Es sind Kindheitserinnerungen, Geschichten aus dem Munde der Eltern und lückenhafte Berichte von Jägern, die im jungen van der Post den Plan legen, eine abgeschieden lebende Gruppe der Buschmänner aufzuspüren. Doch erst als Erwachsener findet er Muße und Mittel, den Jugendtraum zu verwirklichen[...]
An account of the author's grueling, but ultimately successful, journey in 1957, through Africa's remote, primitive Kalahari Desert, in search of the legendary Bushmen, the hunters who pray to the great hunters in the sky.
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No woman can resist him. . .Lord Martin Langdon takes pride in his scandalous reputation as a scoundrel, and he considers the art of seduction a most rewarding pastime. So when this dashing rakehell learns of a particularly beautiful woman who is "impossible to flirt with," Martin is determined to p[...]
The story of a long, perilous journey undertaken by four survivors of a massacre: a teenage boy of European descent, a young white girl, and two Bushmen. The basis for a major film release from Walt Disney Pictures.
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Laurens Van Der Post shared a deep-rooted attachment to Europe, Africa and Japan, and this work is a testament to his commitment to writing and initiating cultural and political commentaries on the issues and personalities of his time.[...]
Adventure, discovery and tragedy teem in this account into the sinister, primeval heights of Mount Mlanje and the cloud walled uplands of Myika.[...]
The sequel to "The Lost World of the Kalahari" in which Laurens Van der Post records everything he has learned of the life and lore of Africa's first inhabitants. This book journeys into the mind and spirit of the Bushmen, a people outlawed by the advance of the blacks and whites alike.[...]
A reissue of Van der Post's classic account of his rediscovery of the Bushmen of the Kalahari desert, outcast survivors from Stone Age Africa. His attempt to capture their way of life and the secrets of their ancient heritage provide captivating reading and an insight into a forgotten culture.[...]
This is a revealing work which Laurens van der Post wrote about his extraordinary and eventful life. It is a distillation of the experiences that have moved him at the deepest level of the imagination and made him the person and writer he was.[...]
1948 im vom Bantustamm der Takwena bewohnten Gebiet Kaplands. Vor dem Haus des weißen Siedlers Pierre de Beauvilliers wird ein Eingeborener ermordet aufgefunden. Im Gegensatz zur Polizei versucht Beauvilliers den Mord aufzuklären.[...]
This is a comprehensive, scholarly accessible study, in which the authors draw upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo-Christian images of the divine. They explain what happened to the goddess, [...]
På ett ställe vid en flod bodde det en gång en ung flicka som var vidunderligt vacker... Men de andra flickorna är avundsjuka på hennes skönhet, och en dag lurar de henne till att kasta sina smycken i floden...[...]