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Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is
terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their
livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and
impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West
Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, via Devon and Cornwall.
Carrying only the essentials for survival on their backs, they live
wild in the ancient, weathered landscape of cliffs, sea and sky. Yet
through every step, every encounter and every test along the way, their
walk becomes a remarkable journey.
The Salt Path is an honest and life-affirming true story of coming to
terms with grief and the healing power of the natural world.
Ultimately, it is a portrayal of home, and how it can be lost, rebuilt
and rediscovered in the most unexpected ways.
Fringing the Black Sea are a kaleidoscope of countries, some
centuries old and others emerging only after the collapse of the
Soviet Union. Through the stories of the people he meets there,
Jens Muhling seeks to paint a picture of this cauldron of cultures
and to understand the present against a backdrop of change
stretching back to the arrival of Ancient Greek settlers and
beyond. A fluent Russian speaker with a knack for gaining the trust
of those he meets, Muhling's cast of characters, as diverse as the
stories he hears, is ready to tell him their complex,
contradictory, often fantastical tales, full of grief and legend.
He meets descendants of the so-called Pontic Greeks, whom Stalin
deported to Central Asia and who have now returned; Circassians,
known from Tolstoy's Caucasus stories, who fled to Syria a century
ago and whose great-great-grandchildren, now displaced, have
returned to Abkhazia; and members of ethnic minorities: the
Georgian Mingrelians, Turkish Lazis, or Bulgarian Muslims expelled
to Turkey in the summer of 1989. Not to mention the molluscs and
other species that have unsettled the delicate ecological balance
of this unique body of water. Nowhere does the uneasy alliance of
tradition and modernity seem starker, and there is no better writer
to capture the diverse humanity of those who live there.
This guide is packed with practical, interpretative information on
the most commonly encountered animals and plants of the Lowveld -
information that is usually only available if you have a game
ranger or field guide by your side in the bush! It teaches people
how to observe, identify and interpret what they see in the bush in
a meaningful way, without having to wade through the reams of
technical information found in most other field guides. The
reader-friendly mind-map layout of the book, with pictures linked
to brief but informative text boxes, makes pertinent information
accessible at a glance. Other features include colour-coded
chapters for ease of reference, while blocked information and icons
in the mammals and trees sections provide technical details in a
concise form. Hundreds of stunning interpretative images,
highlighted keywords and a flowchart structure to each spread
direct the eye to the different topics on each featured species,
allowing the reader to pick out whatever is of interest to him or
her. Game Ranger in your Backpack is an essential companion for
amateur naturalists of all descriptions including first-time
international visitors to South Africa's bushveld, annual local
holidaymakers or aspiring 'game rangers'.
Cape May began as Cape May Island, where families journeyed to
enjoy wide white beaches and gentle surf during the early
nineteenth century. With the advent of steamships and railroads,
the quiet village soon became America's first seaside resort town.
Despite its charm and elegance, visitors slowed in the 1880s, as a
series of mysterious fires claimed some of its most beloved
structures. As the twentieth century dawned, Cape May's failure to
modernize ultimately became its salvation. By the 1960s, visitors
were once again flocking to this seaside destination to enjoy its
quaint Victorian charm. Experience the elegant Chalfonte Hotel,
stately Congress Hall and the classic Cape May Boardwalk with local
historian Emil Salvini.
The Madikwe Game Reserve, situated against the Botswana border, just three hours' drive from both Johannesburg and Pretoria, is one of South Africa's prime safari destinations and its fifth biggest game reserve. Madikwe is a Big Five game reserve covering some 75,000 hectares. The rich diversity of vegetation ensures a wide range of game, and the topography offers ideal game viewing opportunities for wilderness safaris. Madikwe is also one of the few places where you can see the Brown Hyena and the Aardwolf, making it extra special.
The perfect companion to any foray into the savannah, Madikwe Game Drive includes not only beautiful photographs of a wide array of birds, mammals and reptiles, but informative text which is both extremely compact and highly comprehensive.
All statistics that could conceivably help a viewer to identify, catalogue and learn about each animal are provided in concise and clear format. The Latin and colloquial names for each animal are included, along with the Afrikaans, French, German and Zulu names. The listings are given ratings for rarity of sightings, and each animal a tick box for viewers to mark upon sighting.
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Regennia N Williams, Sandra Butler-truesdale; Foreword by Willard Jenkins
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In Historic Columbus Crimes, the father-daughter team of David
Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker looks back at sixteen tales of
murder, mystery and mayhem culled from city history. Take the rock
star slain by a troubled fan or the drag queen slashed to death by
a would-be ninja. Then there's the writer who died acting out the
plot of his next book, the minister's wife incinerated in the
parsonage furnace and a couple of serial killers who outdid the Son
of Sam. Not to mention a gunfight at Broad and High, grave-robbing
medical students, the bloodiest day in FBI history and other
fascinating stories of crime and tragedy. They're all here, and
they're all true
The key to learning the Spanish language is the ability to
conjugate Spanish verbs. This 6-page laminated guide offers
easy-to-read tables of conjugations for the 15 verb tenses and
moods, with the changes bolded for quick reference. Sixty verbs and
their meanings are included, with the irregular tenses and moods
listed for each verb. Using the example conjugations, this guide
becomes a powerful key to unlocking Spanish for communication.
Suggested uses: Students -- a very lightweight, inexpensive
grade-booster that can be slipped between your notebook pages for
quick and easy answers; Teachers -- Inexpensive classroom tool;
Travelers -- Being flat, laminated and with conjugations being easy
to find, this is a great travel buddy.
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