South category: 6019 books
When South Africa Called, We Answered
How the Media and International Solidarity Helped Topple Apartheid
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
There were two battles against apartheid—a political campaign and a media war. The political story has been told, and now you can read about the media effort. As South Africa marks in 2014 its 20th anniversary as a democracy, its transformation is still hailed as a "miracle." Most of the credit for...
by Michael Nicholson
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
When Mary Llewellyn’s husband is killed in a battle between Welsh and English miners in poverty-stricken Wales, she resolves to forge a new life in the South African sun with her children.
However, after overcoming a dangerous journey beset by snakes, crocodiles and hostile warriors, all...
by John Dwyer
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
Take a Walk on the Wild Side...
Join travel adventurer John Dwyer on his epic journey from vibrant Cape Town to wild Kruger Park. Aided by his vivid descriptions and colorful commentary, you will come face to face with Great White sharks, get off the beaten track on the Wild Coast, soak up the raw...
Winnie Mandela Quotes And Believes
A tribute to Winnie Mandela a life dedicated to freedom for all
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Winnie Mandela, also know as South Africa's "Mother of the Nation," dedicated decades of her life to activism an to the struggle against Apartheid.
The ex-wife of Nelson Mandela was a inspirational figure against racial injustice in South Africa, encouraging activists to stand up...
117 Days
An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror by one of South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid activists
An invaluable testimonial of the excesses of the apartheid system, 117 Days presents the harrowing chronicle of journalist Ruth First's isolation and abuse at the hands...
After Apartheid
Reinventing South Africa?
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Democracy came to South Africa in April 1994, when the African National Congress won a landslide victory in the first free national election in the country’s history. That definitive and peaceful transition from apartheid is often cited as a model for others to follow. The new order has since survived...
Visions of Freedom
Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
During the final fifteen years of the Cold War, southern Africa underwent a period of upheaval, with dramatic twists and turns in relations between the superpowers. Americans, Cubans, Soviets, and Africans fought over the future of Angola, where tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers were stationed,...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
New South Wales (Australia) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section...
ONE MAN THREE LlIVES
The man who would never give up
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Truth is stranger than fiction.
This moving story of Frederick Cope, an unusual and well-travelled global citizen, reads like the stories of three different characters. It may seem too far-fetched yet it is true.
This well illustrated book is a colourful biography of a Yorkshireman who overcame...
by Pamela Petro
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
An enthralling, rollicking tour among the storytellers of the American Deep South. The story of the South is not finished. The southeastern states of America, the old Confederacy, bristle with storytellers who refuse to be silent. Many of the tales passed down from generation to generation to be told...
As Southern As It Gets
1,071 Reasons to Never Leave the South
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Life Is Sweet in the South
Full of small towns and sparkling cities, this welcoming area invites all who visit to put your feet up, have a glass of ice tea in a mason jar and reminisce on some of the most wonderful things in the South. Written by true Southern gentleman H. Jackson Brown Jr.,...
by Ronaleyn Gordon-Cumming
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
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The Lion Hunter, in the Days when All of South Africa Was Virgin Hunting Field are reminiscences of a hunter during his days hunting in South Africa.
by John Hopkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
While writing a novel set in South America, John Hopkins travelled back there to "reacquaint himself with the scene". In 1972-3, he travelled by train, bus and boat from Mexico City to the centre of the continent, through Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua and on to Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay...
In Stereotype
South Asia in the Global Literary Imaginary
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
In Stereotype confronts the importance of cultural stereotypes in shaping the ethics and reach of global literature. Mrinalini Chakravorty focuses on the seductive force and explanatory power of stereotypes in multiple South Asian contexts, whether depicting hunger, crowdedness, filth, slums, death,...