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Product Description: National parks and game reserves are under threat from exploitation by tourists and by people living on their borders. Parks, although highly valued by conservationists, are not protected from unregulated economic behaviour within and outside their borders...read more

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Two brothers take readers on a fascinating tour of the African Savannah, documenting the region's storied animals--lions, elephants, giraffes, elephants, cheetahs, baboons, and wildebeests--as well as the breathtaking natural beauty of this unique area of the planet. 12,500 first printing.

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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, life cycle, and endangered status of tigers.

A stunning treasury of nature photography reveals the special relationship between a mother and child, from birth to the first steps of discoveries, in a wide range of animal species, from orangutans and lions to leopards and elephants.

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Product Description: Africa is a complex and diverse continent, and its more than 50 countries provide a study in contrasts: democracy and despotism, immense wealth and crushing poverty, modernism and traditionalism, peaceful communities and raging civil wars...read more