Discover Zambia with Lonely Planet: Whether you want to gaze in awe at Victoria Falls, ride the rapids of the mighty Zambezi, watch wildlife without the crowds, or sip sundowners at sunset, this guide is your essential travelling companion. 24 detailed maps, including a full-colour country map accommodation and eating options to satisfy all budgets…
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Zambia: A Story by Fabio Caramaschi [Paperback]
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Fabio Caramaschi lives and works in Rome, but he leaves as often as he can, travelling and telling, in words and images, the stories of the people he meets: “I no longer know if I take photographs in order to travel, or if I travel in order to take photographs.” This voyage in words and…
The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness [Paperback]
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From Publishers Weekly Each year from 1973 to 1985, an estimated 1000 elephants were slaughtered in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley for their ivory tusks, skin, tails and feet; in 1991, only 12 were killed in this fashion. No little credit for saving the elephants is due to the Owenses (Cry of the Kalahari), biologists who set…
Basic Facts on Zambia [Paperback]
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Zambia is a landlocked country in Central/Southern Africa, surrounded by eight neighbours. From the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River to the southern shores of Lake Tanganyika in the north, and from Chipata in the east to Kalabo in the west, Zambia is a country of a variety of ecological zones, shaped by plateaus and…
Salaula: The World of Secondhand Clothing and Zambia [Paperback]
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When we donate our unwanted clothes to charity, we rarely think about what will happen to them: who will sort and sell them, and finally, who will revive and wear them. In this fascinating look at the multibillion dollar secondhand clothing business, Karen Tranberg Hansen takes us around the world from the West, where clothing…
The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa [Paperback]
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From Publishers Weekly Although doctors diagnosed Swiller’s deafness early enough to fit him with hearing aids, the young man from Mantattan’s Upper West Side still felt different. As a young adult he drifted from college to college, job to job, relationship to relationship, never quite finding what he was looking for: a place beyond deafness.…
Zambia and Victoria Falls Travel Pack (Globetrotter Travel Packs) [Paperback]
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The highly successful “Globetrotter Travel Series”, which includes ‘Travel Guides’, ‘Travel Maps’, ‘Road Atlases’, ‘Best Of Pocket Guides’ and ‘In Your Pocket Language Guides’, presently covers more than 90 destinations worldwide. The Packs are excellent value, including both a guidebook and a softcover version of the foldout Globetrotter map of the region, in a printed…
Bitterness (An African Novel from Zambia) [Paperback]
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This is one of the most realistic and passionate contemporary novels about the life of young people in today’s Africa, written by Malama Katulwende, a young Zambian poet and intellectual. It describes the seeming incompatibility of old African traditions and modern life, depicts the political struggle of Zambia’s students, and the hope and despair of…
Glimmers of Hope : A Memoir of Zambia [Paperback]
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The true story of a London schoolteacher, who, tired of the rat race and brooding over a failed relationship, uproots and volunteers to teach in rural Africa for two years. Sent to the Republic of Zambia with a remit to teach maths, HIV and Gender awareness, he finds eager pupils struggling in a challenging environment.…
Zambia & Malawi (Multi Country Guide) [Paperback]
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Take Lonely Planet’s first edition of Zambia & Malawi on your travels and you’ll be wildlife spotting on safari in unspoilt national parks; gazing at the thundering might of Victoria Falls; watching Kuomboka, one of the last great Southern African ceremonies; or relaxing beachside at Nkhata Bay. Why not do it all?Lonely Planet guides are…
