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East Africa Wildlife
Kenya, East Africa Photo Pictures Slideshow
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Wildlife of East Africa $17.48 Those looking for a concise yet informative, visually breathtaking yet affordable East African safari need look no further than this spectacular field guide. Featuring full-color photos of 475 common species of bird, mammal, snake, lizard, insect, tree, and flower, "Wildlife of East Africa" takes us on an exquisite one-volume tour through the living splendor of the main national parks and game reserves of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Many of the species included–from pelicans to plovers, ostriches to elephants, from the daintiest of antelopes to cattlelike giants, from leopards to lions, baboons to gorillas, chameleons to crocodiles, acacias to aloes–also inhabit neighboring countries. The selection was based on the personal experiences of the authors, wildlife experts who have been leading safaris in the region for more than twenty years. Each species is illustrated with a photo and a detailed entry on the facing page; the text is commendably rich for such a compact guide. This information enables the particular animal or plant to be identified by such traits as size, plumage or pelage, color, and shape. An opening section on wildlife photography provides helpful tips on the best type of camera, film, and lenses to use, techniques, and codes of conduct. "Wildlife of East Africa" is a must for anyone considering a first-hand look at, or simply daydreaming of, the elegant, enormous, or exotic wildlife of East Africa. Covers the main parks and reserves of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, plus surrounding countries475 common species of bird, mammal, snake, lizard, insect, tree, and flower–from ostriches to elephants, leopards to lions, baboons to gorillas, chameleons to crocodiles, acacias to aloesFull-color photographs and detailed entries describing each speciesWritten and illustrated by wildlife experts who have been leading safaris in East Africa for more than 20 yearsTips on wildlife photography, techniques, and codes of conduct |
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Lonely Planet Watching Wildlife East Africa $19.48 Get up close and personal with East Africa’s incredible wildlife with this all-in-one safari guide The hoofbeats of 500,000 wildebeests echo across the Serengeti Plains; a group of mountain gorillas lounge in shady undergrowth; a pink haze of flamingos wade in the shallows. Whether you’re on a top-shelf luxury safari or going it alone in a rented minivan, prepare for the wildlife experience of your life. In This Guide: What do you want to see? Highlights and customized itineraries give you the top wildlife experiences Plan your safai with practical advice from Lonely Planet’s Africa experts Discover what’s where and how to find it – indepth coverage of the major parks and reserves Be first to name-check a Kirk’s dik-dik with our essential wildlife-spotting guide |
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Africa & the Middle East $65 This work provides an overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing the continent of Africa and the Middle East. It explores the impact global pollution and a burgeoning population are having on landscape and wildlife alike. |
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East African Wildlife: A Visitor’s Guide $23.48 The wildlife of east Africa is the major attraction for visitors to this region, with the legendary game reserves of Serengeti and the Maasai Mara. This new visitor’s guide provides a colorful overview of the region’s variety of large mammals together with an insight into their habits and habitats. The book also provides an excellent introduction to the region’s less heralded variety of ‘small stuff’ – including1,500 bird species and butterflies. Accessible and beautifully illustrated, the guide will appeal both to the first-time visitor and to the serious naturalist seeking a compact volume to carry around. It will also make a great souvenir after the trip. |
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Trekking in East Africa $6.98 Trek East Africa’s finest – tackle towering snowcapped Kilimanjaro, explore the remote, mysterious Rwenzoris and clamber among tropical glaciers on Mt Kenya. Challenge yourself to soaring peaks, rugged volcanic craters and primeval forests with this comprehensive guide. 27 detailed trek descriptions in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. Practical advice on hiring guides and porters, plus tips on independent trekking. Clear two-color maps for every trek. Illustrated section on East Africa’s extraordinary flora and wildlife. Essential information on equipment, safety, health, language, accommodation and food. |
