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20th-Century South Africa

20th-Century South Africa


by William Beinart

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A lively, readable social, political and economic history of the last 100 years. (SAF153, $30.00)

Africa

Africa


by Phyllis Martin | Patrick O'Meara

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

African history and prehistory, popular culture, art and economics -- it's all here in the most popular introductory text for undergraduate African studies courses in North America. With maps, photographs and drawings. (AFR07, $26.00)

Africa

Africa


by Michael Lewis | John Reader

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 320 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Published by National Geographic, this informative survey of the geography, culture and wildlife of Africa features 175 color photographs and accompanying text by John Reader. (AFR111, $50.00)

Africa, A Biography of the Continent

Africa, A Biography of the Continent


by John Reader

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 816 PAGES

With the ease of a practiced journalist, Reader weaves a masterful and lively tale of the continent, from ancient cultures to modern times. Both authoritative and informal, this is a splendid introduction to all of Africa. (AFR49, $18.95)

African Predators


by M.G.L. Mills | Gus Mills | Martin Harvey

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

A natural history of the giant cats and other predators of Africa. (AFR114, $39.95)

African Wildlife

African Wildlife


by James Kavanaugh

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1999
  • PLASTIC CARD

Slip this laminated foldout guide in your pocket for quick reference in the field. (AFR109, $5.95)

The Behavior Guide to Africa's Mammals

The Behavior Guide to Africa's Mammals


by Richard Estes

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 611 PAGES

A detailed overview of the ecology and behavior of African mammals. (AFR54, $39.95)

The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives, An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History


by Alan Turner | Mauricio Anton

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A thoroughly researched guide to modern felines and their ancestors. (BST50, $26.95)

Birds of Southern Africa, Princeton Illustrated Checklists

Birds of Southern Africa, Princeton Illustrated Checklists


by Ber Van Perlo

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

An admirably compact guide, featuring small illustrations of 1,250 species, brief descriptions and black-and-white range maps. (SAF79, $29.95)

Bitter Fruit

Bitter Fruit


by Achmat Dangor

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 281 PAGES

This powerful family tale, set in Johannesburg during the last months of Nelson Mandela's presidency, reflects the realities of South Africa. (SAF147, $13.00)

Black Liberation, A Comparative History of Black Ideologies in the United States and Africa


by George M. Fredrickson

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 404 PAGES

A history of black resistance to white supremacy in the United States and South Africa. (SAF154, $44.99)

Boyhood, Scenes from the Provincial Life

Boyhood, Scenes from the Provincial Life


by J.M. Coetzee

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 166 PAGES

Nobel Prize-winner J.M. Coetzee's affecting memoir of his adolescence in South Africa. (SAF149, $16.00)

Bradt City Guide Johannesburg

Bradt City Guide Johannesburg


by Lizzie Williams

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A guide to the South African city in the authoritative, personal Bradt series. With practical information, annotated suggestions of where to eat, sleep and shop, suggested walking tours and color maps. (SAF176, $13.95)

Burger's Daughter


by Nadine Gordimer

  • LITERATURE
  • 1980
  • PAPER
  • 361 PAGES

The story of a young, white, South African woman, and her search for identity. (SAF84, $16.00)

The Cape Herders


by Emile Boonzaier

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 155 PAGES

A scholarly portrait of the Khokhoi of the western cape of South Africa. (SAF65, $19.95)

Cape Town and Region Map

Cape Town and Region Map


by National Geographic

  • MAP

This double-sided map includes Cape Town, Table Mountain National Park and other reserves south to Cape of Good Hope. (SAF161, $11.95)

Cape Town Map

Cape Town Map


by Globetrotter

  • 2005
  • MAP

A home-grown map of theCape Town, with a detailed city center on one side, and a local regional map, including the Cape Peninsula, on the other. (SAF105, $8.95)

Cape Winelands, A Touring Guide

Cape Winelands, A Touring Guide


by Theresa Morrison | Lanz von Horsten

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 120 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

An informative, visual tour of 40 favorite wineries, all close to Cape Town. With fold-out maps, color photographs and information on restaurants, picnic spots and lodging. (SAF128, $20.00)

Cats of Africa

Cats of Africa


by Anthony Hall-Martin

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 152 PAGES

A gorgeously illustrated, species-by-species guide to Africa's wild cats. (BST24, $49.95)

