 | Unbowed by Wangari Maathai
Buy used from: $5.72 Wangari Mathaai's (Nobel Peace prize winner and founder of The Green Movement in Kenya) story opens a world where anything is possible. The world need's more women to step forward with the courage, conviction and action as Wangari does. A fascinating read.
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 | The Challenge for Africa by Wangari Maathai
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $12.50 Further to Wangari's story "Unbowed" this book, though a little dry has real answers for a crumbling world.
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 | Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo by Dereck Joubert
Buy new: $28.14 / Used from: $0.99 All of Beverley and Derek Joubert's books are awesome. The photography is superb, the stories full of the drama and pathos of the African Bush.
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 | The Africa Diaries: An Illustrated Memoir of Life in the Bush by Dereck Joubert
Buy used from: $3.27 Derek and Beverley Joubert's body of work contribute greatly to our understanding of predator/prey behaviour. This memoir takes us into their lives in the African Bush.
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 | Face to Face With Elephants (Face to Face with Animals) by Dereck Joubert
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $9.23 |
 | Eye of the Leopard by Dereck Joubert
Buy new: $47.25 / Used from: $35.23 |
 | Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.89 Peter's book about life as a 'Safari Guide" is hilariously funny and really takes you there.
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 | Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family by Cynthia J. Moss
Buy new: $15.30 / Used from: $10.48 Cynthia Moss and Joyce Poole are the women pioneers of Elephant research. Their body of work about Wild Elephant is astounding.
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 | All the Way Home: Stories from an African Wildlife Sanctuary by Bookey Peek
Buy used from: $124.83 Dive into the world of a wildlife sanctuary - and you'll never want to come out of the pool. This story from Zimbabwe's Bookey Peek concentrates on a great little orphan warthog - Poombi and her life and antics. A must read.
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 | Wild Honey: More Stories from an African Wildlife Sanctuary by Bookey Peek
Buy new: $13.06 / Used from: $9.38 The follow on from "All the Way Home" Bookey Peek picks up where she left off - and Poombi's story unfolds with babies and life in Zim. The introduction of the greatest charecter is Badge - an orpahn Honey Badger - be warned though - You'll get so involvede int hese stories the dishes and vacuuming and work won't get done...
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 | Cry of the Kalahari by Cordelia Dykes Owens
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $1.95 Delia and Mark Owens stories of the 1970's and 80's in Botswana and Zambia are edge-of-the-seat conservation stories. Their courage is astounding - facing corrupt governments, African culture and the fast dissapearing wildlife of Zambia's North Luangwa - they are environmental heroes whos work should never be forgotten.
(See also Secrets of the Savanna and also The Eye of the Elephant)
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 | Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People by Cordelia Dykes Owens
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 Heroes! (see Cry of the Kalahari and The Eye of the Elephant)
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 | The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness by Mark James Owens
Buy new: $16.20 / Used from: $2.75 Conservation Heroes again! (see also Cry of the Kalahari and Secrets of the Savanna)
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 | The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa by Caitlin O'Connell
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $10.06 Caitlin O'connel's book about her research with the Elephants of Namibia and further afield has opened up a new world of understanding about elephant communication. The Secret Sense is a window into their world.
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 | In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.35 Jane's story and her life amongst the Chimpanzees of Gombe is a classic!
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 | Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey Dr.
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.88 Diane, much maligned and misunderstood - Her work with the Mountain Gorillas and life and death has been rehashed and disputed. Whatever they say about her - she was there, did it tough, taught us more about our closest kin. For that we should be very grateful.
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 | Gorilla Dreams: The Legacy of Dian Fossey by Georgianne Nienaber
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $9.47 Georgianne Nianaber's dreamlike book is an adjunct to Diane Fossey's work. Although fictional in nature - Georgianne's story from the perspective of the murdered Gorilla named 'Digit" has empathy and opens a dialogue with the wild world that Diane alluded to - in her book Gorillas in the mist. Well worth a read, suspend belief and it will touch you and haunt you.
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 | House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe by Christina Lamb
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.83 Want to understand more about the conflict in Zimbabwe? This story exposes the personal and confusing politics of Zimbabwes white and black divide, the loyalties that exist and the help and hope that sometimes looks like betrayal for safety's sake.
