(1981) Lightning Bird: An African Adventure (1982) Heaven's Breath: A Natural History of the Wind (1984) Bali Entranced: A Celebration of Ritual (1985) - published in Japanese only Earthworks: Ideas on the Edge of Natural History (1986) (Later reprinted as Dreams of Dragons) Beyond Supernature: A New Natural History of the Supernatural (1986) (Later reprinted as Supernature 2) The Water Planet: A Celebration of the Wonder of Water (1988) Neophilia: The Tradition of the New (1989) Sumo: A Guide to Sumo Wrestling (1989) The Nature of Things: The Secret Life of Inanimate Objects (1990) Gifts of Unknown Things: A True Story of Nature, Healing and Initiation from Indonesia's ''Dancing Island'' (1992) Lasting Nostalgia: Essays Out of Africa (1992) - published in Japanese only Turtle Islands: Ritual in Indonesia (1995) Dark Nature: A Natural History of Evil (1995) Dreams of Dragons: An Exploration and Celebration of the Mysteries of Nature (1996) Monsoon: Essays on the Indian Ocean (1996) - published in Japanese only Lost Cradle: A Collection of Dialogues (1997) - published in Japanese only Warriors, Warthogs, and Wisdom: Growing up in Africa (1997) Jacobson's Organ and the Remarkable Nature of Smell (2000) Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephant (2002) The Whole Hog: Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigs (2004) References WATSON, Lyall International Who's Who. accessed 3 September 2006. 1939 births 2008 deaths 20th-century South African botanists South African anthropologists Ethologists Alumni of the University of London Alumni of Rondebosch Boys' High School Scientists from Johannesburg Consciousness researchers and theorists Parapsychologists South African science writers 20th-century anthropologists 20th-century South African zoologists