{"product_id":"9780786136476","title":"An Affair with Africa: Expeditions and Adventures across a Continent","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn June 1960, Alzada Kistner and her husband, David, a promising entomologist, left their 18-month-old daughter in the care of relatives and began what was to be a four-month scientific expedition in the Belgian Congo. Three weeks after their arrival, the country was gripped by a violent revolution, trapping the Kistners in its midst. Despite having to face numerous life-threatening situations, the Kistners were not to be dissuaded. An emergency airlift by the United States Air Force brought them to safety in Kenya, where they continued their field work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus began three decades of adventures in science. In \u003ci\u003eAn Affair with Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, Alzada Kistner describes her family's African experience-the five expeditions they took beginning with the trip to the Belgian Congo in 1960 and ending in 1972-73 with a nine-month excursion across southern Africa. From hunching over columns of ants for hours on end while seven months pregnant to eating dinner next to Idi Amin, Kistner provides a lively and revealing account of the human side of scientific discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47095383359728,"sku":"9780786136476","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786136476_p0.jpg?v=1763665408","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786136476","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}