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 | The Sheltering Desert by Henno Martin
Buy used from: $19.90 Henno Martin's book is from another era - the life he led whislt in hiding during the war in South West Africa (now Namibia) is an amazing adventure into the heart of a pitiless land.
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 | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 Reviewed online.
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| Call of-the-Marsh: Life with a Basenji by Jill Wylie
Buy used from: $100.29 Jill Wylie's first book about her beloved basenji dog named Call, and the work they did together in search and rescue of wildlife and domestic animals caught in snares in rugged Zimbabwe is an evocative tale. The stories are not only about the threats to wildlife and domestic animals caused by poaching they also illustrate an amazing relationship between a woman and her dog companions.
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 | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 5-Book Boxed Set by Alexander Mccall Smith
Buy new: $43.94 / Used from: $30.97 Alexander McCall Smiths stoories - are gentle detective novels set in Botswana, Southern Africa. Mma Ramotswe is a "traditionally built" lady - with a great philosophy on life. The characters are beleivable and the story lines set in both bush and town take you into a different world, but we all know exactly the situations and views and people met.Rings true.
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 | The Lost World of the Kalahari by Laurens van der Post
Buy new: $14.53 / Used from: $4.98 Lost world indeed. If one measures the mark of a people by their imprint on the world - then the bushmen of the Kalahari are truly people of the finest order. Written in the 1950's this insight into the life of the indigeneous people of Southern Africa makes one realise how much we have lost in the "modernisation" of people who's one love is the Land.
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 | Desmond Tutu: Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography by John Allen
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $8.55 Desmond Tutu's autobiography is a great read. A man amongst many men and women working for the end of apartheid, his life and tireless effort for equality - not just for the majority blacks in South Africa but for anybody anywhere, oppressed is inspirational.
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| Silent Footsteps: a Woman's Wakening among the elephants of Africa by Sally Henderson
Elephant lives, stories. Becoming who you are - Elephants and women go hand in hand (or hand in trunk perhaps). Matriarchal, matrilineal societies of strength and purpose awaken something in women who know. Sally Henderson, like others reviewed here in this list - shares her story and life with gracious and fantastic beings.
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 | The Old Way: A Story of the First People by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.98 Another book written before modernisation and politics saw the last of the people of the Kalahari banished from their home lands. Her contact with the first peoples of Southern Africa is beautifully told. A clear reminder of what we could all be, connected to each other and the lands where we live.
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 | A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion by Anthony Bourke
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $5.97 Christian's story is a heartwarming tale of the love between animals and humans. That Bourke and Rendall saw the necessity to set Christian free is one of the few ssusccess stories of hand reared lion returning to the wild. A teary moment or two.
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 | The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Animals by Richard D. Estes
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $12.00 Going bush in Africa? Read this. Animals are more than stripes and shapes, they are behaviour, interactions and part of a greater whole. Estes' book opens this world.
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 | Hunting With the Moon: The Lions of Savuti by Dereck Joubert
Buy used from: $1.59 Wow! First read it from the Library where several photograhic plates had been razored out. Don't understand book defiling - do understand why the pictures were stolen. The pathos and drama of life in the Selinda is exposed. Breathtaking stuff.
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| Gogo Mama: A Journey Into the Lives of Twelve African Women by Sally Sara
Sara's investigative journalism took her into the heart of Africa and there she met 12 remarkable women (among many) the stories of their lives are hard to read. To witness and stand with them is not all we can do - but it is a start to get past our own difficult feelings and be moved by the strength and determination of the women of Africa who endure so much and still come out loving and smiling.
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| Just Nuisance A.B. by Terence Sisson
Buy used from: $5.00 An African Dog story! my favourite. Nuisance, a great Dane was a grand dog. Memorialised in Simon's Town near Cape Town in South Africa - and (perhaps just a little bit) apocryphal stories abound. Terrence Sisson's loving memoir of this Grand dog is a must read 9along with Jock of the Bushveled, Jill Wylies's "Search" and "Call-of-the-Marsh". love dogs? Love Africa. Read Nuisances story.
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 | Okavango: A Journey by Robyn Keene-Young
Buy used from: $73.58 Beautiful photography - Stunning place.If you haven't been and want to know, buy this book. If you have been and want to remember... buy this book.
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