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Into Africa
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Author : Martin Dugard
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2003-05-06
Into Africa written by Martin Dugard and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
What really happened to Dr. David Livingstone? The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Survivor: The Ultimate Game investigates in this thrilling account. With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. Into Africa is an extraordinarily researched account of a thrilling adventure—defined by alarming foolishness, intense courage, and raw human achievement. In the mid-1860s, exploration had reached a plateau. The seas and continents had been mapped, the globe circumnavigated. Yet one vexing puzzle remained unsolved: what was the source of the mighty Nile river? Aiming to settle the mystery once and for all, Great Britain called upon its legendary explorer, Dr. David Livingstone, who had spent years in Africa as a missionary. In March 1866, Livingstone steered a massive expedition into the heart of Africa. In his path lay nearly impenetrable, uncharted terrain, hostile cannibals, and deadly predators. Within weeks, the explorer had vanished without a trace. Years passed with no word. While debate raged in England over whether Livingstone could be found—or rescued—from a place as daunting as Africa, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., the brash American newspaper tycoon, hatched a plan to capitalize on the world’s fascination with the missing legend. He would send a young journalist, Henry Morton Stanley, into Africa to search for Livingstone. A drifter with great ambition, but little success to show for it, Stanley undertook his assignment with gusto, filing reports that would one day captivate readers and dominate the front page of the New York Herald. Tracing the amazing journeys of Livingstone and Stanley in alternating chapters, author Martin Dugard captures with breathtaking immediacy the perils and challenges these men faced. Woven into the narrative, Dugard tells an equally compelling story of the remarkable transformation that occurred over the course of nine years, as Stanley rose in power and prominence and Livingstone found himself alone and in mortal danger. The first book to draw on modern research and to explore the combination of adventure, politics, and larger-than-life personalities involved, Into Africa is a riveting read.
Into Africa
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Author : Martin Dugard
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2004
Into Africa written by Martin Dugard and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Africa, Sub-Saharan categories.
In 1866 Britain S Foremost Explorer, Dr David Livingstone, Went In Search Of The Answer To An Age-Old Geographical Riddle: Where Was The Source Of The Nile? Livingstone Set Out With A Large Team, On A Course That Would Lead Through Unmapped, Seemingly Impenetrable Terrain Into Areas Populated By Fearsome Man-Eating Tribes. Within Weeks His Expedition Began To Fall Apart His Entourage Deserted Him And Livingstone Vanished Without Trace. He Would Not Be Heard From Again For Two Years.While Debate Raged In England Over Whether Livingstone Could Be Found In The Unmapped Wilderness Of The African Interior, James Gordon Bennet, A Brash Young American Newspaper Tycoon, Hatched A Plan To Capitalise On The World S Fascination With The Missing Legend. He Commissioned His Star Reporter, Henry Morton Stanley (Born John Rowlands In Wales!), To Search For Livingstone. Stanley Undertook His Quest With Gusto, Filing Reports That Captivated Readers And Dominated The Front Page Of The New York Herald For Months.Into Africa Traces The Journeys Of Livingstone And Stanley In Alternating Chapters. Livingstone S Is One Of Trials And Set-Backs, That Finds Him Alone And Miles From Civilisation. Stanley S Is An Awakening To The Beauty Of Africa, The Grandeur Of The Landscape And The Vivid Diversity Of Its Wildlife. It Is Also A Journey That Succeeds Beyond His Wildest Dreams, Clinching His Place In History With The Famous Enquiry: 'Dr Livingstone, I Presume?'. In This, The First Book To Examine The Extraordinary Physical Challenges, Political Intrigue And Larger-Than-Life Personalities Of This Legendary Story, Martin Dugard Has Opened A Fascinating Window On The Golden Age Of Exploration That Will Appeal To Everyone'S Sense Of Adventure.
Heineken In Africa
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Author : Olivier van Beemen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-01
Heineken In Africa written by Olivier van Beemen and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-01 with Business & Economics categories.
For Heineken, "rising Africa" is already a reality: the profits it extracts there are almost 50 per cent above the global average, and beer costs more in some African countries than it does in Europe. Heineken claims its presence boosts economic development on the continent. But is this true? Investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen has spent years seeking the answer, and his conclusion is damning: Heineken has hardly benefited Africa at all. On the contrary, there are some shocking skeletons in its African closet: tax avoidance, sexual abuse, links to genocide and other human rights violations, high-level corruption, crushing competition from indigenous brewers, and collaboration with dictators and pitiless anti-government rebels. Heineken in Africa caused a political and media furor on publication in The Netherlands, and was debated in their Parliament. It is an unmissable exposé of the havoc wreaked by a global giant seeking profit in the developing world.
Into Africa
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Author : Marq De Villiers
language : en
Publisher: Phoenix
Release Date : 1997
Into Africa written by Marq De Villiers and has been published by Phoenix this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Africa categories.
A brilliant picture of a rich, exotic, complex and fascinating continent in the style of Bruce Chatwin. Verbal snapshots, images, anecdotes, legends, tales, gossip, illustrations, photographs, art and maps lend insight and depth to this multi-layered portrait of a continent. Into Africa uses the ancient empires and trading patterns of prehistory as the primary framework, to explain how Africa was and is today. The book does not ignore the calamities, the collapse of civil authority, the wars, the famines, the human misery, the environmental degradation. But it does record the triumphs, small and large. More important, Into Africa goes beyond politics and tourism, into history and legend, art and culture, both popular and profound.
