Southern Rhodesia: 1959. Natalie is ten years old when she is kidnapped by guerrillas. Bloodied terrified & beaten at the hands of her captors her life is saved when a young soldier comes to her rescue. Thirty years later Natalie returns to her homeland now Zimbabwe & becomes embroiled in the dangerous world of rhino conservation. Hunters are making a fortune on the black market & now the survival of the black rhino is at stake. Natalie & her family must fight
- not only to save Zimbabwes rhinos but to save themselves from the enemies that surround them.
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A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers; finding homes for orphan elephants all the while campaigning the ever-present threat of poaching for the ivory trade. An African Love Story" is the incredible memoir of her life. It tells two stories. The first is the Tsavo years & the extraordinary love story which blossomed when the young Daphne moved to Tsavo with her first husband & fell head over heels with both the park & its famous warden David Sheldrick. The second is the love story of how Daphne & David who devoted their lives to saving elephant orphans at first losing every infant under the age of two until Daphne at last managed to devise the first-ever milk formula which would keep them alive." ...

Daphne Sheldrick's best-selling love story of romance life & elephants An African Love Story: Love Life & Elephants" is an incredible story from Africa's greatest living conservationist. A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers; finding homes for orphan elephants all the while campaigning the ever-present threat of poaching for the ivory trade. An " African Love Story" is the incredible memoir of her life. It tells two stories
- one is the extraordinary love story which blossomed when Daphne fell head over heels with Tsavo Game Park & its famous warden David Sheldrick. The second is the love story of how Daphne & David who devoted their lives to saving elephant orphans at first losing every infant under the age of two until Daphne at last managed to devise the first-ever milk formula which would keep them alive. " Compulsively readable". (" Mail on Sunday"). " An enchanting memoir." (" Telegraph"). Daphne Sheldrick has spent her entire life in Kenya. For over 25 years she & her husband David the famous founder of the the giant Tsavo National Park raised & rehabilitated back into the wild orphans of misfortune from many different wild species. These included elephants rhinos buffaloes zebra eland kudu impala warthogs & many other smaller animals. In 2006 she was made Dame Commander of the British Empire by the Queen."
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Chinua Achebe is considered the father of African literature in English the writer who opened the magic casements of African fiction for an international readership. Following the 50th anniversary of the publication of his ground-breaking Things Fall Apart" Everyman republish Achebes first & most famous novel alongside " No Longer at Ease" & " Arrow of God" under the collective title " The African Trilogy". In " Things Fall Apart" the individual tragedy of Okonkwo strong man & tribal elder in the Nigeria of the 1890s is intertwined with the transformation of traditional Igbo society under the impact of Christianity & colonialism. In " No Longer at Ease" Okonkwos grandson Obi educated in England returns to a civil-service job in colonial Lagos only to clash with the ruling elite to which he now believes he belongs. Arrow of God is set in the 1920s & explores the conflict from the two points of view
- often but not always opposing
- of Ezuelu an Igbo priest & Captain Winterbottom a British district officer. In spare & lucid prose Achebe tellsa universal tale of personal & moral struggle in a changing world which continues to resonate in Africa today & has captured the imaginations of readers everywhere."

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The African violet (Saintpaulia) continues to increase in popularity having developed over the last fifty years from its few hundred varieties to the thousands that exist today in an ever-increasing range of colour & type. This guide

Includes:: chapters on the plant's history development & classification & provides practical information & advice on propagation general care hybridization & the prevention & treatment of pests & diseases. Written in a non-technical style it seeks to explode the myth that African violets are difficult to grow.

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After" is the fourth shocking funny & heartbreaking book in Morris Gleitzman's " Second World War" series. After
- The Nazis took
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Mark Steyns New York Times" bestseller " After America" is now in paperback! Featuring a new introduction & updated throughout " After America" takes on Obamas disastrous plan for our nation & reveals exactly what a post-American world will look like if we dont change our ways soon. Says Steyn: " Nothing is certain but debt & taxes. & then more debt. If the government of the United States had to use GAAP (" The Generally Accepted Accounting Practices" that your company & the publisher of this book have to use) Uncle Sam would be under an SEC investigation & his nephews & nieces would have taken away the keys & cut up his credit card". Slim as it is however Steyn argues there is still hope. " Americans face a choice: you can rediscover the animating principles of the American idea-of limited government a self-reliant citizenry & the opportunities to exploit your talents to the fullest-or you can join most of the rest of the western world in terminal decline. This is a battle for the American idea & its an epic one but you can do anything you want to do. So do it." Bitingly funny & wickedly clever " After America" is Mark Steyn at his best." ...

Eva was arrested by the Nazis on her fifteenth birthday & sent to Auschwitz. Her survival depended on endless strokes of luck her own determination & the love & protection of her mother Fritzi who was deported with her. When Auschwitz was liberated Eva & Fritzi began the long journey home. They searched desperately for Eva's father & brother from whom they had been separated. The news came some months later. Tragically both men had been killed. Before the war in Amsterdam Eva had become friendly with a young girl called Anne Frank. Though their fates were very different Eva's life was set to be entwined with her friend's for ever more after her mother Fritzi married Anne's father Otto Frank in 1953. This is a searingly honest account of how an ordinary person survived the Holocaust. Eva's memories & descriptions are heartbreakingly clear her account brings the horror as close as it can possibly be. But this is also an exploration of what happened next of Eva's struggle to live with herself after the war & to continue the work of her step-father Otto ensuring that the legacy of Anne Frank is never forgotten. ...

Osama bin Laden is dead but al-Qaida remains the CIAs number one threat. With branches in strategic hotspots from Yemen & Somalia to North Africa & an increasing influence among home grown jihadis in the West journalist & al-Qaida expert Abdel Bari Atwan investigates how the organisation has survived all attempts to destroy it. Al-Qaida after bin Laden has expanded its reach by cementing new alliances & exploiting the opportunities regional turmoil affords. The Arab Spring has opened new battlegrounds for jihadists particularly in Libya the Sahel Syria & Egypt. As the extremist zeal for a global caliphate shows no sign of abating Atwan profiles the next generation of foot soldiers & leaders & explores the new methods they embrace in the pursuit of jihad in a digital age. ...

The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee & glances up from a book as a young man a musician intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. Later Mari is interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel; a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese & requests her help. Meanwhile Eri is at home & sleeps a deep heavy sleep that is too perfect too pure to be normal; pulse & respiration at the lowest required level. She has been in this soporific state for two months; Eri has become the classic myth
- a sleeping beauty. But tonight as the digital clock displays 00:00 a faint electrical crackle is perceptible a hint of life flickers across the TV screen though the televisions plug has been pulled. Strange nocturnal happenings or a trick of the night?
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