Books with title The Hills of Africa

His second major venture into nonfiction (after Death in the Afternoon, 1932), Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife, Pauline, journeyed in December of 1933. Hemingway's well-known interest in - and fascination with - big-game hunting is magnificently captured in this evocative account of his trip. In examining the poetic grace of the chase, and the ferocity of the kill, Hemingway also looks inward, seeking to explain the lure of the hunt and the primal undercurrent that comes alive on the plains of Africa. Yet Green Hills of Africa is also an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape, and of the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man.

The amazing and obscure history of African Jews is revealed in this absorbing 1920 book compiled by wealthy African diamond merchant Sidney Mendelssohn, who collected African literature.Since the final destruction of the Jewish kingdom by the Romans, many histories of Jews which have appeared since the time of Josephus have almost invariably represented them as one people as well as of one race and one religion. Sidney Mendelssohn in his 1920 book “The Jews of Africa,” is the first publication that has been attempted on the plan which to portray the separate and progressive history of the Jews in the different African countries in which they have made their homes, since their expulsion from the land with which they had been identified for something like thirty centuries. In these pages Mendelssohn endeavoured to compile a narrative of a great part of what has occurred to the Jews of Africa in the eighteen and a half centuries which have elapsed since Titus did his best to erase the Jews as a political race from the face of the earth. [NOTICE: This 2018 reprint includes all 13 chapters of 1920 book, but omits the index and has reduced page margins so that all 13 chapters fit on 107 pages, in contrast to the original 1920 publication's 199 pages (in which page margins took up half of each page width). Lower page numbers allow the book to be sold at reduced price. A word search can be done with the Kindle version (which is free with purchase of paperback), making an index unnecessary.]Much of the information contained in this volume is probably unknown to the average educated Jew, to say nothing of the average Gentile. Probably not one Jew in fifty thousand ever heard of the Jewish kings of Abyssinia or the Yemen or of many of the other romantic and perhaps somewhat legendary heroes whom Israel has mustered since the beginning of the Christian era. The ghettoes, ancient and modern, know little of the Gideons of Semen, of Dhu Nuwas of the Yemen, or of Bar Cochba of Palestine. Few of them—at all events of late years—have heard of Sabbathai Zevi, of David Ahoy, or of the other great Jews who did their best in the early centuries and in far distant climes to help their brethren. Mendelssohn brings to light some interesting facts such as, "If we may believe the Arab historians, most of the African Berbers and Arabs professed the Hebrew faith in the seventh and eight centuries, and the preaching of Mohametanism made no way amongst them." He provides insight into the treatment of Jews in various African countries, noting: "Under the Mohammedan laws, they were always subject to outrages and persecutions, but thanks to the patience and tenacity by which they are distinguished, they appear to endure everything, and they have made themselves indispensable to their persecutors by their profound knowledge of commercial affairs. . . . Even at their funerals, the Jews were attacked by boys who were not hindered from throwing stones and using every kind of maledictory expression. In the meantime, despite all their troubles, they managed to provide for their poor, although heavily taxed by every official who could legally or illegally oppress them financially." Sidney Mendelssohn (18??-1917) had been a diamond merchant in South Africa. After he retired from business, he came to England, and compiled a monumental bibliography of South African literature, based on a magnificent library which he had acquired. From his wide reading, relating to the history of the Jews in Africa, Mr. Mendelssohn compiled the information contained in his 1920 book “The Jews of Africa.”

Product DescriptionThere are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things, and because it takes a man's life to know them the little new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave.In the winter of 1933, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Pauline set out on a two-month safari in the big-game country of East Africa, camping out on the great Serengeti Plain at the foot of magnificent Mount Kilimanjaro. “I had quite a trip,” the author told his friend Philip Percival, with characteristic understatement. Green Hills of Africa is Hemingway's account of that expedition, of what it taught him about Africa and himself. Richly evocative of the region's natural beauty, tremendously alive to its character, culture, and customs, and pregnant with a hard-won wisdom gained from the extraordinary situations it describes, it is widely held to be one of the twentieth century's classic travelogues.ReviewA fine book on death in the African afternoon. . .The writing is the thing; that way he has of getting down with beautiful precision the exact way things look, smell, taste, feel, sound (New York Times )If he were never to write again, his name would live as long as the English language, for Green Hills of Africa takes its place beside his other works on that small shelf in our libraries which we reserve for the classics (Observer )This book is an expression of a deep enjoyment and appreciation of being alive - in Africa. There is more to it than hunting; it is the feeling of the dew on the grass in the morning, the shape and colour and smell of the country, the companionship of friends ... and the feeling that time has ceased to matter (TLS )Book Description'In a class by itself-the country, at all hours shines bright and clear in these pages' Daily TelegraphFrom the Back Cover'The best-written story of big-game hunting anywhere' New York TimesFrom the thrill, frustration and excitement of the hunt for big game to whisky and soda, fresh butter and Viennese dessert with friends, Hemingway articulates a zest for life, capturing brilliantly the landscape of the African continent and its wildlife.See also: The Snows of KilimanjaroAbout the AuthorBorn in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899, Ernest Hemingway served in the Red Cross during World War I as an ambulance driver and was severely wounded in Italy. He moved to Paris in 1921, devoted himself to writing fiction, and soon became part of the expatriate community, along with Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, and Ford Madox Ford. He revolutionized American writing with his short, declarative sentences and terse prose. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954, and his classic novella The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Known for his larger-than-life personality and his passions for bullfighting, fishing, and big-game hunting, he died in Ketchum, Idaho on July 2, 1961.

