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Book Synopsis An Elephant at My Door: on Safari in Africa by : Louise Ferraro Deretchin
Download or read book An Elephant at My Door: on Safari in Africa written by Louise Ferraro Deretchin and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Elephant at My Door, a travel memoir, tells the tale of my safari adventure tracking wild animals through tall grasses and thorny bushes in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia. Along the way, I sleep with hippos grunting outside thin bedroom walls, face down an elephant, and watch my husband almost lose his life for a hot breakfast. I come to respect the intelligence of the hyenas, the bravery of mother hippos protecting their calves, the sensitivity of elephants, and the raw power of lions-the unrivaled kings in this world. Gliding along the clear waters of the Okavango Delta, takes birding to another dimension as I encounter birds light enough to walk on lily pads, others tall enough to look me in the eye.In Soweto and Johannesburg with its gold and saffron colored air, I trace apartheid from its inception to its demise. I savor the kindness of people in villages, delve into their troubled history, and find myself in awe of their courage and ingenuity.I come away with greater knowledge of a continent, its treasures, and people. In An Elephant at My Door, I share this special world with readers through stories wrapped up in a safari adventure.
Book Synopsis An Elephant at My Door by : Louise Ferraro Deretchin
Download or read book An Elephant at My Door written by Louise Ferraro Deretchin and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Elephant at My Door is a written and photographic tale of my adventure tracking wild animals through tall grasses and thorny bushes while on safari in four African countries. Along the way, I slept with hippos grunting outside thin bedroom walls, faced down an elephant, and watched my husband almost lose his life for a hot breakfast. I came to respect the intelligence of hyenas, the hunting skills of leopards, the bravery of mother hippos, the sensitivity of elephants, and the raw power of lions--the unrivaled kings in this world. Gliding through the clear waters of the Okavango Delta took birding to another dimension. I encountered birds light enough to walk on lily pads, others tall enough to look me in the eye.I savored the kindness of people in rural villages, saw the desperation and hope of squatters living in "informal settlements" outside cities and found myself in awe of their courage and ingenuity. In Soweto and Johannesburg, with its gold and saffron colored air, I traced apartheid from its inception to its demise. I came away with greater knowledge of a continent, its treasures, and its people. In An Elephant at My Door, I share this special world with readers through stories wrapped up in safari adventure.
Book Synopsis An Elephant at My Door by : Louise Deretchin
Download or read book An Elephant at My Door written by Louise Deretchin and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: through tall grasses and thorny bushes while on safari in four African countries. Along the way, I slept with hippos grunting outside thin bedroom walls, faced down an elephant, and watched my husband almost lose his life for a hot breakfast. I came to respect the intelligence of hyenas, the hunting skills of leopards, the bravery of mother hippos, the sensitivity of elephants, and the raw power of lions--the unrivaled kings in this world. Gliding through the clear waters of the Okavango Delta took birding to another dimension. I encountered birds light enough to walk on lily pads, others tall enough to look me in the eye.I savored the kindness of people in rural villages, saw the desperation and hope of squatters living in "informal settlements" outside cities and found myself in awe of their courage and ingenuity. In Soweto and Johannesburg, with its gold and saffron colored air, I traced apartheid from its inception to its demise. I came away with greater knowledge of a continent, its treasures, and its people. In An Elephant at My Door, I share this special world with readers through stories wrapped up in safari adventure.
