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Mirth of a Nation
Mirth of a Nation
R90.00
Summary
"Every Friday morning for the past 15 years, discerning South African newspaper readers have looked forward to the nuanced pleasures of balanced journalism, meticulous reporting, erudite analysis, the opinions of some of our leading citizens...
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Palaver Finish
Palaver Finish
R100.00
Summary
Since the late 1990s, Zimbabwe has experienced unprecedented levels of public debate about the country's political future.
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Rabbit Season
Rabbit Season
R100.00
Summary
"People laugh at things in cartoons which would horrify them in real life. Should they? Rabbit Season is the book Sylvia Plath and Hunter S. Thompson would have written if they collaborated on a novel about a young South African obsessed with Bugs Bunny.
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Tenderfoots
Tenderfoots
R110.00
Summary
Tenderfoots is a collection of short stories by the winner and short listed authors of the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing 2000. The authors include Leila Aboulela, Shimmer Chinodya, Charles Mungoshi, Murungu, and Abdourahman Waheri.
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The White Life of Felix Greenspan
The White Life of Felix Greenspan
R140.00
Summary
These twenty chapters are stories generated during about years of Felix Greenspan's 'white life'. He is Johannesburg-born, Jewish, spastic. His father provides, his mother protects, but life, of course, impinges with a full share of claims
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War of Words
War of Words
R175.00
Summary
War of Words tells the story of lives turned upside down, a nation torn apart, and unforeseen heroism during the madness of the apartheid era in South Africa, one of the most harrowing and significant periods in modern history.
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With the Lid Off
With the Lid Off
R100.00
Summary
"This book provides a bridge across a gap of time which is hard to comprehend through orthodox historical accounts. The two writers, father and son, reflect the agonies, absurdities, hopes and fears in two quite different South Africas. The first is the
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