The amazing and obscure history of African Jews is revealed in this absorbing 1920 book compiled by a rich African diamond merchant who collected African literature.Since the final destruction of the Jewish kingdom by the Romans, many histories of Jews which have appeared since the time of Josephus have almost invariably represented them as one people as well as of one race and one religion. Sidney Mendelssohn in his 1920 book “The Jews of Africa,” is the first publication that has been attempted on the plan which to portray the separate and progressive history of the Jews in the different African countries in which they have made their homes, since their expulsion from the land with which they had been identified for something like thirty centuries. [NOTICE: This 2018 reprint includes all 13 chapters of 1920 book, but omits the index and has reduced page margins so that all 13 chapters fit on 106 pages, in contrast to the original 1920 publication's 199 pages (in which page margins took up half of each page width). Lower page numbers allow the book to be sold at reduced price. A word search can be done with the Kindle version (which is free with purchase of paperback), making an index unnecessary.]In these pages Mendelssohn endeavoured to compile a narrative of a great part of what has occurred to the Jews of Africa in the eighteen and a half centuries which have elapsed since Titus did his best to erase the Jews as a political race from the face of the earth. Much of the information contained in this volume is probably unknown to the average educated Jew, to say nothing of the average Gentile. Probably not one Jew in fifty thousand ever heard of the Jewish kings of Abyssinia or the Yemen or of many of the other romantic and perhaps somewhat legendary heroes whom Israel has mustered since the beginning of the Christian era. The ghettoes, ancient and modern, know little of the Gideons of Semen, of Dhu Nuwas of the Yemen, or of Bar Cochba of Palestine. Few of them—at all events of late years—have heard of Sabbathai Zevi, of David Ahoy, or of the other great Jews who did their best in the early centuries and in far distant climes to help their brethren. Mendelssohn brings to light some interesting facts such as, "If we may believe the Arab historians, most of the African Berbers and Arabs professed the Hebrew faith in the seventh and eight centuries, and the preaching of Mohametanism made no way amongst them." He provides insight into the treatment of Jews in various African countries, noting: "Under the Mohammedan laws, they were always subject to outrages and persecutions, but thanks to the patience and tenacity by which they are distinguished, they appear to endure everything, and they have made themselves indispensable to their persecutors by their profound knowledge of commercial affairs. . . . Even at their funerals, the Jews were attacked by boys who were not hindered from throwing stones and using every kind of maledictory expression. In the meantime, despite all their troubles, they managed to provide for their poor, although heavily taxed by every official who could legally or illegally oppress them financially." Sidney Mendelssohn (18??-1917) had been a diamond merchant in South Africa. After he retired from business, he came to England, and compiled a monumental bibliography of South African literature, based on a magnificent library which he had acquired. From his wide reading, relating to the history of the Jews in Africa, Mr. Mendelssohn compiled the information contained in his 1920 book “The Jews of Africa.”

Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December 1933. Hemingway's well-known interest in - and fascination with - big-game hunting is magnificently captured in this evocative account of his trip. It is an examination of the lure of the hunt and an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape and of the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man.

His second major venture into nonfiction (after Death in the Afternoon, 1932), Green Hills of Africa is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December of 1933. Hemingway's well-known interest in -- and fascination with -- big-game hunting is magnificently captured in this evocative account of his trip. In examining the poetic grace of the chase, and the ferocity of the kill, Hemingway also looks inward, seeking to explain the lure of the hunt and the primal undercurrent that comes alive on the plains of Africa. Yet Green Hills of Africa is also an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape, and of the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man. Hemingway's rich description of the beauty and strangeness of the land and his passion for the sport of hunting combine to give Green Hills of Africa the freshness and immediacy of a deeply felt personal experience that is the hallmark of the greatest travel writing.

"There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things, and because it takes a man's life to know them the little new that each man gets from life is very costly and the only heritage he has to leave." -- ERNEST HEMINGWAY In the winter of 1933, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Pauline set out on a two-month safari in the big-game country of East Africa, camping out on the great Serengeti Plain at the foot of magnificent Mount Kilimanjaro. "I had quite a trip," the author told his friend Philip Percival, with characteristic understatement. Green Hills of Africa is Hemingway's account of that expedition, of what it taught him about Africa and himself. Richly evocative of the region's natural beauty, tremendously alive to its character, culture, and customs, and pregnant with a hard-won wisdom gained from the extraordinary situations it describes, it is widely held to be one of the twentieth century's classic travelogues.

"Green Hills of Africa" is Ernest Hemingway's lyrical journal of a month on safari in the great game country of East Africa, where he and his wife Pauline journeyed in December 1933. Hemingway's well-known interest in - and fascination with - big-game hunting is magnificently captured in this evocative account of his trip. It is examination of the lure of the hunt and an impassioned portrait of the glory of the African landscape and of the beauty of a wilderness that was, even then, being threatened by the incursions of man.

It was one of the most harrowing and incredible times in recorded history. The Roman Republic's desire for absolute power made it a lightning rod for those seeking to cause its downfall. I The Lion of Africa: Hannibal of Carthage follows the Carthaginian's battles with the Roman army and his quest to topple the republic he despises. Hannibal Barca leads an army on a surprise attack of Italy. With 100,000 men and beast, including 37 war elephants, following his path, Hannibal crosses the Alps in the height of winter to tackle the Romans. And tackle he does. After merging with the tribes of Gaul, his forces slaughter 100,000 Romans within the first two years of engagement. His genius as a war strategist becomes evident as he defeats the Romans again at Trebia and on the shores of Lake Trasimene. His infamous win at Cannae leaves 60,000 Romans slain on a single afternoon. Told by an elderly storyteller, the tale follows Hannibal's brutal war with Rome and his experience in the field, including those of his brothers Mago, Hasdrubal and Hanno, and those of his Roman adversary the young Captain Scipio.