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This book will allow you to take far more compelling images, whether you’re a professional or just starting out.

Insider’s guide: Top Wildlife Photography Spots in Botswana and Namibia by Shem Compion

Shem Compion’s Insider’s Guide is not only a book about wildlife photography. It’s a book about place and subject, and how best to capture them.

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This book is more than just a guide on where to ride.

Top MTB Trails by Jacques Marais

Jacques Marais' wanderlust and enthusiasm for the trail comes through in his new offering, making it more than just a guide on where to ride.

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Learn how the world works and the fragile diversity of life in water, on land and in the many communities of living creatures.

The Story Of Life & The Environment: An African Perspective by Jo van As, Johann du Preez, Leslie Brown and Nico Smit

To make the complex simple takes an exceptional scientist and to communicate well you need to know much more than you tell. This book is an example.

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Merely reading the descriptions will have you planning a hike for next weekend to see the incredible scenes Tony promises.

Paths to Pubs by Tony Burton

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Paths to Pubs by veteran hiker Tony Burton is a concise, practical and easy-to-use guide that will inspire you to explore routes you didn’t even know existed, but it’s the nifty pub recommendations for a post-hike wind-down that distinguish this book from the rest.

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Whether you’re a dreamer or seriously contemplating your own escape this book is for you.

Thinking up a Hurricane by Martinique Stilwell

Beware those of you with serious wanderlust – you’ll find yourself looking longingly at sailing magazines after reading Thinking up a Hurricane.

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People still really have a lot to learn about these majestic predators.

Demon Fish by Juliet Eilperin

In this book, Juliet Eilperin takes readers along on her travels through the hidden world of sharks, revealing that people still really have a lot to learn about these majestic predators.

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A magnificent book written in easily accessible language.

EARTH IN 100 GROUNDBREAKING DISCOVERIES by Douglas Palmer

In this incredibly beautifully illustrated work Douglas Palmer has put together a 400-page compendium of everything you need to know to fly Spaceship Earth and, mercifully, in easily accessible language.

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Dana Snyman of his reflective journey through South Africa.

The long way home by Dana Snyman

Dana Snyman’s incredible knack for telling stories and observing the world as it is doesn’t just create an honest book filled with sad truths, but one that also gives the reader a positive outlook on South Africa.

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This book is Sharon Pincott’s second and continues the story of her time with the presidential elephants of Zimbabwe.

Battle for the President’s Elephants by Sharon Pincott

This book is Sharon Pincott’s second and continues the story of her time with the presidential elephants of Zimbabwe and is entertaining, informative and brutally honest.

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This book is a cry from the heart to save one of the world’s most extraordinary creatures.

The Rhino Keepers by Clive and Anton Walker

The authors are among Africa’s most dedicated wildlife keepers and this book is a cry from the heart to save one of the world’s most extraordinary creatures.

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