This most comprehensive text discusses the present state and economic importance of tropical fruit growing. This edition not only includes more recent information on the major export fruits, citrus, banana and pineapple, but also a much extended section on minor fruit crops which are becoming of greater importance in export markets.
Exploring the backroads in a four-wheel-drive vehicle, far from crowded beaches and noisy cities, is one of South Africa's fastest-growing recreational activities. Whether it is the mountain roads of Lesotho or the burning sands of the Kalahari, the wide-open spaces of the Southern African interior offer the chance to enjoy unparalleled scenic splendour, abundant wildlife and friendly communities. In "Overland Through Southern Africa" the reader is taken on 14 overland trips through South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Each route is illustrated, and contains detailed information on points of interest. With sections on the choice of vehicle (two-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive), what to take, rules of the road, health, communications and map-reading, this book provides a visual reference tool for planning an overland safari.
This real-life legal and environmental thriller follows an epic confrontation between marine conservationists and the US Navy. The story centers on environmental attorney Joel Reynolds and marine biologist Ken Balcomb. Together, they investigate a series of mysterious whale mass strandings in the Bahamas. Their investigation uncovers a high-intensity, top-secret sonar submarine detection system deployed by the military that floods ocean basins with deafening sound waves, driving the whales ashore. The narrative tracks their multi-year "David vs. Goliath" legal battle that went all the way to the US Supreme Court, balancing national security interests against the protection of marine ecosystems.
This is about a passage through a continent filled with the most confusing contrasts: the ageing Soviet jets, on their way to strafe Unita positions against a backdrop of palms and an azure sea; the boy in the Angolan town Viana whose leg had been blown off by a landmine but whose hope and trust seemed to deny the agony of a land torn by bloody warfare; the almost serene stillness of the Tete valley in Mozambique, chilling for its nightmare scenery of burnt-out trucks and its forlorn landscape. Through it, Wender travels deeper into perhaps one of the most inexplicable events and places of this century. Rwanda.
Forbes tells a story of travel and adventure where the trick is to survive the perils of life, the tensions of top tennis competition and the shortage of money, and still to have a rollicking good time.
Once it seemed to Kathleen that Africa was empty and all of it belonged to her, An aviator, big game hunter and knitting devotee, she would land her plane wherever and whenever she chose. She was free with her favours too, and her multitude of lovers came from all over the continent.
