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Travel Guides
Lonely
Planet Tanzania (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
Spy on vultures in their nests
as you float over the Serengeti in a hot-air balloon Watch villagers slip by
along the shoreline as you cruise down Lake Tanganyika Rest your elbow on a
sack of vegetables as you rattle south on the Tazara train Jump off a dhow into
Zanzibar's warm shallows, and snorkel among shoals of fish
The Rough Guide to Tanzania (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
- by Rough Guides
the
definitive guide to one of Africa's most beautiful destinations. A 24-page,
full-colour section introduces Tanzania's highlights, from the volcanic
landscapes of the Ngorongoro Crater to the Indian Ocean beaches of Zanzibar. In
addition, there are two, full-colour, 4-page inserts:
Northern Tanzania: Safari Circuit, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
- by Philip Briggs
this
book includes everything form choosing a safari, to the hows, whys and wheres
of the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Manyara. It presents Tanzania's natural
history, with a separate wildlife guide. It also talks bout climbing Mt
Kilimanjaro, and the Swahili - an introduction to the language.
Lonely Planet: Tanzania, Zanzibar and Pemba
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Mary Fitzpatrick
This
guide to Tanzania, Zanzibar and Pemba contains a 16-page colour safari section;
complete coverage of Tanzania's national parks, reserves and marine areas;
expert advice on trekking Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru; a section on
birdspotting; and extensive dive site information
Footprint Tanzania (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
features authoritative coverage
of the best sights, practical listings, and thorough background information on
this exciting country. Designed for free-spirited travelers, this guide
includes candid reviews of the best places to dine and stay, from tented camps
to coastal hideaways; extensive coverage of safaris and diving; a large
full-color guide to animal spotting; and detailed color maps and transportation
information to help plan the perfect trip.
Guide
to Tanzania (Maps Worldwide)
Published by BRADT Publications -
Series Country Guides
Bradt authors share their love of the countries they
describe, helping visitors to understand local customs and the natural world.
Bradt readers learn not only how to get the best out of the country, but also
how to give something back. All guides are colour illustrated
Traveller's guide to Tanzania (Maps Worldwide)
Published by New Holland Publishers -
(U Series Traveller's Guides
This guide to Tanzania, highlighting the
major tourist attractions throughout the country, is designed for holidaymakers
and serious travellers alike. It includes practical details as well as
background information and maps
Guide to
Zanzibar (Maps Worldwide)
Published by BRADT Publications -
Series Country Guides
for adventurous travellers who seek new and little
known destinations and who value up-to-date information, accuracy and good
writing.
The Dive Sites of Kenya and Tanzania
: Including Pemba, Zanzibar and Mafia (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Anton Koornhof
Tanzania (Serial) (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Lisa Asch, Peter
Blackwell
Spectrum Guide to Tanzania (Serial)
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Camerapix (Compiler), Na
"Spectrum Guide to Tanzania" takes readers from the lowest point on the
continent, the depths of Lake Tanganyika, to the heights of Kilimanjaro,
outlining in detail--and more than 200 full-color photos--the great range of
landscapes, wildlife and cultures found in the country.
East Africa Handbook : With Kenya, Tanzania,
Uganda and Ethiopia (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Michael Hodd
available
in hardback and softback
Guide to Zanzibar, 3rd
Edition (amazon.com) - USA
by Davis Else
Kilimanjaro & East Africa: A Climbing And Trekking Guide
(Aug 2006) (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
By: Cameron M. Burns
More
than 50 routes, including summit walk-ups and serious technical climbs ·
Completely updated and expanded descriptions of travel to and from East Africa
and the major trekking and climbing destinations .
Kilimanjaro Map & Guide (Maps Worldwide)
A detailed map and guide to Kilmanjaro
with climbing routes and details of flora, fauna, geology, glaciology,
equipment and useful contacts. One of the most popular maps for those visiting
Kilimanjaro.
Kilimanjaro: Preparation, Practicalities and Ascent Routes
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Alexander Stewart (Author)
This guide offers routes up to Kilimanjaro (5895m), with supporting advice
on how to prepare for such an expedition, how to make the most of your time
there and how to ensure your trip has as little impact on the local environment
as possible.
Kilimanjaro: A Guide to Climbing Africa's Highest Mountain,
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
This guide includes:
comprehensive trail guide including 23 detailed trekking maps to the Machame,
Marangu and Rongai (Loitokitok) trails; planning your trip and booking a trek;
city guides; background information; green hiking; health and safety; language
section. Includes City Guides to Arusha, Moshi, Marangu, Nairobi and Dar Es
Salaam
Sons of Kilimanjaro: Africa's
Highest Mountain (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
About 4 men that travel to
Tanzania to Kilimanjaro and deal with adversity along the way up to 19,400 ft.
by Macon Dunnagan, Pat Roberts
The Great Rift
Valley of East Africa
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
The book showcases the fauna of
the region: the only wolves of Africa in the Ethiopian Highlands; the flamingos
of the soda lakes, adapted to survive in one of the most inhospitable
environments on Earth; the diverse wildlife of the Ngorongoro crater, and the
epic migrations across the Serengeti plains; the gorillas on the forested
slopes of the Virunga volcanoes; and our closest relatives, the chimpanzees on
the shores of Lake Tanganyika. The text and images reveal traces of our own
human origins in the rich palaeontological discoveries of hominid remains, and
celebrate the way of life of the Hadzabe people of Lake Eyasi.