Cheetah


by Luke Hunter | Dave Hamman

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES

This oversize portrait of the Cheetah by wildlife biologist Luke Hunter features hundreds of color photographs by colleague Dave Hamman. (AFR182, $40.00)

The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs


by John C. Manning | Peter Goldblatt | Dee Snijman

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 496 PAGES

A definitive, richly illustrated account fo the remarkably diverse bulbous plants of the Cape Floral region by three leading botanists. (SAF160, $59.95)

A Complicated War, The Harrowing of Mozambique

A Complicated War, The Harrowing of Mozambique


by William Finnegan

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 325 PAGES

An eyewitness historical, political and social account of Mozambique and the civil war that has ravaged the country, organized as a travelogue of sorts -- and centered around the author's own travels and interviews. (SAF94, $28.95)

Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa

Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa


by Antjie Krog | Luke Mitchell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Krog, an Afrikaner journalist who covered the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings for South African radio, writes of the crimes of apartheid with passion and sensitivity. (SAF100, $16.00)

Cultural Atlas of Africa

Cultural Atlas of Africa


by Jocelyn Murray

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 240 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A handsomely illustrated atlas of African history and culture with 96 outstanding maps, 250 color photographs and excellent essays. (AFR47, $50.00)

Democratization in Africa

Democratization in Africa


by Larry Diamond | Marc F. Plattner

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

A scholarly analysis of the successes and failures of democratic movements in Africa through the 1990s, including South Africa. (AFR162, $30.00)

Devil's Valley


by Andre Philippus Brink

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 401 PAGES

Fantasy and mystery comingle in this novel of a washed up reporter who discovers a strange society of primitive Boer farmers deep in a South African mountain valley. (SAF148, $28.95)

Disgrace

Disgrace


by J.M. Coetzee

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Set in Cape Town and on a remote farm in the Eastern Cape, Coetzee's searing novel explores the devastating realities of racial politics in post-apartheid South Africa. (SAF89, $15.00)

A Dry White Season


by Andre Philippus Brink

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 316 PAGES

When a white teacher decides to investigate the suspicious death of a school janitor he is brought face to face with the ugly truths of Apartheid in this classic South African novel. (SAF179, $13.99)

Durban Street Plan


by MapLink

  • MAP

Detailed map of Durban, published in South Africa. (SAF104, $19.95)

Elephantoms, Tracking the Elephant

Elephantoms, Tracking the Elephant


by Lyall Watson

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 261 PAGES

An evocative account of the myth, lore and nature of elephants in South Africa. (SAF129, $14.95)

A Far Off Place


by Laurens van der Post

  • LITERATURE
  • 1978
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES

The continutation of the tale begun with A Story Like the Wind of Francois Joubert and Xhabbo. (SAF117, $18.95)

Fault Lines, Journeys Into the New South Africa

Fault Lines, Journeys Into the New South Africa


by David Goodman | Paul Weinberg

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 418 PAGES

An engrossing portrait of South Africa after apartheid and how the changing nation continues to confront its troubled past. (SAF111, $27.95)

Favorite African Folktales


by Nelson Mandela

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES
  • FAMILY

A collection of tales from all over the continent, including many traditional folktales from Southern Africa. A team of expert folklorists, poets and authors transcribe the tales, each selected by Mandela. (AFR142, $13.95)

Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa

Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa


by Ian Sinclair | Phil Hockey | Warwick Tarboton

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 447 PAGES

This compact, comprehensive field guide features 200 dazzling color plates covering 950 species of birds from South Africa to southern Mozambique. Fourth Edition. (SAF12, $35.00)

Flashman and the Tiger

Flashman and the Tiger


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

This 11th installment in The Flashman Papers (purportedly retrieved and not written by George Macdonald Fraser, a nice conceit), consists of three short adventures, which find our hero cavorting with Bismarck and Emperor Franz-Josef and the future Edward VI. (WAF58, $16.00)

Fodor's Exploring South Africa

Fodor's Exploring South Africa


by Fodor's Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 350 PAGES

With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of South Africa and its attractions for visitors. (SAF170, $24.95)

Footprint South Africa Handbook

Footprint South Africa Handbook


by Francisca Kellett | Lizzie Williams

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 1008 PAGES

A comprehensive guide to travel in South Africa. (SAF96, $27.95)

The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa

The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa


by Alexander McCall Smith

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

McCall Smith brings together folktales, often hilarious or bizarre, which he heard as a child growing up in Zimbabwe. (AFR141, $22.00)

