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| Author | Martin Meredith |
|---|---|
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Published | 2009 |
| Publisher | PublicAffairs |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9780786728381 |
Elephant Destiny: Biography Of An Endangered Species In Africa is a 2009 non-fiction book by Martin Meredith published by Public Affairs. [1] It discusses the African elephant, its risk of extinction, and its interwoven history with Africa's development, dating to the time of the pharaohs. [2] [3] [4] [5]
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Jumbo, also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and then transferred in 1865 to London Zoo in England. Despite public protest, Jumbo was sold to P. T. Barnum, who took him to the United States for exhibition in March 1882.
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The Tiananmen Papers was first published in English in January 2001 by PublicAffairs. The extended Chinese version of this book was published in April that same year under the title 中國六四真相 by Mirror Books in Hong Kong. The book is presented as a compilation of selected secret Chinese official documents relating to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. The documents used in both books are said to have been made available by a Chinese compiler under the pseudonym Zhang Liang, whose identity is hidden to protect the individual from potential persecution. The English version of the book was edited and translated by Andrew J. Nathan, Perry Link, and Orville Schell, who claim to place full trust in the compiler. Speculations about the authenticity of the book have nevertheless been fervent, as the editors were never given the actual physical documents, but rather a reformatted version of the material.
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Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures is a book written by Richard Leakey and Virginia Morell. It was published in 2001 by St. Martin's Press.
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