A portrait of the respected conservationist and chronicler of colonial Kenya describes her childhood in east Africa and wartime Britain; marriage to Thomas Huxley; roles as a farmer, writer, and government advisor; and relationships with such figures as George and Joy Adamson, the Leakeys, and Peter Scott. 10,000 first printing.

Product Description: In 1854 David Livingstone was acclaimed a hero for his discovery of the Victoria Falls. He had been able to map much of central Africa's waterways, but his later journeys appeared to be failures, although they provided the western world with vivid descriptions of the hitherto unknown interior of Africa...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Now hundreds more individuals from all walks of life who died between 1986 and 1990 can be found in this latest volume of The Dictionary of National Biography. It is an impressive roll-call of 450 individuals prominent in British life...read more

Product Description: This volume, the first DNB twentieth-century supplement to span only five years, includes biographies of 380 distinguished men and women who died between January 1, 1981 and December 31, 1985. As in previous volumes, the entrants form a distinguished roll-call of persons prominent in many fields...read more

Details the world events of the current century, discusses issues such as the increased technology of nuclear weapons, international terrorism, and politicians and the media, and provides biographies for over 150 political figures

Product Description: This supplement to the classic reference work, The Dictionary of National Biography records the lives of 748 men and women who died between 1971 and 1980. Though most are British subjects, there are entries on figures like Alfred Hitchcock who subsequently became an American, and on men who were never citizens but who spent formative years in Britain--people like Jomo Kenyatta, Robert Menzies and Archbishop Makarios...read more

Examines the structure of the human eye, describes the causes, symptoms, and treatment of cataracts, and discusses cataract operations and pre-and post-operative care