Book Synopsis An Elephant in My Kitchen by : Françoise Malby-Anthony
Download or read book An Elephant in My Kitchen written by Françoise Malby-Anthony and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Malby-Anthony offers a book of great inspiration and wide appeal to nature-loving readers." —Publishers Weekly A heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, by Lawrence Anthony's wife Françoise Malby-Anthony. A chic Parisienne, Françoise never expected to find herself living on a South African game reserve. But then she fell in love with conservationist Lawrence Anthony and everything changed. After Lawrence’s death, Françoise faced the daunting responsibility of running Thula Thula without him. Poachers attacked their rhinos, their security team wouldn’t take orders from a woman and the authorities were threatening to cull their beloved elephant family. On top of that, the herd’s feisty new matriarch Frankie didn’t like her. In this heart-warming and moving book, Françoise describes how she fought to protect the herd and to make her dream of building a wildlife rescue center a reality. She found herself caring for a lost baby elephant who turned up at her house, and offering refuge to traumatized orphaned rhinos, and a hippo called Charlie who was scared of water. As she learned to trust herself, she discovered she’d had Frankie wrong all along. Filled with extraordinary animals and the humans who dedicate their lives to saving them, An Elephant in My Kitchen is a captivating and gripping read.
Book Synopsis HEY ELEPHANT! WHERE ARE YOU? by : Mary Kay Worth
Download or read book HEY ELEPHANT! WHERE ARE YOU? written by Mary Kay Worth and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In St. Lucia, South Africa, on the morning we met our tour guide to drive to the Hluhulwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve before sunrise, I saw the shape of the head of an elephant in the patterns and swirls of the tiles on the bathroom floor. I knew it was a sign, and knew I had my inspiration for a children’s book. All day long I was looking for elephants. As the safari was ending and no elephants were seen, I began spinning ways to end the story without seeing elephants. After all, it wasn’t like visiting the zoo or going to a circus. I had evidence they had been there. And then we turned one last corner . . .
Book Synopsis Elephant Reflections by : Dale Peterson
Download or read book Elephant Reflections written by Dale Peterson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elephant Reflections brings award-winning wildlife photographer Karl Ammann's gorgeous images together with a revelatory text by writer Dale Peterson to illuminate one of nature's greatest and most original works of art: the elephant. The photographs move from the purely aesthetic to the informative, depicting animals who are at once enigmatic, individual, mysterious, elusive, and iconic. In riveting prose, Peterson introduces the work of field scientists in Africa and explains their recent astonishing discoveries. He then explores the natural history and conservation status of African elephants and discusses the politics of ivory. Elephant Reflections is a book that could change the way the world thinks about elephants while we still have some measure of control over their fate.
Book Synopsis The African Safari Papers by : Robert Sedlack
Download or read book The African Safari Papers written by Robert Sedlack and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Clark, the narrator of this sharp and sometimes madcap novel is nineteen--a drug-addicted, foul-mouthed, sex-crazed young man in Africa on a safari with his parents. Obviously, this is a mistake. As Richard smolders with resentment, he documents the trip in a series of journal entries that are funny, sad, and piercingly insightful. Juxtaposed with the hostile environment, the tense situation becomes explosive: with raw energy and acuity, somewhere between Hunter S. Thompson and David Sedaris, we see Mom going insane, Dad drinking compulsively, and Richard busy getting high on smuggled drugs. Anything can happen, and it does, in this family travelogue for the twenty-first century.
