Laurens Van der Post

Young Francois Joubert, living in the remote region bordering the Kalahari Desert, thrills to the wonder of the still-primitive land until his idyllic world is shattered by the political violence of contemporary Africa

A Story Like the Wind

Night of the New Moon

Grupa Wydawnicza Foksal

Dorota Kozińska

Wyprawa w głąb interioru

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.

The Lost World of the Kalahari

The Lost World of the Kalahari with The Great and the Little Memory

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

A Story of Africa

Flamingo Feather

Spacer z białym Buszmenem

Four survivors of a brutal massacre undertake a perilous journey across Africa, crossing a thousand miles of the Kalahari Desert to evade a murderous force of political terrorists

A Far Off Place

The author explores the customs, myths, love, spirit, and humor of the African Bushmen

The Heart of the Hunter

What follows is the story of two British officers whose spirit the Japanese try to break. Yet out of all the violence and misery strange bonds are forged between prisoners - and their gaolers. In a battle for survival that becomes a battle of contrasting wills and philosophies as the intensity of the men's relationships develop.

The Seed and the Sower

An Inquiry Into the Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Group Conflicts

Race Prejudice as Self Rejection

Summoned to Whitehall in 1949, Laurens van der Post was told that in old British Central Africa there were two large tracts of country that London didn't really know anything about, and could he go in there on foot and take a look, please? Venture to the Interior is the account of that journey, a journey filled with adventure and discovery, flying from London across Europe and Africa, and after days in small aircraft, on foot across the mountains to the two lost worlds of central Africa.

Venture To The Interior

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.

The Seed and the Sower; [stories]

David Coulson

A detailed study of the vanishing Bushman culture in the Kalahari Desert of southwestern Africa

With the Great and the Little Memory

Jane Taylor

Describes the Bushmen traditions and culture, looks at the routines of their daily life, and explains why their nomadic existence is threatened

Testament to the Bushmen

A Novel

The Face Beside the Fire

A blend of personal reminiscence and historical insight seasons a history of Africa through its food, from the antelope of the Bushmen to the pastries of the Cape Colonists

Laurens Van der Post

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