The Harmless People

The Harmless People


by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 303 PAGES

A classic study of the Bushmen of the Kalahari, novelistic in its detail. Based on the author's fieldwork, the account is direct, informative, and strong on the character of the people and land. (SAF60, $15.95)

The Healing Land, The Bushmen and the Kalahari Desert

The Healing Land, The Bushmen and the Kalahari Desert


by Rupert Isaacson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 278 PAGES

A powerful account of the ancient traditions of the Kalahari Bushmen -- and the very contemporary struggle of a people who have been displaced from their land. (SAF135, $13.00)

The Heart of Redness, A Novel


by Zakes Mda

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 277 PAGES

Mda brilliantly reinvents the history, lives, myths and people of Qolorha-by-Sea in the wild Eastern Cape in this haunting novel. (SAF155, $15.00)

A History of Sub-Saharan Africa

A History of Sub-Saharan Africa


by Robert O. Collins | James M. Burns

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A clear, brief survey of the history and development of Africa, aimed at undergraduates and interested readers, organized thematically. With chapters on climate and geography, the rise of states and empires, the slave trade within Africa and beyond to the Americas, the European conquest, and Africa in the 20th century. (AFR174, $31.99)

The House Gun


by Nadine Gordimer

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

From a popular South African Nobel Prize-winner comes the story of a privileged white family and their struggles with their own beliefs. Always perceptive, Gordimer dissects psychological distortions underlying apartheid. (SAF78, $16.00)

A Human Being Died That Night, A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid

A Human Being Died That Night, A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid


by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a South African clinical psychologist, recounts dialogue with Eugene de Kock, a commanding officer of an apartheid era state-sanctioned death squad who is currently serving a 212-year sentence for crimes against humanity. A poignant exploration of accountability and forgiveness. (SAF186, $13.95)

Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa

Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa


by Alan Barnard

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 379 PAGES

A scholarly comparative study of San ("Bushmen"), Khokhoi ("Hottentot") and Damara peoples of the Kalahari. (SAF67, $50.00)

I Write What I Like, Selected Writings


by Steve Biko

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

An anthology of essays by activist and martyr Steve Biko (1946-1977), (SAF157, $19.00)

Imaginings of Sand


by Andre Philippus Brink

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

When her grandmother falls ill, a young woman returns home to South Africa during the first democratic elections in this evocative novel. South African author Andre Brink brilliantly conjures magical stories of the Africa of old along with modern political commentary. (SAF180, $23.00)

Journey to the Vanished City, the Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel


by Tudor Parfitt

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

The author probes the mystery of the Lemba people of South Africa in this book, which combines history, myth, and a first-person account of his furiously entertaining trip from South Africa to Tanzania. (SAF92, $18.95)

July's People


by Nadine Gordimer

  • LITERATURE
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

A household servant rescues the white family he works for in this political novel set in South Africa. (SAF95, $14.00)

Kaffir Boy, The True Story a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

Kaffir Boy, The True Story a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa


by Mark Mathabane

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

The affecting memoir of a young South African athlete under Apartheid. Mathabane escaped the fate of many poor, black youth of the time through a tennis scholarship to an American university. (SAF158, $15.95)

The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals

The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals


by Jonathan Kingdon

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 476 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

This stunningly-illustrated, comprehensive field guide by a leading authority includes Kingdon's 480 exquisite color paintings. (AFR32, $49.50)

Lonely Planet Cape Town

Lonely Planet Cape Town


by Simon Richmond

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 236 PAGES

Geared for independent travelers, this savvy guide features color photographs and dozens of excellent maps. (SAF27, $19.99)

Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland

Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 684 PAGES

This comprehensive, practical guide is a helpful tool for independent travelers. (AFR44, $26.99)

Lonely Planet Southern Africa

Lonely Planet Southern Africa


by Alan Murphy

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 808 PAGES

This hefty practical guide to the nine nations of southern Africa, including Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland, Malawi, Mozambique and Lesotho, is ideal for independent travelers on a multicountry tour. (SAF121, $32.99)

Mandela & de Klerk


by Inge Sargent

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • DVD

A tevision docu-drama starring Sydney Poitier the jailed hero and Michael Caine as de Klerk, filmed on location in South Africa and at Robbin Island. (SAF51, $9.98)

Mandela, The Authorized Biography

Mandela, The Authorized Biography


by Anthony Sampson

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 736 PAGES

A comprehensive biography of Mandela by a prolific British journalist, who had complete access to the great man's unpublished letters and documents. (SAF118, $21.00)

