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Birds of East Africa is the first comprehensive field guide to this spectacular birding region--and one of the best to any region in the world. Covering all resident, migrant, and vagrant birds of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, this small and compact guide describes and illustrates a remarkable 1,388 species in convenient facing-page layout. Featuring 287 new color plates with 3,400 images painstakingly rendered by three experienced artists, the guide illustrates all the plumages and major races likely to be encountered. Set opposite the plates are range maps and concise accounts describing identification, status, range, habits, and voice for each species. Introductory sections provide notes on how to use the species accounts, the nomenclature adopted, conservation issues, where to send records, and maps of protected and other important bird areas.

Between them, Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe have more than 40 years' experience leading bird tours and conducting conservation work in East Africa. The region shelters a remarkable diversity of birds, including many seriously threatened species with small and vulnerable ranges. The region's birds form a constantly colorful, noisy, and highly extroverted part of the landscape. The book is sure to become an indispensable guide for anyone interested in studying or conserving birds in East Africa, as well as the many visitors who simply want to enjoy the sheer beauty of its birds.

First comprehensive field guide to the countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi
Covers 1,388 species, with 3,400 color images on 287 plates
Concise species accounts facing the plates describe appearance, status, range, habits, and voice
A color distribution map is given for each species
Information on habitats, protected areas, and conservation issues
The essential guide to the birds of this spectacular region
An overview of East African birds
East African environment
Seasonality
Plumage
Species accounts
Common alternative names
Conservation and threatened species
The local scene
Glossary, references, and an index

Key Features:

Small and compact
Comprehensive species
All distinctive plumages and races illustrated
Color plates
Illustrations
All species ranges mapped
Key protected and important bird areas mapped

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Birds of East Africa Princeton Field Guide.......2007-09-20

At Last a concise well illustrated easy to manage field guide for bird watchers travelling to East Africa. Previous reviews although excellent are to heavy and bulky for international travellers with serious weight limitations on the luggage they are allowed.
The illustations are excellent and there is adequate factual information and good maps to accompany them.

Birds of East Africa book.......2007-07-03

This is a great book of African birds. Excellent plate pictures. Makes it very easy to identify. Book in excellent condition and received it as expected. Definitely would order from this seller again. Thanks.

Birds of east afrika.......2007-02-12

I was three weeks in Ethiopia and I took 1500 pgotos of Ethiopian birds during my trip. This book gave a magnificant basis for identifying and clssifying my material. Pictures are good, with good details and colours. I sincerally recommend this book to everybody who are interested in bird watching in East-Africa.

a must for the birder.......2007-01-17

everywhere you go in east africa you see birds. if you like them- you better be prepared for the trip! i got the guide a month before, and tried to get as familiar as possible with the birds before arriving to tanzania.
when we went on safari our guide pulled out his worn and faded zimmerman- the descriptions on one part, the illustrations on another and the distribution maps at the end. when i pulled my guide and gave him a try- he was very attached to his zimmerman but had to admit that the stevenson is indeed a worthy companion, with all the info about a species is on the same page...
compared to my european guide it is heavy and big- but the european contains only about 750 spp, while this one has more than 1200!
the illustrations are bright and clear.
i used it during my 30 day trip to tanzania and got more than 200 positive identifications, so i must go again to get the rest...

recommended!

Have guide book, will travel.......2006-11-05

This guide has the best illustrations of the 20+ bird guides I own. If any book can make the problem of learning and distinguishing the roughly 1400 species in the region - Uganda, Kenya, Tanganika, Rwanda, Burundi - possible, this book is the one. A little heavy for the field, but contains only the essential material: species accounts and range maps on the left page, illustrations on the right. Even after some study I will still have to refer to the guide to identify which of the 38 species of Cisticola I am looking at, but with this guide the chances are very good.

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Violence: Theory and Enthography
Pamela J. Stewart , and Andrew Strathern
Manufacturer: Continuum International Publishing Group
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Rwanda/Burundi Map by ITMB
ITMB Publishing Ltd
Manufacturer: ITMB Publishing Ltd
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Binding: Map

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Release Date: 2007-02-01

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Folded road and travel map in color. Scale 1:300,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from main roads to tracks/paths. Legend includes international boundaries, provincial boundaries, settlements, international airports, airfields, churches/missions, points of interest, hotels/lodging, forests, national parks. Includes inset map of Kigali and Bujumbura.

Tanzania - Rwanda - Burundi Nelles Map (Nelles Maps S.) (Nelles Maps S.) (Nelles Maps)

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The Great Lakes of Africa: Two Thousand Years of History

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The Great Lakes of Africa: Two Thousand Years of History
Jean-Pierre Chrétien
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Though the genocide of 1994 catapulted Rwanda onto the international stage, English-language historical accounts of the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa--which encompasses Burundi, eastern Congo, Rwanda, western Tanzania, and Uganda--are scarce. Drawing on colonial archives, oral tradition, archeological discoveries, anthropologic and linguistic studies, and his thirty years of scholarship, Jean-Pierre Chrétien offers a major synthesis of the history of the region, one still plagued by extremely violent wars. This translation brings the work of a leading French historian to an English-speaking audience for the first time.

Chrétien retraces the human settlement and the formation of kingdoms around the sources of the Nile, which were "discovered" by European explorers around 1860. He describes these kingdoms' complex social and political organization and analyzes how German, British, and Belgian colonizers not only transformed and exploited the existing power structures, but also projected their own racial categories onto them. Finally, he shows how the independent states of the postcolonial era, in particular Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda, have been trapped by their colonial and precolonial legacies, especially by the racial rewriting of the latter by the former.

