ANNA MERZ was born in England in 1931. She studied politics and economics at Nottingham University, then read for the Bar at Lincoln's Inn. On marrying she went to live in Ghana where she ran a light engineering workshop and trained and rode racing ponies. She also worked as an honorary warden for the Ghanaian Game Department and National Park and took five lorry trips into the Sahara to reconnoiter sites for wildlife reserves. In 1976 she and her second husband Karl retired to Kenya where she set up the Ngare Sergoi Rhino Sanctuary, in 1992 extended to incorporate the entire Lewa Downs ranch. Anna Merz lived on the sanctuary from 1981 to 1996, sharing with it a number of wild animals - including cheetah, leopard, buffalo and zebra. She now lives in South Africa, and remains active on the board of Lewa Downs. She is a member of the IUCN Asian Rhino Specialist Group and has dedicated her life to the raising of funds for rhinosceros conservation and security. Rhino: At the Brink of Extinction is the story of her attempt to save Kenya's black rhino from the poachers who threaten the species with extinction. Whole herds have been massacred in a single night and individual rhinos hijacked and murdered on their way to reserves. But since Anna Merz founded her high-security sanctuary, one group of rhinos has been given the chance to survive - and this group is breeding and increasing every year. Here she tells of how, in the face of ridicule and disbelief, she first coaxed 10,000 acres of Africa from a farming family and then permission from the Kenyan government to hunt and capture rhinos in the wild. She describes her unusual life within the sanctuary at the foot of Mt. Kenya, and all she has learnt about rhinos through her daily observations - revealing them to be unexpectedly intelligent and gentle animals, with distinctly individual personalities. And she tells how she acted as substitute mother to Samia, the orphaned baby rhino which she hand-raised for three years, before successfully reintroducing her to the wild. In this third edition, Anna Merz continues the story of the rhinos at Lewa Downs since 1991 in an additional chapter, and she describes the tragic death of Samia and her calf Samuel.

Rhino at the Brink of Extinction

Science & Math

Anna Merz

Biological Sciences

Longhorn Publishers

<p>Norpisias spiritual journey towards environmental environmental restoration, and her hubsbands physical journey in search of his birthplace are intertwined in this novel. From a simple pastoralist, Norpisia relentlessly pursues her conservation ambitions and eventually becomes a renowned conservationist and succeeds in rehabilitating degraded forests and wetlands.</p>

Vanishing Herds

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Kulet, H. R. Ole

Thrillers & Suspense

Kamusi Ya Karne Ya 21

Bone, Bomu, Bafu, Ngeta and Rock find themselves in Ngando slums having fled the ethic-based violence in Molo. With little to do, they engage in all maner of trade to eke out a living. The entry of Nancy - stylish sophisticated and shrewd - catapults them into a nightmare that leads to destitution, betrayal, desperation, revenge, friendship and lasting love. This is a story of a new generation that rises above the confines of hatred and retribution and reasserts the inherent goodness in man. Told against the background of the 1992 'tribal' clashes in Kenya, The Last Villains of Molo is one of the most critically acclaimed modern stories. It has been studied in five universities in Kenya and Germany, and is currently being scripted for film.

The Last Villains of Molo

Literature & Fiction

Kombani, Kinyanjui

United States

The Devil's Hill

Children's Books

Kibera, Ngumi

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Anthony Mugo's Never Say Never is a compelling story of a teenager's quest for education under the most difficult conditions. Daniel Muthini Njoki, the son of a poor, single mother, is arrested and taken to a remand home in Murang'a, then to Getathuru Reception Centre. He is subsequently transferred to other approved schools: Kericho, Othaya, and finally Kabete, where he sits and passes the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. The doors to a university are now open. Although he is an innocent inmate, and although textual evidence points in the direction of the mother, the question of who engineered his arrest is part of what makes this work so un-put-downable. The sum total is a superlatively well-written novel about the difficulties, the challenges, and the hopes of getting an education in Kenya.

Never Say Never

Mugo, Anthony

Literary

Sarufi fafanuzi ya Kiswahili (Swahili Edition)

Waihiga, Gichohi

Nguvu ya sala (Swahili Edition)

Wamitila, K. W

Study of phonetics, phonology and morphology of Swahili.

Mtalaa wa isimu: Fonetiki, fonolojia na mofolojia ya Kiswahili (Swahili Edition)

Mgullu, Richard S

"Egyptian religion is most intriguing and exciting and there exist volumes upon volumes of literature on it. The author studied these varied sources and has come up with findings that call for a total re-look and re-evaluation of African religious systems...."

The Kalenjiin People's Egypt Origin Legend Revisited: Was Isis Asiis? A Study in Comparative Religion

Kipkoeech araap Sambu

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