Master Harold...and the Boys


by Athol Fugard

  • LITERATURE
  • 1984
  • PAPER
  • 60 PAGES

Athol Fugard's play of a young white man and the racial tensions that destroy his friendship to an older black waiter. (SAF151, $12.00)

My Son's Story


by Nadine Gordimer

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 277 PAGES

A complex story of the effects of apartheid on one black family. (SAF77, $16.00)

The Myth of Wild Africa

The Myth of Wild Africa


by Jonathan Adams | Thomas McShane

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 290 PAGES

The authors, associated with the World Wildlife Fund, explode the romantic fallacy of an untouched continent where animals roam freely in sanctuaries. It's a no-holds-barred critique of old-style conservation in Africa. (AFR15, $29.95)

National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife

National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife


by Peter Alden

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 988 PAGES

This comprehensive photo guide covers 850 birds, mammals and reptiles of Africa. With range maps and a good country-by-country overview of habitats and parks. (AFR25, $24.95)

No Future Without Forgiveness

No Future Without Forgiveness


by Desmond Tutu

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, Desmond Tutu writes with insightful and compassion in this memoir of his work for reconciliation in post-Apartheid South Africa. (SAF97, $15.95)

None to Accompany Me

None to Accompany Me


by Nadine Gordimer

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 324 PAGES

With keen attention to character and racial politics, Nobel Prize-winner Gordimer traces the experiences of two families during turbulent, post-Apartheid South Africa. (SAF76, $16.00)

Not Either an Experimental Doll, The Separate Worlds of Three South Africa Women

Not Either an Experimental Doll, The Separate Worlds of Three South Africa Women


by Lily Patience Moya

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 234 PAGES

A collection of eye-opening letters by two black women and a liberal white women in apartheid South Africa. (SAF156, $15.95)

The Peopling of Africa, A Geographic Interpretation


by James L. Newman

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

An anthropological study of Africa, which considers, among other factors, genetics, religion, language and technology. (AFR140, $26.00)

Picture Cape Town, Landmarks of a New Generation


by Getty Trust Publications

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER

An inspired collection of photographs landmarks fo Cape Town, culled from hundreds taken by a group of South African youths (SAF126, $19.95)

Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates

Plant Life in the World's Mediterranean Climates


by Paul Dallman

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 210 PAGES

Richly illustrated, clearly written and engaging, this book is an ecological overview of the landscapes, plants and vegetation types found in Mediterranean climates. (MED21, $35.95)

Power Lines, Two Years on South Africa's Borders

Power Lines, Two Years on South Africa's Borders


by Jason Carter | Jimmy Carter

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A memoir by Jimmy Carter's grandson about his experiences working in South Africa as a member of the Peace Corps in the late 1990s. (SAF146, $14.00)

The Power of One

The Power of One


by Bryce Courtenay

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 518 PAGES

This riveting novel tells of the coming-of-age of a six-year-old English boy in South Africa during the darkest days of largely pro-Nazi South Africa, based on the author's childhood. (SAF26, $15.00)

Robben Island and Prisoner Resistance to Apartheid


by Fran Lisa Buntman

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 358 PAGES

A fascinating and inspiring glimpse inside the prison in which Nelson Mandela, along with other anti-apartheid activists, was held for almost three decades. Buntman studies the ways the prisoners managed to stragegize and resist even while behind bars. (SAF185, $33.00)

The Rough Guide to Cape Town and the Garden Route

The Rough Guide to Cape Town and the Garden Route


by Rough Guide

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

This guide features helpful information on Cape Town attractions and Garden Route adventure activities, as well as reviews on accommodations, food and drink. With a color section and maps on every area. (SAF165, $21.99)

Shaka Zulu

Shaka Zulu


by William Faure

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • DVD
  • 416 PAGES

Made as a 10-part television epic for British audiences by the South African director William Faure, this is the sweeping story of the Zulu nation's rise to power and especially of its warrior-king Shaka Zulu. (SAF54, $79.95)

South from the Limpopo, Travels Through South Africa

South from the Limpopo, Travels Through South Africa


by Dervla Murphy

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

The intrepid Murphy captures the excitement, contradictions and challenges of South Africa on her 6,000-mile journey during the nation's first true elections in 1994. (SAF102, $16.95)