Book Synopsis Don't Run, Whatever You Do by : Peter Allison
Download or read book Don't Run, Whatever You Do written by Peter Allison and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Bill Bryson, a new writer brings us the lively adventures and biting wit of an African safari guide. Peter Allison works as a top safari guide in the Okavango Delta, an oasis of wetland in the middle of the Kalahari desert, rich with wildlife. As he caters to the whims of his wealthy clients, he often has to overcome the impulse to run as far away from them as he can, as these tourists are sometimes more dangerous than a pride of lions! Full of outrageous-but-true tales of the people and animals he has encountered -- the young woman who rejected the recommended safari-friendly khaki to wear a more fashionable hot pink ensemble; the drunk, half-naked missing tourist who happened to be a member of the British royal family; the squirrel that overdosed on malaria pills; the monkeys with an underwear fetish; and last, but by no means least, Spielberg the Japanese tourist who wanted a repeat performance of Allison's narrow escape from a pair of charging lionesses so he could videotape it -- these hilarious stories reveal Allison's good-natured scorn for himself, as well as others. Allison's humour 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, as he and his clients discover to their cost when they find themselves up to their necks in a hippo-infested watering hole! Full of essential wisdom like don't run, whatever you do, and never stand behind a frightened zebra (they are prone to explosive flatulence when scared!), this is a wonderfully vivid portrait of what the life of a safari guide is really like. "Allison's writing is high on colour and is packed with engaging accounts of the sort of things that are just another day at the office for the average safari guide. If you love the thrill of safaris this book is for you. It is full of hair-raising stories of escape and adventure in the bush. Having worked for more than twenty years in Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique, the stars of Allison's show are hungry lions and territorial hippos. There are some white-knuckle tales of dodging landmines too..." -- Sunday Telegraph "Peter is the perfect storyteller with the ability to poke fun at himself. Witty, exciting, and ultimately unmissable." -- Real Travel "He writes beautifully and viscerally about the rhythm of bush life ... This is an absorbing book: as a reader you can't help but get caught up in the author's infectious enthusiasm for Africa's beauty and its beasts. On turning the last page, booking the first plane out to Botswana was most tempting." -- TNT
Book Synopsis I was an Elephant Salesman by : Pap Khouma
Download or read book I was an Elephant Salesman written by Pap Khouma and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark bestseller in Italy, I Was an Elephant Salesman gives a name and a face to the thousands of anonymous African street vendors in cities across Europe. Through the voice of a thinly veiled first-person narrator, Pap Khouma offers us a chilling, intimate, and often ironic glimpse into the life of an illegal immigrant. Khouma invents a life for himself as an itinerant trader of carved elephants, small ivories, and other "African" trinkets, struggling to maintain courage and dignity in the face of despair and humiliation. Constantly on the run from the authorities, he finds insight into the vicissitudes of law and politics, the constraints of citizenship, national borders, skin color, and the often paralyzing difficulties of obtaining basic human needs. His story reveals a contemporary Europe struggling to come to terms with its multiracial, multireligious, and multicultural identity.
Book Synopsis The Derelict House by : Lesley Cripps Thomson
Download or read book The Derelict House written by Lesley Cripps Thomson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elephants breaking down walls, a hyena sharing a fire with the night guard to keep warm, hippos fighting, armless monkeys bringing their young to be admired by the authorthis book is a kaleidoscope of wild animals, strange and often eccentric tourists, the trails and tribulations of running a poorly equipped lodge in a remote wilderness area, and the laughter and tears of working with and living alongside staff from a different background and culture. Written with great compassion, this is Lesley Cripps Thomsons story of how she forges a bond with staff who do not want to be told what to do or how to do it by a woman and the hardships they have to live with, including illness and poverty. She tells of the good times they have and how, in a crisis, they all pull together. ============================ In The Derelict House, Lesley Cripps Thomson vividly conveys the fun and the frustrations of living and working in the African bush. Enlivened by the many characters who pepper the pages, her book also paints a colourful picture of the wildlife scene. For those who aspire to sample wild Africa for the first time, and for those who have already fallen under its spell, this is an excellent read. For myself, it has been a pleasure to encounter a book so evocative of the Africa I have come to love. Douglas Willis, FRGS, FRSGS (Scotland) Running a lodge in the African bush means not only exotic wildlife but also eccentric human life. A vivid and engaging read. William Saunderson-Meyer - Sunday Times, South Africa I loved The Derelict House it brought back fond memories of my own time in The Luangwa Valley and the characters and wildlife really are true to form Julie Croucher, Travel With Jules UK
Book Synopsis Hunting the Elephant in Africa and Other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings by : C. H. Stigand
Download or read book Hunting the Elephant in Africa and Other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings written by C. H. Stigand and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains the recollections of one of the most noted big game hunters and explorers of Africa originally published in 1913. The book will appeal to every lover of wilderness adventure and every person who values the observations of an excellent field naturalist. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original artwork and text.
