Rules of the Wild: A Novel of Africa
9 best books like Rules of the Wild: A Novel of Africa (Francesca Marciano): I Dreamed of Africa, South Pole Station, The Heart of the Matter, American Dervish, Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan, Grimbold's Other World, Long Way Down, Putney, Listening to the Animals: Becoming the Supervet
| Author | Kuki Gallmann |
| ISBN | 0140287442 |
At the age of twenty-five, Kuki Gallman, divorced and badly injured in a devastating car accident, left Italy to convalesce in Africa with the man who would become her second husband. Enchanted by the land, they established a vast ranch on the Laikipia plateau in Kenya. But Africa's splendor came with...
| Author | Ashley Shelby |
| ISBN | 1250112826 |
Do you have digestion problems due to stress? Do you have problems with authority? How many alcoholic drinks do you consume a week? Would you rather be a florist or a truck driver?
These are some of the questions that determine if you have what it takes to survive at South Pole Station, a place with...
| Author | Graham Greene |
| ISBN | 0099478420 |
In a British colony in West Africa, Henry Scobie is a pious and righteous man of modest means enlisted with securing borders. But when he’s passed over for a promotion as commissioner of police, the humiliation hits hardest for his wife, Louise. Already oppressed by the appalling climate, frustrated...
| Author | Ayad Akhtar |
| ISBN | 0316183318 |
American Dervish is a brilliantly written, nuanced, and emotionally forceful look inside the interplay of religion and modern life.
Hayat Shah is a young American in love for the first time. His normal life of school, baseball, and video games had previously been distinguished only by his...
At age 24 Jamie Zeppa, a Canadian who had never been outside of North America, said goodbye to her fiancé and her plans for graduate school and moved to Bhutan, a remote Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas.
Beyond the Sky and the Earth is an autobiographical work that details her experiences and...
| Author | Nicholas Stuart Gray |
| ISBN | 0441303803 |
Some time back, wicked machinations in the world of night resulted in the prince and heir-apparent being abandoned in our world. Named Muffler, and raised by simple goat herders, Muffler seems all set to lead a perfectly normal and peaceful life- except that he has the power to talk to animals. This leads...
| Author | Ewan McGregor |
| ISBN | 1847440533 |
Eighteen countries. Five shock absorbers. Two bikers. One amazing adventure...
After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, fellow actors and bike fanatics Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug. And after an inspirational UNICEF visit to Africa, they knew...
| Author | Sofka Zinovieff |
| ISBN | 0062847597 |
In the spirit of Zoë Heller’s Notes on a Scandal and Tom Perrotta’s Mrs. Fletcher, an explosive and thought-provoking novel about the far-reaching repercussions of an illicit relationship between a young girl and a man twenty years her senior.
A rising star in the London arts scene of...
Listening to the Animals: Becoming the Supervet
THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.
A powerful, heart-warming and inspiring memoir from the UK's most famous and beloved vet, Professor Noel Fitzpatrick - star of the Channel 4 series The Supervet.
Growing up on the family farm in Ballyfin, Ireland, Noel's childhood was spent tending to the cattle...