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Lonely Planet East Africa $24.98 Experience the best of East Africa with Lonely Planet. Our 8th edition will take you from the wet and wild activities at the source of the Nile, to wildlife watching in the Serengeti. You’ll trek past the equatorial glaciers of Mt Kenya and relax on picture-perfect beaches in the Zanzibar Archipelago. Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip. In This Guide: The only guidebook to the entire region of East Africa Color wildlife-spotting guide helps you tell a kudu from a Thomson’s gazelle Unique Green Index highlights the best ecofriendly options |
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Animals of East Africa; Our Vanishing Wildlife, $15.33 This book is in Good Used condition |
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Wild Edens: Africa’s Premier Game Parks and Their Wildlife $3.48 In Wild Edens: Africa’s Premier Game Parks and Their Wildlife, longtime conservationist and seasoned African traveler Joseph James Shomon journeys through the wild African scene, revealing its magnificence and mystique, and wonderfully describes the game parks’ location, ecology, and irreplaceable wildlife. From the summit of Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, the author surveys the marvelous Edens of East Africa, among the last Pleistocene-like concentrations of animals left in the world today. Descending, Shomon gives a firsthand account of the great sanctuaries, providing a knowledgeable escort on safari in the scrublands of Tsavo, where elephants are imperiled. He continues on to the Ark at Aberdares, where visitors can watch, under floodlights of a watchtower, rain forest animals come to feed; to the rain forests of Mount Kenya; and to the Serengeti and Mara Plains, with their great migrating herds besieged by predators and thwarted in their journeys by swollen rivers and flooded lakes. The journey continues through the Great Rift Valley and Olduvai Gorge to Lake Manyara with its tree-climbing lions: Ngorongoro Crater: Samburu and Meru, where the rhino is threatened: the waterways of Uganda: the Mountains of the Moon: the Kalahari Desert; and the wildlife sanctuaries of South Africa, ending the tour at the Cape of Good Hope. Shomon argues that the growth of impersonal technology and excessive mechanization, as well as the world’s focus on violence, social ills, and discord on our domestic front, consume the world’s energies, leaving little interest for safeguarding and conserving Africa’s wild edens. Shomon’s engaging and informative text, complemented with attractivephotographs and pen-and-ink drawings, encourages those interested in Africa and its wildlife to visit the cradle of our ancestral beginnings, if only from their armchairs, and to take an active role in its preservation and conservation. |
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Wildlife Photography $14.95 Photographer and environmentalist Uwe Skrzypczak wrote this book with several goals in mind–to teach the technical aspects and the workflow of digital wildlife photography; to show the beauty of East Africa and his beloved Serengeti National Park and to educate about its habitat; and to provide a guide for the photographer who is planning to go on an African photo safari and wants to be prepared to capture the finest possible images. Beginning with digital photography techniques and workflow, Skrzypczak draws his own vast experience in wildlife photography to teach about the equipment, the pros and cons of camera types and lenses, and the specific requirements for this demanding task. Also covered are appropriate techniques for exposure for this demanding task. Also covered are appropriate techniques for exposure and autofocus-the latter being one of the major challenges in wildlife photography. He discusses an “on the road” workflow, the logistics of transporting your gear, and image editing. The book goes on to cover the practical aspects of wildlife photography, from shooting animal portraits to panning the camera in order to capture that speeding leopard. Example images are accompanied by a small set of pictograms showing which techniques are ideal for capturing the specific situation. Loaded with hundreds of breathtaking images, this comprehensive textbook is perfect for the beginning wildlife photographer as well as the seasoned pro. Whether your subject is African wildlife or bird photography in the Arctic Circle, Uwe Skrzypczak’s Wildlife Photography will teach you the fundamental concepts and techniques that can be applied to all forms of wildlife photography. Topics include: Equipment and accessories Planning your trip Conditions on the road The right place at the right time Image composition Where to stay and daily routine The light in east Africa Migrations and mating seasons Habitats and animal behavior River crossings The big cats, rhinos, giraffes, etc. |
