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Zeitlos und unvergesslich - mit seinen Schilderungen von der dramatischen Schönheit Schottlands und seiner Freundschaft mit den zahmen Fischottern, die er aufzog, schuf Gavin Maxwell 1960 einen Weltbestseller, der literarische Maßstäbe setzte. Das verlassene ehemalige Cottage eines Leuchtturmwärters, die abgelegene Landzunge, umspielt von einem Ring aus hellem Wasser, das Wechselspiel von Einsamkeit und Verbundenheit mit unberührter Natur: Nac...

A unique Moroccan travel book which focuses on the story of an eccentric family, alongside a portrayal of the new upmarket Marrakesh tourism.

The classic account of otters in the Scottish highlands and the naturalist who cared for them there.While touring the Iraqi marshes, Gavin Maxwell was captivated by an otter and became a devoted advocate of and spokesman for the species. Maxwell moved to a remote house in the Scottish highlands, co-habiting there with three otters and living an idyllic and isolated life at least for a while. Fate, fame, and fire conspired against this paradise...

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The classic text, now with all the illustrations from the first edition. Ring of Bright Water is an account of the author's life at Camusfearna, a remote cottage in the western Highlands of Scotland. This book also focuses on the two otters, Mijbil and Edal, who became his constant and much-loved companions.

An autobiographical work describing how Maxwell brought a Smooth-coated otter back from Iraq and raised it on the West coast of Scotland. A fictional film of the same name was made from it. Republished to mark the centenary of Maxwell's birth.

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Gavin Maxwell was born in 1914. In 1945 he bought the small Hebridean island of Soay and tried to establish a shark fisher. This resulted in his first book Harpoon at a Venture. His other books include Ring of Bright Water, which sold more than a million copies, The Rocks Remain, The House of Elrig and Raven Seek Thy Brother. Gavin Maxwell died in 1969.

The Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq were one of the most isolated communities in the world. Few outsiders, let alone Europeans, had been permitted to travel through their homeland, a mass of tiny islands lost in a wilderness of reeds and swamps in southern Iraq. One of the few trusted outsiders was the legendary explorer, Wilfred Thesiger, who was Gavin Maxwell's guide to the intricate landscape, tribal customs and distinctive architecture of the...