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Author | : Percy Fitzpatrick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Adventure stories |
ISBN | : |
The story of Jock, the runt of a litter of pups and his young master as they hunt in the Transvaal bushveld in 19th century South Africa.
Author | : Lesley Beake |
Publisher | : Penguin Random House South Africa |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2012-09-28 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0143528912 |
‘This isn’t the one I want! This one is the smallest – the runt of the litter! We need the bravest and best – the champion!’ Jim stopped smiling and frowned at Fitz. ‘Don’t look at his size! It’s what’s in here that counts! And here!’ said Jim, pointing to his head and then his heart. ‘Just look at him!’ It’s the 1870s in South Africa and ‘gold’ is the buzzword. From all over, hopeful diggers are streaming to this beautiful yet hard land, where fortunes can be made and lost and where opportunities lie around every corner ... but where dangers, criminals and crooks also abound! It is here that Jock has to face trouble – man trouble – and learn that it takes the heart of a champion to be a true and loyal friend, no matter what dangers you’re facing.
Author | : Peter Allison |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2007-10-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0762751746 |
A hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: “only food runs!” In the tradition of Bill Bryson, a new writer brings us the lively adventures and biting wit of an African safari guide. Peter Allison gives us the guide’s-eye view of living in the bush, confronting the world’s fiercest terrain of wild animals and, most challenging of all, managing herds of gaping tourists. Passionate for the animals of the Kalahari, Allison works as a top safari guide in the wildlife-rich Okavango Delta. As he serves the whims of his wealthy clients, he often has to stop the impulse to run as far away from them as he can, as these tourists are sometimes more dangerous than a pride of lions. No one could make up these outrageous-but-true tales: the young woman who rejected the recommended safari-friendly khaki to wear a more “fashionable” hot pink ensemble; the lost tourist who happened to be drunk, half-naked, and a member of the British royal family; establishing a real friendship with the continent’s most vicious animal; the Japanese tourist who requested a repeat performance of Allison’s being charged by a lion so he could videotape it; and spending a crazy night in the wild after blowing a tire on a tour bus, revealing that Allison has as much good-natured scorn for himself. The author’s humor is exceeded only by his love and respect for the animals, and his goal is to limit any negative exposure to humans by planning trips that are minimally invasive—unfortunately it doesn’t always work out that way! Peter Allison is originally from Sydney, Australia. His safaris have been featured in National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler, and on television programs such as Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures. He travels frequently to speaking appearances, and splits most of his time between Botswana, Sydney, and San Francisco.
Author | : James A. Michener |
Publisher | : Fawcett |
Total Pages | : 1250 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0449214206 |
Volume 2 of 2; The story begins 1500 years ago. The Bushmen are facing a crisis. the beautiful lake, long the center of their lives, is drying up, and they must move across a hostile African desert to seek better conditions.
Author | : Emmanuel Taban |
Publisher | : Jonathan Ball Publishers |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2021-03-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1776191277 |
In 1994, 16-year-old Emmanuel Taban walked out of war-torn Sudan with nothing and nowhere to go after he had been tortured at the hands of government forces, who falsely accused him of spying for the rebels. When he finally managed to escape, he literally took a wrong turn and, instead of being reunited with his family, ended up in neighbouring Eritrea as a refugee. Over the months that followed, young Emmanuel went on a harrowing journey, often spending weeks on the streets and facing many dangers. Relying on the generosity of strangers, he made the long journey south to South Africa, via Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, travelling mostly by bus and on foot. When he reached Johannesburg, 18 months after fleeing Sudan, he was determined to resume his education. He managed to complete his schooling with the help of Catholic missionaries and entered medical school, qualifying as a doctor, and eventually specialising in pulmonology. Emmanuel's skills and dedication as a physician, and his stubborn refusal to be discouraged by setbacks, led to an important discovery in the treatment of hypoxaemic COVID-19 patients. By never giving up, this son of South Sudan has risen above extreme poverty, racism and xenophobia to become a South African and African legend. This is his story.
Author | : David Bristow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-03-05 |
Genre | : Horses in literature |
ISBN | : 9781431425693 |
"It's February 2000. Tropical Cyclone Leon-Eline collides with the Mozambican coast and in forty-eight hours the Limpopo River breaks its banks. It has risen eleven metres above its normal flood level. Then the riverbanks start to crumble. On Mashatu Game Reserve frantic horses are thrashing around in the rising water. Hay bales two metres high fly past, bouncing like rubber balls. Saddles and wheelbarrows sit in the tops of trees. Ruff manages to break down the paddock gate, herd the horses through the gap and chase them out into the wild. The horses of Limpopo Valley Horse Safaris spend most of their time out grazing and know the lie of the land; most of the horses return but not Zulu. He is thought to be lost to the scourges of the Bushveld. Years pass before Zulu is discovered to be not only alive and well, but running as the lead stallion of a herd of wild zebras. He is recaptured and returned to the safari stables as a much bolder and wiser stallion - knowledge he passes on to the other horses as well as the humans of Limpopo Valley. Following in the footsteps of Jock of the Bushveld, Running Wild is an African story for all ages. It is a tale of resilience, of courage and endurance, a book that will uplift, enrich and warm every lover of the African bush."--Provided by publisher
Author | : Sisonke Msimang |
Publisher | : Text Publishing |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2019-04-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1925774465 |
An elegant and challenging portrait of the extraordinary, glamorous, complex and brutal revolutionary, Winnie Mandela
Author | : Frank Welsh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 700 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
This is a one-volume history of South Africa, one of the world's most troubled nations. It covers the earliest foundations of the modern South African state in the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as the most recent developments.
Author | : Harry Wolhuter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Animal behavior |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Neville John Herrington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2021-03-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Set in a small South African farming district of the Transvaal during the 1929/30 Great Depression, The Thorn Child is a story of star-crossed lovers living in the stifling confines of a conservative community where colour-prejudice and intolerance prevail. With skilful use of dialogue that is one of the author's strengths and finely drawn characters, the action moves at a fast pace drawing the reader into the turmoil that ensues from a long suppressed family secret that emerges many years later, demanding complete commitment to the narrative until the last page is turned. The location shifts beyond the rural village of Skeerpoort, to the cities of Pretoria and Durban as well as overseas to New Orleans in the United States. It is a story that introduces the reader to many fascinating and colourful characters who inject humour, pathos and insight into their lives and those with whom they interact. The Thorn Child touches our humanity in a way that is simultaneously forceful and thought provoking.