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Your essential companion to South Africa's première wildlife destination. Full details, practical info, maps and stunning photos. Everything you need for the safari of your lifetime, all updated for 2013! -- Why Get This Guide? -- * With more than forty national park rest camps and luxury private lodges to choose from, we'll help you find the right accommodation for your budget * Kruger has more than 2,300 km of road to explore, our suggested itineraries...
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The Anglo-Zulu War lasted only six months in 1879, but in that relatively short time twenty-three men were awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry under most trying and dangerous circumstances. Zulu warriors gave no mercy and expected none in return, yet half of the awards were given to men who went back into the midst of fierce fighting to rescue stranded comrades, well-aware that they risked suffering a particularly brutal death.
Two men received...
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A Needed Rebuttal against the Scurrulous Claim that Andrew Murray (1828-1917) of South Africa was a Freemason
In this rebuttal, Dr Olea Nel argues: That Andrew Murray was a Spirit-filled evangelical who was thoroughly versed in the Heidelberg Catechism and Reformed Theology.
That in the 1870s he had fought several High Court battles to oust modernist Dutch Reformed pastors from the Cape Dutch Reformed Church.
That the Dutch Reformed Church both...
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Surrounded by a spectacular mountain range and rugged beaches, Cape Town has one of the most beautiful city backdrops in the world. Footprint's Handbook provides invaluable information on transport, accommodation, eating and entertainment to ensure that your trip includes the best of this vibrant city.
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Henry M. Stanley - Explorer and journalist; born 28 January 1841 at Denbigh, Wales, where baptised John Rowlands. After troubled childhood, including eight years in workhouse at St Asaph, travelled to Liverpool and embarked as cabin-boy on American packet ship 1858; in New Orleans adopted name Henry Morton Stanley (ostensibly after early benefactor); pursued a variety of occupations and enlisted on both sides in American Civil War before beginning...
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CAPTAIN HODSON was sent in 1914 to establish the first British Consulate in Southern Abyssinia, his immediate purpose being to safeguard the timid Boran tribes and the elephants of Kenya Colony against further raids across the border. His appointment was agreed to with some reluctance on the part of the Ethiopian government, partly because it was a reflection on that government's capacity to control the acts of its own peoples, but largely because...
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Martin and Osa Johnson went to British East Africa in the 1920's in order to photograph wild animals, many of which were disappearing with the advances of civilization. They ended up falling in love with the country, and did not want to return to the United States.
It is easy to imagine why, considering the Johnsons spent their days wandering around the bush, camping and trekking and photographing. Each morning they ventured out with their cameras...
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Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher*
Lonely Planet's Cape Town & the Garden Route is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Soak in the view from the summit of Table Mountain, take a boat to Robben Island for an insight into the country's history, and explore the beaches, forests and verdant mountains along the majestic Garden Route – all with...
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East Africa and Its Invaders, originally published in 1938, covers the history of mid-East Africa-the area between Mozambique and Cape Guardafui-from its beginnings down to the death of the greatest Arab ruler in East Africa, Seyyid Said, in 1856.The author-prominent British Empire historian Sir Reginald Coupland (1884-1952) and a longtime Oxford professor, best known for his scholarship on African history-describes in detail, and mainly from hitherto...
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Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841 - 1904) was a Welsh-American journalist, explorer, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone, whom he later claimed to have greeted with the now-famous line: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". He is mainly known for his search for the source of the Nile, work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold...
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Atiku utei, « le coeur du caribou », c'est la force d'un peuple et sa grande humilité. Les Innus ont marché à travers les tempêtes de la vie. Ils ont traversé des montagnes pour se nourrir de l'esprit du caribou. Ils puisaient en lui leur force, leur courage, leur savoir. Au son du tambour, l'appel de la forêt aiguise l'instinct. La poète au cœur du caribou entend la voix de Madiba, Nelson Mandela. Elle entend les tambours jaillir...
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Originally published in 1928, this book forms an excellent and detailed account of the Zambesi Expeditions of 1858-63. The book is based mainly on the daily journal kept by Sir John Kirk, Livingstone's lieutenant on the Expedition. It contains much material which was not given to the public in Livingstone's description. Kirk was one of the first explorers to carry a camera, and the book is illustrated from his own photographs.
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The rise of one African leader would bring the Mau Mau movement to an end. This is the exciting story of the great MAN HUNT IN KENYA. An extraordinary man roamed the vast forests and craggy foothills of Kenya's Aberdare plateau. He was a man of animal instincts and animal cunning. He was a Bible-reading fanatic who served the god Ngai. He was an orator whose vitriolic rhetoric had moved thousands to do as he wished. He had killed, plundered, and tortured...
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First published in 1948, renowned British Empire historian Coupland describes, with swift and vivid strokes, the situation between whites and blacks, the great military qualities and terrifying military tactics of the Zulu warriors and the characters of the Englishmen, soldiers and politicians, involved in the disaster. Having prepared the reader with consummate art and scholarship, he then sets the great action in that strange, eerie land; until...
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Embark on an unforgettable journey through the vibrant and diverse nation of South Africa with our captivating eBook, South Africa: Country edition. This comprehensive guide is your passport to exploring the wonders of this enchanting country, known for its breathtaking landscapes, rich history, and warm hospitality.Within the pages of this eBook, you will delve into the fascinating tapestry of South Africa's people and their diverse cultures. From...
37) Karamojo Safari
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Karamojo Safari, first published in 1949, is a classic story of elephant hunting, safaris, native life, and the wilds of Uganda and Kenya in the late 1800s, at a time when the region (then known as "Karamojo") was completely unknown to the outside world. Walter Bell (1880-1954), known as Karamojo Bell, was a Scottish adventurer, big game hunter in East Africa, soldier, decorated fighter pilot, sailor, writer, and painter.
Famous for being one of...
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This is a story about growing up in a small racist town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, during the Apartheid years. The author is the oldest son of the town's mayor, a publican. He grew up between the hotel, where he was, exposed at an early age to much of the town's less salubrious goings on, and a harsh boarding school experience. Garth relishes the simple language of a story told by cronies at the bar, where he served drinks to his father's...
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The Sands of Kalahari, first published in 1960, begins its gripping story with the crash-landing of a small plane carrying seven people in the harsh Kalahari desert. Their struggle to survive in the wilderness around them-as well as each other-make up the bulk of this classic tale of adventure. A film version of the book was made in 1965.
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PABLO PICASSO: "…when the form is realized, it is there to live its own life."
HENRY MOORE: "The sculpture which moves me most is full-blooded and self-supporting, fully in the round; giving out something of an energy and power of great mountains, it has a life of its own independent of the object it represents."
African Art Speaks, the first full appraisal of African art published in the United States, describes and illustrates the sculpted works...
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