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The Flame Trees Of Thika

Author : Elspeth Huxley
Publisher : Random House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473512511

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When Elspeth Huxley’s pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat. What they lack in know-how they make up for in determination: building a grass house, employing local Kikuyu tribe members and painstakingly transforming their patch of wilderness into a working farm. Huxley’s unforgettable childhood memoir is a sensitive account of settler life at the turn of the twentieth century and a love song to the harshness and beauty of East Africa.

The Mottled Lizard

Author : Elspeth Huxley
Publisher : Random House
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446475799

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The Mottled Lizard by Elspeth Huxley Pdf

In this sequel to The Flame of Thika, Elspeth Huxley takes up her story after the family returns to Kenya after the First World War. Her family and friends, their home and their travels, the glorious wildlife and scenery, described in rich and loving detail, all spring to life in this enchanting book. 'She knows East Africa and she loves it. . . with a critical and understanding sympathy. ' The Times 'What a marvellous writer. . . and what a Kenya it was. ' Financial Times

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness

Author : Alexandra Fuller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857202383

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Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller Pdf

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulnesstells the story of the author's mother, Nicola Fuller. Nicola Fuller and her husband were a glamorous and optimistic couple and East Africa lay before them with the promise of all its perfect light, even as the British Empire in which they both believed waned. They had everything, including two golden children - a girl and a boy. However, life became increasingly difficult and they moved to Rhodesia to work as farm managers. The previous farm manager had committed suicide. His ghost appeared at the foot of their bed and seemed to be trying to warn them of something. Shortly after this, one of their golden children died. Africa was no longer the playground of Nicola's childhood. They returned to England where the author was born before they returned to Rhodesia and to the civil war. The last part of the book sees the Fullers in their old age on a banana and fish farm in the Zambezi Valley. They had built their ramshackle dining room under the Tree of Forgetfulness. In local custom, this tree is the meeting place for villagers determined to resolve disputes. It is in the spirit of this Forgetfulness that Nicola finally forgot - but did not forgive - all her enemies including her daughter and the Apostle, a squatter who has taken up in her bananas with his seven wives and forty-nine children. Funny, tragic, terrifying, exotic and utterly unself-conscious, this is a story of survival and madness, love and war, passion and compassion.

Murder at Government House

Author : Elspeth Huxley,Huxley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1991-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0517063069

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Murder at Government House by Elspeth Huxley,Huxley Pdf

Olivia Brandeis, a young anthropologist, could sense that trouble was brewing at Government House in the African colony of Chania. Eventually her suspicions are confirmed when the Governor, Sir Malcolm Macleod, is found strangled at his desk. And when the identity of the murderer is indicated, a terrifying series of vicious events ensues.

Elspeth Huxley

Author : Christine Stephanie Nicholls
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 9780007292042

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Elspeth Huxley by Christine Stephanie Nicholls Pdf

This is a biography of the renowned writer, broadcaster, conservationist and chronicler of colonial Kenya, Elspeth Huxley, who achieved worldwide fame with her memoir 'The Flame Trees of Thika' in 1959.

On the Edge of the Rift Memories of Kenya

Author : Elspeth Huxley
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0353300632

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On the Edge of the Rift Memories of Kenya by Elspeth Huxley Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Self-Help Books

Author : Sandra K. Dolby
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252090998

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Self-Help Books by Sandra K. Dolby Pdf

Based on a reading of more than three hundred self-help books, Sandra K. Dolby examines this remarkably popular genre to define "self-help" in a way that's compelling to academics and lay readers alike. Self-Help Books also offers an interpretation of why these books are so popular, arguing that they continue the well-established American penchant for self-education, articulate problems of daily life and supposed solutions for them, and present their content in an accessible rather than arcane form and style. Using methods associated with folklore studies, Dolby then examines how the genre makes use of stories, aphorisms, and a worldview that is at once traditional and contemporary. The overarching premise of the study is that self-help books, much like fairy tales, take traditional materials, especially stories and ideas, and recast them into extended essays that people happily read, think about, try to apply, and then set aside when a new embodiment of the genre comes along.

