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Morbid, but strangely fascinating accounts In 2015, a group of
seven hikers were killed when a sudden flood struck Keyhole Canyon
in Zion National Park. Prior to that, the steep, narrow route to
Angels Landing led to at least five fatalities. Numerous people
have found that high, exposed places in Zion-such as rim trails-are
bad places to be in lightning storms. Death in Zion National Park
collects some of the most gripping accounts in park history of the
unfortunate events caused by natural forces or human folly.
In sy nuutste boek het Dana van sy ware ontmoetings geboekstaaf –
ontmoetings met mense, maar soms ook met dinge – die vleispastei,
of tuisgemaakte braai-apparate. Die stories het hy aanvanklik op
Facebook gepos. Die wat die grootste reaksie gekry het is hierin
verwerk. 'n Ware interaktiewe Suid-Afrikaanse boek.
Whether he's fighting fires, passing a kidney stone, hammering
down I-80 in an 18-wheeler, or meditating on the relationship
between cowboys and God, Michael Perry draws on his rural roots and
footloose past to write from a perspective that merges the local
with the global.
Ranging across subjects as diverse as lot lizards, Klan wizards,
and small-town funerals, Perry's writing in this wise and witty
collection of essays balances earthiness with poetry, kinetics with
contemplation, and is regularly salted with his unique brand of
humor.
In hierdie boeiende dagboek doen Johan Badenhorst self verslag oor
sy span se reis van 20 000 km deur die ooste van Afrika, met
besoeke aan plekke soos Zambie, Tanzanie, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenia,
Ethiopie, Somaliland, Djiboeti, Eritrea, die Soedan en Egipte. Dit
is ’n plakboek propvol asemrowende foto’s deur Gideon du Preez
Swart, kaarte en nuttige inligting vir beide die ervare sowel as
aspirantreisiger.
Following on from Jeffrey Benson's first volume of travel diaries,
One More for the Road, comes a second instalment, as one of the
food and drink world's intrepid voyagers continues on his way. No
Half Measures whisks the reader to the luxury resorts of the Indian
Ocean, tasting cutting-edge cuisine and fine wines on five
continents, and celebrates all the cultural diversity the world
still has to offer.As before, Benson gives us both barrels of
modern travel experience, the vintage and the vin ordinaire, the
sublime and the ridiculous, in generous and richly evocative
accounts of journeys among family and friends, wine students and
superstar chefs. There are glorious gastronomic moments and
glimpses of the splendour of the natural world, as well as comic
interludes and the odd despairing grumble, all in the company of
our witty and humane chaperone.Fasten your seat-belts: it's going
to be a thoroughly enjoyable ride.
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Guest Book, Visitors Book, Guests Comments, Vacation Home Guest Book, Beach House Guest Book, Comments Book, Visitor Book, Nautical Guest Book, Holiday Home, Bed & Breakfast, Retreat Centres, Family Holiday Guest Book (Landscape Hardback)
(Hardcover)
Lollys Publishing
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R901
Discovery Miles 9 010
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Set in the urban pastoral of an East London postcode, Feral Borough
asks what it means to call a place home, and how best to share that
home with its non-human inhabitants. Meryl Pugh reimagines the wild
as 'feral', recording the fauna and flora of Leytonstone in prose
as incisive as it is lyrical. Here, on the edge of the city, red
kite and parakeets thrive alongside bluebell and yarrow, a muntjac
deer is glimpsed in the undergrowth, and an escaped boa constrictor
appears on the High Road. In this subtle, captivating book - part
herbarium, part bestiary and part memoir - Pugh explores the
effects of loss, and lockdown, on human well-being, conjuring the
local urban environment as a site for healing and connection. 'A
subtle, heartfelt and affecting book about home, the city and the
self -- Pugh reminds us that nowhere, however urban, is without
nature; that wherever we go, the intricate web of life continues to
shape and change us.' Rebecca Tamas
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Black and White Guest Book, Weddings, Anniversary, Party's, Special Occasions, Memories, Christening, Baptism, Visitors Book, Guests Comments, Vacation Home Guest Book, Beach House Guest Book, Comments Book, Wake, Funeral and Visitor Book (Hardback)
(Hardcover)
Lollys Publishing
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R619
Discovery Miles 6 190
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Voetspore op die ewenaar vertel van Johan Badenhorst en sy
Voetsporespan se agtste reis deur Afrika. Hierdie keer pak hulle 'n
reis op die ewenaar aan: 'n reis wat begin in Kenia, kronkel deur
Uganda en eindig in die Demokratiese Republiek van die Kongo. Soos
gewoonlik het die Voetsporemanne geen tekort aan avontuur, en
hierdie keer selfs aan gevaar, nie. Hulle ontmoet president Barack
Obama se ouma in Kenia, klim 'n deel van die Ruwenzoriberge in
Uganda, bring 'n dag by die pigmee by Epulu in die DRK deur en
sluit die reis af met 'n onvergeetlike bootvaart op die
Kongorivier.
Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard is a
remarkable true-life adventure story, a narrative of exploration,
survival, conflict, capture, torture, and an insider's account of
the daily life of an 1830's American fur trader and trapper in the
early American West.
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