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.
An incredible true story of an amazingly brave woman whose passion and love for the wild fights for the survival of the rhino, an endangered animal of Africa, with nothing but a bicycle and a menacing horse who became her best friend.
Escape provides an astonishing look behind the tightly drawn curtains of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) one of the most secretive religious groups in the United States.
When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. So begins one of the world's most-loved children's stories.
The year is 1899, and Boer forces have surrounded the small South African town of Ladysmith. As shells and shrapnel rain down, British soldiers and townsfolk dig themselves in. Waiting for rescue, they try to keep up their spirits with parties and cricket matches. But General Buller's relief column can't break through ...
It tells not only the story of how and where the Kamasutra came to be compiled, but paints an enticing picture of the society in which it was written, and follows the fate of the book from Classical India, through the scandal of its translation by Richard Burton, to the present.
