National Geographic: January, 1978 and 49 similar items

Wear on the edges. Shipped the next business day! We own a small family book store and sell our extra books and media that have been on our shelfs for too long. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Zulu King Weds a Swazi Princess Volkmar Wentzel records age- old rites that unite two powerful African peoples. Moscow and Its Treasures { Moscow: The City Around Red Square} City of tsar and commissar, centered on Red Square and the Kremlin with its fabulous trove of imperial art ? ? the Soviet capital today holds many a surprise. John J. Putman and Gordon W. Gahan take a close look. Man- Powered Flight at Last { The Flight of the [ Gossamer Condor] } Man flies under his own power in a frail dragonfly of cardboard, piano wire, and plastic. Michael E. Long tells how it was done. A Bad Time to Be a Crocodile Rick Gore and Jonathan Blair explore firsthand the shrinking realm of those misunderstood, toothy survivors from the age of dinosaurs. Treasures of the Tsars { Imperial Russia?s Glittering Legacy} A photo- essay of Russian treasures. Hiking the Milford Track { New Zealand?s Milford Track: Walk of a Lifetime } Storm and scenic splendor punctuate the walk of a lifetime for Carolyn Bennett Patterson and Robert E. Gilka. The Hudson: That River?s Alive New York?s historic waterway, befouled and strangling, flows cleaner than it has in decades, Alice J. Hall and Ted Spiegel report.