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| A Basket of Leaves |
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R195.00
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Geoff Wisner has traversed the vast African continent and produced a book that is the quintessential first reader's guide to the books that capture the spirit of the continent.
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| A Fisherman in the Saddle |
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R165.00
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If you've ever ridden a horse, or gone fishing, then this is the book for you... and even if you haven't, you're sure to enjoy Julian's journey as he reflects back on his life-long quest to find a "place of his own".
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| A Life of One's Own |
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R185.00
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This is a unique account of a father and daughter seeking lives of their own, each of whom is trapped in the Soviet Union by choice, circumstance and history - but 20 years apart.
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| A Life's Mosaic |
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R180.00
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In the preface to her autobiography Phyllis Ntantala tells us that “Like Trotsky, I did not leave home without the proverbial one-and-six in my pocket. I came from a family of landed gentry in the Transkei”.
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| A Matter Of Honour |
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R210.00
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The South African-born Chinese community is a tiny one, consisting of 10,000 to 12,000 members in a population of approximately 45 million. Throughout much of the history of this most race-conscious country, the community has been ignored or neglected, a
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| ANC: A View From Moscow |
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R195.00
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This book describes the history of the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa in the three decades following its banning. There are many myths surrounding the ANC: some of them are harmless, the product of enthusiastic supporters; others are mali
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| Art & Revolution |
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R245.00
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The life of the artist Thami Mnyele, who played a vanguard role in efforts to throw open the doors of South African culture, spanned the era of apartheid.
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| At the Heart of Healing in Cape Town |
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R250.00
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This book takes a new look at the history of the hospital, examining the experiences of staff and patients, clinical practice and research, and the social and political environment in which the hospital has operated. Authoritative in its analysis and live
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| Becoming Zimbabwe |
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R210.00
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Becoming Zimbabwe tracks the idea of national belonging and citizenship and explores the nature of state rule, the changing contours of the political economy, and the regional and international dimensions of the country’s history.
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| Black Bull, Ancestors and Me |
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R135.00
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As a sangoma, Nkunzi is able to explore dimensions of her sexual identity because of her relationship with both male and female ancestors. “In Zulu culture a man must be a man and do male things and a woman must be a woman and do female things but with sa
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| Boerejood |
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R165.00
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Ten years after democracy arrived in South Africa here is a book that gives a voice to the Afrikaner, speaking in English about the 'Miracle' of the peaceful transition to majority rule - their worst nightmare.
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| Children on the Bridge |
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R175.00
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A dramatic journey through the world of autism in South Africa.
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| Clicko: The Wild Dancing Bushman |
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R220.00
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Clicko (Franz Taibosh) was a star performer of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus in the 1920s and 1930s. When he died in 1940, an obituary in the New York Times called him “the only African bushman ever exhibited in this country”.
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| Cyril Ramaphosa |
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R225.00
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This commanding biography by Anthony Butler tells the story of Cyril Ramaphosa�s life for the first time. It is based on rich interviews with many of the subject�s friends and contemporaries, and it situates Ramaphosa�s achievements and his shortcom
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| Cyril Ramaphosa |
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R320.00
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This commanding biography by Anthony Butler tells the story of Cyril Ramaphosa’s life for the first time. It is based on rich interviews with many of the subject’s friends and contemporaries...
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| Darling Mutti |
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R165.00
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When the Nazis began exterminating the Jews in pre World War II Germany, families were driven to desperate extremes to protect the ones they loved. Only 375 000 Jews were able to escape persecution and they did so by whatever means possible.
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| Dear Ahmedbhai, Dear Zuleikhabehn |
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R185.00
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Extraordinary stories can sometimes be found in ordinary letters. This is the discovery that awaits readers of this gentle and beautifully written correspondence between a political prisoner and a self-described housewife during apartheid’s last decade.
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| Drive Out Hunger |
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R150.00
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JJ Machobane is a farmer, novelist, social visionary, and a self-taught scientist. He spent 13 years researching an agricultural system that would allow the poorest people to harvest food all year round.
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| Fela |
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R210.00
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Combine elements of Bob Marley, Malcolm X and Patrice Lumumba and you get a sense of the power of the world's wildest rock star. Fela created Afro beat, an infectious mix of American funk and jazz with traditional Yoruba and highlife music.
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| Hunger for Freedom Hardcover |
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R385.00
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Food has provided the backdrop and occasionally the primary cause for momentous personal and political events in the life of Nelson Mandela
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| I Remember King Kong (the Boxer) |
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R130.00
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I Remember King Kong (The Boxer) is a book of reminiscences which are, and could only be, South African in their timbre, scope and feeling. The memories, some personal and some public, will take you on a journey to a time and place that you'll savour.
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| Inside Out |
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R185.00
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Tim Jenkin was imprisoned by apartheid authorities in Pretoria Maximum Security Prison for his activities on behalf of the ANC. This is the thrilling story of his daring escape from prison, and his subsequent flight from South Africa.
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| Khabzela |
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R155.00
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Khabzela concerns the brief life and perplexing death of Fana Khaba, aka Khabzela, a youth icon whose brief life mirrors that of the first generation to reach adulthood after liberation.
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| Licensed to Guide (Paperback) |
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R310.00
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Looking at animals and the landscape from a vehicle is like watching the movie; walking in the bush is reading the book.
Susie Cazenove, with her wealth of safari experience in East and southern Africa, records and shares her love of Africa.
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| Love & Courage |
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R175.00
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Pregs Govender is widely respected and admired as someone deeply committed to the development of South Africa as a just and humane democracy, concerned in particular with the rights of women and the poor in our society.
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| Make a Skyf, Man! |
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R165.00
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At last! The long awaited sequel to Way Up Way Out, Harold Strachan's boisterous tale of the early years of MK and how, because of some rudimentary knowledge of explosives from WWII, he was 'The One' to teach the comrades How To Blow Things Up.
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| Meanwhile Don't Push and Squeeze |
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R165.00
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Meanwhile Don't Push and Squeeze is an account of a year in China written with cinematic immediacy.
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| Mr Chameleon |
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R190.00
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Few people can have had so extraordinary a life as the poet and novelist Tatamkhulu Afrika. Soldier and freedom fighter; prisoner to the German Reich and the Apartheid State.
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| Operation Vula |
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R185.00
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Operation Vula by the renowned Dutch novelist and former head of the Dutch Anti-Apartheid Movement, Conny Braam, is an important addition to the literature on the South African stuggle for justice and liberation.
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| Pain and Pleasure |
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R365.00
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The African Bird’s Eye Chilli is rich in contradiction: from its magical role in ancient African tribal healing to its undeniable presence among emerging 21st Century food trends. It makes for heated conversation…
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