Highly readable and hugely practical this book is a valuable guide to creating something useful as you discover the art of slow technology. Create steam, weave cloth, purify water, make salt, bake bread, distil perfume, dye cloth, puddle clay and in doing so reconnect with your own practical and creative abilities.
ranks as one of the most comprehensive volumes published on the natural history of the region. All the species known to occur are described, and more than 1 000 full-colour photographs have been provided by leading photographers. This magnificent work will be of lasting value to expert and lay person alike, for it has been produced out of a strong commitment to and concern for southern Africa's wealth of bird life.