| | Sand and Fog: Adventures in Southern Africa |  | Author: Jim Brandenburg
Creator: Joann Bren Guernsey
Publisher: Walker & Company
Category: Book
List Price: $17.85
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 3881040
Media: Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0802782337
Dewey Decimal Number: 968.81
EAN: 9780802782335
ASIN: 0802782337
Publication Date: April 1994
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The animals, people, and starkly beautiful landscape of the mysterious Namib Desert are captured in stunning photographs.
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STUNNING FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS December 13, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Acclaimed nature photographer Jim Brandenburg has focused his camera eye on Namibia, its landscape, people, and animals. Bordered by Angola, Zimbabwe and the Atlantic Ocean, Namibia is a mysterious land of searing sand and cool waters. It is best described by contrasts, but better seen through the marvelous full-color photographs in this striking volume.
Although "Namib" means "Place of no people," the country holds several ethnic groups. Brandenburg shows a colorfully clad Herero woman gracefully carrying an ancient sewing machine on her head, a Himba woman wearing a mixture of fat and ocher, and Kung men during an all-night dance as they create their own music with singing and drums.
Crystal rock formations edging a desert etched by softly shifting dunes is a scene of breathtaking beauty, as are the coastal rock formations.
The armchair traveler will thoroughly enjoy visiting southern Africa with Sand and Fog.
- Gail Cooke
UNIQUE IN ITS CONTENT, STUNNING PHOTOS. October 21, 1998
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The ecosystem of the Namib Desert is absolutely fascinating. Even though I read this several years ago with my children, I occasionally think back to this desert of fog and the life that depends upon it. And of course Brandenburg's photos are always top-notch.
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