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From the bestselling author of The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World comes On That Wave of Gulls. An audacious novel, the tale is told by three characters – an architect, a Khoisan vagrant and a seagull, all of whom recount their lives in Cape Town.
Hieronymus Vos is an overweight, white architect, recently fallen on hard times, and married to a beautiful, black British-Caribbean woman. Although he hates the ocean, his practice has, until recently, been doing very well by designing glitzy millionaires’ mansions on the Atlantic Seaboard. Pooi is a homeless man, recently arrived from the Kalahari, with a patchy grip on reality. He thinks he is the moon and wants to teach himself to swim so that he can reach Robben Island and fulfil a promise. The third narrator is Calypso, a female seagull who needs to find a mate and lay an egg to pass on her legacy and her identity.
On That Wave of Gulls is a shrewd and lyrical tour de force by a natural storyteller. By times heartbreaking and thrilling, this unforgettable novel propels the author into the lives of the novel’s three main characters, throwing light on living and being in Cape Town – a Cape Town that is part wilderness, part glamorous high-rise developments, part ocean. Their interactions are at times fleeting, at times profound, and behind them lies the joy, pain and tragedy of living at the southern tip of Africa.
This remarkable collection of birding stories, written by some of
our most intrepid bird observers, will convert a new generation of
South African ornithologists and watchers of wilderness. Birds and
their names sing from the pages; owls, Shoebills, sandgrouse,
Hooded Pittas, Rhinoceros Hornbills, Brown Kiwis, Rock Doves, Cape
Eagle Owls, Greater Flameback woodpeckers, Inaccessible Island
Rail, Superb and Beautiful Sunbird, Violet Turaco and the African
Crowned Eagle. Contributors include: David Allan, Mark D. Anderson,
Mark Brown, Callan Cohen, Susie Cunningham, W. Richard J. Dean,
Morne du Plessis, Vernon RL Head, Alan Kemp, David Letsoalo, Rob
Little, John Maytham, Adam Riley, Peter Ryan, Claire Spottiswoode,
Peter Steyn, Peter Sullivan, Warwick Tarboton, Mel Tripp and Ross
Wanless. All author royalties will be donated to the FitzPatrick
Institute of African Ornithology to support ongoing ornithological
research.
In the heart of rural Botswana, the poverty stricken village of
Golema Mmidi is a haven to exiles from far and wide. A South
African political refugee and an Englishman join forces to
revolutionise the villagers' traditional farming methods, but their
task is fraught with hazards as the pressures of tradition,
opposition from the local chief and the unrelenting climate
threaten to divide and devastate the fragile community.
Gain a deeper understanding of the core concepts surrounding
Corporate Finance with this reader-friendly text. Corporate
Finance: Principles and Practice, 9th edition is a comprehensive
guide to the field, introducing you to the key topics and areas of
corporate finance. This practical and readable textbook is ideal
whether you are studying accounting, business, or finance-related
courses. Written and structured in a reader-friendly style for
those new to the subject, the book offers a clear, step-by-step
explanation of the essential principles and mathematical techniques
without burdening you with unnecessary detail and provides
practical examples from well-known companies. Key features for this
edition include: Coverage of all the key topics, mapping closely to
requirements set out by professional bodies 24 new, short examples
in the “Vignette” boxes throughout the book, exploring
relevant, real-world financial issues and connecting theory with
practice More content regarding environmental, governance and
sustainability issues, and their impact on corporate finance The
questions for review and discussion throughout the book, along with
the further reading suggestions at the end of the text, aim to
support self-study and help you develop your critical thinking
skills.
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Albany Review (Paperback)
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