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Academic Reference Materials
- Cambridge Encyclopedia of Ornithology (1991, First Edition)
- Conservation Drones: Mapping and Monitoring Biodiversity (2018)
- The Encyclopedia of Snakes (1997, First Edition)
- Walker’s Carnivores of the World (2005, Second Edition, most recent)
Adventures & Memoirs Highlighting People and Wildlife
- An Elephant in my Kitchen (2018, UK; 2019, USA)
- Babylon’s Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo (2007)
- Battle for the President’s Elephants: Life, Lunacy & Elation in the African Bush (2012)
- Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart (2007)
- Cry of the Kalahari: Seven Years in Africa’s Last Great Wilderness (1984)
- Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II (2014)
- Elephant Dawn: The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living with Elephants in the African Wilderness (2016)
- Elephants Are People Too: More tales from the African bush (2015)
- Killing for Profit: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade (2012)
- Last of the Free (1995)
- Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story (2011)
- Msomi and Me: Tales from the African bush (2013)
- Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in the Mongolian Mountains (2009) – Suitable for all ages.
- The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Heard in the African Wild (2009)
- The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in Africa’s Wilderness (1992) – Also “Survivor’s Song: Life and Death in the African Wilderness” (1993)
- The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World’s Greatest Creatures (2012)
- The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation (2019)
- The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa’s Wildlife (2001)
- Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide (2007)
Field Guides and Reference Guides to Wildlife & Plants
- Birds of Africa: From Seabirds to Seed-Eaters (1999, most recent)
- Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi (2002)
- Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia (2009)
- Birds of Southern Africa: Fourth Edition (2011, most recent)
- Carnivores of the World (Princeton Field Guides) (2011, First Edition)
- Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa (2007, most recent)
- Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (1997, First Edition)
- National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife (most recent)
- National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America (2017, Seventh Edition, most recent)
- On Track: Quick ID Guide to Southern and East African Animal Tracks (2013, most recent)
- Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America (2010, Sixth Edition, most recent)
- Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America (2010, Fourth Edition, most recent)
- Photo Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (2011, Second Edition, most recent)
- Stuarts’ Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa (2015, Fifth Edition, most recent)
- The Behavior Guide to African Mammals (1992, all editions)
- The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals (Second Edition, most recent)