Animals & Wildlife – Hellobooks.co.za

Excerpts From An African Diary – Paula Draycon

Anna Howcroft — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:19:12 +0000

Paula Draycon is profoundly influenced by the sights and sounds of Africa, and continually reflects on her experiences. Paula is living proof that a very ordinary English girl s dream, was not only met, but transcended. Her life at 60 years is one of pure gratitude, and her religious and spiritual faith, along with her like-minded friends around the world, have enriched and fortified her life. She was able to find an unusual peace, when her beloved friend, mentor and travelling companion died just months before the book was published.

The end depends upon the beginning…

Endangered birds – James Ferguson-Lees, Emma Faull

Anna Howcroft — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 14:48:09 +0000

This illustrated book reviews the status of the world’s endangered birds throughout the key ornithological regions including North America, Eurasia and North Africa. Each chapter emphasizes those birds most at risk with information on their appearance, behaviour patterns, habitat and evolution. The book also examines the causes of population decimation including predators, habitat and environment changes and loss of food resources

African Safari Journal – Ron Anderson (editor)

Anna Howcroft — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:28:24 +0000

A record journal enhanced by authoritative text with over 120 authentic colour illustrations, presented in a protective slipcase and printed on high-grade uncoated paper. Millennium edition

This is a very nice book for someone going on safari to Africa!

Wildlife Warrior – Richard Shears

Anna Howcroft — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 17:10:49 +0000

Steve Irwin’s sudden and tragic death made headline news around the world. Shock and grief followed. The world lost a man of heroic proportions. A man who as the Crocodile Hunter touched and changed lives everywhere. “Wildlife Warrior” charts Steve Irwin’s amazing life – from his childhood catching snakes in Victoria, Australia, through to his work in the wilderness and in his zoo. It follows his love story with his wife Terri and his rise to fame. A down-to-earth adventurer with a love of all animals, he was passionate about wildlife conservation, life and his family

Slumdog Guttercat – Anoux Massey

Anna Howcroft — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 15:41:19 +0000

In “Slumdog Guttercat”, Anoux Massey’s unflinching insights and Tracy Robertson’s evocative photographs open a door to the gritty world of the township animal. Refreshingly unsentimental, the book is both a commentary and a guide: horrific neglect and abuse are highlighted, but the focus of the book in particular is what to do about it.
Having rescued herself from her own gutter of drugs and despair, Anoux describes her journey into the heart-wrenching world of township animal rescue and rehabilitation with honesty and practicality. The book reveals the astonishing difference that one small animal-rescue organisation can make, but also outlines the simple, practical steps anyone can take to help rescue an animal.
Informative chapters guide readers step-by-step through how to rescue an animal, common township animal illnesses and how to treat them, and general pet-care tips. An animal welfare organisation directory provides contact information and summarises the needs of a range of organisations around South Africa, and legislation regarding animals in South Africa is presented in an easy-to-read format for reference on animals’ and animal owners’ rights

Barefoot Over the Serengeti – David Read

Anna Howcroft — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:07:04 +0000

A real “Boy’s Own” adventure – but “Barefoot over the Serengeti” is factual, not fiction. It is a unique and evocative tale of childhood adventure in a world that very few Europeans have experienced. The book covers Read’s adventures between seven and fourteen years in the Serengeti, homeland of the Maasai, whose customs and lifestyle he reports, as seen through the eyes of a child

Kilimanjaro – Henry Stedman

Anna Howcroft — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 07:57:29 +0000

At 5895m Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest mountain and the world’s tallest freestanding peak. The fact that it’s possible to walk to the summit (no mountaineering skills needed) has made this Africa’s most popular trek. Kilimanjaro is not difficult to reach and even has its own international airport. It’s ideally placed between Tanzania and Kenya and most walkers combine the mountain hike with a visit to a game park. This guide is written in the proven Trailblazer style-with detailed walking maps showing hiking times, points of interest, and gradients. Also includes: – Getting to Kilimanjaro from Europe, North America, and Australasia; – Nairobi-trekking preparations and what to see; – Dar-Es-Salaam-trekking preparations and what to see; – Where to stay and eat in Nairobi, Dar-Es-Salaam, and along the trails; – Employing a guide or porter; – The environment-how to minimize impact on a fragile region; – Health and safety; – 40 detailed walking maps; – Post-trek options, excursions and safaris

Children of the Sun God – Linda Tucker

Anna Howcroft — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:30:46 +0000

It is a mystical journey into knowledge and ceremonies of old Africa, in which humans and lions are able to cross the species barrier – in accordance with most guarded secrets of ancient Egypt and mankind’s greatest riddle, the sphinx. It is also a real living journey.

Scientists in our day have established that humankind’s most significant evolutionary leap occurred as a result of our ancestor’s interaction with great cats at Sterkfontein

A Chimpanzee in the Wine Cellar – Pat Cavendish O’Neill

Hellobooks — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:17:59 +0000

The extraordinary life of heiress Pat Cavendish O`Neill took a turn for the unexpected when she moved from Kenya to settle on a Cape farm in 1968. Here Pat found a new channel for her remarkable gift with animals: she become one of South Africa1s first woman racehorse trainer. As always , Pat and her famous mother attracted a colourful international audience into their extremely lavish lifestyle and the two women would regularly fly to Australia to bid on some of worlds finest fillies and colts. In Kenya, my life was saved twice by my lioness Tana and in South Africa once again my life was saved by wild animals, this time by my baboons. I will live in eternal gratitude for these animals and the love they have shown me. I have had the most incredible life, thanks to the most wonderful mother in the world, two incredible brothers and a glorious lioness called Tana who came to me as a new born cub with her eyes still closed

The Animal Dialogues – Craig Childs

Hellobooks — Tue, 30 May 2017 11:50:21 +0000

Whether recalling the experience of being chased through the Grand Canyon by a bighorn sheep, swimming with sharks off the coast of British Columbia, watching a peregrine falcon perform acrobatic stunts at 200 miles per hour, or engaging in a tense face-off with a mountain lion near a desert waterhole, Craig Childs captures the moment so vividly that he puts the reader in his boots.
Each of the forty brief, compelling narratives in “The Animal Dialogues” focuses on the author’s own encounter with a particular species and is replete with astonishing facts about the species’ behavior, habitat, breeding, and lifespan. But the glory of each essay lies in Childs’s ability to portray the sometimes brutal beauty of the wilderness, to capture the individual essence of wild creatures, to transport the reader beyond the human realm and deep inside the animal kingdom

ISBN-10: 0316066478

ISBN-13: 978-0316066471