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Book Reviews

Stuarts’ Field Guide
to National Parks and
Nature Reserves of
Namibia, Botswana,
Zimbabwe and Zambia
BY CHRIS AND MATHILDE STUART

The first guide ever to document
and explore the diverse parks and
reserves of Africa’s ‘middle belt’, this
book covers Namibia, Botswana,
Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. The
region contains prized spots such
as the world-famous landscapes
of the Namib and Kalahari deserts,
Okavango Delta, Victoria Falls and
Run, Rose, Run Lake Malawi, and some of Africa’s
best-known conservation areas,
BY DOLLY PARTON AND JAMES PATTERSON
including Etosha, Chobe, Mana
Pools, Hwange, Kafue and Nyika.
From America’s most beloved superstar
and its greatest storyteller – a thriller about
a young singer songwriter on the rise and Written by two prominent conservationists, the book is organised by country, and
on the run, determined to do whatever it includes:
takes to survive. Every song tells a story. • Detailed descriptions of the history, geology, climate, vegetation and wildlife of
Find a future, lose a past. Nashville is some 50 conservation areas.
where she’s come to claim her destiny. It’s • Annotated park maps, indicating places of interest and best sites to view key species.
also where the darkness she’s fled from • Text panels featuring each park’s highlights, facilities and activities, wildlife facts,
might find her. And destroy her. Run, and important alerts.
Rose, Run is a novel glittering with danger • A concise photographic gallery of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and trees,
and desire – a story that only America’s #1 for quick identification of commonly seen species.
beloved entertainer and its #1 bestselling
author could have created. For all nature lovers, this is a must-have guide to the parks and reserves of a region
Also available: an album of 12 original renowned for spectacular landscapes, fauna and flora
Dolly Parton songs made for the novel.
Price R350.00
Price: R328.00

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse (Limited Edition)
BY CHARLIE MACKSY
“A sweet tale rendered in swirly black greatest fears and biggest discoveries
calligraphy and watercolour. Childlike about vulnerability, kindness, hope,
in its simplicity, its messages are friendship and love.
universal . . . Mackesy has brought A book to treasure alongside the
people together.” – The Washington original blue edition, Charlie has drawn
Post a new rainbow illustration to mark this
particularly hard time. This edition
Discover the book everyone is falling contains a gold ribbon marker and is
in love with. bound in green cloth.
Experience the world of a curious boy, ‘When the dark clouds come . . . keep
a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise going.’
horse who find themselves together, in
sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their Price: R425.00

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