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A Guide to the Birds of East Africa $13.48 For the past three years, Mr. Malik has been secretly in love with Rose Mbikwa, a woman who leads the weekly bird walks sponsored by the East African Ornithological Society. Just as Malik is getting up the nerve to invite Rose to the Nairobi Hunt Club Ball (the premier social occasion of the Kenyan calendar), Harry Khan, a nemesis from his school days, arrives in town. Khan has also become enraptured with Rose and announces his intent to invite her to the Ball. Rather than force Rose to choose between the two men, a clever solution is proposed. Whoever can identify the most species of birds in one week’s time gets the privilege of asking Ms. Mbikwa to the ball. Drayson’s charming descriptions of the Kenyan wildlife and his sharp take on the foibles and follies of the people and politics sketch a rich picture of contemporary life in Nairobi. Fans of Alexander McCall Smith will delight in this transporting and witty novel. |
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On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa $30.48 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 bursts of dramatic action by engaging with these creatures on an exceptionally intimate level, without the customary use of a telephoto lens. Evocative of classical art, from dignified portraits to sweeping natural tableaux, Brandt’s images artfully and simply capture animals in their natural states of being. With a foreword by Alice Sebold and an introduction by Jane Goodall, "On This Earth" is a gorgeous portfolio of some of the last wild animals and a heartfelt elegy to a vanishing world. |
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Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa $47.48 Frederick Courteney Selous (1851 1917) was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, famous for his work in south-east Africa. In early 1882 he embarked on an eleven-year expedition to record species that, to his great sadness, were becoming endangered. First published in 1893, these revealing memoirs document the wildlife, landscapes and people that characterised his journey. Through vivid descriptions and extensive illustrations, he recalls exhilarating adventures with lions, leopards, hyenas and crocodiles, recounts challenging treks across lakes and mountains, and describes hostile and at times barbaric encounters with native peoples. Detailed accounts of hunting endeavours, colonial institutions, and commercial enterprises such as gold mining, also feature in this study, which provides a unique and diverse perspective on Africa in the late nineteenth century. Insightful and revealing, Selous’ experiences remain of enduring interest to geographers, anthropologists, zoologists, and all those interested in African history and culture. |
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Wildlife $8.98 The definitive nature book, "Wildlife is master photographer Mitsuaki Iwago’s glorious homage to the animal kingdom, an abundant treasury of more than 450 photographs culled from a lifetime of work and presented in an unputdownable format. Iwago is one of the world’s preeminent wildlife photographers, his images repeatedly lauded as superbly composed, dramatic, intelligent, and beautiful. His first book, "Serengeti, was called one of the finest wildlife books ever published and has sold over 80,000 copies. "Wildlife boasts the same riveting perspective, but takes us a good deal further, presenting wildlife of all kinds on every continent. Organized by region, from the Galapagos Islands to the plains of Africa, from the forests of India to the ice floes of Alaska, "Wildlife is the rare nature book that is international in scope. Turn these pages and the panoply of creation dazzles the mind and the eye. Asian elephants, African lions, Antarctic penguins, North American otters-the world’s myriad creatures show themselves in this brilliantly colorful tour. Here is an absolutely essential volume for all who love animals. |
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British and German East Africa, Their Economic $21.48 Publisher: Longmans, Green Publication date: 1911 Subjects: Africa, East Africa, British East Africa, German East Business |
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With Flashlight and Rifle, a Record of Hunting Adventures and of Studies in Wildlife in Equatorial East-Africa (Volume 1) $27.48 Volume: 1 Publisher: London, Hutchinson Publication date: 1906 Subjects: Hunting — Africa Africa, Central — Description and travel Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. |
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With Flashlight and Rifle, a Record of Hunting Adventures and of Studies in Wildlife in Equatorial East-Africa (Volume 2) $27.98 Volume: 2 Publisher: London, Hutchinson Publication date: 1906 Subjects: Hunting — Africa Africa, Central — Description and travel Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. |
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The East Africa Protectorate $35.48 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1905 Original Publisher: E. Arnold Subjects: Indigenous peoples Kenya Great Britain Africa, British East Africa, East History / Africa / General History / Africa / Central History / Africa / East Juvenile Nonfiction / People |
