose wildlife as their subject. He creates these majestic sepia and blue-tone photos contrasting moments of quintessential stillness with... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison Publisher Comments Welcome to the African bush, where the animals are fierce, the tourists can be wild, and only the food runs! Whatever You Do, Dont Run is a hilarious collection of true tales from top safari guide Peter Allison. In a place where the wrong... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey by Jane Goodall Publisher Comments Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve forever altered the very, definition of humanity.Now, in a poignant and insightful memoir, Jane Goodall explores her extraordinary life and personal spiritual odyssey... (read more) List Price $33.25 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Reason for Hope by Jane Goodall Publisher Comments From one of the world's most renowned scientists, conservationists, and animal rights activists comes a bestselling spiritual autobiography that explores her deepest beliefs about spirituality and moral evolution. NPR sponsorship.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mala Malapathway to an Africa by Amanda Lumry Publisher Comments A photographic safari through the unspoiled innocence of a latter-day Eden!... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $30.00 Used - Hardcover
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Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story from Deep Africa to the Heart of Paris by Michael Allin Publisher Comments It was the Age of Enlightenment. And in Paris, a gentle, wide-eyed stranger was all the rage. In 1826, a twelve-foot giraffe, captured in the Sudan, shipped down the Nile, carried across the Mediterranean in a ship's hold, was now walking across... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Collins Safari Guide: Larger Animals of Eastern Africa by David Hosking Publisher Comments Covers 76 of the common species likely to be found in East Africa. Hints on watching and photographing wild animals. Great for those going on Safari.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Kingdom Under Glass by Jay Kirk Publisher Comments In this epic account of an extraordinary life lived during remarkable times, Jay Kirk follows the adventures of legendary explorer and taxidermist Carl Akeley, who revolutionized taxidermy and environmental conservation and created the famed African Hall... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Kingdom Under Glass: A Tale of Obsession, Adventure, and One Man's Quest to Preserve the World's Great Animals by Jay Kirk Publisher Comments In this epic account of an extraordinary life lived during remarkable times, Jay Kirk follows the adventures of legendary explorer and taxidermist Carl Akeley, who revolutionized taxidermy and environmental conservation and created the famed African Hall... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Secrets of the Savanna: by Mark Owens Publisher Comments The authors spent 23 years in the Zambian wilderness where they started a unique program to lift the villagers out of poverty and allow the wildlife populations to recover from poaching. After more than two decades of work, they were driven out of the... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Certain Curve of Horn: The Hundred-Year Quest for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola by John Frederick Walker Synopsis A fascinating story of exploration and environmental devastation chronicles the precarious fate of the endangered sable antelope in Angola over the course of the twentieth century. Reprint.... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Born Wild: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Passion for Africa by Tony Fitzjohn Publisher Comments Tony Fitzjohn, part missionary, part madman, has been called “one of the world’s most endangered creatures.” An internationally renowned field expert on African wildlife, he is best known for the eighteen years he spent helping Born... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man by Dale Peterson Publisher Comments An in-depth biography of Jane Goodall describes how the seminal scientist and naturalist revolutionized the study of primates through her years of study of the chimpanzees of Gombe, helped establish radical new standards and a new intellectual style in... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Beyond Innocence: An Autobiography in Letters, the Later Years by Jane Goodall Publisher Comments "Africa In My Blood" told of a young woman finding her life's work in the place of her dreams. This second volume of Goodall's autobiography tells of the events that shattered many of those dreams and changed her from a rather private observer to a... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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The End of the Game: The Last Word from Paradise by Peter Beard Synopsis Originally published in 1965, and available once again in paperback, this landmark work dramatically documents the changing history of African wildlife, focusing on the widespread destruction of the African elephant. Beautifully illustrated with over 300... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Clara's Grand Tour: Travels with a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-Century Europe by Glynis Ridley Publisher Comments Awarded the prestigious Institute of Historical Research Prize, Ridley's sparkling history brings vividly to life the tragicomic story of a rhinoceros named Clara who became a star in 18th century Europe.... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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