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    <body><![CDATA[This book has been on my shelves since 1985, when I was around nine  years old. I didn't read it at the time because nature  -- or at least a book about it -- was too boring. But for some reason I held onto it through all the moves, from Alaska to Texas to Minnesota to Illinois and back to Minnesota...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18258555">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I cannot recommend this emphatically enough- absolutely wonderful, fascinating story about a young married couple, that give up everything to move to sub-Saharan Africa and study wildlife.  Their study was fascinating, but so is the narrative of their marriage, and the remoteness of their lives in t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81681307">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The work of Mark and Delia Owens is groundbreaking and insightful...though their work in Africa has brought about some changes, it is disappointing to realize how slow and dense we humans can be.   Heartbreaking stories from true conservationists. <br/><br/>To support their foundation go to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Ownens-foundation.org">Ownens-foundation.org</a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45685531">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book at least twice, and it was a book that definately effected my life. I even looked at water differently after reading this book. Excellent read. You cannot help but feel like you are right there with them.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Non fiction account of Author Mark Owens and his wife Delia packing up and just going to Botswana to live amongst and study wild hyenas.  The book reads like a diary of their daily efforts to secure enough water, to cook something to eat, to erect a liveable tent/shelter, to establish space from the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18255474">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[True story about a couple in the '70s who venture into the Botswanian desert.  Interesting adventure story that was more interesting because I had just returned from safari.  Not sure if this is everyone's cup of tea.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I felt like I was right there with Mark and Delia, learning about and loving all the animals, havent checked into it yet, but I hope that all of their research amounted to some changes there in that African Desert.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved this book.  The story of love, research and Africa.  I read it after our first trip to Botswana, and I relived it all over again.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm loving this book!  The stories of their studies on hyenas, lions &amp; jackals are amazing.  It makes me long to go back to Africa all over again.  I can't believe they actually lived in the Kalahari isolated from the rest of the world for as long as they did.  It is just a fascinating story.  A mus...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19611502">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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