Exploring the Seashore in Southern Africa

Exploring the Seashore in Southern Africa
Author: Margo Branch
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1775846288

With this lively guide, young adventurers will discover the many treasures along southern Africa’s shores, learn all about the strange and beautiful creatures they can expect to see at the beach and where to find them, then try the fascinating activities and make their own first-hand discoveries. A companion volume to the popular Exploring Fynbos, this lively book is loaded with interesting topics in accessible text; interactive activities; ‘did you know’ boxes; ‘things to do’ panels. Sales points: an absorbing, interactive and fact-filled introduction to southern Africa’s shore life; a companion volume to Exploring Fynbos, both providing good-value fun and entertainment for young readers, while they learn; colourful illustrations and photographs; activities to inspire insight into our coastal environment.

Botanical Exploration Southern Africa

Botanical Exploration Southern Africa
Author: Mary Gunn
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 844
Release: 1981-06-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780869611296

This text gives biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in Southern Africa from the days of the East India Company until modern times.

Stories that Float from Afar

Stories that Float from Afar
Author: J. David Lewis-Williams
Publisher: New Africa Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2000
Genre: Folk literature, San
ISBN: 9780864864628

"In this unique collection of folk stories, the voices of long-dead "Bushmen," or San people, of southern Africa speak to us about their lives and beliefs. We are given glimpses into their thought-world. We listen to them recounting their poignant myths and beliefs".--BOOKJACKET.

Discovering Our Spiritual Identity

Discovering Our Spiritual Identity
Author: Trevor Hudson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2011-03-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830868569

Each chapter in this workbook by Trevor Hudson is peppered with "holy experiments," simple practices that bring you into God's presence and help you experience life as his beloved. At the end of each chapter is a set of questions which are ideal for discussion with one or two spiritual friends or a small group. A Renovaré Resource.

Kings and Queens of Southern Africa

Kings and Queens of Southern Africa
Author: Sylviane A. Diouf
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2001-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780531165355

Surveys historical regions and kingdoms of Southern Africa, with biographies of Nzinga Mbande, Queen of Angola; Shaka, King of the Zulu Nation; and Moshoeshoe, King of the Sotho.

The Cape Herders

The Cape Herders
Author: Emile Boonzaier
Publisher: New Africa Books
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780864863119

The Cape Herders explodes a variety of South African myths - not least those surrounding the negative stereotype of the 'Hottentot', and those which contribute to the idea that the Khoikhoi are by now 'a vanished people'.

Let’s Go on Safari!

Let’s Go on Safari!
Author: Kate Gilman William
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1775847071

What happens when 8-year-old Kate, on safari in South Africa with her family, meets Michelle, a professional wildlife guide? The two new friends – one from America, the other from South Africa – turn their adventures into a lively book in which they share facts and secrets about the African bushveld. At the same time, they show how young children everywhere can become advocates for wild animals. Let’s Go on Safari! combines daily entries in Kate’s African safari journal with insights from Michelle about the bushveld and wildlife. Kate discovers the wonders of wildlife contrasted with the threats that animals face. She is inspired to make a difference. The book provides examples of small-scale, achievable animal advocacy projects that kids can initiate in their own communities and schools. Let’s Go on Safari! has been endorsed by significant conservation bodies, including the Jane Goodall Institute, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Global Wildlife Conservation, an organisation working around the world to save endangered animals. Sales points: An entertaining account of what happens on a bushveld safari, told by a young nature lover; packed with interesting facts and full-colour photographs, and presented in an accessible journal style; shows young readers that they can play a positive role in saving wildlife; endorsed by global conservation bodies: the Jane Goodall Institute, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Global Wildlife Conservation.