From the time she was a girl, Jane Goodall dreamed of a life spent working with animals. Finally she had her wish. When she was twenty-six years old, she ventured into the forests of Africa to observe chimpanzees in the wild. On her expeditions she braved the dangers with leopards and lions in the
Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office is the third of Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle series. Set on the West Coast of Africa, the book follows the episodic format of most other books in the series. In the beginning of the book, Doctor Dolittle helps to capture a slave trader’s ship, then organizes the
Paradise is at once the story of an African boy's coming of age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of traditional African patterns by European colonialism. It presents a major African voice to American readers - a voice that prompted Peter Tinniswood to write in the London Times,
Famine is preventable. The persistence of famine reflects political failings by African governments, western donors and international relief agencies. When freedom from famine is a basic right or a political imperative, famine is prevented. Case studies from Ethiopia to Botswana demonstrate African
Nowa książka kongijskiego autora, znanego już w Polsce z brawurowego "Kielonka". Narrator powieści, Grégoire, nie wyróżnia się niczym szczególnym poza kanciastym łbem i wielkimi dłońmi. Mieszka sam, pracuje w warsztacie samochodowym. Ma jednak skryte marzenie - chciałby stać się prawdziwym
Claudia Vagner could not believe her ears when she heard her father’s deathbed revelation. As a South African, she had always known about the story of the missing Kruger Millions, but was her father really saying that the legend is true? He claimed he knew exactly where the old South African
