Baobabs Of The World
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Baobabs Of The World
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Author : Andry Petignat
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Release Date : 2016-06-21
Baobabs Of The World written by Andry Petignat and has been published by Penguin Random House South Africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-21 with Nature categories.
A photographic masterpiece, this beautiful book is a fitting tribute to the baobab – an extraordinary and majestic tree found principally in Madagascar, and peripherally in Africa and Australia. The first section offers a short introduction to the classification and general description of baobabs, details of their life history, biogeography, dispersal and their role in people’s lives. The second section comprises a guide to each of the eight baobab species, including botanical description, details of their habitat, distribution and principal uses, accompanied by clear images and line drawings of the leaves, flowers, fruits and growth habit of each species. Interesting text and lavish photographs throughout make this book irresistible for specialist botanists and lay enthusiasts alike, and it will have particular appeal for tourists too.
The Remarkable Baobab
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Author : Thomas Pakenham
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2004
The Remarkable Baobab written by Thomas Pakenham and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Nature categories.
Acclaimed historian Thomas Pakenham-who has dramatized in photographs and words the sheer majesty of trees throughout the world-now trains his lens on the most mysterious of trees, the baobab, with spectacular results. His search for the world's most striking baobabs has led him over the last eight years on a trail from sub-Saharan Africa to Madagascar and Australia, the Caribbean, and the United States. Here, in The Remarkable Baobab, Pakenham records his personal encounters with these mysterious giants, tracing their mythologies, their natural grandeur, and their origins, as well as their chances of survival in an uncertain environment. As Pakenham notes, the baobab may indeed be one of the oldest life forms on the planet, and many of the specimens still standing today have been alive for well over a thousand years. Standing tall on the savannahs of Africa and the sunburned plains of Australia, they are tremendous in size and have provided food, medicine, and places of refuge and worship to many, even serving as prisons, tombs, and ossuaries on occasion. Over the last one thousand years they have gained mythical status among many peoples, due in no small part to their appearance-without leaves, the branches of the trees look like roots growing into the sky. The Remarkable Baobab also includes a special section devoted to two famous baobabs in North America-one which is now over twenty feet in girth and is planted on a private Florida estate, the other a breathtaking specimen on the campus of the University of Arizona that was brought to the United States by smugglers. These stories are but two examples provided by Thomas Pakenham in The Remarkable Baobab, a book that is as visually bewitching as the baobab itself. Book jacket.
Tree Of Life
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Author : Barbara Bash
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Tree Of Life written by Barbara Bash and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Adansonia digitata categories.
Text and pictures document the life cycle of this amazing tree of the African savannah, and portrays the animals and people it helps to support.
Tree Of Life The World Of The African Baobab
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language : en
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The African Baobab
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Author : Rupert Watson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Release Date : 2014-02-12
The African Baobab written by Rupert Watson and has been published by Penguin Random House South Africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-12 with Nature categories.
The baobab is surely the botanical symbol of Africa, instantly recognizable from afar and a compelling icon of the African landscape. This age-old ‘upside-down tree’ invariably inspires wonder, awe and mystery, and has intrigued travellers for hundreds of years. In this absorbing and inspired account of The African Baobab, author Rupert Watson explores the life and times of this fascinating tree, from its early Madagascan beginnings to its present status on the continent and its future in a changing Africa. He effortlessly mixes natural science, history and personal experience, drawing on extracts from the journals of early explorers who, on encountering these extraordinary trees, measured and sketched them for a sceptical audience back home; and he presents intriguing, detailed accounts of the baobab’s eccentric growth and reproductive habits, its present-day distribution, and its wide impact on everyday African life. The author takes a close look at the myriad uses of baobabs over the ages: their hollow centres have served as prisons, toilets, wells and bars, and some specimens have even been used as a refuge in battle or as burial sites. Their fibre, seeds and fruit are credited with hundreds of applications, both practical and medicinal. Many locals feel a spiritual connection to these trees – believing them to possess mystical powers – and use them in rituals to promote healing or luck. Other relationships between humans and the baobab are explored too, often illustrated by delightful anecdotes. The rich and enthusiastic text is complemented by evocative, colourful images that show the curious baobab in all its many stages, moods and guises – and sometimes in the most unlikely places. This book cannot fail to inspire.
