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Find Tours in association with Amazon.com presents a collection of recommended books on South Africa. Travelers to South Africa often like to gain insight into the politics, culture, people and attractions of the country before making a visit.

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  Long walk to freedom
Nelson Mandela

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and the first democratically elected president of South Africa, Mandela began writing his autobiography secretly while he was imprisoned for 27 years on Robben Island by South Africa's apartheid regime.
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  The Power of One
Bryce Courtenay

Memoir of an English boy's lonely childhood in South Africa during WW II. “The Power of One has everything: suspense, the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology and magic; schoolboy adventures, drama in the boxing ring.”
– The New York Times
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  Adventures of Riley
Amanda Lumry, Laura Hurwitz, Sarah McIntyre

Combining adventure and science, this picture book uses a fictional framework to bring children important facts about animal conservation. - Hazel Rochman
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  South Africa the Beautiful
Brian Johnson Barker

A glossy coffee table book that provides a window through which both visitor and residents can view the beautiful face of a country in a panorama of landscapes, people, cities, towns, flora and fauna.
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  Kruger National Park Travel Guide
Globetrotter

Practical, informative and user-friendly, this guide highlights the major camps, describing their principal attractions and offers sound suggestions on where to tour, stay, view the wildlife and relax.
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  Images from a Timeless Wilderness
Richard Du Toit, Gerald Hinde

Depicts the wildlife of the Khwai River, a link between the permanent wetlands of the Okavango Delta and the semi-desert Kalahari. Beautiful photographs capture the cycle of the seasons.
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  Newman's Birds of Southern Africa
Kenneth Newman

Classic field guide with hundreds of large color plates, a comprehensive checklist and revised information on habitats and distribution. User-friendly design makes it ideal for use in the field.
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  New World Of Wine From The Cape Of Good Hope
Phyllis Hands, David Hughes, Keith Phillips

A fresh, comprehensive account of South African wines by two respected SA wine authors. This volume is meticulously researched and is the official textbook of the Cape Wine Academy.
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  The Heart of the Hunter
Laurens Van Der Post

A classic. Van der Post describes his desert travels, the splendid landscape and wildlife, and his encounters with the Bushman, an elusive culture. Drawings by Maurice Wilson.
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  Rough Guide to Cape Town & the Garden Route
Tony Pinchuck, Barbara McCrea

The Rough Guide to Cape Town and the Garden Route is the definitive guide to Cape Town and its stunning environs (including Cape Point, the Winelands and the Whale Coast) and the Garden Route all the way to Port Elizabeth and the Addo Elephant National Park.
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  News from Parched Mountain: Tales from the Karoo
Roy Holland, Charles Muller

These vivid stories are set in and around the Karoo town of Kareeburg and reflect the tensions between the conservative lives of the Afrikaners and the climate of change in the new South Africa.
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  Guide Book to the Anglo-Zulu War Battlefields
David Rattray

No one but David Rattray was better qualified to explain the causes of this strange colonial war when British Imperial might was initially humiliated in a ghastly slaughter. Pride was somewhat salvaged by the defence of Rorke's Drift and thereafter the Zulus were doomed.
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  Isandlwana 1879: The Great Zulu Victory
Ian Knight, Adam Hook (Illustrator)

Highly visual guides to history's greatest conflicts, detailing the command strategies, tactics, and experiences of the opposing forces throughout each campaign, and concluding with a guide to the battlefields today.
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  Johannesburg: The Bradt City Guide
Lizzie Williams

This pocket-sized guide will let you make the most of Johannesburg's major attractions as well as the museums, markets, art galleries and bohemian cafes which personify the "Rainbow Nation."
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