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1	Cry the Beloved Country more books like this by Alan Paton add to wishlist Often called the most important South African novel, this is the story of love and courage in the face of injustice. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Covenant more books like this by James A Michener add to wishlist Michener takes on South Africa in this work of historical fiction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa more books like this by Mark Mathabane add to wishlist Written with courage and conviction, Mark Mathbane's reveals the extraordinary memoir of growing up in a world under apartheid. B&W photo insert. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Sparrow Falls more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist 'Mark never heard the Mauser shot for the bullet came ahead of the sound. There was only the massive shock in the upper part of his body, and then he was hurled backwards with a violence that drove the air from his lungs. The earth opened before him, and as he fell, there was a sensation of being engulfed in a swirling vortex of blackness and he ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $4.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Power of One more books like this by Bryce Courtenay add to wishlist No stranger to the injustice of racial hatred, five-year-old Peekay learns the hard way the first secret of survival and self-preservation - the power of one. An encounter with amateur boxer Hoppie Groenewald inspires in Peekay a fiery ambition - to be welterweight champion of the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Power of the Sword more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist They were half-brothers, raised in different worlds in the same country, and destined to be lifelong enemies. Manfred De La Ray and Shasa Courtney, sons of Centaine de Thiry, were blood enemies from their very first boyhood encounter. Caught up in the tumult of South Africa's histroy through two decades, they found themselves adversaries in an age ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Life & Times of Michael K more books like this by J. M. Coetzee add to wishlist In a South Africa torn by civil war, Michael K sets out to take his ailing mother back to her rural home. On the way there she dies, leaving him alone in an anarchic world of brutal roving armies. Imprisoned, Michael is unable to bear confinement and escapes, determined to live with dignity. This life-affirming novel illuminates the human ... see all copies from $2.60! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela more books like this by Nelson Mandela add to wishlist Since his release from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most potent moral leader since Gandhi. As president of the ANC and head of the anti-apartheid movement, he has been instrumental in moving South Africa toward black-majority rule. Throughout the world he is revered as a vital force in the fight for human rights and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Disgrace more books like this by J M Coetzee add to wishlist In South Africa after apartheid, a middle-aged professor of Romantic poetry sees his career crumble as the world turns more to technology than to literature. After a series of ever more degrading misadventures, including a charge of sexual harassment, he ends up on his daughter's farm. There, after further disgraces--his daughter is raped and he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	No Future Without Forgiveness more books like this by Professor Desmond Tutu add to wishlist Desmond Tutu, who has worked rigorously on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has put together his hard-earned thoughts on the nature of forgiveness and reconciliation in this story of South Africa's post-apartheid healing. Without any saccharine formulas, his tempered work maintains humanistic ideals for moving forward. see all copies from $3.60! new only from $7.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation more books like this by John Carlin add to wishlist Carlin pens this thrilling, inspiring account of one of the greatest charm offensives in history--Nelson Mandela's decade-long campaign to unite his country, beginning in his jail cell and ending with a rugby tournament. see all copies from $3.74! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The White Giraffe more books like this by Lauren St John add to wishlist A first-time children's author takes readers deep into the African world, where myth becomes reality and a young girl with a healing gift has the power to save her home and her one true friend. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman more books like this by Marjorie Shostak (Photographer) add to wishlist Through a series of interviews that span several decades, this title follows a Kung woman named Nisa through childhood, puberty, sexual awakening, marriage, and motherhood, as she learns much about life in Africa's Kalahari Desert. see all copies from $3.85! new only from $20.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Birds of Prey more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist A best-seller in England, this novel is about a young sailor named Hal Courtenay, who has grown up on the coast of Africa, and whose coming of age is fraught with piracy, perilous sea voyages, wild escapes from danger, and buried treasure. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Age of Iron more books like this by J M Coetzee add to wishlist An old woman is dying of cancer in Cape Town. A classics professor, Mrs Curren has always been opposed to the brutality of apartheid, but has lived insulated from its true horrors. Now she is suddenly forced to come to terms with the iron-hearted rage that the system has wrought. In an extended letter addressed to her daughter, who has long since ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Blue Horizon more books like this by Wilbur Smith add to wishlist Sequel to MONSOON, this installment in Wilbur Smith's saga continues the story of white men in Africa in the 17th century. Here Jim Courtney falls in love with a feisty young Dutchwoman named Louisa. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa more books like this by Martin Meredith add to wishlist Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced first upon the worlds richest deposits of diamonds, and then upon its richest deposits of gold. What followed was a titanic struggle between ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	21: The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey more books like this by Patrick O'Brian, Simon Vance (Read by) add to wishlist In response to the interest of millions of O'Brian fans, here is the final, partial installment of the Aubrey/Maturin series--the proposed follow-up to "Blue at the Mizzen." These are the three chapters left on O'Brian's desk at the time of his death. see all copies from $8.04! new only from $12.88! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	A History of South Africa: Third Edition more books like this by Leonard L Thompson add to wishlist A leading scholar of South Africa provides a fresh and penetrating exploration of that country's history, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present, focusing primarily on the experiences of its black inhabitants. For this third edition, Leonard Thompson adds two new chapters that describe the transfer of power and the ... see all copies from $5.25! new only from $10.35! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa more books like this by Antjie Krog, Charlayne Hunter-Gault (Foreword by) add to wishlist This study of South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation Commission is by an Afrikaans poet. It examines the unique effort to deal with the horrors of apartheid through a process of public truth telling and national healing. The TRC is being looked at as an option that other nations can follow in assigning responsibility for crimes against humanity. see all copies from $3.80! new only from $9.59! \| SVS
21 view cover	Master Harold&the Boys more books like this by Athol Fugard add to wishlist Part of The Wadsworth Casebooks for Reading, Research, and Writing Series, this new title provides all the materials a student needs to complete a literary research assignment in one convenient location. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.76! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Diamonds Are Forever more books like this by Ian Fleming add to wishlist James Bond is on assignment in America, traveling from New York to Las Vegas to track down The Spangled Mob, a group of gangsters involved in smuggling diamonds and fixing horse races. Involved in more than a few high-speed chases en route, 007 eventually catches up with the enemy, and with the sultry and enticing Tiffany Case. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Smokescreen more books like this by Dick Francis add to wishlist Edward Lincoln isn't a detective, but he plays one in the many popular films he's starred in over the course of his successful career. So when his godmother asks him to look into a mystery surrounding her fatigued race horses, Lincoln soon learns the wide and deadly gap between life and art. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time more books like this by Professor Desmond Tutu add to wishlist Nobel Prize winner Tutu has long been admired throughout the world for the heroism and grace he presented while encouraging countless South Africans in their struggle for human rights. In his most soul-searching book, he shares the spiritual message that guided him through those troubled times. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Sound of Thunder more books like this by Smith add to wishlist 'Only once in his life had Sean met a man whose strength matched his own - and now again they were pitted against each other. He drove the heel of his right hand up under Jan Paulus's chin, forcing his head back against the encircling left arm. It should have broken Jan Paulus's neck. Instead he locked his arms around Sean's chest below the level ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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