Into Africa
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Author : Kerry McDonald
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-02-07
Into Africa written by Kerry McDonald and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-07 with categories.
When famous missionary David Livingstone sends word that he is dying, his scared-of-the-world Scottish sister organizes a rescue mission under the oversight of journalist Henry Stanley. Into Africa is the thrilling story of Janet Livingstone, her epic clash with Stanley, and her surprising relationship with their African expedition co-leader, amidst the brutal reality of a continent ravaged by the slave trade and colonialism.
A Passage To Africa
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Author : George Alagiah
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2008-09-04
A Passage To Africa written by George Alagiah and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'One of Britain's most respected television journalists, with a reputation built up over many years of covering world events' Guardian 'Tributes will rightly be paid to a fantastic journalist and brilliant broadcaster - but George was the most decent, principled, kindest, most honourable man I have ever worked with' Jon Sopel As a five-year-old, George Alagiah emigrated with his family to Ghana - the first African country to attain independence from the British Empire. A Passage to Africa is Alagiah's shattering catalogue of atrocities crafted into a portrait of Africa that is infused with hope, insight and outrage. In vivid and evocative prose and with a fine eye for detail, Alagiah's viewpoint is spiked with the freshness of the young George on his arrival in Ghana, the wonder with which he recounts his first impressions of Africa and the affection with which he dresses his stories of his early family life. A sense of possibility lingers, even though the book is full of uncomfortable truths. It is a book neatly balanced on his integrity and sense of obligation in his role as a writer and reporter. The shock of recognition is always there, but it is the personal element that gives A PASSAGE TO AFRICA its originality. Africa becomes not only a group of nations or a vast continent, but an epic of individual pride and suffering.
Funerals In Africa
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Author : Michael Jindra
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2011-09-30
Funerals In Africa written by Michael Jindra and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Social Science categories.
Across Africa, funerals and events remembering the dead have become larger and even more numerous over the years. Whereas in the West death is normally a private and family affair, in Africa funerals are often the central life cycle event, unparalleled in cost and importance, for which families harness vast amounts of resources to host lavish events for multitudes of people with ramifications well beyond the event. Though officials may try to regulate them, the popularity of these events often makes such efforts fruitless, and the elites themselves spend tremendously on funerals. This volume brings together scholars who have conducted research on funerary events across sub-Saharan Africa. The contributions offer an in-depth understanding of the broad changes and underlying causes in African societies over the years, such as changes in religious beliefs, social structure, urbanization, and technological changes and health.
China Into Africa
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Author : Robert I. Rotberg
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Inst. Press/World Peace Fdn.
Release Date : 2008
China Into Africa written by Robert I. Rotberg and has been published by Brookings Inst. Press/World Peace Fdn. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Africa categories.
" A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publication Africa has long attracted China. We can date their first certain involvement from the fourteenth century, but East African city-states may have been trading with southern China even e...
Into Africa
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Author : Craig Packer
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2012-11-23
Into Africa written by Craig Packer and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-23 with Nature categories.
Craig Packer takes us into Africa for a journey of fifty-two days in the fall of 1991. But this is more than a tour of magnificent animals in an exotic, faraway place. A field biologist since 1972, Packer began his work studying primates at Gombe and then the lions of the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater with his wife and colleague Anne Pusey. Here, he introduces us to the real world of fieldwork—initiating assistants to lion research in the Serengeti, helping a doctoral student collect data, collaborating with Jane Goodall on primate research. As in the works of George Schaller and Cynthia Moss, Packer transports us to life in the field. He is addicted to this land—to the beauty of a male lion striding across the Serengeti plains, to the calls of a baboon troop through the rain forests of Gombe—and to understanding the animals that inhabit it. Through his vivid narration, we feel the dust and the bumps of the Arusha Road, smell the rosemary in the air at lunchtime on a Serengeti verandah, and hear the lyrics of the Grateful Dead playing off bootlegged tapes. Into Africa also explores the social lives of the animals and the threats to their survival. Packer grapples with questions he has passionately tried to answer for more than two decades. Why do female lions raise their young in crèches? Why do male baboons move from troop to troop while male chimps band together? How can humans and animals continue to coexist in a world of diminishing resources? Immediate demands—logistical nightmares, political upheavals, physical exhaustion—yield to the larger inescapable issues of the interdependence of the land, the animals, and the people who inhabit it.
Into Africa
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Author : Tom West
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-05-21
Into Africa written by Tom West and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-21 with Fiction categories.
Hello,” Here is the Sequel to Stepfather's Manipulation. 1st time the children have witnessed their father after, his long year away. Their father moved into Africa As a specialist in his field. Dangers, Explosive, Secretive, Rewarding, Career. The children have the fortune to explore Africa 3 times a year in their school holidays. These are the reports about their dangerous exciting adventures away from home. As their adventure unfolds developing their experience of global life education and the kick-off of the African freedom fighters war. Email me at tom.west@author.mx “It would be a pleasure to hear your life training experiences.”