Today, argues Chrétien, the Great Lakes of Africa is a crucial region for historical research--not only because its history is fascinating but also because the tragedies of its present are very much a function of the political manipulations of its past.

Africa's Top Wildlife Countries: Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe, and including Burundi, Congo, Ethiopia, ... Islands (Africa's Top Wildlife Countries)

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Africa's Top Wildlife Countries: Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe, and including Burundi, Congo, Ethiopia, ... Islands (Africa's Top Wildlife Countries)
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This report is the third overview by Filip Reyntjens on recent developments in Rwanda and Burundi. The previous ones have been published in 1999 and 2000. In this publication the political evolution of Rwanda and Burundi is investigated in a broader regional geo-political context.

Burundi, Congo, Rwanda: Storia contemporanea di nazioni, etnie, stati (Secolo XXI)

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Burundi, Congo, Rwanda: Storia contemporanea di nazioni, etnie, stati (Secolo XXI)
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Catalogue Des Billets De Banque Kataloog Der Bankbiljetten Congo,Katanga,Rwanda,Burundi
Francois Morin
Manufacturer: Compte Cheques Postaux, 1974
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Binding: Paperback
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The longtime president of the Federation of American Scientists-and renowned social activist-offers his wry and moving memoirs of a life spent trying to make the world a better place.

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Read it to know the agony and ecstacy of making a difference.......1999-05-24

Fascinnating read. Reviews not only the history of nuclear disarmament but chronicles the ups and downs of working with entrenched interests. The basic message, however, is that if one can persist as Jeremy Stone has done, one can succeed.

Overall an interesting balanced read.......1999-03-28

I enjoyed the book it was balanced with both successes and failures and for those interested in the NGO arena, the book provided some keen insights into what goes on behing the curtain in order to get things done. I enjoyed it, of course like all bios it needs to be taken with a litlle salt.

An excellent insighful look at a life in public service........1999-03-25

I truly enjoyed the book, good writing

An astonishing book of adventures in public life.......1999-03-24

Jeremy Stone seems to have gotten involved, Zelig-like, in almost every major issue of arms control, national security, or global conflict over the last several decades. He crossed paths with everyone from Albert Einstein to Henry Kissinger to Mikhail Gorbachev to Carl Sagan. His "adventures" include some remarkable successes-- like singlehandedly stopping the CIA's practice of opening U.S. mail sent abroad-- as well as some clear failures. His accounts of these episodes, which are leavened by humor and self-criticism, left this reader breathless and inspired. This is an amazing book about an extraordinary life spent trying to "change the world."

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Families of the Jailed
Margaret Stevens , and Rodger Stevens
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Families of the Jailed Margaret Stevens and Rodger Stevens

A family's life is turned upside down when a false accusation leads to an eight-year prison sentence for Rodger Stevens. Rodger and his mother, Margaret - both ordained ministers -- were suddenly faced with challenge of truly living, under extraordinary circumstances, the beliefs and principles they preached to their congregations. Bitterness, anger, despair, and hopelessness battled for supremacy over the faith in God that had always sustained the Stevens family. Margaret and Rodger, still living day-to-day exercise in acceptance brought on by Rodger's imprisonment, have written an inspirational memoir and spiritual guidebook for others who find themselves in the Stevens' situation - the families of the jailed.

·Two ordained ministers share the challenge of living their own spiritual teachings I the face of tremendous adversity

·A guide to help families cope with incarceration

·How prayer, friends and loved ones, inspirational writings, and a daily spiritual practice moved the Stevens family to forgiveness and trust in God's higher plan

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A true story of America's closed-door family court system gone wrong, and the authors' eight months in jail for disobeying bad court orders.

In 1993, 15-year-old Billy Stefan was in state custody, isolated from his family, drugged, and beaten. His father helped him escape from the boy's home--his place of torment--and the authors, Barbara Lyn Lapp and Rachel Lapp, offered him refuge in their home. As authorities searched for the missing boy, the Lapp sisters helped him with secret media interviews that spilled across the nation his terrifying accounts of abuse at the hands of America's child protective system.

"No Law Against Mercy" presents a stark portrait of the human cost when legal powers clash with a moral stance. The authors, in this 428-page memoir, spare no reproach on the government as they tell what it's like to be in jail for just actions defined as crimes. Using God's law and historical common law as a basis, they make a case for responsible noncompliance to immoral laws. Victory will come by doing what is right, they assert--and the ending of the book bears this out.

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Mentorship program links adults with children of jailed parents.(Family): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Manufacturer: The Register Guard
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00082DDBS
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on April 13, 2004. The length of the article is 611 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Mentorship program links adults with children of jailed parents.(Family)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: April 13, 2004
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: C1

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Women in their 30s are the most likely to experience adverse birth outcomes if jailed during pregnancy.(Digests): An article from: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

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Women in their 30s are the most likely to experience adverse birth outcomes if jailed during pregnancy.(Digests): An article from: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
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This digital document is an article from Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, published by The Alan Guttmacher Institute on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1086 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Women in their 30s are the most likely to experience adverse birth outcomes if jailed during pregnancy.(Digests)
Author: D. Hollander
Publication: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: The Alan Guttmacher Institute
Volume: 37 Issue: 1 Page: 48(2)

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Survival manual for families of Americans jailed abroad

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Survival manual for families of Americans jailed abroad
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