I Dreamed of Africa

Author : Kuki Gallmann
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141966403

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‘Often, at the hour of day when the savannah grass is streaked with silver, and pale gold rims the silhouettes of the hills, I drive with my dogs up to the Mukutan, to watch the sun setting behind the lake, and the evening shadows settle over the valleys and plains of the Laikipia plateau.’ Kuki Gallmann’s haunting memoir of bringing up a family in Kenya in the 1970s first with her husband Paulo, and then alone, is part elegaic celebration, part tragedy, and part love letter to the magical spirit of Africa.

Nellie's Story

Author : Nellie Grant
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : British
ISBN : 068800475X

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The Far Pavilions

Author : M M Kaye
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 1433 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141927138

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The Far Pavilions by M M Kaye Pdf

One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World' The Far Pavilions is the story of an English man - Ashton Pelham-Martyn - brought up as a Hindu. It is the story of his passionate, but dangerous love for Juli, an Indian princess. It is the story of divided loyalties, of friendship that endures till death, of high adventure and of the clash between East and West. To the burning plains and snow-capped mountains of this great, humming continent, M.M. Kaye brings her exceptional gifts of storytelling and meticulous historical accuracy, plus her insight into the human heart. 'Magnificent' Evening Standard 'A long, romantic adventure story of the highest calibre . . . wildly exciting' Daily Telegraph

Maasai Days

Author : Cheryl Bentsen,Cheryl Bensten
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Maasai (African people)
ISBN : UCSC:32106018493178

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Maasai Days by Cheryl Bentsen,Cheryl Bensten Pdf

Fifty years after Isak Dinesen memoralized the Maasai in Out of Africa, journalist Cheryl Bentsen presents the personal story of her six-year relationship with these proud and independent people caught on the brink of modern civilization. In a book sure to appeal to anthropology, African history, and travel buffs, Bentsen illustrates how her Maasai friends are tyring to cope, and shows their abiding dignity in the face of fundamental change. Black-and-white photographs.

The African Poison Murders

Author : Elspeth Huxley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Africa
ISBN : OCLC:1145800051

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The African Poison Murders by Elspeth Huxley Pdf

Set in a farming community in 1930s colonial East Africa.

Nellie

Author : Nellie Grant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : British
ISBN : OCLC:1392384987

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The Last Lions of Africa

Author : Anthony Ham
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781760874964

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The Last Lions of Africa by Anthony Ham Pdf

'Bravely pursued, acutely observed and elegantly told.' John Vaillant, author of The Tiger 'Urgent and important. This moving tale with a heroic cast of characters, leonine and human, is a must-read for anyone passionate about wildlife and wild places.' Tony Park, author of Last Survivor This is the riveting and illuminating story of Australian writer Anthony Ham's extraordinary journey into the world of lions. Haunted by the idea that they might disappear from the planet in our lifetime, he ventured deep into the African wilderness, speaking to local tribespeople and activists as well as to rangers, scientists and conservationists about why lions are close to extinction and what can be done to save them. In The Last Lions of Africa, we walk alongside Anthony as he reveals the latest extraordinary science surrounding the earth's dwindling lion populations and their often surprising relationship to mankind. As he uncovers heartbreaking and astonishing accounts of individual lions, prides and habitats, each chapter unfolds as both gripping campfire story and deeply researched exploration of larger mysteries in the natural world. Anthony's vivid storytelling weaves together natural history, ancient lore and multidisciplinary science to show us a world in which human populations are growing and wild lands are shrinking; where lions and indigenous peoples fight not for sovereignty over the land but for their very existence. In this gripping and crucial book, Anthony Ham brings Africa, its people and its endangered lions to magnificent life and shows the surprising ways those last lions might be saved.

Lettice

Author : Mandy Stanley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Ballet
ISBN : 0007198159

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