Southern African Birds, A Photographic Guide

Southern African Birds, A Photographic Guide


by Ian Sinclair

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

Lightweight and handy for the field, this pocket guide to the 265 most conspicuous birds south of the Zambezi River includes color photographs, brief descriptions and range maps. (SAF14, $15.95)

Southern African Wildlife, A Visitor's Guide

Southern African Wildlife, A Visitor's Guide


by Mike Unwin

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 234 PAGES

A popular photographic guide to the mammals, birds, reptiles and habitats south of the Zambezi. With 300 color photographs and illuminating text. (SAF131, $26.99)

Southern Night Sky

Southern Night Sky


by Pocket Naturalist

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2001
  • PLASTIC CARD

A glow in the dark laminated card showing the most conspicuous stars, constellations and celestial objects of the Southern Hemisphere. (SCI30, $5.95)

Soweto Inside Out, Stories About Africa's Famous Township

Soweto Inside Out, Stories About Africa's Famous Township


by Adam Roberts

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 237 PAGES

A collection of stories compiled to mark the centennial of the first expulsion of black Africans from Johannesburg to Soweto. (SAF184, $18.00)

A Story Like the Wind


by Laurens van der Post

  • LITERATURE
  • 1978
  • PAPER
  • 370 PAGES

The epic tale set in the Kalahari of the frienship between young Francois Joubert and Xhabbo. (SAF116, $21.95)

The Story of an African Farm


by Olive Shreiner

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 328 PAGES

First published in 1883, this novel is considered a landmark in feminist literature for its controversial views on marriage, pregnancy, religion and gender. The orphaned heroine Lyndall is full of philosophical revelations in her search for self in colonial South Africa. (SAF86, $12.95)

Time Out Cape Town

Time Out Cape Town


by Time Out

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

Compact, informative and lively, this outstanding guide covers where to go and what to do in Cape Town and surroundings. (SAF164, $19.95)

To My Children's Children


by Sindiwe Magona

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 176 PAGES

Magona's widely acclaimed memoir of the changes she and her Xhosa village endured under apartheid. (SAF83, $11.95)

Tomorrow is Another Country, The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change

Tomorrow is Another Country, The Inside Story of South Africa's Road to Change


by Allister Sparks

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

Sparks explores the extraordinary developments that led to multiracial democracy in South Africa, an essential key to understanding South Africa today, (SAF31, $25.00)

Traveller's History of South Africa

Traveller's History of South Africa


by David Mason

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A compact guide in the popular series. (SAF142, $14.95)

Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela


by Bill Keller

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 128 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Written by New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, this inspiring biography follows Mandela from his tribal homeland and the struggle for racial equality to his leadership of an-apartheid-free South Africa. (SAF188, $17.95)

Vegetation of Southern Africa


by R. M. Cowling

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 649 PAGES

A comprehensive survey of the habits, climatic and geological setting, evolution and types of vegetation in Southern Africa by a team of scholars (SAF159, $110.00)

Waiting for the Barbarians

Waiting for the Barbarians


by J.M. Coetzee

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

A modern classic, this early novel by Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee centers on the crisis of conscience and morality of the Magistrate-a loyal servant of the Empire working in a tiny frontier town, doing his best to ignore an inevitable war with the "barbarians." (SAF150, $15.00)

Watching Wildlife, Southern Africa

Watching Wildlife, Southern Africa


by Luke Hunter

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 347 PAGES

A book in the Watching Wildlife series by Lonely Planet, this slim guide features color photographs, maps and succint information on parks, and where to see which animals. (SAF139, $22.99)

Ways of Dying

Ways of Dying


by Zakes Mda

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 212 PAGES

A professional mourner finds love amid ruins in Mda's superb novel set during the last days of Apartheid. (SAF132, $15.00)

The World Atlas of Wine

The World Atlas of Wine


by Hugh Johnson | Jancis Robinson

  • FOOD
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

Not just an authoritative guide, this stunning world atlas includes hundreds of photographs and illuminating local and regional maps. (GEN244, $50.00)

Woza Albert


by Percy Mtwa | Mbongeni Ngema | Barney Simon

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 122 PAGES

The second coming of Christ occurs in South Africa in this biting, satircal play. (SAF152, $15.95)

Zulu Wilderness, Shadow and Soul


by Ian Player

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A celebration and tribute to Magquba Ntombela -- a Zulu chief, storyteller and warden at Mfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa. (SAF107, $21.95)

 

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