Author: Carl Georg SchillingsPublisher:
ISBN: 3752432217
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: In Wildest Africa, vol 1 by Carl Georg Schillings
In Wildest Africa, Vol 1
Author: Carl Georg SchillingsPublisher:
ISBN: 3752432217
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: In Wildest Africa, vol 1 by Carl Georg Schillings
In Wildest Africa Vol 2
Author: Carl Georg SchillingsPublisher:
ISBN: 3752432225
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: In Wildest Africa Vol 2 by Carl Georg Schillings
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1
Author: Henry Morton StanleyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 375242897X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: In Darkest Africa, Vol. 1 by Henry Morton Stanley
Mammals of Africa: Volume V
Author: Jonathan KingdonPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408189941
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
Mammals of Africa (MoA) is a series of six volumes which describes, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal. This is the first time that such extensive coverage has ever been attempted, and the volumes incorporate the very latest information and detailed discussion of the morphology, distribution, biology and evolution (including reference to fossil and molecular data) of Africa's mammals. With more than 1,160 species and 16-18 orders, Africa has the greatest diversity and abundance of mammals in the world. The reasons for this and the mechanisms behind their evolution are given special attention in the series. Each volume follows the same format, with detailed profiles of every species and higher taxa. The series includes hundreds of colour illustrations and pencil drawings by Jonathan Kingdon highlighting the morphology and behaviour of the species concerned, as well as line drawings of skulls and jaws by Jonathan Kingdon and Meredith Happold. Every species also includes a detailed distribution map. Edited by Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Tom Butynski, Mike Hoffmann, Meredith Happold and Jan Kalina, and written by more than 350 authors, all experts in their fields, Mammals of Africa is as comprehensive a compendium of current knowledge as is possible. Extensive references alert readers to more detailed information. Volume V, edited by Jonathan Kingdon and Michael Hoffmann, comprises 83 species of carnivores, and includes jackals, wolves, dogs, foxes, weasels, polecats, striped weasels, Zorilla, otters, Ratel, fur seals, monk seals, Palm Civet, cats, genets, linsangs, African Civet, hyaenas, Aardwolf and mongooses. The volume is completed with profiles of four pangolins, four zebras and two rhinoceroses.
Mammals of Africa: Volume I
Author: Jonathan KingdonPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408189909
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Mammals of Africa (MoA) is a series of six volumes which describes, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal. This is the first time that such extensive coverage has ever been attempted, and the volumes incorporate the very latest information and detailed discussion of the morphology, distribution, biology and evolution (including reference to fossil and molecular data) of Africa's mammals. With more than 1,160 species and 16-18 orders, Africa has the greatest diversity and abundance of mammals in the world. The reasons for this and the mechanisms behind their evolution are given special attention in the series. Each volume follows the same format, with detailed profiles of every species and higher taxa. The series includes hundreds of colour illustrations and pencil drawings by Jonathan Kingdon highlighting the morphology and behaviour of the species concerned, as well as line drawings of skulls and jaws by Jonathan Kingdon and Meredith Happold. Every species also includes a detailed distribution map. Edited by Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Tom Butynski, Mike Hoffmann, Meredith Happold and Jan Kalina, and written by more than 350 authors, all experts in their fields, Mammals of Africa is as comprehensive a compendium of current knowledge as is possible. Extensive references alert readers to more detailed information. This first volume in the series comprises eight introductory chapters covering topics such as evolution, geography and geology, biotic zones, classification, behaviour and morphology. The rest of the book is devoted to the Afrotheria, a grouping that comprises six orders and 49 species; these are the hyraxes, elephants, manatees, otter-shrews, golden-moles, sengis (elephant-shrews) and Aardvark.
The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record
Author: The Geographical Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.
Why Did You Come If You Leave Again? Volume 1
Author: Conradin PernerPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514410850
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
The book Why Did You Come If You Leave Again? is an ethnographers personal account of the five years he spent in one of the remotest parts of Africa. In the authors comprehensive monograph (eight volumes published by Schwabe) about the Anyuak, a little-known tribe in South Sudan, there was no space left for a portrait of the person who did the fieldwork, his professional and personal itinerary, his experiences and attitudes, his relationship with the local peoplelet alone for all the adventures he lived when crossing the wilderness and when struggling to stay alive. The travel autobiography sheds light on the long and tedious process of ethnographic fieldwork; it is both personal and profound, varying between moments of actions and reflections and eventually leading to an intimate encounter with an African culture. The many riveting stories told in the book are signposts of a spiritual, psychological, philosophical, and physically exhausting expedition through arid savannah, flooded plains, and compact walls of elephant grass to the spiritual home of a courageous people who have created in the middle of wilderness a center of humanity. Though the narrative is essentially about the discovery of a foreign culture, it also relates the exploration of the ethnographers own identity in an environment that didnt offer any possibility to escape. The book is about thirst, starvation, loneliness and lightening, sickness and death, joy and deliverance, snakes and spirits, shadow, spittle and footprints, and eventually about the authors quest for meaning, beauty, and understanding of the world. The memoir tells a saga about forlornness, hope, and achievement, and last but not least, growing friendships as the only reward for struggle and pain. The researchers autobiography is captivating for the soul and the mind. It is funny, sad, informative, inspiring, and poetic.
The Wild and Cultivated Cotton Plants of the World
Author: Sir George WattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Author: