New Releases by Joy Adamson

Nata libera è la storia della leonessa Elsa, svezzata e cresciuta da Joy Adamson insieme al marito guardiacaccia in una riserva del Kenya. Joy stabilisce un forte legame con il cucciolo di leone rimasto orfano e per assicurarle la sopravvivenza le insegna a nutrirsi, cacciare finché la vita con gli umani diventa troppo stretta. Elsa, una volta diventata autonoma nella caccia, dovrà tornare alla natura alla quale appartiene. Un percorso tutt’altro che lineare, pieno di rischi, tristezze per il distacco ma anche conquiste e gioie sia per la leonessa che per la famiglia adottiva. Dalla prima pubblicazione nel 1960, la storia di Elsa, anche grazie alla trasposizione cinematografica del 1966, ha commosso milioni di lettori nel mondo ed è ancor oggi una delle cronache più intense del ritorno in libertà di un animale. Per la prima volta ritradotto e pubblicato in modo completo, Nata libera è una storia a cui tornare ancora e ancora.

La historia de Joy Adamson sobre un cachorro de leona en transición entre el cautiverio en el que se cría y la temible vida salvaje a la que regresa captura las habilidades tanto de los humanos como de los animales para cruzar la brecha aparentemente insuperable entre dos mundos radicalmente diferentes. Especialmente ahora, en un momento en que la santidad de la naturaleza y sus habitantes se ve cada vez más amenazada por el desarrollo humano y el desastre natural, el extraordinario relato de Adamson es un idilio al que volver una y otra vez. Ilustrado con las mismas hermosas y evocadoras fotografías que encantaron al mundo hace 50 años y con una nueva introducción de George Page, ex presentador y editor ejecutivo de la serie de PBS "Nature" y autor de" Inside the Animal Mind"

Joy Adamson was a pioneer for the preservation of wildlife, and a courageous individual who learned to adapt herself to live in different countries, learn different traditions and languages and she developed her unique personality. She wrote Born Free about Elsa the lioness which she cared for before releasing her back into the wild.

Fifty years ago Joy Adamson first introduced to the world the story of her life alongside Elsa the lioness, whom she had rescued as an orphaned cub, and raised at her home in Kenya. But as Elsa had been born free, Joy made the heartbreaking decision that she must be returned to the wild when she was old enough to fend for herself. Since the first publication of Born Free and its sequels Living Free and Forever Free, generations of readers have been enchanted, inspired and moved by these books’ uplifting charm and the remarkable interaction between Joy and Elsa. Millions have also come to know and love Born Free through the immortal film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. But here is the chance to rediscover the original story in this 50th anniversary edition, in the words of the woman who reared Elsa and walked with the lions.

英文题名:Living free

A woman describes her experiences raising an orphaned lion cub intending that it eventually return to the jungle.

A study charting the growth and functioning of a family centre. It shows the major issues which have emerged and some of the practical lessons learned. Areas covered include relationships with the local authority, staffing and family work.

Describes the family lives, behavior, attachments, and tragedies of the rare Colobus monkeys and Verreaux''s eagle owls which lived on the grounds of Mrs. Adamson''s Kenyan home.

Joy Adamson''s life with Penny, a female leopad, who was released into a wildlife reserve at maturity, with 85 photographs taken by the author.