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| Author | : Isak Dinesen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 516 |
| Release | : 1984-04 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780226153117 |
Written to her family, these letters recount the failure of Dinesen's marriage, the financial collapse of her husband's coffee plantation, and her experiences in Kenya
| Author | : Isak Dinesen |
| Publisher | : Pan |
| Total Pages | : 473 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Authors, Danish |
| ISBN | : 9780330268660 |
| Author | : Thomas G. Kirsch |
| Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0857451421 |
Studies of religion have a tendency to conceptualise 'the Spirit' and 'the Letter' as mutually exclusive and intrinsically antagonistic. However, the history of religions abounds in cases where charismatic leaders deliberately refer to and make use of writings. This book challenges prevailing scholarly notions of the relationship between 'charisma' and 'institution' by analysing reading and writing practices in contemporary Christianity. Taking up the continuing anthropological interest in Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity, and representing the first book-length treatment of literacy practices among African Christians, this volume explores how church leaders in Zambia refer to the Bible and other religious literature, and how they organise a church bureaucracy in the Pentecostal-charismatic mode. Thus, by examining social processes and conflicts that revolve around the conjunction of Pentecostal-charismatic and literacy practices in Africa, Spirits and Letters reconsiders influential conceptual dichotomies in the social sciences and the humanities and is therefore of interest not only to anthropologists but also to scholars working in the fields of African studies, religious studies, and the sociology of religion.
| Author | : Cynthia Wales Tuthill |
| Publisher | : iUniverse |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2008-09 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0595531237 |
Dr. Tuthill embarked on her first safari into the African bush in 2003, honoring the death of her best friend, the astronaut Kalpana Chawla, in the crash of the space shuttle Columbia. She and her husband fell deeply in love with the animals and the people they met in the wilds of southern Africa, and the experience changed their lives. They have traveled back every year and lovingly chronicled each experience in detailed letters to Kalpana's sisters in India. The letters follow the daily routine in remote bush camps, covering the details of camp life along with the excitement and thrill of walking safaris, canoe trips, and game drives. One can almost hear the hippos by night and smell the fresh lavender along the path, as Tuthill describes the nightly "sundowners" enjoyed with her beloved husband, and details the spectacular views and experiences they shared together. In this poignant set of travel essays Tuthill depicts the glories of ecotravel and demonstrates how our vacation dollars can be used to help save the continent of Africa.
| Author | : Denis D. Lyell |
| Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2016-07-26 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1786259567 |
THIS small volume contains some of the letters I have received during the last thirty years or more from well-known big-game hunters and field-naturalists, many of whom have now passed away. They were so interesting to me that I thought they might interest others who have shot in wilder Africa. Moreover, they describe conditions which are no longer possible considering the way many parts of that continent have been opened up since the Great War. Whether the spread of a so-called civilization is a good thing I do not wish to discuss, but I know there are many men, including myself, who would prefer the older times when things were less complicated and conventional. Many people are now going in for photography more than shooting, and in a way this is a good thing as it will naturally help to conserve the game. It is, however, a much less risky amusement to take animals’ pictures—I mean dangerous animals—than to try to kill them, for game such as lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhinoceros are seldom dangerous until they are wounded and followed up in thick cover. Some people may doubt this statement, but it is nevertheless true, as all experienced hunters can vouch.
| Author | : Isak Dinesen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 473 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Authors, Danish |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Don Pinnock |
| Publisher | : Juta and Company Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9781919930688 |
Don Pinnock, a well-known travel writer, has drawn on his passion for Africa and his experience as a journalist for Getaway magazine to write yet another entertaining and engrossing book of short essays on natural history, full of humor, interest and speculation. Each of his essays reveals something of natures many quirks and offers startlingly large questions from little things that ordinary folk pass over with hardly a glance. The pieces are short and easily digestible, with a bit of philosophy and an interest in the human story. And include ruminations on the following questions: · Are clouds alive? · Where is Africa's most dangerous river? · Why do female hyenas sometimes grow a penis? · Why did Zulu warriors never ride into battle mounted on zebras?
| Author | : Nelson Mandela |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2019-08-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1631495968 |
“Heartbreaking and inspiring,” Nelson Mandela’s Prison Letters reveals his evolution “into one of the great moral heroes of our time” (New York Times). First published to mark the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela sparked celebrations around the globe for one of the “greatest warriors of all time” (O, The Oprah Magazine). Featuring 94 letters selected from that landmark collection, as well as six new letters that have never been published, this historic paperback provides an essential political history of the late twentieth century and illustrates how Mandela maintained his inner spirit while imprisoned. Whether they’re longing love letters to his wife, Winnie; heartrending notes to his beloved children; or articulations of a human-rights philosophy that resonates today, these letters reveal the heroism of a man who refused to compromise his moral values in the face of extraordinary human punishment, invoking a “story beyond their own words” (New York Times). This new paperback edition—essential for any literature lover, political activist, and student—positions Mandela among the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century.
| Author | : Jane Goodall |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 424 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
Covering the years 1934 to 1966, this revealing self-portrait by one of the most remarkable women of our time recounts, through her letters to friends and family, Goodall's enduring love affair with the "dark continent." 16-page photo insert.
| Author | : Isak Dinesen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1978 |
| Genre | : Authors, Danish |
| ISBN | : |
