Lawrence Anthony

The Elephant Whisperer (2009)

This book had won an Audie Award for best audio book in the biography/memoir category and I thought I would give it a try. Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of ‘rogue’ elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in South Africa. The elephants were to be killed if he wouldn't take them in,...

Elephant Whisperer (2010)

This is a wonderful book not very well written. The story is so remarkable and compelling that it transcends the so-so writing. But Anthony isn't a writer -- he's a conservationist who owns a game reserve in South Africa and he can be excused because what he gives us is as true as it is beautif...

The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures (2012)

Not just a wonderful book about one man's efforts to save the black rhino from extinction, but his side involvement with the Lord's Resistance Army in the DRC. This part of the book really sheds light on the rebels and proves there are two sides to every story. The sad part is that the author d...

Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo (2007)