Maps & Atlases
Globetrotter Travel Map of Tanzania (Maps Worldwide)
Published by New Holland Publishers -
Series Globetrotter Travel Maps
This map allows the traveller to locate
cities, towns, major roads and scenic routes. It also features airports,
holiday resorts, parks, nature reserves and other places of interest. City
plans of the major centres highlight historical monuments, key buildings and
areas of special interest
Tanzania
1:2,000,000 (Maps Worldwide)
Published by Freytag & Berndt Maps
- Series International Road Maps
High quality road maps with place name
index. In many countries these are simply the best maps available. Scales vary
according to the size of the country. Index is in several languages.
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda 1:2,000,000 (Maps Worldwide)
Published by Freytag & Berndt
Maps - Series International Road Maps
High quality road maps with place
name index. In many countries these are simply the best maps available. Scales
vary according to the size of the country. Index is in several languages.
Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi (Maps Worldwide)
Published by Nelles Guides & Maps
- Series Nelles Maps
Featuring a new-style cover and easy-fold system,
this map of Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi has been revised with the help of
local correspondents. It is marked with tourist attractions and public
transport systems, and includes inset maps of major cities. Information is also
provided on hotels
Zanzibar Island
Map (Maps Worldwide)
A touring map of Zanzibar with town
plans. Includes colour shading and contours.
Wildlife & Flora
Serengeti : Natural Order on the African Plain
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Mitsuaki Iwago
A grand
visual panorama of life, death, and renewal on the great Serengeti plain of
Africa. 280 color photographs.
Birds of Kenya
and Northern Tanzania (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Dale A. Zimmerman, Donald A.
Turner, David J. Pearson (Contributor), Ian Willis (Illustrator)
"More
than just the definitive guide to East African Birds, this is a beautiful
book--a 'must have' especially if you contemplate a journey to see these birds
in the feather." (Audubon Naturalist News)
Wild Africa : Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Tarangire
CD ROM (amazon.com) - USA
by Jerry Borrell (Editor)
The
first of a series of CD-ROMs focusing on the world's wild places and the
creatures that inhabit them. Filmed entirely on location, and specifically for
multimedia formats, this CD takes the reader to the African plains of Tanzania,
home to one of the world's richest collections of animal, primate, and bird
populations. A habitats section provides interactive maps allowing the reader
to explore three of Tanzania's national parks (Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater,
and Tarangire) including their various ecological zones and animal populations.
A visual tour section offers an extended photo-essay covering over 75 species,
and a field guide provides instant access to information about all the plants
and animals on the CD-ROM.
The Chimpanzees of
the Mahale Mountains : Sexual and Life History Strategies (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Toshisada Nishida
(Editor
Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains
: Group Living in an Asocial Species (Wildlife Behavior and Ecology
Series) (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by T. M. Caro
Synthesizing
more than a decade of research in the wild, this volume offers a detailed
account of the behavior and ecology of cheetahs, which, in comparison with
other mammals, have an unusual breeding system. (Booknews, Inc. ,
November 1, 1994)
In the Lion's
Den (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Mitsuaki Iwago
presents
nearly 100 breathtaking photographs of the day-to-day lives of these
magnificent wild felines of East Africa's fabled Serengeti plain.
Internationally renowned wildlife photographer Mitsuaki Iwago's incredible
close-up images convey both the majestic beauty of the lions and the harsh
realities of their natural habitat. 98 color photos.
Serengeti II : Dynamics, Management, and Conservation of
an Ecosystem (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Peter Arcese (Editor), A. R.
E. Sinclair
Presents 20 years of research on the region, explaining the
large-scale processes that have produced the area's incredible diversity and
describing the interactions among species and the environment (Booknews,
Inc. , November 1, 1995)
The Shadow of
Kilimanjaro : On Foot Across East Africa (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Rick Ridgeway
The
Washington Post Book World, Jennifer Howard [The Shadow of Kilimanjaro is]
closely observed, well researched and sincerely felt, and in his account of
Kenya's wildlife and those who have loved and slaughtered it, Rick Ridgeway
makes it all too clear that we must control our animal instincts if the world's
great animals are to endure.
