Gavin Maxwell Libros

A children's edition of the author's Ring of Bright Water. Black & white and color photographs throughout.

Fifty years ago Gavin Maxwell went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - he named his home Camusfearna and settled there with the otters Mij, Edal and Teko.Ring of Bright Water chronicles Gavin Maxwell's first ten years with the otters and touched the hearts of readers the world over, brilliantly evoking life with these playful animals in this natural paradise. Two further volumes followed bringing the story full circle telling of the difficult last years and the final abandonment of the settlement.For the first time the entire trilogy is available in a single narrative in this beautifully presented book.

Madini and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the medieval state of Morocco at the end of the 19th century. This is the epic story of the more than 50 years in which they governed the country in barbaric, ostentatious splendor, until their spectacular downfall in 1956. Full-color photos.

This is the personal story of Gavin Maxwell's boyhood, most of which he spent, in fact or in fancy, at the House of Elrig, a lonely, windswept house on the moorlands of Galloway. This is the house which, together with the influence of his relations, shaped his interest in living creatures and his love of wild country and wilderness, and led the way to the life he describes in Ring of Bright Water. It covers his boyhood, public school education in England, and return to Scotland.

A portrait of the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq, and their disappearing way of life.

From the beginning of recorded history, the River Nile has been a blessing in an otherwise barren world, but at first was a mystery. As the centuries passed, explorers braved rapids, swamps, jungles, and disease to push further and further up the river, each time bringing back new clues to its origins. Nile charts the full story of this great river. Beginning with an exploration of the world of ancient Egypt, we then journey upstream as the river splits into its two main arms—the White Nile and the Blue Nile. Finally, we follow in the heroic footsteps of the great explorers as they raced to solve the riddle of the river’s source, deep in the heart of Africa. Abundantly illustrated with color photos and detailed maps, Nile weaves together history and natural history in a fascinating portrait of one of the world’s greatest natural wonders.

Abridged version

This is the story of the author's life in Camusfearna, a wild and remote area of Scotland, and of three otters, Chahala, Mijbil and Edal, who became his constant companions.

God Protect Me From My Friends

Vyprávění nás přivádí na severozápadní pobřeží Skotska, do míst dosud neporušené přírody, kde autor žije po řadu let. Líčí osobitou krásu pusté skalnaté krajiny a moře, pestrost divoké místní fauny i nečetné obyvatele. Hlavní část knížky vyplňují neobvyklé příběhy o zvířatech, které autor důvěrně poznal, zejména pak líčení života ochočených vyder. Tato kniha byla úspěšně zfilmována pod názvem "Kruhy na vodě". Z anglického originálu "Ring of Bright Water", vydaného nakladatelstvím Pan Books Ltd. v Londýně roku 1968 přeložila Eva Soňa Vávrová. Přebal a vazbu s použitím kreseb Evy Haškové a osnovu grafické úpravy navrhl Karol Rosmány. 184 stran textu, 16 stran obrazové přílohy. Druhé vydání.