Baobab And More Of The World S Most Amazing Plants
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Author : Tom Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Lerner Publications TM
Release Date : 2024-01-01
Baobab And More Of The World S Most Amazing Plants written by Tom Jackson and has been published by Lerner Publications TM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Explore Earth's weirdest forests, flowers that stink, and plants that kill in this engaging text. Full-color photographs and traveler's checklists bring the reader on an exciting journey through the world of amazing plants.
Baobab
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Author : Vusi Buthelezi
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-11-12
Baobab written by Vusi Buthelezi and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-12 with Poetry categories.
The massiveness of the Baobab Tree has often enthralled me for a long time. Its magical structure has captivated my attention like a lodestone attracts the iron ore to itself. Its very posture seemed to relate the greatness of the Creator as well as the manner in which creation took place. The tree exudes a majestic aura of invincibility. From this African weirdest tree, has emanated an equally weirdest cultures and traditions that have captivated motley of people the world over. The most enchanting being that the tribes believe that when the world was an infant, the Baobabs were upright and extremely proud. However for some unknown reason, they lorded over the lesser growth. The gods became angry and uprooted the Baobabs, thrusting them back into the ground, root upwards. The uproot of the Baobab is analogous to and reminiscent of the forced removal of the Abantu from the God-given Ancestral Continent-Africa, to be deposited in a land foreign to their culture and tradition. This divestment created unbridled control over their destiny. To this end, it became very complex to change the wildly concocted perception that the marginalized have clung to during the long period of displacement in foreign lands.
Baobab
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Author : Beth Moon
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2021-11-30
Baobab written by Beth Moon and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-30 with Photography categories.
A spectacular oversize photo book celebrating Africa’s most majestic trees—which are now facing an unprecedented ecological threat. Baobabs are one of Africa’s natural wonders: they can live more than 2,000 years, and their massive, water-storing trunks can grow to more than one hundred feet in circumference. They serve as a renewable source of food, fiber, and fuel, as well as a focus of spiritual life. But now, suddenly, the largest baobabs are dying off , literally collapsing under their own weight. Scientists believe these ancient giants are being dehydrated by drought and higher temperatures, likely the result of climate change. Photographer Beth Moon, already responsible for some of the most indelible images of Africa’s oldest and largest baobabs, has undertaken a new photographic pilgrimage to bear witness to this environmental catastrophe and document the baobabs that still survive. In this oversize volume, Moon presents breathtaking new duotone tree portraits of the baobabs of Madagascar, Botswana, South Africa, and Senegal. She recounts her eventful journey to visit these monumental trees in a moving diaristic text studded with color travel photos. This book also includes an essay by Adrian Patrut, leader of a research team that has studied Africa's largest baobabs and alerted the world tot he threat these majestic trees are facing. Baobab is not only a compelling photo book and travel narrative, but also a timely ecological warning.
English Readers Starter Level Baobab Tree
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Author : Laura Cowan
language : en
Publisher: English Readers Starter Level
Release Date : 2021-03-09
English Readers Starter Level Baobab Tree written by Laura Cowan and has been published by English Readers Starter Level this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-09 with categories.
A lively African folktale about a complaining tree getting its comeuppance, with fabulous colourful illustrations. Long ago, when the gods made the world, they created the Baobab tree... and the Baobab tree was not happy. It didn't like the sun and the rain and the wind. It didn't like animals and birds that settled in and under its branches. It envied the other trees for their graceful leaves, their bright flowers and their succulent fruit. Finally the gods tired of its constant complaining, and made sure that it would never say another word. With fun activities after the story, and online audio in both British English and American English.
The Baobab Tree
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Author : Turkington
language : en
Publisher: MacMillan
Release Date : 2004-05-01
The Baobab Tree written by Turkington and has been published by MacMillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-01 with categories.