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Seven Days in Cape Town
Blessed with blue skies, a balmy climate, a rich cultural heritage and a magnificent backdrop of ocean and mountain, Cape Town boasts a profusion of museums, art galleries, restaurants, shops, theatres, night spots and landmarks, Presided over by Table Mountain and skirted by the Atlantic Ocean and a string of exquisite beaches, top attractions include the V&A Waterfront, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Table Mountain National Park, Robben Island, and the Cape Winelands. The bestselling Seven Days in Cape Town is essential for anyone wanting to make the most of their stay in one of the world’s most exciting cities. Filled with the insider knowledge that every visitor needs, it offe...
Photographic Guide to Tracks & Tracking in Southern Africa
A photographic guide to tracks and tracking with clear and detailed illustrations of more than 110 animal tracks. 160 full colour photographs of animals and signs, and distribution maps. Authoritative text, by an internationally noted expert, describing the spoor and signs left by each animal. Compact, easy-to-use format; the ideal pocket-size bush companion.
Palgrave's Trees of Southern Africa
This third edition of Trees of Southern Africa has been updated, revised and expanded by Meg Coates Palgrave. It features new simplified keys based on leaf characteristics, and incorporates updated names, reclassifications and new species. All known indigenous trees and many naturalised aliens occurring in southern Africa, south of the Zambezi-Cunene rivers, are included. Accompanying the descriptions are comprehensively revised maps reflecting up-to-date distribution, and drawings of a characteristic leaf and / or fruit. Other features incllude English and Afrikaans common names, notes on medicinal or magical properties and an illustrated glossary. A comprehensive, user-friendly guide, it will appeal to tree enthusiasts and professional botanists across the sub-continent.
Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa
Designed for easy identification in the field, Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa features all of South Africa’s more than 660 butterfly species. Species entries provide details of identification plus a brief account of habits, flight periods, broods, typical habitat, distribution and larval food source. Full-colour photographs of male and female forms – where they differ – and of upper- and undersides (wherever possible) occur on pages facing the species entries, and a simple numbering system between text and images ensures clarity and ease of use. The detailed introductory section discusses butterfly biology, taxonomy, classification and naming, anatomy and behaviour. Features of the guide are: Colour photographs, mostly of live specimens taken in their habitat Quick reference to butterfly groups on the inside front cover Colour-coding at subfamily level Distribution maps for all species entries.
Spiders of Southern Africa
Spiders of southern Africa provides sharp insight into the complex, often mysterious and always fascinating world of spiders. This edition has been revised and updated to reflect the latest available taxonomic information. It covers a wide range of topics: informative features on the origins of arachnids, their bewildering variety, their classification into families and genera and their invertebrate relatives; a study of the physical and behavioural characteristics of spiders, the main groups and dangerous species, and a chapter on finding and studying spiders. Species accounts detail the most commonly seen and most interesting spiders of the region. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, the body text is supplemented by a variety of special-interest panels, making it both informative and user-friendly.
Walter & Albertina Sisulu
This is well-told story and an important historical record of the struggle for a democratic South Africa.
Big Cats of Mala Mala
Large cats are some of the most fascinating carnivores in Africa, and there is probably no better place to observe these magnificent creatures than Mala Mala, a reserve bordering the Kruger Park, and generally considered one of the top game reserves in Africa. Roger De la Harpe has spent months following and photographing the various families and species of cat to be found there, from the magnificent social lion and solitary but deadly leopard, to the fleet-footed cheetah. Roger's love of these wild cats comes through in the stunning photography, and in the chatty and very informative text, which details Mala Mala's hunting and conservation background in the lowveld, and provides a fascinati...
The Seer's Sister
THE END, Rena wrote on the calendar square. Rena Abrios, the only living seer on the planet of Anyari, has her most horrific vision yet—she foresees the apocalypse. Soon, nearly every human on her peaceful, technologically advanced planet will die. Rena even knows who’s behind it: philanthropist Alvun Merak. This type of prophecy can’t be averted. Despite that, Rena believes her sister, seventeen-year-old Ellin, is meant to fight it. The more Ellin learns about Merak, the more alarmed she becomes. He’s funding an archeological dig with mysterious, world-ending potential. Ellin, her boyfriend Trett, and Rena scramble to stop him. But Merak’s wealth and power may make him unbeatable....
Sasol First Field Guide to Snakes & other Reptiles of Southern Africa
Sasol First Field Guide to Snakes & Other Reptiles of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the reptiles of the region. Through full-colour photographs and distribution maps, and easy-to-read text, the beginner and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique feeding and nesting habits.
Sasol First Field Guide to Sharks, Whales and Dolphins of Southern Africa
First Field Guide to Sharks, Whales and Dolphins of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the sea creatures of the region. With the help of full-colour photographs or illustrations, distribution maps, and easy-to-read text, the young adult and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common shark, whale and dolphin species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique feeding and breeding habits.
