by Lesley Thomson | Jun 18, 2021 | Book Reviews, Memoirs
I AM A GIRL FROM AFRICA by Elizabeth Nyamayaro “Improving the lives of others will improve and enrich mine as well…In that moment I know without a doubt that as long as my dream continues to be a dream for others it will also be my own.”This is a...
by Lesley Thomson | Jun 18, 2021 | Book Reviews, Nature & Conservation
BELOVED BEASTS Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction by Michelle Nijhuis Acclaimed science writer and editor Michelle Nijhuis traces the history of conservation saying it is “full of people who did the wrong things for the right reasons, and the right things...
by Lesley Thomson | May 24, 2021 | Book Reviews, Children's books
HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU SAY GOODBYE? Written and narrated by Refiloe Moahloli and illustrated by Anja Stoeckigt. “Goodbye is also a beginning and not just an end.” This is a truly delightful story in rhyming verse, with happy colourful illustrations. Sara and her...
by Lesley Thomson | Mar 15, 2021 | Book Reviews, Memoirs
TIMOT – Anecdotes from the African Wilderness by Tim Braybrooke. 1957. A legend amongst his peers, on Tim’s first day at Wankie (now Hwange) National Park as a junior ranger he was issued with a horse called Turk, two pack-mules called Whiskey and Bob and six...
by Lesley Thomson | Nov 3, 2020 | Book Reviews, Historical
1820 SETTLERS Edited by John Wilmot. This is an amazing collection of the histories of the 1820 Settlers, many written by their descendants, with numerous photographs of the people, paintings and newspaper reportsof that era. Edited by John Wilmot, on behalf of the...
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