Download or read book Saving Wild written by Lori Robinson and published by New Insights Press. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Anthology of readings from 50 leading conservationists discussing "what motivates them" to keep working at saving some of the most endangered species and threatened areas of the planet.
Book Synopsis Elephants in My Cockpit by : Fiona Alexander
Download or read book Elephants in My Cockpit written by Fiona Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Marginal Safari written by Justin Fox and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I've been craving the road for some time,” writes Justin Fox – odd words for this most seasoned of travel writers. But there is more to it: “Restless, anxious about an uneventful slide into my late 30s ...” And thus begins ten thousand kilometres around the edge of the Republic. Hugging the comforts which distance offers agitated souls, he bears east from Cape Town. This is fatherland, and for Justin his father’s land, which the famous architect Revel Fox has marked as much as he had shaped his son’s own identity. Justin tarries at outposts and towns; he skips entire cities to favour the off-beat treasures of characters fashioned less by convention than by their own battles against nature or circumstance. Back home his dad is fighting cancer. Having travelled with acute observation he reports like a novelist, stringing together scenes, pictures, communities and characters to form a totality of what South Africa is today as seen from its margins: a sad, exciting clash of histories and stories.
Book Synopsis Secrets Of The Savanna by : Mark Owens
Download or read book Secrets Of The Savanna written by Mark Owens and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2007-07-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Vividly written...Their story is thrilling—the kind of tale that wild-animal lovers won't easily forget."—People In this riveting real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villagers, and—in the end—themselves. The award-winning zoologists and pioneering conservationists describe their work in the remote and ruggedly beautiful Luangwa Valley, in northeastern Zambia. There they studied the mysteries of the elephant population’s recovery after poaching, discovering remarkable similarities between humans and elephants. A young elephant named Gift provided the clue to help them crack the animals’ secret of survival. A stirring portrait of life in Africa, Secrets of the Savanna is a remarkable record of the Owenses's unique passions.
Download or read book Elephant Safari written by Peter Riva and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A documentary team hiking through East Africa collides with a gang of deadly poachers, in this gripping adventure by the author of Kidnapped on Safari. Years of filming, extreme dangers, and daring rescues have taken their toll on documentary producer Pero Baltazar and his team. To relax and reconnect with the East African wildlife they love, Pero organizes a walking safari for him, his camerawoman Nancy Breiton, and their elite guide Mbuno Waliangulu. Still, Pero has trouble truly disconnecting from work. When the team comes across a herd of elephants making their annual migration north of Lake Rudolf, Pero decides the team will film their journey from Kenya into Ethiopia along the Omo River. What begins as a peaceful trip quickly turns into a chaotic nightmare as the trio crosses paths with a crew of poachers whose ivory sales are financing terrorists. The three are determined to protect the endangered herd from slaughter, and Mbuno enlists the help of local tribesmen. But the corruption of ivory poachers has deep roots that stretch to UN refugee camps, Chinese gangs, and the Iranian elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Faced with overwhelming odds, the trio must now rely on Pero’s contacts in the CIA, as well as Mbuno’s skills in the bush, if they hope to ever return from this excursion alive . . .
Download or read book White Hunters written by Brian Herne and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Herne's White Hunters: The Golden Age of African Safaris is the story of seventy years of African adventure, danger, and romance. East Africa affects our imagination like few other places: the sight of a charging rhino goes directly to the heart; the limitless landscape of bony highlands, desert, and mountain is, as Isak Dinesen wrote, of "unequalled nobility." White Hunters re-creates the legendary big-game safaris led by Selous and Bell and the daring ventures of early hunters into unexplored territories, and brings to life such romantic figures as Cape-to-Cairo Grogan, who walked 4,000 miles for the love of a woman, and Dinesen's dashing lover, Denys Finch. Witnesses to the richest wildlife spectacle on the earth, these hunters were the first conservationists. Hard-drinking, infatuated with risk, and careless in love, they inspired Hemingway's stories and movies with Clark Gable and Gregory Peck.
