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Dan Wylie's Crocodile tracks the 23 recognized crocodilian species across every continent bar Antarctica, and through myths, artworks and literatures around the world.

We all picture Shaka as a lean, mean, assegai-wielding warrior-king, the military genius who founded the Zulu nation. In fact, we don't actually know when he was born, what he looked like, or exactly when he died. číst celé

Over the years a great deal has been written about Shaka, the most famous - or infamous - of Zulu leaders. His date of birth, what he looked like, and the circumstances of his assassination remain unknown. This book lays out, what exactly is known about Shaka's reign.

Presents a memoir in which an ordinary troopie grapples with unique dilemmas presented by an extraordinary period in history: the spectres of inner violence and death; the pressurised arrival of manhood; and the place of conscience, friendship and beauty in the pervasive atmosphere of futile warfare.