Tuinmaak is niks minder kreatief as om waterverfskilderye van blomme te maak nie. En 'n groot deel van dié kreatiwiteit lê in die byeenbring van verskillende elemente. In hierdie boek wys twee kenners jou hoe om dit reg te kry, met honderde voorbeelde uit tuine van regoor die land. Dit wys jou dat 'n tuin basies 'n kombinasie is van kleur, vorm, tekstuur en groeiwyses - in wese 'n kombinasie van kombinasies.

Leer hoe om plante te kombineer wat mekaar aanvul en hul eie harmonie skep en hoe om plante en elemente te kombineer vir enersheid, of vir andersheid. Deur uitgesoekte plante en elemente saam te gebruik, skep jy 'n prentjie wat mooier, treffender en meer skouspelagtig is as wat elk van die gekombineerde elemente individueel sou kon doen. Die skeppende omvang van kombinasiemoontlikhede kan nie gekwantifiseer word nie - as jy jou 'n kombinasie kan voorstel, kan jy dit skep. Daar is meer as 230 foto's om jou te bekoor en inspireer en al die nodige inligting om slim en vindingryk met kombinasies te werk.

Vergroot jou tuin se trefkrag deur die beste moontlike gebruik van die kombinasies daarin.

Understand and identify the grasses of the savanna and the animals that graze them.

"Grasses and Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna" is a field guide to some 100 grass species and to the grazers - livestock and wild game - that feed on them. The book describes the role of grasses in the food chain, their anatomy and growth, and discusses their value as indicators of the health of the veld. It also outlines the fascinating interrelationships between grasses and grazing animals, and the many ways in which these plants and animals have evolved together. The book concludes with a chapter that outlines sound grassland management practices.

This accessible, richly illustrated reference guide will be invaluable to a diversity of readers: nature lovers, farmers, students and tourists.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BATS
IT'S ABOUT US

It's about you and me - and our governments. As Covid-19 has wreaked havoc across the world, the time for this idea has come: we need to re-set our relationship with nature.
The pandemic has put the spotlight on how human expansion on earth has led to an increase in zoonic viruses jumping species, and calls on us to re-examine our rampant commercialisation of nature and animals in farming, wildlife management and in our diets. At the heart of the problem is 'anthropocentrism': our egotistical view that ecosystems, plants, trees and other animals exist for the benefit of humans, and humans alone.
In his trademark accessible and anecdotal style, Cruise explores the ethical and practical issues, the personal and political choices - and solutions - to the greatest problem facing all species on earth.

From hot desert sands to awesome mountain ranges; from verdant vineyards to beautiful sandy beaches; from temperate forests to great expanses of alluring bushveld - South Africa has it all!
With such a stunning diversity of landscape, together with an astounding variety of wildlife in magnificent national parks and wilderness reserves, matched with a colourful and proud ethnic heritage, South Africa merits its distinction as Africa's leading tourist destination.
The images portrayed in "Natural Splendours of South Africa" brilliantly capture and reflect the beauty and wonders of this amazing country.

'n Plaasmoord ruk 'n gemeenskap en familie tot stilstand en dwing die jong Faan Venter om terug te keer na die plek waar sy geliefde oupa vermoor is. Sy terugkeer na die plaas krap wonde van woede oor die moord, misdaad, korrupsie en die verval van die land oop. Faan is wanhopig oor sy toekoms in Suid-Afrika, maar antwoorde op sy vrae oor die toekoms kom vanuit 'n onverwagte oord - uit die verlede, soos vertel deur sy grootouma, Katryn.

Die verhaal van hoop wat oor sewe geslagte strek, van die Afrikaner se val en opstaan, speel af tussen die stowwerige tente van die Heilbron-konsentrasiekamp, in die afgebarnde plaashuis op die Vrystaatse vlaktes, in die krygsgevangenekamp in Ceylon en rondom die ou stinkhouttafel op die stoep.

"This fire is the work of grace that is wrought in the heart."

In John Bunyan's classic allegory, Christian abandons his family and the City of Destruction and sets off to find salvation. His path is straight but not easy, and he is beset by trials, including the terrible violence of the destructive Apollyon and the Giant Despair, as he pursues his pilgrimage through the Slough of Despond, the Delectable Mountains and Vanity Fair towards the Celestial City. In the second part of the narrative his wife, Christiana, is escorted by Great-Heart through the same difficult terrain. Written with the urgency of persecuted faith and a fiery imagination, "The Pilgrim's Progress" is a spiritual as well as a literary classic.

In his introduction, Roger Pooley discusses Bunyan's life and theology, as well as the text's biblical and historical backdrop, its success and critical history. This edition also includes accompanying seventeenth-century illustrations, a chronology, suggested further reading, notes and an index.

"Better te reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n..."

In "Paradise Lost" Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the centre of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties - blind, bitterly disappointed by the Restoration and briefly in danger of execution - "Paradise Lost"'s apparent ambivalence towards authority has led to intense debate about whether it manages to 'justify the ways of God to men' or exposes the cruelty of Christianity.

John Leonard's revised edition of "Paradise Lost" contains full notes, which elucidate Milton's biblical, classical and historical allusions and discuss his vivid, highly original use of language and blank verse.

"Vriendin, dankie dat ons hierdie pad saam kan stap."

In "'n Ewige kroon" getuig die gewese Mej. Suid-Afrika Demi-Leigh Tebow hoe gevaarlik dit is om ons identiteit aan ons prestasies te koppel.
Demi-Leigh neem ons saam met haar op haar reis na selfvertroue. Waar sy aanvanklik haar identiteit op eerbetuigings en haar eie pogings gebaseer het, tot sy die rotsvaste sekerheid van 'n lewe geanker in die Skepper ontdek het. Dié reis verweef haar lewensverhaal met die insigte wat sy langs die pad verwerf het.
"'n Ewige kroon" is propvol vrae om te oordink, wysheid uit die Bybel en praktiese insigte om op jou eie toe te pas. Demi-Leigh sal jou aanmoedig, uitdaag en inspireer om:

• te DELF in die onwaarhede wat jou terughou;
• die waarheid in jou wese te PLANT dat God getrou is en jou sal lei na jou ware self;
• te GROEI deur die lewe se onvermydelike pyn tot aanvaarding van God se wonderlike plan vir jou; en
• te FLOREER deur teenwoordig in plaas van perfek te wees.

Die doel van ons lewe is om God en ander lief te hê en te dien. Demi-Leigh wys hoe jy kan leer om op jou roeping eerder as op jou aspirasies te fokus, sodat jy 'n voetspoor van betekenis, eerder as een van sukses, nalaat.