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Marq de Villiers

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born

January 01, 1940 in Bloemfontein, South Africa

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male

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Nonfiction, Science

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Born in South Africa, Marq de Villiers is a veteran Canadian journalist and the author of thirteen books on exploration, history, politics, and travel, including Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource (winner of the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction). He has worked as a foreign correspondent in Moscow and through Eastern Europe and spent many years as editor and then publisher of Toronto Life magazine. More recently he was editorial director of WHERE Magazines International. He lives in Port Medway, Nova Scotia. [Penguin Canada]

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Average rating: 3.60 · 238 ratings · 46 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource 3.71 avg rating — 72 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	The End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Sable Island: The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic by Marq de Villiers, Sheila Hirtle 3.20 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Timbuktu: The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold by Marq de Villiers, Sheila Hirtle 3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Windswept: The Story of Wind and Weather 2.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Our Way Out: Principles for a Post-apocalyptic World 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	White Tribe Dreaming: Apartheid's Bitter Roots as Witnessed 8 Generations Afrikaner Family 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Heartbreak Grape: A California Winemaker's Search for the Perfect Pinot Noir 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sahara: A Natural History by Marq de Villers, Sheila Hirtle 3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Island of Wild Horses by Marq de Villiers, Sheila Hirtle 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004	My rating:

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