History & Politics
Country Review, Tanzania 1999/2000 (amazon.com) - USA
by Robert C. Kelly (Editor), Debra
Ewing (Editor), Stanton Doyle (Editor), Denise Youngblood (Editor)
concise,
up-to-date sources for political and economic information
African Voices, African Lives : Personal
Narratives from a Swahili Village (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Patricia Caplan, Pat Caplan
Good book for anthropology students/ if interested in Africa This book is
a very interesting read if you are interested in the culture of East Africa,
are studying anthropology or are thinking of travelling in the region. Pat
Caplan writes the book in easy to understand language making it accessible to
all and the life history of her key subject, Mohammed, who lives on Mafia
Island off the Tanzanian mainland is fascinating. Because she has studied and
visited the island on several occassions she has developed a close relationship
with him, and so s is able to really get to grips with life on the island. It
was her changing relationship with him and other members of his family that
most interested me and her book is definately one of the most interesting in
depth writings on East Africa (A reader from Sussex, UK , December 20,
1998)
Custodians of the Land : Ecology &
Culture in the History of Tanzania (Eastern African Studies)
(amazon.com) - USA
by Gregory Maddox (Editor), James L.
Giblin (Editor), Isaria N. Kimambo (Editor)
Contains nine essays
addressing the continually changing relationship between environment and rural
culture, politics, and the economy in the farming and pastoral societies of
Tanzania. Contributors include scholars of African studies, history, and
anthropology. (Booknews, Inc. , August 1, 1996)
Ecology Control & Economic Development in East
African History : The Case of Tanganyika 1850-1950 (Eastern African
Studies) (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Helge Kjekshus
First
published by Heinemann Educational Books in 1977, this reissue appears with a
new introduction and updated bibliography. Kjekshus (formerly, political
science, U. of Dar es Salaam) suggests that the 19th century was a period of
relative prosperity in East Africa and questions the view that warfare was
pervasive and that the slave trade led to depopulation. Annotation c. by Book
News, Inc., Portland, Or (Booknews, Inc. , August 1, 1996)
Tanu Women : Gender and Culture in the Making of
Tanganyikan Nationalism, 1955-1965
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Susan Geiger
Historical Dictionary of Tanzania (African
Historical Dictionaries, No 72) (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Thomas P. Ofcansky, Rodger
Yeager, Laura S. Historical dicti Kurtz
The
History and Conservation of Zanzibar Stone Town (Eastern African
Studies) (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Abdul Sheriff (Editor),
International Conference on the History and cult
Democracy and Dictatorship in Ghana and
Tanzania (amazon.com) - USA
by Robert Pinkney
People & Culture
The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior : An Autobiography
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Tepilit Ole Saitoti
An
excellent resource for learning about true Maasai culture (Brad Klitzke
(bklitzke@brillion.k12.wi.us) from Wisconsin, USA , October 1, 1998)
Tanzania (Major World Nations) (amazon.com) - USA
by Patricia E. McCulla
Discusses the history, geography, industry, culture, and people of the large
East African country
Maasai
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Tepilit Ole Saitoti, Carol
Beckwith (Photographer)
A vivid pictography of the Maasai Wonderfully
captured, the Maasai people's culture, lifestyle and pride are yet another
statement of our world's diversity and similarities. From the drinking of cow's
blood to the rites of passage to warriorhood, this book does a wonderful job of
taking us to a new level of understanding (pfaustino@bigfoot.com from Los
Angeles, California , March 26, 1999 )
Beginner's Swahili (Beginner's Guides) (amazon.com) - USA
by John Indakwa, Daudi Ballali,
Eliane Taddei
Swahili (Teach Yourself)
(amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Joan Russell, D. V.
Perrott
Other Books & Novels
Home on Kilimanjaro (amazon.com) - USA
by Margaret Chrislock Gilseth
a
novel based on the experiences the author, her husband and son had during a
four-year teaching assignment at Marangu Teacher Training college in Tanzania
East Africa. All but the first chapter is written from the point of view of the
author's 11 year old son.
North of South : An
African Journey (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) (amazon.com) - USA (amazon.co.uk) - Europe
by Shiva Naipaul
An honest,
detailed look at Africa in the late 1970's Naipaul's trip to Kenya, Tanzania,
and Zambia in the late 1970's is recounted with a novelist's eye for amusing
detail and a serious journalist's ability to discuss government policies and
their social ramifications. (A reader from Seattle, USA , October 24, 1998)
Rehema's Journey : A Visit in Tanzania (Blue
Ribbon Book) (amazon.com) - USA
by Barbara A. Margolies
Nine-year-old Rehema takes her first trip away from her small village to visit
the people and places throughout Tanzania, from the city of Arusha to the
thrilling Ngorongoro game reserve.
Tanzania on
Tuesday : Writing by American Women Abroad
(amazon.com) - USA
by Kathleen Coskran (Editor), C. W.
Truesdale (Editor)
The House on Via Gombito, published in 1991, is a
collection of forty-six travel memoirs by women living or traveling outside of
the United States
The Orphan Boy : A Maasai
Story (amazon.com) - USA
by Tololwa M. Mollel, Paul Morin
(Illustrator)
Childrens book - At dawn the planet Venus appears in
the east as the morning star. At nightfall it is the evening star in the west.
The Maasai call this star Kileken, the orphan boy. This traditional story from
Africa explains the reason Kileken appears in the sky both morning and
night.
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